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title: "Japan vs Pakistan — area, population, currency"
description: "Japan is 377,915 km² with 123,366,734 people; Pakistan is 796,095 km² with 255,219,554. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-pakistan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Japan vs Pakistan

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

377,915 km² vs 796,095 km² · 123,366,734 vs 255,219,554

Pakistan is 2.1 times larger than Japan — 796,095 against 377,915 km². Pakistan is 2.1 times more populous than Japan — 255,219,554 against 123,366,734 people.

## Side by side

|  | Japan | Pakistan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Tokyo | Islamabad |
| Area | 377,915 km² | 796,095 km² |
| Population | 123,366,734 (2025) | 255,219,554 (2025) |
| Density | 326.4 /km² | 320.6 /km² |
| Currency | Japanese yen (JPY) | Pakistani rupee (PKR) |
| Official languages | Japanese | English, Urdu |
| Time zones | UTC+09:00 | UTC+05:00 |
| Calling code | +81 | +92 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Asia | Asia |
| ISO codes | JP / JPN | PK / PAK |

## Population density

Japan is slightly more densely populated, by 1.8% — 326 against 321 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

- Different currencies: the Japanese yen and the Pakistani rupee.

## 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.

## Pakistan

Five of the world's fourteen 8,000 m peaks stand in northern Pakistan, including K2 at 8,611 m. Outside the polar regions, this is the most heavily glaciated place on Earth: the Karakoram holds several glaciers over 50 km long, among them Siachen and Baltoro. The Indus runs about 3,200 km from Tibet to the Arabian Sea.

> 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 Pakistan?

Pakistan is larger — 796,095 km² against 377,915 km².

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

Pakistan, with 255,219,554 against 123,366,734.

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

Japan is UTC+09:00 and Pakistan is UTC+05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [India vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-japan/)
- [India vs Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-pakistan/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
- [China vs Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-pakistan/)
- [Japan vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-united-states/)
- [Japan vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Japan vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
- [Japan vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-mexico/)
- [Japan vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-spain/)
- [Japan vs South Korea](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-south-korea/)
- [Japan vs Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-netherlands/)

## 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]