Brazil vs Japan: Urban population

Brazil
187.65 million
in 2025
Japan
113.87 million
in 2025
Brazil rank
4th
Japan rank
7th

Urban population over time

  • Brazil
  • Japan
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 187.65 million against 113.87 million in Japan, a difference of 73.78 million.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.6 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Brazil ranks 4th and Japan ranks 7th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.