Guam vs Japan: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Guam
290.26 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan
314.13 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Guam rank
27th
Japan rank
25th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- Guam
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 314.13 people per square kilometre against 290.26 people per square kilometre in Guam, a difference of 23.87 people per square kilometre.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Guam's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Guam ranks 27th and Japan ranks 25th of 215 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guam | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 126.02 people per square kilometre | 187.03 people per square kilometre | 61.01 people per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 161.04 people per square kilometre | 229.62 people per square kilometre | 68.58 people per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 203.65 people per square kilometre | 253.25 people per square kilometre | 49.6 people per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 253.18 people per square kilometre | 267.84 people per square kilometre | 14.66 people per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 284 people per square kilometre | 296.53 people per square kilometre | 12.53 people per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 287.11 people per square kilometre | 319.11 people per square kilometre | 32 people per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 286.48 people per square kilometre | 316.09 people per square kilometre | 29.61 people per square kilometre | 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 square kilometre, Guam or Japan?
- Japan, at 314.13 people per square kilometre against 290.26 people per square kilometre in Guam as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Guam and Japan?
- 23.87 people per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guam and Japan?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Guam and Japan rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- Guam ranks 27th and Japan 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 square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.