Japan - Major Cities: Prefectures & Cities - Statistics & Maps on City Population

Prefectures

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Original	Capital	A-L (km²)	Cf 1985-10-01	Cf 1995-10-01	Cf 2000-10-01	C 2005-10-01	E 2008-10-01
<	Aichi	23	Pre	愛知県	Nagoya	5,154	6,455,172	6,868,336	7,043,300	7,254,704	7,398,327
<	Akita	05	Pre	秋田県	Akita	11,612	1,254,032	1,213,667	1,189,279	1,145,501	1,109,085
<	Aomori	02	Pre	青森県	Aomori	9,606	1,524,448	1,481,663	1,475,728	1,436,657	1,394,881
<	Chiba	12	Pre	千葉県	Chiba	5,156	5,148,163	5,797,782	5,926,285	6,056,462	6,147,347
<	Ehime	38	Pre	愛媛県	Matsuyama	5,676	1,529,983	1,506,700	1,493,092	1,467,815	1,444,288
<	Fukui	18	Pre	福井県	Fukui	4,189	817,633	826,996	828,944	821,592	812,479
<	Fukuoka	40	Pre	福岡県	Fukuoka	4,971	4,719,259	4,933,393	5,015,699	5,049,908	5,060,711
<	Fukushima	07	Pre	福島県	Fukushima	13,783	2,080,304	2,133,592	2,126,935	2,091,319	2,055,496
<	Gifu	21	Pre	岐阜県	Gifu	10,598	2,028,536	2,100,315	2,107,700	2,107,226	2,098,131
<	Gumma (Gunma)	10	Pre	群馬県	Maebashi	6,363	1,921,259	2,003,540	2,024,852	2,024,135	2,012,816
<	Hiroshima	34	Pre	広島県	Hiroshima	8,477	2,819,200	2,881,748	2,878,915	2,876,642	2,870,037
<	Hokkaidō {Hokkaido}	01	Pre	北海道	Sapporo	83,452	5,679,439	5,692,321	5,683,062	5,627,737	5,542,740
<	Hyōgo {Hyogo}	28	Pre	兵庫県	Kōbe	8,392	5,278,050	5,401,877	5,550,574	5,590,601	5,596,449
<	Ibaraki	08	Pre	茨城県	Mito	6,096	2,725,005	2,955,530	2,985,676	2,975,167	2,968,396
<	Ishikawa	17	Pre	石川県	Kanazawa	4,185	1,152,325	1,180,068	1,180,977	1,174,026	1,169,167
<	Iwate	03	Pre	岩手県	Morioka	15,279	1,433,611	1,419,505	1,416,180	1,385,041	1,352,387
<	Kagawa	37	Pre	香川県	Takamatsu	1,862	1,022,569	1,027,006	1,022,890	1,012,400	1,003,004
<	Kagoshima	46	Pre	鹿児島県	Kagoshima	9,132	1,819,270	1,794,224	1,786,194	1,753,179	1,720,017
<	Kanagawa	14	Pre	神奈川県	Yokohama	2,415	7,431,974	8,245,903	8,489,974	8,791,597	8,956,804
<	Kōchi {Kochi}	39	Pre	高知県	Kōchi	7,105	839,784	816,704	813,949	796,292	773,961
<	Kumamoto	43	Pre	熊本県	Kumamoto	6,908	1,837,747	1,859,793	1,859,344	1,842,233	1,822,155
<	Kyōto {Kyoto}	26	Pre	京都府	Kyōto	4,613	2,586,574	2,629,592	2,644,391	2,647,660	2,635,134
<	Mie	24	Pre	三重県	Tsu	5,761	1,747,311	1,841,358	1,857,339	1,866,963	1,869,669
<	Miyagi	04	Pre	宮城県	Sendai	7,285	2,176,295	2,328,739	2,365,320	2,360,218	2,343,767
<	Miyazaki	45	Pre	宮崎県	Miyazaki	6,685	1,175,543	1,175,819	1,170,007	1,153,042	1,136,833
<	Nagano	20	Pre	長野県	Nagano	12,598	2,136,927	2,193,984	2,215,168	2,196,114	2,173,248
<	Nagasaki	42	Pre	長崎県	Nagasaki	4,093	1,593,968	1,544,934	1,516,523	1,478,632	1,441,451
<	Nara	29	Pre	奈良県	Nara	3,691	1,304,866	1,430,862	1,442,795	1,421,310	1,405,074
<	Niigata	15	Pre	新潟県	Niigata	12,582	2,478,470	2,488,364	2,475,733	2,431,459	2,395,139
<	Ōita {Oita}	44	Pre	大分県	Ōita	5,804	1,250,214	1,231,306	1,221,140	1,209,571	1,201,715
