JapanEast Asia & Pacific
Japan: 4th largest economy, 10th in military spending
Population123M#12 of 194 in the world · 2025
GDP$4.4T#4 of 193 in the world · 2025
GDP per person$36k#34 of 193 in the world · 2025
Fossil fuel output44 TWh#73 of 186 in the world · 2024
Military spending$55.3B#10 of 167 in the world · 2024
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
123M people, 92% in cities
- Population123M2025
- Population growth-0.5%2025
- Urban population92.3%2025
- Land area365k km²2023
A $4.4T economy, $36k per person
- GDP$4.4T2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$6.8T2025
- GDP per person$36k2025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$55.4k2025
- GDP growth1.2%2025
Fuels are 1% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP22.0%2024
- Imports, share of GDP22.9%2024
- Fuels, share of goods exports1.2%2025
- Exports of goods and services$921B2024
- Imports of goods and services$958B2024
Fossil fuel output of 44 TWh
Oilmade 6.2 TWhused 1.8k TWh
Gasmade 34 TWhused 909 TWh
Coalmade 3.7 TWhused 1.3k TWh
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)44 TWh2024
- Primary energy consumption4.8k TWh2024
- Energy use per person38.7 MWh2024
- Electricity generation1k TWh2025
- Electricity from fossil fuels67.3%2025
Spends $55.3B on its military, 1.4% of GDP
- Military spending$55.3B2024
- Military spending, share of GDP1.4%2024
- Armed forces personnel261k2020
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$977M2024
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$21M2024
What Japan's leaders said lately
8 statements on record, newest first
- Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan · 26 Septreassurance
explained the latest U.S.-China summit meeting in quite a lot of detail
source ↗ - Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan · 26 Septpolicy announcement
exchanged views primarily on issues related to China, covering economic affairs, including economic security, as well as security affairs
source ↗ - Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan · 26 Septcommitment
confirmed close coordination between Japan and the United States
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Where these numbers come from
- Bank for International Settlements, central bank policy rates ↗ · BIS statistics, free reuse with attribution · 2026
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2020-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.