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title: "Japan vs Netherlands — area, population, currency"
description: "Japan is 377,915 km² with 123,366,734 people; Netherlands is 41,543 km² with 18,087,633. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-netherlands/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Japan vs Netherlands

**Japan vs Netherlands: Japan is larger; Japan has more people**

377,915 km² vs 41,543 km² · 123,366,734 vs 18,087,633

Japan is 9.1 times larger than Netherlands — 377,915 against 41,543 km². Japan is 6.8 times more populous than Netherlands — 123,366,734 against 18,087,633 people.

## Side by side

|  | Japan | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Tokyo | Amsterdam |
| Area | 377,915 km² | 41,543 km² |
| Population | 123,366,734 (2025) | 18,087,633 (2025) |
| Density | 326.4 /km² | 435.4 /km² |
| Currency | Japanese yen (JPY) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Japanese | Dutch |
| Time zones | UTC+09:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +81 | +31 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | JP / JPN | NL / NLD |

## Population density

Netherlands is 1.3 times more densely populated than Japan — 435 against 326 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Japan on the left, Netherlands on the right.
- Different currencies: the Japanese yen and the Euro.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## Japan

A 2023 government survey using digital mapping counted 14,125 islands, more than double the long-quoted figure of 6,852. About three-quarters of the land is mountain, so nearly everyone lives on a narrow band of coastal plain. Japan sits where four tectonic plates meet and records a fifth of the world's magnitude-6-and-above earthquakes.

## Netherlands

About a quarter of the Netherlands lies below sea level and roughly a fifth of its present land area has been reclaimed from sea, lake and marsh. Flevoland, a province of some 1,400 km², was drained from the Zuiderzee in the 20th century and is the largest artificial island in the world. The lowest point, in Zuidplaspolder, is about 6.8 m below sea level.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Japan bigger than Netherlands?

Japan is larger — 377,915 km² against 41,543 km².

### Which has more people, Japan or Netherlands?

Japan, with 123,366,734 against 18,087,633.

### What is the time difference between Japan and Netherlands?

Japan is UTC+09:00 and Netherlands is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country/netherlands/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]