<	Okayama	33	Pre	岡山県	Okayama	7,009	1,916,906	1,950,750	1,950,828	1,957,264	1,948,679
<	Okinawa	47	Pre	沖縄県	Okinawa	2,271	1,179,097	1,273,440	1,318,220	1,361,594	1,377,708
<	Ōsaka {Osaka}	27	Pre	大阪府	Ōsaka	1,893	8,668,095	8,797,268	8,805,081	8,817,166	8,833,777
<	Saga	41	Pre	佐賀県	Saga	2,439	880,013	884,316	876,654	866,369	855,676
<	Saitama	11	Pre	埼玉県	Saitama	3,767	5,863,678	6,759,311	6,938,006	7,054,243	7,137,434
<	Shiga	25	Pre	滋賀県	Ōtsu	4,017	1,155,844	1,287,005	1,342,832	1,380,361	1,401,073
<	Shimane	32	Pre	島根県	Matsue	6,707	794,629	771,441	761,503	742,223	725,202
<	Shizuoka	22	Pre	静岡県	Shizuoka	7,329	3,574,692	3,737,689	3,767,393	3,792,377	3,798,258
<	Tochigi	09	Pre	栃木県	Utsunomiya	6,408	1,866,066	1,984,390	2,004,817	2,016,631	2,014,650
<	Tokushima	36	Pre	徳島県	Tokushima	4,145	834,889	832,427	824,108	809,950	794,189
<	Tōkyō {Tokyo}	13	Pre	東京都	Tōkyō	2,187	11,829,363	11,773,602	12,064,101	12,576,601	12,898,939
<	Tottori	31	Pre	鳥取県	Tottori	3,507	616,024	614,929	613,289	607,012	594,915
<	Toyama	16	Pre	富山県	Toyama	4,247	1,118,369	1,123,125	1,120,851	1,111,729	1,101,292
<	Wakayama	30	Pre	和歌山県	Wakayama	4,726	1,087,206	1,080,435	1,069,912	1,035,969	1,012,397
<	Yamagata	06	Pre	山形県	Yamagata	9,323	1,261,662	1,256,958	1,244,147	1,216,181	1,189,152
<	Yamaguchi	35	Pre	山口県	Yamaguchi	6,111	1,601,627	1,555,543	1,527,964	1,492,606	1,464,566
<	Yamanashi	19	Pre	山梨県	Kōfu	4,465	832,832	881,996	888,172	884,515	872,724
	Japan	JPN			Tōkyō	374,074	121,048,923	125,570,246	126,925,843	127,767,994	127,931,339

(1985) (1995) (2000) (2005) Statistics Bureau Japan (web).
(2008) M. Higashide (www.uub.jp).

	Name	Adm.	M E 2008-10-01
1	Tōkyō	13	8,736,474
2	Yokohama	14	3,651,428
3	Ōsaka	27	2,652,099
4	Nagoya	23	2,247,752
5	Sapporo	01	1,898,445
6	Kōbe	28	1,533,034
7	Kyōto	26	1,467,313
8	Fukuoka	40	1,437,718
9	Kawasaki	14	1,390,270
10	Saitama	11	1,200,739
11	Hiroshima	34	1,166,547
12	Sendai	04	1,031,163

Cities

	Name	Status	Original	Adm.	M Cf 1995-10-01	M Cf 2000-10-01	M C 2005-10-01	M E 2008-10-01
<	Ageo	City	上尾市	11	206,090	212,947	220,232	222,915
<	Akashi	City	明石市	28	287,606	293,117	291,027	292,247
<	Akita	City	秋田市	05	331,597	336,646	333,109	327,314
<	Amagasaki	City	尼崎市	28	488,586	466,187	462,647	461,738
<	Anjō {Anjo}	City	安城市	23	149,464	158,824	170,250	177,794
<	Aomori	City	青森市	02	314,917	318,732	311,508	303,962
<	Asahikawa	City	旭川市	01	360,568	359,536	355,004	350,737
<	Ashikaga	City	足利市	09	165,828	163,140	159,756	156,908
<	Atsugi	City	厚木市	14	208,627	217,369	222,403	226,419
<	Chiba	City	千葉市	12	856,878	887,164	924,319	947,223
<	Chigasaki	City	茅ヶ崎市	14	212,874	220,809	228,420	232,237
<	Chōfu {Chofu}	City	調布市	13	198,574	204,759	216,119	221,767
<	Fuchū {Fuchu}	City	府中市	13	216,211	226,769	245,623	251,014
<	Fuji	City	富士市	22	246,985	251,559	253,297	253,844
