Germany vs Japan: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate
Germany
-0.4223 % change on previous year
in 2025
Japan
-0.4058 % change on previous year
in 2025
Germany rank
211th
Japan rank
208th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate over time
- Germany
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports -0.4058 % change on previous year against -0.4223 % change on previous year in Germany, a difference of 0.0165 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Japan ahead.
Germany ranks 211th and Japan ranks 208th of 234 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.12 % change on previous year | 7.22 % change on previous year | 6.1 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1960s | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2.33 % change on previous year | 1 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.0642 % change on previous year | 1.78 % change on previous year | 1.72 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.1231 % change on previous year | 0.5952 % change on previous year | 0.4721 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.3436 % change on previous year | 0.4694 % change on previous year | 0.1258 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 2000s | -0.0672 % change on previous year | 1.51 % change on previous year | 1.58 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.4483 % change on previous year | 0.0594 % change on previous year | 0.3889 % change on previous year | Germany |
| 2020s | 0.2735 % change on previous year | -0.3733 % change on previous year | 0.6468 % change on previous year | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate, Germany or Japan?
- Japan, at -0.4058 % change on previous year against -0.4223 % change on previous year in Germany as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate between Germany and Japan?
- 0.0165 % change on previous year, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Japan?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Japan rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate?
- Germany ranks 211th and Japan ranks 208th of 234 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.