Population change (5-year census) ranking

Cities · highest first · FY2024 (792)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
701 Hitoyoshi City Kumamoto 29,742 -8.2%
702 Himi City Toyama 42,167 -8.4%
703 Niimi City Okayama 25,939 -8.4%
704 Kama City Fukuoka 34,143 -8.4%
705 Saikai City Nagasaki 24,973 -8.4%
706 Amakusa City Kumamoto 71,920 -8.4%
707 Kunisaki City Oita 25,074 -8.4%
708 Abashiri City Hokkaido 32,199 -8.5%
709 Nemuro City Hokkaido 22,468 -8.5%
710 Fukagawa City Hokkaido 18,329 -8.5%
711 Myoko City Niigata 29,514 -8.5%
712 Shima City Mie 44,110 -8.5%
713 Yawatahama City Ehime 30,019 -8.5%
714 Uenohara City Yamanashi 21,208 -8.6%
715 Uwajima City Ehime 66,981 -8.6%
716 Otaru City Hokkaido 104,432 -8.7%
717 Ofunato City Iwate 32,059 -8.7%
718 Noshiro City Akita 47,247 -8.7%
719 Tamura City Fukushima 32,982 -8.7%
720 Kamo City Niigata 24,079 -8.7%
721 Hida City Gifu 21,674 -8.7%
722 Matsura City Nagasaki 20,439 -8.7%
723 Hachimantai City Iwate 23,179 -8.8%
724 Murayama City Yamagata 21,299 -8.8%
725 Inashiki City Ibaraki 37,012 -8.8%
726 Isa City Kagoshima 22,748 -8.8%
727 Iiyama City Nagano 18,812 -8.9%
728 Atami City Shizuoka 33,290 -8.9%
729 Yabu City Hyogo 21,005 -8.9%
730 Kasaoka City Okayama 44,030 -8.9%
731 Higashikagawa City Kagawa 27,353 -8.9%
732 Susaki City Kochi 19,325 -8.9%
733 So City Kagoshima 32,185 -8.9%
734 Sukumo City Kochi 18,394 -9.0%
735 Minamishimabara City Nagasaki 40,640 -9.0%
736 Kamiamakusa City Kumamoto 23,592 -9.0%
737 Taketa City Oita 18,917 -9.0%
738 Minamikyushu City Kagoshima 31,457 -9.0%
739 Kitaakita City Akita 27,834 -9.1%
740 Nanao City Ishikawa 46,500 -9.1%
741 Miyazu City Kyoto 15,966 -9.1%
742 Shobara City Hiroshima 31,198 -9.1%
743 Seiyo City Ehime 33,721 -9.1%
744 Makurazaki City Kagoshima 18,898 -9.1%
745 Akune City Kagoshima 18,147 -9.1%
746 Kazuno City Akita 27,069 -9.2%
747 Takehara City Hiroshima 22,557 -9.2%
748 Choshi City Chiba 53,986 -9.3%
749 Tokamachi City Niigata 47,124 -9.3%
750 Kitakata City Fukushima 43,519 -9.4%

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.