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

Prefectures

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Original	Capital	A-L (km²)	Cf 1985-10-01	Cf 1990-10-01	Cf 1995-10-01	Cf 2000-10-01	Cf 2005-10-01	Cf 2010-10-01
i	Aichi	23	Pre	愛知県	Nagoya	5,165	6,455,172	6,690,603	6,868,336	7,043,300	7,254,704	7,410,719
i	Akita	05	Pre	秋田県	Akita	11,636	1,254,032	1,227,478	1,213,667	1,189,279	1,145,501	1,085,997
i	Aomori	02	Pre	青森県	Aomori	9,644	1,524,448	1,482,873	1,481,663	1,475,728	1,436,657	1,373,339
i	Chiba	12	Pre	千葉県	Chiba	5,157	5,148,163	5,555,429	5,797,782	5,926,285	6,056,462	6,216,289
i	Ehime	38	Pre	愛媛県	Matsuyama	5,678	1,529,983	1,515,025	1,506,700	1,493,092	1,467,815	1,431,493
i	Fukui	18	Pre	福井県	Fukui	4,190	817,633	823,585	826,996	828,944	821,592	806,314
i	Fukuoka	40	Pre	福岡県	Fukuoka	4,977	4,719,259	4,811,050	4,933,393	5,015,699	5,049,908	5,071,968
i	Fukushima	07	Pre	福島県	Fukushima	13,783	2,080,304	2,104,058	2,133,592	2,126,935	2,091,319	2,029,064
i	Gifu	21	Pre	岐阜県	Gifu	10,621	2,028,536	2,066,569	2,100,315	2,107,700	2,107,226	2,080,773
i	Gumma (Gunma)	10	Pre	群馬県	Maebashi	6,363	1,921,259	1,966,265	2,003,540	2,024,852	2,023,996	2,008,068
i	Hiroshima	34	Pre	広島県	Hiroshima	8,479	2,819,200	2,849,847	2,881,748	2,878,915	2,876,642	2,860,750
i	Hokkaidō {Hokkaido}	01	Pre	北海道	Sapporo	78,421	5,679,439	5,643,647	5,692,321	5,683,062	5,627,737	5,506,419
i	Hyōgo {Hyogo}	28	Pre	兵庫県	Kōbe	8,396	5,278,050	5,405,040	5,401,877	5,550,574	5,590,601	5,588,133
i	Ibaraki	08	Pre	茨城県	Mito	6,096	2,725,005	2,845,382	2,955,530	2,985,676	2,975,167	2,969,770
i	Ishikawa	17	Pre	石川県	Kanazawa	4,186	1,152,325	1,164,628	1,180,068	1,180,977	1,174,026	1,169,788
i	Iwate	03	Pre	岩手県	Morioka	15,279	1,433,611	1,416,928	1,419,505	1,416,180	1,385,041	1,330,147
i	Kagawa	37	Pre	香川県	Takamatsu	1,877	1,022,569	1,023,412	1,027,006	1,022,890	1,012,400	995,842
i	Kagoshima	46	Pre	鹿児島県	Kagoshima	9,189	1,819,270	1,797,824	1,794,224	1,786,194	1,753,179	1,706,242
i	Kanagawa	14	Pre	神奈川県	Yokohama	2,416	7,431,974	7,980,391	8,245,903	8,489,974	8,791,587	9,048,331
i	Kōchi {Kochi}	39	Pre	高知県	Kōchi	7,105	839,784	825,034	816,704	813,949	796,292	764,456
i	Kumamoto	43	Pre	熊本県	Kumamoto	7,406	1,837,747	1,840,326	1,859,793	1,859,344	1,842,233	1,817,426
i	Kyōto {Kyoto}	26	Pre	京都府	Kyōto	4,613	2,586,574	2,602,460	2,629,592	2,644,391	2,647,660	2,636,092
i	Mie	24	Pre	三重県	Tsu	5,777	1,747,311	1,792,514	1,841,358	1,857,339	1,866,963	1,854,724
