Japan vs Upper middle income: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Japan
65.6%
in 2025
Upper middle income
30.0%
in 2025
Japan rank
5th
Upper middle income rank
8th
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time
- Japan
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Japan currently reports 65.6% against 30.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 35.6%.
That makes Japan's figure about 2.2 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 5th and Upper middle income ranks 8th of 121 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.5% | 11.8% | 34.8% | Japan |
| 1970s | 53.9% | 12.9% | 41.0% | Japan |
| 1980s | 56.2% | 14.7% | 41.5% | Japan |
| 1990s | 59.0% | 17.4% | 41.5% | Japan |
| 2000s | 60.8% | 21.8% | 38.9% | Japan |
| 2010s | 63.8% | 25.7% | 38.1% | Japan |
| 2020s | 65.2% | 28.9% | 36.3% | Japan |
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 Upper middle income?
- Japan, at 65.6% against 30.0% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Japan and Upper middle income?
- 35.6%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Upper middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Upper middle income rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
- Japan ranks 5th and Upper middle income ranks 8th 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.