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France vs Japan: Urban population

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

In , France's Urban population was 54.02M, compared to Japan's 114.29M. That makes France's value 52.7% lower than Japan's.

France

Rank #17 of 217 globally

France trend
Latest (2024)
54.02M
Year-over-year
+0.3%
10-year change
+5.3%
Peak
54.02M (2024)
Trough
48.92M (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.