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Largest Cities by Population in Japan (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Japan ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank Urban Area Population Estimate (2025) 1 Year Change (over 2024) Land Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²) Global Rank Projections (2030) Projections (2050)
1 Tōkyō (Tokyo) 33,412,512 −0.17% 5,148 6,490 3 33,044,211 30,657,618
2 Osaka 12,964,145 −0.75% 2,229 5,816 25 12,410,577 10,449,439
3 Nagoya 7,146,160 −0.38% 1,979 3,611 49 6,999,662 6,292,819
4 Fukuoka 2,225,078 −0.45% 449 4,956 226 2,169,526 1,935,396
5 Sapporo 1,964,519 −0.35% 346 5,678 252 1,925,198 1,772,609
6 Sendai 1,256,440 −0.5% 299 4,202 406 1,220,528 1,084,163
7 Kitakyushu 1,206,731 −0.48% 375 3,218 428 1,175,415 1,022,354
8 Hiroshima 1,185,788 −0.59% 337 3,519 435 1,146,146 971,268
9 Naha 1,060,017 −0.01% 312 3,397 484 1,056,964 1,025,374
10 Nara 993,952 −1.02% 345 2,881 515 941,835 751,876
11 Okayama 817,266 −0.47% 315 2,595 643 792,172 671,251
12 Kumamoto 641,185 −0.54% 166 3,863 843 625,068 550,391
13 Otsu 559,798 −0.49% 170 3,293 978 544,499 469,415
14 Kanazawa 533,682 −0.48% 171 3,121 1,041 514,994 449,301
15 Himeji 494,064 −0.54% 201 2,458 1,124 479,495 401,015
16 Kagoshima 484,164 −0.45% 138 3,508 1,145 470,403 417,344
17 Toyohashi 441,665 −0.68% 169 2,613 1,263 432,247 326,255
18 Matsuyama 437,355 −0.44% 139 3,146 1,275 411,922 362,649
19 Takasaki [Maebashi] 431,687 −0.19% 173 2,495 1,295 426,525 365,718
20 Niigata 422,238 −0.5% 141 2,995 1,326 410,506 343,393
21 Numazu 374,507 −0.6% 110 3,405 1,521 363,690 325,106
22 Oita 372,190 −0.45% 144 2,585 1,533 362,884 285,897
23 Fukuyama 355,352 −0.73% 131 2,713 1,605 344,776 244,009
24 Utsunomiya 352,816 −0.19% 105 3,360 1,622 348,596 323,216
25 Takamatsu 340,478 −0.59% 159 2,141 1,678 312,529 261,492
26 Yokkaichi 332,173 −0.44% 158 2,102 1,729 326,014 265,824
27 Shizuoka 328,613 −0.72% 130 2,528 1,748 318,741 275,256
28 Nagasaki 308,986 −0.77% 75 4,120 1,864 300,844 261,632
29 Asahikawa 298,481 −0.41% 92 3,244 1,930 291,622 260,711
30 Hamamatsu 282,084 −0.68% 142 1,987 2,061 276,479 213,767
31 Kofu 280,212 −0.64% 101 2,774 2,073 254,551 217,655
32 Nagano 270,476 −0.63% 82 3,298 2,152 262,636 229,331
33 Hakodate 261,557 −0.43% 83 3,151 2,229 255,222 229,885
34 Wakayama 255,782 −1.29% 93 2,750 2,282 239,921 191,342
35 Ota 237,865 −0.2% 108 2,202 2,460 234,887 204,644
36 Morioka 226,202 −1.1% 71 3,186 2,603 215,721 185,671
37 Koriyama 225,981 −0.55% 63 3,587 2,606 219,189 193,970
38 Akita 225,217 −0.54% 93 2,422 2,616 217,352 184,552
39 Toyama 224,491 −0.84% 81 2,771 2,628 216,664 189,052
