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North Dakota vs Japan Geography
Land area
- North Dakota has a land area of 68,994 square miles (178,694 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 2.0 times (104%) larger than North Dakota's.
Total area
- North Dakota: 70,699 square miles (183,109 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 2.1 times (106%) larger than North Dakota's.
Length
- North Dakota is 338 miles (544 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 4.6 times (361%) longer than North Dakota's.
Width
- North Dakota spans 408 miles (657 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 3.8 times (284%) wider than North Dakota's.
Highest point
- North Dakota's highest point is White Butte at 3,500 feet (1,067 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 8,888 feet higher than White Butte.
Lowest point
- North Dakota's lowest point is Red River of the North at 754 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 767 feet lower.
North Dakota vs Japan Population and History
Population
- North Dakota has a population of 796,568 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 154.0 times larger than North Dakota's.
Population density
- North Dakota: 11.5 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 75.8 times higher than North Dakota's.
Biggest city
- North Dakota's biggest city is Fargo with 136,285 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 99.2 times larger than Fargo's.
Largest metro area
- North Dakota's largest metropolitan area is Fargo, ND-MN metro area (267,793 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 124.8 times larger than Fargo, ND-MN metro area's.
History
- North Dakota: Admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th 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 1,229 years.
North Dakota vs Japan Economy
GDP
- North Dakota's GDP is $80.1 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 55.4 times larger than North Dakota's.
GDP per capita
- North Dakota: $100,504 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- North Dakota's GDP per capita is 2.8 times (180%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- North Dakota: $71,749 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- North Dakota's average income is 1.9 times (87%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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