Population change (5-year census) ranking

Cities · highest first · FY2024 (792)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
751 Gero City Gifu 28,915 -9.4%
752 Takahashi City Okayama 26,020 -9.4%
753 Tsushima City Nagasaki 27,102 -9.4%
754 Rumoi City Hokkaido 18,169 -9.5%
755 Tono City Iwate 23,930 -9.6%
756 Soma City Fukushima 32,261 -9.6%
757 Wajima City Ishikawa 20,928 -9.6%
758 Uda City Nara 26,694 -9.6%
759 Yuzawa City Akita 39,484 -9.7%
760 Ebino City Miyazaki 17,067 -9.7%
761 Owase City Mie 15,524 -9.8%
762 Toba City Mie 16,424 -9.9%
763 Gojo City Nara 26,900 -9.9%
764 Etajima City Hiroshima 20,690 -9.9%
765 Izu City Shizuoka 27,748 -10.0%
766 Hagi City Yamaguchi 41,637 -10.0%
767 Sado City Niigata 48,103 -10.1%
768 Tosashimizu City Kochi 11,591 -10.1%
769 Shibetsu City Hokkaido 16,440 -10.3%
770 Gose City Nara 23,144 -10.3%
771 Akitakata City Hiroshima 26,041 -10.3%
772 Tsukumi City Oita 14,980 -10.4%
773 Kushima City Miyazaki 16,047 -10.4%
774 Senboku City Akita 22,859 -10.6%
775 Tarumizu City Kagoshima 12,973 -11.0%
776 Miyako City Iwate 45,632 -11.1%
777 Mine City Yamaguchi 20,921 -11.1%
778 Bibai City Hokkaido 18,427 -11.4%
779 Mikasa City Hokkaido 7,268 -11.4%
780 Oga City Akita 23,355 -11.4%
781 Otsuki City Yamanashi 21,314 -11.4%
782 Suzu City Ishikawa 11,374 -11.6%
783 Obanazawa City Yamagata 13,529 -11.7%
784 Shimoda City Shizuoka 19,282 -11.9%
785 Miyoshi City Tokushima 22,225 -12.0%
786 Katsura City Chiba 15,213 -12.1%
787 Akabira City Hokkaido 8,464 -12.7%
788 Kamaishi City Iwate 28,934 -12.8%
789 Muroto City Kochi 11,273 -13.2%
790 Ashibetsu City Hokkaido 11,243 -14.5%
791 Utashinai City Hokkaido 2,584 -16.6%
792 Yubari City Hokkaido 6,107 -17.1%

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.