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Japan:
Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities:
1965 to 2000

POPULATION   1965       2000    
Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs   Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs Year
Tokyo-Yokohama 21,017 8,893 12,124   33,413 8,130 25,283 2000
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 13,070 3,156 9,914   17,000 2,599 14,401 2000
Nagoya 6,078 1,935 4,143   8,837 2,171 6,666 2000
Sapporo 615 524 91   1,900 1,672 228 1990
Fukuoka 790 647 143   1,750 1,237 513 1990
Hiroshima 560 431 129   1,575 1,086 489 1990
Kitakyushu 1,425 1,065 360   1,525 1,026 499 1990
Sendai 515 425 90   1,175 918 257 1990
Total 44,070 17,076 26,994   67,175 18,839 48,336  
Change         23,105 1,763 21,342  
Share of Growth           7.6% 92.4%  
                 
Top 3 Areas 40,165 13,984 26,181   59,250 12,900 46,350  
Change         19,085 (1,084) 20,169  
Share of Growth           -5.7% 105.7%  
                 
Smaller Areas 3,905 3,092 813   7,925 5,939 1,986  
Change         4,020 2,847 1,173  
Share of Growth           70.8% 29.2%  
                 
CHANGE                
Metropolitan Area Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs   Metropolitan Area Core City Suburbs  
Tokyo-Yokohama 12,396 (763) 13,159   59.0% -8.6% 108.5%  
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 3,930 (557) 4,487   30.1% -17.7% 45.3%  
Nagoya 2,759 236 2,523   45.4% 12.2% 60.9%  
Sapporo 1,285 1,148 137   208.9% 219.1% 150.5%  
Fukuoka 960 590 370   121.5% 91.2% 258.7%  
Hiroshima 1,015 655 360   181.3% 152.0% 279.1%  
Kitakyushu 100 (39) 139   7.0% -3.7% 38.6%  
Sendai 515 425            
Total 23,105 1,763 21,342   52.4% 10.3% 79.1%  
                 
Notes                
In 000s                
Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000              
Tokyo core city: 23 ward city area of city abolished in 1945.          
Note: Smaller area core cities have large undeveloped tracts of land          
                 
Source                
Census of Japan                
Tokyo, Osaka & Nagoya as defined by www.demographia.com          
Others Rand McNally                

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