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British Columbia vs Japan Geography
Land area
- British Columbia has a land area of 357,216 square miles (925,186 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- British Columbia's land area is 2.5 times (154%) larger than Japan's.
Total area
- British Columbia: 364,764 square miles (944,735 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- British Columbia's total area is 2.5 times (150%) larger than Japan's.
Length
- British Columbia is 1,017 miles (1,637 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 1.5 times (53%) longer than British Columbia's.
Width
- British Columbia spans 1,245 miles (2,003 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 1.3 times (26%) wider than British Columbia's.
Highest point
- British Columbia's highest point is Mount Fairweather at 15,299 feet (4,663 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fairweather is 2,911 feet higher than Mount Fuji.
Lowest point
- British Columbia's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
British Columbia vs Japan Population and History
Population
- British Columbia has a population of 5,658,528 (2026), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 21.7 times larger than British Columbia's.
Population density
- British Columbia: 15.8 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 55.2 times higher than British Columbia's.
Biggest city
- British Columbia's biggest city is Vancouver with 662,248 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 20.4 times larger than Vancouver's.
Largest metro area
- British Columbia's largest metropolitan area is Vancouver CMA (2,642,825 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 12.6 times larger than Vancouver CMA's.
History
- British Columbia: Joined Confederation on July 20, 1871.
- 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 1,211 years.
British Columbia vs Japan Economy
GDP
- British Columbia's GDP is $313.3 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 14.2 times larger than British Columbia's.
GDP per capita
- British Columbia: $55,241 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- British Columbia's GDP per capita is 1.5 times (54%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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