March 14, 2025

Population Growth & Decline of Japan’s Prefectures From 1920-2020 – Brilliant Maps

The
video
above
shows
the
rise
and
now
fall
of
Japan’s
population
by
prefecture
between
1920
and
2020.
Japan’s
population
today
is
still
125%
higher
than
it
was
a
century
ago,
but
as
is
well
known
has
started
to
decline
in
recent
years.

The
maps
and
video
are
all
the
work
of
Wikimedia
users

Monaneko
and
Pekachu
.

Here
are
the
numbers:

2000-2020

Japan's population by prefecture in 2020

2020 2015 2010 2005 2000 Growth
Nationwide 126,146,099 127,094,745 128,057,352 127,767,994 126,925,843 -0.6%
Tokyo 14,047,594 13,515,271 13,159,388 12,576,601 12,064,101 16.4%
Kanagawa
Prefecture
9,237,337 9,126,214 9,048,331 8,791,597 8,489,974 8.8%
Osaka
Prefecture
8,837,685 8,839,469 8,865,245 8,817,166 8,805,081 0.4%
Aichi
prefecture
7,542,415 7,483,128 7,410,719 7,254,704 7,043,300 7.1%
Saitama
Prefecture
7,344,765 7,266,534 7,194,556 7,054,243 6,938,006 5.9%
Chiba
Prefecture
6,284,480 6,222,666 6,216,289 6,056,462 5,926,285 6.0%
Hyogo
Prefecture
5,465,002 5,534,800 5,588,133 5,590,601 5,550,574 -1.5%
Hokkaido 5,224,614 5,381,733 5,506,419 5,627,737 5,683,062 -8.1%
Fukuoka
Prefecture
5,135,214 5,101,556 5,071,968 5,049,908 5,015,699 2.4%
Shizuoka
Prefecture
3,633,202 3,700,305 3,765,007 3,792,377 3,767,393 -3.6%
Ibaraki
Prefecture
2,867,009 2,916,976 2,969,770 2,975,167 2,985,676 -4.0%
Hiroshima
Prefecture
2,799,702 2,843,990 2,860,750 2,876,642 2,878,915 -2.8%
Kyoto
Prefecture
2,578,087 2,610,353 2,636,092 2,647,660 2,644,391 -2.5%
Miyagi
Prefecture
2,301,996 2,333,899 2,348,165 2,360,218 2,365,320 -2.7%
Niigata
Prefecture
2,201,272 2,304,264 2,374,450 2,431,459 2,475,733 -11.1%
Nagano
Prefecture
2,048,011 2,098,804 2,152,449 2,196,114 2,215,168 -7.5%
Gifu
Prefecture
1,978,742 2,031,903 2,080,773 2,107,226 2,107,700 -6.1%
Gunma
Prefecture
1,939,110 1,973,115 2,008,068 2,024,135 2,024,852 -4.2%
Tochigi
Prefecture
1,933,146 1,974,255 2,007,683 2,016,631 2,004,817 -3.6%
Okayama