<	Fujisawa	City	藤沢市	14	368,651	379,185	396,014	405,243
<	Fukui	City	福井市	18	272,970	269,557	269,144	268,173
<	Fukuoka	City	福岡市	40	1,284,836	1,341,470	1,401,279	1,437,718
<	Fukushima	City	福島市	07	285,754	291,121	290,869	294,480
<	Fukuyama	City	福山市	34	453,791	456,908	459,087	461,211
<	Funabashi	City	船橋市	12	540,817	550,074	569,835	591,720
<	Gifu	City	岐阜市	21	418,574	415,085	413,367	411,650
<	Hachinohe	City	八戸市	02	249,358	248,608	244,700	239,795
<	Hachiōji {Hachioji}	City	八王子市	13	503,363	536,046	560,012	571,243
<	Hadano	City	秦野市	14	164,722	168,142	168,317	169,777
<	Hakodate	City	函館市	01	318,308	305,311	294,264	284,177
<	Hamamatsu	City	浜松市	22	766,832	786,306	804,032	813,184
<	Higashihiroshima	City	東広島市	34	165,153	175,346	184,430	187,668
<	Higashiōsaka {Higashiosaka}	City	東大阪市	27	517,232	515,094	513,821	507,077
<	Himeji	City	姫路市	28	527,854	534,969	536,232	536,502
<	Hino	City	日野市	13	166,537	167,942	176,538	180,193
<	Hirakata	City	枚方市	27	400,144	402,563	404,044	406,240
<	Hiratsuka	City	平塚市	14	253,822	254,633	258,958	260,768
<	Hirosaki	City	弘前市	02	194,197	193,217	189,043	184,303
<	Hiroshima	City	広島市	34	1,117,117	1,134,134	1,154,391	1,166,547
<	Hitachi	City	日立市	08	212,304	206,589	199,218	194,750
<	Hitachinaka (Katsuta)	City	ひたちなか市	08	146,750	151,673	153,639	155,960
<	Ibaraki	City	茨木市	27	258,233	260,648	267,961	272,687
<	Ichihara	City	市原市	12	277,061	278,218	280,255	279,696
<	Ichikawa	City	市川市	12	440,555	448,642	466,608	473,064
<	Ichinomiya	City	一宮市	23	353,999	362,726	371,687	377,274
<	Imabari	City	今治市	38	185,435	180,627	173,983	169,952
<	Isesaki	City	伊勢崎市	10	184,420	194,393	202,447	205,178
<	Ishinomaki	City	石巻市	04	178,923	174,778	167,324	162,605
<	Itami	City	伊丹市	28	188,431	192,159	192,250	194,922
<	Iwaki	City	いわき市	07	360,598	360,138	354,492	347,979
<	Iwata	City	磐田市	22	162,667	166,002	170,899	172,927
<	Izumi	City	和泉市	27	157,300	172,974	177,856	179,904
<	Joetsu	City	上越市	15	212,060	211,870	208,082	205,296
<	Kagoshima	City	鹿児島市	46	594,430	601,693	604,367	604,619
<	Kakogawa	City	加古川市	28	260,567	266,170	267,100	267,753
<	Kamakura	City	鎌倉市	14	170,329	167,583	171,158	173,439
<	Kanazawa	City	金沢市	17	453,975	456,438	454,607	456,102
<	Kashiwa	City	柏市	12	362,880	373,778	380,963	391,943
<	Kasugai	City	春日井市	23	277,589	287,623	295,802	301,916
<	Kasukabe	City	春日部市	11	238,598	240,924	238,506	236,461
<	Kawagoe	City	川越市	11	323,353	330,766	333,795	337,532
<	Kawaguchi	City	川口市	11	448,854	460,027	480,079	497,274
<	Kawanishi	City	川西市	28	144,539	153,762	157,668	157,549
<	Kawasaki	City	川崎市	14	1,202,820	1,249,905	1,327,011	1,390,270
<	Kishiwada	City	岸和田市	27	194,818	200,104	201,000	200,176
<	Kitakyūshū [Kitakyushu] {Kitakyushu}	City	北九州市	40	1,019,598	1,011,471	993,525	984,953
<	Kōbe {Kobe}	City	神戸市	28	1,423,792	1,493,398	1,525,393	1,533,034
<	Kōchi {Kochi}	City	高知市	39	339,864	348,979	348,990	344,577