i	Miyagi	04	Pre	宮城県	Sendai	7,286	2,176,295	2,248,558	2,328,739	2,365,320	2,360,218	2,348,165
i	Miyazaki	45	Pre	宮崎県	Miyazaki	7,735	1,175,543	1,168,907	1,175,819	1,170,007	1,153,042	1,135,233
i	Nagano	20	Pre	長野県	Nagano	13,562	2,136,927	2,156,627	2,193,984	2,215,168	2,196,114	2,152,449
i	Nagasaki	42	Pre	長崎県	Nagasaki	4,105	1,593,968	1,562,959	1,544,934	1,516,523	1,478,632	1,426,779
i	Nara	29	Pre	奈良県	Nara	3,691	1,304,866	1,375,481	1,430,862	1,442,795	1,421,310	1,400,728
i	Niigata	15	Pre	新潟県	Niigata	12,584	2,478,470	2,474,583	2,488,364	2,475,733	2,431,459	2,374,450
i	Ōita {Oita}	44	Pre	大分県	Ōita	6,340	1,250,214	1,236,942	1,231,306	1,221,140	1,209,571	1,196,529
i	Okayama	33	Pre	岡山県	Okayama	7,113	1,916,906	1,925,877	1,950,750	1,950,828	1,957,264	1,945,276
i	Okinawa	47	Pre	沖縄県	Okinawa	2,276	1,179,097	1,222,398	1,273,440	1,318,220	1,361,594	1,392,818
i	Ōsaka {Osaka}	27	Pre	大阪府	Ōsaka	1,898	8,668,095	8,734,516	8,797,268	8,805,081	8,817,166	8,865,245
i	Saga	41	Pre	佐賀県	Saga	2,440	880,013	877,851	884,316	876,654	866,369	849,788
i	Saitama	11	Pre	埼玉県	Saitama	3,797	5,863,678	6,405,319	6,759,311	6,938,006	7,054,382	7,194,556
i	Shiga	25	Pre	滋賀県	Ōtsu	4,017	1,155,844	1,222,411	1,287,005	1,342,832	1,380,361	1,410,777
i	Shimane	32	Pre	島根県	Matsue	6,708	794,629	781,021	771,441	761,503	742,223	717,397
i	Shizuoka	22	Pre	静岡県	Shizuoka	7,780	3,574,692	3,670,840	3,737,689	3,767,393	3,792,377	3,765,007
i	Tochigi	09	Pre	栃木県	Utsunomiya	6,408	1,866,066	1,935,168	1,984,390	2,004,817	2,016,631	2,007,683
i	Tokushima	36	Pre	徳島県	Tokushima	4,147	834,889	831,598	832,427	824,108	809,950	785,491
i	Tōkyō {Tokyo}	13	Pre	東京都	Tōkyō	2,188	11,829,363	11,855,563	11,773,602	12,064,101	12,576,611	13,159,388
i	Tottori	31	Pre	鳥取県	Tottori	3,507	616,024	615,722	614,929	613,289	607,012	588,667
i	Toyama	16	Pre	富山県	Toyama	4,248	1,118,369	1,120,161	1,123,125	1,120,851	1,111,729	1,093,247
i	Wakayama	30	Pre	和歌山県	Wakayama	4,726	1,087,206	1,074,325	1,080,435	1,069,912	1,035,969	1,002,198
i	Yamagata	06	Pre	山形県	Yamagata	9,323	1,261,662	1,258,390	1,256,958	1,244,147	1,216,181	1,168,924
i	Yamaguchi	35	Pre	山口県	Yamaguchi	6,114	1,601,627	1,572,616	1,555,543	1,527,964	1,492,606	1,451,338
i	Yamanashi	19	Pre	山梨県	Kōfu	4,465	832,832	852,966	881,996	888,172	884,515	863,075
	Japan	JPN			Tōkyō	372,910	121,048,923	123,611,167	125,570,246	126,925,843	127,767,994	128,057,352

Statistics Bureau Japan (web).

	Name	Adm.	M Cf 2010-10-01
1	Tōkyō	13	8,945,695
2	Yokohama	14	3,688,773
3	Ōsaka	27	2,665,314
4	Nagoya	23	2,263,894
5	Sapporo	01	1,913,545
6	Kōbe	28	1,544,200
7	Kyōto	26	1,474,015
8	Fukuoka	40	1,463,743
9	Kawasaki	14	1,425,512
10	Saitama	11	1,222,434
11	Hiroshima	34	1,173,843
12	Sendai	04	1,045,986

Cities

	Name	Status	Original	Adm.	M Cf 1995-10-01	M Cf 2000-10-01	M Cf 2005-10-01	M Cf 2010-10-01
i	Ageo	City	上尾市	11	206,090	212,947	220,232	223,926
i	Akashi	City	明石市	28	287,606	293,117	291,027	290,959
i	Akita	City	秋田市	05	331,597	336,646	333,109	323,600
i	Amagasaki	City	尼崎市	28	488,586	466,187	462,647	453,748
i	Anjō {Anjo}	City	安城市	23	149,464	158,824	170,250	178,691
i	Aomori	City	青森市	02	314,917	318,732	311,386	299,520
i	Asahikawa	City	旭川市	01	360,568	359,536	355,004	347,095
i	Ashikaga	City	足利市	09	165,828	163,140	159,756	154,530
i	Atsugi	City	厚木市	14	208,627	217,369	222,403	224,420
i	Chiba	City	千葉市	12	856,878	887,164	924,319	961,749
i	Chigasaki	City	茅ヶ崎市	14	212,874	220,809	228,420	235,081
i	Chōfu {Chofu}	City	調布市	13	198,574	204,759	216,119	223,593
i	Fuchū {Fuchu}	City	府中市	13	216,211	226,769	245,623	255,506
i	Fuji	City	富士市	22	246,985	251,559	253,297	254,027
i	Fujisawa	City	藤沢市	14	368,651	379,185	396,014	409,657
i	Fukui	City	福井市	18	272,970	269,557	269,144	266,796
i	Fukuoka	City	福岡市	40	1,284,836	1,341,470	1,401,279	1,463,743
i	Fukushima	City	福島市	07	292,696	297,894	297,357	292,590
i	Fukuyama	City	福山市	34	453,791	456,908	459,087	461,357
i	Funabashi	City	船橋市	12	540,817	550,074	569,835	609,040
i	Gifu	City	岐阜市	21	418,574	415,085	413,367	413,136
i	Hachinohe	City	八戸市	02	249,358	248,608	244,700	237,615
i	Hachiōji {Hachioji}	City	八王子市	13	503,363	536,046	560,012	580,053
i	Hadano	City	秦野市	14	164,722	168,142	168,317	170,145
i	Hakodate	City	函館市	01	318,308	305,311	294,264	279,127
i	Hamamatsu	City	浜松市	22	766,832	786,306	804,032	800,866
i	Higashihiroshima	City	東広島市	34	165,153	175,346	184,430	190,135
i	Higashimurayama	City	東村山市	13	135,112	142,290	144,929	153,557
i	Higashiōsaka {Higashiosaka}	City	東大阪市	27	517,232	515,094	513,821	509,533
i	Himeji	City	姫路市	28	527,854	534,969	536,232	536,270
i	Hino	City	日野市	13	166,537	167,942	176,538	180,052
i	Hirakata	City	枚方市	27	400,144	402,563	404,044	407,978
i	Hiratsuka	City	平塚市	14	253,822	254,633	258,958	260,780
i	Hirosaki	City	弘前市	02	194,197	193,217	189,043	183,473
i	Hiroshima	City	広島市	34	1,117,117	1,134,134	1,154,391	1,173,843
i	Hitachi	City	日立市	08	212,304	206,589	199,218	193,129
i	Hitachinaka (Katsuta)	City	ひたちなか市	08	146,750	151,673	153,639	157,060
i	Ibaraki	City	茨木市	27	258,233	260,648	267,961	274,822
i	Ichihara	City	市原市	12	277,061	278,218	280,255	280,416
i	Ichikawa	City	市川市	12	440,555	448,642	466,608	473,919
i	Ichinomiya	City	一宮市	23	353,999	362,726	371,687	378,566
i	Imabari	City	今治市	38	185,435	180,627	173,983	166,532
i	Isesaki	City	伊勢崎市	10	184,420	194,393	202,447	207,221
i	Ishinomaki	City	石巻市	04	178,923	174,778	167,324	160,826
i	Itami	City	伊丹市	28	188,431	192,159	192,250	196,127
i	Iwaki	City	いわき市	07	360,598	360,138	354,492	342,249
i	Iwata	City	磐田市	22	162,667	166,002	170,899	168,625
i	Izumi	City	和泉市	27	157,300	172,974	177,856	184,988
i	Jōetsu {Joetsu}	City	上越市	15	212,060	211,870	208,082	203,899
i	Kagoshima	City	鹿児島市	46	594,430	601,693	604,367	605,846