40 Miyazaki 219,947 −0.76% 69 3,188 2,687 214,311 172,956
41 Kochi 218,972 −0.46% 62 3,532 2,703 211,849 185,059
42 Tsuchiura 205,004 −0.19% 88 2,330 2,912 198,277 124,727
43 Fukui 201,467 −0.5% 65 3,099 2,963 194,551 168,171
44 Aomori 194,917 −0.51% 63 3,094 3,084 184,453 162,060
45 Mito 189,060 −0.19% 67 2,822 3,181 185,334 170,290
46 Tokushima 188,589 −0.88% 75 2,515 3,195 173,637 144,974
47 Fukushima 182,893 −0.72% 72 2,540 3,296 171,775 142,120
48 Matsumoto 180,139 −0.56% 65 2,771 3,353 174,643 124,010
49 Kisarazu 176,379 −0.16% 71 2,484 3,429 174,486 147,420
50 Kurume 174,358 −0.79% 44 3,963 3,477 169,906 153,035
51 Yamagata 173,585 −0.71% 47 3,693 3,493 168,492 148,864
52 Nagaoka 154,939 −0.52% 56 2,767 3,912 148,541 82,729
53 Takaoka 154,464 −0.76% 80 1,931 3,928 150,142 110,986
54 Hachinohe 151,565 −0.52% 68 2,229 3,998 147,177 128,767
55 Obihiro 149,349 −1.33% 52 2,872 4,058 145,696 126,916
56 Kushiro 147,096 −0.76% 67 2,195 4,138 136,722 119,213
57 Shunan 146,751 −0.48% 70 2,096 4,149 142,575 117,986
58 Ube 143,910 −1.1% 75 1,919 4,243 121,764 104,925
59 Marugame 143,185 −0.48% 81 1,768 4,265 135,842 97,019
60 Hitachi 142,850 −0.19% 58 2,463 4,272 141,150 128,635
61 Omuta 142,814 −0.48% 73 1,956 4,276 110,064 86,064
62 Sasebo 142,668 −0.49% 41 3,480 4,280 138,787 117,655
63 小名浜愛宕上 136,419 −0.17% 75 1,819 4,471 134,878 120,704
64 Tsu 130,949 −0.76% 57 2,297 4,666 128,617 118,244
65 Tomakomai 129,747 −0.4% 49 2,648 4,709 126,795 112,744
66 Kiryu 129,126 −0.19% 56 2,306 4,733 127,561 112,557
67 Saga 123,371 −0.48% 38 3,247 4,965 120,049 103,320
68 Fujieda 122,203 −0.78% 70 1,746 5,014 114,702 64,968
69 Hirosaki 121,888 −0.52% 37 3,294 5,026 115,206 100,079
70 Tottori 121,673 −0.45% 41 2,968 5,034 118,606 99,401
71 Beppu 111,770 −0.49% 36 3,105 5,529 107,264 93,942
72 Matsue 111,436 −0.45% 36 3,095 5,540 108,654 92,574
73 Yonago 109,276 −0.46% 46 2,376 5,657 106,493 92,708
74 Ishinomaki 106,286 −0.81% 41 2,592 5,809 102,974 86,209
75 Suzuka 105,292 −0.33% 52 2,025 5,859 103,253 90,037
76 Hitachinaka 99,955 −0.19% 40 2,499 6,175 98,760 88,351
77 Kani 99,118 −0.6% 45 2,203 6,227 95,844 84,833
78 Fuji 98,397 −0.59% 49 2,008 6,279 93,747 60,962
79 Hinomine 3-chome 97,745 −0.87% 18 5,430 6,331 93,223 76,000
80 Niihama 97,231 −0.58% 50 1,945 6,360 92,952 78,532
81 Hikone 94,391 −0.49% 34 2,776 6,551 91,837 77,540
82 Otaru 94,244 −0.3% 34 2,772 6,564 92,576 84,642
83 Isesaki 93,985 −0.2% 43 2,186 6,583 90,190 76,520
84 Onomichi 93,825 −0.51% 46 2,040 6,598 91,168 75,650
85 Muroran 93,442 −0.97% 53 1,763 6,622 91,258 51,020
86 Tajimi 92,892 −0.61% 37 2,511 6,667 64,747 58,895
87 Fukaya 92,626 −0.22% 33 2,807 6,689 91,384 80,586
