Japan — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Japan had an estimated population of 128,137,485 in 2005, with 1,045 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Japan today — population now 122,427,731, against 128,137,485 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 128,137,485 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 127,913,330 | 122,427,731 | -4% |
The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | 36,511,740 |
| 2 | Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto | 17,514,449 |
| 3 | Nagoya | 8,764,524 |
| 4 | Fukuoka-Kitakyushu | 4,258,581 |
| 5 | Sapporo | 2,549,080 |
| 6 | Hiroshima | 1,866,066 |
| 7 | Sendai | 1,701,791 |
| 8 | Shizuoka | 1,612,860 |
| 9 | Okayama | 1,288,270 |
| 10 | Hamamatsu | 1,199,241 |
| 11 | Ōita | 625,189 |
| 12 | Toyohashi | 602,564 |
| 13 | Wakayama | 528,918 |
| 14 | Numazu | 440,832 |
Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 1,045)
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tōkyō | Tōkyō | 8,336,599 | 9,733,276 now |
| 2 | Yokohama | Kanagawa | 3,574,443 | 3,777,491 now |
| 3 | Ōsaka | Ōsaka | 2,592,413 | 2,753,862 now |
| 4 | Nagoya | Aichi | 2,191,279 | 2,332,176 now |
| 5 | Sapporo | Hokkaido | 1,883,027 | 1,973,832 now |
| 6 | Kōbe | Hyōgo | 1,528,478 | 1,525,152 now |
| 7 | Kyōto | Kyōto | 1,459,640 | 1,463,723 now |
| 8 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | 1,392,289 | 1,612,392 now |
| 9 | Kawasaki | Kanagawa | 1,306,785 | 1,538,262 now |
| 10 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 1,143,841 | 1,200,754 now |
| 11 | Saitama | Saitama | 1,077,730 | 1,324,854 now |
| 12 | Sendai | Miyagi | 1,037,562 | 1,096,704 now |
| 13 | Kitakyūshū | Fukuoka | 997,536 | 940,978 now |
| 14 | Chiba | Chiba | 919,729 | 979,768 now |
| 15 | Sakai | Ōsaka | 782,339 | 826,161 now |
| 16 | Kumamoto | Kumamoto | 680,423 | 738,907 now |
| 17 | Sagamihara | Kanagawa | 648,801 | 720,780 now |
| 18 | Okayama | Okayama | 639,652 | 724,691 now |
| 19 | Hamamatsu | Shizuoka | 605,098 | 791,707 now |
| 20 | Hachiōji | Tōkyō | 579,399 | 579,355 now |
| 21 | Funabashi | Chiba | 560,743 | — |
| 22 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | 555,352 | 595,049 now |
| 23 | Higashiōsaka | Ōsaka | 513,125 | 493,940 now |
| 24 | Niigata | Niigata | 505,272 | 797,591 now |
| 25 | Matsuyama | Ehime | 485,431 | 511,192 now |
| 26 | Himeji | Hyōgo | 481,493 | 530,495 now |
| 27 | Matsudo | Chiba | 470,277 | 498,575 now |
| 28 | Nishinomiya | Hyōgo | 468,925 | 485,587 now |
