Japan - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Japan was 10,341,200 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34,236,370 in 1960 and a minimum value of 10,341,200 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 34,236,370
1961 33,659,460
1962 33,089,850
1963 32,544,620
1964 32,005,120
1965 31,475,900
1966 30,936,410
1967 30,447,110
1968 29,984,100
1969 29,539,250
1970 29,080,030
1971 28,891,220
1972 28,456,270
1973 28,024,660
1974 27,568,040
1975 27,094,390
1976 27,129,150
1977 27,327,000
1978 27,510,170
1979 27,676,850
1980 27,829,270
1981 27,917,420
1982 27,981,420
1983 28,045,500
1984 28,095,820
1985 28,140,520
1986 28,141,300
1987 28,122,260
1988 28,085,070
1989 28,043,730
1990 27,981,350
1991 27,925,370
1992 27,858,760
1993 27,779,450
1994 27,688,120
1995 27,583,760
1996 27,484,190
1997 27,389,660
1998 27,304,930
1999 27,196,540
2000 27,082,250
2001 25,442,520
2002 23,389,980
2003 21,461,730
2004 19,624,090
2005 17,916,330
2006 16,470,150
2007 15,173,240
2008 13,955,030
2009 12,818,790
2010 11,767,070
2011 11,416,770
2012 11,297,720
2013 11,182,020
2014 11,067,920
2015 10,958,280
2016 10,849,140
2017 10,732,420
2018 10,608,200
2019 10,482,520
2020 10,341,200

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Japan was 8.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 36.73 in 1960, while its lowest value was 8.22 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 36.73
1961 35.79
1962 34.86
1963 33.94
1964 33.03
1965 32.13
1966 31.30
1967 30.48
1968 29.68
1969 28.90
1970 28.12
1971 27.33
1972 26.55
1973 25.78
1974 25.03
1975 24.28
1976 24.06
1977 24.00
1978 23.94
1979 23.88
1980 23.83
1981 23.73
1982 23.62
1983 23.51
1984 23.40
1985 23.29
1986 23.17
1987 23.04
1988 22.91
1989 22.79
1990 22.66
1991 22.53
1992 22.39
1993 22.25
1994 22.12
1995 21.98
1996 21.86
1997 21.73
1998 21.60
1999 21.48
2000 21.35
2001 20.01
2002 18.35
2003 16.80
2004 15.36
2005 14.02
2006 12.88
2007 11.85
2008 10.90
2009 10.01
2010 9.19
2011 8.93
2012 8.85
2013 8.77
2014 8.70
2015 8.62
2016 8.54
2017 8.47
2018 8.38
2019 8.30
2020 8.22

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization