This is the population ranking according to all prefectures.
The 1st place is 12,600,000 people in Tokyo. The 2nd place is Kanagawa. The lowest was Tottori.
Japan has a population of about 127 million. However, it is predicted that in 50 years will be 86,740,000 people. In the calculation, it decreases by 41 million people.
The list of population ranking
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Population ranking according to all prefectures |
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Ranking |
All prefectures |
Population | ||
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Total |
Man |
Woman |
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Sum total |
127066178 | 62117295 | 64948883 | |
| 1 |
Tokyo |
12462196 | 6189004 | 6273192 |
| 2 |
Kanagawa |
8798289 | 4441495 | 4356794 |
| 3 |
Osaka |
8670302 | 4219619 | 4450683 |
| 4 |
Aichi |
7185744 | 3606324 | 3579420 |
| 5 |
Saitama |
7067336 | 3563014 | 3504322 |
| 6 |
Chiba |
6090799 | 3056110 | 3034689 |
| 7 |
Hyogo |
5582230 | 2688918 | 2893312 |
| 8 |
Hokkaido |
5571770 | 2648735 | 2923035 |
| 9 |
Fukuoka |
5030818 | 2388578 | 2642240 |
| 10 |
Shizuoka |
3775400 | 1864834 | 1910566 |
| 11 |
Ibaraki |
2982000 | 1490148 | 1491852 |
| 12 |
Hiroshima |
2864167 | 1386655 | 1477512 |
| 13 |
Kyoto |
2558542 | 1231740 | 1326802 |
| 14 |
Niigata |
2413103 | 1170645 | 1242458 |
| 15 |
Miyagi |
2334874 | 1135696 | 1199178 |
| 16 |
Nagano |
2176806 | 1063273 | 1113533 |
| 17 |
Gifu |
2095484 | 1021355 | 1074129 |
| 18 |
Fukushima |
2075555 | 1011125 | 1064430 |
| 19 |
Gumma |
2012151 | 994315 | 1017836 |
| 20 |
Tochigi |
2006701 | 999536 | 1007165 |
| 21 |
Okayama |
1948250 | 939835 | 1008415 |
| 22 |
Mie |
1856282 | 905823 | 950459 |
| 23 |
Kumamoto |
1844644 | 871415 | 973229 |
| 24 |
Kagoshima |
1739075 | 816260 | 922815 |
| 25 |
Yamaguchi |
1479840 | 700205 | 779635 |
| 26 |
Ehime |
1471510 | 696678 | 774832 |
| 27 |
Nagasaki |
1469197 | 689356 | 779841 |
| 28 |
Aomori |
1430543 | 680654 | 749889 |
| 29 |
Nara |
1419626 | 679530 | 740096 |
| 30 |
Okinawa |
1391215 | 684806 | 706409 |
| 31 |
Shiga |
1377886 | 679613 | 698273 |
| 32 |
Iwate |
1366652 | 657304 | 709348 |
| 33 |
Oita |
1215388 | 575691 | 639697 |
| 34 |
Yamagata |
1194071 | 575514 | 618557 |
| 35 |
Ishikawa |
1167151 | 562527 | 604624 |
| 36 |
Miyazaki |
1161026 | 548674 | 612352 |
| 37 |
Akita |
1130823 | 535577 | 595246 |
| 38 |
Toyama |
1106340 | 534180 | 572160 |
| 39 |
Wakayama |
1045973 | 496361 | 549612 |
| 40 |
Kagawa |
1019333 | 491071 | 528262 |
| 41 |
Yamanashi |
871481 | 428199 | 443282 |
| 42 |
Saga |
864738 | 409857 | 454881 |
| 43 |
Fukui |
815344 | 395584 | 419760 |
| 44 |
Tokushima |
805951 | 384948 | 421003 |
| 45 |
Kochi |
784038 | 368799 | 415239 |
| 46 |
Shimane |
733123 | 349588 | 383535 |
| 47 |
Tottori |
602411 | 288127 | 314284 |
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Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (2008) |
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