China
Leads 10 of 15 metrics
vs
Japan
Leads 5 of 15 metrics
25×
China has 25× the
land area of Japan
11×
China has 11× the
population of Japan
8.2×
China has 8.2× the
active military of Japan
China
Tale of the tape
Japan
1.41B
Population
CHN
11×
126M
9.6M km²
Land Area
CHN
25×
378K km²
$18T
GDP (nominal)
CHN
4.2×
$4.23T
$12,720
GDP per Capita
JPN
2.6×
$33,660
77.1 yrs
Life Expectancy
JPN
1.1×
84.6 yrs
0.768
HDI
JPN
1.2×
0.925
96.8%
Literacy Rate
JPN
1.0×
99.0%
70.4%
Internet Users
JPN
1.3×
92.7%
2.04M
Active Military
CHN
8.2×
247K
$314B
Defense Budget
CHN
5.7×
$55B
$3.75T
Exports
CHN
4.1×
$917B
$3.22T
Imports
CHN
3.4×
$952B
819
Olympic Medals
CHN
1.3×
644
2,280 t
Gold Reserves
CHN
2.7×
846 t
42.0
Cost of Living Index
CHN
2.0×
lower
83.3
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
China
Japan
Beijing
Capital
Tokyo
Renminbi (Yuan, CNY)
Currency
Japanese Yen (JPY)
Mandarin Chinese
Language
Japanese
Unitary one-party socialist republic
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy