Japan vs Northern Mariana Islands: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Japan
0.1%
in 2025
Northern Mariana Islands
0.1%
in 2025
Japan rank
149th
Northern Mariana Islands rank
152nd
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Japan
- Northern Mariana Islands
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Northern Mariana Islands, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Northern Mariana Islands's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 149th and Northern Mariana Islands ranks 152nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Northern Mariana Islands in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Northern Mariana Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.5% | 0.2% | 5.3% | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.3% | -0.0% | 1.3% | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.1% | 1.3% | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 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, Japan or Northern Mariana Islands?
- Japan, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Northern Mariana Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Japan and Northern Mariana Islands?
- 0.0%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Northern Mariana Islands?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Northern Mariana Islands rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Japan ranks 149th and Northern Mariana Islands ranks 152nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – 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.