Japan vs Northern Mariana Islands: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Japan
0.921 people per person
in 2025
Northern Mariana Islands
0.9218 people per person
in 2025
Japan rank
26th
Northern Mariana Islands rank
25th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Japan
- Northern Mariana Islands
How they compare
Northern Mariana Islands currently reports 0.9218 people per person against 0.921 people per person in Japan, a difference of 0.0008 people per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Northern Mariana Islands ahead.
Japan ranks 26th and Northern Mariana Islands ranks 25th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Northern Mariana Islands in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Northern Mariana Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6949 people per person | 0.8104 people per person | 0.1155 people per person | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 1970s | 0.7618 people per person | 0.8553 people per person | 0.0934 people per person | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 1980s | 0.7694 people per person | 0.8821 people per person | 0.1127 people per person | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 1990s | 0.7798 people per person | 0.8971 people per person | 0.1173 people per person | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 2000s | 0.8465 people per person | 0.9053 people per person | 0.0588 people per person | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 2010s | 0.9138 people per person | 0.9129 people per person | 0.001 people per person | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.9195 people per person | 0.9193 people per person | 0.0002 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, Japan or Northern Mariana Islands?
- Northern Mariana Islands, at 0.9218 people per person against 0.921 people per person in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Japan and Northern Mariana Islands?
- 0.0008 people per person, with Northern Mariana Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Northern Mariana Islands?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Northern Mariana Islands rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Japan ranks 26th and Northern Mariana Islands ranks 25th 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.