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Alaska vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 4.1 times (306%) larger than Japan's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 4.6 times (356%) larger than Japan's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 1.3 times (30%) longer than Alaska's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Alaska and Japan have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Denali is 7,847 feet higher than Mount Fuji.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Alaska vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 165.8 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 670.5 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 46.7 times larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 82.1 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th 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 1,299 years.
Alaska vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 61.9 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 2.7 times (169%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 2.0 times (99%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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