Urban Rural Japan
Japan urban population for 2019 was 115 782 416 a 0 12 decline from 2018.
Urban rural japan. Japan urban population for 2018 was 115 920 900 a 0 11 decline from 2017. The center for spatial information service the university of tokyo has defined 100 metropolitan employment areas meas and 122 micropolitan employment areas mceas for japan. Compared to 90 percent urban and 10 percent rural in great britain and 13 percent urban and 87 percent rural in ethiopia. They have different and often complementary assets which are integrated through a broad set of linkages.
Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages. Urban and rural population japan 2008 2017 published by statista research department jul 15 2020 the statistic shows the development of the urban and rural population in japan from 2008 to 2017. At present around 45 percent of the population of japan is concentrated in three metropolitan areas around tokyo osaka and nagoya. It s not just the elderly who feel the appeal of a rustic lifestyle either.
Japan rural population for 2018 was 10 608 200 a 1 16 decline from 2017. The difference between urban and rural areas in japan foreign people may wish to live in urban area with large cities such as tokyo the capital city of japan but living in a rural area is also enjoyable although unexpectedly it is not known to them. Japan s rural population is expected to plunge another 17 in just 12 years from 2018 through 2030 according to united nations data. Further out the decline will steepen with the population.
There s a widespread belief in japan that if you want to achieve educational or economic success you come to tokyo. Although many tourists visit the metropolitan areas there is much to see do and experience in rural japan in fact some of the best insights to a country are from stepping out of the city and. Japan rural population for 2019 was 10 482 515 a 1 18 decline from 2018. Urban employment area is another definition of metropolitan areas defined by the center for spatial information service the university of tokyo.
As a matter of fact it s such a common move that japanese even has a verb for it joukyou or to move on up to the capital but for some people always lively tokyo is just too bustling. The urban and rural regions exist as interdependent administrative entities connected through various spatial and sectoral flows of people money and commodities both natural as well as manufactured.