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Alberta vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Alberta has a land area of 248,000 square miles (642,317 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Alberta's land area is 1.8 times (76%) larger than Japan's.
Total area
- Alberta: 255,541 square miles (661,848 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alberta's total area is 1.8 times (75%) larger than Japan's.
Length
- Alberta is 810 miles (1,303 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 1.9 times (92%) longer than Alberta's.
Width
- Alberta spans 544 miles (876 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 2.9 times (188%) wider than Alberta's.
Highest point
- Alberta's highest point is Mount Columbia at 12,293 feet (3,747 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 95 feet higher than Mount Columbia.
Lowest point
- Alberta's lowest point is Slave River at 499 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 512 feet lower.
Alberta vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Alberta has a population of 5,048,151 (2026), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 24.3 times larger than Alberta's.
Population density
- Alberta: 20.4 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 42.7 times higher than Alberta's.
Biggest city
- Alberta's biggest city is Calgary with 1,306,784 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 10.3 times larger than Calgary's.
Largest metro area
- Alberta's largest metropolitan area is Calgary CMA (1,481,806 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 22.5 times larger than Calgary CMA's.
History
- Alberta: Joined Confederation on September 1, 1905.
- 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 1,245 years.
Alberta vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Alberta's GDP is $346.0 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 12.8 times larger than Alberta's.
GDP per capita
- Alberta: $70,487 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Alberta's GDP per capita is 2.0 times (96%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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