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

Prefecture

The population development of Nara 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
Nara	29	Pref	奈良県	Nara	3,691	1,430,862	1,442,795	1,421,310	1,400,728	1,364,316	1,324,473	1,269,180	369100	→
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	Nara	338,416
2	Kashihara	117,697
3	Ikoma	114,767
4	Yamatokōriyama	81,020
5	Kashiba	77,442
6	Tenri	59,584
7	Yamatotakada	59,522
8	Sakurai	52,437
9	Katsuragi	36,841

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all cities and towns of Nara 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
Gojō	City	五條市	40,871	39,928	37,375	34,460	30,997	27,927	25,276	29202	→
Gose	City	御所市	36,119	34,676	32,273	30,287	26,868	24,096	21,543	6058	→
Heguri	Town	平群町	20,385	20,497	20,286	19,727	18,883	18,009	17,355	2390	→
Ikaruga	Town	斑鳩町	28,371	28,566	27,816	27,734	27,303	27,587	27,005	1427	→
Ikoma	City	生駒市	106,726	112,830	113,686	118,113	118,233	116,675	114,767	5315	→
Kanmaki	Town	上牧町	23,811	24,005	24,953	23,728	22,054	21,714	20,909	614	→
Kashiba	City	香芝市	56,739	63,487	70,998	75,227	77,561	78,113	77,442	2426	→
Kashihara	City	橿原市	121,988	125,005	124,728	125,605	124,111	120,922	117,697	3956	→
Katsuragi (Shinjō)	City	葛城市	34,436	34,950	34,985	35,859	36,635	36,832	36,841	3372	→
Kawai	Town	河合町	19,903	20,126	19,446	18,531	17,941	17,018	15,705	823	→
Kōryō	Town	広陵町	29,457	31,444	32,810	33,070	33,487	33,810	33,478	1630	→
Nara	City	奈良市	368,039	374,944	370,102	366,591	360,310	354,630	338,416	27694	→
Ōji	Town	王寺町	24,574	23,782	22,751	22,182	23,025	24,043	23,422	701	→
Ōyodo	Town	大淀町	20,015	20,376	20,070	19,176	18,069	16,728	15,073	3810	→
Sakurai	City	桜井市	63,225	63,248	61,130	60,146	57,244	54,857	52,437	9891	→
Sangō	Town	三郷町	24,161	23,977	23,062	23,440	23,571	23,219	22,314	879	→
Tawaramoto	Town	田原本町	32,837	32,934	33,029	32,121	31,691	31,177	30,556	2109	→
Tenri	City	天理市	74,188	72,741	71,152	69,178	67,398	63,889	59,584	8642	→
Uda (Haibara)	City	宇陀市	42,035	39,762	37,183	34,227	31,105	28,121	25,233	24750	→
Yamatokōriyama	City	大和郡山市	95,165	94,188	91,672	89,023	87,050	83,285	81,020	4269	→
Yamatotakada	City	大和高田市	73,806	73,668	70,800	68,451	64,817	61,744	59,522	1648	→

Statistics Bureau Japan.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (C 2025)
Males	595,302
Females	673,878

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	191,512
18-64 years	700,434
65+ years	414,576

Age Distribution (C 2020)
90+ years	25,963
80-89 years	102,493
70-79 years	194,179
60-69 years	171,725
50-59 years	173,279
40-49 years	179,626
30-39 years	127,048
20-29 years	113,875
10-19 years	121,516
0-9 years	96,818

Citizenship (C 2020)
Japan	1,302,289
Foreign Citizenship	11,505