i	Kakogawa	City	加古川市	28	260,567	266,170	267,100	266,937
i	Kamakura	City	鎌倉市	14	170,329	167,583	171,158	174,314
i	Kanazawa	City	金沢市	17	453,975	456,438	454,607	462,361
i	Kashiwa	City	柏市	12	362,880	373,778	380,963	404,012
i	Kasugai	City	春日井市	23	277,589	287,623	295,802	305,569
i	Kasukabe	City	春日部市	11	238,598	240,924	238,506	237,171
i	Kawagoe	City	川越市	11	323,353	330,766	333,795	342,670
i	Kawaguchi	City	川口市	11	448,854	460,027	480,079	500,598
i	Kawanishi	City	川西市	28	144,539	153,762	157,668	156,423
i	Kawasaki	City	川崎市	14	1,202,820	1,249,905	1,327,011	1,425,512
i	Kishiwada	City	岸和田市	27	194,818	200,104	201,047	199,234
i	Kitakyūshū [Kitakyushu] {Kitakyushu}	City	北九州市	40	1,019,598	1,011,471	993,525	976,846
i	Kōbe {Kobe}	City	神戸市	28	1,423,792	1,493,398	1,525,393	1,544,200
i	Kōchi {Kochi}	City	高知市	39	339,864	348,979	348,990	343,393
i	Kodaira	City	小平市	13	172,946	178,623	183,796	187,035
i	Kōfu {Kofu}	City	甲府市	19	206,840	202,120	200,096	198,992
i	Kōriyama {Koriyama}	City	郡山市	07	326,833	334,824	338,834	338,712
i	Koshigaya	City	越谷市	11	298,253	308,307	315,792	326,313
i	Kuki	City	久喜市	11	151,756	154,292	154,684	154,310
i	Kumagaya	City	熊谷市	11	205,605	206,446	204,675	203,180
i	Kumamoto	City	熊本市	43	708,097	720,816	727,978	734,474
i	Kurashiki	City	倉敷市	33	453,618	460,869	469,377	475,513
i	Kure	City	呉市	34	270,179	259,224	251,003	239,973
i	Kurume	City	久留米市	40	302,741	304,884	306,434	302,402
i	Kushiro	City	釧路市	01	209,680	201,566	190,478	181,169
i	Kyōto {Kyoto}	City	京都市	26	1,470,902	1,474,471	1,474,811	1,474,015
i	Machida	City	町田市	13	360,522	377,494	405,544	426,987
i	Maebashi	City	前橋市	10	338,845	341,738	340,904	340,291
i	Matsudo	City	松戸市	12	461,503	464,841	472,579	484,457
i	Matsue	City	松江市	32	195,353	199,289	196,603	194,258
i	Matsumoto	City	松本市	20	239,539	243,465	242,541	243,037
i	Matsusaka	City	松阪市	24	163,131	164,504	168,973	168,017
i	Matsuyama	City	松山市	38	497,203	508,266	514,937	517,231
i	Mitaka	City	三鷹市	13	165,721	171,612	177,016	186,083
i	Mito	City	水戸市	08	261,275	261,562	262,603	268,750
i	Miyakonojō {Miyakonojo}	City	都城市	45	174,054	171,812	170,955	169,602
i	Miyazaki	City	宮崎市	45	384,391	392,178	395,593	400,583
i	Morioka	City	盛岡市	03	300,723	302,857	300,746	298,348
i	Nagano	City	長野市	20	387,359	387,911	386,572	381,511
i	Nagaoka	City	長岡市	15	293,250	292,887	288,457	282,674
i	Nagareyama	City	流山市	12	146,245	150,527	152,641	163,984
i	Nagasaki	City	長崎市	42	487,063	470,135	455,206	443,766
i	Nagoya	City	名古屋市	23	2,152,184	2,171,557	2,215,062	2,263,894
i	Naha	City	那覇市	47	301,890	301,032	312,393	315,954
i	Nara	City	奈良市	29	368,039	374,944	370,102	366,591
i	Narashino	City	習志野市	12	152,887	154,036	158,785	164,530
i	Neyagawa	City	寝屋川市	27	258,443	250,806	241,816	238,204
i	Niigata	City	新潟市	15	796,456	808,969	813,847	811,901
i	Niiza	City	新座市	11	144,726	149,511	153,305	158,777
i	Nishinomiya	City	西宮市	28	390,389	438,105	465,337	482,640
i	Nishitōkyō (Hoya & Tanashi) {Nishitokyo}	City	西東京市	13	175,073	180,885	189,735	196,511
i	Noda	City	野田市	12	152,245	151,197	151,240	155,491
i	Numazu	City	沼津市	22	216,470	211,559	208,005	202,304
i	Obihiro	City	帯広市	01	171,715	173,030	170,580	168,057
i	Odawara	City	小田原市	14	200,103	200,173	198,741	198,327
i	Ōgaki {Ogaki}	City	大垣市	21	161,679	161,827	162,070	161,160
