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Japan vs United Arab Emirates
How Japan and United Arab Emirates compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Japan was higher: 84.7 years against 82.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, United Arab Emirates was higher: $41,610 against $37,980
- Population · In 2023, Japan was higher: 124 million people against 10.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2014, United Arab Emirates was higher: 5.64% of GDP against 0.94% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, United Arab Emirates was higher: 18.26 tonnes against 7.84 tonnes
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- GDP per personJapan: $38,620 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- TemperatureJapan: 12.9 °C in 2025United Arab Emirates: 28.9 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personJapan: $38,620 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthJapan: 1.2% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationJapan: 3.2% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtJapan: 213.6% of GDP in 2024United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, 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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