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Nevada vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Nevada has a land area of 109,860 square miles (284,537 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 1.3 times (28%) larger than Nevada's.
Total area
- Nevada: 110,571 square miles (286,377 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 1.3 times (32%) larger than Nevada's.
Length
- Nevada is 484 miles (780 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 3.2 times (222%) longer than Nevada's.
Width
- Nevada spans 469 miles (755 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 3.3 times (234%) wider than Nevada's.
Highest point
- Nevada's highest point is Boundary Peak at 13,115 feet (3,997 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Boundary Peak is 727 feet higher than Mount Fuji.
Lowest point
- Nevada's lowest point is Colorado River at 481 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 494 feet lower.
Nevada vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Nevada has a population of 3,267,467 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 37.5 times larger than Nevada's.
Population density
- Nevada: 29.7 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 29.3 times higher than Nevada's.
Biggest city
- Nevada's biggest city is Las Vegas with 678,922 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 19.9 times larger than Las Vegas'.
Largest metro area
- Nevada's largest metropolitan area is Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 13.9 times larger than Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area's.
History
- Nevada: Admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, as the 36th 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 1,204 years.
Nevada vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Nevada's GDP is $269.0 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 16.5 times larger than Nevada's.
GDP per capita
- Nevada: $82,330 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Nevada's GDP per capita is 2.3 times (129%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Nevada: $69,805 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nevada's average income is 1.8 times (82%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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