Population change (5-year census) ranking

Towns · highest first · FY2024 (742)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
151 Memuro Town Hokkaido 17,773 -2.4%
152 Kasamatsu Town Gifu 21,829 -2.4%
153 Inami Town Hyogo 30,491 -2.4%
154 Itano Town Tokushima 12,812 -2.4%
155 Ranzan Town Saitama 17,328 -2.5%
156 Takahama Town Fukui 9,544 -2.5%
157 Tamaki Town Mie 15,035 -2.5%
158 Oki Town Fukuoka 13,653 -2.5%
159 Otofuke Town Hokkaido 42,683 -2.7%
160 Kamikawa Town Saitama 12,759 -2.7%
161 Anpachi Town Gifu 14,456 -2.7%
162 Kanan Town Osaka 14,556 -2.7%
163 Shichigahama Town Miyagi 17,553 -2.8%
164 Hinode Town Tokyo 16,061 -2.8%
165 Fujimi Town Nagano 14,107 -2.8%
166 Koge Town Fukuoka 7,142 -2.8%
167 Ninomiya Town Kanagawa 27,415 -2.9%
168 Ando Town Nara 6,975 -2.9%
169 Miki Town Kagawa 26,877 -2.9%
170 Matsuda Town Kanagawa 10,419 -3.0%
171 Yurihama Town Tottori 16,219 -3.0%
172 Ishii Town Tokushima 24,567 -3.0%
173 Mizumaki Town Fukuoka 27,531 -3.0%
174 Horonobe Town Hokkaido 2,042 -3.1%
175 Nakashibetsu Town Hokkaido 22,257 -3.2%
176 Shibata Town Miyagi 36,331 -3.2%
177 Wanochi Town Gifu 9,086 -3.2%
178 Oto Town Fukuoka 5,037 -3.2%
179 Kawakita Town Ishikawa 6,041 -3.3%
180 Kawabe Town Gifu 9,761 -3.3%
181 Mitake Town Gifu 17,523 -3.3%
182 Nagasu Town Kumamoto 15,220 -3.3%
183 Mashiki Town Kumamoto 34,107 -3.3%
184 Ora Town Gunma 25,558 -3.4%
185 Misato Town Miyagi 22,826 -3.5%
186 Yuzawa Town Niigata 8,268 -3.5%
187 Kumiyama Town Kyoto 15,231 -3.5%
188 Isen Town Kagoshima 6,132 -3.5%
189 Sugito Town Saitama 43,562 -3.6%
190 Godo Town Gifu 18,210 -3.6%
191 Tobe Town Ehime 20,190 -3.6%
192 Makubetsu Town Hokkaido 25,269 -3.7%
193 Kushiro Town Hokkaido 18,380 -3.7%
194 Kawanishi Town Nara 7,986 -3.7%
195 Ama Town Shimane 2,209 -3.7%
196 Hashikami Town Aomori 12,562 -3.8%
197 Shinchi Town Fukushima 7,445 -3.8%
198 Inagawa Town Hyogo 28,644 -3.8%
199 Hoki Town Tottori 10,145 -3.8%
200 Kin Town Okinawa 11,481 -3.8%

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.