True, but I speak of which I know. If someone has such a comparison, I would love to see it. The real measure is tokens not LOC.
I can highly recommend:
http://www.xoltar.org/old_site/misc/static_typing_eckel.html...
The article (from 2003!) is an excellent treatise on the value of a proper type system as compared to Python, and moreover, how Java's type system (or C++, ...) should simply not be equated with "static typing".