Japan - Urban Population 2018
91.64%
+0.09% from 2017
Japan's urban population was 91.64% in 2018, increased +0.09% from 91.55% in 2017. This was the 191st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Papua New Guinea | 13.71% | 1.4% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | 14.56% | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Malawi | 16.02% | 0.4% |
| 4th | Niger | 16.64% | 0.9% |
| 5th | Burundi | 17.68% | 6.4% |
| 6th | Samoa | 18.72% | -1.3% |
| 7th | Sri Lanka | 19.32% | 0.9% |
| 8th | South Sudan | 19.63% | 1.4% |
| 9th | Rwanda | 21.54% | 6.4% |
| 10th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.34% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Tonga | 22.70% | -1.2% |
| 12th | St. Lucia | 22.93% | 5.2% |
| 13th | Chad | 23.85% | 1.7% |
| 14th | Eswatini | 24.06% | 1.1% |
| 15th | Vanuatu | 24.27% | -2.0% |
| 16th | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.78% | -0.3% |
| 17th | Afghanistan | 25.00% | 0.7% |
| 18th | Burkina Faso | 26.08% | 0.4% |
| 19th | Tajikistan | 26.23% | -0.1% |
| 20th | Solomon Islands | 26.29% | 3.6% |
| 21st | Guyana | 26.42% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Uganda | 27.13% | 2.7% |
| 23rd | Mali | 27.70% | 2.3% |
| 24th | Timor-Leste | 29.25% | -0.4% |
| 25th | Madagascar | 29.92% | 0.8% |
| 26th | Myanmar | 29.99% | 0.3% |
| 27th | Bangladesh | 30.52% | 1.0% |
| 28th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.36% | 0.1% |
| 29th | Kenya | 31.39% | -0.5% |
| 30th | Comoros | 31.41% | 1.0% |
| 31st | Channel Islands | 32.81% | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Tanzania | 32.83% | 1.6% |
| 33rd | Mozambique | 32.99% | 1.1% |
| 34th | India | 33.50% | 1.0% |
| 35th | Viet Nam | 33.94% | 1.7% |
| 36th | Yemen, Republic of | 34.21% | 1.9% |
| 37th | Sudan | 34.38% | 0.3% |
| 38th | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.94% | -0.2% |
| 39th | Lao PDR | 35.21% | 2.0% |
| 40th | Eritrea | 35.35% | -0.3% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 35.41% | 2.0% |
| 42nd | Guinea | 35.86% | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Grenada | 36.07% | 0.2% |
| 44th | Pakistan | 36.75% | 0.9% |
| 45th | Lesotho | 37.57% | 2.8% |
| 46th | Cambodia | 37.64% | 7.5% |
| 47th | Faroe Islands | 38.41% | 0.2% |
| 48th | Bhutan | 38.47% | 1.6% |
| 49th | Mauritius | 39.35% | -0.3% |
| 50th | Maldives | 39.69% | 0.9% |
| 51st | Moldova | 40.33% | 0.9% |
| 52nd | Togo | 41.01% | 1.1% |
| 53rd | Central African Republic | 41.28% | 1.1% |
| 54th | Sierra Leone | 42.20% | 1.2% |
| 55th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.46% | 0.0% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 42.49% | 0.9% |
| 57th | Kosovo | 42.84% | 2.6% |
| 58th | Zambia | 43.11% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Belize | 43.16% | -0.6% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 43.44% | 1.0% |
| 61st | Seychelles | 43.74% | 0.6% |
| 62nd | Turkmenistan | 47.04% | 0.0% |
| 63rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.07% | 0.3% |
| 64th | Namibia | 47.42% | 1.3% |
| 65th | Benin | 48.00% | 1.5% |
| 66th | Senegal | 48.90% | 2.0% |
| 67th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.97% | 1.0% |
| 68th | Uzbekistan | 50.58% | -0.2% |
| 69th | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.87% | 0.9% |
| 70th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.95% | 5.3% |
| 71st | Haiti | 51.37% | 1.3% |
| 72nd | British Virgin Islands | 51.63% | 1.4% |
| 73rd | Isle of Man | 52.17% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Liberia | 52.32% | 1.0% |
| 75th | Romania | 53.14% | -0.4% |
| 76th | Philippines | 53.21% | 1.2% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | 53.49% | -0.2% |
| 78th | Cameroon | 53.63% | 0.6% |
| 79th | Guatemala | 53.85% | 0.1% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.93% | 0.0% |
| 81st | Kiribati | 54.50% | 2.9% |
| 82nd | Thailand | 54.58% | 10.9% |
| 83rd | Indonesia | 55.10% | 1.2% |
| 84th | Mauritania | 55.13% | 1.7% |
| 85th | Slovenia | 55.19% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Ghana | 55.22% | 0.9% |
| 87th | Honduras | 55.89% | 0.9% |
| 88th | Croatia | 56.09% | 0.3% |
| 89th | Fiji | 56.23% | 0.9% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 56.30% | 0.7% |
| 91st | Albania | 56.38% | 0.7% |
| 92nd | Azerbaijan | 57.18% | 1.3% |
| 93rd | Nigeria | 58.16% | 1.4% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | 58.24% | 1.4% |
| 95th | Georgia | 58.30% | 0.5% |
| 96th | Nicaragua | 58.37% | 0.3% |
| 97th | Barbados | 59.27% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Poland | 60.05% | -0.2% |
| 99th | North Macedonia | 60.16% | 0.7% |
| 100th | Tuvalu | 60.56% | 1.0% |
| 101st | Serbia | 60.84% | 0.4% |
| 102nd | Gambia, The | 61.06% | 1.0% |
| 103rd | Portugal | 61.12% | 0.0% |
| 104th | China | 61.50% | 2.1% |
| 105th | Morocco | 61.57% | 0.5% |
| 106th | French Polynesia | 61.79% | 0.0% |
| 107th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 62.08% | 0.4% |
| 108th | Aruba | 62.54% | -0.4% |
| 109th | Ecuador | 63.04% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Ireland | 63.08% | 0.3% |
| 111th | South Africa | 63.38% | 0.1% |
