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- currency: Japanese yen
- capital city: Tokyo
- region: Eastern Asia
- continent: Asia
- land area: 364,500 km²
- population: 124,516,650 people
- political leader: Yoshihide Suga (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [36°0′N, 138°0′E]
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Summary
Japan is a country. The capital city is Tokyo, located in the Eastern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 364,500 km², a population of 124,516,650 people and uses the currency Japanese yen. The Prime Minister is Yoshihide Suga.
Environment
- Agricultural land: 46,590.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 3.09 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 1,082.65 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Electricity production from coal sources: 33.15 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 39.59 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 8.23 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.91 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 7.52 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 7.76 % of total
- Net energy imports: 93.02 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 1.26 births per woman
- Forest area: 249,350 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 93.03 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 1,182.31 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 45.10
- Methane emissions: 59.32 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 17.13 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 64,009,039 people
- Male population: 60,507,611 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 8.80 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 316,736.20 km²
- Rural population: 9,907,790 people
- Urban land area: 53,452.06 km²
- Urban population: 114,608,860 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 11.57 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Japan by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Japan
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Japan
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Japan
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Japan
Japan relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Japan relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Japan
Japan relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Japan
Japan relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Japan
Japan relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Japan relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Japan relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Japan
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Japan
Evolution of historical land area in Japan
Evolution of historical median age in Japan
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Japan
Japan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Japan relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Japan relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Japan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Japan relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Japan relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Japan
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Japan
Japan relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Japan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Japan relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Japan
Japan relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Japan
Evolution of historical male population in Japan
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Japan
Evolution of historical rural land area in Japan
Evolution of historical rural population in Japan
Japan relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical urban land area in Japan
Japan relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Japan
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Japan
Japan relationship between date and population over time
Japan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Japan
Japan relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Japan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Japan
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Japan
Japan relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Japan relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Japan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Japan relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Japan relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Japan
Japan relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Japan relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Japan relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Japan relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Japan relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Japan relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Japan
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Japan
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Japan
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Japan
Distribution of sites in Japan by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Japan by area
Proportion of transboundary sites in Japan
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Japan by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Japan
Cities in Japan
Sites in Japan
Wildfires in Japan
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Business
- Central government debt: 216.21 % of GDP
- Expense: 20.96 % of GDP
- Gdp: 4,212,945,159,781.40 current US$
- Inflation: 3.27 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 9.69 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 14.07 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 2.58 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 8.03 % of total employment
Distribution of companies founded in Japan by year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Japan
Evolution of historical expense in Japan
Evolution of historical GDP in Japan
Japan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Japan
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Japan
Japan relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Japan
Evolution of historical unemployment in Japan
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Japan
Proportion of shops per country in Japan
Companies from Japan
Exchanges in Japan
Shops in Japan
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Health
- Birth rate: 6.30 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 12.90 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 4,347.00 current US$
- Health expenditure: 10.82 % of GDP
- Hospital beds: 12.72 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 84
- Suicide mortality rate: 15.30 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Japan
Japan relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Japan relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Japan relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Japan relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Japan relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Japan
Japan relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Japan
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Japan
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Japan
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Japan
Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Japan
Japan relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Japan relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Japan
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Japan
Proportion of diseases in Japan by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Japan by start date
Evolution of historical cases in Japan
Evolution of historical deaths in Japan
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Japan
Diseases in Japan
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 261,000 people
- Democracy score: 7.99
- Democracy type: Flawed democracy
- Military expenditure: 1.08 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 10.34 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Japan
Japan relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Japan relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Japan relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Japan relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Japan relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Japan relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Japan relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Japan
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Japan
Distribution of politicians from Japan by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Japan
Political parties in Japan
Politicians from Japan
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Japan by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Japan
Proportion of competitions per city in Japan
Proportion of competitions per country in Japan
Distribution of competitions in Japan by start date
Proportion of medals won by Japan in the Olympics
Athletes from Japan
Competitions in Japan
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Culture
Distribution of artists from Japan by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Japan
Geographical distribution of museums in Japan by visitors
Artists from Japan
Museums in Japan
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Japan by total students
Distribution of universities in Japan per foundation year
Universities in Japan
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In literature
There are 3667 books written about Japan in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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