Population change (5-year census) ranking

Cities · highest first · FY2024 (792)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
651 Kakuda City Miyagi 26,469 -7.3%
652 Mino City Gifu 18,991 -7.3%
653 Gujo City Gifu 37,728 -7.3%
654 Takashima City Shiga 45,190 -7.3%
655 Ibara City Okayama 36,670 -7.3%
656 Mimasaka City Okayama 24,886 -7.3%
657 Minamata City Kumamoto 21,639 -7.3%
658 Gosen City Niigata 45,690 -7.4%
659 Shingu City Wakayama 25,822 -7.4%
660 Maniwa City Okayama 40,778 -7.4%
661 Taku City Saga 17,604 -7.4%
662 Saiki City Oita 64,450 -7.4%
663 Mutsu City Aomori 51,606 -7.5%
664 Kurihara City Miyagi 60,518 -7.5%
665 Nikaho City Akita 22,075 -7.5%
666 Rikuzentakata City Iwate 17,226 -7.6%
667 Ninohe City Iwate 24,157 -7.6%
668 Kyotango City Kyoto 50,042 -7.6%
669 Naruto City Tokushima 53,240 -7.6%
670 Aki City Kochi 15,555 -7.6%
671 Wakkanai City Hokkaido 30,336 -7.7%
672 Itoigawa City Niigata 38,041 -7.7%
673 Uonuma City Niigata 32,522 -7.7%
674 Koshu City Yamanashi 29,079 -7.7%
675 Aso City Kumamoto 24,170 -7.7%
676 Kaminoyama City Yamagata 27,584 -7.8%
677 Hitachiomiya City Ibaraki 37,861 -7.8%
678 Namegata City Ibaraki 31,505 -7.8%
679 Kumano City Mie 14,981 -7.8%
680 Shiso City Hyogo 33,749 -7.8%
681 Unnan City Shimane 34,426 -7.8%
682 Furano City Hokkaido 19,624 -7.9%
683 Ichinoseki City Iwate 105,505 -7.9%
684 Nihonmatsu City Fukushima 50,358 -7.9%
685 Isumi City Chiba 34,705 -7.9%
686 Goto City Nagasaki 33,739 -7.9%
687 Bungoono City Oita 31,998 -7.9%
688 Nishinomote City Kagoshima 14,095 -7.9%
689 Nasukarasuyama City Tochigi 23,482 -8.0%
690 Murakami City Niigata 53,492 -8.0%
691 Mima City Tokushima 26,264 -8.0%
692 Ozu City Ehime 39,040 -8.0%
693 Hirado City Nagasaki 27,908 -8.0%
694 Iki City Nagasaki 23,736 -8.0%
695 Bizen City Okayama 30,816 -8.1%
696 Monbetsu City Hokkaido 19,760 -8.2%
697 Sakuragawa City Ibaraki 37,635 -8.2%
698 Minamiboso City Chiba 34,066 -8.2%
699 Katsuyama City Fukui 21,056 -8.2%
700 Nagato City Yamaguchi 30,207 -8.2%

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.