Ethiopia vs Japan

Ethiopia vs Japan: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 92.3% in Japan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 68.2 percentage points, or 3.83 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · UN

Ethiopia vs Japan: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 24.1% in Ethiopia and 92.3% in Japan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 68.2 percentage points, or 3.83 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaJapanUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 217 and Japan ranked 28 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Ethiopia at 33.9% and Japan at 96% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearEthiopiaJapan
202524.192.3
202423.692.2
202323.192.1
202222.792
202122.191.9
202021.691.8
201921.391.7
201820.891.6
201720.391.6
201619.991.5
201519.591.4
20141991.3
201318.691.2
201218.291
201117.990.9
201017.590.6
200917.290.1
200816.889.3
200716.188.3
200616.287.2
20051686
200415.884.4
200315.582.4
200215.380.6
200115.179.2
200014.978.6
199914.778.5
199814.578.3
199714.378.2
199614.178.1
199513.978
199413.777.9
199313.577.8
199213.377.6
19911377.5
199012.877.3
198912.577.2
198812.277.1
198711.976.9
198611.776.8
198511.476.7
198411.276.6
19831176.5
198210.876.4
198110.676.3
198010.476.2
197910.276.1
19781076.1
19779.876
19769.676
19759.475.9
19749.275.4
19739.174.6
19728.973.7
19718.772.7
19708.671.9
19698.471.1
19688.370.3
19678.169.5
1966868.7
19657.867.9
19647.767
19637.566.1
19627.465.2
19617.264.3
19607.163.3
1959762.3
19586.861.3
19576.760.1
19566.658.7
19556.556.8
19546.453.4
19536.348.7
19526.143.8
1951639.6
19505.937
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearEthiopiaJapan
202624.692.4
202725.192.5
202825.692.7
20292692.8
203026.592.9
20312793
203227.493.1
203327.993.3
203428.393.4
203528.793.6
203629.293.7
203729.693.8
20383094
203930.494.1
204030.894.3
204131.194.4
204231.594.6
204331.894.8
204432.294.9
204532.595.1
204632.895.3
204733.195.5
204833.495.6
204933.695.8
205033.996

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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