Prefecture
1,888,432 1,921,525 1,945,276 1,957,264 1,950,828 -3.2%
Fukushima
Prefecture
1,833,152 1,914,039 2,029,064 2,091,319 2,126,935 -13.8%
Mie
Prefecture
1,770,254 1,815,865 1,854,724 1,866,963 1,857,339 -4.7%
Kumamoto
Prefecture
1,738,301 1,786,170 1,817,426 1,842,233 1,859,344 -6.5%
Kagoshima
Prefecture
1,588,256 1,648,177 1,706,242 1,753,179 1,786,194 -11.1%
Okinawa
Prefecture
1,467,480 1,433,566 1,392,818 1,361,594 1,318,220 11.3%
Shiga
Prefecture
1,413,610 1,412,916 1,410,777 1,380,361 1,342,832 5.3%
Yamaguchi
Prefecture
1,342,059 1,404,729 1,451,338 1,492,606 1,527,964 -12.2%
Ehime
Prefecture
1,334,841 1,385,262 1,431,493 1,467,815 1,493,092 -10.6%
Nara
Prefecture
1,324,473 1,364,316 1,400,728 1,421,310 1,442,795 -8.2%
Nagasaki
Prefecture
1,312,317 1,377,187 1,426,779 1,478,632 1,516,523 -13.5%
Aomori
Prefecture
1,237,984 1,308,265 1,373,339 1,436,657 1,475,728 -16.1%
Iwate
Prefecture
1,210,534 1,279,594 1,330,147 1,385,041 1,416,180 -14.5%
Ishikawa
Prefecture
1,132,526 1,154,008 1,169,788 1,174,026 1,180,977 -4.1%
Oita
Prefecture
1,123,852 1,166,338 1,196,529 1,209,571 1,221,140 -8.0%
Miyazaki
Prefecture
1,069,576 1,104,069 1,135,233 1,153,042 1,170,007 -8.6%
Yamagata
Prefecture
1,068,027 1,123,891 1,168,924 1,216,181 1,244,147 -14.2%
Toyama
Prefecture
1,034,814 1,066,328 1,093,247 1,111,729 1,120,851 -7.7%
Akita
Prefecture
959,502 1,023,119 1,085,997 1,145,501 1,189,279 -19.3%
Kagawa
Prefecture
950,244 976,263 995,842 1,012,400 1,022,890 -7.1%
Wakayama
Prefecture
922,584 963,579 1,002,198 1,035,969 1,069,912 -13.8%
Saga
Prefecture
811,442 832,832 849,788 866,369 876,654 -7.4%
Yamanashi
Prefecture
809,974 834,930 863,075 884,515 888,172 -8.8%
Fukui
Prefecture
766,863 786,740 806,314 821,592 828,944 -7.5%
Tokushima
Prefecture
719,559 755,733 785,491 809,950 824,108 -12.7%
Kochi
Prefecture
691,527 728,276 764,456 796,292 813,949 -15.0%
Shimane
Prefecture
671,126 694,352 717,397 742,223 761,503 -11.9%
Tottori
Prefecture
553,407 573,441 588,667 607,012 613,289 -9.8%

