The Five Largest Cities
Estimated Population using Rank Size Rule of Next Largest Cities
Population Density: 336 ppl/sq km Percentage of Urban Population: 93.5% Percentage Urban Population Living in Slums: 0% Average Percentage Change in Urban Population: 0.56% Percentage of Population with improved Urban Sanitation: 100% Percentage of Population with improved Urban Water Supply: 100% |
The rank size rule is proven valid to really no extent. It represents more of a primate city as Tokyo is much larger than most of the cities within Japan. The next largest city behind Tokyo is about four times smaller than Tokyo which doesn't follow the rank size rule at all.
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