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Comparison of China and Japan [S]ave

Attribute
China
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Japan
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Geography
Area (km²)9,596,960377,915
ContinentAsiaAsia
Land area (km²)9,326,410364,485
Water area (km²)270,55013,430
Land boundaries (km)22,4570
Border countries
  • Afghanistan
  • Bhutan
  • Burma
  • India
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Mongolia
  • Nepal
  • North Korea
  • Pakistan
  • Russia
  • Tajikistan
  • Vietnam
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Coastline (km)14,50029,751
Mean elevation (m)1,840438
Lowest point (m)-154-4
Highest point (m)8,8483,776
People
Population1,394,015,977125,507,472
Official languages
  • Standard Chinese or Mandarin
Array of values
ReligionBuddhistShintoism
Government
Long country namePeople's Republic of China-
Short country nameChinaJapan
Long local nameZhonghua Renmin GongheguoNihon-koku/Nippon-koku
Short local nameZhongguoNihon/Nippon
Government typeCommunist party-led stateParliamentary constitutional monarchy
CapitalBeijingTokyo
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)25,360,000,000,0005,443,000,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)12,010,000,000,0004,873,000,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)6.91.7
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)18,20042,900
Gross national saving (% of GDP)45.828
Labor force806,700,00065,010,000
Unemployment rate (%)3.92.9
Population below poverty line (%)3.316.1
Budget revenues (USD)2,553,000,000,0001,714,000,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)3,008,000,000,0001,885,000,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.870.92
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)21.335.2
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-3.8-3.5
Public debt (% of GDP)47237.6
Inflation rate (%)1.60.5
Central bank discount rate (%)2.250.3
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)4.351.48
Stock of narrow money (USD)8,351,000,000,0006,317,000,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)8,351,000,000,0006,317,000,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)27,340,000,000,00013,070,000,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)7,335,000,000,0004,895,000,000,000
Current account balance (USD)164,900,000,000196,100,000,000
Exports (USD)2,490,000,000,000688,900,000,000
Imports (USD)2,140,000,000,000644,700,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)3,236,000,000,0001,264,000,000,000
External debt (USD)1,598,000,000,0003,240,000,000,000
National currencyRenminbi yuanyen
National currency (code)RMBJPY
National currency (symbol)-¥
National currency rate to USD7.76111.1



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