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India vs Japan: Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

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

In , India's Population density (people per sq. km of land area) was 483.68, compared to Japan's 341.54. That makes India's value 41.6% higher than Japan's.

India

Rank #24 of 215 globally

India trend
Latest (2023)
483.68
Year-over-year
+0.9%
10-year change
+11.0%
Peak
483.68 (2023)
Trough
382.08 (2004)

Japan

Rank #34 of 215 globally

Japan trend
Latest (2023)
341.54
Year-over-year
-0.5%
10-year change
-2.3%
Peak
351.36 (2010)
Trough
341.54 (2023)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (EN.POP.DNST), CC BY 4.0.