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Tennessee vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Tennessee has a land area of 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 3.4 times (241%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 3.5 times (246%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 8.2 times (715%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 3.2 times (215%) wider than Tennessee's.
Highest point
- Tennessee's highest point is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 5,764 feet higher than Clingmans Dome.
Lowest point
- Tennessee's lowest point is Mississippi River at 178 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 191 feet lower.
Tennessee vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Tennessee has a population of 7,227,750 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 17.0 times larger than Tennessee's.
Population density
- Tennessee: 175.3 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 5.0 times (397%) higher than Tennessee's.
Biggest city
- Tennessee's biggest city is Nashville with 704,963 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 19.2 times larger than Nashville's.
Largest metro area
- Tennessee's largest metropolitan area is Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 15.5 times larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th 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 1,136 years.
Tennessee vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Tennessee's GDP is $561.2 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 7.9 times (690%) larger than Tennessee's.
GDP per capita
- Tennessee: $77,645 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Tennessee's GDP per capita is 2.2 times (116%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Tennessee: $66,504 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Tennessee's average income is 1.7 times (73%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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