| 29 | Kawaguchi | Saitama | 468,565 | 607,373 now |
| 30 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | 467,322 | 693,389 now |
| 31 | Kanazawa | Ishikawa | 458,937 | 466,029 now |
| 32 | Ichikawa | Chiba | 458,240 | — |
| 33 | Utsunomiya | Tochigi | 449,865 | 518,757 now |
| 34 | Ōita | Ōita | 448,907 | 477,715 now |
| 35 | Amagasaki | Hyōgo | 442,173 | 459,593 now |
| 36 | Kurashiki | Okayama | 437,581 | 483,576 now |
| 37 | Yokosuka | Kanagawa | 428,992 | 409,478 now |
| 38 | Nagasaki | Nagasaki | 410,204 | 409,118 now |
| 39 | Hirakata | Ōsaka | 406,331 | 406,331 now |
| 40 | Machida | Tōkyō | 399,969 | 431,079 now |
| 41 | Gifu | Gifu | 397,714 | 402,557 now |
| 42 | Fujisawa | Kanagawa | 394,624 | 439,728 now |
| 43 | Toyonaka | Ōsaka | 384,459 | — |
| 44 | Fukuyama | Hiroshima | 383,298 | 468,812 now |
| 45 | Toyohashi | Aichi | 378,374 | — |
| 46 | Wakayama | Wakayama | 375,339 | — |
| 47 | Nara | Nara | 367,353 | — |
| 48 | Toyota | Aichi | 362,383 | 426,162 now |
| 49 | Nagano | Nagano | 360,176 | — |
| 50 | Iwaki | Fukushima | 357,309 | — |
| 51 | Asahikawa | Hokkaido | 356,612 | — |
| 52 | Takatsuki | Ōsaka | 354,468 | — |
| 53 | Okazaki | Aichi | 352,361 | — |
| 54 | Suita | Ōsaka | 351,630 | — |
| 55 | Kōriyama | Fukushima | 340,560 | — |
| 56 | Kashiwa | Chiba | 340,221 | 433,436 now |
| 57 | Tokorozawa | Saitama | 339,435 | — |
| 58 | Kawagoe | Saitama | 337,931 | — |
| 59 | Kōchi | Kōchi | 335,570 | — |
| 60 | Takamatsu | Kagawa | 334,223 | 418,994 now |
| 61 | Toyama | Toyama | 325,532 | 415,844 now |
| 62 | Akita | Akita | 320,069 | — |
| 63 | Koshigaya | Saitama | 317,437 | — |
| 64 | Miyazaki | Miyazaki | 311,203 | — |
| 65 | Naha | Okinawa | 300,795 | — |
| 66 | Kasugai | Aichi | 298,589 | — |
| 67 | Aomori | Aomori | 298,394 | — |
| 68 | Ōtsu | Shiga | 298,164 | — |
| 69 | Akashi | Hyōgo | 297,279 | — |
| 70 | Yokkaichi | Mie | 295,841 | — |
| 71 | Morioka | Iwate | 295,172 | — |
| 72 | Fukushima | Fukushima | 294,237 | — |
| 73 | Ichihara | Chiba | 283,531 | — |
| 74 | Maebashi | Gumma | 282,711 | — |
| 75 | Ichinomiya | Aichi | 280,331 | — |
| 76 | Hakodate | Hokkaido | 275,730 | — |
| 77 | Yao | Ōsaka | 273,213 | — |
| 78 | Kakogawa | Hyōgo | 271,634 | — |
| 79 | Tokushima | Tokushima | 267,345 | — |
| 80 | Ibaraki | Ōsaka | 263,405 | — |
| 81 | Hiratsuka | Kanagawa | 259,052 | — |
| 82 | Yamagata | Yamagata | 254,538 | — |
| 83 | Fukui | Fukui | 248,707 | — |
| 84 | Mito | Ibaraki | 246,538 | — |
| 85 | Shimonoseki | Yamaguchi | 245,786 | — |
| 86 | Neyagawa | Ōsaka | 245,110 | — |
