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Japan vs Queensland Geography
Land area
- Japan has a land area of 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²), while Queensland has 668,207 square miles (1,730,648 km²).
- Queensland's land area is 4.7 times (375%) larger than Japan's.
Total area
- Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²) vs Queensland: 668,207 square miles (1,730,648 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Queensland's total area is 4.6 times (358%) larger than Japan's.
Length
- Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km) long from north to south; Queensland is 1,398 miles (2,251 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 1.1 times (11%) longer than Queensland's.
Width
- Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km) east to west; Queensland spans 1,272 miles (2,048 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 1.2 times (23%) wider than Queensland's.
Highest point
- Japan's highest point is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m); Queensland's is Mount Bartle Frere at 5,285 feet (1,611 m).
- Mount Fuji is 7,103 feet higher than Mount Bartle Frere.
Lowest point
- Japan's lowest point is Hachirogata at -13 feet; Queensland's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Japan vs Queensland Population and History
Population
- Japan has a population of 122,680,000 (2026), while Queensland has 5,692,642 (2025).
- Japan's population is 21.6 times larger than Queensland's.
Population density
- Japan: 871.6 people per square mile vs Queensland: 8.5.
- Japan's population density is 102.5 times higher than Queensland's.
Largest metro area
- Japan's largest metropolitan area is Tokyo (33,412,512 people) vs Queensland's Greater Brisbane (2,833,524).
- Tokyo's population is 11.8 times larger than Greater Brisbane's.
History
- Japan: An independent state for over two millennia; the current constitution dates from 1947.
- Queensland: Became an Australian state at Federation on January 1, 1901; separated from New South Wales in 1859.
- In its current form, Japan is the older of the two by 1,241 years.
Japan vs Queensland Economy
GDP
- Japan's GDP is $4,435.2 billion (2025) vs Queensland's $345.6 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 12.8 times larger than Queensland's.
GDP per capita
- Japan: $35,951 per person vs Queensland: $60,710.
- Queensland's GDP per capita is 1.7 times (69%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
Japan official website · Queensland official website
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