i	Ōita {Oita}	City	大分市	44	446,581	454,424	462,317	474,094
i	Okayama	City	岡山市	33	663,346	674,375	696,172	709,584
i	Okazaki	City	岡崎市	23	332,136	345,997	363,807	372,357
i	Ōsaka [Osaka] {Osaka}	City	大阪市	27	2,602,421	2,598,774	2,628,811	2,665,314
i	Ōta {Ota}	City	太田市	10	203,599	210,022	213,160	216,465
i	Ōtsu {Otsu}	City	大津市	25	295,574	309,793	323,719	337,634
i	Oyama	City	小山市	09	150,115	155,198	160,150	164,454
i	Saga	City	佐賀市	41	246,674	243,076	241,361	237,506
i	Sagamihara	City	相模原市	14	646,516	681,150	701,620	717,544
i	Saitama (Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono, Iwatsuki)	City	さいたま市	11	1,078,545	1,133,300	1,176,314	1,222,434
i	Sakai	City	堺市	27	840,384	829,636	830,966	841,966
i	Sakura	City	佐倉市	12	162,624	170,934	171,246	172,183
i	Sapporo	City	札幌市	01	1,757,025	1,822,368	1,880,863	1,913,545
i	Sasebo	City	佐世保市	42	279,551	274,399	269,574	261,101
i	Sayama	City	狭山市	11	162,240	161,460	158,074	155,727
i	Sendai	City	仙台市	04	971,297	1,008,130	1,025,126	1,045,986
i	Shimonoseki	City	下関市	35	310,717	301,097	290,693	280,947
i	Shizuoka	City	静岡市	22	738,674	729,980	723,323	716,197
i	Sōka {Soka}	City	草加市	11	217,930	225,018	236,316	243,855
i	Suita	City	吹田市	27	342,760	347,929	353,885	355,798
i	Suzuka	City	鈴鹿市	24	179,800	186,151	193,114	199,293
i	Tachikawa	City	立川市	13	157,884	164,709	172,566	179,668
i	Takamatsu	City	高松市	37	412,626	416,680	418,125	419,429
i	Takaoka	City	高岡市	16	186,827	185,682	181,229	176,061
i	Takarazuka	City	宝塚市	28	202,544	213,037	219,862	225,700
i	Takasaki	City	高崎市	10	353,879	358,465	364,919	371,302
i	Takatsuki	City	高槻市	27	362,270	357,438	351,826	357,359
i	Tokorozawa	City	所沢市	11	320,406	330,100	336,100	341,924
i	Tokushima	City	徳島市	36	268,706	268,218	267,833	264,548
i	Tōkyō [Tokyo] {Tokyo}	City	特別区部	13	7,967,614	8,134,688	8,489,653	8,945,695
i	Tomakomai	City	苫小牧市	01	169,328	172,086	172,758	173,320
i	Tottori	City	鳥取市	31	197,959	200,744	201,740	197,449
i	Toyama	City	富山市	16	417,595	420,804	421,239	421,953
i	Toyohashi	City	豊橋市	23	352,982	364,856	372,479	376,665
i	Toyokawa	City	豊川市	23	172,509	176,698	181,444	181,928
i	Toyonaka	City	豊中市	27	398,908	391,726	386,623	389,341
i	Toyota	City	豊田市	23	383,800	395,224	412,141	421,487
i	Tsu	City	津市	24	286,519	286,521	288,538	285,746
i	Tsukuba	City	つくば市	08	182,327	191,814	200,528	214,590
i	Ube	City	宇部市	35	182,771	182,031	178,955	173,772
i	Ueda	City	上田市	20	164,207	166,568	163,651	159,597
i	Uji	City	宇治市	26	184,830	189,112	189,591	189,609
i	Urayasu	City	浦安市	12	123,654	132,984	155,290	164,877
i	Utsunomiya	City	宇都宮市	09	477,215	487,560	502,396	511,739
i	Wakayama	City	和歌山市	30	393,885	386,551	375,591	370,364
i	Yachiyo	City	八千代市	12	154,509	168,848	180,729	189,781
i	Yamagata	City	山形市	06	254,488	255,369	256,012	254,244
i	Yamaguchi	City	山口市	35	193,172	197,115	199,297	196,628
i	Yamato	City	大和市	14	203,933	212,761	221,220	228,186
i	Yao	City	八尾市	27	276,664	274,777	273,487	271,460
i	Yokkaichi	City	四日市市	24	296,623	302,102	303,845	307,766
i	Yokohama	City	横浜市	14	3,307,136	3,426,651	3,579,628	3,688,773
i	Yokosuka	City	横須賀市	14	432,193	428,645	426,178	418,325

Statistics Bureau Japan (web).
Note: The population figures are adjusted according to the municipal boundaries of October 2010.

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