Statizoid

Gabon vs Japan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Gabon
92.1%
in 2025
Japan
92.3%
in 2025
Gabon rank
35th
Japan rank
33rd

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Gabon
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 92.3% against 92.1% in Gabon, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.

Gabon ranks 35th and Japan ranks 33rd of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.