Country comparison
Germany vs Japan
Japan has 1.5× the population of Germany. Germany has 1.7× the GDP per capita of Japan. Germany has 1.5× as many castles and palaces as Japan.
Side by side
| Germany | Category | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 357,680 km² | Area (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 377,975 km² more |
| 83.5 million | Population (2025) Japan: 1.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 123 million more |
| 239 people/km² | Population density (2024) Japan: 1.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 340 people/km² |
| US$ 60,496 more | GDP per capita (2025) Germany: 1.7× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 35,951 |
| 80.8 years | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 84 years more |
| 94% more | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 86% |
| 45.1 years | Median age (2023) Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 49 years |
| 1.36 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) Germany: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.15 births per woman |
| 6.9 t less | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) Japan: 1.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 7.8 t |
| 246 more | Castles, fortresses and palaces Germany: 1.5× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 163 |
| 9 | Ghost stories Germany: 1.1× more | 8 |
| 3 | UFO cases Japan: 1.7× more | 5 |
| 43 | VPN providers with servers in the country VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 43 |
| German | Official languages Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Japanese |
| euro (EUR) | Currency ISO 4217 | Japanese yen (JPY) |
| Type C, F · 230 V | Plugs and voltage No shared plug type · different voltage | Type A, B · 100 V |
| UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 8 h IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+9 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
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Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-04); details and licences on the map pages.