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Japan: map and facts
Japan is in Eastern Asia. It has about 123 million people (2025), the 12th largest population. It covers 377,975 km², the 62nd largest by area. That is about 326 people per km². Its highest point is Fuji, at 3,777 m. The longest river on its map is the Tone, 322 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 123,366,734 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 377,975 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Tokyo
- Highest point: Fuji, 3,777 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 68.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Japan, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Tone: 322 km
- Ishikari: 268 km
- Mogami: 229 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Fuji: 3,777 m (its highest point)
- Tate-yama: 3,015 m
- Asahi-dake: 2,291 m
- Iwate-san: 2,038 m
- Ishizuchi-san: 1,982 m
- Kuju-san: 1,787 m
- Unzen-dake: 1,486 m
- Sakurajima: 1,117 m
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Ryukyu Islands, Amami Islands, Okinawa Island, Izu Islands, Noto Peninsula, Oki Islands, Daitō Islands, Osumi Islands and Sakishima Islands.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): mixed forest 28%, deciduous broadleaf forest 24.4%, towns and cities 9.1%, evergreen conifer forest 8.9%, evergreen broadleaf forest 7%, farmland 6.2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 52.7%, hills 35.8%, plains 11.4%.
Forests covered 68.3% of its land in 2024, down from 68.4% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Japan has no land borders on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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