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North Carolina vs Japan Geography
Land area
- North Carolina has a land area of 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 2.9 times (189%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 2.7 times (171%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 6.0 times (503%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 3.2 times (222%) wider than North Carolina's.
Highest point
- North Carolina's highest point is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 5,714 feet higher than Mount Mitchell.
Lowest point
- North Carolina's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
North Carolina vs Japan Population and History
Population
- North Carolina has a population of 11,046,024 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 11.1 times larger than North Carolina's.
Population density
- North Carolina: 227.2 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 3.8 times (284%) higher than North Carolina's.
Biggest city
- North Carolina's biggest city is Charlotte with 943,476 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 14.3 times larger than Charlotte's.
Largest metro area
- North Carolina's largest metropolitan area is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 11.6 times larger than Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's.
History
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- Japan: An independent state for over two millennia; the current constitution dates from 1947.
- In its current form, Japan is the older of the two by 1,129 years.
North Carolina vs Japan Economy
GDP
- North Carolina's GDP is $844.2 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 5.3 times (425%) larger than North Carolina's.
GDP per capita
- North Carolina: $76,427 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- North Carolina's GDP per capita is 2.1 times (113%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- North Carolina: $65,634 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- North Carolina's average income is 1.7 times (71%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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