1975-1995

Japan's population by prefecture in 1990

1995 1990 1985 1980 1975 Growth
Nationwide 125,570,246 123,611,167 121,048,923 117,060,396 111,939,643 12.2%
Tokyo 11,773,605 11,855,563 11,829,363 11,618,281 11,673,554 0.9%
Kanagawa
Prefecture
8,245,900 7,980,391 7,431,974 6,924,348 6,397,748 28.9%
Osaka
Prefecture
8,797,268 8,734,516 8,668,095 8,473,446 8,278,925 6.3%
Aichi
prefecture
6,868,336 6,690,603 6,455,172 6,221,638 5,923,569 15.9%
Saitama
Prefecture
6,759,311 6,405,319 5,863,678 5,420,480 4,821,340 40.2%
Chiba
Prefecture
5,797,782 5,555,429 5,148,163 4,735,424 4,149,147 39.7%
Hyogo
Prefecture
5,401,877 5,405,040 5,278,050 5,144,892 4,992,140 8.2%
Hokkaido 5,692,321 5,643,647 5,679,439 5,575,989 5,338,206 6.6%
Fukuoka
Prefecture
4,933,393 4,811,050 4,719,259 4,553,461 4,292,963 14.9%
Shizuoka
Prefecture
3,737,689 3,670,840 3,574,692 3,446,804 3,308,799 13.0%
Ibaraki
Prefecture
2,955,530 2,845,382 2,725,005 2,558,007 2,342,198 26.2%
Hiroshima
Prefecture
2,881,748 2,849,847 2,819,200 2,739,161 2,646,324 8.9%
Kyoto
Prefecture
2,629,592 2,602,460 2,586,574 2,527,330 2,424,856 8.4%
Miyagi
Prefecture
2,328,739 2,248,558 2,176,295 2,082,320 1,955,267 19.1%
Niigata
Prefecture
2,488,364 2,474,583 2,478,470 2,451,357 2,391,938 4.0%
Nagano
Prefecture
2,193,984 2,156,627 2,136,927 2,083,934 2,017,564 8.7%
Gifu
Prefecture
2,100,315 2,066,569 2,028,536 1,960,107 1,867,978 12.4%
Gunma
Prefecture
2,003,540 1,966,265 1,921,259 1,848,562 1,756,480 14.1%
Tochigi
Prefecture
1,984,390 1,935,168 1,866,066 1,792,201 1,698,003 16.9%
Okayama
Prefecture
1,950,750 1,925,877 1,916,906 1,871,023 1,814,305 7.5%
Fukushima
Prefecture
2,133,592 2,104,058 2,080,304 2,035,272 1,970,616 8.3%
Mie
Prefecture
1,841,358 1,792,514 1,747,311 1,686,936 1,626,002 13.2%
Kumamoto
Prefecture
1,859,793 1,840,326 1,837,747 1,790,327 1,715,273 8.4%
Kagoshima
Prefecture
1,794,224 1,797,824 1,819,270 1,784,623 1,723,902 4.1%
Okinawa
Prefecture
1,273,440 1,222,398 1,179,097 1,106,559 1,042,572 22.1%
Shiga
Prefecture
1,287,005 1,222,411 1,155,844 1,079,898 985,621 30.6%
Yamaguchi
Prefecture
1,555,543 1,572,616 1,601,627 1,587,079 1,555,218 0.0%
Ehime
Prefecture
1,506,700 1,515,025 1,529,983 1,506,637 1,465,215 2.8%
Nara
Prefecture
1,430,862 1,375,481 1,304,866 1,209,365 1,077,491 32.8%
Nagasaki
Prefecture
1,544,934 1,562,959 1,593,968 1,590,564 1,571,912 -1.7%
Aomori
Prefecture
1,481,663 1,482,873 1,524,448 1,523,907 1,468,646 0.9%
Iwate
Prefecture
1,419,505 1,416,928 1,433,611 1,421,927 1,385,563 2.4%
Ishikawa
Prefecture
1,180,068 1,164,628 1,152,325 1,119,304 1,069,872 10.3%
Oita
Prefecture
1,231,306 1,236,942 1,250,214 1,228,913 1,190,314 3.4%
Miyazaki
Prefecture
1,175,819 1,168,907 1,175,543 1,151,587 1,085,055 8.4%
Yamagata
Prefecture
1,256,958 1,258,390 1,261,662 1,251,917 1,220,302 3.0%
Toyama
Prefecture
1,123,125 1,120,161 1,118,369 1,103,459 1,070,791 4.9%
Akita
Prefecture
1,213,667 1,227,478 1,254,032 1,256,745 1,232,481 -1.5%
Kagawa
Prefecture
1,027,006 1,023,412 1,022,569 999,864 961,292 6.8%
Wakayama
Prefecture
1,080,435 1,074,325 1,087,206 1,087,012 1,072,118 0.8%
Saga
Prefecture
884,316 877,851 880,013 865,574 837,674 5.6%
Yamanashi
Prefecture
881,996 852,966 832,832 804,256 783,050 12.6%
Fukui
Prefecture
826,996 823,585 817,633 794,354 773,599 6.9%
Tokushima
Prefecture
832,427 831,598 834,889 825,261 805,166 3.4%
Kochi
Prefecture
816,704 825,034 839,784 831,275 808,397 1.0%
Shimane
Prefecture
771,441 781,021 794,629 784,795 768,886 0.3%
Tottori
Prefecture
614,929 615,722 616,024 604,221 581,311 5.8%

