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Florida vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 2.6 times (162%) larger than Florida's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 2.0 times (104%) larger than Florida's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 3.3 times (231%) longer than Florida's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 2.9 times (187%) wider than Florida's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 12,044 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Florida vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 5.2 times (425%) larger than Florida's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 2.0 times (100%) higher than Florida's.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 13.4 times larger than Jacksonville's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 5.2 times (417%) larger than Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th 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 1,185 years.
Florida vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 2.6 times (157%) larger than Florida's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Florida's GDP per capita is 2.1 times (105%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida's average income is 1.9 times (90%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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