Population change (5-year census) ranking

Villages · highest first · FY2024 (182)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
1 Iitate Village Fukushima 4,506 +3,114.6%
2 Katsurao Village Fukushima 1,216 +2,233.3%
3 Nakagusuku Village Okinawa 22,683 +13.9%
4 Kitanakagusuku Village Okinawa 17,951 +11.3%
5 Shimukappu Village Hokkaido 1,590 +7.8%
6 Funahashi Village Toyama 3,313 +5.0%
7 Minamiminowa Village Nagano 16,051 +4.9%
8 Yomitan Village Okinawa 42,289 +4.3%
9 Ginoza Village Okinawa 6,500 +4.2%
10 Tobishima Village Aichi 4,713 +4.0%
11 Akaigawa Village Hokkaido 1,492 +3.9%
12 Higashinaruse Village Akita 2,334 +3.6%
13 Chibu Village Shimane 574 +3.1%
14 Oshino Village Yamanashi 9,737 +3.0%
15 Ohira Village Miyagi 5,539 +2.6%
16 Otama Village Fukushima 8,817 +2.5%
17 Zamami Village Okinawa 873 +2.5%
18 Nishigo Village Fukushima 20,616 +2.4%
19 Onna Village Okinawa 11,316 +2.0%
20 Hiezu Village Tottori 3,616 +1.8%
21 Hara Village Nagano 8,090 +1.5%
22 Kawauchi Village Fukushima 2,233 +1.1%
23 Ogimi Village Okinawa 2,910 +1.0%
24 Tsurui Village Hokkaido 2,432 +0.9%
25 Tokai Village Ibaraki 38,151 +0.5%
26 Rusutsu Village Hokkaido 2,018 +0.2%
27 Yamagata Village Nagano 8,486 +0.1%
28 Mishima Village Kagoshima 344 -0.5%
29 Yamanakako Village Yamanashi 5,822 -0.6%
30 Shinto Village Gunma 14,634 -0.8%
31 Rokkasho Village Aomori 9,628 -1.6%
32 Tokashiki Village Okinawa 665 -1.6%
33 Kozushima Village Tokyo 1,737 -1.9%
34 Nakasatsunai Village Hokkaido 3,823 -2.1%
35 Toshima Village Kagoshima 673 -2.1%
36 Nakajima Village Fukushima 4,732 -2.3%
37 Toyoka Village Nagano 6,501 -2.5%
38 Sarufutsu Village Hokkaido 2,589 -2.7%
39 Makkari Village Hokkaido 1,938 -2.8%
40 Kitaaiki Village Nagano 647 -2.8%
41 Miyada Village Nagano 8,743 -2.9%
42 Toshima Village Tokyo 300 -3.0%
43 Ogasawara Village Tokyo 2,496 -3.1%
44 Ogata Village Akita 2,945 -3.2%
45 Sarabetsu Village Hokkaido 3,084 -3.3%
46 Narusawa Village Yamanashi 3,058 -3.3%
47 Ie Village Okinawa 4,268 -3.3%
48 Minamidaito Village Okinawa 1,227 -3.3%
49 Matsukawa Village Nagano 9,648 -3.5%
50 Mikurajima Village Tokyo 302 -3.6%

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications settlement data. Municipalities without a value (such as the fiscal strength index of Tokyo's special wards) are excluded.