1950

1970

Japan's population by prefecture in 1960

1970 1965 1960 1955 1950 Growth
Nationwide 103,720,060 98,274,961 93,418,501 89,275,529 83,199,637 24.7%
Tokyo 11,408,071 10,869,244 9,683,802 8,037,084 6,277,500 81.7%
Kanagawa
Prefecture
5,472,247 4,430,743 3,443,176 2,919,497 2,487,665 120.0%
Osaka
Prefecture
7,620,480 6,657,189 5,504,746 4,618,308 3,857,047 97.6%
Aichi
prefecture
5,386,163 4,798,653 4,206,313 3,769,209 3,390,585 58.9%
Saitama
Prefecture
3,866,472 3,014,983 2,430,871 2,262,623 2,146,445 80.1%
Chiba
Prefecture
3,366,624 2,701,770 2,306,010 2,205,060 2,139,037 57.4%
Hyogo
Prefecture
4,667,928 4,309,944 3,906,487 3,620,947 3,309,935 41.0%
Hokkaido 5,184,287 5,171,800 5,039,206 4,773,087 4,295,567 20.7%
Fukuoka
Prefecture
4,027,416 3,964,611 4,006,679 3,859,764 3,530,169 14.1%
Shizuoka
Prefecture
3,089,895 2,912,521 2,756,271 2,650,435 2,471,472 25.0%
Ibaraki
Prefecture
2,143,551 2,056,154 2,047,024 2,064,037 2,039,418 5.1%
Hiroshima
Prefecture
2,436,135 2,281,146 2,184,043 2,149,044 2,081,967 17.0%
Kyoto
Prefecture
2,250,087 2,102,808 1,993,403 1,935,161 1,832,934 22.8%
Miyagi
Prefecture
1,819,223 1,753,126 1,743,195 1,727,065 1,663,442 9.4%
Niigata
Prefecture
2,360,982 2,398,931 2,442,037 2,473,492 2,460,997 -4.1%
Nagano
Prefecture
1,956,917 1,958,007 1,981,433 2,021,292 2,060,831 -5.0%
Gifu
Prefecture
1,758,954 1,700,365 1,638,399 1,583,605 1,544,538 13.9%
Gunma
Prefecture
1,658,909 1,605,584 1,578,476 1,613,549 1,601,380 3.6%
Tochigi
Prefecture
1,580,021 1,521,656 1,513,624 1,547,580 1,550,462 1.9%
Okayama
Prefecture
1,707,026 1,645,135 1,670,454 1,689,800 1,661,099 2.8%
Fukushima
Prefecture
1,946,077 1,983,754 2,051,137 2,095,237 2,062,394 -5.6%
Mie
Prefecture
1,543,083 1,514,467 1,485,054 1,485,582 1,461,197 5.6%
Kumamoto
Prefecture
1,700,229 1,770,736 1,856,192 1,895,663 1,827,582 -7.0%
Kagoshima
Prefecture
1,729,150 1,853,541 1,963,104 2,044,112 1,804,118 -4.2%
Okinawa
Prefecture
Shiga
Prefecture
889,768 853,385 842,695 853,734 861,180 3.3%
Yamaguchi
Prefecture
1,511,448 1,543,573 1,602,207 1,609,839 1,540,882 -1.9%
Ehime
Prefecture
1,418,124 1,446,384 1,500,687 1,540,628 1,521,878 -6.8%
Nara
Prefecture
930,160 825,965 781,058 776,861 763,883 21.8%
Nagasaki
Prefecture
1,570,245 1,641,245 1,760,421 1,747,596 1,645,492 -4.6%
Aomori
Prefecture
1,427,520 1,416,591 1,426,606 1,382,523 1,282,867 11.3%
Iwate
Prefecture
1,371,383 1,411,118 1,448,517 1,427,097 1,346,728 1.8%
Ishikawa
Prefecture
1,002,420 980,499 973,418 966,187 957,279 4.7%
Oita
Prefecture
1,155,566 1,187,480 1,239,655 1,277,199 1,252,999 -7.8%
Miyazaki
Prefecture
1,051,105 1,080,692 1,134,590 1,139,384 1,091,427 -3.7%
Yamagata
Prefecture
1,225,618 1,263,103 1,320,664 1,353,649 1,357,347 -9.7%
Toyama
Prefecture
1,029,695 1,025,465 1,032,614 1,021,121 1,008,790 2.1%
Akita
Prefecture
1,241,376 1,279,835 1,335,580 1,348,871 1,309,031 -5.2%
Kagawa
Prefecture
907,897 900,845 918,867 943,823 946,022 -4.0%
Wakayama
Prefecture
1,042,736 1,026,975 1,002,191 1,006,819 982,113 6.2%
Saga
Prefecture
838,468 871,885 942,874 973,749 945,082 -11.3%
Yamanashi
Prefecture
762,029 763,194 782,062 807,044 811,369 -6.1%
Fukui
Prefecture
744,230 750,557 752,696 754,055 752,374 -1.1%
Tokushima
Prefecture
791,111 815,115 847,274 878,109 878,511 -9.9%
Kochi
Prefecture
786,882 812,714 854,595 882,683 873,874 -10.0%
Shimane
Prefecture
773,575 821,620 888,886 929,066 912,551 -15.2%
Tottori
Prefecture
568,777 579,853 599,135 614,259 600,177 -5.2%

