Population change (5-year census) ranking

Towns · highest first · FY2024 (742)

Population change between the two most recent national censuses.

#MunicipalityPrefecturePopulationPopulation change
1 Naraha Town Fukushima 6,409 +280.5%
2 Tomioka Town Fukushima 11,316 +100.0%
3 Okuma Town Fukushima 9,944 +100.0%
4 Namie Town Fukushima 14,632 +100.0%
5 Hirono Town Fukushima 4,531 +25.3%
6 Hisayama Town Fukuoka 9,410 +10.2%
7 Shingu Town Fukuoka 32,979 +8.5%
8 Namegawa Town Saitama 19,757 +8.3%
9 Kanda Town Fukuoka 37,553 +7.8%
10 Haebaru Town Okinawa 41,330 +7.8%
11 Kaisei Town Kanagawa 18,566 +7.7%
12 Kota Town Aichi 42,023 +7.3%
13 Showa Town Yamanashi 21,387 +7.2%
14 Yonabaru Town Okinawa 19,920 +7.0%
15 Yaese Town Okinawa 33,255 +6.5%
16 Kasuya Town Fukuoka 48,723 +6.2%
17 Kikuyo Town Kumamoto 43,761 +5.7%
18 Kashima Town Kumamoto 10,254 +5.4%
19 Ozu Town Kumamoto 36,343 +5.2%
20 Ginan Town Gifu 26,366 +5.1%
21 Oyamazaki Town Kyoto 16,633 +5.1%
22 Sue Town Fukuoka 29,307 +5.0%
23 Oharu Town Aichi 33,566 +4.5%
24 Oguchi Town Aichi 24,004 +4.4%
25 Asahi Town Mie 11,107 +4.4%
26 Oji Town Nara 23,694 +4.4%
27 Yoshioka Town Gunma 22,643 +3.4%
28 Kaita Town Hiroshima 30,810 +3.4%
29 Shimamoto Town Osaka 32,247 +3.1%
30 Fujikawaguchiko Town Yamanashi 27,115 +3.0%
31 Toyoyama Town Aichi 15,984 +2.9%
32 Hayakawa Town Yamanashi 859 +2.8%
33 Higashikawa Town Hokkaido 8,673 +2.5%
34 Taketoyo Town Aichi 43,399 +2.5%
35 Kawagoe Town Mie 15,745 +2.5%
36 Shime Town Fukuoka 46,379 +2.5%
37 Tachiarai Town Fukuoka 16,121 +2.5%
38 Miyota Town Nagano 16,770 +2.4%
39 Nagaizumi Town Shizuoka 43,705 +2.4%
40 Togo Town Aichi 43,928 +2.4%
41 Niseko Town Hokkaido 5,551 +2.3%
42 Agui Town Aichi 28,083 +2.3%
43 Oizumi Town Gunma 41,653 +2.2%
44 Ami Town Ibaraki 49,643 +2.1%
45 Saza Town Nagasaki 13,912 +2.1%
46 Taiwa Town Miyagi 27,861 +1.9%
47 Hayashima Town Okayama 12,748 +1.8%
48 Aizumi Town Tokushima 35,320 +1.8%
49 Toin Town Mie 25,737 +1.7%
50 Seiro Town Niigata 13,986 +1.6%

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.