Japan — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Japan — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

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 126,529,100, against 128,137,485 in 2005.

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)
1	Tōkyō	Tōkyō	8,336,599
2	Yokohama	Kanagawa	3,574,443
3	Ōsaka	Ōsaka	2,592,413
4	Nagoya	Aichi	2,191,279
5	Sapporo	Hokkaido	1,883,027
6	Kōbe	Hyōgo	1,528,478
7	Kyōto	Kyōto	1,459,640
8	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	1,392,289
9	Kawasaki	Kanagawa	1,306,785
10	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	1,143,841
11	Saitama	Saitama	1,077,730
12	Sendai	Miyagi	1,037,562
13	Kitakyūshū	Fukuoka	997,536
14	Chiba	Chiba	919,729
15	Sakai	Ōsaka	782,339
16	Kumamoto	Kumamoto	680,423
17	Sagamihara	Kanagawa	648,801
18	Okayama	Okayama	639,652
19	Hamamatsu	Shizuoka	605,098
20	Hachiōji	Tōkyō	579,399
21	Funabashi	Chiba	560,743
22	Kagoshima	Kagoshima	555,352
23	Higashiōsaka	Ōsaka	513,125
24	Niigata	Niigata	505,272
25	Matsuyama	Ehime	485,431
26	Himeji	Hyōgo	481,493
27	Matsudo	Chiba	470,277
28	Nishinomiya	Hyōgo	468,925
29	Kawaguchi	Saitama	468,565
30	Shizuoka	Shizuoka	467,322
31	Kanazawa	Ishikawa	458,937
32	Ichikawa	Chiba	458,240
33	Utsunomiya	Tochigi	449,865
34	Ōita	Ōita	448,907
35	Amagasaki	Hyōgo	442,173
36	Kurashiki	Okayama	437,581
37	Yokosuka	Kanagawa	428,992
38	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	410,204
39	Hirakata	Ōsaka	406,331
40	Machida	Tōkyō	399,969
41	Gifu	Gifu	397,714
42	Fujisawa	Kanagawa	394,624
43	Toyonaka	Ōsaka	384,459
44	Fukuyama	Hiroshima	383,298
45	Toyohashi	Aichi	378,374
46	Wakayama	Wakayama	375,339
47	Nara	Nara	367,353
48	Toyota	Aichi	362,383
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
57	Tokorozawa	Saitama	339,435
58	Kawagoe	Saitama	337,931
59	Kōchi	Kōchi	335,570
60	Takamatsu	Kagawa	334,223
61	Toyama	Toyama	325,532
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

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.