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Japan is geographically larger than Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou

Japan is geographically larger than Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen...

ericpauley 3y ago
Germany is part of the European Union, which is 10x larger than Japan and a sixth of world GDP.
- deepsun 3y ago
  Why sixth? EU's GDP is #2 (nominal) lagging very slightly to US [1], or #3 by PPP. Germany's GDP is #3 (nominal) or #5 (PPP) [2]. [1] https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPSH@WEO/EU/CHN/USA https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPSH@WEO/EU/CHN/USA [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Germany UPDATE: fixed the statement, previous was about world trade share.
  - aidenn0 3y ago
    Not #6 but "a sixth" as in 1/6 of the total GDP of the world.
  - hollerith 3y ago
    >EU's GDP is #2, greatly surpassing US Your link [1] shows that the EU surpasses US in international trade, not in GDP.
    - deepsun 3y ago
      Yep, fixed (you're too fast! :). Although the statement still holds, but it's "slightly" not "greatly" now.
  - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
    Not quite sure what you're getting at, but that claim is not true. The US economy was roughly comparable in size to the EU's 15 years ago but is now nearly 1/3 larger than the EU + UK, or about 1/2 larger than the EU without the UK: https://www.ft.com/content/80ace07f-3acb-40cb-9960-8bb4a44fd8d9 https://www.ft.com/content/80ace07f-3acb-40cb-9960-8bb4a44fd...
    - deepsun 3y ago
      Seems like the difference is in PPP vs Nominal. Numbers are hard. Matching the numbers: US / EU / Europe: Nominal [1]: 27.0 / 18.4 / 25 PPP [2]: 15.5 / 14.6 / 21 My point was that EU is higher than #6, as well as Germany, whatever the metric. But, as I was corrected below, they meant "sixth" as share, not as rank. [1] https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDPD@WEO/USA/EU/EUQ https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDPD@WEO/USA/EU/EUQ [2] https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPSH@WEO/USA/EU/EUQ https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPSH@WEO/USA/EU/EUQ
HPsquared 3y ago
A lot of Japan's landmass is basically uninhabitable mountains, though. Not much arable land, for instance.
justrealist 3y ago
Yeah but it's mostly mountain. 11% arable (33% in Germany).

Japan is geographically larger than Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen...

ericpauley 3y ago

Germany is part of the European Union, which is 10x larger than Japan and a sixth of world GDP.

deepsun 3y ago
Why sixth? EU's GDP is #2 (nominal) lagging very slightly to US [1], or #3 by PPP. Germany's GDP is #3 (nominal) or #5 (PPP) [2]. [1] https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPSH@WEO/EU/CHN/USA https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPSH@WEO/EU/CHN/USA [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Germany UPDATE: fixed the statement, previous was about world trade share.
- aidenn0 3y ago
  Not #6 but "a sixth" as in 1/6 of the total GDP of the world.
- hollerith 3y ago
  >EU's GDP is #2, greatly surpassing US Your link [1] shows that the EU surpasses US in international trade, not in GDP.
  - deepsun 3y ago
    Yep, fixed (you're too fast! :). Although the statement still holds, but it's "slightly" not "greatly" now.
- AlchemistCamp 3y ago
  Not quite sure what you're getting at, but that claim is not true. The US economy was roughly comparable in size to the EU's 15 years ago but is now nearly 1/3 larger than the EU + UK, or about 1/2 larger than the EU without the UK: https://www.ft.com/content/80ace07f-3acb-40cb-9960-8bb4a44fd8d9 https://www.ft.com/content/80ace07f-3acb-40cb-9960-8bb4a44fd...
  - deepsun 3y ago
    Seems like the difference is in PPP vs Nominal. Numbers are hard. Matching the numbers: US / EU / Europe: Nominal [1]: 27.0 / 18.4 / 25 PPP [2]: 15.5 / 14.6 / 21 My point was that EU is higher than #6, as well as Germany, whatever the metric. But, as I was corrected below, they meant "sixth" as share, not as rank. [1] https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDPD@WEO/USA/EU/EUQ https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDPD@WEO/USA/EU/EUQ [2] https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPSH@WEO/USA/EU/EUQ https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPSH@WEO/USA/EU/EUQ

HPsquared 3y ago

A lot of Japan's landmass is basically uninhabitable mountains, though. Not much arable land, for instance.

justrealist 3y ago

Yeah but it's mostly mountain. 11% arable (33% in Germany).