Japan: population

administrative units population
1920  1930  1940  1950  1960  1970  1980  1990  2000 
source: Statistics Bureau, Management and Coordination Agency, Japan.
c = census, e = estimate, a = administrative, p = projection.
Hokkaido 2,359,000 2,812,000 3,273,000 4,296,000 5,039,000 5,184,000 5,576,000 5,644,000 5,683,000
Aomori 756,000 880,000 1,001,000 1,283,000 1,427,000 1,428,000 1,524,000 1,483,000 1,476,000
Iwate 846,000 976,000 1,096,000 1,347,000 1,449,000 1,371,000 1,422,000 1,417,000 1,416,000
Miyagi 962,000 1,143,000 1,271,000 1,663,000 1,743,000 1,819,000 2,082,000 2,249,000 2,365,000
Akita 899,000 988,000 1,052,000 1,309,000 1,336,000 1,241,000 1,257,000 1,227,000 1,189,000
Yamagata 969,000 1,080,000 1,119,000 1,357,000 1,321,000 1,226,000 1,252,000 1,258,000 1,244,000
Fukushima 1,363,000 1,508,000 1,626,000 2,062,000 2,051,000 1,946,000 2,035,000 2,104,000 2,127,000
Ibaraki 1,350,000 1,487,000 1,620,000 2,039,000 2,047,000 2,144,000 2,558,000 2,845,000 2,985,000
Tochigi 1,046,000 1,142,000 1,207,000 1,550,000 1,514,000 1,580,000 1,792,000 1,935,000 2,005,000
Gumma 1,053,000 1,186,000 1,299,000 1,601,000 1,578,000 1,659,000 1,849,000 1,966,000 2,025,000
Saitama 1,320,000 1,459,000 1,608,000 2,146,000 2,431,000 3,866,000 5,420,000 6,405,000 6,938,000
Chiba 1,336,000 1,470,000 1,588,000 2,139,000 2,306,000 3,367,000 4,735,000 5,555,000 5,926,000
Tokyo 3,699,000 5,409,000 7,355,000 6,278,000 9,684,000 11,408,000 11,618,000 11,856,000 12,059,000
Kanagawa 1,323,000 1,620,000 2,189,000 2,488,000 3,443,000 5,472,000 6,924,000 7,980,000 8,490,000
Niigata 1,776,000 1,933,000 2,064,000 2,461,000 2,442,000 2,361,000 2,451,000 2,475,000 2,476,000
Toyama 724,000 779,000 823,000 1,009,000 1,033,000 1,030,000 1,103,000 1,120,000 1,121,000
Ishikawa 747,000 757,000 758,000 957,000 973,000 1,002,000 1,119,000 1,165,000 1,181,000
Fukui 599,000 618,000 644,000 752,000 753,000 744,000 794,000 824,000 829,000
Yamanashi 583,000 631,000 663,000 811,000 782,000 762,000 804,000 853,000 888,000
Nagano 1,563,000 1,717,000 1,711,000 2,061,000 1,982,000 1,957,000 2,084,000 2,157,000 2,214,000
Gifu 1,070,000 1,178,000 1,265,000 1,545,000 1,638,000 1,759,000 1,960,000 2,067,000 2,108,000
Shizuoka 1,550,000 1,798,000 2,018,000 2,471,000 2,756,000 3,090,000 3,447,000 3,671,000 3,767,000
Aichi 2,090,000 2,567,000 3,167,000 3,391,000 4,206,000 5,386,000 6,222,000 6,691,000 7,043,000
Mie 1,069,000 1,157,000 1,199,000 1,461,000 1,485,000 1,543,000 1,687,000 1,793,000 1,857,000
Shiga 651,000 692,000 704,000 861,000 843,000 890,000 1,080,000 1,222,000 1,343,000
Kyoto 1,287,000 1,553,000 1,730,000 1,833,000 1,993,000 2,250,000 2,527,000 2,602,000 2,644,000
Osaka 2,588,000 3,540,000 4,793,000 3,857,000 5,505,000 7,620,000 8,473,000 8,735,000 8,805,000
Hyogo 2,302,000 2,646,000 3,221,000 3,310,000 3,906,000 4,668,000 5,145,000 5,405,000 5,551,000
Nara 565,000 596,000 621,000 764,000 781,000 930,000 1,209,000 1,375,000 1,443,000
Wakayama 750,000 831,000 865,000 982,000 1,002,000 1,043,000 1,087,000 1,074,000 1,070,000
Tottori 455,000 489,000 484,000 600,000 599,000 569,000 604,000 616,000 613,000
Shimane 715,000 740,000 741,000 913,000 889,000 774,000 785,000 781,000 761,000
Okayama 1,218,000 1,284,000 1,329,000 1,661,000 1,670,000 1,707,000 1,871,000 1,926,000 1,951,000
Hiroshima 1,542,000 1,692,000 1,870,000 2,082,000 2,184,000 2,436,000 2,739,000 2,850,000 2,879,000
Yamaguchi 1,041,000 1,136,000 1,294,000 1,541,000 1,602,000 1,511,000 1,587,000 1,573,000 1,528,000
Tokushima 670,000 717,000 719,000 879,000 847,000 791,000 825,000 832,000 824,000
Kagawa 678,000 733,000 730,000 946,000 919,000 908,000 1,000,000 1,023,000 1,023,000
Ehime 1,047,000 1,142,000 1,179,000 1,522,000 1,501,000 1,418,000 1,507,000 1,515,000 1,493,000
Kochi 671,000 718,000 709,000 874,000 855,000 787,000 831,000 825,000 814,000
Fukuoka 2,188,000 2,527,000 3,094,000 3,530,000 4,007,000 4,027,000 4,553,000 4,811,000 5,016,000
Saga 674,000 692,000 702,000 945,000 943,000 838,000 866,000 878,000 877,000
Nagasaki 1,136,000 1,233,000 1,370,000 1,645,000 1,760,000 1,570,000 1,591,000 1,563,000 1,517,000
Kumamoto 1,233,000 1,354,000 1,368,000 1,828,000 1,856,000 1,700,000 1,790,000 1,840,000 1,859,000
Oita 860,000 946,000 973,000 1,253,000 1,240,000 1,156,000 1,229,000 1,237,000 1,221,000
Miyazaki 651,000 760,000 840,000 1,091,000 1,135,000 1,051,000 1,152,000 1,169,000 1,170,000
Kagoshima 1,416,000 1,557,000 1,589,000 1,804,000 1,963,000 1,729,000 1,785,000 1,798,000 1,786,000
Okinawa 572,000 578,000 575,000 915,000 883,000 945,000 1,107,000 1,222,000 1,318,000
total 55,963,000 64,450,000 73,114,000 83,200,000 93,419,000 103,720,000 117,060,000 123,611,000 126,919,000