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Texas vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Texas' land area is 1.9 times (86%) larger than Japan's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 1.8 times (84%) larger than Japan's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 1.9 times (93%) longer than Texas'.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 2.0 times (102%) wider than Texas'.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 3,658 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Texas vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 3.9 times (292%) larger than Texas'.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 7.3 times (628%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 5.7 times (465%) larger than Houston's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 4.0 times (300%) larger than Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th 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 1,185 years.
Texas vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 1.6 times (60%) larger than Texas'.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 2.5 times (146%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.8 times (82%) higher than Japan's.
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