Demographia

Japan: Densely
Inhabited Districts:
By Prefecture: 1995

Prefecture Population (000) Square Kilometers Density/Sq. KM Density/Sq. Mi.
Aichi 5,071 864.9 5,863 15,252
Akita 403 86.5 4,658 12,118
Aomori 659 152.5 4,324 11,249
Chiba 4,081 597.8 6,827 17,760
Ehime 730 146.2 4,994 12,992
Fukui 337 69.8 4,831 12,568
Fukuoka 3,374 548.6 6,151 16,002
Fukushima 793 173.7 4,563 11,870
Gifu 863 180.0 4,794 12,471
Gumma 813 196.6 4,137 10,762
Hiroshima 1,798 300.5 5,984 15,567
Hokkaido 4,110 794.3 5,174 13,460
Hyogo 3,962 541.2 7,321 19,045
Ibaraki 1,035 219.4 4,719 12,276
Ishikawa 583 100.3 5,812 15,120
Iwate 418 84.5 4,947 12,869
Kagawa 348 78.4 4,435 11,537
Kagoshima 697 130.1 5,362 13,949
Kanagawa 7,690 925.9 8,305 21,605
Kochi 342 58.3 5,875 15,284
Kumamoto 766 140.3 5,458 14,199
Kyoto 2,150 253.3 8,487 22,079
Mie 743 172.8 4,301 11,189
Miyagi 1,306 224.1 5,829 15,164
Miyazaki 504 109.0 4,626 12,034
Nagano 752 169.6 4,432 11,530
Nagasaki 717 117.3 6,110 15,895
Nara 891 135.0 6,596 17,159
Niigata 1,138 218.1 5,217 13,572
Oita 551 114.9 4,797 12,479
Okayama 798 188.9 4,226 10,994
Okinawa 823 117.1 7,031 18,291
Osaka 8,423 893.8 9,424 24,516
Saga 264 54.8 4,825 12,552
Saitama 5,252 661.0 7,946 20,671
Shiga 484 85.0 5,693 14,810
Shimane 191 44.8 4,262 11,087
Shizuoka 2,136 401.9 5,314 13,824
Tochigi 802 172.8 4,641 12,073
Tokushima 262 54.3 4,831 12,568
Tokyo 11,527 1,054.4 10,932 28,439
Tottori 185 41.6 4,438 11,545
Toyama 447 105.4 4,240 11,030
Wakayama 458 95.1 4,812 12,518
Yamagata 520 112.0 4,640 12,071
Yamaguchi 748 206.5 3,621 9,420
Yamanashi 311 62.0 5,013 13,041
According to the Japan Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center a densely populated district has more than 4,000 residents per square kilometer (approximately 10,400 per square mile)

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