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Oregon vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Oregon has a land area of 95,997 square miles (248,630 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 1.5 times (47%) larger than Oregon's.
Total area
- Oregon: 98,379 square miles (254,799 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 1.5 times (48%) larger than Oregon's.
Length
- Oregon is 453 miles (730 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 3.4 times (244%) longer than Oregon's.
Width
- Oregon spans 445 miles (715 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 3.5 times (252%) wider than Oregon's.
Highest point
- Oregon's highest point is Mount Hood at 11,232 feet (3,424 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 1,156 feet higher than Mount Hood.
Lowest point
- Oregon's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Oregon vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Oregon has a population of 4,272,371 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 28.7 times larger than Oregon's.
Population density
- Oregon: 44.5 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 19.6 times higher than Oregon's.
Biggest city
- Oregon's biggest city is Portland with 635,749 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 21.3 times larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- Oregon's largest metropolitan area is Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area (2,537,904 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 13.2 times larger than Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area's.
History
- Oregon: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859, as the 33rd 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 1,199 years.
Oregon vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Oregon's GDP is $330.2 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 13.4 times larger than Oregon's.
GDP per capita
- Oregon: $77,299 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Oregon's GDP per capita is 2.2 times (115%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Oregon: $70,823 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Oregon's average income is 1.8 times (85%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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