Canada vs Japan: Urban area over the long-term
Canada
9,053 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Japan
13,979 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Canada rank
15th
Japan rank
12th
Urban area over the long-term over time
- Canada
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 13,979 km² per grid cell against 9,053 km² per grid cell in Canada, a difference of 4,926 km² per grid cell.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.
Canada ranks 15th and Japan ranks 12th of 202 countries.
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About this data
Total built-up area of a country over time.