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China vs Japan: Urban population growth (annual %)

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

In , China's Urban population growth (annual %) was 0.43, compared to Japan's -0.32. That makes China's value 235.3% higher than Japan's.

China

Rank #162 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
0.43
Year-over-year
+15.4%
10-year change
-85.2%
Peak
5.68 (2011)
Trough
0.37 (2023)

Japan

Rank #204 of 217 globally

Japan trend
Latest (2024)
-0.32
Year-over-year
+14.5%
10-year change
-1,535.7%
Peak
1.87 (2005)
Trough
-0.37 (2023)

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