Demographia

Japan Cities Ranked by
2000 Population

Population            
Rank Prefecture City 1990 1995 2000 Change %
Change
1 Tokyo Tokyo Ku Area 8,163,539 7,967,614 8,130,408 (33,131) -0.4%
2 Kanagawa Yokohama 3,220,191 3,307,136 3,426,506 206,315 6.4%
3 Osaka Osaka 2,623,408 2,602,421 2,598,589 (24,819) -0.9%
4 Aichi Nagoya 2,154,338 2,152,184 2,171,378 17,040 0.8%
5 Hokkaido Sapporo 1,671,765 1,757,025 1,822,300 150,535 9.0%
6 Hyogo Kobe 1,476,963 1,423,792 1,493,595 16,632 1.1%
7 Kyoto Kyoto 1,460,900 1,463,822 1,467,705 6,805 0.5%
8 Fukuoka Fukuoka 1,236,569 1,284,795 1,341,489 104,920 8.5%
9 Kanagawa Kawasaki 1,173,483 1,202,820 1,249,851 76,368 6.5%
10 Hiroshima Hiroshima 1,086,080 1,108,888 1,126,282 40,202 3.7%
11 Fukuoka Kitakyushu 1,026,785 1,019,598 1,011,491 (15,294) -1.5%
12 Miyagi Sendai 918,050 971,297 1,008,024 89,974 9.8%
13 Chiba Chiba 829,504 856,878 887,163 57,659 7.0%
14 Osaka Sakai 807,840 802,993 792,034 (15,806) -2.0%
15 Kumamoto Kumamoto 626,533 650,341 662,123 35,590 5.7%
16 Okayama Okayama 593,787 615,757 626,534 32,747 5.5%
17 Kanagawa Sagamihara 531,777 570,597 605,555 73,778 13.9%
18 Shizuoka Hamamatsu 547,908 561,606 582,120 34,212 6.2%
19 Kagoshima Kagoshima 536,623 546,282 552,099 15,476 2.9%
20 Chiba Funabashi 533,350 540,817 550,079 16,729 3.1%
21 Tokyo Hachioji 466,509 503,363 536,000 69,491 14.9%
22 Osaka Higashiosaka 518,269 517,232 515,055 (3,214) -0.6%
23 Niigata Niigata 486,021 494,769 501,378 15,357 3.2%
24 Saitama Urawa 418,173 453,300 484,834 66,661 15.9%
25 Hyogo Himeji 454,181 470,986 478,312 24,131 5.3%
26 Ehime Matsuyama 443,238 460,968 473,397 30,159 6.8%
27 Shizuoka Shizuoka 472,203 474,092 469,679 (2,524) -0.5%
28 Hyogo Amagasaki 499,066 488,586 466,161 (32,905) -6.6%
29 Chiba Matsudo 456,031 461,503 464,836 8,805 1.9%
30 Saitama Kawaguchi 438,762 448,854 459,952 21,190 4.8%
31 Ishikawa Kanazawa 442,902 453,975 456,434 13,532 3.1%
32 Saitama Omiya 403,869 433,755 456,164 52,295 12.9%
33 Chiba Ichikawa 436,625 440,555 448,553 11,928 2.7%
34 Tochigi Utsunomiya 426,821 435,357 443,787 16,966 4.0%
35 Hyogo Nishinomiya 427,121 390,389 438,129 11,008 2.6%
36 Oita Oita 408,592 426,979 436,490 27,898 6.8%
37 Okayama Kurashiki 414,545 422,836 430,239 15,694 3.8%
38 Kanagawa Yokosuka 433,493 432,193 428,836 (4,657) -1.1%
39 Nagasaki Nagasaki 444,412 438,635 423,163 (21,249) -4.8%
40 Gifu Gifu 410,417 407,134 402,748 (7,669) -1.9%
41 Osaka Hirakata 390,766 400,144 402,586 11,820 3.0%
42 Osaka Toyonaka 409,977 398,908 391,732 (18,245) -4.5%
43 Wakayama Wakayama 396,662 393,885 386,501 (10,161) -2.6%
44 Kanagawa Fujisawa 350,429 368,651 379,151 28,722 8.2%
45 Hiroshima Fukuyama 365,739 374,517 378,793 13,054 3.6%
46 Tokyo Machida 349,008 360,525 377,546 28,538 8.2%
47 Nara Nara 349,434 359,218 366,196 16,762 4.8%
48 Aichi Toyohashi 338,105 352,982 364,868 26,763 7.9%
49 Fukushima Iwaki 355,970 360,598 360,143 4,173 1.2%
50 Nagano Nagano 347,063 358,516 360,117 13,054 3.8%
51 Hokkaido Asahikawa 359,131 360,568 359,526 395 0.1%
52 Osaka Takatsuki 359,752 362,270 357,440 (2,312) -0.6%
53 Aichi Toyota 332,436 341,079 351,068 18,632 5.6%
54 Osaka Suita 345,176 342,760 347,938 2,762 0.8%
55 Aichi Okazaki 306,966 322,621 336,570 29,604 9.6%
56 Fukushima Koriyama 314,565 326,833 334,845 20,280 6.4%
57 Kagawa Takamatsu 329,685 331,004 332,866 3,181 1.0%
58 Saitama Kawagoe 304,762 323,353 330,737 25,975 8.5%
59 Kochi Kochi 316,928 321,999 330,613 13,685 4.3%
60 Saitama Tokorozawa 303,128 320,406 330,152 27,024 8.9%
61 Chiba Kashiwa 304,942 317,750 327,868 22,926 7.5%
62 Toyama Toyama 321,199 325,375 325,693 4,494 1.4%
63 Akita Akita 302,275 311,948 317,563 15,288 5.1%
64 Saitama Koshigaya 285,137 298,253 308,277 23,140 8.1%
65 Miyazaki Miyazaki 287,421 300,068 305,777 18,356 6.4%
66 Okinawa Naha 304,939 301,890 301,107 (3,832) -1.3%
67 Aomori Aomori 287,835 294,167 297,763 9,928 3.4%
68 Hyogo Akashi 270,815 287,606 293,122 22,307 8.2%
69 Fukushima Fukushima 277,431 285,754 291,117 13,686 4.9%
70 Mie Yokkaichi 274,260 285,779 291,106 16,846 6.1%
71 Iwate Morioka 278,404 286,478 288,844 10,440 3.7%
72 Shiga Otsu 259,955 276,332 288,232 28,277 10.9%
73 Hokkaido Hakodate 307,175 298,881 287,648 (19,527) -6.4%