Argentina vs Japan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Argentina
92.4%
in 2025
Japan
92.3%
in 2025
Argentina rank
32nd
Japan rank
33rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Argentina
- Japan
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 92.4% against 92.3% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.
Argentina ranks 32nd and Japan ranks 33rd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 33 and Japan in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | Japan |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | Japan |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | Japan |
| 1300s | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | Japan |
| 1400s | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | Japan |
| 1500s | 0.7% | 2.9% | 2.2% | Japan |
| 1600s | 2.2% | 4.4% | 2.2% | Japan |
| 1700s | 6.5% | 5.0% | 1.5% | Argentina |
| 1710s | 7.4% | 5.0% | 2.4% | Argentina |
| 1720s | 8.1% | 5.0% | 3.1% | Argentina |
| 1730s | 8.8% | 5.0% | 3.8% | Argentina |
| 1740s | 9.7% | 5.0% | 4.7% | Argentina |
| 1750s | 10.6% | 5.0% | 5.6% | Argentina |
| 1760s | 11.6% | 5.0% | 6.6% | Argentina |
| 1770s | 12.7% | 5.0% | 7.7% | Argentina |
| 1780s | 13.9% | 5.0% | 8.9% | Argentina |
| 1790s | 15.2% | 5.0% | 10.2% | Argentina |
| 1800s | 16.7% | 5.0% | 11.7% | Argentina |
| 1810s | 18.3% | 5.2% | 13.0% | Argentina |
| 1820s | 20.0% | 5.5% | 14.5% | Argentina |
| 1830s | 21.9% | 5.8% | 16.1% | Argentina |
| 1840s | 24.0% | 6.1% | 17.9% | Argentina |
| 1850s | 26.3% | 6.4% | 19.9% | Argentina |
| 1860s | 28.8% | 6.7% | 22.1% | Argentina |
| 1870s | 31.6% | 7.0% | 24.5% | Argentina |
| 1880s | 34.6% | 7.4% | 27.2% | Argentina |
| 1890s | 37.9% | 7.8% | 30.1% | Argentina |
| 1900s | 41.5% | 20.9% | 20.6% | Argentina |
| 1910s | 45.4% | 22.6% | 22.8% | Argentina |
| 1920s | 49.7% | 24.5% | 25.2% | Argentina |
| 1930s | 54.5% | 27.7% | 26.8% | Argentina |
| 1940s | 59.7% | 30.0% | 29.7% | Argentina |
| 1950s | 67.9% | 52.2% | 15.7% | Argentina |
| 1960s | 75.0% | 67.3% | 7.7% | Argentina |
| 1970s | 80.7% | 74.8% | 5.9% | Argentina |
| 1980s | 84.8% | 76.7% | 8.1% | Argentina |
| 1990s | 88.0% | 77.9% | 10.1% | Argentina |
| 2000s | 90.0% | 84.6% | 5.4% | Argentina |
| 2010s | 91.4% | 91.3% | 0.2% | Argentina |
| 2020s | 92.2% | 92.0% | 0.1% | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Argentina or Japan?
- Argentina, at 92.4% against 92.3% in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Argentina and Japan?
- 0.1%, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Japan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Argentina and Japan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Argentina ranks 32nd and Japan ranks 33rd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.