Demographia

Japan Cities: Ranked by 1990-2000 Population Change

BY CHANGE IN POPULATION          
Rank Prefecture City 1990 1995 2000 Change %
Change
2 Kanagawa Yokohama 3,220,191 3,307,136 3,426,506 206,315 6.4%
5 Hokkaido Sapporo 1,671,765 1,757,025 1,822,300 150,535 9.0%
8 Fukuoka Fukuoka 1,236,569 1,284,795 1,341,489 104,920 8.5%
12 Miyagi Sendai 918,050 971,297 1,008,024 89,974 9.8%
9 Kanagawa Kawasaki 1,173,483 1,202,820 1,249,851 76,368 6.5%
17 Kanagawa Sagamihara 531,777 570,597 605,555 73,778 13.9%
21 Tokyo Hachioji 466,509 503,363 536,000 69,491 14.9%
24 Saitama Urawa 418,173 453,300 484,834 66,661 15.9%
13 Chiba Chiba 829,504 856,878 887,163 57,659 7.0%
32 Saitama Omiya 403,869 433,755 456,164 52,295 12.9%
202 Hyogo Sanda 64,573 96,279 111,734 47,161 73.0%
10 Hiroshima Hiroshima 1,086,080 1,108,888 1,126,282 40,202 3.7%
15 Kumamoto Kumamoto 626,533 650,341 662,123 35,590 5.7%
18 Shizuoka Hamamatsu 547,908 561,606 582,120 34,212 6.2%
16 Okayama Okayama 593,787 615,757 626,534 32,747 5.5%
26 Ehime Matsuyama 443,238 460,968 473,397 30,159 6.8%
55 Aichi Okazaki 306,966 322,621 336,570 29,604 9.6%
182 Hiroshima Higashihiroshima 94,242 113,939 123,418 29,176 31.0%
44 Kanagawa Fujisawa 350,429 368,651 379,151 28,722 8.2%
46 Tokyo Machida 349,008 360,525 377,546 28,538 8.2%
72 Shiga Otsu 259,955 276,332 288,232 28,277 10.9%
36 Oita Oita 408,592 426,979 436,490 27,898 6.8%
60 Saitama Tokorozawa 303,128 320,406 330,152 27,024 8.9%
120 Osaka Izumi 146,190 157,300 172,975 26,785 18.3%
48 Aichi Toyohashi 338,105 352,982 364,868 26,763 7.9%
180 Hokkaido Ebetsu 97,218 115,495 123,875 26,657 27.4%
80 Hyogo Kakogawa 239,712 260,567 266,175 26,463 11.0%
124 Chiba Sakura 144,683 162,624 170,931 26,248 18.1%
58 Saitama Kawagoe 304,762 323,353 330,737 25,975 8.5%
25 Hyogo Himeji 454,181 470,986 478,312 24,131 5.3%
64 Saitama Koshigaya 285,137 298,253 308,277 23,140 8.1%
61 Chiba Kashiwa 304,942 317,750 327,868 22,926 7.5%
245 Fukuoka Chikushino 70,316 81,988 93,031 22,715 32.3%
130 Ibaraki Tsukuba 143,393 156,012 165,968 22,575 15.7%
315 Chiba Yachimata 50,052 65,218 72,597 22,545 45.0%
68 Hyogo Akashi 270,815 287,606 293,122 22,307 8.2%
30 Saitama Kawaguchi 438,762 448,854 459,952 21,190 4.8%
74 Aichi Kasugai 266,656 277,589 287,619 20,963 7.9%
197 Shiga Kusatsu 94,724 101,828 115,450 20,726 21.9%
76 Chiba Ichihara 257,731 277,061 278,277 20,546 8.0%
210 Saitama Toda 87,586 97,571 108,092 20,506 23.4%
125 Chiba Yachiyo 148,566 154,509 168,928 20,362 13.7%
56 Fukushima Koriyama 314,565 326,833 334,845 20,280 6.4%
97 Kanagawa Atsugi 197,190 208,627 217,366 20,176 10.2%
321 Aichi Nissin 50,343 60,311 70,187 19,844 39.4%
294 Ibaraki Ryugasaki 57,254 69,163 76,928 19,674 34.4%
96 Kanagawa Chigasaki 201,585 212,874 220,810 19,225 9.5%
95 Saitama Soka 206,178 217,930 224,977 18,799 9.1%
151 Aichi Komaki 124,469 137,165 143,117 18,648 15.0%
53 Aichi Toyota 332,436 341,079 351,068 18,632 5.6%
65 Miyazaki Miyazaki 287,421 300,068 305,777 18,356 6.4%
100 Kanagawa Yamato 194,778 203,933 212,752 17,974 9.2%
99 Saitama Ageo 194,976 206,090 212,949 17,973 9.2%
94 Tokyo Fuchu 209,304 216,211 226,769 17,465 8.3%
161 Chiba Urayasu 115,673 123,654 133,012 17,339 15.0%
4 Aichi Nagoya 2,154,338 2,152,184 2,171,378 17,040 0.8%
34 Tochigi Utsunomiya 426,821 435,357 443,787 16,966 4.0%
70 Mie Yokkaichi 274,260 285,779 291,106 16,846 6.1%
47 Nara Nara 349,434 359,218 366,196 16,762 4.8%
20 Chiba Funabashi 533,350 540,817 550,079 16,729 3.1%
6 Hyogo Kobe 1,476,963 1,423,792 1,493,595 16,632 1.1%
135 Aichi Anjo 142,211 149,464 158,826 16,615 11.7%
216 Fukuoka Kasuga 88,735 99,206 105,146 16,411 18.5%
171 Osaka Tondabayashi 110,426 121,690 126,551 16,125 14.6%
188 Saitama Asaka 103,638 110,789 119,716 16,078 15.5%
37 Okayama Kurashiki 414,545 422,836 430,239 15,694 3.8%
19 Kagoshima Kagoshima 536,623 546,282 552,099 15,476 2.9%
153 Tokyo Ome 125,903 137,234 141,307 15,404 12.2%
23 Niigata Niigata 486,021 494,769 501,378 15,357 3.2%
63 Akita Akita 302,275 311,948 317,563 15,288 5.1%
104 Saitama Kasukabe 188,793 200,121 203,646 14,853 7.9%
116 Tokyo Kodaira 164,085 172,946 178,562 14,477 8.8%
387 Chiba Togane 45,170 54,520 59,602 14,432 32.0%
270 Mie Nabari 68,950 79,913 83,291 14,341 20.8%
252 Fukuoka Onojo 75,230 82,903 89,413