Ibaraki (Japan): Prefecture, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Prefecture

The population development of Ibaraki 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
Ibaraki	08	Pref	茨城県	Mito	6,098	2,955,530	2,985,676	2,975,167	2,969,770	2,916,976	2,867,009	2,791,207	609800	→
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	Tsukuba	268,991
2	Mito	265,773
3	Hitachi	158,763
4	Hitachinaka	151,721
5	Tsuchiura	141,588
6	Koga	136,308
7	Toride	103,461
8	Chikusei	94,838
9	Kamisu	93,286
10	Ushiku	82,524

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all cities and towns of Ibaraki 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
Ami	Town	阿見町	45,652	46,922	47,994	47,940	47,535	48,553	49,689	7140	→
Bandō (Iwai)	City	坂東市	59,738	58,673	57,516	56,114	54,087	52,265	51,344	12303	→
Chikusei (Shimodate)	City	筑西市	118,078	116,120	112,581	108,527	104,573	100,753	94,838	20530	→
Daigo	Town	大子町	25,604	23,982	22,103	20,073	18,053	15,736	13,706	32576	→
Hitachi	City	日立市	212,304	206,589	199,218	193,129	185,054	174,508	158,763	22573	→
Hitachinaka (Katsuta)	City	ひたちなか市	146,750	151,673	153,639	157,060	155,689	156,581	151,721	10102	→
Hitachiōmiya (Ōmiya)	City	常陸大宮市	49,561	48,964	47,808	45,178	42,587	39,267	35,735	34845	→
Hitachiōta	City	常陸太田市	61,525	61,869	59,802	56,250	52,294	48,602	43,813	37199	→
Hokota	City	鉾田市	50,857	50,915	51,054	50,156	48,147	45,953	43,386	20760	→
Ibaraki	Town	茨城町	35,741	35,296	35,008	34,513	32,921	31,401	29,438	12158	→
Inashiki (Edosaki)	City	稲敷市	51,652	51,284	49,689	46,895	42,810	39,039	35,390	20581	→
Ishioka	City	石岡市	83,398	83,119	81,887	79,687	76,020	73,061	67,416	21553	→
Itako	City	潮来市	32,133	31,944	31,524	30,534	29,111	27,604	25,141	7140	→
Jōsō (Mitsukaidō)	City	常総市	66,029	66,245	66,536	65,320	61,483	60,834	57,983	12364	→
Kamisu	City	神栖市	83,171	87,626	91,867	94,795	94,522	95,454	93,286	14697	→
Kasama (- Tomobe)	City	笠間市	80,903	82,358	81,497	79,409	76,739	73,173	71,510	24040	→
Kashima	City	鹿嶋市	60,667	62,287	64,435	66,093	67,879	66,950	63,997	10604	→
Kasumigaura (Chiyoda)	City	かすみがうら市	45,288	45,229	44,603	43,553	42,147	40,087	38,413	15660	→
Kitaibaraki	City	北茨城市	52,074	51,593	49,645	47,026	44,412	41,801	38,436	18679	→
Koga	City	古河市	146,010	146,452	145,265	142,995	140,946	139,344	136,308	12358	→
Mito	City	水戸市	261,275	261,562	262,603	268,750	270,783	270,685	265,773	21732	→
Moriya	City	守谷市	45,821	50,362	53,700	62,482	64,753	68,421	70,192	3571	→
Naka	City	那珂市	54,178	55,069	54,705	54,240	54,276	53,502	51,531	9782	→
Namegata (Asō)	City	行方市	42,390	41,465	40,035	37,611	34,909	32,185	29,217	22248	→
Omitama (Minori)	City	小美玉市	52,041	53,406	53,265	52,279	50,911	48,870	46,754	14474	→
Ryūgasaki	City	龍ケ崎市	69,163	76,923	78,950	80,334	78,342	76,420	73,931	7859	→
Sakai	Town	境町	27,237	27,171	26,468	25,714	24,517	24,201	23,926	4659	→
Sakuragawa (Iwase - Makabe)	City	桜川市	51,972	50,334	48,400	45,673	42,632	39,122	35,207	18006	→
Shimotsuma	City	下妻市	45,466	46,544	46,435	44,987	43,293	42,521	40,785	8088	→
Shirosato (Jōhoku)	Town	城里町	21,979	23,007	22,993	21,491	19,800	18,097	16,363	16180	→
Takahagi	City	高萩市	35,604	34,602	32,932	31,017	29,638	27,699	25,028	19355	→
Tōkai	Vill	東海村	32,727	34,333	35,450	37,438	37,713	37,891	37,806	3801	→
Toride	City	取手市	118,282	115,993	111,327	109,651	106,570	104,524	103,461	6994	→
Tsuchiura	City	土浦市	141,862	144,106	144,060	143,839	140,804	142,074	141,588	12289	→
Tsukuba	City	つくば市	182,327	191,814	200,528	214,590	226,963	241,656	268,991	28372	→
Tsukubamirai (Ina)	City	つくばみらい市	40,495	40,532	40,174	44,461	49,136	49,872	52,070	7916	→
Ushiku	City	牛久市	66,338	73,258	77,223	81,684	84,317	84,651	82,524	5892	→
Yachiyo	Town	八千代町	25,008	24,352	23,609	23,106	22,021	21,026	20,050	5899	→
Yūki	City	結城市	53,777	52,774	52,460	52,494	51,594	50,645	48,173	6576	→

Statistics Bureau Japan.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (C 2025)
Males	1,396,150
Females	1,395,057

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	413,489
18-64 years	1,558,417
65+ years	839,907

Age Distribution (C 2020)
90+ years	51,973
80-89 years	197,705
70-79 years	382,466
60-69 years	386,048
50-59 years	365,648
40-49 years	404,610
30-39 years	305,622
20-29 years	252,853
10-19 years	254,990
0-9 years	209,898

Citizenship (C 2020)
Japan	2,763,432
Foreign Citizenship	57,819