Largest cities in Japan
28 cities with more than 300,000 people, ranked by 2025 population.
- cities of 300k+
- 28
- combined population
- 71.4 million
- largest
- Tokyo
| # | City | 2025 | 2050 (projected) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | 33.4 million | 30.7 million | −8.2% |
| 2 | Osaka | 13 million | 10.4 million | −19.4% |
| 3 | Nagoya | 7.1 million | 6.3 million | −11.9% |
| 4 | Fukuoka | 2.2 million | 1.9 million | −13% |
| 5 | Sapporo | 2 million | 1.8 million | −9.8% |
| 6 | Sendai | 1.3 million | 1.1 million | −13.7% |
| 7 | Kitakyushu | 1.2 million | 1 million | −15.3% |
| 8 | Hiroshima | 1.2 million | 971,000 | −18.1% |
| 9 | Naha | 1.1 million | 1 million | −3.3% |
| 10 | Nara | 994,000 | 752,000 | −24.3% |
| 11 | Okayama | 817,000 | 671,000 | −17.9% |
| 12 | Kumamoto | 641,000 | 550,000 | −14.2% |
| 13 | Otsu | 560,000 | 469,000 | −16.3% |
| 14 | Kanazawa | 534,000 | 449,000 | −15.9% |
| 15 | Himeji | 494,000 | 401,000 | −18.8% |
| 16 | Kagoshima | 484,000 | 417,000 | −13.8% |
| 17 | Toyohashi | 442,000 | 326,000 | −26.2% |
| 18 | Matsuyama | 437,000 | 363,000 | −16.9% |
| 19 | Takasaki [Maebashi] | 432,000 | 366,000 | −15.3% |
| 20 | Niigata | 422,000 | 343,000 | −18.7% |
| 21 | Numazu | 375,000 | 325,000 | −13.3% |
| 22 | Oita | 372,000 | 286,000 | −23.1% |
| 23 | Fukuyama | 355,000 | 244,000 | −31.3% |
| 24 | Utsunomiya | 353,000 | 323,000 | −8.5% |
| 25 | Takamatsu | 340,000 | 261,000 | −23.2% |
| 26 | Yokkaichi | 332,000 | 266,000 | −19.9% |
| 27 | Shizuoka | 329,000 | 275,000 | −16.4% |
| 28 | Nagasaki | 309,000 | 262,000 | −15.2% |