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

Prefecture

The population development of Nagano 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
Nagano	20	Pref	長野県	Nagano	13,562	2,193,984	2,215,168	2,196,114	2,152,449	2,098,804	2,048,011	1,954,950	1356200	→
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	Nagano	357,112
2	Matsumoto	232,347
3	Ueda	144,350
4	Saku	97,070
5	Azumino	91,861
6	Iida	90,652
7	Shiojiri	65,496
8	Ina	63,597

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all cities and towns of Nagano 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
Azumino (Hotaka - Toyoshina)	City	安曇野市	88,231	92,864	96,266	96,479	95,282	94,222	91,861	33178	→
Chikuma (Kōshoku)	City	千曲市	63,539	64,549	64,022	62,068	60,298	58,852	57,161	11979	→
Chino	City	茅野市	52,807	54,841	57,099	56,391	55,912	56,400	54,467	26659	→
Iida	City	飯田市	110,204	110,589	108,624	105,335	101,581	98,164	90,652	65866	→
Iiyama	City	飯山市	27,423	26,420	24,960	23,545	21,438	19,539	17,700	20243	→
Ina	City	伊那市	72,229	71,552	71,788	71,093	68,271	66,125	63,597	66793	→
Komagane	City	駒ヶ根市	33,601	34,338	34,417	33,693	32,759	32,202	30,890	16586	→
Komoro	City	小諸市	45,692	46,158	45,499	43,997	42,512	40,991	40,217	9855	→
Matsumoto	City	松本市	239,539	243,465	242,541	243,037	243,293	241,145	232,347	97847	→
Minowa	Town	箕輪町	24,048	25,661	26,276	26,214	25,241	24,989	23,858	8591	→
Nagano	City	長野市	387,359	387,911	386,572	381,511	377,598	372,760	357,112	83481	→
Nakano	City	中野市	47,529	47,845	46,788	45,638	43,909	42,338	40,248	11218	→
Okaya	City	岡谷市	58,056	56,401	54,699	52,841	50,128	47,790	44,535	8510	→
Ōmachi	City	大町市	33,655	33,550	32,145	29,801	28,041	26,029	23,950	56515	→
Saku	City	佐久市	97,813	100,016	100,462	100,552	99,368	98,199	97,070	42351	→
Shimosuwa	Town	下諏訪町	24,535	23,930	22,863	21,532	20,236	19,155	17,636	6687	→
Shiojiri	City	塩尻市	64,236	67,747	68,346	67,670	67,135	67,241	65,496	28998	→
Suwa	City	諏訪市	52,104	53,858	53,240	51,200	50,140	48,729	46,402	10917	→
Suzaka	City	須坂市	53,842	54,207	53,668	52,168	50,725	49,559	47,799	14967	→
Tatsuno	Town	辰野町	23,193	22,407	21,801	20,909	19,770	18,555	17,048	16920	→
Tōmi (Tōbu)	City	東御市	30,176	30,944	31,271	30,696	30,107	30,122	28,582	11237	→
Ueda	City	上田市	164,207	166,568	163,651	159,597	156,827	154,055	144,350	55204	→

Statistics Bureau Japan.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (C 2025)
Males	955,707
Females	999,243

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	304,191
18-64 years	1,057,111
65+ years	646,942

Age Distribution (C 2020)
90+ years	57,167
80-89 years	170,889
70-79 years	279,642
60-69 years	264,751
50-59 years	262,924
40-49 years	280,761
30-39 years	197,882
20-29 years	159,831
10-19 years	182,203
0-9 years	152,194

Citizenship (C 2020)
Japan	1,997,083
Foreign Citizenship	31,491