Population change (5-year census) ranking

Towns · highest first · FY2024 (742)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
501 Yamakita Town Kanagawa 9,263 -9.0%
502 Tateshina Town Nagano 6,674 -9.0%
503 Higashiizu Town Shizuoka 11,093 -9.0%
504 Iinan Town Shimane 4,355 -9.0%
505 Tsunagi Town Kumamoto 4,107 -9.0%
506 Yunomae Town Kumamoto 3,445 -9.0%
507 Niki Town Hokkaido 3,051 -9.1%
508 Koshimizu Town Hokkaido 4,342 -9.1%
509 Saroma Town Hokkaido 4,646 -9.1%
510 Hiro Town Hokkaido 5,880 -9.1%
511 Akkeshi Town Hokkaido 8,195 -9.1%
512 Hamanaka Town Hokkaido 5,246 -9.1%
513 Hiranai Town Aomori 9,730 -9.1%
514 Shirataka Town Yamagata 12,222 -9.1%
515 Aizumisato Town Fukushima 18,117 -9.1%
516 Taka Town Hyogo 18,605 -9.1%
517 Misato Town Kumamoto 8,632 -9.1%
518 Kusu Town Oita 13,808 -9.1%
519 Tokunoshima Town Kagoshima 9,844 -9.1%
520 Yonaguni Town Okinawa 1,689 -9.1%
521 Toyako Town Hokkaido 7,906 -9.2%
522 Mogami Town Yamagata 7,358 -9.2%
523 Kunimi Town Fukushima 8,095 -9.2%
524 Shimogo Town Fukushima 4,792 -9.2%
525 Okutama Town Tokyo 4,492 -9.2%
526 Izumozaki Town Niigata 3,886 -9.2%
527 Nagawa Town Nagano 5,514 -9.2%
528 Nagiso Town Nagano 3,674 -9.2%
529 Ibigawa Town Gifu 18,633 -9.2%
530 Kimotsuki Town Kagoshima 13,587 -9.2%
531 Yuni Town Hokkaido 4,527 -9.3%
532 Hanawa Town Fukushima 7,821 -9.3%
533 Higashiagatsuma Town Gunma 12,061 -9.3%
534 Odai Town Mie 8,204 -9.3%
535 Okuizumo Town Shimane 11,077 -9.3%
536 Kuromatsunai Town Hokkaido 2,446 -9.4%
537 Kenbuchi Town Hokkaido 2,728 -9.4%
538 Yamatsuri Town Fukushima 5,145 -9.4%
539 Sayo Town Hyogo 14,727 -9.4%
540 Suttsu Town Hokkaido 2,629 -9.5%
541 Rebun Town Hokkaido 2,183 -9.5%
542 Yamada Town Iwate 13,854 -9.5%
543 Iide Town Yamagata 6,203 -9.5%
544 Tadami Town Fukushima 3,690 -9.5%
545 Asahi Town Toyama 10,373 -9.5%
546 Hirono Town Iwate 14,739 -9.6%
547 Ono Town Fukushima 8,864 -9.6%
548 Kora Town Shiga 6,410 -9.6%
549 Taiji Town Wakayama 2,834 -9.6%
550 Misaki Town Okayama 12,538 -9.6%

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.