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Arkansas vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Arkansas has a land area of 51,992 square miles (134,658 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 2.7 times (171%) larger than Arkansas'.
Total area
- Arkansas: 53,198 square miles (137,781 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 2.7 times (174%) larger than Arkansas'.
Length
- Arkansas is 243 miles (392 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 6.4 times (541%) longer than Arkansas'.
Width
- Arkansas spans 279 miles (449 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 5.6 times (462%) wider than Arkansas'.
Highest point
- Arkansas's highest point is Mount Magazine at 2,752 feet (839 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 9,636 feet higher than Mount Magazine.
Lowest point
- Arkansas's lowest point is Ouachita River at 55 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 68 feet lower.
Arkansas vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Arkansas has a population of 3,088,354 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 39.7 times larger than Arkansas'.
Population density
- Arkansas: 59.4 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 14.7 times higher than Arkansas'.
Biggest city
- Arkansas's biggest city is Little Rock with 204,774 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 66.0 times larger than Little Rock's.
Largest metro area
- Arkansas's largest metropolitan area is Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 24.9 times larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Arkansas: Admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th 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 1,176 years.
Arkansas vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Arkansas's GDP is $188.3 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 23.6 times larger than Arkansas'.
GDP per capita
- Arkansas: $60,984 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Arkansas' GDP per capita is 1.7 times (70%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Arkansas: $59,320 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Arkansas' average income is 1.5 times (55%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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