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Largest cities in Japan

Tokyo, Japan has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 14,077,552 people (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）, 2026-01-01).

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Japan cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-19

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Tokyo, Japan14,077,552 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-01-01
2Yokohama, Japan3,753,315 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
3Osaka, Japan2,798,782 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
4Nagoya, Japan2,303,004 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
5Sapporo, Japan1,955,678 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
6Fukuoka, Japan1,620,853 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
7Kawasaki, Japan1,542,534 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
8Kobe, Japan1,493,543 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
9Kyoto, Japan1,369,750 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
10Saitama, Japan1,355,984 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
11Hiroshima, Japan1,167,911 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
12Sendai, Japan1,063,198 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
13Chiba, Japan986,605 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
14世田谷区, Japan943,664 people2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-10-01
15Kitakyushu, Japan913,577 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
16Sakai, Japan809,032 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
17Hamamatsu, Japan778,346 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
18Niigata, Japan755,462 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
19練馬区, Japan752,608 people2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-10-01
20大田区, Japan748,081 people2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-10-01
21Kumamoto, Japan728,700 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
22Sagamihara, Japan714,436 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
23江戸川区, Japan697,932 people2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-10-01
24足立区, Japan695,043 people2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-10-01
25Okayama, Japan692,769 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
26Shizuoka, Japan667,503 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
27船橋市, Japan649,393 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
28Kawaguchi, Japan608,515 people2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2026-01-01
29浜松市中央区（再編後）, Japan607,645 people2026-08-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
30杉並区, Japan591,108 people2026-07-16
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-10-01

What the numbers say

  • Tokyo, Japan leads at 14,077,552 people.
  • 杉並区, Japan sits at the other end with 591,108 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 913,577 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 13,486,444 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Japan show?

Tokyo, Japan has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 14,077,552 people (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）, 2026-01-01).

How this list is built

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.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: city, municipality
Observation period
2020-10-01 to 2026-01-01
Last checked
2026-09-19
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 19). Largest cities in Japan [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8e542e5a53bd4242d33bc712bb88a608]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/japan-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-19. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-japan_7b7e4a15cec7,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Japan},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-19},
  version = {8e542e5a53bd4242d33bc712bb88a608},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/japan-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-19. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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[Largest cities in Japan](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/japan-largest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 8e542e5a53bd4242d33bc712bb88a608; retrieved 2026-09-19; built 2026-09-19.

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Sources

  1. 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）東京都統計局 (Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Statistics) · Checked 2026-09-19
  2. Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey — Total, 1 January 2026Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications · Checked 2026-09-11
  3. 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年度総務省統計局 (Statistics Bureau of Japan), e-Stat · Checked 2026-09-19
  4. Japan 2020 Census municipality population tableStatistics Bureau of Japan / e-Stat · Checked 2026-07-16
  5. Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and CommunicationsStatistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications · Checked 2026-08-04