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Japan vs Korea, Rep.: Urban population

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

In , Japan's Urban population was 114.29M, compared to Korea, Rep.'s 42.01M. That makes Japan's value 172.1% higher than Korea, Rep.'s.

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)

Korea, Rep.

Rank #22 of 217 globally

Korea, Rep. trend
Latest (2024)
42.01M
Year-over-year
+0.1%
10-year change
+1.3%
Peak
42.08M (2019)
Trough
39.22M (2005)

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