Wakayama

Prefecture in Japan

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Name	Status	Native	Population Census 1995-10-01	Population Census 2000-10-01	Population Census 2005-10-01	Population Census 2010-10-01	Population Census 2015-10-01	Population Census 2020-10-01	Population Census 2025-10-01
Wakayama	Prefecture	和歌山県	1,080,435	1,069,912	1,035,969	1,002,198	963,579	922,584	864,262
Arida	City (-shi)	有田市	34,283	33,661	32,143	30,592	28,470	26,538	23,034	→
Arida	District (-gun)	有田郡	54,505	53,334	51,453	48,086	45,785	43,161	39,946	→
Gobō	City (-shi)	御坊市	28,510	28,034	27,053	26,111	24,801	23,481	21,015	→
Hashimoto	City (-shi)	橋本市	69,329	70,469	68,529	66,361	63,621	60,818	56,820	→
Hidaka	District (-gun)	日高郡	60,441	59,685	57,682	54,602	51,544	48,661	44,332	→
Higashimuro	District (-gun)	東牟婁郡	50,848	48,984	45,618	42,168	38,599	34,771	30,686	→
Ito	District (-gun)	伊都郡	35,099	32,373	29,818	27,168	24,721	22,793	20,605	→
Iwade	City (-shi)	岩出市	41,550	48,156	50,834	52,882	53,452	53,967	53,479	→
Kainan	City (-shi)	海南市	62,634	60,373	57,744	54,783	51,860	48,369	43,905	→
Kaisō	District (-gun)	海草郡	13,378	12,387	11,643	10,391	9,206	8,256	7,235	→
Kinokawa	City (-shi)	紀の川市	68,802	70,067	67,862	65,840	62,616	58,816	55,851	→
Nishimuro	District (-gun)	西牟婁郡	44,734	45,016	43,710	42,233	40,649	39,183	36,749	→
Shingū	City (-shi)	新宮市	36,278	35,176	33,790	31,498	29,331	27,171	24,342	→
Tanabe	City (-shi)	田辺市	86,159	85,646	82,499	79,119	74,770	69,870	64,316	→
Wakayama	City (-shi)	和歌山市	393,885	386,551	375,591	370,364	364,154	356,729	341,947	→
Nippon [Japan]	State	日本国	125,570,246	126,925,843	127,767,994	128,057,352	127,094,745	126,146,099	123,049,524

Source: Statistics Bureau Japan.

Explanation: The 2025 census results are preliminary.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2025)
Males	407,117
Females	457,145

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	131,178
18-64 years	477,886
65+ years	305,500

Age Distribution (C 2020)
90+ years	22,756
80-89 years	79,896
70-79 years	136,315
60-69 years	126,571
50-59 years	121,610
40-49 years	121,645
30-39 years	88,748
20-29 years	71,713
10-19 years	78,782
0-9 years	66,528

Citizenship (C 2020)
Japan	911,408
Foreign Citizenship	6,029

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