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West Virginia vs Japan Geography
Land area
- West Virginia has a land area of 24,041 square miles (62,266 km²), while Japan has 140,752 square miles (364,546 km²).
- Japan's land area is 5.9 times (485%) larger than West Virginia's.
Total area
- West Virginia: 24,230 square miles (62,755 km²) vs Japan: 145,937 square miles (377,975 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Japan's total area is 6.0 times (502%) larger than West Virginia's.
Length
- West Virginia is 245 miles (394 km) long from north to south; Japan is 1,557 miles (2,505 km).
- Japan's north-south length is 6.4 times (536%) longer than West Virginia's.
Width
- West Virginia spans 276 miles (444 km) east to west; Japan spans 1,568 miles (2,524 km).
- Japan's east-west width is 5.7 times (468%) wider than West Virginia's.
Highest point
- West Virginia's highest point is Spruce Knob at 4,863 feet (1,482 m); Japan's is Mount Fuji at 12,388 feet (3,776 m).
- Mount Fuji is 7,525 feet higher than Spruce Knob.
Lowest point
- West Virginia's lowest point is Potomac River at 240 feet; Japan's is Hachirogata at -13 feet.
- Japan's lowest point is 253 feet lower.
West Virginia vs Japan Population and History
Population
- West Virginia has a population of 1,769,979 (2024), while Japan has 122,680,000 (2026).
- Japan's population is 69.3 times larger than West Virginia's.
Population density
- West Virginia: 73.6 people per square mile vs Japan: 871.6.
- Japan's population density is 11.8 times higher than West Virginia's.
Biggest city
- West Virginia's biggest city is Charleston with 46,482 people; Japan's is Tokyo with 13,515,271.
- Tokyo's population is 290.8 times larger than Charleston's.
Largest metro area
- West 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
- West Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, as the 35th 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 1,203 years.
West Virginia vs Japan Economy
GDP
- West Virginia's GDP is $106.5 billion (2024) vs Japan's $4,435.2 billion.
- Japan's economic output is 41.6 times larger than West Virginia's.
GDP per capita
- West Virginia: $60,156 per person vs Japan: $35,951.
- West Virginia's GDP per capita is 1.7 times (67%) higher than Japan's.
Average income
- West Virginia: $55,351 vs Japan: $38,340 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- West Virginia's average income is 1.4 times (44%) higher than Japan's.
Official Websites
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