Gabon vs Japan: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Gabon
0.9209 people per person
in 2025
Japan
0.921 people per person
in 2025
Gabon rank
27th
Japan rank
26th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Gabon
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.921 people per person against 0.9209 people per person in Gabon, a difference of 0.0001 people per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Gabon ranks 27th and Japan ranks 26th of 215 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1979 people per person | 0.6949 people per person | 0.497 people per person | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.4263 people per person | 0.7618 people per person | 0.3356 people per person | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.6173 people per person | 0.7694 people per person | 0.152 people per person | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.7433 people per person | 0.7798 people per person | 0.0365 people per person | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.8291 people per person | 0.8465 people per person | 0.0174 people per person | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.8794 people per person | 0.9138 people per person | 0.0344 people per person | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.9132 people per person | 0.9195 people per person | 0.0062 people per person | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita, Gabon or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.921 people per person against 0.9209 people per person in Gabon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Gabon and Japan?
- 0.0001 people per person, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Japan?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Gabon and Japan rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Gabon ranks 27th and Japan ranks 26th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.