Population change (5-year census) ranking

Cities · highest first · FY2024 (792)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
501 Oyabe City Toyama 27,857 -4.7%
502 Okaya City Nagano 46,469 -4.7%
503 Yamatotakada City Nara 61,818 -4.7%
504 Shimanto City Kochi 31,424 -4.7%
505 Imari City Saga 51,664 -4.7%
506 Nagasaki City Nagasaki 390,551 -4.7%
507 Towada City Aomori 57,361 -4.8%
508 Hirakawa City Aomori 29,353 -4.8%
509 Ishinomaki City Miyagi 132,447 -4.8%
510 Tahara City Aichi 58,270 -4.8%
511 Kaizuka City Osaka 81,420 -4.8%
512 Sakaide City Kagawa 49,575 -4.8%
513 Tosa City Kochi 25,646 -4.8%
514 Sasebo City Nagasaki 233,507 -4.8%
515 Arao City Kumamoto 49,036 -4.8%
516 Iwaki City Fukushima 303,171 -4.9%
517 Kasumigaura City Ibaraki 39,893 -4.9%
518 Shibukawa City Gunma 72,090 -4.9%
519 Tateyama City Chiba 43,554 -4.9%
520 Yamanashi City Yamanashi 32,710 -4.9%
521 Kawachinagano City Osaka 97,912 -4.9%
522 Tanba City Hyogo 60,033 -4.9%
523 Anan City Tokushima 67,946 -4.9%
524 Yanagawa City Fukuoka 61,536 -4.9%
525 Hirosaki City Aomori 159,488 -5.0%
526 Fujiyoshida City Yamanashi 46,364 -5.0%
527 Shimonoseki City Yamaguchi 243,422 -5.0%
528 Shunan City Yamaguchi 134,733 -5.0%
529 Itako City Ibaraki 26,088 -5.2%
530 Tenri City Nara 60,686 -5.2%
531 Kurayoshi City Tottori 43,663 -5.2%
532 Omuta City Fukuoka 104,688 -5.2%
533 Ukiha City Fukuoka 27,382 -5.2%
534 Nirasaki City Yamanashi 27,798 -5.3%
535 Takayama City Gifu 82,486 -5.3%
536 Gobo City Wakayama 21,074 -5.3%
537 Shikokuchuo City Ehime 80,965 -5.3%
538 Okawa City Fukuoka 31,147 -5.3%
539 Oshu City Iwate 107,798 -5.4%
540 Aizuwakamatsu City Fukushima 110,841 -5.4%
541 Kamogawa City Chiba 30,209 -5.4%
542 Nishiwaki City Hyogo 37,688 -5.4%
543 Onomichi City Hiroshima 126,396 -5.4%
544 Ureshino City Saga 24,446 -5.4%
545 Nobeoka City Miyazaki 113,936 -5.4%
546 Kushiro City Hokkaido 154,271 -5.5%
547 Yonezawa City Yamagata 74,629 -5.5%
548 Ono City Fukui 29,821 -5.5%
549 Ako City Hyogo 44,179 -5.5%
550 Miyoshi City Hiroshima 47,904 -5.5%

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.