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China vs Japan: Rural population

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , China's Rural population was 480.54M, compared to Japan's 9.68M. That makes China's value 4,863.0% higher than Japan's.

China

Rank #2 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
480.54M
Year-over-year
-1.2%
10-year change
-20.8%
Peak
743.25M (2005)
Trough
480.54M (2024)

Japan

Rank #56 of 217 globally

Japan trend
Latest (2024)
9.68M
Year-over-year
-1.8%
10-year change
-13.0%
Peak
17.94M (2005)
Trough
9.68M (2024)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.RUR.TOTL), CC BY 4.0.