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