Japan - Urban Population 2000
78.61%
+0.16% from 1999
Japan's urban population was 78.61% in 2000, increased +0.16% from 78.45% in 1999. This was the 169th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2000▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 8.04% | 2.4% |
| 2nd | Uganda | 11.64% | 2.0% |
| 3rd | Papua New Guinea | 13.22% | -0.7% |
| 4th | Sri Lanka | 14.62% | -0.8% |
| 5th | Malawi | 14.68% | 0.8% |
| 6th | Liechtenstein | 14.99% | -1.3% |
| 7th | Solomon Islands | 15.75% | 1.8% |
| 8th | Rwanda | 15.78% | 7.5% |
| 9th | South Sudan | 16.04% | 1.5% |
| 10th | Niger | 16.13% | 0.5% |
| 11th | Burkina Faso | 18.00% | 4.8% |
| 12th | Afghanistan | 18.56% | 0.9% |
| 13th | Cambodia | 18.62% | 0.6% |
| 14th | Mali | 18.98% | 1.7% |
| 15th | Lesotho | 19.33% | 3.0% |
| 16th | Kenya | 19.46% | 2.2% |
| 17th | Chad | 21.65% | 0.1% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | 21.66% | 1.4% |
| 19th | Samoa | 21.95% | 0.2% |
| 20th | Lao PDR | 22.18% | 5.6% |
| 21st | Tanzania | 22.19% | 1.7% |
| 22nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.33% | -0.7% |
| 23rd | Eswatini | 22.84% | -0.5% |
| 24th | Tonga | 23.03% | 0.1% |
| 25th | Bangladesh | 23.31% | 1.6% |
| 26th | Timor-Leste | 24.11% | 1.4% |
| 27th | Viet Nam | 24.37% | 2.3% |
| 28th | Madagascar | 25.01% | 1.2% |
| 29th | Tajikistan | 26.54% | -0.1% |
| 30th | Yemen, Republic of | 26.61% | 2.0% |
| 31st | Myanmar | 27.53% | 0.6% |
| 32nd | Bhutan | 27.59% | 2.6% |
| 33rd | Maldives | 27.60% | 2.2% |
| 34th | India | 27.65% | 0.9% |
| 35th | St. Lucia | 27.85% | -1.1% |
| 36th | Comoros | 28.04% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Guyana | 28.76% | -0.5% |
| 38th | Mozambique | 29.24% | 0.7% |
| 39th | Channel Islands | 30.46% | 0.1% |
| 40th | Guinea | 30.92% | 1.0% |
| 41st | Nepal | 31.10% | 5.5% |
| 42nd | Thailand | 31.46% | 4.3% |
| 43rd | Namibia | 32.12% | 2.4% |
| 44th | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.23% | -1.5% |
| 45th | Sudan | 32.34% | 0.1% |
| 46th | Zimbabwe | 32.40% | 0.4% |
| 47th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 32.76% | -0.6% |
| 48th | Pakistan | 33.00% | 0.6% |
| 49th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.06% | 1.3% |
| 50th | Togo | 33.10% | 1.4% |
| 51st | Eritrea | 34.10% | 1.8% |
| 52nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 34.90% | 1.5% |
| 53rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.32% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Sierra Leone | 35.53% | 0.6% |
| 55th | Faroe Islands | 35.70% | 0.1% |
| 56th | Grenada | 35.87% | 0.4% |
| 57th | Zambia | 35.87% | -0.8% |
| 58th | China | 36.43% | 4.8% |
| 59th | Haiti | 36.84% | 4.3% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 36.84% | 0.9% |
| 61st | Kosovo | 37.48% | 0.1% |
| 62nd | Central African Republic | 37.70% | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Mauritania | 38.06% | -0.1% |
| 64th | Benin | 38.28% | 0.8% |
| 65th | Equatorial Guinea | 38.82% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Philippines | 39.14% | 1.0% |
| 67th | Moldova | 40.42% | -0.3% |
| 68th | Senegal | 40.67% | 0.5% |
| 69th | Albania | 41.61% | 1.8% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 41.98% | 0.2% |
| 71st | Indonesia | 41.99% | 2.4% |
| 72nd | Mauritius | 42.06% | -0.5% |
| 73rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.55% | 0.8% |
| 74th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.73% | 0.1% |
| 75th | Côte d'Ivoire | 43.08% | 0.9% |
