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Hawaii vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Hawaii has a land area of 6,423 square miles (16,634 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 21.9 times larger than Hawaii's.
Total area
- Hawaii: 10,970 square miles (28,412 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 13.3 times larger than Hawaii's.
Length
- Hawaii is 333 miles (536 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 4.7 times (368%) longer than Hawaii's.
Width
- Hawaii spans 386 miles (621 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 4.1 times (306%) wider than Hawaii's.
Highest point
- Hawaii's highest point is Mauna Kea at 13,795 feet (4,205 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mauna Kea is 1,407 feet higher than Mount Fuji.
Lowest point
- Hawaii's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Hawaii vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Hawaii has a population of 1,446,146 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 84.8 times larger than Hawaii's.
Population density
- Hawaii: 225.2 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 3.9 times (287%) higher than Hawaii's.
Biggest city
- Hawaii's biggest city is Honolulu with 344,967 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 39.2 times larger than Honolulu's.
Largest metro area
- Hawaii's largest metropolitan area is Urban Honolulu, HI metro area (998,747 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 33.5 times larger than Urban Honolulu, HI metro area's.
History
- Hawaii: Admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, as the 50th 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.
Hawaii vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Hawaii's GDP is $117.6 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 37.7 times larger than Hawaii's.
GDP per capita
- Hawaii: $81,339 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Hawaii's GDP per capita is 2.3 times (126%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Hawaii: $71,019 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Hawaii's average income is 1.9 times (85%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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