Population change (5-year census) ranking

Towns · highest first · FY2024 (742)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
201 Ichikai Town Tochigi 11,073 -3.9%
202 Nasu Town Tochigi 23,697 -3.9%
203 Nakai Town Kanagawa 8,901 -3.9%
204 Toyosato Town Shiga 7,117 -3.9%
205 Kumano Town Hiroshima 23,475 -3.9%
206 Ayagawa Town Kagawa 22,906 -3.9%
207 Tadotsu Town Kagawa 21,813 -3.9%
208 Fujisaki Town Aomori 14,300 -4.0%
209 Chiyoda Town Gunma 10,848 -4.0%
210 Hokuei Town Tottori 14,127 -4.0%
211 Waki Town Yamaguchi 5,695 -4.0%
212 Hasami Town Nagasaki 14,111 -4.0%
213 Ikeda Town Gifu 22,461 -4.1%
214 Matsushige Town Tokushima 14,356 -4.1%
215 Shibetsu Town Hokkaido 4,798 -4.2%
216 Hakone Town Kanagawa 10,835 -4.2%
217 Tarui Town Gifu 25,746 -4.2%
218 Hino Town Shiga 20,702 -4.2%
219 Tadaoka Town Osaka 16,317 -4.2%
220 Aridagawa Town Wakayama 24,954 -4.2%
221 Nagayo Town Nagasaki 39,479 -4.2%
222 Gyokuto Town Kumamoto 5,158 -4.2%
223 Inami Town Wakayama 7,636 -4.3%
224 Kamifurano Town Hokkaido 9,706 -4.4%
225 Ujitawara Town Kyoto 8,688 -4.4%
226 Nishiki Town Kumamoto 10,033 -4.4%
227 Kadogawa Town Miyazaki 16,989 -4.4%
228 Yamanobe Town Yamagata 13,344 -4.5%
229 Yachiyo Town Ibaraki 21,082 -4.5%
230 Higashikushira Town Kagoshima 6,361 -4.5%
231 Shihoro Town Hokkaido 5,690 -4.6%
232 Ibaraki Town Ibaraki 30,523 -4.6%
233 Eiheiji Town Fukui 17,644 -4.6%
234 Mihama Town Aichi 20,560 -4.6%
235 Heguri Town Nara 18,142 -4.6%
236 Keisen Town Fukuoka 12,738 -4.6%
237 Yoshika Town Shimane 5,571 -4.7%
238 Ashiya Town Fukuoka 12,728 -4.7%
239 Shintomi Town Miyazaki 16,480 -4.7%
240 Tsuno Town Miyazaki 10,018 -4.7%
241 Matsukawa Town Nagano 12,445 -4.8%
242 Oyama Town Shizuoka 16,975 -4.8%
243 Kawatana Town Nagasaki 12,948 -4.9%
244 Shikaoi Town Hokkaido 4,928 -5.0%
245 Toyokoro Town Hokkaido 2,878 -5.0%
246 Yorii Town Saitama 31,675 -5.0%
247 Mizuho Town Tokyo 32,013 -5.0%
248 Oi Town Fukui 7,681 -5.0%
249 Genkai Town Saga 4,825 -5.0%
250 Shintotsukawa Town Hokkaido 6,229 -5.1%

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.