| 76th | Guatemala | 43.24% | 3.9% |
| 77th | Nigeria | 43.28% | 2.0% |
| 78th | Kiribati | 43.33% | 2.4% |
| 79th | Seychelles | 43.40% | -0.6% |
| 80th | Liberia | 43.77% | 0.8% |
| 81st | Ghana | 43.94% | 1.7% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 44.89% | 0.3% |
| 83rd | Honduras | 45.32% | 1.2% |
| 84th | Tuvalu | 45.51% | 1.2% |
| 85th | Turkmenistan | 46.07% | 0.7% |
| 86th | Cameroon | 46.24% | 1.2% |
| 87th | Gambia, The | 46.97% | 3.3% |
| 88th | Uzbekistan | 47.67% | 1.8% |
| 89th | Belize | 47.68% | 0.0% |
| 90th | Fiji | 48.06% | 0.8% |
| 91st | Angola | 50.51% | 2.5% |
| 92nd | Slovenia | 50.70% | 0.2% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 51.13% | 0.3% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 51.72% | 0.4% |
| 95th | Isle of Man | 51.83% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.88% | 0.8% |
| 97th | Georgia | 52.49% | -0.3% |
| 98th | Romania | 52.86% | -0.3% |
| 99th | São Tomé and Principe | 52.97% | 1.8% |
| 100th | Botswana | 53.20% | 1.4% |
| 101st | Morocco | 53.59% | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Cabo Verde | 53.93% | 1.6% |
| 103rd | Portugal | 54.41% | 1.2% |
| 104th | Nicaragua | 55.22% | 0.3% |
| 105th | Serbia | 55.59% | 0.9% |
| 106th | Croatia | 55.68% | 0.1% |
| 107th | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.93% | 0.0% |
| 108th | French Polynesia | 55.95% | -0.2% |
| 109th | Kazakhstan | 56.02% | -0.3% |
| 110th | Slovak Republic | 56.11% | -0.2% |
| 111th | South Africa | 56.26% | 1.5% |
| 112th | El Salvador | 56.56% | 1.6% |
| 113th | Mongolia | 56.73% | 0.1% |
| 114th | Paraguay | 57.51% | 1.0% |
| 115th | North Macedonia | 58.49% | -0.8% |
| 116th | Congo, Republic of | 58.89% | 0.9% |
| 117th | Türkiye | 58.97% | 1.5% |
| 118th | Costa Rica | 59.05% | 1.9% |
| 119th | Montenegro | 59.09% | 2.0% |
| 120th | Ireland | 59.12% | 0.4% |
| 121st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 59.42% | 0.1% |
| 122nd | Algeria | 59.85% | 1.3% |
| 123rd | Ecuador | 60.69% | 0.7% |
| 124th | Dominican Republic | 61.31% | 1.6% |
| 125th | New Caledonia | 61.61% | 0.6% |
| 126th | Poland | 61.75% | 0.0% |
| 127th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 61.86% | 0.8% |
| 128th | Malaysia | 61.97% | 1.8% |
| 129th | Panama | 62.22% | 0.8% |
| 130th | Barbados | 62.54% | -0.3% |
| 131st | Tunisia | 63.62% | 0.6% |
| 132nd | Hungary | 64.26% | 0.5% |
| 133rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 64.48% | 1.2% |
| 134th | Armenia | 64.96% | -0.3% |
| 135th | Dominica | 65.24% | 0.1% |
| 136th | Aruba | 65.35% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Suriname | 66.70% | 0.0% |
| 138th | Austria | 66.77% | 0.2% |
| 139th | Lithuania | 66.98% | -0.1% |
| 140th | Finland | 67.12% | 0.7% |
| 141st | Italy | 67.19% | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Estonia | 67.39% | -0.1% |
| 143rd | Ukraine | 67.40% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Iraq | 67.63% | 0.1% |
| 145th | Latvia | 68.05% | -0.1% |
| 146th | Bulgaria | 68.26% | 0.3% |
| 147th | Marshall Islands | 68.28% | 0.4% |
| 148th | Cyprus | 68.77% | 0.1% |
| 149th | Palau | 69.59% | -0.1% |
| 150th | Belarus | 69.92% | 0.6% |
| 151st | Brunei Darussalam | 71.22% | 0.6% |
| 152nd | European Union | 71.52% | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Oman | 71.54% | 0.0% |
| 154th | West Bank and Gaza | 72.07% | 2.0% |
| 155th | Greece | 72.67% | 0.2% |
| 156th | Peru | 72.77% | 0.5% |
| 157th | Russian Federation | 73.16% | 0.3% |
