Japan - Urban Population 2001
79.16%
+0.55% from 2000
Japan's urban population was 79.16% in 2001, increased +0.55% from 78.61% in 2000. This was the 169th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2001▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 8.24% | 2.5% |
| 2nd | Uganda | 11.90% | 2.2% |
| 3rd | Papua New Guinea | 13.19% | -0.3% |
| 4th | Sri Lanka | 14.57% | -0.3% |
| 5th | Malawi | 14.78% | 0.7% |
| 6th | Liechtenstein | 14.90% | -0.6% |
| 7th | Solomon Islands | 16.06% | 2.0% |
| 8th | South Sudan | 16.26% | 1.3% |
| 9th | Niger | 16.27% | 0.9% |
| 10th | Rwanda | 16.55% | 4.9% |
| 11th | Cambodia | 18.72% | 0.5% |
| 12th | Afghanistan | 18.74% | 1.0% |
| 13th | Burkina Faso | 18.86% | 4.8% |
| 14th | Mali | 19.32% | 1.8% |
| 15th | Lesotho | 19.90% | 2.9% |
| 16th | Kenya | 20.44% | 5.1% |
| 17th | Chad | 21.68% | 0.1% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | 21.93% | 1.3% |
| 19th | Samoa | 21.97% | 0.1% |
| 20th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.33% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Tanzania | 22.60% | 1.8% |
| 22nd | Eswatini | 22.71% | -0.6% |
| 23rd | Tonga | 23.05% | 0.1% |
| 24th | Lao PDR | 23.37% | 5.4% |
| 25th | Bangladesh | 23.70% | 1.7% |
| 26th | Timor-Leste | 24.47% | 1.5% |
| 27th | Viet Nam | 24.95% | 2.4% |
| 28th | Madagascar | 25.31% | 1.2% |
| 29th | Tajikistan | 26.53% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Yemen, Republic of | 27.10% | 1.9% |
| 31st | St. Lucia | 27.52% | -1.2% |
| 32nd | Myanmar | 27.71% | 0.6% |
| 33rd | India | 27.90% | 0.9% |
| 34th | Comoros | 27.99% | -0.2% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 28.28% | 2.5% |
| 36th | Maldives | 28.55% | 3.4% |
| 37th | Guyana | 28.62% | -0.5% |
| 38th | Mozambique | 29.41% | 0.6% |
| 39th | Channel Islands | 30.49% | 0.1% |
| 40th | Guinea | 31.22% | 1.0% |
| 41st | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.76% | -1.5% |
| 42nd | Sudan | 32.38% | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Zimbabwe | 32.50% | 0.3% |
| 44th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 32.60% | -0.5% |
| 45th | Thailand | 32.74% | 4.1% |
| 46th | Nepal | 32.81% | 5.5% |
| 47th | Namibia | 32.86% | 2.3% |
| 48th | Pakistan | 33.20% | 0.6% |
| 49th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.51% | 1.4% |
| 50th | Togo | 33.55% | 1.4% |
| 51st | Eritrea | 34.33% | 0.7% |
| 52nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.32% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 35.42% | 1.5% |
| 54th | Sierra Leone | 35.76% | 0.6% |
| 55th | Zambia | 35.88% | 0.0% |
| 56th | Grenada | 35.92% | 0.1% |
| 57th | Faroe Islands | 35.93% | 0.7% |
| 58th | Guinea-Bissau | 37.16% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Kosovo | 37.51% | 0.1% |
| 60th | China | 37.66% | 3.4% |
| 61st | Central African Republic | 37.76% | 0.1% |
| 62nd | Mauritania | 38.11% | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Haiti | 38.39% | 4.2% |
| 64th | Benin | 38.62% | 0.9% |
| 65th | Equatorial Guinea | 38.86% | 0.1% |
| 66th | Philippines | 39.54% | 1.0% |
| 67th | Moldova | 39.67% | -1.8% |
| 68th | Senegal | 40.88% | 0.5% |
| 69th | Mauritius | 41.88% | -0.4% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 42.02% | 0.1% |
| 71st | Albania | 42.35% | 1.8% |
| 72nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.78% | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.88% | 0.8% |
