Japan vs Türkiye: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Japan
0.921 people per person
in 2025
Türkiye
0.9138 people per person
in 2025
Japan rank
26th
Türkiye rank
28th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time
- Japan
- Türkiye
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.921 people per person against 0.9138 people per person in Türkiye, a difference of 0.0072 people per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 26th and Türkiye ranks 28th of 215 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6949 people per person | 0.2564 people per person | 0.4386 people per person | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.7618 people per person | 0.3476 people per person | 0.4142 people per person | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.7694 people per person | 0.4496 people per person | 0.3198 people per person | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.7798 people per person | 0.5465 people per person | 0.2333 people per person | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.8465 people per person | 0.6323 people per person | 0.2142 people per person | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.9138 people per person | 0.8317 people per person | 0.0821 people per person | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.9195 people per person | 0.9145 people per person | 0.0049 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 Türkiye?
- Japan, at 0.921 people per person against 0.9138 people per person in Türkiye as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Japan and Türkiye?
- 0.0072 people per person, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Türkiye?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Türkiye rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Japan ranks 26th and Türkiye ranks 28th 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.