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# Largest cities in Japan

Japan cities ranked by their own published resident population.

- Canonical: /reports/japan-largest-cities/
- Last checked: 2026-09-19

## Answers

### Tokyo, Japan

14,077,552 people
- Source: https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/juukim/2026/jm261v0000_1.csv
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Yokohama, Japan

3,753,315 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Osaka, Japan

2,798,782 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Nagoya, Japan

2,303,004 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0000020101
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Sapporo, Japan

1,955,678 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0000020101
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Fukuoka, Japan

1,620,853 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Kawasaki, Japan

1,542,534 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Kobe, Japan

1,493,543 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0000020101
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Kyoto, Japan

1,369,750 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Saitama, Japan

1,355,984 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Hiroshima, Japan

1,167,911 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Sendai, Japan

1,063,198 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Chiba, Japan

986,605 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### 世田谷区, Japan

943,664 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032142402
- Checked: 2026-07-16

### Kitakyushu, Japan

913,577 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0000020101
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Sakai, Japan

809,032 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Hamamatsu, Japan

778,346 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Niigata, Japan

755,462 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### 練馬区, Japan

752,608 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032142402
- Checked: 2026-07-16

### 大田区, Japan

748,081 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032142402
- Checked: 2026-07-16

### Kumamoto, Japan

728,700 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Sagamihara, Japan

714,436 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### 江戸川区, Japan

697,932 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032142402
- Checked: 2026-07-16

### 足立区, Japan

695,043 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032142402
- Checked: 2026-07-16

### Okayama, Japan

692,769 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### Shizuoka, Japan

667,503 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### 船橋市, Japan

649,393 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0000020101
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Kawaguchi, Japan

608,515 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-09-11

### 浜松市中央区（再編後）, Japan

607,645 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040306672&fileKind=0
- Checked: 2026-08-04

### 杉並区, Japan

591,108 people
- Source: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032142402
- Checked: 2026-07-16

## Method

Every row is a published population observation, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2020 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

## Sources

住民基本台帳による世帯と人口　令和8年1月1日現在（東京都） — https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/juukim/2026/jm261v0000_1.csv
Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey — Total, 1 January 2026 — https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040479049&fileKind=0
e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系 市区町村データ 基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度 — https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0000020101
Japan 2020 Census municipality population table — https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?stat_infid=000032142402
Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications — https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/file-download?statInfId=000040306672&fileKind=0

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Largest cities in Japan [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 521dd7287568e54a376b4b12c6c742b9]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/japan-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-japan_7b7e4a15cec7,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Japan},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
  version = {521dd7287568e54a376b4b12c6c742b9},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/japan-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

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## Boundary

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