Greenland vs Japan: Surface area

Greenland

410,450 sq. km

in 2023

Japan

377,969 sq. km

in 2023

Greenland rank

60th

Japan rank

63rd

Surface area over time

Greenland currently reports 410,450 sq. km against 377,969 sq. km in Japan, a difference of 32,481 sq. km.

That makes Greenland's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Greenland ranks 60th and Japan ranks 63rd of 216 countries.

Indicator: Surface area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 16,395 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.