Japan vs Mexico: Urban area over the long-term
Japan
13,979 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Mexico
17,056 km² per grid cell
in 2025
Japan rank
12th
Mexico rank
9th
Urban area over the long-term over time
- Japan
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 17,056 km² per grid cell against 13,979 km² per grid cell in Japan, a difference of 3,078 km² per grid cell.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 12th and Mexico ranks 9th of 202 countries.
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About this data
Total built-up area of a country over time.