Place comparison

Japan compared with Texas: area, population and density

Texas has about 1.8 times Japan’s land, but Japan has about 3.9 times Texas’s population, so Japan is about 7 times as dense.

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Outlines are centered and scaled by official land area; position does not show geographic location.

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Direct answer

How different are Japan and Texas?

Japan covers 377,975.6 km² (145,937 sq mi); Japan's area is about 55.9% of Texas's. Its reported population is 123,802,000; Japan's population is 3.9 times Texas's. By average density, Japan's population density is 6.99 times Texas's.

Area difference

Japan's area is about 55.9% of Texas's 377,975.6 km² (145,937 sq mi) · 676,660.2 km² (261,260 sq mi)

Population difference

Japan's population is 3.9 times Texas's 123,802,000 · 31,709,821

Density difference

Japan's population density is 6.99 times Texas's 327.5 /km² (848 /sq mi) · 46.9 /km² (121 /sq mi)

Full data and sources for each place: Japan area & population, Texas area & population

Straight-line distance between geometric centres: about 10392 km; time difference: 15 hours (14 hours during daylight saving time).

On a familiar scale

Japan ≈ 94% of California 3,053 m² of land per resident
Texas ≈ 1.68 × California 21,339 m² of land per resident

Reference scales come from U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 Gazetteer Files: land area of states and counties , as of 2025-01-01.

How to read it

Japan would fit inside Texas almost twice, yet it has nearly four times as many people.

Geography and shape

Japan is an archipelago stretching about 3,000 km from Hokkaido to Okinawa, so its outline covers a far longer span than its land area suggests. Texas is one compact block more than 1,200 km across. On a single map the two look closer in size than they are, because Japan’s land is spread thin along its arc.

Population context

Japan has an estimated 123,802,000 people on 377,976 km², about 328 per km². Texas has an estimated 31,709,821 on 676,660 km² of land, about 47 per km².

Boundaries and definitions

Japan’s area is the national total from the Geospatial Information Authority, which includes lakes and the Northern Territories; Texas’s is land only, excluding 19,008 km² of water. Measured on the same land-plus-water basis for Texas, it is about 1.8 Japans either way. Japan’s population is the official estimate for 1 October 2024; Texas’s is the Census Bureau’s estimate for 1 July 2025.

Japan: Total population estimate and national territory area.

Texas: The State of Texas: 676,660.16 km² of land and 31,709,821 residents. Area is the Census Bureau’s land area (ALAND) for the state in the 2025 Gazetteer, which excludes inland and coastal water — another 19,008 km², so the land-plus-water total is 695,668 km². Population is the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 resident estimate for 1 July 2025, not a census count. The outline is Natural Earth’s admin-1 polygon for Texas, which measures about 1.4% larger than the official land area because its coastline encloses some bays. Most of Texas keeps Central Time (UTC−6, UTC−5 in summer); El Paso and Hudspeth counties in the far west use Mountain Time, one hour behind.

In-depth guide

How should Japan and Texas be understood in context?

Japan often looks as large as Texas on a map because its islands stretch across about 3,000 km. By land area, though, Texas is about 1.8 times Japan — and Japan has nearly four times as many people.

An arc against a block

Japan’s 377,976 km² is spread along a narrow chain of islands from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Texas’s 676,660 km² of land is one compact block. Drawn on the same scale, Japan’s arc reaches much farther end to end than Texas does, even though it covers a little over half the area.

Japan has about 123.8 million people, about 328 per km²; Texas about 31.7 million, about 47 per km². A state with almost exactly Japan’s land area is Montana, at 376,974 km².

Questions people ask

About this geographic comparison

Which is bigger, Japan or Texas?

Texas is bigger, with a land area about 1.79× that of Japan (Japan 377,975.6 vs Texas 676,660.2 km², or 145,937 sq mi vs 261,260 sq mi).

How big is Japan compared to Texas?

Texas has 676,660.2 km² (261,260 sq mi) and Japan has 377,975.6 km² (145,937 sq mi): the ratio is 1.79×. Conversely, Japan has 55.9% of Texas's area.

Does Japan or Texas have more people?

Japan has 123,802,000 people (2024-10-01), versus 31,709,821 in Texas (2025-07-01): 3.9×. In reverse, Texas has 25.6% of Japan's population. Japan is 55.9% the size of Texas — 377,975.6 km² vs 676,660.2 km² (145,937 sq mi vs 261,260 sq mi). Population is 3.9× higher; average density is 6.99× higher. Each side’s scope and reference date are set out under “Boundaries and definitions” on this page.

Is Japan bigger than Texas?

No. Texas is bigger, with a land area about 1.79× that of Japan (Japan 377,975.6 vs Texas 676,660.2 km², or 145,937 sq mi vs 261,260 sq mi). The area difference is 298,684.5 km². Texas has 676,660.2 km² (261,260 sq mi) and Japan has 377,975.6 km² (145,937 sq mi): the ratio is 1.79×. Conversely, Japan has 55.9% of Texas's area. No. Texas’s 676,660 km² of land is about 1.8 times Japan’s 377,976 km². Japan is closer in size to California or Montana.

How many times does Japan fit into Texas?

By land area, Japan fits into Texas about 1.79 times (676,660.2 km² vs 377,975.6 km², or 261,260 sq mi vs 145,937 sq mi). It is an area ratio, not a jigsaw fit: coastlines and shapes differ, which the outlines on this page show at one scale.

Which US state is closest to Japan in size?

Montana: its 376,974 km² of land is within 0.3% of Japan’s 377,976 km². California is about 7% larger than Japan.

Sources

Outline data:

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