India vs Japan

India
South Asia
Lower middle income
Capital: New Delhi
Population
1.5B
GDP
$3.9T
Japan
East Asia & Pacific
High income
Capital: Tokyo
Population
124M
GDP
$4.0T

POP 11.7x GDP 1.0x LE 11.8 yrs LMC↔HIC

Widest indicator spreads · India vs Japan

Population Growth Rate132.6%Net Migration124.3%GDP Growth Rate98.4%Maternal Mortality Ratio96.3%GNI Per Capita92.6%Infant Mortality Rate92.3%Intentional Homicides91.9%GDP Per Capita (Current …91.7%
WIDE pair: the board is the Population Growth Rate gap first (India LMC vs Japan HIC).

Demographics: Population Growth Rate (India, 133% spread)

Indicator India Japan Year
Population Growth Rate 0.9% -0.4% 2024
Population 1.5B 124M 2024
Population Ages 65+ 7.1% 29.8% 2024
Urban Population 35.4% 92.2% 2024

3 closer demographics rows sit on the India and Japan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: GDP Growth Rate (India, 98% spread)

Indicator India Japan Year
GDP Growth Rate 6.5% 0.1% 2024
GNI Per Capita $2,650 $36,000 2024
GDP Per Capita (Current USD) $2,694.738 $32,487.078 2024
Inflation (Consumer Prices) 5.0% 2.7% 2024

5 closer economy rows sit on the India and Japan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Maternal Mortality Ratio (Japan, 96% spread)

Indicator India Japan Year
Maternal Mortality Ratio 80 3 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 23.3 1.8 2024
Under-5 Mortality Rate 26.6 2.4 2024
Stunting Prevalence (under 5) 35.5% 7.1% 2020

3 closer health rows sit on the India and Japan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: School Enrollment (Tertiary) (Japan, 47% spread)

Indicator India Japan Year
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 34.4% 64.9% 2024
School Enrollment (Secondary) 78.1% 102.3% 2024
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 4.1% 3.3% 2022

3 closer education rows sit on the India and Japan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Electric Power Consumption (Japan, 84% spread)

Indicator India Japan Year
Electric Power Consumption 1,182 7,530 2023
Renewable Energy Consumption 34.9% 8.8% 2021
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 2.2 7.8 2024
Forest Area 24.5% 68.4% 2023

1 closer environment rows sit on the India and Japan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Mobile Subscriptions (Japan, 56% spread)

Indicator India Japan Year
Mobile Subscriptions 79.4 178.4 2024
Access to Sanitation 62.8% 99.2% 2024
Internet Users 64.9% 85.5% 2024
Access to Clean Water 76.4% 98.7% 2024

1 closer infrastructure rows sit on the India and Japan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Net Migration (Japan, 124% spread)

Indicator India Japan Year
Net Migration -630,830 153.4K 2024
Intentional Homicides 2.8 0.2 2022
Poverty (< $2.15/day) 5.3% 1.2% 2022
Female Labor Participation 32.4% 55.6% 2024

2 closer social rows sit on the India and Japan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Labor & Wages: Average Monthly Earnings (Japan, 91% spread)

Indicator India Japan Year
Average Monthly Earnings 248.7 2800.8 2024
PPP Conversion Factor (GDP) 20.4 94.5 2024
Average Weekly Hours Worked 45.7 36.6 2024

How to read this India vs Japan comparison

India (LMC, South Asia) vs Japan (HIC, East Asia & Pacific) is a WIDE WDI pair: population is 11.7x larger (1.5B vs 124M) and total GDP is roughly the same size ($3.9T vs $4.0T). The gap board leads on Population Growth Rate (~133% relative spread) across 48 indicators in 8 topics. Cross-tier pair; prefer per-capita and rate columns over raw totals. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

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India vs Japan figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · LMC↔HIC · WIDE scale band.