Cities and urban areas in Japan with population over 100,000]
[POPULATION data has been updated here]
Copyright Rhett Butler 2003

The table below includes cities with populations exceeding 100 000 people. All figures are estimates for 2002.


Urban Area RankCity Pop RankCityCountryCity PopulationUrban Area Population
116TokyoJapan802750031036900
8643YokohamaJapan35523003552300
666OsakaJapan264700017592400
2988NagoyaJapan22580008595400
165117SapporoJapan17797002249900
251144KyotoJapan14925001492500
255145KobeJapan14674001467400
65174FukuokaJapan13342004186300
305180KawasakiJapan12920001292000
220226HiroshimaJapan11311001639100
388253KitakyushuJapan10588001058800
300265SendaiJapan10154001312900
451293ChibaJapan932800932800
509337SakaiJapan816700816700
625433KumamotoJapan658600658600
307453OkayamaJapan6279001270100
666462SagamiharaJapan612900612900
687484FunabashiJapan588800588800
376498HamamatsuJapan5805001093000
745536KagoshimaJapan546500546500
771564HigashiosakaJapan526100526100
802597HachiojiJapan507100507100
810603AmagasakiJapan503600503600
814607MatsudoJapan502400502400
822612NiigataJapan499200499200
824614UrawaJapan497600497600
835623KawaguchiJapan492700492700
318626ShizuokaJapan4900001211600
842634HimejiJapan485400485400
845642IchikawaJapan479600479600
851649OmiyaJapan476100476100
857659KanazawaJapan465400465400
859660YokosukaJapan464200464200
864665MatsuyamaJapan461700461700
871676UtsunomiyaJapan454400454400
898712NagasakiJapan431900431900
901717OitaJapan428100428100
830785WakayamaJapan393300494400
964812FukuyamaJapan382000382000
704843ToyohashiJapan370300572400
988847NaganoJapan369000369000
1002861AsahikawaJapan365200365200
1004863IwakiJapan364900364900
1070946TakamatsuJapan336300336300
1079961KoriyamaJapan330800330800
1083965ToyamaJapan329900329900
1100983NahaJapan321500321500
1104987KochiJapan320500320500
11451040AkitaJapan306500306500
11511049MiyazakiJapan304100304100
11571055HakodateJapan302700302700
11831086MaebashiJapan294900294900
11881092AomoriJapan294100294100
12131117FukushimaJapan289200289200
12241129MoriokaJapan286300286300
12791194TokushimaJapan269400269400
13261247MitoJapan260400260400
13281250FukuiJapan259700259700
13521276YamagataJapan253900253900
13831309TakasakiJapan246600246600
13981326KurumeJapan243400243400
14021331HachinoheJapan242600242600
14081337SaseboJapan241100241100
14321364FujiJapan236900236900
8921497NumazuJapan219400437600
15731523OdawaraJapan214900214900
15791530KureJapan213700213700
16021555MatsumotoJapan211500211500
16071561HitachiJapan210600210600
16281583KofuJapan207500207500
16731632KushiroJapan201900201900
17651728NagaokaJapan192200192200
18111777SuzukaJapan186100186100
18871858HirosakiJapan177900177900
19051877TakaokaJapan176000176000
19201891ObihiroJapan173900173900
19211892UbeJapan173500173500
19241895AshikagaJapan173100173100
19311902SagaJapan172400172400
19391910TomakomaiJapan171500171500
19701941TsuJapan168900168900
21002077OyamaJapan156700156700
21622141KatsutaJapan152000152000
21802159OmutaJapan150700150700



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