| 112th | Congo, Republic of | 63.44% | 0.1% |
| 113th | Paraguay | 63.92% | 1.5% |
| 114th | Armenia | 64.85% | 0.2% |
| 115th | Montenegro | 65.09% | 0.1% |
| 116th | Panama | 65.71% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Nepal | 65.81% | 0.4% |
| 118th | Angola | 65.87% | 1.2% |
| 119th | Suriname | 66.07% | -0.1% |
| 120th | Botswana | 66.16% | 0.3% |
| 121st | Cyprus | 66.83% | -0.1% |
| 122nd | New Caledonia | 67.06% | 0.1% |
| 123rd | Lithuania | 67.15% | 0.1% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 67.78% | 0.2% |
| 125th | Mongolia | 67.87% | -0.1% |
| 126th | Latvia | 68.02% | 0.1% |
| 127th | Austria | 68.10% | 0.3% |
| 128th | Tunisia | 68.55% | 0.4% |
| 129th | Estonia | 69.28% | 0.4% |
| 130th | Ukraine | 69.32% | 0.1% |
| 131st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 69.41% | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Italy | 69.48% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Equatorial Guinea | 69.84% | 0.4% |
| 134th | Iraq | 69.88% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Cabo Verde | 70.40% | 1.7% |
| 136th | Hungary | 70.47% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Dominica | 71.04% | 0.6% |
| 138th | Djibouti | 71.52% | 0.3% |
| 139th | El Salvador | 71.76% | 0.9% |
| 140th | Algeria | 71.91% | 0.8% |
| 141st | Finland | 72.34% | 0.5% |
| 142nd | Czechia | 72.85% | -0.1% |
| 143rd | Bulgaria | 73.60% | 0.3% |
| 144th | Dominican Republic | 73.76% | -0.2% |
| 145th | Syrian Arab Republic | 74.06% | -0.6% |
| 146th | European Union | 74.33% | 0.2% |
| 147th | Russian Federation | 74.54% | 0.1% |
| 148th | Malaysia | 74.56% | 0.4% |
| 149th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 74.80% | 0.5% |
| 150th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.82% | 0.0% |
| 151st | Costa Rica | 76.55% | 0.7% |
| 152nd | Marshall Islands | 76.59% | 0.5% |
| 153rd | Cuba | 77.02% | 0.1% |
| 154th | Belarus | 77.21% | 0.2% |
| 155th | Colombia | 77.28% | 0.1% |
| 156th | Mexico | 78.03% | 0.4% |
| 157th | Greece | 78.05% | 0.2% |
| 158th | France | 78.67% | 0.0% |
| 159th | Oman | 78.97% | 0.8% |
| 160th | Switzerland | 79.29% | 1.8% |
| 161st | Palau | 79.55% | -0.3% |
| 162nd | Spain | 79.56% | 0.1% |
| 163rd | United States | 80.28% | -0.2% |
| 164th | Germany | 81.14% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Korea | 81.38% | -0.1% |
| 166th | Canada | 81.55% | 0.2% |
| 167th | Bahamas, The | 81.96% | -0.1% |
| 168th | Norway | 82.25% | 0.3% |
| 169th | United Kingdom | 82.45% | 0.3% |
| 170th | Peru | 82.69% | 0.6% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 83.47% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | American Samoa | 83.48% | -0.5% |
| 173rd | New Zealand | 83.80% | -0.4% |
| 174th | United Arab Emirates | 84.86% | 0.2% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 85.54% | 0.2% |
| 176th | Brazil | 86.44% | 0.3% |
| 177th | Greenland | 86.73% | 0.4% |
| 178th | Belgium | 86.89% | 0.2% |
| 179th | Australia | 87.23% | 0.1% |
| 180th | Sweden | 87.47% | 0.3% |
| 181st | Libya | 87.82% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Chile | 87.96% | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Denmark | 88.11% | 0.1% |
| 184th | Türkiye | 88.17% | 0.2% |
| 185th | Andorra | 88.51% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Lebanon | 89.27% | 0.2% |
| 187th | Gabon | 89.45% | 0.5% |
| 188th | Jordan | 91.20% | 0.4% |
| 189th | Curaçao | 91.36% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Northern Mariana Islands | 91.54% | 0.1% |
| 191st | Japan | 91.64% | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Israel | 91.65% | 0.0% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 91.77% | 0.1% |
| 194th | Netherlands | 92.61% | 1.6% |
| 195th | Luxembourg | 92.67% | 0.6% |
| 196th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 92.68% | 0.3% |
| 197th | Iceland | 93.85% | 0.1% |
| 198th | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.90% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Guam | 94.08% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Malta | 94.72% | 0.2% |
| 201st | Virgin Islands (US) | 95.07% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Uruguay | 95.29% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.10% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Qatar | 99.08% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 207th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Kuwait | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Macao 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 2018?▾
Japan's urban population in 2018 was 91.64%. This ranked 191st globally.
How did Japan's urban population change in 2018?▾
Japan's urban population increased by 0.1% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2018?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2018 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Japan in 2018?▾
The urban population of Japan in 2018 was 91.64%. This ranked 191st globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Japan's urban population?▾
Japan's urban population went from 91.55% in 2017 to 91.64% in 2018, a 0.1% increase.
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