Japan
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 123.4M (2025). World rank 12 of 216; in Asia, 6 of 49. Area: 377,930 km². World rank 63 of 249; in Asia, 17 of 50. GDP: $4.4T (2025). World rank 4 of 210; in Asia, 2 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 127.1M → 123.4M, GDP $4.5T → $4.4T, and GDP per person $35,665 → $35,951.
State
- Official name
- Japan
- Local name
- 日本
- Capital
- Tokyo
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Naruhito
- Head of government
- Sanae Takaichi
- Women in parliament
- 15.7% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 123,366,734 2025
- Area
- 377,930 km²
- GDP
- $4.4T 2025
- GDP per person
- $35,951 2025
- Life expectancy
- 84 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese Yen (JPY)
- Time zones
- UTC+9
- Calling code
- +81
- Emergency numbers
- 110, 118, 119
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 100 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 29,751
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 12.6% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Fuji, 3,776 m
- Lowest point
- Hachirōgata, -4 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 438
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 16
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 27°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 5°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,668 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 326.4 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.5% 2025
- Living in cities
- 92.3% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +140.6K 2025
- Born in another country
- 2.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 11.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 58.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 30% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 87.1 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 81.1 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 5.7 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 13.3 2024
Society
- Religions
- Shinto 48.6%, Buddhist 46.4%, other 4%, and Christian 1.1% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 84.1 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 77.4 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 94.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 76.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 78 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $55,422 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.2% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $38,340 2025
- Inflation
- +3.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 65 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1% 2024
- Industry, share of GDP
- 26.8% 2024
- Services, share of GDP
- 71.4% 2024
- Unemployment
- 2.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 3.9% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 55.9% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 22% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 22.9% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +4.9% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 11.1% 1993
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 32.3 2020
- Living on under $3 a day
- 1.2% 2020
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 102% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 64.5% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.3% 2021
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 10.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $3,638 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 12.2% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.7 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 13 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 12.6 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 95% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 1.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 2.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 3 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 8.1% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 24% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 17.5% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.2% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.9% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.2 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 3.6 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 17.4 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 87.7 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and tropical cyclones
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 11.5 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 7.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 8.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 68.3% 2024
- Protected areas
- 15.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 3,437 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 36.6% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 85.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 178 2023
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 38.6 2023
- Internet domain
- .jp .みんな
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 7,531 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 8.8% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 21.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 60.2% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 120,305,972 2023
- Airports
- 280 2025
- Railways, km
- 27,311 2015
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 3.4% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 5,609 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 96,543 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 237,169 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 17.6% 2024