How many people cross Shibuya Crossing each day?

Cities hard Data from 2023

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Answer in people. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

2,500,000 people

Roughly 2.5M.

Around 2.5 million people cross Shibuya Crossing each day, up to 3,000 at a time on a single green light. It is the busiest pedestrian crossing in the world and has become a tourist attraction in its own right.

Where this number comes from

Source Tokyo Metropolitan Government / Shibuya Ward
Figure refers to 2023
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