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Brazil vs Japan
How Brazil and Japan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Japan was higher: 84.7 years against 75.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Japan was higher: $38,620 against $9,748
- Population · In 2023, Brazil was higher: 211 million people against 124 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Japan was higher: 1.41% of GDP against 1.05% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Japan was higher: 7.84 tonnes against 2.32 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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