Countries ranked by Distance from Japan
The straight-line distance from Tokyo, the capital of Japan, to the capital of the country.
#1 Uruguay (18,573 km), #2 Argentina (18,370 km), #3 Paraguay (17,996 km). The last place is South Korea (1,151 km).
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The shortest distance along the Earth’s surface (great-circle distance) from Tokyo, Japan’s capital, to the country’s capital. Calculated by this site from Wikidata capital coordinates.
This is not a flight route or travel distance. For countries with more than one capital, the first capital listed on this site is used. Japan itself is not included.
- Countries listed: 192 (of 193)
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Sorted from the highest value
| Rank | Country | Distance from Japan | Year | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Uruguay |
18,573 km | ||
| 2 |  Argentina |
18,370 km | ||
| 3 |  Paraguay |
17,996 km | ||
| 4 |  Brazil |
17,678 km | ||
| 5 |  Chile |
17,237 km | ||
| 6 |  Bolivia |
16,950 km | ||
| 7 |  Peru |
15,493 km | ||
| 8 |  Suriname |
15,140 km | ||
| 9 |  Guyana |
14,935 km | ||
| 10 |  Ecuador |
14,436 km | ||
| 11 |  Liberia |
14,419 km | ||
| 12 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
14,400 km | ||
| 13 |  Sierra Leone |
14,343 km | ||
| 14 |  Namibia |
14,334 km | ||
| 15 |  Colombia |
14,317 km | ||
| 16 |  Guinea |
14,267 km | ||
| 17 |  Grenada |
14,248 km | ||
| 18 |  Barbados |
14,222 km | ||
| 19 |  Venezuela |
14,168 km | ||
| 20 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines |
14,155 km | ||
| 21 |  Guinea-Bissau |
14,124 km | ||
| 22 |  Cape Verde |
14,116 km | ||
| 23 |  St. Lucia |
14,076 km | ||
| 24 |  Côte d’Ivoire |
14,037 km | ||
| 25 |  Gambia |
14,007 km | ||
| 26 |  Dominica |
13,927 km | ||
| 27 |  Senegal |
13,919 km | ||
| 28 |  Angola |
13,845 km | ||
| 29 |  Ghana |
13,808 km | ||
| 30 |  Lesotho |
13,743 km | ||
| 31 |  Antigua & Barbuda |
13,720 km | ||
| 32 |  São Tomé & Príncipe |
13,718 km | ||
| 33 |  St. Kitts & Nevis |
13,667 km | ||
| 34 |  Togo |
13,659 km | ||
| 35 |  Mali |
13,657 km | ||
| 36 |  Botswana |
13,650 km | ||
| 37 |  Panama |
13,570 km | ||
| 38 |  Benin |
13,529 km | ||
| 39 |  Mauritania |
13,509 km | ||
| 40 |  South Africa |
13,503 km | ||
| 41 |  Gabon |
13,496 km | ||
| 42= |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
13,353 km | ||
| 42= |  Republic of the Congo |
13,353 km | ||
| 44 |  Burkina Faso |
13,296 km | ||
| 45 |  Equatorial Guinea |
13,294 km | ||
| 46 |  Eswatini |
13,273 km | ||
| 47 |  Dominican Republic |
13,233 km | ||
| 48 |  Costa Rica |
13,176 km | ||
| 49 |  Mozambique |
13,128 km | ||
| 50 |  Haiti |
13,105 km | ||
| 51 |  Cameroon |
13,064 km | ||
| 52 |  Nigeria |
12,960 km | ||
| 53 |  Niger |
12,957 km | ||
| 54 |  Jamaica |
12,918 km | ||
| 55 |  Zambia |
12,916 km | ||
| 56 |  Nicaragua |
12,833 km | ||
| 57 |  Zimbabwe |
12,809 km | ||
| 58 |  Honduras |
12,602 km | ||
| 59 |  El Salvador |
12,496 km | ||
| 60 |  Central African Republic |
12,451 km | ||
| 61 |  Malawi |
12,335 km | ||
| 62 |  Guatemala |
12,323 km | ||
| 63 |  Belize |
12,227 km | ||
| 64 |  Bahamas |
12,218 km | ||
| 65 |  Chad |
12,144 km | ||
| 66 |  Cuba |
12,119 km | ||
| 67 |  Burundi |
12,009 km | ||
| 68 |  Rwanda |
11,894 km | ||
| 69 |  Tanzania |
11,666 km | ||
| 70 |  Uganda |
11,524 km | ||
| 71 |  Morocco |
11,520 km | ||
| 72 |  Madagascar |
11,408 km | ||
| 73 |  Comoros |
11,339 km | ||
| 74 |  Mexico |
11,312 km | ||
| 75 |  South Sudan |
11,305 km | ||
| 76 |  Kenya |
11,252 km | ||
| 77 |  Portugal |
11,144 km | ||
| 78 |  United States |
10,905 km | ||
| 79 |  Algeria |
10,797 km | ||
| 80 |  Spain |
10,762 km | ||
| 81 |  Mauritius |
10,630 km | ||
| 82 |  Libya |
10,575 km | ||
| 83 |  Sudan |
10,479 km | ||
| 84 |  Tunisia |
10,417 km | ||
| 85 |  Ethiopia |
10,394 km | ||
