Population change (5-year census) ranking

Cities · highest first · FY2024 (792)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
451 Tatsuno City Hyogo 72,271 -4.0%
452 Ube City Yamaguchi 156,438 -4.0%
453 Takikawa City Hokkaido 36,515 -4.1%
454 Katagami City Akita 31,271 -4.1%
455 Mizunami City Gifu 35,279 -4.1%
456 Imabari City Ehime 147,702 -4.1%
457 Asakura City Fukuoka 50,024 -4.1%
458 Amami City Kagoshima 40,239 -4.1%
459 Awara City Fukui 26,306 -4.2%
460 Ito City Shizuoka 64,438 -4.2%
461 Sakurai City Nara 54,272 -4.2%
462 Sakaiminato City Tottori 32,469 -4.2%
463 Aomori City Aomori 263,512 -4.3%
464 Giyoda City Saitama 77,854 -4.3%
465 Asahi City Chiba 61,986 -4.3%
466 Seki City Gifu 83,930 -4.3%
467 Toki City Gifu 54,243 -4.3%
468 Yamatokoriyama City Nara 82,598 -4.3%
469 Asakuchi City Okayama 32,525 -4.3%
470 Yufu City Oita 33,521 -4.3%
471 Hioki City Kagoshima 46,134 -4.3%
472 Nagai City Yamagata 24,420 -4.4%
473 Kanuma City Tochigi 92,895 -4.4%
474 Kimitsu City Chiba 79,520 -4.4%
475 Maizuru City Kyoto 75,322 -4.4%
476 Hashimoto City Wakayama 58,792 -4.4%
477 Karatsu City Saga 113,890 -4.4%
478 Hokuto City Hokkaido 42,810 -4.5%
479 Osaki City Miyagi 122,035 -4.5%
480 Otawara City Tochigi 68,053 -4.5%
481 Joetsu City Niigata 180,440 -4.5%
482 Omaezaki City Shizuoka 29,715 -4.5%
483 Makinohara City Shizuoka 42,326 -4.5%
484 Tanbasasayama City Hyogo 39,095 -4.5%
485 Hanamaki City Iwate 89,867 -4.6%
486 Kasama City Ibaraki 72,567 -4.6%
487 Hokota City Ibaraki 46,537 -4.6%
488 Tomioka City Gunma 45,172 -4.6%
489 Yachimata City Chiba 66,631 -4.6%
490 Yokosuka City Kanagawa 379,041 -4.6%
491 Sanjo City Niigata 91,178 -4.6%
492 Nantan City Kyoto 29,531 -4.6%
493 Tondabayashi City Osaka 105,715 -4.6%
494 Awaji City Hyogo 41,364 -4.6%
495 Iyo City Ehime 35,173 -4.6%
496 Tagawa City Fukuoka 44,839 -4.6%
497 Shimabara City Nagasaki 42,044 -4.6%
498 Uki City Kumamoto 56,356 -4.6%
499 Kitami City Hokkaido 110,046 -4.7%
500 Satte City Saitama 48,801 -4.7%

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.