See the much superior parameters for such a "small country".
Japan Life expectancy - 81 years India Life expectancy - 64 years.
Hazards - many dormant and some active volcanoes; about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year; tsunamis; typhoons. Bombed totally in World War 2, Industrial strength razed to ground.
Japan HIV patients: 12,000 India HIV patients: 5.1 million
Japan GDP 4.9 trillion dollars for a population of 127 million ranked 2nd. wow for a tiny island.
India GDP - 796 billion ranked 11th with a population of 1010 million (8 times more than Japan)
Japan Inflation rate - 0.4% India Inflation rate - 5.3%
Japan national budget 1.4 trillion dollars. India national budget 109 billion dollars for much larger population.
Japan Electricity production - 974 billion kwh for a population only 12% of India.
India electicity production - 630 for population 8 times larger.
Japan exports $590 billion for a small country. India exports $150 billion dollars with a much larger work force.
Japan foreign exchange reserves $864 billion. India - 190 billion dollars.
Japan Number of Airports - 175 India - 341
Lastly Japan Per capita income PPP - $33,000 India - $3700 (average Indian makes 9 times less than average Japanese at the base worker level)
BOTTOMLINE - If I were a Japanese I will be making 10 times more than Indian, living in a sparkling clean disci