| 87 | Takasaki | Gumma | 240,857 | — |
| 88 | Fuchū | Tōkyō | 240,081 | — |
| 89 | Fuji | Shizuoka | 240,014 | — |
| 90 | Hachinohe | Aomori | 239,046 | — |
| 91 | Kurume | Fukuoka | 238,197 | — |
| 92 | Sasebo | Nagasaki | 237,444 | — |
| 93 | Shimizu | Shizuoka | 234,300 | — |
| 94 | Chigasaki | Kanagawa | 231,657 | — |
| 95 | Sōka | Saitama | 231,445 | — |
| 96 | Atsugi | Kanagawa | 229,199 | — |
| 97 | Yamato | Kanagawa | 224,015 | — |
| 98 | Takarazuka | Hyōgo | 219,789 | — |
| 99 | Ageo | Saitama | 219,401 | — |
| 100 | Chōfu | Tōkyō | 212,977 | — |
| 101 | Matsumoto | Nagano | 210,667 | — |
| 102 | Kasukabe | Saitama | 206,915 | — |
| 103 | Kishiwada | Ōsaka | 205,561 | — |
| 104 | Numazu | Shizuoka | 204,318 | — |
| 105 | Odawara | Kanagawa | 203,035 | — |
| 106 | Kure | Hiroshima | 196,624 | — |
| 107 | Nagaoka | Niigata | 195,318 | — |
| 108 | Itami | Hyōgo | 193,524 | — |
| 109 | Uji | Kyōto | 192,925 | — |
| 110 | Suzuka | Mie | 191,477 | — |
| 111 | Kōfu | Yamanashi | 190,000 | — |
| 112 | Izumi | Ōsaka | 189,085 | — |
| 113 | Kodaira | Tōkyō | 187,368 | — |
| 114 | Hitachi | Ibaraki | 186,307 | — |
| 115 | Kushiro | Hokkaido | 183,612 | — |
| 116 | Yachiyo | Chiba | 182,890 | — |
| 117 | Sakura | Chiba | 182,549 | — |
| 118 | Mitaka | Tōkyō | 178,739 | — |
| 119 | Tsukuba | Ibaraki | 175,589 | — |
| 120 | Hirosaki | Aomori | 174,972 | — |
| 121 | Tomakomai | Hokkaido | 174,806 | — |
| 122 | Hadano | Kanagawa | 174,281 | — |
| 123 | Obihiro | Hokkaido | 173,890 | — |
| 124 | Ube | Yamaguchi | 173,733 | — |
| 125 | Tachikawa | Tōkyō | 173,695 | — |
| 126 | Hino | Tōkyō | 171,777 | — |
| 127 | Takaoka | Toyama | 170,077 | — |
| 128 | Anjō | Aichi | 168,663 | — |
| 129 | Kamakura | Kanagawa | 166,016 | — |
| 130 | Saga | Saga | 165,236 | — |
| 131 | Tsu | Mie | 163,461 | — |
| 132 | Sayama | Saitama | 160,843 | — |
| 133 | Kawanishi | Hyōgo | 160,520 | — |
| 134 | Oyama | Tochigi | 159,936 | — |
| 135 | Ashikaga | Tochigi | 159,671 | — |
| 136 | Matsue | Shimane | 156,811 | — |
| 137 | Narashino | Chiba | 156,082 | — |
| 138 | Nagareyama | Chiba | 156,000 | — |
| 139 | Hitachinaka | Ibaraki | 155,968 | — |
| 140 | Kumagaya | Saitama | 155,813 | — |
| 141 | Tottori | Tottori | 154,098 | — |
| 142 | Niiza | Saitama | 153,588 | — |
| 143 | Ōta | Gumma | 152,104 | — |
| 144 | Iruma | Saitama | 151,545 | — |
| 145 | Komaki | Aichi | 151,025 | — |
| 146 | Higashimurayama | Tōkyō | 150,868 | — |
| 147 | Ōgaki | Gifu | 150,570 | — |
| 148 | Ōme | Tōkyō | 149,323 | — |
