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China vs Japan: Urban population

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

In , China's Urban population was 928.44M, compared to Japan's 114.29M. That makes China's value 712.3% higher than Japan's.

China

Rank #1 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
928.44M
Year-over-year
+0.4%
10-year change
+21.4%
Peak
928.44M (2024)
Trough
560.47M (2005)

Japan

Rank #7 of 217 globally

Japan trend
Latest (2024)
114.29M
Year-over-year
-0.3%
10-year change
-1.6%
Peak
116.24M (2017)
Trough
109.83M (2005)

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