Population change (5-year census) ranking

Towns · highest first · FY2024 (742)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
101 Onga Town Fukuoka 18,900 -0.8%
102 Higashikagura Town Hokkaido 9,775 -1.0%
103 Ogawara Town Miyagi 23,297 -1.0%
104 Shisui Town Chiba 20,095 -1.0%
105 Minowa Town Nagano 24,387 -1.0%
106 Taga Town Shiga 7,346 -1.1%
107 Naoshima Town Kagawa 2,896 -1.1%
108 Hirokawa Town Fukuoka 19,141 -1.1%
109 Minamisanriku Town Miyagi 11,498 -1.2%
110 Mibu Town Tochigi 38,140 -1.2%
111 Aikawa Town Kanagawa 39,377 -1.2%
112 Hiji Town Oita 27,829 -1.2%
113 Kadena Town Okinawa 12,909 -1.2%
114 Kagamiishi Town Fukushima 12,356 -1.3%
115 Sakai Town Ibaraki 24,769 -1.3%
116 Hayama Town Kanagawa 31,813 -1.3%
117 Shimizu Town Shizuoka 31,637 -1.3%
118 Saka Town Hiroshima 12,498 -1.3%
119 Utazu Town Kagawa 18,305 -1.3%
120 Shiwa Town Iwate 32,684 -1.4%
121 Takanezawa Town Tochigi 28,770 -1.4%
122 Masaki Town Ehime 30,195 -1.4%
123 Yoshitomi Town Fukuoka 6,512 -1.4%
124 Kiyama Town Saga 17,565 -1.4%
125 Yoron Town Kagoshima 5,062 -1.4%
126 Taketomi Town Okinawa 4,208 -1.4%
127 Nanae Town Hokkaido 27,139 -1.5%
128 Watari Town Miyagi 32,825 -1.5%
129 Haga Town Tochigi 15,377 -1.5%
130 Nogi Town Tochigi 24,869 -1.5%
131 Meiwa Town Gunma 10,751 -1.5%
132 Misato Town Saitama 10,685 -1.5%
133 Uchinada Town Ishikawa 25,662 -1.5%
134 Kumatori Town Osaka 42,544 -1.5%
135 Sango Town Nara 22,349 -1.5%
136 Kanmaki Town Nara 21,157 -1.5%
137 Mikawa Town Yamagata 7,009 -1.6%
138 Tamamura Town Gunma 35,620 -1.6%
139 Sakahogi Town Gifu 8,264 -1.6%
140 Tawaramoto Town Nara 31,379 -1.6%
141 Togitsu Town Nagasaki 29,240 -1.6%
142 Rifu Town Miyagi 35,863 -1.8%
143 Fukusaki Town Hyogo 18,573 -1.8%
144 Okagaki Town Fukuoka 31,460 -1.8%
145 Toyotomi Town Hokkaido 3,515 -2.0%
146 Takamori Town Nagano 12,606 -2.1%
147 Sho Town Okayama 10,737 -2.1%
148 Yamamoto Town Miyagi 11,427 -2.2%
149 Kanegasaki Town Iwate 15,119 -2.3%
150 Kannami Town Shizuoka 36,105 -2.3%

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.