Japan vs Puerto Rico: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita
Japan
0.6561 units per person
in 2025
Puerto Rico
0.7641 units per person
in 2025
Japan rank
5th
Puerto Rico rank
3rd
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita over time
- Japan
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.7641 units per person against 0.6561 units per person in Japan, a difference of 0.108 units per person.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 5th and Puerto Rico ranks 3rd of 121 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Puerto Rico in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4654 units per person | 0.2854 units per person | 0.18 units per person | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.5386 units per person | 0.3569 units per person | 0.1817 units per person | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.562 units per person | 0.5029 units per person | 0.0592 units per person | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.5898 units per person | 0.6567 units per person | 0.0669 units per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 0.6078 units per person | 0.6562 units per person | 0.0485 units per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.6376 units per person | 0.6991 units per person | 0.0615 units per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.6516 units per person | 0.7568 units per person | 0.1052 units per person | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita, Japan or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.7641 units per person against 0.6561 units per person in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita between Japan and Puerto Rico?
- 0.108 units per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Puerto Rico?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Puerto Rico rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita?
- Japan ranks 5th and Puerto Rico ranks 3rd of 121 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.