Israel vs Japan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Israel
91.6%
in 2025
Japan
92.3%
in 2025
Israel rank
36th
Japan rank
33rd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Israel
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 92.3% against 91.6% in Israel, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Japan ahead.
Israel ranks 36th and Japan ranks 33rd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 36 and Japan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 1.4% | 2.9% | 1.5% | Japan |
| 1100s | 1.7% | 0.6% | 1.1% | Israel |
| 1200s | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | Israel |
| 1300s | 2.5% | 1.3% | 1.2% | Israel |
| 1400s | 2.8% | 1.9% | 0.8% | Israel |
| 1500s | 3.6% | 2.9% | 0.7% | Israel |
| 1600s | 4.3% | 4.4% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1700s | 4.9% | 5.0% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1710s | 5.5% | 5.0% | 0.5% | Israel |
| 1720s | 5.9% | 5.0% | 0.9% | Israel |
| 1730s | 6.4% | 5.0% | 1.4% | Israel |
| 1740s | 7.0% | 5.0% | 2.0% | Israel |
| 1750s | 7.5% | 5.0% | 2.5% | Israel |
| 1760s | 8.1% | 5.0% | 3.1% | Israel |
| 1770s | 8.7% | 5.0% | 3.7% | Israel |
| 1780s | 9.4% | 5.0% | 4.4% | Israel |
| 1790s | 10.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | Israel |
| 1800s | 10.7% | 5.0% | 5.7% | Israel |
| 1810s | 11.6% | 5.2% | 6.4% | Israel |
| 1820s | 12.6% | 5.5% | 7.1% | Israel |
| 1830s | 13.7% | 5.8% | 7.9% | Israel |
| 1840s | 14.9% | 6.1% | 8.8% | Israel |
| 1850s | 16.2% | 6.4% | 9.8% | Israel |
| 1860s | 17.6% | 6.7% | 10.9% | Israel |
| 1870s | 19.4% | 7.0% | 12.3% | Israel |
| 1880s | 21.3% | 7.4% | 13.9% | Israel |
| 1890s | 23.4% | 7.8% | 15.7% | Israel |
| 1900s | 25.8% | 20.9% | 4.9% | Israel |
| 1910s | 28.3% | 22.6% | 5.7% | Israel |
| 1920s | 31.0% | 24.5% | 6.5% | Israel |
| 1930s | 34.0% | 27.7% | 6.3% | Israel |
| 1940s | 37.2% | 30.0% | 7.2% | Israel |
| 1950s | 72.1% | 52.2% | 20.0% | Israel |
| 1960s | 80.6% | 67.3% | 13.3% | Israel |
| 1970s | 86.5% | 74.8% | 11.7% | Israel |
| 1980s | 89.7% | 76.7% | 13.1% | Israel |
| 1990s | 90.8% | 77.9% | 12.9% | Israel |
| 2000s | 91.6% | 84.6% | 7.0% | Israel |
| 2010s | 91.7% | 91.3% | 0.4% | Israel |
| 2020s | 91.5% | 92.0% | 0.5% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Israel or Japan?
- Japan, at 92.3% against 91.6% in Israel as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Israel and Japan?
- 0.7%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Japan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Israel and Japan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Israel ranks 36th 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.