| 74th | Indonesia | 42.90% | 2.2% |
| 75th | Seychelles | 43.22% | -0.4% |
| 76th | Côte d'Ivoire | 43.47% | 0.9% |
| 77th | Kiribati | 43.48% | 0.3% |
| 78th | Nigeria | 44.13% | 2.0% |
| 79th | Liberia | 44.15% | 0.9% |
| 80th | Ghana | 44.64% | 1.6% |
| 81st | Guatemala | 44.68% | 3.3% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.01% | 0.3% |
| 83rd | Honduras | 45.86% | 1.2% |
| 84th | Tuvalu | 46.09% | 1.3% |
| 85th | Turkmenistan | 46.37% | 0.6% |
| 86th | Cameroon | 46.76% | 1.1% |
| 87th | Belize | 47.63% | -0.1% |
| 88th | Gambia, The | 48.35% | 2.9% |
| 89th | Fiji | 48.43% | 0.8% |
| 90th | Uzbekistan | 48.49% | 1.7% |
| 91st | Slovenia | 50.76% | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Azerbaijan | 51.16% | 0.1% |
| 93rd | Angola | 51.72% | 2.4% |
| 94th | Isle of Man | 51.83% | 0.0% |
| 95th | Jamaica | 51.93% | 0.4% |
| 96th | Syrian Arab Republic | 52.29% | 0.8% |
| 97th | Georgia | 52.41% | -0.2% |
| 98th | Romania | 52.76% | -0.2% |
| 99th | Morocco | 53.90% | 0.6% |
| 100th | São Tomé and Principe | 53.96% | 1.9% |
| 101st | Botswana | 54.05% | 1.6% |
| 102nd | Cabo Verde | 54.78% | 1.6% |
| 103rd | Portugal | 55.07% | 1.2% |
| 104th | Nicaragua | 55.35% | 0.2% |
| 105th | Croatia | 55.69% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Kazakhstan | 55.78% | -0.4% |
| 107th | French Polynesia | 55.89% | -0.1% |
| 108th | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.90% | -0.1% |
| 109th | Slovak Republic | 56.00% | -0.2% |
| 110th | Serbia | 56.05% | 0.8% |
| 111th | South Africa | 57.00% | 1.3% |
| 112th | Mongolia | 57.22% | 0.9% |
| 113th | El Salvador | 57.45% | 1.6% |
| 114th | Paraguay | 57.97% | 0.8% |
| 115th | North Macedonia | 58.09% | -0.7% |
| 116th | Ireland | 59.38% | 0.4% |
| 117th | Congo, Republic of | 59.44% | 0.9% |
| 118th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 59.48% | 0.1% |
| 119th | Türkiye | 59.87% | 1.5% |
| 120th | Montenegro | 60.14% | 1.8% |
| 121st | Costa Rica | 60.14% | 1.9% |
| 122nd | Algeria | 60.62% | 1.3% |
| 123rd | Ecuador | 61.01% | 0.5% |
| 124th | Poland | 61.76% | 0.0% |
| 125th | New Caledonia | 62.00% | 0.6% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | 62.30% | 1.6% |
| 127th | Barbados | 62.30% | -0.4% |
| 128th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 62.34% | 0.8% |
| 129th | Panama | 62.63% | 0.7% |
| 130th | Malaysia | 63.02% | 1.7% |
| 131st | Tunisia | 63.95% | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Hungary | 64.65% | 0.6% |
| 133rd | Armenia | 64.82% | -0.2% |
| 134th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 65.22% | 1.1% |
| 135th | Aruba | 65.34% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Dominica | 65.36% | 0.2% |
| 137th | Suriname | 66.72% | 0.0% |
| 138th | Austria | 66.84% | 0.1% |
| 139th | Lithuania | 66.93% | -0.1% |
| 140th | Ukraine | 67.27% | -0.2% |
| 141st | Italy | 67.28% | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Estonia | 67.39% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Finland | 67.50% | 0.6% |
| 144th | Iraq | 67.75% | 0.2% |
| 145th | Latvia | 68.02% | -0.1% |
| 146th | Marshall Islands | 68.62% | 0.5% |
| 147th | Cyprus | 68.80% | 0.0% |
| 148th | Bulgaria | 69.20% | 1.4% |
| 149th | Belarus | 70.31% | 0.6% |
| 150th | Palau | 70.53% | 1.4% |
