Canada vs Japan
Canada vs Japan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $939 in Canada and $504 in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by $435, or 1.86 times that in Japan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Japan.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 23 and Japan ranked 44 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $939 | $504 |
| 2024 | $774 | $437 |
| 2023 | $739 | $386 |
| 2022 | $651 | $344 |
| 2021 | $644 | $425 |
| 2020 | $617 | $406 |
| 2019 | $567 | $400 |
| 2018 | $583 | $382 |
| 2017 | $584 | $354 |
| 2016 | $483 | $366 |
| 2015 | $509 | $331 |
| 2014 | $555 | $368 |
| 2013 | $527 | $384 |
| 2012 | $589 | $469 |
| 2011 | $622 | $474 |
| 2010 | $568 | $426 |
| 2009 | $563 | $402 |
| 2008 | $582 | $362 |
| 2007 | $529 | $317 |
| 2006 | $454 | $325 |
| 2005 | $402 | $346 |
| 2004 | $355 | $355 |
| 2003 | $314 | $333 |
| 2002 | $271 | $309 |
| 2001 | $270 | $321 |
| 2000 | $270 | $359 |
| 1999 | $270 | $340 |
| 1998 | $257 | $299 |
| 1997 | $266 | $322 |
| 1996 | $291 | $350 |
| 1995 | $313 | $398 |
| 1994 | $330 | $362 |
| 1993 | $358 | $332 |
| 1992 | $381 | $290 |
| 1991 | $405 | $265 |
| 1990 | $414 | $234 |
| 1989 | $396 | $228 |
| 1988 | $370 | $231 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Japan
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025