Population Characteristics
The Greater-Tokyo is the largest city in the world with approximately 37 million people. The Capital Tokyo has 13.62 million. Tokyo is made up by 98% Japanese people and the
Population Pyramid
This is a population pyramid of Tokyo in 2015. You can see that there are more women than men in Tokyo and also how the amount of children people are having is becoming less. This is considered a stage 5 pyramid because it shows that Tokyo is an advanced city with not a lot of disease and it shows how the country has enough money to refrain from wanting expensive children. Also 40-44 year old people and 65-69 year old people have higher populations than the rest of the age groups.
Growth rate of Greater Tokyo
This chart is growth rate of municipalities (municipalities means a town or district with a local government) of Tokyo, Japan. It is estimated by census carried out in 2005 and 2010.
The green shows the increase of growth rate.
Darkest Green: 10.0% and over
Dark Green: 7.5 – 9.9%
Medium Green: 5.0 – 7.4%
Light Green: 2.5 – 4.9%
Lightest Green: 0.0 – 2.4%
The red shows the decrease of growth rate.
Lightest Red: 0.0 – 2.4%
Light Red: 2.5 – 4.9%
Medium Red: 5.0 – 7.4%
Dark Red: 7.5 – 9.9%
Darkest Red: 10.0% and over
The green shows the increase of growth rate.
Darkest Green: 10.0% and over
Dark Green: 7.5 – 9.9%
Medium Green: 5.0 – 7.4%
Light Green: 2.5 – 4.9%
Lightest Green: 0.0 – 2.4%
The red shows the decrease of growth rate.
Lightest Red: 0.0 – 2.4%
Light Red: 2.5 – 4.9%
Medium Red: 5.0 – 7.4%
Dark Red: 7.5 – 9.9%
Darkest Red: 10.0% and over
Population Change of Tokyo
This graph shows the change from the year 1920 to 2015. In 1920 the population was 3.70 million and and in 2015 it was 13.49 million. So it has jumped by 10 million since 1920. During 1945 Tokyo population dropped by 4 million, this was because the World War II. However after World War II it sky rocketed back to it usual numbers in about 10 years. Since 1965 the population has climb slowly and decreased by a bit. Tokyo is still climbing but it will take time.