<	Kodaira	City	小平市	13	172,946	178,623	183,796	186,275
<	Kōfu {Kofu}	City	甲府市	19	206,840	202,120	200,100	198,559
<	Kōriyama {Koriyama}	City	郡山市	07	326,833	334,824	338,834	339,196
<	Koshigaya	City	越谷市	11	298,253	308,307	315,792	320,440
<	Kumagaya	City	熊谷市	11	205,605	206,446	204,675	204,248
<	Kumamoto	City	熊本市	43	650,341	662,012	669,603	679,013
<	Kurashiki	City	倉敷市	33	453,618	460,869	469,377	473,402
<	Kure	City	呉市	34	270,179	259,224	251,003	244,505
<	Kurume	City	久留米市	40	302,741	304,884	306,434	304,729
<	Kushiro	City	釧路市	01	209,680	201,566	190,478	184,492
<	Kyōto {Kyoto}	City	京都市	26	1,470,902	1,474,471	1,474,811	1,467,313
<	Machida	City	町田市	13	360,522	377,494	405,534	416,642
<	Maebashi	City	前橋市	10	319,483	320,465	318,584	316,783
<	Matsudo	City	松戸市	12	461,503	464,841	472,579	480,785
<	Matsue	City	松江市	32	195,353	199,289	196,603	194,927
<	Matsumoto	City	松本市	20	225,799	229,033	227,627	227,188
<	Matsusaka	City	松阪市	24	163,131	164,504	168,973	169,514
<	Matsuyama	City	松山市	38	497,203	508,266	514,937	515,002
<	Mitaka	City	三鷹市	13	165,721	171,612	177,016	181,865
<	Mito	City	水戸市	08	261,275	261,562	262,603	264,171
<	Miyakonojō {Miyakonojo}	City	都城市	45	174,054	171,812	170,955	168,673
<	Miyazaki	City	宮崎市	45	357,264	363,423	366,897	369,427
<	Morioka	City	盛岡市	03	300,723	302,857	300,746	298,697
<	Nagano	City	長野市	20	377,678	378,932	378,512	377,169
<	Nagaoka	City	長岡市	15	287,139	287,139	283,224	280,335
<	Nagareyama	City	流山市	12	146,245	150,527	152,641	158,608
<	Nagasaki	City	長崎市	42	487,063	470,135	455,206	445,822
<	Nagoya	City	名古屋市	23	2,152,184	2,171,557	2,215,062	2,247,752
<	Naha	City	那覇市	47	301,890	301,032	312,393	313,569
<	Nara	City	奈良市	29	368,039	374,944	370,102	366,340
<	Narashino	City	習志野市	12	152,887	154,036	158,785	160,154
<	Neyagawa	City	寝屋川市	27	258,443	250,806	241,816	238,762
<	Niigata	City	新潟市	15	796,456	808,969	813,847	812,034
<	Niiza	City	新座市	11	144,726	149,511	153,305	157,106
<	Nishinomiya	City	西宮市	28	390,389	438,105	465,337	479,038
<	Nishitōkyō (Hoya & Tanashi) {Nishitokyo}	City	西東京市	13	175,073	180,885	189,735	193,928
<	Noda	City	野田市	12	152,245	151,197	151,240	154,298
<	Numazu	City	沼津市	22	216,470	211,559	208,005	205,939
<	Obihiro	City	帯広市	01	171,715	173,030	170,580	167,807
<	Odawara	City	小田原市	14	200,103	200,173	198,741	198,698
<	Ōgaki {Ogaki}	City	大垣市	21	161,679	161,827	162,070	162,680
<	Ōita {Oita}	City	大分市	44	446,581	454,424	462,317	468,591
<	Okayama	City	岡山市	33	663,346	674,375	696,172	702,219
<	Okazaki	City	岡崎市	23	332,136	345,997	363,807	373,608
<	Ōsaka [Osaka] {Osaka}	City	大阪市	27	2,602,421	2,598,774	2,628,811	2,652,099
<	Ōta {Ota}	City	太田市	10	203,599	210,022	213,299	214,817
<	Ōtsu {Otsu}	City	大津市	25	295,574	309,793	323,719	330,293
<	Oyama	City	小山市	09	150,115	155,198	160,150	163,129
<	Saga	City	佐賀市	41	246,674	243,076	241,361	238,891