1944

1948

Japan's population by prefecture in 1945

1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 Growth
Nationwide 80,216,896 78,101,473 73,114,136 71,998,104 73,482,092 9.2%
Tokyo 5,417,871 5,000,777 4,183,072 3,488,284 7,279,256 -25.6%
Kanagawa
Prefecture
2,317,551 2,218,120 2,019,943 1,865,667 2,474,354 -6.3%
Osaka
Prefecture
3,515,225 3,334,659 2,976,140 2,800,958 4,412,953 -20.3%
Aichi
prefecture
3,226,116 3,122,902 2,919,085 2,857,851 3,280,206 -1.6%
Saitama
Prefecture
2,132,221 2,100,453 2,028,553 2,047,261 1,647,625 29.4%
Chiba
Prefecture
2,140,511 2,112,917 2,008,568 1,966,862 1,659,345 29.0%
Hyogo
Prefecture
3,156,888 3,057,444 2,826,192 2,821,892 3,224,376 -2.1%
Hokkaido 4,021,050 3,852,821 3,488,013 3,518,389 3,256,157 23.5%
Fukuoka
Prefecture
3,312,577 3,178,134 2,906,644 2,746,855 3,066,472 8.0%
Shizuoka
Prefecture
2,407,102 2,353,005 2,260,059 2,220,358 2,027,856 18.7%
Ibaraki
Prefecture
2,044,578 2,013,735 1,940,833 1,944,344 1,656,678 23.4%
Hiroshima
Prefecture
2,045,923 2,011,498 1,901,430 1,885,471 1,962,950 4.2%
Kyoto
Prefecture
1,784,753 1,739,084 1,621,998 1,603,796 1,635,528 9.1%
Miyagi
Prefecture
1,596,307 1,566,831 1,462,100 1,462,254 1,275,862 25.1%
Niigata
Prefecture
2,435,451 2,418,271 2,326,811 2,389,653 1,994,817 22.1%
Nagano
Prefecture
2,079,682 2,060,010 2,028,648 2,121,050 1,650,511 26.0%
Gifu
Prefecture
1,524,812 1,493,644 1,444,000 1,518,649 1,266,008 20.4%
Gunma
Prefecture
1,608,894 1,572,787 1,524,635 1,546,081 1,319,517 21.9%
Tochigi
Prefecture
1,557,860 1,534,311 1,503,619 1,546,355 1,203,679 29.4%
Okayama
Prefecture
1,650,285 1,619,622 1,538,621 1,564,626 1,333,300 23.8%
Fukushima
Prefecture
2,026,482 1,992,460 1,918,746 1,957,356 1,599,392 26.7%
Mie
Prefecture
1,451,100 1,416,494 1,371,858 1,394,286 1,209,266 20.0%
Kumamoto
Prefecture
1,786,058 1,765,726 1,631,976 1,556,490 1,371,005 30.3%
Kagoshima
Prefecture
1,766,514 1,746,305 1,629,760 1,538,466 1,594,009 10.8%
Okinawa
Prefecture
590,480
Shiga
Prefecture
872,775 858,367 831,306 860,911 691,972 26.1%
Yamaguchi
Prefecture
1,505,532 1,479,244 1,375,496 1,356,491 1,357,368 10.9%
Ehime
Prefecture
1,481,106 1,453,887 1,380,700 1,361,484 1,186,491 24.8%
Nara
Prefecture
778,677 779,935 744,381 779,685 606,789 28.3%
Nagasaki
Prefecture
1,565,558 1,531,674 1,417,977 1,318,589 1,490,890 5.0%
Aomori
Prefecture
1,218,325 1,180,245 1,089,232 1,083,250 1,009,104 20.7%
Iwate
Prefecture
1,294,203 1,262,743 1,217,154 1,227,789 1,104,049 17.2%
Ishikawa
Prefecture
941,772 927,743 877,197 887,510 743,672 26.6%
Oita
Prefecture
1,245,689 1,233,651 1,149,501 1,124,513 973,707 27.9%
Miyazaki
Prefecture
1,052,483 1,025,689 957,856 913,687 839,556 25.4%
Yamagata
Prefecture
1,346,492 1,335,653 1,294,934 1,326,350 1,083,569 24.3%
Toyama
Prefecture
998,349 979,229 932,669 953,834 819,614 21.8%
Akita
Prefecture
1,283,710 1,257,398 1,195,813 1,211,871 1,048,769 22.4%
Kagawa
Prefecture
934,123 917,673 872,312 863,700 713,134 31.0%
Wakayama
Prefecture
979,982 959,999 933,231 936,006 847,388 15.6%
Saga
Prefecture
931,336 917,797 856,692 830,431 705,651 32.0%
Yamanashi
Prefecture
815,485 807,251 796,973 839,057 634,897 28.4%
Fukui
Prefecture
733,374 726,264 695,703 724,856 621,933 17.9%
Tokushima
Prefecture
869,290 854,811 829,405 835,763 703,260 23.6%
Kochi
Prefecture
866,385 848,337 797,876 775,578 693,053 25.0%
Shimane
Prefecture
903,576 894,267 848,995 860,275 729,819 23.8%
Tottori
Prefecture
592,863 587,606 557,429 563,220 476,284 24.5%

