Japan - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Japan was 81,545,210 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 81,773,280 in 2018 and a minimum value of 37,518,940 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 37,518,940
1961 39,235,660
1962 41,037,600
1963 42,926,680
1964 44,910,180
1965 46,984,430
1966 48,499,900
1967 49,838,240
1968 51,217,550
1969 52,633,280
1970 54,092,450
1971 55,403,970
1972 56,687,380
1973 58,001,070
1974 59,351,420
1975 60,737,680
1976 61,620,500
1977 62,331,760
1978 63,053,410
1979 63,784,610
1980 64,526,550
1981 65,180,450
1982 65,809,940
1983 66,446,060
1984 67,089,750
1985 67,738,430
1986 68,520,660
1987 69,355,370
1988 70,201,900
1989 71,056,900
1990 71,924,020
1991 72,497,070
1992 72,972,210
1993 73,449,310
1994 73,930,380
1995 74,414,770
1996 74,642,140
1997 74,783,750
1998 74,927,890
1999 75,074,400
2000 75,223,540
2001 75,654,660
2002 76,199,890
2003 76,769,020
2004 77,365,630
2005 77,990,300
2006 78,490,480
2007 78,947,560
2008 79,412,250
2009 79,882,820
2010 80,361,380
2011 80,605,700
2012 80,770,370
2013 80,935,330
2014 81,101,260
2015 81,267,950
2016 81,435,630
2017 81,604,070
2018 81,773,280
2019 81,716,510
2020 81,641,870
2021 81,545,210

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Japan was 65.08 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 65.08 in 2021, while its lowest value was 40.25 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 40.25
1961 41.72
1962 43.23
1963 44.76
1964 46.35
1965 47.97
1966 49.06
1967 49.90
1968 50.70
1969 51.49
1970 52.31
1971 52.42
1972 52.89
1973 53.36
1974 53.88
1975 54.44
1976 54.64
1977 54.74
1978 54.87
1979 55.04
1980 55.24
1981 55.40
1982 55.55
1983 55.69
1984 55.87
1985 56.06
1986 56.40
1987 56.82
1988 57.27
1989 57.74
1990 58.25
1991 58.48
1992 58.65
1993 58.84
1994 59.06
1995 59.31
1996 59.35
1997 59.33
1998 59.28
1999 59.29
2000 59.30
2001 59.50
2002 59.79
2003 60.11
2004 60.55
2005 61.04
2006 61.39
2007 61.68
2008 62.01
2009 62.39
2010 62.75
2011 63.06
2012 63.29
2013 63.51
2014 63.72
2015 63.92
2016 64.13
2017 64.36
2018 64.63
2019 64.72
2020 64.88
2021 65.08

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization