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Virginia vs Japan Geography
Land area
- Virginia has a land area of 39,481 square miles (102,256 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 3.6 times (257%) larger than Virginia's.
Total area
- Virginia: 42,775 square miles (110,786 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 3.4 times (241%) larger than Virginia's.
Length
- Virginia is 223 miles (359 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 7.0 times (598%) longer than Virginia's.
Width
- Virginia spans 466 miles (750 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 3.4 times (236%) wider than Virginia's.
Highest point
- Virginia's highest point is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet (1,746 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 6,659 feet higher than Mount Rogers.
Lowest point
- Virginia's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
Virginia vs Japan Population and History
Population
- Virginia has a population of 8,811,195 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 13.9 times larger than Virginia's.
Population density
- Virginia: 223.2 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 3.9 times (291%) higher than Virginia's.
Biggest city
- Virginia's biggest city is Virginia Beach with 454,808 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 29.7 times larger than Virginia Beach's.
Largest metro area
- Virginia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Japan's Tokyo (33,412,512).
- Tokyo's population is 5.2 times (419%) larger than Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's.
History
- Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, as the 10th 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 1,128 years.
Virginia vs Japan Economy
GDP
- Virginia's GDP is $761.7 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 5.8 times (482%) larger than Virginia's.
GDP per capita
- Virginia: $86,451 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- Virginia's GDP per capita is 2.4 times (140%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- Virginia: $77,351 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Virginia's average income is 2.0 times (102%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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