88 Nobeoka 89,435 −0.92% 37 2,417 6,944 85,480 53,937
89 Kure 89,044 −0.49% 22 4,047 6,969 86,614 76,642
90 Sanjo 88,485 −1.15% 37 2,391 7,018 81,905 –
91 Oyama 87,426 −0.2% 32 2,732 7,113 86,307 76,787
92 Miyakonojo 85,816 −0.51% 36 2,384 7,253 83,396 73,418
93 Yamaguchi 85,646 −0.48% 32 2,676 7,270 83,372 64,665
94 Iwakuni 85,091 −0.43% 40 2,127 7,322 80,590 66,108
95 Inter-nishi 85,002 −0.55% 26 3,269 7,336 82,431 68,294
96 Iizuka 84,437 −0.44% 32 2,639 7,382 82,348 72,357
97 Higashimatsuyama 83,649 −0.18% 34 2,460 7,440 82,683 69,891
98 Imabari 82,706 −0.82% 40 2,068 7,528 80,583 69,515
99 Tosu 82,466 −1.93% 33 2,499 7,551 78,855 66,916
100 Fujinomiya 81,643 −1.21% 28 2,916 7,636 77,671 65,950
101 Ise 79,829 −0.31% 37 2,158 7,811 73,826 67,473
102 Kitami 78,689 −0.52% 27 2,914 7,922 74,085 63,958
103 Kumagaya 77,712 −0.2% 27 2,878 8,029 76,746 69,532
104 Kirishima 76,123 −0.47% 34 2,239 8,186 74,124 60,301
105 Hofu 75,971 −0.5% 31 2,451 8,198 73,860 58,920
106 Isahaya 74,235 −0.5% 29 2,560 8,409 70,740 59,725
107 Iwaki 71,937 −0.17% 20 3,597 8,647 71,123 66,036
108 Gamagori 70,869 −0.33% 32 2,215 8,758 69,507 60,135
109 Ueda 68,358 −0.53% 25 2,734 9,069 64,008 56,715
110 Tsukuba 68,270 −0.18% 29 2,354 9,080 67,491 62,536
111 Omura 68,137 −0.47% 38 1,793 9,099 66,335 56,308
112 Matsusaka 67,239 −0.32% 28 2,401 9,217 65,995 60,540
113 Iida 66,913 −0.52% 26 2,574 9,264 64,980 52,248
114 Yame 66,633 −3.51% 33 2,019 9,310 64,884 –
115 Joetsu 66,530 −3.16% 27 2,464 9,316 64,664 53,526
116 Yatsushiro 64,936 −0.5% 28 2,319 9,535 63,138 51,149
117 Karatsu 64,277 −0.52% 37 1,737 9,629 62,429 –
118 Arinodai 63,942 −0.86% 18 3,552 9,687 61,014 –
119 Honjo 62,365 −0.84% 23 2,712 9,954 61,537 55,133
120 Okaya 60,803 −1.67% 21 2,895 10,206 58,894 –
121 Tsuruoka 60,673 −0.52% 19 3,193 10,223 57,462 –
122 Aizumi 59,805 −2.04% 30 1,994 10,347 58,218 –
123 Narita 59,681 −0.17% 18 3,316 10,365 57,531 53,395
124 Tsuyama 59,358 −0.97% 27 2,198 10,413 57,810 –
125 Chitose 58,409 −0.37% 19 3,074 10,570 57,174 –
126 Mobara 58,134 −0.18% 22 2,642 10,616 57,458 51,827
127 Echizen 57,775 −1.04% 25 2,311 10,668 54,669 –
128 Shibata 56,827 −0.53% 25 2,273 10,835 55,157 –
129 Izumo 55,123 −1% 22 2,506 11,170 53,706 –
130 Shikokuchuo 53,993 −0.51% 30 1,800 11,401 52,482 –
131 Aira 53,308 −0.52% 25 2,132 11,540 51,789 –
132 Koga 53,218 −0.2% 21 2,534 11,563 52,547 –
133 Osaki 53,085 −0.54% 15 3,539 11,587 51,515 –
134 Tochigi 52,724 −0.21% 20 2,636 11,672 52,044 –
135 Tagawa 51,611 −0.48% 25 2,064 11,886 – –
136 Kashiwazaki 51,388 −1.55% 17 3,023 11,924 – –
137 Iwamizawa 51,230 −0.35% 16 3,202 11,959 50,196 –

See also

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.