Japan vs Middle income: Urban population, per capita
Japan
0.923 units per person
in 2025
Middle income
0.5541 units per person
in 2025
Japan rank
26th
Middle income rank
23rd
Urban population, per capita over time
- Japan
- Middle income
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.923 units per person against 0.5541 units per person in Middle income, a difference of 0.3689 units per person.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.7 times Middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 26th and Middle income ranks 23rd of 218 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6735 units per person | 0.2389 units per person | 0.4345 units per person | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.7483 units per person | 0.269 units per person | 0.4794 units per person | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.7665 units per person | 0.321 units per person | 0.4456 units per person | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.7792 units per person | 0.3691 units per person | 0.4101 units per person | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.8459 units per person | 0.4347 units per person | 0.4112 units per person | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.9126 units per person | 0.5026 units per person | 0.4101 units per person | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.9203 units per person | 0.5455 units per person | 0.3749 units per person | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher urban population, per capita, Japan or Middle income?
- Japan, at 0.923 units per person against 0.5541 units per person in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Japan and Middle income?
- 0.3689 units per person, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Middle income rank globally for urban population, per capita?
- Japan ranks 26th and Middle income ranks 23rd of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.