Population change (5-year census) ranking

All municipalities · highest first · FY2024 (1739)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
401 Gifu City Gifu 399,127 -1.0%
402 Ogaki City Gifu 156,912 -1.0%
403 Seto City Aichi 126,274 -1.0%
404 Himeji City Hyogo 523,181 -1.0%
405 Koga City Ibaraki 139,812 -1.1%
406 Joso City Ibaraki 60,596 -1.1%
407 Konosu City Saitama 117,564 -1.1%
408 Kuki City Saitama 150,976 -1.1%
409 Toyama City Toyama 403,757 -1.1%
410 Echizen City Fukui 80,418 -1.1%
411 Azumino City Nagano 95,868 -1.1%
412 Taga Town Shiga 7,346 -1.1%
413 Naoshima Town Kagawa 2,896 -1.1%
414 Hirokawa Town Fukuoka 19,141 -1.1%
415 Kagoshima City Kagoshima 591,263 -1.1%
416 Minamisanriku Town Miyagi 11,498 -1.2%
417 Mibu Town Tochigi 38,140 -1.2%
418 Maebashi City Gunma 329,120 -1.2%
419 Higashikurume City Tokyo 116,325 -1.2%
420 Aikawa Town Kanagawa 39,377 -1.2%
421 Namerikawa City Toyama 32,489 -1.2%
422 Saku City Nagano 97,380 -1.2%
423 Fuji City Shizuoka 246,491 -1.2%
424 Kuwana City Mie 137,978 -1.2%
425 Higashiomi City Shiga 111,349 -1.2%
426 Hiji Town Oita 27,829 -1.2%
427 Kadena Town Okinawa 12,909 -1.2%
428 Kagamiishi Town Fukushima 12,356 -1.3%
429 Sakai Town Ibaraki 24,769 -1.3%
430 Kasukabe City Saitama 229,656 -1.3%
431 Hayama Town Kanagawa 31,813 -1.3%
432 Fukui City Fukui 254,029 -1.3%
433 Nagano City Nagano 362,609 -1.3%
434 Shimizu Town Shizuoka 31,637 -1.3%
435 Ikoma City Nara 116,553 -1.3%
436 Yonago City Tottori 144,056 -1.3%
437 Matsue City Shimane 194,313 -1.3%
438 Akaiwa City Okayama 42,490 -1.3%
439 Saka Town Hiroshima 12,498 -1.3%
440 Utazu Town Kagawa 18,305 -1.3%
441 Saga City Saga 226,481 -1.3%
442 Nakatsu City Oita 81,524 -1.3%
443 Shiwa Town Iwate 32,684 -1.4%
444 Iwanuma City Miyagi 43,137 -1.4%
445 Kashima City Ibaraki 65,217 -1.4%
446 Naka City Ibaraki 53,167 -1.4%
447 Takanezawa Town Tochigi 28,770 -1.4%
448 Hasuda City Saitama 61,111 -1.4%
449 Sakado City Saitama 99,632 -1.4%
450 Masaki Town Ehime 30,195 -1.4%

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.