2025 Population Census of Japan — Basic Complete Tabulation on Population and Households

Population by prefecture and change over five years

As of 1 October 2025, the population of Japan was 122,972,528, down 3,173,571 (2.52%) from 2020. Of the 47 prefectures, only Tokyo grew.

Population: 122,972,528
Change 2020–2025: −2.52%
Households: 57,324,619
Prefectures that grew: 1 (Tokyo)

Figure 1 Population by prefecture

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Population by prefecture (largest first)

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Population in persons; rate of change in percent. Population in 2020 is adjusted to municipal boundaries as of 1 October 2025.

Figure 2 Map of the rate of population change, 2020–2025

Each prefecture is drawn as a square of the same size. The colour shows the rate of change from 2020 in five classes. Select a square to see its figures and its municipalities (Figure 3). Use the arrow keys to move between squares.

Rate of population change, 2020–2025, by prefecture

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The squares show the approximate position of each prefecture, not its area or shape.

Figure 3 Rate of population change by municipality

Choose a prefecture to list its municipalities, highest rate of change first. Municipality names are in Japanese. Designated cities are shown as a whole; the 23 special wards of Tokyo are shown as a total.

Prefecture

Table Population, change, area, density and households by prefecture

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Population, change, area, density and households by prefecture (as of 1 October 2025)

Hokkaido	4,980,272	5,224,614	−244,342	−4.68	83,422.27	63.5	2,472,790
Aomori	1,139,461	1,237,984	−98,523	−7.96	9,645.11	118.1	498,905
Iwate	1,124,652	1,210,534	−85,882	−7.09	15,275.05	73.6	487,352
Miyagi	2,225,414	2,301,996	−76,582	−3.33	7,282.34	305.6	1,008,764
Akita	881,470	959,502	−78,032	−8.13	11,637.69	75.7	378,666
Yamagata	992,297	1,068,027	−75,730	−7.09	9,323.15	106.4	399,066
Fukushima	1,710,242	1,833,152	−122,910	−6.70	13,784.41	124.1	735,508
Ibaraki	2,789,856	2,867,009	−77,153	−2.69	6,098.32	457.5	1,229,252
Tochigi	1,863,329	1,933,146	−69,817	−3.61	6,408.09	290.8	819,614
Gunma	1,865,934	1,939,110	−73,176	−3.77	6,362.28	293.3	821,856
Saitama	7,287,325	7,344,765	−57,440	−0.78	3,797.75	1,918.9	3,304,111
Chiba	6,257,225	6,284,480	−27,255	−0.43	5,156.48	1,213.5	2,888,950
Tokyo	14,236,627	14,047,598	+189,029	+1.35	2,199.94	6,471.4	7,588,310
Kanagawa	9,193,922	9,237,333	−43,411	−0.47	2,416.55	3,804.6	4,359,947
Niigata	2,067,144	2,201,272	−134,128	−6.09	12,583.80	164.3	866,748
Toyama	982,147	1,034,814	−52,667	−5.09	4,247.55	231.2	409,662
Ishikawa	1,086,596	1,132,526	−45,930	−4.06	4,190.94	259.3	478,464
Fukui	728,588	766,863	−38,275	−4.99	4,190.56	173.9	295,766
Yamanashi	779,276	809,974	−30,698	−3.79	4,465.27	174.5	347,251
Nagano	1,953,866	2,048,011	−94,145	−4.60	13,561.57	144.1	846,050
Gifu	1,889,576	1,978,742	−89,166	−4.51	10,621.29	177.9	795,922
Shizuoka	3,465,667	3,633,202	−167,535	−4.61	7,777.00	445.6	1,508,510
Aichi	7,448,043	7,542,415	−94,372	−1.25	5,173.26	1,439.7	3,369,741
Mie	1,693,225	1,770,254	−77,029	−4.35	5,774.48	293.2	752,220
Shiga	1,392,008	1,413,610	−21,602	−1.53	4,017.38	346.5	593,649
Kyoto	2,500,173	2,578,087	−77,914	−3.02	4,612.09	542.1	1,224,671
Osaka	8,759,312	8,837,685	−78,373	−0.89	1,905.26	4,597.4	4,320,461
Hyogo	5,317,792	5,465,002	−147,210	−2.69	8,400.82	633.0	2,466,773
Nara	1,268,181	1,324,473	−56,292	−4.25	3,690.94	343.6	545,814
Wakayama	863,757	922,584	−58,827	−6.38	4,724.65	182.8	389,965
Tottori	523,073	553,407	−30,334	−5.48	3,507.05	149.1	220,800
Shimane	628,887	671,126	−42,239	−6.29	6,707.79	93.8	267,173
Okayama	1,807,160	1,888,432	−81,272	−4.30	7,114.44	254.0	809,770
Hiroshima	2,682,786	2,799,702	−116,916	−4.18	8,478.16	316.4	1,247,713
Yamaguchi	1,262,770	1,342,059	−79,289	−5.91	6,112.90	206.6	588,551
Tokushima	674,790	719,559	−44,769	−6.22	4,146.96	162.7	304,726
Kagawa	906,828	950,244	−43,416	−4.57	1,876.83	483.2	411,088
Ehime	1,259,907	1,334,841	−74,934	−5.61	5,675.82	222.0	594,867
Kochi	642,836	691,527	−48,691	−7.04	7,102.28	90.5	307,401
Fukuoka	5,077,785	5,135,214	−57,429	−1.12	4,987.24	1,018.2	2,412,177
Saga	780,675	811,442	−30,767	−3.79	2,440.64	319.9	320,410
Nagasaki	1,232,040	1,312,317	−80,277	−6.12	4,131.21	298.2	554,647
Kumamoto	1,677,302	1,738,301	−60,999	−3.51	7,409.13	226.4	737,218
Oita	1,076,353	1,123,852	−47,499	−4.23	6,340.62	169.8	495,329
Miyazaki	1,017,628	1,069,576	−51,948	−4.86	7,734.16	131.6	469,304
Kagoshima	1,511,783	1,588,256	−76,473	−4.81	9,186.04	164.6	723,342
Okinawa	1,466,548	1,467,480	−932	−0.06	2,282.11	642.6	655,345
Japan	122,972,528	126,146,099	−3,173,571	−2.52	377,979.67	329.7	57,324,619

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Source and notes

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, “2025 Population Census, Basic Complete Tabulation on Population and Households”, Table 1-1 (e-Stat, https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000040506423, released 29 September 2026).

Created by Gyokan Inc. by processing the above. The charts, sorting and classes of the rate of change are by Gyokan Inc.

Population and households are as of 1 October 2025.
“Population in 2020” and the change over five years compare with the 2020 population adjusted to municipal boundaries as of 1 October 2025.
Area is a reference figure from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Density excludes the area of districts outside the scope of the census.
The table shows the rate of change to two decimal places. Ranks are based on the published values, not on the rounded figures.
The rate of change is shown as “－” for municipalities whose population in 2020 was zero.