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🇯🇵 Japan

2,103 cities · 47 states/provinces · Capital: Tokyo · Asia

126,529,100 Population
2,103 Cities
$4,213.2B GDP
$33,836 GDP per Capita
0.925 HDI
84.0 Life Expectancy
377,835 Area (km²)

Japan at a Glance

General

CapitalTokyo
ContinentAsia
RegionAsia
SubregionEastern Asia
LanguagesJapanese
CurrencyYen (JPY)

Demographics

Population126,529,100
Density334.9/km²
Median Age49.1
Urban Population92.1%
Birth Rate6.0 per 1K
Death Rate13.0 per 1K
Fertility Rate1.20

Economy

GDP$4,213.2 billion
GDP per Capita$33,836
HDI0.925
Gini Index32.9
Internet Users87.0%

Geography

Area377,835 km²
Driving SideLeft
LandlockedNo
Calling Code++81
TLD.jp

Status

ISO CodeJP / JPN
UN MemberYes
IndependentYes
Life Expectancy84.0 years

Largest Cities in Japan

# City State/Province Population Avg Temp Elevation
1 Tokyo Tokyo 9,733,276 62°F 144 ft
2 Yokohama Kanagawa 3,777,491 62°F 69 ft
3 Osaka Osaka 2,753,862 61°F 13 ft
4 Nagoya Aichi 2,332,176 60°F 75 ft
5 Sapporo Hokkaido 1,973,832 47°F 85 ft
6 Fukuoka Fukuoka 1,612,392 61°F 10 ft
7 Kawasaki Kanagawa 1,538,262 62°F 3 ft
8 Kobe Hyōgo 1,525,152 58°F 115 ft
9 Kyoto Kyoto 1,463,723 56°F 164 ft
10 Saitama Saitama 1,324,854 62°F 52 ft
11 Hiroshima Hiroshima 1,200,754 59°F 52 ft
12 Sendai Miyagi 1,096,704 54°F 174 ft
13 Chiba Chiba 979,768 63°F 16 ft
14 Kitakyushu Fukuoka 940,978 61°F 187 ft
15 Setagaya Tokyo 940,071 62°F 144 ft
16 Sakai Osaka 826,161 61°F 7 ft
17 Niigata Niigata 797,591 56°F 3 ft
18 Hamamatsu Shizuoka 791,707 61°F 10 ft
19 Ōta Tokyo 748,081 62°F 39 ft
20 Kumamoto Kumamoto 738,907 62°F 30 ft

States & Provinces in Japan

Aichi 62 Akita 31 Aomori 44 Chiba 76 Ehime 25 Fukui 20 Fukuoka 67 Fukushima 61 Gifu 42 Gunma 40 Hiroshima 30 Hokkaido 178 Hyōgo 53 Ibaraki 58 Ishikawa 22 Iwate 35 Kagawa 19 Kagoshima 58 Kanagawa 58 Kochi 36 Kumamoto 52 Kyoto 30 Mie 33 Miyagi 38 Miyazaki 27 Nagano 76 Nagasaki 22 Nara 40 Niigata 42 Oita 22 Okayama 29 Okinawa 45 Osaka 47 Saga 23 Saitama 85 Shiga 22 Shimane 22 Shizuoka 47 Tochigi 32 Tokushima 27 Tokyo 218 Tottori 19 Toyama 20 Wakayama 30 Yamagata 35 Yamaguchi 22 Yamanashi 33