Japan vs Puerto Rico: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre
Japan
0.3162 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Puerto Rico
0.3837 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
17th
Puerto Rico rank
15th
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.3837 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.3162 1000 No per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.0675 1000 No per square kilometre.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 17th and Puerto Rico ranks 15th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Puerto Rico in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1826 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.149 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0336 1000 No per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.2271 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.2051 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.022 1000 No per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.2546 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3093 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0546 1000 No per square kilometre | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 0.2696 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3869 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.1173 1000 No per square kilometre | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 0.2984 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.4 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.1015 1000 No per square kilometre | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.3205 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3887 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0682 1000 No per square kilometre | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.3174 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3844 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.067 1000 No per square kilometre | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre, Japan or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.3837 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.3162 1000 No per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre between Japan and Puerto Rico?
- 0.0675 1000 No per square kilometre, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Puerto Rico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Puerto Rico rank globally for population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 17th and Puerto Rico ranks 15th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.