Japan vs Nigeria: Urban population
Japan
113.87 million
in 2025
Nigeria
151.48 million
in 2025
Japan rank
7th
Nigeria rank
6th
Urban population over time
- Japan
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 151.48 million against 113.87 million in Japan, a difference of 37.62 million.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Globally, Japan ranks 7th and Nigeria ranks 6th of 215 countries.
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About this data
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.