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Research · 2026-08-17

City Profile

Tokyo

Tokyo in numbers — economics, housing, urban form, mobility, beside the national average.


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Tokyo anchors the international with 13,960,000 residents on 845 square miles — 13,500 to the square mile.

Overview
City Name Tokyo
Country Japan
Region International
Area Km2 2,194
Land Area Sq Miles 845
Population 13,960,000
Population Density Per Sqmi 13,500
Population Growth Rate 1 -0.3
Metropolitan Population 37,400,000
Daytime Population 30,000,000
World Comparison
Mumbai (India) 12,500,000 — 90% of Tokyo
Shenzhen (China) 17,560,000 — 126% of Tokyo
Guangzhou (China) 18,676,605 — 134% of Tokyo
Further Reading
Museum of Museums Tokyo National Museum wall: https://worldstorylearning.com/walls/tokyo.html
Tokyo National Museum Education: https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=96&lang=en
Tokyo National Museum The TNM Collection: https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_collection/index.php?controller=top

Compiled 2026-11-01 from the urbanicity research tables.

1 Population Growth Rate — Annualized rate, recent period.

PERMANENT REFERENCE · https://research.urbanicity.space/r/a49230ba-b752-41f2-83c6-c08e8ba7212f