| 149 | Moriguchi | Ōsaka | 148,350 | — |
| 150 | Tama | Tōkyō | 147,477 | — |
| 151 | Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi | 145,515 | — |
| 152 | Otaru | Hokkaido | 143,792 | — |
| 153 | Urayasu | Chiba | 143,758 | — |
| 154 | Yonago | Tottori | 141,368 | — |
| 155 | Kariya | Aichi | 139,159 | — |
| 156 | Musashino | Tōkyō | 137,479 | — |
| 157 | Tsuchiura | Ibaraki | 136,383 | — |
| 158 | Jōetsu | Niigata | 136,233 | — |
| 159 | Higashihiroshima | Hiroshima | 135,639 | — |
| 160 | Zama | Kanagawa | 134,671 | — |
| 161 | Seto | Aichi | 134,246 | — |
| 162 | Ebetsu | Hokkaido | 133,953 | — |
| 163 | Tondabayashi | Ōsaka | 132,873 | — |
| 164 | Fujieda | Shizuoka | 132,859 | — |
| 165 | Sanda | Hyōgo | 132,858 | — |
| 166 | Kakamigahara | Gifu | 132,241 | — |
| 167 | Ōmuta | Fukuoka | 131,974 | — |
| 168 | Abiko | Chiba | 131,771 | — |
| 169 | Kadoma | Ōsaka | 131,727 | — |
| 170 | Miyakonojō | Miyazaki | 130,994 | — |
| 171 | Matsubara | Ōsaka | 130,855 | — |
| 172 | Isesaki | Gumma | 130,692 | — |
| 173 | Misato | Saitama | 129,692 | — |
| 174 | Daitō | Ōsaka | 129,521 | — |
| 175 | Asaka | Saitama | 128,058 | — |
| 176 | Kusatsu | Shiga | 127,680 | — |
| 177 | Ueda | Nagano | 126,606 | — |
| 178 | Kawachinagano | Ōsaka | 126,498 | — |
| 179 | Kashihara | Nara | 126,221 | — |
| 180 | Okinawa | Okinawa | 125,483 | — |
| 181 | Beppu | Ōita | 125,065 | — |
| 182 | Matsusaka | Mie | 124,613 | — |
| 183 | Minō | Ōsaka | 123,948 | — |
| 184 | Ebina | Kanagawa | 123,665 | — |
| 185 | Niihama | Ehime | 123,059 | — |
| 186 | Kisarazu | Chiba | 122,524 | — |
| 187 | Nobeoka | Miyazaki | 121,949 | — |
| 188 | Fujinomiya | Shizuoka | 121,515 | — |
| 189 | Noda | Chiba | 121,411 | — |
| 190 | Yaizu | Shizuoka | 121,057 | — |
| 191 | Habikino | Ōsaka | 121,051 | — |
| 192 | Toyokawa | Aichi | 120,537 | — |
| 193 | Toda | Saitama | 118,731 | — |
| 194 | Kokubunji | Tōkyō | 118,682 | — |
| 195 | Ikoma | Nara | 117,601 | — |
| 196 | Ishinomaki | Miyagi | 117,233 | — |
| 197 | Hōfu | Yamaguchi | 116,925 | — |
| 198 | Higashikurume | Tōkyō | 116,323 | — |
| 199 | Handa | Aichi | 116,119 | — |
| 200 | Koganei | Tōkyō | 115,967 | — |
| 201 | Aizuwakamatsu | Fukushima | 115,937 | — |
| 202 | Imabari | Ehime | 115,355 | — |
| 203 | Mishima | Shizuoka | 113,479 | — |
| 204 | Kitami | Hokkaido | 113,137 | — |
| 205 | Kuwana | Mie | 113,107 | — |
| 206 | Kasuga | Fukuoka | 112,299 | — |
| 207 | Hikone | Shiga | 110,925 | — |
| 208 | Urasoe | Okinawa | 110,282 | — |
| 209 | Kiryū | Gumma | 110,219 | — |
