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

Prefecture

The population development of Niigata 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
Niigata	15	Pref	新潟県	Niigata	12,584	2,488,364	2,475,733	2,431,459	2,374,450	2,304,264	2,201,272	2,068,476	1258400	→
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	Niigata	759,618
2	Nagaoka	251,272
3	Jōetsu	176,644
4	Shibata	89,623
5	Sanjō	88,461
6	Kashiwazaki	74,755
7	Tsubame	73,726
8	Murakami	51,480
9	Minamiuonuma	51,198

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all cities and towns of Niigata 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
Agano (Suibara)	City	阿賀野市	48,828	48,456	47,043	45,560	43,415	40,696	37,547	19274	→
Gosen (- Muramatsu)	City	五泉市	60,354	58,820	56,962	54,550	51,404	47,625	43,518	35191	→
Itoigawa	City	糸魚川市	54,780	53,021	49,844	47,702	44,162	40,765	36,531	74641	→
Jōetsu	City	上越市	212,060	211,870	208,082	203,899	196,987	188,047	176,644	97389	→
Kamo	City	加茂市	33,800	33,085	31,482	29,762	27,852	25,441	22,981	13372	→
Kashiwazaki	City	柏崎市	101,427	97,896	94,648	91,451	86,833	81,526	74,755	44208	→
Minamiuonuma (Muika)	City	南魚沼市	66,118	65,492	63,329	61,624	58,568	54,851	51,198	58455	→
Mitsuke	City	見附市	43,760	43,526	42,668	41,862	40,608	39,237	36,692	7791	→
Murakami	City	村上市	75,591	73,902	70,705	66,427	62,442	57,418	51,480	117413	→
Myōkō (Arai)	City	妙高市	40,744	39,699	37,831	35,457	33,199	30,383	27,934	44563	→
Nagaoka	City	長岡市	293,250	292,887	288,457	282,674	275,133	266,936	251,272	89126	→
Niigata	City	新潟市	796,456	808,969	813,847	811,901	810,157	789,275	759,618	72601	→
Ojiya	City	小千谷市	42,494	41,641	39,956	38,600	36,498	34,096	31,424	15519	→
Sado	City	佐渡市	74,949	72,173	67,386	62,727	57,255	51,492	45,404	85568	→
Sanjō	City	三条市	109,584	107,662	104,749	102,292	99,192	94,642	88,461	43197	→
Shibata	City	新発田市	106,563	106,016	104,634	101,202	98,611	94,927	89,623	53307	→
Tainai (Nakajō)	City	胎内市	34,830	34,278	32,813	31,424	30,198	28,509	26,244	26476	→
Tōkamachi	City	十日町市	67,962	65,033	62,058	58,911	54,917	49,820	44,541	59039	→
Tsubame	City	燕市	84,051	84,297	83,269	81,876	79,784	77,201	73,726	11081	→
Uonuma (Koide)	City	魚沼市	46,490	45,386	43,555	40,361	37,352	34,483	31,047	94676	→

Statistics Bureau Japan.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (C 2025)
Males	1,006,135
Females	1,062,341

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-17 years	307,234
18-64 years	1,151,163
65+ years	715,935

Age Distribution (C 2020)
90+ years	57,437
80-89 years	188,230
70-79 years	301,931
60-69 years	313,326
50-59 years	278,585
40-49 years	296,360
30-39 years	221,718
20-29 years	173,700
10-19 years	187,294
0-9 years	155,751

Citizenship (C 2020)
Japan	2,168,416
Foreign Citizenship	15,028