| 86 |  Andorra |
10,339 km | ||
| 87 |  Canada |
10,321 km | ||
| 88 |  Somalia |
10,268 km | ||
| 89 |  Malta |
10,243 km | ||
| 90 |  Eritrea |
9,958 km | ||
| 91 |  Monaco |
9,953 km | ||
| 92 |  Italy |
9,855 km | ||
| 93 |  Djibouti |
9,838 km | ||
| 94 |  Seychelles |
9,789 km | ||
| 95 |  France |
9,712 km | ||
| 96 |  San Marino |
9,684 km | ||
| 97 |  Switzerland |
9,666 km | ||
| 98 |  Ireland |
9,585 km | ||
| 99 |  Egypt |
9,564 km | ||
| 100 |  United Kingdom |
9,559 km | ||
| 101 |  Liechtenstein |
9,553 km | ||
| 102 |  Greece |
9,505 km | ||
| 103 |  Yemen |
9,501 km | ||
| 104 |  Albania |
9,488 km | ||
| 105 |  Luxembourg |
9,487 km | ||
| 106 |  Belgium |
9,449 km | ||
| 107 |  Montenegro |
9,433 km | ||
| 108 |  Slovenia |
9,400 km | ||
| 109 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
9,369 km | ||
| 110 |  Croatia |
9,343 km | ||
| 111 |  North Macedonia |
9,340 km | ||
| 112 |  Netherlands |
9,289 km | ||
| 113 |  New Zealand |
9,277 km | ||
| 114 |  Serbia |
9,178 km | ||
| 115 |  Bulgaria |
9,174 km | ||
| 116 |  Israel |
9,146 km | ||
| 117 |  Austria |
9,128 km | ||
| 118 |  Slovakia |
9,095 km | ||
| 119 |  Jordan |
9,083 km | ||
| 120 |  Czechia |
9,070 km | ||
| 121 |  Cyprus |
9,052 km | ||
| 122 |  Hungary |
9,046 km | ||
| 123 |  Lebanon |
8,983 km | ||
| 124 |  Syria |
8,950 km | ||
| 125 |  Germany |
8,917 km | ||
| 126 |  Romania |
8,880 km | ||
| 127 |  Iceland |
8,797 km | ||
| 128 |  Türkiye |
8,764 km | ||
| 129 |  Saudi Arabia |
8,693 km | ||
| 130 |  Denmark |
8,690 km | ||
| 131 |  Poland |
8,579 km | ||
| 132 |  Moldova |
8,531 km | ||
| 133 |  Norway |
8,406 km | ||
| 134 |  Iraq |
8,349 km | ||
| 135 |  Kuwait |
8,299 km | ||
| 136 |  Bahrain |
8,272 km | ||
| 137 |  Qatar |
8,248 km | ||
| 138 |  Ukraine |
8,199 km | ||
| 139 |  Lithuania |
8,186 km | ||
| 140 |  Sweden |
8,169 km | ||
| 141 |  Belarus |
8,126 km | ||
| 142 |  Latvia |
8,082 km | ||
| 143 |  United Arab Emirates |
8,052 km | ||
| 144 |  Australia |
7,953 km | ||
| 145 |  Armenia |
7,930 km | ||
| 146 |  Tonga |
7,903 km | ||
| 147 |  Estonia |
7,877 km | ||
| 148 |  Georgia |
7,821 km | ||
| 149 |  Finland |
7,818 km | ||
| 150 |  Oman |
7,737 km | ||
| 151 |  Iran |
7,662 km | ||
| 152 |  Maldives |
7,596 km | ||
| 153 |  Azerbaijan |
7,528 km | ||
| 154 |  Samoa |
7,501 km | ||
| 155 |  Russia |
7,479 km | ||
| 156 |  Fiji |
7,243 km | ||
| 157 |  Turkmenistan |
6,994 km | ||
| 158 |  Sri Lanka |
6,847 km | ||
| 159 |  Vanuatu |
6,662 km | ||
| 160 |  Tuvalu |
6,417 km | ||
| 161 |  Afghanistan |
6,268 km | ||
| 162 |  Tajikistan |
6,132 km | ||
| 163 |  Uzbekistan |
5,990 km | ||
| 164 |  Pakistan |
5,976 km | ||
| 165 |  India |
5,837 km | ||
| 166 |  Indonesia |
5,784 km | ||
| 167 |  Kazakhstan |
5,558 km | ||
| 168 |  Kyrgyzstan |
5,522 km | ||
| 169 |  Solomon Islands |
5,449 km | ||
| 170 |  Singapore |
5,321 km | ||
| 171 |  Malaysia |
5,320 km | ||
| 172 |  Nepal |
5,155 km | ||
| 173 |  Timor-Leste |
5,137 km | ||
| 174 |  Kiribati |
5,135 km | ||
| 175 |  Papua New Guinea |
5,083 km | ||
| 176 |  Nauru |
4,918 km | ||
| 177 |  Bangladesh |
4,890 km | ||
| 178 |  Bhutan |
4,778 km | ||
| 179 |  Thailand |
4,602 km | ||
| 180 |  Myanmar |
4,596 km | ||
| 181 |  Marshall Islands |
4,528 km | ||
| 182 |  Cambodia |
4,402 km | ||
| 183 |  Brunei |
4,259 km | ||
| 184 |  Laos |
4,136 km | ||
| 185 |  Micronesia |
3,713 km | ||
| 186 |  Vietnam |
3,667 km | ||
| 187 |  Palau |
3,177 km | ||
| 188 |  Mongolia |
3,008 km | ||
| 189 |  Philippines |
2,996 km | ||
| 190 |  China |
2,092 km | ||
| 191 |  North Korea |
1,285 km | ||
| 192 |  South Korea |
1,151 km |
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Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.
Data is available for 192 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.
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