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🇮🇩 Indonesia vs 🇯🇵 Japan

Indonesia has 162.4M more people — 285,721,236 against 123,366,734. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇮🇩 Indonesia
285,721,236
Asia · rank #4 · +0.79%
World Bank, 2025
🇯🇵 Japan
123,366,734
Asia · rank #12 · −0.49%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorIndonesiaJapan
Population285,721,2364th of 240123,366,73412th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.79%123rd of 240−0.49%218th of 240
Population Density/km²149/km²84th of 240342/km²39th of 240
Land Areakm²1,892,555 km²14th of 240364,569 km²62nd of 240
Urban Population59.4%146th of 24092.3%30th of 240
GDP per Capita$5,060162nd of 240$35,95155th of 240
GDP Growth+5.1%48th of 210+1.2%164th of 210
Life Expectancyyears71.3 years166th of 24084.0 years10th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.12 births per woman101st of 2401.15 births per woman223rd of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00015.8 per 1,00099th of 2135.7 per 1,000207th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.6 per 1,00092nd of 21313.3 per 1,0009th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births15.2 per 1,000 live births83rd of 1941.8 per 1,000 live births190th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.2%139th of 1862.5%163rd of 186
Inflation Rate1.9%131st of 1913.2%93rd of 191
Poverty Rate9.0%144th of 16415.7%118th of 164
Gini Index34.489th of 17032.3118th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP2.7% of GDP184th of 19210.7% of GDP20th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.52 per 1,000150th of 2062.65 per 1,00072nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.37 per 1,000139th of 19912.59 per 1,0006th of 199
Literacy Rate96.0%77th of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP1.3% of GDP195th of 2023.3% of GDP135th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary97.2% gross, secondary75th of 207101.5% gross, secondary56th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption20.2% of final consumption106th of 2118.8% of final consumption153rd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area47.7% of land area56th of 21168.4% of land area19th of 211
Internet Penetration72.8%124th of 21185.5%84th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people122.5 per 100 people82nd of 212178.4 per 100 people12th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births140 per 100,000 live births53rd of 1933 per 100,000 live births181st of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.78% of GDP135th of 1631.37% of GDP97th of 163
Protected Areasof land area12.0% of land area145th of 21129.7% of land area38th of 211
Median Ageyears30.4 years133rd of 24049.8 years5th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears9.1 years84th of 14812.8 years13th of 148
Human Development Index0.728112th of 1920.92523rd of 192
Happiness Index/ 105.62/ 1091st of 1646.13/ 1063rd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.87 tonnes per capita113th of 2127.77 tonnes per capita36th of 212
Obesity Rate12.0%155th of 1985.2%191st of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

IndonesiaJapan
050M100M150M200M250M300M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Indonesia and Japan population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Indonesia195068.8M
Indonesia1975131.8M
Indonesia2000216.1M
Indonesia2025285.7M
Indonesia2050320.7M
Indonesia2075317.7M
Indonesia2100295.5M
Japan195086.4M
Japan1975113.3M
Japan2000127M
Japan2025123.1M
Japan2050105.1M
Japan207587.4M
Japan210076.8M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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