1920

1940

Japan's population by prefecture in 1920

1940 1935 1930 1925 1920 Growth
Nationwide 73,114,308 69,254,148 64,450,005 59,736,822 55,963,053 30.6%
Tokyo 7,354,971 6,369,919 5,408,678 4,485,144 3,699,428 98.8%
Kanagawa
Prefecture
2,188,974 1,840,005 1,619,606 1,416,792 1,323,390 65.4%
Osaka
Prefecture
4,792,966 4,297,174 3,540,017 3,059,502 2,587,847 85.2%
Aichi
prefecture
3,166,592 2,862,701 2,567,413 2,319,494 2,089,762 51.5%
Saitama
Prefecture
1,608,039 1,528,854 1,459,172 1,394,461 1,319,533 21.9%
Chiba
Prefecture
1,588,425 1,546,394 1,470,121 1,399,257 1,336,155 18.9%
Hyogo
Prefecture
3,221,232 2,923,249 2,646,301 2,454,679 2,301,799 39.9%
Hokkaido 3,273,853 3,068,282 2,812,335 2,498,679 2,359,183 38.8%
Fukuoka
Prefecture
3,094,132 2,755,804 2,527,119 2,301,668 2,188,249 41.4%
Shizuoka
Prefecture
2,017,860 1,939,860 1,797,805 1,671,217 1,550,387 30.2%
Ibaraki
Prefecture
1,620,000 1,548,991 1,487,097 1,409,092 1,350,400 20.0%
Hiroshima
Prefecture
1,869,504 1,804,916 1,692,136 1,617,680 1,541,905 21.2%
Kyoto
Prefecture
1,729,993 1,702,508 1,552,832 1,406,382 1,287,147 34.4%
Miyagi
Prefecture
1,271,238 1,234,801 1,142,784 1,044,036 961,768 32.2%
Niigata
Prefecture
2,064,402 1,995,777 1,933,326 1,849,807 1,776,474 16.2%
Nagano
Prefecture
1,710,729 1,714,000 1,717,118 1,629,217 1,562,722 9.5%
Gifu
Prefecture
1,265,024 1,225,799 1,178,405 1,132,557 1,070,407 18.2%
Gunma
Prefecture
1,299,027 1,242,453 1,186,080 1,118,858 1,052,610 23.4%
Tochigi
Prefecture
1,206,657 1,195,057 1,141,737 1,090,428 1,046,479 15.3%
Okayama
Prefecture
1,329,358 1,332,647 1,283,962 1,238,447 1,217,698 9.2%
Fukushima
Prefecture
1,625,521 1,581,563 1,508,150 1,437,596 1,362,750 19.3%
Mie
Prefecture
1,198,783 1,174,595 1,157,407 1,107,692 1,069,270 12.1%
Kumamoto
Prefecture
1,368,179 1,387,054 1,353,993 1,296,086 1,233,233 10.9%
Kagoshima
Prefecture
1,589,467 1,591,466 1,556,690 1,472,193 1,415,582 12.3%
Okinawa
Prefecture
574,579 592,494 577,509 557,622 571,572
Shiga
Prefecture
703,679 711,436 691,631 662,412 651,050 8.1%
Yamaguchi
Prefecture
1,294,242 1,190,542 1,135,637 1,094,544 1,041,013 24.3%
Ehime
Prefecture
1,178,705 1,164,898 1,142,122 1,096,366 1,046,720 12.6%
Nara
Prefecture
620,509 620,471 596,225 583,828 564,607 9.9%
Nagasaki
Prefecture
1,370,063 1,296,883 1,233,362 1,163,945 1,136,182 20.6%
Aomori
Prefecture
1,000,509 967,129 879,914 812,977 756,454 32.3%
Iwate
Prefecture
1,095,793 1,046,111 975,771 900,984 845,540 29.6%
Ishikawa
Prefecture
757,676 768,416 756,835 750,854 747,360 1.4%
Oita
Prefecture
972,975 980,458 945,771 915,136 860,282 13.1%
Miyazaki
Prefecture
840,357 824,431 760,467 691,094 651,097 29.1%
Yamagata
Prefecture
1,119,338 1,116,822 1,080,034 1,027,297 968,925 15.5%
Toyama
Prefecture
822,569 798,890 778,953 749,243 724,276 13.6%
Akita
Prefecture
1,052,275 1,037,744 987,706 936,408 898,537 17.1%
Kagawa
Prefecture
730,394 748,656 732,816 700,308 677,852 7.8%
Wakayama
Prefecture
865,074 864,087 830,748 787,511 750,411 15.3%
Saga
Prefecture
701,517 686,117 691,565 684,831 673,895 4.1%
Yamanashi
Prefecture
663,026 646,727 631,042 600,675 583,453 13.6%
Fukui
Prefecture
643,904 646,659 618,144 597,899 599,155 7.5%
Tokushima
Prefecture
718,717 728,748 716,544 689,814 670,212 7.2%
Kochi
Prefecture
709,286 714,980 718,152 687,478 670,895 5.7%
Shimane
Prefecture
740,940 747,119 739,507 722,402 714,712 3.7%
Tottori
Prefecture
484,390 490,461 489,266 472,230 454,675 6.5%

