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People > Urban and rural Stats: compare key data on Japan & United States

Definitions

  • Female rural population: Total number of females living in rural areas by country.
  • Female urban population: Total number of females living in urban areas by country.
  • Females living in cities proper: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Male rural population: Total number of males living in rural areas by country.
  • Male urban population: Total number of males living in urban areas by country.
  • Male urban population per thousand people: Total number of males living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Males living in cities proper: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Males living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Males living in urban agglomerations per thousand people: Total number of males living in urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration should not be confused with a metropolitan area, whereas an agglomeration refers to multiple connected urban cities, while a metropolitan area refers to a central urban area with outlying suburban cities and districts. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
  • Population living in urban agglomerations: Total population living in urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration should not be confused with a metropolitan area, whereas an agglomeration refers to multiple connected urban cities, while a metropolitan area refers to a central urban area with outlying suburban cities and districts.
  • Rural population: Total population living in rural areas by country.
  • Rural population per thousand people: Total population living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Urban population: Total population living in urban areas by country.
  • Urban population per thousand people: Total population living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Females living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Females living in urban agglomerations: Total number of females living in urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration should not be confused with a metropolitan area, whereas an agglomeration refers to multiple connected urban cities, while a metropolitan area refers to a central urban area with outlying suburban cities and districts.
  • Females living in urban agglomerations per thousand people: Total number of females living in urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration should not be confused with a metropolitan area, whereas an agglomeration refers to multiple connected urban cities, while a metropolitan area refers to a central urban area with outlying suburban cities and districts. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Male rural population per thousand people: Total number of males living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female urban population per thousand people: Total number of females living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Population living in urban agglomerations per thousand people: Total population living in urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration should not be confused with a metropolitan area, whereas an agglomeration refers to multiple connected urban cities, while a metropolitan area refers to a central urban area with outlying suburban cities and districts. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female rural population per thousand people: Total number of females living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Males living in urban agglomerations: Total number of males living in urban agglomerations. An urban agglomeration should not be confused with a metropolitan area, whereas an agglomeration refers to multiple connected urban cities, while a metropolitan area refers to a central urban area with outlying suburban cities and districts.
STAT Japan United States HISTORY
Female rural population 6.14 million
Ranked 16th.
29.41 million
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Japan

Female urban population 59.59 million
Ranked 3rd.
127.55 million
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Japan

Females living in cities proper 63,988
Ranked 34th.
103,121
Ranked 24th. 61% more than Japan

Male rural population 5.76 million
Ranked 19th.
30.08 million
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Japan

Male urban population 56.57 million
Ranked 4th.
121.7 million
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Japan

Male urban population per thousand people 443.85
Ranked 6th. 13% more than United States
393.43
Ranked 15th.

Males living in cities proper 65,448
Ranked 34th.
92,855
Ranked 27th. 42% more than Japan

Males living in cities proper per thousand people 0.514
Ranked 50th. 71% more than United States
0.3
Ranked 51st.

Males living in urban agglomerations per thousand people 49.03
Ranked 5th. 67 times more than United States
0.736
Ranked 5th.
Population living in cities proper 88.78 million
Ranked 1st. 4% more than United States
85.41 million
Ranked 2nd.

Population living in urban agglomerations 12.58 million
Ranked 1st. 29 times more than United States
429,882
Ranked 3rd.
Rural population 11.9 million
Ranked 20th.
59.49 million
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Japan

Rural population per thousand people 93.38
Ranked 76th.
192.33
Ranked 67th. 2 times more than Japan

Urban population 116.16 million
Ranked 5th.
249.25 million
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Japan

Urban population per thousand people 911.39
Ranked 8th. 13% more than United States
805.79
Ranked 17th.

Females living in cities proper per thousand people 0.502
Ranked 50th. 51% more than United States
0.333
Ranked 51st.

Females living in urban agglomerations 6.31 million
Ranked 1st. 28 times more than United States
222,073
Ranked 3rd.
Females living in urban agglomerations per thousand people 49.4
Ranked 5th. 63 times more than United States
0.787
Ranked 5th.
Male rural population per thousand people 45.18
Ranked 68th.
97.25
Ranked 61st. 2 times more than Japan

Female urban population per thousand people 467.54
Ranked 4th. 13% more than United States
412.36
Ranked 12th.

Population living in urban agglomerations per thousand people 98.43
Ranked 7th. 65 times more than United States
1.52
Ranked 6th.
Female rural population per thousand people 48.19
Ranked 68th.
95.08
Ranked 60th. 97% more than Japan

Males living in urban agglomerations 6.26 million
Ranked 1st. 30 times more than United States
207,809
Ranked 3rd.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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