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Maryland vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Maryland has a land area of 9,711 square miles (25,151 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 14.5 times larger than Maryland's.
Total area
- Maryland: 12,406 square miles (32,131 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 11.8 times larger than Maryland's.
Length
- Maryland is 231 miles (371 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 6.7 times (574%) longer than Maryland's.
Width
- Maryland spans 243 miles (391 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 6.5 times (545%) wider than Maryland's.
Highest point
- Maryland's highest point is Hoye-Crest at 3,362 feet (1,025 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 9,026 feet higher than Hoye-Crest.
Lowest point
- Maryland's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Maryland vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Maryland has a population of 6,263,220 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 19.6 times larger than Maryland's.
Population density
- Maryland: 645.0 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 1.4 times (35%) higher than Maryland's.
Biggest city
- Maryland's biggest city is Baltimore with 568,271 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 23.8 times larger than Baltimore's.
Largest metro area
- Maryland's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 5.2 times (419%) larger than Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's.
History
- Maryland: Admitted to the Union on April 28, 1788, as the 7th 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 1,128 years.
Maryland vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Maryland's GDP is $546.0 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 8.1 times (712%) larger than Maryland's.
GDP per capita
- Maryland: $87,180 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Maryland's GDP per capita is 2.4 times (142%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Maryland: $79,259 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Maryland's average income is 2.1 times (107%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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