Japan Urban Population 1960-2023

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Japan urban population for 2021 was 115,459,909, a 0.37% decline from 2020.
  • Japan urban population for 2020 was 115,884,871, a 0.2% decline from 2019.
  • Japan urban population for 2019 was 116,119,928, a 0.05% decline from 2018.
  • Japan urban population for 2018 was 116,179,166, a 0.04% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Urban Population
United States 275,050,303
Japan 115,459,909
Germany 64,513,567
United Kingdom 56,656,654
France 55,041,156
Argentina 42,248,949
Italy 42,172,384
South Korea 42,127,573
Spain 38,433,310
Canada 31,229,095
Saudi Arabia 30,380,961
Poland 22,676,585
Australia 22,184,739
Chile 17,118,329
Netherlands 16,230,689
Belgium 11,374,657
Sweden 9,190,703
Israel 8,677,993
Greece 8,517,020
UAE 8,175,678
Czech Republic 7,796,754
Hong Kong 7,413,100
Hungary 7,014,911
Portugal 6,902,258
Switzerland 6,440,172
Singapore 5,453,566
Austria 5,283,472
Denmark 5,167,981
Finland 4,742,889
Norway 4,506,374
New Zealand 4,445,853
Kuwait 4,250,114
Oman 3,934,799
Uruguay 3,275,607
Ireland 3,216,796
Puerto Rico 3,054,454
Panama 2,992,584
Slovak Republic 2,931,708
Qatar 2,668,826
Croatia 2,256,663
Lithuania 1,911,545
Bahrain 1,311,407
Latvia 1,289,387
Slovenia 1,168,445
Estonia 923,866
Cyprus 831,814
Trinidad and Tobago 812,644
Macao 686,607
Luxembourg 586,759
Malta 491,624
Iceland 349,960
Brunei 349,858
Bahamas 340,051
New Caledonia 194,938
French Polynesia 188,701
Guam 162,033
Curacao 135,666
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 101,678
Barbados 87,864
Andorra 69,438
Cayman Islands 68,136
Bermuda 63,867
Seychelles 57,542
Channel Islands 53,552
Greenland 49,575
Aruba 46,734
Northern Mariana Islands 45,468
Isle of Man 44,723
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 42,846
Turks and Caicos Islands 42,332
Monaco 36,686
San Marino 32,942
Gibraltar 32,669
Antigua and Barbuda 22,727
Faroe Islands 22,522
British Virgin Islands 15,225
St. Kitts and Nevis 14,713
Palau 14,686
Liechtenstein 5,649
Japan Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2021 115,459,909 91.87 -0.37%
2020 115,884,871 91.78 -0.20%
2019 116,119,928 91.70 -0.05%
2018 116,179,166 91.62 -0.04%
2017 116,223,820 91.54 0.00%
2016 116,219,897 91.46 0.03%
2015 116,182,717 91.38 -0.02%
2014 116,208,079 91.30 -0.05%
2013 116,262,976 91.23 -0.06%
2012 116,331,281 91.15 -0.07%
2011 116,416,235 91.07 0.10%
2010 116,302,928 90.81 0.93%
2009 115,228,215 89.99 0.98%
2008 114,107,975 89.10 1.13%
2007 112,827,761 88.15 1.29%
2006 111,383,848 87.12 1.38%
2005 109,856,670 85.98 1.58%
2004 108,136,910 84.64 1.75%
2003 106,256,267 83.20 2.09%
2002 104,055,019 81.65 2.28%
2001 101,706,485 79.99 1.93%
2000 99,760,751 78.65 0.33%
1999 99,434,460 78.52 0.34%
1998 99,095,072 78.40 0.43%
1997 98,667,335 78.27 0.40%
1996 98,272,808 78.15 0.39%
1995 97,888,236 78.02 0.41%
1994 97,489,878 77.88 0.45%
1993 97,049,554 77.75 0.50%
1992 96,566,243 77.61 0.55%
1991 96,038,630 77.47 0.57%
1990 95,496,650 77.34 0.49%
1989 95,025,267 77.21 0.56%
1988 94,492,929 77.09 0.58%
1987 93,946,744 76.96 0.65%
1986 93,340,695 76.84 0.69%
1985 92,696,479 76.71 0.77%
1984 91,987,180 76.60 0.79%
1983 91,261,504 76.49 0.84%
1982 90,498,578 76.38 0.84%
1981 89,743,575 76.27 0.86%
1980 88,977,732 76.18 0.86%
1979 88,213,150 76.12 0.92%
1978 87,402,828 76.06 0.99%
1977 86,544,997 76.00 1.04%
1976 85,645,846 75.94 1.37%
1975 84,478,613 75.72 2.26%
1974 82,593,959 74.98 2.34%
1973 80,682,335 74.22 2.45%
1972 78,731,730 73.45 2.48%
1971 76,805,782 72.67 3.29%
1970 74,322,974 71.88 2.24%
1969 72,679,753 71.10 2.30%
1968 71,026,895 70.32 2.27%
1967 69,431,886 69.52 2.21%
1966 67,914,591 68.70 2.14%
1965 66,476,104 67.87 2.40%
1964 64,897,877 66.97 2.41%
1963 63,355,376 66.06 2.42%
1962 61,843,154 65.14 2.37%
1961 60,395,537 64.21 2.37%
1960 58,979,628 63.27 %