Japan
Urban population in Japan
Urban population in Japan: 37% in 1950 and 92.3% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 92.3%
- Since 1950
- +55.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 28 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 96%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 96% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Japan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.3 |
| 2024 | 92.2 |
| 2023 | 92.1 |
| 2022 | 92 |
| 2021 | 91.9 |
| 2020 | 91.8 |
| 2019 | 91.7 |
| 2018 | 91.6 |
| 2017 | 91.6 |
| 2016 | 91.5 |
| 2015 | 91.4 |
| 2014 | 91.3 |
| 2013 | 91.2 |
| 2012 | 91 |
| 2011 | 90.9 |
| 2010 | 90.6 |
| 2009 | 90.1 |
| 2008 | 89.3 |
| 2007 | 88.3 |
| 2006 | 87.2 |
| 2005 | 86 |
| 2004 | 84.4 |
| 2003 | 82.4 |
| 2002 | 80.6 |
| 2001 | 79.2 |
| 2000 | 78.6 |
| 1999 | 78.5 |
| 1998 | 78.3 |
| 1997 | 78.2 |
| 1996 | 78.1 |
| 1995 | 78 |
| 1994 | 77.9 |
| 1993 | 77.8 |
| 1992 | 77.6 |
| 1991 | 77.5 |
| 1990 | 77.3 |
| 1989 | 77.2 |
| 1988 | 77.1 |
| 1987 | 76.9 |
| 1986 | 76.8 |
| 1985 | 76.7 |
| 1984 | 76.6 |
| 1983 | 76.5 |
| 1982 | 76.4 |
| 1981 | 76.3 |
| 1980 | 76.2 |
| 1979 | 76.1 |
| 1978 | 76.1 |
| 1977 | 76 |
| 1976 | 76 |
| 1975 | 75.9 |
| 1974 | 75.4 |
| 1973 | 74.6 |
| 1972 | 73.7 |
| 1971 | 72.7 |
| 1970 | 71.9 |
| 1969 | 71.1 |
| 1968 | 70.3 |
| 1967 | 69.5 |
| 1966 | 68.7 |
| 1965 | 67.9 |
| 1964 | 67 |
| 1963 | 66.1 |
| 1962 | 65.2 |
| 1961 | 64.3 |
| 1960 | 63.3 |
| 1959 | 62.3 |
| 1958 | 61.3 |
| 1957 | 60.1 |
| 1956 | 58.7 |
| 1955 | 56.8 |
| 1954 | 53.4 |
| 1953 | 48.7 |
| 1952 | 43.8 |
| 1951 | 39.6 |
| 1950 | 37 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Japan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 92.4 |
| 2027 | 92.5 |
| 2028 | 92.7 |
| 2029 | 92.8 |
| 2030 | 92.9 |
| 2031 | 93 |
| 2032 | 93.1 |
| 2033 | 93.3 |
| 2034 | 93.4 |
| 2035 | 93.6 |
| 2036 | 93.7 |
| 2037 | 93.8 |
| 2038 | 94 |
| 2039 | 94.1 |
| 2040 | 94.3 |
| 2041 | 94.4 |
| 2042 | 94.6 |
| 2043 | 94.8 |
| 2044 | 94.9 |
| 2045 | 95.1 |
| 2046 | 95.3 |
| 2047 | 95.5 |
| 2048 | 95.6 |
| 2049 | 95.8 |
| 2050 | 96 |
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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- Military spending1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$504 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel261,000 people in 2020
- National power2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports28 million TIV in 2025