Population change (5-year census) ranking

All municipalities · highest first · FY2024 (1739)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
1001 Kashima City Saga 27,242 -6.0%
1002 Nichinan City Miyazaki 48,198 -6.0%
1003 Iwamizawa City Hokkaido 74,204 -6.1%
1004 Nayoro City Hokkaido 24,742 -6.1%
1005 Biei Town Hokkaido 9,283 -6.1%
1006 Sobetsu Town Hokkaido 2,313 -6.1%
1007 Ashoro Town Hokkaido 5,952 -6.1%
1008 Chichibu City Saitama 57,212 -6.1%
1009 Kashiwazaki City Niigata 76,217 -6.1%
1010 Yahiko Village Niigata 7,534 -6.1%
1011 Hakui City Ishikawa 19,585 -6.1%
1012 Tatsuno Town Nagano 18,009 -6.1%
1013 Kijimadaira Village Nagano 4,237 -6.1%
1014 Shirakawa Village Gifu 1,470 -6.1%
1015 Kinokawa City Wakayama 58,920 -6.1%
1016 Hirogawa Town Wakayama 6,403 -6.1%
1017 Shinjiyo Village Okayama 793 -6.1%
1018 Kagamino Town Okayama 12,017 -6.1%
1019 Kure City Hiroshima 201,242 -6.1%
1020 Kitahiroshima Town Hiroshima 16,953 -6.1%
1021 Tosa Town Kochi 3,488 -6.1%
1022 Ino Town Kochi 20,829 -6.1%
1023 Ichikikushikino City Kagoshima 25,808 -6.1%
1024 Date City Hokkaido 31,208 -6.2%
1025 Daisen City Akita 73,794 -6.2%
1026 Annaka City Gunma 53,790 -6.2%
1027 Itakura Town Gunma 13,461 -6.2%
1028 Ichikawamisato Town Yamanashi 14,434 -6.2%
1029 Asuka Village Nara 5,049 -6.2%
1030 Yazu Town Tottori 15,488 -6.2%
1031 Yasugi City Shimane 35,112 -6.2%
1032 Gotsu City Shimane 21,202 -6.2%
1033 Kawara Town Fukuoka 9,962 -6.2%
1034 Yamaga City Kumamoto 48,002 -6.2%
1035 Usa City Oita 51,972 -6.2%
1036 Kunitomi Town Miyazaki 18,243 -6.2%
1037 Kitadaito Village Okinawa 544 -6.2%
1038 Yokoze Town Saitama 7,601 -6.3%
1039 Agano City Niigata 39,165 -6.3%
1040 Minamiuonuma City Niigata 52,376 -6.3%
1041 Takasu Town Hokkaido 6,463 -6.4%
1042 Otsuchi Town Iwate 10,492 -6.4%
1043 Mutsuzawa Town Chiba 6,549 -6.4%
1044 Yugawara Town Kanagawa 23,183 -6.4%
1045 Ide Town Kyoto 6,958 -6.4%
1046 Fukuchi Town Fukuoka 20,888 -6.4%
1047 Kijo Town Miyazaki 4,710 -6.4%
1048 Noboribetsu City Hokkaido 43,615 -6.5%
1049 Yurihonjo City Akita 70,409 -6.5%
1050 Takahagi City Ibaraki 25,769 -6.5%

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.