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Nebraska vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 1.8 times (83%) larger than Nebraska's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 1.9 times (89%) larger than Nebraska's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 3.1 times (213%) longer than Nebraska's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 3.4 times (238%) wider than Nebraska's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 6,960 feet higher than Panorama Point.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 853 feet lower.
Nebraska vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 61.2 times larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 33.4 times higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 27.6 times larger than Omaha's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 33.4 times larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th 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 1,207 years.
Nebraska vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 23.4 times larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 2.6 times (162%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Nebraska: $72,701 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nebraska's average income is 1.9 times (90%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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