Total
Growth
1920

2020

2020 1920 Growth
1920

2020
Nationwide 126,146,099 55,963,053 125%
Tokyo 14,047,594 3,699,428 280%
Kanagawa
Prefecture
9,237,337 1,323,390 598%
Osaka
Prefecture
8,837,685 2,587,847 242%
Aichi
prefecture
7,542,415 2,089,762 261%
Saitama
Prefecture
7,344,765 1,319,533 457%
Chiba
Prefecture
6,284,480 1,336,155 370%
Hyogo
Prefecture
5,465,002 2,301,799 137%
Hokkaido 5,224,614 2,359,183 121%
Fukuoka
Prefecture
5,135,214 2,188,249 135%
Shizuoka
Prefecture
3,633,202 1,550,387 134%
Ibaraki
Prefecture
2,867,009 1,350,400 112%
Hiroshima
Prefecture
2,799,702 1,541,905 82%
Kyoto
Prefecture
2,578,087 1,287,147 100%
Miyagi
Prefecture
2,301,996 961,768 139%
Niigata
Prefecture
2,201,272 1,776,474 24%
Nagano
Prefecture
2,048,011 1,562,722 31%
Gifu
Prefecture
1,978,742 1,070,407 85%
Gunma
Prefecture
1,939,110 1,052,610 84%
Tochigi
Prefecture
1,933,146 1,046,479 85%
Okayama
Prefecture
1,888,432 1,217,698 55%
Fukushima
Prefecture
1,833,152 1,362,750 35%
Mie
Prefecture
1,770,254 1,069,270 66%
Kumamoto
Prefecture
1,738,301 1,233,233 41%
Kagoshima
Prefecture
1,588,256 1,415,582 12%
Okinawa
Prefecture
1,467,480 571,572 157%
Shiga
Prefecture
1,413,610 651,050 117%
Yamaguchi
Prefecture
1,342,059 1,041,013 29%
Ehime
Prefecture
1,334,841 1,046,720 28%
Nara
Prefecture
1,324,473 564,607 135%
Nagasaki
Prefecture
1,312,317 1,136,182 16%
Aomori
Prefecture
1,237,984 756,454 64%
Iwate
Prefecture
1,210,534 845,540 43%
Ishikawa
Prefecture
1,132,526 747,360 52%
Oita
Prefecture
1,123,852 860,282 31%
Miyazaki
Prefecture
1,069,576 651,097 64%
Yamagata
Prefecture
1,068,027 968,925 10%
Toyama
Prefecture
1,034,814 724,276 43%
Akita
Prefecture
959,502 898,537 7%
Kagawa
Prefecture
950,244 677,852 40%
Wakayama
Prefecture
922,584 750,411 23%
Saga
Prefecture
811,442 673,895 20%
Yamanashi
Prefecture
809,974 583,453 39%
Fukui
Prefecture
766,863 599,155 28%
Tokushima
Prefecture
719,559 670,212 7%
Kochi
Prefecture
691,527 670,895 3%
Shimane
Prefecture
671,126 714,712 -6%
Tottori
Prefecture
553,407 454,675 22%

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