Demographia

Japan Prefectures
Population from 1920 and Area

  Area (Sq. Mi.) 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998
JAPAN 145,795 55,963 64,450 73,114 83,200 93,419 104,663 117,060 123,611 126,166 126,486
Aichi 1,974 2,090 2,567 3,167 3,391 4,206 5,386 6,222 6,691 6,932 6,974
Akita 4,139 899 988 1,052 1,309 1,336 1,241 1,257 1,227 1,206 1,201
Aomori 3,563 756 880 1,001 1,283 1,427 1,428 1,524 1,483 1,480 1,478
Chiba 1,928 1,336 1,470 1,588 2,139 2,306 3,367 4,735 5,555 5,852 5,887
Ehime 2,190 1,047 1,142 1,179 1,522 1,501 1,418 1,507 1,515 1,504 1,502
Fukui 1,616 599 618 644 752 753 744 794 824 829 830
Fukuoka 1,866 2,188 2,527 3,094 3,530 4,007 4,027 4,553 4,811 4,970 4,988
Fukushima 5,318 1,363 1,508 1,626 2,062 2,051 1,946 2,035 2,104 2,137 2,137
Gifu 3,939 1,070 1,178 1,265 1,545 1,638 1,759 1,960 2,067 2,111 2,115
Gumma 2,455 1,053 1,186 1,299 1,601 1,578 1,659 1,849 1,966 2,018 2,025
Hiroshima 3,270 1,542 1,692 1,870 2,082 2,184 2,436 2,739 2,850 2,883 2,884
Hokkaido 32,201 2,359 2,812 3,273 4,296 5,039 5,184 5,576 5,644 5,702 5,700
Hyogo 3,237 2,302 2,646 3,221 3,310 3,906 4,668 5,145 5,405 5,433 5,461
Ibaraki 2,351 1,350 1,487 1,620 2,039 2,047 2,144 2,558 2,845 2,983 2,996
Ishikawa 1,615 747 757 758 957 973 1,002 1,119 1,165 1,184 1,185
Iwate 5,895 846 976 1,096 1,347 1,449 1,371 1,422 1,417 1,418 1,416
Kagawa 718 678 733 730 946 919 908 1,000 1,023 1,028 1,029
Kagoshima 3,524 1,416 1,557 1,589 1,804 1,963 1,729 1,785 1,798 1,792 1,791
Kanagawa 931 1,323 1,620 2,189 2,488 3,443 5,472 6,924 7,980 8,325 8,392
Kochi 2,741 671 718 709 874 855 787 831 825 814 812
Kumamoto 2,665 1,233 1,354 1,368 1,828 1,856 1,700 1,790 1,840 1,863 1,865
Kyoto 1,780 1,287 1,553 1,730 1,833 1,993 2,250 2,527 2,602 2,631 2,634
Mie 2,223 1,069 1,157 1,199 1,461 1,485 1,543 1,687 1,793 1,855 1,861
Miyagi 2,647 962 1,143 1,271 1,663 1,743 1,819 2,082 2,249 2,348 2,355
Miyazaki 2,579 651 760 840 1,091 1,135 1,051 1,152 1,169 1,177 1,176
Nagano 4,861 1,563 1,717 1,711 2,061 1,982 1,957 2,084 2,157 2,213 2,220
Nagasaki 1,579 1,136 1,233 1,370 1,645 1,760 1,570 1,591 1,563 1,536 1,530
Nara 1,424 565 596 621 764 781 930 1,209 1,375 1,444 1,447
Niigata 4,221 1,776 1,933 2,064 2,461 2,442 2,361 2,451 2,475 2,494 2,494
Oita 2,239 860 946 973 1,253 1,240 1,156 1,229 1,237 1,229 1,228
Okayama 2,704 1,218 1,284 1,329 1,661 1,670 1,707 1,871 1,926 1,956 1,958
Okinawa 875 572 578 575 915 883 945 1,107 1,222 1,291 1,301
Osaka 730 2,588 3,540 4,793 3,857 5,505 7,620 8,473 8,735 8,802 8,804
Saga 941 674 692 702 945 943 838 866 878 885 884
Saitama 1,454 1,320 1,459 1,608 2,146 2,431 3,866 5,420 6,405 6,852 6,894
Shiga 1,488 651 692 704 861 843 890 1,080 1,222 1,311 1,323
Shimane 2,588 715 740 741 913 889 774 785 781 768 766
Shizuoka 2,828 1,550 1,798 2,018 2,471 2,756 3,090 3,447 3,671 3,760 3,770
Tochigi 2,473 1,046 1,142 1,207 1,550 1,514 1,580 1,792 1,935 2,001 2,008
Tokushima 1,599 670 717 719 879 847 791 825 832 831 831
Tokyo 811 3,699 5,409 7,355 6,278 9,684 11,408 11,618 11,856 11,808 11,830
Tottori 1,353 455 489 484 600 599 569 604 616 614 615
Toyama 1,081 724 779 823 1,009 1,033 1,030 1,103 1,120 1,126 1,126
Wakayama 1,823 750 831 865 982 1,002 1,043 1,087 1,074 1,078 1,076
Yamagata 2,853 969 1,080 1,119 1,357 1,321 1,226 1,252 1,258 1,255 1,253
Yamaguchi 2,358 1,041 1,136 1,294 1,541 1,602 1,511 1,587 1,573 1,547 1,543
Yamanashi 1,621 583 631 663 811 782 762 804 853 889 892
Figures in thousands

Data from Japan Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center

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