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China vs Japan

This page compares China and Japan across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator China Japan Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 7.76 13.30 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 6.77 5.70 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 105.24M 6.90M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 50.94 48.78 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 34.11 7.81 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 111.02 64.57 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 75.25 81.09 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.43 -0.32 Compare →
Population, male 717.75M 60.48M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 976.80M 72.88M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 21.15 50.66 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 12.96 26.84 Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 69.33 58.78 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 93.04M 16.23M Compare →
Urban population 928.44M 114.29M Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 55.97 36.56 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 49.06 51.22 Compare →
Rural population 480.54M 9.68M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 206.63M 36.92M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 23.09 19.45 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 70.28 61.12 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.23 10.87 Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.10 1.05 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 81.66 90.06 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 80.97 87.13 Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.01 1.15 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 65.89 92.19 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 225.55M 14.18M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 16.43 32.58 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 90.38 94.87 Compare →
Population, total $1.41B 123.98M Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 44.24 70.12 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) -0.12 -0.44 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 68.34 56.55 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 16.76 12.03 Compare →
Population, female 691.22M 63.50M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 113.59M 20.69M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 472.39M 35.91M Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 78.02 84.04 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 120.30M 7.28M Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 5.20 1.63 Compare →
Net migration -268,126.00 140,579.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 504.40M 36.97M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 14.67 29.78 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 16.01 11.44 Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 0.10 2.80 Compare →

Environment

Indicator China Japan Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 150.26 341.54 Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator China Japan Detail
Surface area (sq. km) 9.56M 377,969.27 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 42,639.94 5,490.82 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 0.46 1.48 Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.