๐ฉ Flag of Japan โข live waving render
Asia โ Eastern Asia
UN Member
Independent
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Japan
aka ๆฅๆฌ โ endonym
123.3M
Population
World #11
377,930 kmยฒ
Land Area
World #63
$4.19 trillion
GDP (USD)
World #5
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Did You Know?
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Japan is the world's #11 most populous country out of 242 tracked nations.
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It ranks #63 globally by land area โ covering about 0.25% of Earth's total landmass.
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It has no land borders โ an island nation surrounded entirely by water.
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Its economy ranks #5 worldwide with a GDP of $4.19 trillion USD.
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Population density is 326.3 people per kmยฒ โ world rank #41.
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Cars drive on the left side of the road โ like the UK, Japan and India.
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The calendar week officially starts on Sunday here.
Quick Facts
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Capital
Tokyo
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Phone Code
+81
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Internet TLD
.jp, .ใฟใใช
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Nationality
Japanese
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Week Starts
Sunday
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ISO Codes
JP / JPN / 392
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Coordinates
36.00ยฐ, 138.00ยฐ
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Driving Side
Left-hand traffic
Economy
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GDP (nominal)
$4.19 trillion USD
World rank #5 of 188 tracked economies
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GDP per Capita
$33,953
Total output รท total population
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Population Density
326.3 /kmยฒ
World density rank #41
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Japanese yen
JPY โข official currency
People & Languages
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Total Population
123,300,000
World rank #11 of 242 nations
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Official Languages
1
Japanese
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Demonym
Japanese
What its people are called
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Geography & Neighbours
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Land Area
377,930 kmยฒ
0.25% of Earth's landmass โข World #63
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Land Borders
0 countries
๐๏ธ Island โ no land borders
Timezones (1)
UTC+09:00
Asia/Tokyo
JST โ Japan Standard Time
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Codes & Identity
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ISO Alpha-2
JP
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ISO Alpha-3
JPN
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ISO Numeric
392
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Status
officially-assigned
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Postal Format
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WikiData ID
Q17
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Also Spelled As
JP โข Nippon โข Nihon
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