Australia vs Japan: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Australia
0.1%
in 2025
Japan
0.1%
in 2025
Australia rank
147th
Japan rank
149th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Australia
- Japan
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Australia ranks 147th and Japan ranks 149th of 236 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.8% | 5.5% | 4.8% | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.9% | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 1980s | -0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Japan |
| 1990s | -0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.3% | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Australia or Japan?
- Australia, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Australia and Japan?
- 0.0%, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Japan?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Japan rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Australia ranks 147th and Japan ranks 149th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.