Finland is a Nordic country located in Northern Europe, whereas Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Finland and Japan regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Finland bigger than Japan?
The total area of Finland is 338,455 sq km, and the total area of Japan is 377,975 sq km. Finland is smaller than Japan by 39,520 sq km. Finland is around 1.12 times smaller than Japan.
Area of Finland: 130,678 sq mi ( 338,455 km2 )
Area of Japan: 145,937 sq mi ( 377,975 km2 )
Population
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Finland as of 24th March 2022, is estimated to be around 5,555,551.
According to the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Japan as of 24th March 2022, is estimated to be around 125,815,509.
Here is some more data comparison between Finland and Japan.
The capital of Finland is Helsinki, and the capital city of Japan is Tokyo.
Official Languages
Finland : Finnish, Swedish
Japan: Japanese
Demonym(s)
Finland: Finnish, Finn
Japan: Japanese
ISO 3166 Code
Finland: FI
Japan: JP
Human Development Index
HDI of Finland as of 2019: 0.938
HDI of Japan as of 2019: 0.919
Finland Time Zone:
UTC + 2 (Eastern European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
Japan Time Zone:
UTC + 9 (Japan Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Finland:
64° 0′ 0″ N, 26° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Japan:
36° 0′ 0″ N, 138° 0′ 0″ E
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