| 210 | Komatsu | Ishikawa | 109,045 | — |
| 211 | Iwatsuki | Saitama | 108,833 | — |
| 212 | Fujimi | Saitama | 108,460 | — |
| 213 | Akishima | Tōkyō | 107,926 | — |
| 214 | Tajimi | Gifu | 107,818 | — |
| 215 | Iida | Nagano | 107,111 | — |
| 216 | Hōya | Tōkyō | 107,072 | — |
| 217 | Fukaya | Saitama | 106,595 | — |
| 218 | Kamagaya | Chiba | 106,286 | — |
| 219 | Chikushino | Fukuoka | 105,420 | — |
| 220 | Yatsushiro | Kumamoto | 104,341 | — |
| 221 | Iwakuni | Yamaguchi | 104,004 | — |
| 222 | Isehara | Kanagawa | 103,401 | — |
| 223 | Nishio | Aichi | 103,337 | — |
| 224 | Inazawa | Aichi | 102,130 | — |
| 225 | Tokuyama | Yamaguchi | 101,133 | — |
| 226 | Tokai | Aichi | 100,679 | — |
| 227 | Narita | Chiba | 100,641 | — |
| 228 | Sakata | Yamagata | 100,446 | — |
| 229 | Kōnan | Aichi | 100,389 | — |
| 230 | Tsuruoka | Yamagata | 99,820 | — |
| 231 | Ikeda | Ōsaka | 99,476 | — |
| 232 | Izumisano | Ōsaka | 99,428 | — |
| 233 | Kani | Gifu | 97,469 | — |
| 234 | Isahaya | Nagasaki | 97,371 | — |
| 235 | Mobara | Chiba | 97,315 | — |
| 236 | Ise | Mie | 97,314 | — |
| 237 | Kameoka | Kyōto | 97,181 | — |
| 238 | Sakado | Saitama | 96,656 | — |
| 239 | Muroran | Hokkaido | 96,197 | — |
| 240 | Ōnojō | Fukuoka | 96,166 | — |
| 241 | Kanuma | Tochigi | 94,903 | — |
| 242 | Yonezawa | Yamagata | 94,486 | — |
| 243 | Takasago | Hyōgo | 94,422 | — |
| 244 | Higashimatsuyama | Saitama | 93,932 | — |
| 245 | Kitakami | Iwate | 93,854 | — |
| 246 | Chitose | Hokkaido | 92,942 | — |
| 247 | Kaizuka | Ōsaka | 92,632 | — |
| 248 | Maizuru | Kyōto | 92,465 | — |
| 249 | Yamatokōriyama | Nara | 92,137 | — |
| 250 | Kimitsu | Chiba | 92,126 | — |
| 251 | Ginowan | Okinawa | 91,800 | — |
| 252 | Onomichi | Hiroshima | 90,936 | — |
| 253 | Ōmura | Nagasaki | 89,918 | — |
| 254 | Tsuyama | Okayama | 89,717 | — |
| 255 | Izumo | Shimane | 89,286 | — |
| 256 | Ashiya | Hyōgo | 88,573 | — |
| 257 | Iwata | Shizuoka | 88,509 | — |
| 258 | Kōnosu | Saitama | 88,493 | — |
| 259 | Nabari | Mie | 88,128 | — |
| 260 | Munakata | Fukuoka | 86,979 | — |
| 261 | Yotsukaidō | Chiba | 86,701 | — |
| 262 | Hamakita | Shizuoka | 86,502 | — |
| 263 | Gyōda | Saitama | 86,343 | — |
| 264 | Hannō | Saitama | 86,262 | — |
| 265 | Kashiwazaki | Niigata | 86,183 | — |
| 266 | Ryugasaki | Ibaraki | 85,761 | — |
| 267 | Iwamizawa | Hokkaido | 85,107 | — |
| 268 | Kakegawa | Shizuoka | 84,004 | — |
| 269 | Gotemba | Shizuoka | 83,794 | — |
| 270 | Settsu | Ōsaka | 83,336 | — |
| 271 | Yachimata | Chiba | 83,322 | — |
| 272 | Chita | Aichi | 83,276 | — |
