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Utah vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Utah has a land area of 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 1.7 times (70%) larger than Utah's.
Total area
- Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 1.7 times (72%) larger than Utah's.
Length
- Utah is 436 miles (702 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 3.6 times (257%) longer than Utah's.
Width
- Utah spans 268 miles (431 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 5.9 times (485%) wider than Utah's.
Highest point
- Utah's highest point is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Kings Peak is 1,124 feet higher than Mount Fuji.
Lowest point
- Utah's lowest point is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 2,193 feet lower.
Utah vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Utah has a population of 3,503,613 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 35.0 times larger than Utah's.
Population density
- Utah: 42.4 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 20.6 times higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Utah's biggest city is Salt Lake City with 217,783 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 62.1 times larger than Salt Lake City's.
Largest metro area
- Utah's largest metropolitan area is Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 25.7 times larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th 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 1,236 years.
Utah vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Utah's GDP is $299.5 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 14.8 times larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- Utah: $85,475 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Utah's GDP per capita is 2.4 times (138%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Utah: $67,333 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Utah's average income is 1.8 times (76%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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