Country comparison
Japan vs France
France is 1.6× the size of Japan. Japan has 1.8× the population of France. France has 1.4× the GDP per capita of Japan.
Side by side
| Japan | Category | France |
|---|---|---|
| 377,975 km² | Area (2024) France: 1.6× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 606,410 km² more |
| 123 million more | Population (2025) Japan: 1.8× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 68.7 million |
| 340 people/km² | Population density (2024) Japan: 2.7× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 127 people/km² |
| US$ 35,951 | GDP per capita (2025) France: 1.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 48,986 more |
| 84 years more | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 83 years |
| 86% | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 89% more |
| 49 years | Median age (2023) Japan: 1.2× more Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 41.8 years |
| 1.15 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) France: 1.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.61 births per woman |
| 7.8 t | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) Japan: 2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 4 t less |
| 163 | Castles, fortresses and palaces France: 1.9× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 311 more |
| 8 | Ghost stories France: 1.8× more | 14 |
| 5 | UFO cases France: 1.4× more | 7 |
| 43 | VPN providers with servers in the country VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 42 |
| Japanese | Official languages Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | French |
| Japanese yen (JPY) | Currency ISO 4217 | euro (EUR) |
| Type A, B · 100 V | Plugs and voltage No shared plug type · different voltage | Type C, E · 230 V |
| UTC+9 | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 8 h IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
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 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.