Tokyo has 13.216 million people (13,216,000) as of 01/10/12. There are over 6,000 people per square kilometre, which is more than 19 times Perth's population density, and over 2,000 times Australia's population density. In the last 100 years, Tokyo has risen by roughly 10 million people. At the start of the twentieth century, Tokyo had about 3 million people, increasing by nearly four 4 million people in the next 20 years. In the following 5 years, Tokyo's population dropped by almost 4 million people during the second world war, but then again increasing in population by another 3 million after Japan surrendered. By 1963, Tokyo reached more than 10 million people, and could be classified as a megacity. In the next 50 years of being a megacity, Tokyo's populaton only increased by about 3 million, reaching the rough estimate of over 13 million people today.
In the next 100 years, Tokyo has estimated to nearly half in population. It has next to no immigration, and the amount of people that move to Tokyo, is nearly matched by the people that move out every year, which is not helping the population grow. Tokyo is guessed to peak at 13.35 million people in 2020, and then start decreasing to the estimated figure of 7.13 million people in 2100.
Hundreds of thousands of people are attracted to Tokyo every year, although many leave as well. One of the main reasons for coming to Tokyo, is the public transport. As cars, motorbikes etc. are not used as much in Tokyo as other cities such as London and New York, the train, subway and bus lines are exceptional, and always precisely on time, right to the second. They have bullet train lines stretching across the country, the majority of these lines going to Japan, and many subway lines within the city. Another pull factor is the culture. Japanese culture is amazing, especially as Japan is the oldest country on Earth, it has an amazing history to discover, stretching back thousands of years. The people in Tokyo are extremely friendly, and there is hardly a gap between the rich and the poor. While there still being a lot of tradition in Tokyo, it is still an amazingly advanced population, bringing more people from around the world every year.
While the last paragraph makes Tokyo sound amazing, with 6,000 people per square kilometre, it's hard for everyone to find a place to sleep. A lot of the houses and apartments in Tokyo are quite small, and quite cramped. Not only is housing small, but it can be extremely expensive. In some places in Tokyo, the price can go up to 390,000,000 million yen for a square meter, which is about 4 million Australian dollars. Not only is the housing in Tokyo quite cramped, but so are the public transport services, streets, and basically the majority of the city. While these are some bad qualities of Tokyo, there is a not a huge rich-poor gap as there is in other cities around the world.
In the next 100 years, Tokyo has estimated to nearly half in population. It has next to no immigration, and the amount of people that move to Tokyo, is nearly matched by the people that move out every year, which is not helping the population grow. Tokyo is guessed to peak at 13.35 million people in 2020, and then start decreasing to the estimated figure of 7.13 million people in 2100.
Hundreds of thousands of people are attracted to Tokyo every year, although many leave as well. One of the main reasons for coming to Tokyo, is the public transport. As cars, motorbikes etc. are not used as much in Tokyo as other cities such as London and New York, the train, subway and bus lines are exceptional, and always precisely on time, right to the second. They have bullet train lines stretching across the country, the majority of these lines going to Japan, and many subway lines within the city. Another pull factor is the culture. Japanese culture is amazing, especially as Japan is the oldest country on Earth, it has an amazing history to discover, stretching back thousands of years. The people in Tokyo are extremely friendly, and there is hardly a gap between the rich and the poor. While there still being a lot of tradition in Tokyo, it is still an amazingly advanced population, bringing more people from around the world every year.
While the last paragraph makes Tokyo sound amazing, with 6,000 people per square kilometre, it's hard for everyone to find a place to sleep. A lot of the houses and apartments in Tokyo are quite small, and quite cramped. Not only is housing small, but it can be extremely expensive. In some places in Tokyo, the price can go up to 390,000,000 million yen for a square meter, which is about 4 million Australian dollars. Not only is the housing in Tokyo quite cramped, but so are the public transport services, streets, and basically the majority of the city. While these are some bad qualities of Tokyo, there is a not a huge rich-poor gap as there is in other cities around the world.