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Minnesota vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 1.8 times (77%) larger than Minnesota's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 1.7 times (68%) larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 3.8 times (282%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 4.4 times (336%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Minnesota's highest point is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 10,096 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 614 feet lower.
Minnesota vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 21.2 times larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 12.0 times higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 31.5 times larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- Minnesota's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 8.9 times (789%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd 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 1,198 years.
Minnesota vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 8.7 times (774%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Minnesota's GDP per capita is 2.4 times (144%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Minnesota: $75,603 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 2.0 times (97%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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