Population change (5-year census) ranking

Towns · highest first · FY2024 (742)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
401 Chikujo Town Fukuoka 16,434 -7.5%
402 Tara Town Saga 7,874 -7.5%
403 Hikawa Town Kumamoto 10,742 -7.5%
404 China Town Kagoshima 5,383 -7.5%
405 Matsushima Town Miyagi 12,885 -7.6%
406 Kami Town Miyagi 20,970 -7.6%
407 Kawanishi Town Yamagata 13,385 -7.6%
408 Aizubange Town Fukushima 14,217 -7.6%
409 Shirako Town Chiba 10,376 -7.6%
410 Komi Town Nagano 4,196 -7.6%
411 Minamiizu Town Shizuoka 7,340 -7.6%
412 Mihama Town Mie 7,809 -7.6%
413 Kyogoku Town Hokkaido 2,776 -7.7%
414 Nanporo Town Hokkaido 7,933 -7.7%
415 Urakawa Town Hokkaido 11,231 -7.7%
416 Kumenan Town Okayama 4,290 -7.7%
417 Amagi Town Kagoshima 5,461 -7.7%
418 Engaru Town Hokkaido 17,646 -7.8%
419 Hiraizumi Town Iwate 6,734 -7.8%
420 Ishikawa Town Fukushima 13,654 -7.8%
421 Kotohira Town Kagawa 8,140 -7.8%
422 Tobetsu Town Hokkaido 15,113 -7.9%
423 Bihoro Town Hokkaido 17,329 -7.9%
424 Ozora Town Hokkaido 6,441 -7.9%
425 Wakuya Town Miyagi 14,249 -7.9%
426 Goka Town Ibaraki 7,933 -7.9%
427 Tagami Town Niigata 10,581 -7.9%
428 Kiho Town Mie 10,120 -7.9%
429 Nishinoshima Town Shimane 2,495 -7.9%
430 Shiroishi Town Saga 21,010 -7.9%
431 Hinokage Town Miyazaki 3,419 -7.9%
432 Wadomari Town Kagoshima 5,975 -7.9%
433 Kiyosato Town Hokkaido 3,622 -8.0%
434 Gonohe Town Aomori 15,285 -8.0%
435 Naganohara Town Gunma 5,082 -8.0%
436 Hodatsushimizu Town Ishikawa 11,822 -8.0%
437 Yosano Town Kyoto 19,402 -8.0%
438 Okinoshima Town Shimane 13,036 -8.0%
439 Yura Town Wakayama 5,035 -8.1%
440 Reihoku Town Kumamoto 6,222 -8.1%
441 Kikai Town Kagoshima 6,307 -8.1%
442 Yoichi Town Hokkaido 16,954 -8.2%
443 Nanbu Town Aomori 16,185 -8.2%
444 Hachirogata Town Akita 5,176 -8.2%
445 Misato Town Akita 17,444 -8.2%
446 Asakawa Town Fukushima 5,782 -8.2%
447 Minano Town Saitama 8,878 -8.2%
448 Ikeda Town Fukui 2,186 -8.2%
449 Wakasa Town Fukui 13,354 -8.2%
450 Mihama Town Wakayama 6,324 -8.2%

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.