| 273 | Jōyō | Kyōto | 83,110 | — |
| 274 | Sanjō | Niigata | 82,893 | — |
| 275 | Ayase | Kanagawa | 82,612 | — |
| 276 | Sano | Tochigi | 82,535 | — |
| 277 | Kanoya | Kagoshima | 82,335 | — |
| 278 | Tochigi | Tochigi | 82,133 | — |
| 279 | Tanashi | Tōkyō | 82,112 | — |
| 280 | Marugame | Kagawa | 82,090 | — |
| 281 | Katano | Ōsaka | 82,026 | — |
| 282 | Akiruno | Tōkyō | 82,021 | — |
| 283 | Nisshin | Aichi | 81,865 | — |
| 284 | Tatebayashi | Gumma | 81,274 | — |
| 285 | Shibata | Niigata | 80,793 | — |
| 286 | Gamagōri | Aichi | 80,786 | — |
| 287 | Izumiōtsu | Ōsaka | 80,772 | — |
| 288 | Toride | Ibaraki | 80,716 | — |
| 289 | Owariashi | Aichi | 80,633 | — |
| 290 | Mihara | Hiroshima | 80,387 | — |
| 291 | Ushiku | Ibaraki | 80,020 | — |
| 292 | Higashiyamato | Tōkyō | 79,333 | — |
| 293 | Kashiwara | Ōsaka | 79,058 | — |
| 294 | Karatsu | Saga | 78,330 | — |
| 295 | Iizuka | Fukuoka | 78,206 | — |
| 296 | Kunitachi | Tōkyō | 78,062 | — |
| 297 | Ōbu | Aichi | 77,864 | — |
| 298 | Komae | Tōkyō | 77,642 | — |
| 299 | Wakō | Saitama | 77,435 | — |
| 300 | Hatsukaichi | Hiroshima | 77,341 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tōkyō | 12,445,327 |
| 2 | Ōsaka | 8,823,298 |
| 3 | Kanagawa | 8,815,380 |
| 4 | Aichi | 7,233,226 |
| 5 | Saitama | 7,103,795 |
| 6 | Chiba | 6,093,375 |
| 7 | Hokkaido | 5,647,230 |
| 8 | Hyōgo | 5,612,903 |
| 9 | Fukuoka | 5,077,936 |
| 10 | Shizuoka | 3,810,136 |
| 11 | Ibaraki | 3,000,458 |
| 12 | Hiroshima | 2,878,399 |
| 13 | Kyōto | 2,641,108 |
| 14 | Niigata | 2,451,693 |
| 15 | Miyagi | 2,382,349 |
| 16 | Nagano | 2,217,459 |
| 17 | Gifu | 2,114,352 |
| 18 | Fukushima | 2,106,857 |
| 19 | Gumma | 2,041,366 |
| 20 | Tochigi | 2,017,548 |
| 21 | Okayama | 1,954,635 |
| 22 | Mie | 1,867,147 |
| 23 | Kumamoto | 1,853,329 |
| 24 | Kagoshima | 1,768,646 |
| 25 | Yamaguchi | 1,501,651 |
| 26 | Nagasaki | 1,490,715 |
| 27 | Ehime | 1,476,750 |
| 28 | Aomori | 1,454,513 |
| 29 | Nara | 1,436,251 |
| 30 | Iwate | 1,394,774 |
| 31 | Shiga | 1,384,102 |
| 32 | Okinawa | 1,369,252 |
| 33 | Yamagata | 1,222,288 |
| 34 | Ōita | 1,215,377 |
| 35 | Ishikawa | 1,180,086 |
| 36 | Miyazaki | 1,160,753 |
| 37 | Akita | 1,154,124 |
| 38 | Toyama | 1,114,985 |
| 39 | Wakayama | 1,048,461 |
| 40 | Kagawa | 1,018,354 |
| 41 | Yamanashi | 887,884 |
| 42 | Saga | 869,322 |
| 43 | Fukui | 826,319 |
| 44 | Tokushima | 812,960 |
| 45 | Kōchi | 803,045 |
| 46 | Shimane | 747,838 |
| 47 | Tottori | 609,729 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.