<	Sagamihara	City	相模原市	14	646,516	681,150	701,630	709,281
<	Saitama (Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono, Iwatsuki)	City	さいたま市	11	1,078,545	1,133,300	1,176,314	1,200,739
<	Sakai	City	堺市	27	840,384	829,636	830,966	836,098
<	Sakura	City	佐倉市	12	162,624	170,934	171,246	171,747
<	Sapporo	City	札幌市	01	1,757,025	1,822,368	1,880,863	1,898,445
<	Sasebo	City	佐世保市	42	267,115	262,534	258,262	252,904
<	Sayama	City	狭山市	11	162,240	161,460	158,074	156,299
<	Sendai	City	仙台市	04	971,297	1,008,130	1,025,098	1,031,163
<	Shimonoseki	City	下関市	35	310,717	301,097	290,693	284,214
<	Shizuoka	City	静岡市	22	738,674	729,980	723,323	718,758
<	Sōka {Soka}	City	草加市	11	217,930	225,018	236,316	239,295
<	Suita	City	吹田市	27	342,760	347,929	353,885	355,343
<	Suzuka	City	鈴鹿市	24	179,800	186,151	193,114	198,681
<	Tachikawa	City	立川市	13	157,884	164,709	172,566	176,808
<	Takamatsu	City	高松市	37	412,626	416,680	418,125	418,315
<	Takaoka	City	高岡市	16	186,827	185,682	181,229	178,083
<	Takarazuka	City	宝塚市	28	202,544	213,037	219,862	223,043
<	Takasaki	City	高崎市	10	329,901	333,620	339,932	343,197
<	Takatsuki	City	高槻市	27	362,270	357,438	351,826	354,267
<	Tokorozawa	City	所沢市	11	320,406	330,100	336,100	339,067
<	Tokushima	City	徳島市	36	268,706	268,218	267,833	265,275
<	Tōkyō [Tokyo] {Tokyo}	City	特別区部	13	7,967,614	8,134,688	8,489,653	8,736,474
<	Tomakomai	City	苫小牧市	01	169,328	172,086	172,758	173,239
<	Tottori	City	鳥取市	31	197,959	200,744	201,740	199,054
<	Toyama	City	富山市	16	417,595	420,804	421,239	420,933
<	Toyohashi	City	豊橋市	23	352,982	364,856	372,479	378,102
<	Toyokawa	City	豊川市	23	151,157	155,034	159,563	161,527
<	Toyonaka	City	豊中市	27	398,908	391,726	386,623	388,373
<	Toyota	City	豊田市	23	383,800	395,224	412,141	424,204
<	Tsu	City	津市	24	286,519	286,521	288,538	288,888
<	Tsukuba	City	つくば市	08	182,327	191,814	200,528	209,411
<	Ube	City	宇部市	35	182,771	182,031	178,955	175,215
<	Ueda	City	上田市	20	164,207	166,568	163,651	161,236
<	Uji	City	宇治市	26	184,830	189,112	189,591	190,981
<	Urayasu	City	浦安市	12	123,654	132,984	155,290	162,003
<	Utsunomiya	City	宇都宮市	09	477,215	487,560	502,396	509,356
<	Wakayama	City	和歌山市	30	393,885	386,551	375,591	370,959
<	Yachiyo	City	八千代市	12	154,509	168,848	180,729	186,295
<	Yamagata	City	山形市	06	254,488	255,369	256,012	254,888
<	Yamaguchi	City	山口市	35	184,039	188,693	191,677	191,802
<	Yamato	City	大和市	14	203,933	212,761	221,220	224,231
<	Yao	City	八尾市	27	276,664	274,777	273,487	271,931
<	Yokkaichi	City	四日市市	24	296,623	302,102	303,845	307,684
<	Yokohama	City	横浜市	14	3,307,136	3,426,651	3,579,628	3,651,428
<	Yokosuka	City	横須賀市	14	432,193	428,645	426,178	420,719

(1995) (2000) Statistics Bureau Japan (web).
(2005) (2008) M. Higashide (uub.jp).
Note: The population figures are adjusted according to the municipal boundaries of January 2009.

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