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Cities in Japan Ranked by Population (city proper)

Population of the city proper (the municipality itself, not the metro area), using the most recent figure recorded in Wikidata. Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).

Summary

Tokyo ranks #1 with 14.26 million people (2022). Tokyo is second with 9.64 million people, 48% behind. The top five are Tokyo, Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya. The median across all 112 is 360,891 people; Nagareyama is last at 200,298 people.

#1
Tokyo · 14.26 million people
Median
360,891 people
Coverage
112 cities in Japan
Data year
As recorded in Wikidata
Last updated
2026-11-14
Top 10: PopulationBar chart of the top 10: 1. Tokyo 14.26 million; 2. Tokyo 9.64 million; 3. Yokohama 3.76 million; 4. Osaka 2.75 million; 5. Nagoya 2.33 million; 6. Sapporo 1.96 million; 7. Fukuoka 1.6 million; 8. Kawasaki 1.54 million; 9. Kobe 1.52 million; 10. Kyoto 1.46 million.Tokyo14.26 millionTokyo9.64 millionYokohama3.76 millionOsaka2.75 millionNagoya2.33 millionSapporo1.96 millionFukuoka1.6 millionKawasaki1.54 millionKobe1.52 millionKyoto1.46 million
Top 10: Population (people). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Tokyo 14.26 million; 2. Tokyo 9.64 million; 3. Yokohama 3.76 million; 4. Osaka 2.75 million; 5. Nagoya 2.33 million; 6. Sapporo 1.96 million; 7. Fukuoka 1.6 million; 8. Kawasaki 1.54 million; 9. Kobe 1.52 million; 10. Kyoto 1.46 million.

Full ranking

Cities in Japan Ranked by Population (city proper)
RankCityCountryPopulation (people)Year
1TokyoJapan14,264,7982022
2TokyoJapan9,640,7422021
3YokohamaJapan3,757,6302020
4OsakaJapan2,751,8622021
5NagoyaJapan2,326,8442021
6SapporoJapan1,959,3132020
7FukuokaJapan1,603,0432020
8KawasakiJapan1,539,5222020
9KobeJapan1,521,7072021
10KyotoJapan1,463,7232020
11SaitamaJapan1,325,8432021
12HiroshimaJapan1,198,0212021
13SendaiJapan1,061,1772020
14ChibaJapan975,0142021
15KitakyūshūJapan935,0842020
16SakaiJapan824,4082021
17NiigataJapan790,6462021
18HamamatsuJapan788,2112021
19KumamotoJapan738,3852021
20SagamiharaJapan725,6962021
21OkayamaJapan720,0432021
22ShizuokaJapan685,5892021
23FunabashiJapan641,4992021
24KawaguchiJapan593,9002021
25KagoshimaJapan593,7542021
26Hachiōji-shiJapan575,7212021
27HimejiJapan527,5962021
28UtsunomiyaJapan518,1972021
29MatsuyamaJapan506,7432021
30MatsudoJapan497,5142021
31IchikawaJapan495,7682021
32Higashiōsaka-shiJapan490,8192021
33NishinomiyaJapan487,0102021
34Ōita-shiJapan477,1862021
35KurashikiJapan474,8622021
36KanazawaJapan462,4792020
37FukuyamaJapan459,5762021
38AmagasakiJapan455,5552022
39FujisawaJapan436,7442020
40MachidaJapan434,4142021
41KashiwaJapan427,6032021
42AomoriJapan425,9622021
43ToyotaJapan422,1062021
44TakamatsuJapan417,8142020
45ToyamaJapan413,0282021
46GifuJapan400,1182020
47ToyonakaJapan399,2632023
48MiyazakiJapan397,4762021
49HirakataJapan396,6942021
50YokosukaJapan390,2752020
51OkazakiJapan385,3762021
52SuitaJapan384,9532021
53IchinomiyaJapan378,1082021
54TakasakiJapan372,6392021
55ToyohashiJapan371,5072021
56NaganoJapan367,1842021
57KawagoeJapan354,5982021
58WakayamaJapan353,2992021
59NaraJapan352,3772021
60TakatsukiJapan347,4962021
61OtsuJapan342,6072021
62KoshigayaJapan341,7842021
63TokorozawaJapan341,2892020
64IwakiJapan336,1112021
65MaebashiJapan331,8492021
66AsahikawaJapan331,3922020
67KōriyamaJapan327,0402021
68Kōchi-shiJapan325,5352021
69NahaJapan316,0482021
70YokkaichiJapan310,2632020
71KasugaiJapan306,4492021
72AkitaJapan302,9842021
73KurumeJapan302,8582020
74AkashiJapan299,6992021
75MoriokaJapan290,5532021
76FukushimaJapan284,2822021
77IbarakiJapan283,8352021
78TsuJapan273,2672020
79MitoJapan270,4452021
80IchiharaJapan268,0382021
81NagaokaJapan265,8682021
82YaoJapan264,9132021
83FuchūJapan263,0932021
84FukuiJapan261,4742021
85KakogawaJapan260,5952021
86HiratsukaJapan257,6622020
87TokushimaJapan254,5102020
88ShimonosekiJapan252,8442021
89HakodateJapan251,8912021
90Sōka-shiJapan251,3902021
91YamagataJapan247,2342021
92TsukubaJapan246,6472021
93FujiJapan243,7392021
94SaseboJapan242,6642021
95ChigasakiJapan242,3472020
96ChōfuJapan240,3592021
97YamatoJapan239,1462020
98MatsumotoJapan239,1152021
99SagaJapan232,3592021
100KasukabeJapan228,9752021

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Source and method

Population of the city proper (the municipality itself, not the metro area), using the most recent figure recorded in Wikidata.

Source: Wikidata. Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain). Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

Data: Wikidata (CC0)

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