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Japan

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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

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.

Location on a map: [36°0′N, 138°0′E]

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Environment

Japan is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Eastern Asia and 194 countries in our database.

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
Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
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

Cities in Japan

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Japan

Evolution of historical forest area in Japan

Distribution of sites in Japan by inscription year

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Japan

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Japan

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Japan

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Japan

Relationship between methane emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Japan

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Japan

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Japan

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Japan

Evolution of historical land area in Japan

Evolution of historical median age in Japan

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Japan

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Japan

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Japan

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Japan

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Japan

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Japan

Geographical distribution of sites in Japan by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Japan

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Japan

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Japan

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Japan

Evolution of historical population in Japan

Relationship between urban land area and population in Japan

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

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Japan

Evolution of historical urban land area in Japan

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Japan

Evolution of historical urban population in Japan

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Japan

Relationship between population and date in Japan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Japan

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Japan

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Japan

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Japan

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Japan

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Japan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Japan

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Japan

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Japan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Japan

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Japan

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Japan

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Japan

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Japan

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Japan

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Japan

Sites in Japan

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Japan

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

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

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Japan

Proportion of transboundary sites in Japan

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Japan by mean width

Wildfires in Japan

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Japan

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 261,000 people
Democracy score: 7.99
Democracy type: Flawed democracy
Individuals using the internet: 84.92 % of population
Military expenditure: 1.08 % of GDP
Net migration: 99,994 people
Press freedom: 2.66
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 10.34 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Japan

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Japan

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Japan

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Japan

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Japan

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Japan

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Japan

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Japan

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Japan

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Japan

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Japan

Evolution of historical net migration in Japan

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Japan

Political parties in Japan

Distribution of politicians from Japan by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Japan

Politicians from 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

Shops in Japan

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Japan

Companies from Japan

Proportion of employee types in companies from Japan

Distribution of companies founded in Japan by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Japan

Evolution of historical central government debt in Japan

Evolution of historical expense in Japan

Evolution of historical GDP in Japan

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Japan

Evolution of historical inflation in Japan

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Japan

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Japan

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Japan

Evolution of historical unemployment in Japan

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Japan

Exchanges in Japan

Proportion of shops per country 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

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate over time in Japan

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Japan

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Japan

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Japan

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Japan

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Japan

Evolution of historical death rate in Japan

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Japan

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

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Japan

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Japan

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Japan

Diseases 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 cases and deaths in Japan

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Japan by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Japan

Athletes from Japan

Proportion of competitions per city in Japan

Competitions 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

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Culture

Artists from Japan

Distribution of artists from Japan by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Japan

Geographical distribution of museums in Japan by visitors

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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