Population change (5-year census) ranking

All municipalities · highest first · FY2024 (1739)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
801 Hokota City Ibaraki 46,537 -4.6%
802 Ibaraki Town Ibaraki 30,523 -4.6%
803 Tomioka City Gunma 45,172 -4.6%
804 Kawaba Village Gunma 2,973 -4.6%
805 Yachimata City Chiba 66,631 -4.6%
806 Yokosuka City Kanagawa 379,041 -4.6%
807 Sanjo City Niigata 91,178 -4.6%
808 Awashimaura Village Niigata 312 -4.6%
809 Eiheiji Town Fukui 17,644 -4.6%
810 Mihama Town Aichi 20,560 -4.6%
811 Nantan City Kyoto 29,531 -4.6%
812 Tondabayashi City Osaka 105,715 -4.6%
813 Awaji City Hyogo 41,364 -4.6%
814 Heguri Town Nara 18,142 -4.6%
815 Iyo City Ehime 35,173 -4.6%
816 Tagawa City Fukuoka 44,839 -4.6%
817 Keisen Town Fukuoka 12,738 -4.6%
818 Shimabara City Nagasaki 42,044 -4.6%
819 Uki City Kumamoto 56,356 -4.6%
820 Kitami City Hokkaido 110,046 -4.7%
821 Satte City Saitama 48,801 -4.7%
822 Oyabe City Toyama 27,857 -4.7%
823 Okaya City Nagano 46,469 -4.7%
824 Urugi Village Nagano 472 -4.7%
825 Yamatotakada City Nara 61,818 -4.7%
826 Yoshika Town Shimane 5,571 -4.7%
827 Shimanto City Kochi 31,424 -4.7%
828 Ashiya Town Fukuoka 12,728 -4.7%
829 Imari City Saga 51,664 -4.7%
830 Nagasaki City Nagasaki 390,551 -4.7%
831 Shintomi Town Miyazaki 16,480 -4.7%
832 Tsuno Town Miyazaki 10,018 -4.7%
833 Towada City Aomori 57,361 -4.8%
834 Hirakawa City Aomori 29,353 -4.8%
835 Ishinomaki City Miyagi 132,447 -4.8%
836 Matsukawa Town Nagano 12,445 -4.8%
837 Oyama Town Shizuoka 16,975 -4.8%
838 Tahara City Aichi 58,270 -4.8%
839 Kaizuka City Osaka 81,420 -4.8%
840 Sakaide City Kagawa 49,575 -4.8%
841 Tosa City Kochi 25,646 -4.8%
842 Sasebo City Nagasaki 233,507 -4.8%
843 Arao City Kumamoto 49,036 -4.8%
844 Iwaki City Fukushima 303,171 -4.9%
845 Kasumigaura City Ibaraki 39,893 -4.9%
846 Shibukawa City Gunma 72,090 -4.9%
847 Tateyama City Chiba 43,554 -4.9%
848 Yamanashi City Yamanashi 32,710 -4.9%
849 Minamimaki Village Nagano 2,977 -4.9%
850 Kawachinagano City Osaka 97,912 -4.9%

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.