Population change (5-year census) ranking

All municipalities · highest first · FY2024 (1739)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
1301 Kama City Fukuoka 34,143 -8.4%
1302 Kotake Town Fukuoka 6,890 -8.4%
1303 Saikai City Nagasaki 24,973 -8.4%
1304 Amakusa City Kumamoto 71,920 -8.4%
1305 Kunisaki City Oita 25,074 -8.4%
1306 Abashiri City Hokkaido 32,199 -8.5%
1307 Nemuro City Hokkaido 22,468 -8.5%
1308 Fukagawa City Hokkaido 18,329 -8.5%
1309 Ikeda Town Hokkaido 5,906 -8.5%
1310 Noheji Town Aomori 11,855 -8.5%
1311 Tohoku Town Aomori 16,005 -8.5%
1312 Ogawa Town Saitama 27,448 -8.5%
1313 Myoko City Niigata 29,514 -8.5%
1314 Shima City Mie 44,110 -8.5%
1315 Yawatahama City Ehime 30,019 -8.5%
1316 Uchiko Town Ehime 14,708 -8.5%
1317 Kuroshio Town Kochi 9,855 -8.5%
1318 Ubuyama Village Kumamoto 1,361 -8.5%
1319 Takamori Town Kumamoto 5,823 -8.5%
1320 Shinshinotsu Village Hokkaido 2,730 -8.6%
1321 Numata Town Hokkaido 2,798 -8.6%
1322 Shiraoi Town Hokkaido 15,095 -8.6%
1323 Shirosato Town Ibaraki 17,708 -8.6%
1324 Uenohara City Yamanashi 21,208 -8.6%
1325 Shinano Town Nagano 7,560 -8.6%
1326 Ine Town Kyoto 1,861 -8.6%
1327 Uwajima City Ehime 66,981 -8.6%
1328 Tano Town Kochi 2,419 -8.6%
1329 Otaru City Hokkaido 104,432 -8.7%
1330 Kuriyama Town Hokkaido 10,653 -8.7%
1331 Ofunato City Iwate 32,059 -8.7%
1332 Noshiro City Akita 47,247 -8.7%
1333 Tamura City Fukushima 32,982 -8.7%
1334 Nakanojiyo Town Gunma 14,326 -8.7%
1335 Kamo City Niigata 24,079 -8.7%
1336 Sakuho Town Nagano 10,179 -8.7%
1337 Yamanochi Town Nagano 11,229 -8.7%
1338 Hida City Gifu 21,674 -8.7%
1339 Chihayaakasaka Village Osaka 4,687 -8.7%
1340 Ichikawa Town Hyogo 10,660 -8.7%
1341 Motoyama Town Kochi 3,125 -8.7%
1342 Tsuno Town Kochi 5,184 -8.7%
1343 Mihara Village Kochi 1,355 -8.7%
1344 Matsura City Nagasaki 20,439 -8.7%
1345 Takachiho Town Miyazaki 10,805 -8.7%
1346 Rikubetsu Town Hokkaido 2,120 -8.8%
1347 Hachimantai City Iwate 23,179 -8.8%
1348 Murayama City Yamagata 21,299 -8.8%
1349 Inashiki City Ibaraki 37,012 -8.8%
1350 Shika Town Ishikawa 17,609 -8.8%

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.