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New Hampshire vs Japan Geography
Land area
- New Hampshire has a land area of 8,954 square miles (23,190 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 15.7 times larger than New Hampshire's.
Total area
- New Hampshire: 9,350 square miles (24,216 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 15.6 times larger than New Hampshire's.
Length
- New Hampshire is 180 miles (290 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 8.7 times (765%) longer than New Hampshire's.
Width
- New Hampshire spans 95 miles (152 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 16.5 times wider than New Hampshire's.
Highest point
- New Hampshire's highest point is Mount Washington at 6,277 feet (1,913 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 6,111 feet higher than Mount Washington.
Lowest point
- New Hampshire's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
New Hampshire vs Japan Population and History
Population
- New Hampshire has a population of 1,409,032 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 87.1 times larger than New Hampshire's.
Population density
- New Hampshire: 157.4 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 5.5 times (454%) higher than New Hampshire's.
Biggest city
- New Hampshire's biggest city is Manchester with 116,386 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 116.1 times larger than Manchester's.
Largest metro area
- New Hampshire's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 6.6 times (565%) larger than Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's.
History
- New Hampshire: Admitted to the Union on June 21, 1788, as the 9th 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.
New Hampshire vs Japan Economy
GDP
- New Hampshire's GDP is $119.3 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 37.2 times larger than New Hampshire's.
GDP per capita
- New Hampshire: $84,694 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- New Hampshire's GDP per capita is 2.4 times (136%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- New Hampshire: $83,192 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Hampshire's average income is 2.2 times (117%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
New Hampshire official website · Japan official website
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