| 158th | Switzerland | 73.30% | 0.2% |
| 159th | Djibouti | 73.35% | -0.6% |
| 160th | Czechia | 74.00% | -0.2% |
| 161st | Colombia | 74.35% | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Mexico | 74.92% | 0.4% |
| 163rd | Cuba | 75.64% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Norway | 76.13% | 0.4% |
| 165th | Spain | 76.17% | 0.2% |
| 166th | France | 76.51% | 0.5% |
| 167th | Jordan | 78.28% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Netherlands | 78.48% | 1.8% |
| 169th | Japan | 78.61% | 0.2% |
| 170th | Canada | 78.63% | 0.2% |
| 171st | United States | 79.07% | 0.3% |
| 172nd | United Arab Emirates | 79.29% | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Gabon | 79.57% | 1.1% |
| 174th | Korea | 79.58% | 0.3% |
| 175th | United Kingdom | 79.82% | 0.3% |
| 176th | Saudi Arabia | 79.97% | 0.2% |
| 177th | Germany | 80.09% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Bahamas, The | 81.04% | 0.1% |
| 179th | Brazil | 81.15% | 0.7% |
| 180th | Greenland | 81.45% | 0.4% |
| 181st | Belgium | 82.02% | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Sweden | 84.04% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Luxembourg | 84.42% | 0.5% |
| 184th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 84.61% | 0.9% |
| 185th | Denmark | 85.10% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Australia | 85.11% | 0.0% |
| 187th | New Zealand | 85.71% | 0.1% |
| 188th | Lebanon | 86.00% | 0.1% |
| 189th | Chile | 86.27% | 0.3% |
| 190th | Libya | 86.95% | 0.5% |
| 191st | Bahrain | 87.84% | -0.1% |
| 192nd | American Samoa | 88.61% | 0.2% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 89.18% | 0.2% |
| 194th | Northern Mariana Islands | 90.16% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Curaçao | 90.87% | 0.5% |
| 196th | Uruguay | 91.28% | 0.1% |
| 197th | Israel | 91.28% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Iceland | 91.97% | 0.2% |
| 199th | Andorra | 92.26% | -0.3% |
| 200th | Virgin Islands (US) | 92.62% | 0.5% |
| 201st | Guam | 93.14% | 0.2% |
| 202nd | Malta | 93.28% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 93.77% | 0.2% |
| 204th | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.40% | 0.1% |
| 205th | Qatar | 96.29% | 0.2% |
| 206th | Kuwait | 99.00% | 0.2% |
| 207th | Macao SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 212th | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 213th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 214th | Nauru | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 215th | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 216th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Japan's urban population in 2000?▾
Japan's urban population in 2000 was 78.61%. This ranked 169th globally.
How did Japan's urban population change in 2000?▾
Japan's urban population increased by 0.2% in 2000 compared to 1999.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2000?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 2000 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Japan in 2000?▾
The urban population of Japan in 2000 was 78.61%. This ranked 169th globally.
How does 2000 compare to 1999 for Japan's urban population?▾
Japan's urban population went from 78.45% in 1999 to 78.61% in 2000, a 0.2% increase.
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Japan matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2000. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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