| 151st | Oman | 71.52% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Brunei Darussalam | 71.66% | 0.6% |
| 153rd | European Union | 71.76% | 0.3% |
| 154th | Greece | 72.85% | 0.2% |
| 155th | Djibouti | 72.89% | -0.6% |
| 156th | Peru | 73.16% | 0.5% |
| 157th | Russian Federation | 73.23% | 0.1% |
| 158th | Switzerland | 73.38% | 0.1% |
| 159th | West Bank and Gaza | 73.73% | 2.3% |
| 160th | Czechia | 73.91% | -0.1% |
| 161st | Colombia | 74.79% | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Mexico | 75.29% | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Cuba | 75.89% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Spain | 76.32% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Norway | 76.40% | 0.3% |
| 166th | France | 76.91% | 0.5% |
| 167th | Jordan | 78.29% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Canada | 78.84% | 0.3% |
| 169th | Japan | 79.16% | 0.7% |
| 170th | United States | 79.31% | 0.3% |
| 171st | United Arab Emirates | 79.75% | 0.6% |
| 172nd | Korea | 79.88% | 0.4% |
| 173rd | United Kingdom | 79.98% | 0.2% |
| 174th | Germany | 80.11% | 0.0% |
| 175th | Saudi Arabia | 80.16% | 0.2% |
| 176th | Netherlands | 80.18% | 2.2% |
| 177th | Gabon | 80.41% | 1.1% |
| 178th | Bahamas, The | 81.15% | 0.1% |
| 179th | Brazil | 81.60% | 0.6% |
| 180th | Greenland | 81.79% | 0.4% |
| 181st | Belgium | 82.34% | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Sweden | 84.08% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Luxembourg | 84.82% | 0.5% |
| 184th | Australia | 85.15% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Denmark | 85.19% | 0.1% |
| 186th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 85.33% | 0.9% |
| 187th | New Zealand | 85.75% | 0.1% |
| 188th | Lebanon | 86.15% | 0.2% |
| 189th | Chile | 86.49% | 0.3% |
| 190th | Libya | 87.32% | 0.4% |
| 191st | Bahrain | 87.84% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | American Samoa | 88.55% | -0.1% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 89.37% | 0.2% |
| 194th | Northern Mariana Islands | 90.25% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Curaçao | 91.06% | 0.2% |
| 196th | Israel | 91.37% | 0.1% |
| 197th | Uruguay | 91.38% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Andorra | 91.89% | -0.4% |
| 199th | Iceland | 92.05% | 0.1% |
| 200th | Virgin Islands (US) | 92.93% | 0.3% |
| 201st | Guam | 93.28% | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Malta | 93.36% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 93.90% | 0.1% |
| 204th | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.38% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Qatar | 96.47% | 0.2% |
| 206th | Kuwait | 99.23% | 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 2001?▾
Japan's urban population in 2001 was 79.16%. This ranked 169th globally.
How did Japan's urban population change in 2001?▾
Japan's urban population increased by 0.7% in 2001 compared to 2000.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2001?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 2001 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Japan in 2001?▾
The urban population of Japan in 2001 was 79.16%. This ranked 169th globally.
How does 2001 compare to 2000 for Japan's urban population?▾
Japan's urban population went from 78.61% in 2000 to 79.16% in 2001, a 0.7% increase.
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