Japan vs Puerto Rico: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Japan
65.6%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
76.4%
in 2025
Japan rank
5th
Puerto Rico rank
3rd
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time
- Japan
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 76.4% against 65.6% in Japan, a difference of 10.8%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 5th and Puerto Rico ranks 3rd of 121 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Puerto Rico in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.5% | 28.5% | 18.0% | Japan |
| 1970s | 53.9% | 35.7% | 18.2% | Japan |
| 1980s | 56.2% | 50.3% | 5.9% | Japan |
| 1990s | 59.0% | 65.7% | 6.7% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 60.8% | 65.6% | 4.8% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 63.8% | 69.9% | 6.1% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 65.2% | 75.7% | 10.5% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Japan or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 76.4% against 65.6% in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Japan and Puerto Rico?
- 10.8%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Puerto Rico?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Puerto Rico rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
- Japan ranks 5th and Puerto Rico ranks 3rd of 121 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.