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Akita Prefecture

Prefecture

The population development of Akita Prefecture according to census results.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Native	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (Cf) 1995-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2000-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2005-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2010-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2015-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2020-10-01	Population Census (Cp) 2025-10-01
Akita	05	Pref	秋田県	Akita	11,638	1,213,667	1,189,279	1,145,501	1,085,997	1,023,119	959,502	882,100	1163800	→
Japan	JPN		日本国	Tōkyō	377,980	125,570,246	126,925,843	127,767,994	128,057,352	127,094,745	126,146,099	123,049,524		→

Statistics Bureau Japan.

Major Cities

	Name	Population Census (Cp) 2025-10-01
1	Akita	293,588
2	Yokote	77,559
3	Daisen	71,092
4	Yurihonjō	69,212
5	Ōdate	63,256
6	Noshiro	45,494
7	Yuzawa	37,448
8	Katagami	30,257

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all cities and towns of Akita Prefecture with more than 20,000 inhabitants according to census results.

Name	Status	Native	Population Census (Cf) 1995-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2000-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2005-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2010-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2015-10-01	Population Census (Cf) 2020-10-01	Population Census (Cp) 2025-10-01	Area
Akita	City	秋田市	331,597	336,646	333,109	323,600	315,814	307,672	293,588	90607	→
Daisen (Ōmagari)	City	大仙市	100,879	98,326	93,352	88,301	82,783	77,657	71,092	86677	→
Katagami (Tenno)	City	潟上市	34,660	35,711	35,814	34,442	33,083	31,720	30,257	9772	→
Kazuno	City	鹿角市	41,184	39,144	36,753	34,473	32,038	29,088	25,640	70752	→
Kitaakita (Takanosu)	City	北秋田市	44,794	42,050	40,049	36,387	33,224	30,198	26,459	115276	→
Misato (Senhata - Sennan)	Town	美郷町	25,232	24,207	23,038	21,674	20,279	18,613	16,810	16834	→
Mitane	Town	三種町	23,346	22,112	20,438	18,876	17,078	15,254	13,140	24798	→
Nikaho	City	にかほ市	31,336	30,347	28,972	27,544	25,324	23,435	21,181	24111	→
Noshiro	City	能代市	67,816	65,237	62,858	59,084	54,730	49,968	45,494	42718	→
Ōdate	City	大館市	88,231	86,288	82,504	78,946	74,175	69,237	63,256	91322	→
Oga	City	男鹿市	40,517	38,130	35,637	32,294	28,375	25,154	21,600	24106	→
Semboku (Kakunodate)	City	仙北市	34,945	33,565	31,868	29,568	27,523	24,610	21,666	109356	→
Yokote	City	横手市	112,600	109,004	103,652	98,367	92,197	85,555	77,559	69280	→
Yurihonjō (Honjō)	City	由利本荘市	94,410	92,843	89,555	85,229	79,927	74,707	69,212	120959	→
Yuzawa	City	湯沢市	61,169	58,504	55,290	50,849	46,613	42,091	37,448	79091	→

Statistics Bureau Japan.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (C 2025)
Males	417,188
Females	464,912

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	117,314
18-64 years	476,046
65+ years	357,568

Age Distribution (C 2020)
90+ years	28,431
80-89 years	100,680
70-79 years	144,605
60-69 years	156,694
50-59 years	122,508
40-49 years	120,746
30-39 years	87,105
20-29 years	61,147
10-19 years	72,437
0-9 years	56,575

Citizenship (C 2020)
Japan	950,192
Foreign Citizenship	3,651

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