List of Japanese prefectures by population

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This is a list of Japanese prefectures by population.

For details of administrative divisions of Japan, see Prefectures of Japan.

1 Prefectures of Japan ranked by population as of October 1, 2008
2 Historical demography of prefectures of Japan
3 References and notes
4 External links
5 See also

Prefectures of Japan ranked by population as of October 1, 2008

Figures here are according to the official estimates of Japan as of October 1, 2008, except for the census population held on October 1, 2005. Population is given according to the de jure population concept for enumerating the people. That is, a person was enumerated at the place where he or she usually lived, and was counted as the population of the area including the place. Ranks are given by the estimated population as of October 1, 2008.

Rank	Prefectures	Japanese	Estimated Total Population	Estimated Male Population	Estimated Female Population	Annual Change (Oct 1, 2007 to Sep 30, 2008)	Estimated Population of Japanese nationality	Latest Census Population (Oct 1, 2005)	Estimated Area (km²)	Population Density (/km²)	Capital
1	Tōkyō-to	東京都	12,838,435	6,392,907	6,445,528	80,064	12,551,986	12,576,601	2,187.65	5,868.60	Shinjuku-ku, Tōkyō-to
2	Kanagawa-ken	神奈川県	8,917,182	4,499,721	4,417,461	37,120	8,784,308	8,791,597	2,415.84	3,691.13	Yokohama-shi
3	Ōsaka-fu	大阪府	8,806,016	4,263,263	4,542,753	−5,637	8,639,152	8,817,166	1,897.85	4,640.00	Ōsaka-shi
4	Aichi-ken	愛知県	7,403,409	3,723,088	3,680,321	43,514	7,202,589	7,254,704	5,164.57	1,433.50	Nagoya-shi
5	Saitama-ken	埼玉県	7,112,636	3,579,707	3,532,929	22,304	7,019,489	7,054,243	3,797.25	1,873.10	Saitama-shi
6	Chiba-ken	千葉県	6,122,113	3,058,269	3,063,844	23,898	6,039,211	6,056,462	5,156.60	1,187.24	Chiba-shi
7	Hyōgo-ken	兵庫県	5,586,033	2,673,769	2,912,264	−2,704	5,504,410	5,590,601	8,395.84	665.33	Kōbe-shi
8	Hokkaidō	北海道	5,535,486	2,615,966	2,919,520	−34,963	5,517,450	5,627,737	83,456.58	70.59	Sapporo-shi
9	Fukuoka-ken	福岡県	5,054,255	2,391,694	2,662,561	−1,595	5,012,983	5,049,908	4,976.97	1,015.53	Fukuoka-shi
10	Shizuoka-ken	静岡県	3,799,930	1,874,530	1,925,400	−680	3,712,339	3,792,377	7,780.33	488.40	Shizuoka-shi
11	Ibaraki-ken	茨城県	2,963,990	1,474,555	1,489,435	−4,751	2,922,545	2,975,167	6,095.69	486.24	Mito-shi
12	Hiroshima-ken	広島県	2,868,756	1,386,641	1,482,115	−4,594	2,835,743	2,876,642	8,479.05	338.33	Hiroshima-shi
13	Kyōto-fu	京都府	2,628,864	1,261,862	1,367,002	−6,464	2,586,798	2,647,660	4,613.01	569.88	Kyōto-shi
14	Niigata-ken	新潟県	2,390,976	1,155,734	1,235,242	−13,818	2,380,083	2,431,459	12,583.48	190.01	Niigata-shi
15	Miyagi-ken	宮城県	2,340,167	1,134,777	1,205,390	−7,204	2,328,861	2,360,218	7,285.75	321.20	Sendai-shi
16	Nagano-ken	長野県	2,170,691	1,055,353	1,115,338	−9,723	2,135,497	2,196,114	13,562.23	160.05	Nagano-shi
17	Gifu-ken	岐阜県	2,100,375	1,017,342	1,083,033	−3,567	2,052,794	2,107,226	10,621.17	197.75	Gifu-shi
18	Fukushima-ken	福島県	2,052,495	996,203	1,056,292	−14,149	2,042,504	2,091,319	13,782.75	148.92	Fukushima-shi
19	Gunma-ken	群馬県	2,012,275	990,473	1,021,802	−3,898	1,974,773	2,024,135	6,363.16	316.24	Maebashi-shi
20	Tochigi-ken	栃木県	2,011,276	1,000,072	1,011,204	−2,479	1,981,300	2,016,631	6,408.28	313.86	Utsunomiya-shi
21	Okayama-ken	岡山県	1,948,196	934,307	1,013,889	−4,328	1,929,759	1,957,264	7,113.21	273.88	Okayama-shi
22	Mie-ken	三重県	1,875,464	913,062	962,402	−536	1,828,020	1,866,963	5,777.19	324.63	Tsu-shi
23	Kumamoto-ken	熊本県	1,820,942	856,157	964,785	−6,996	1,813,335	1,842,233	7,405.80	245.88	Kumamoto-shi
24	Kagoshima-ken	鹿児島県	1,717,330	800,413	916,917	−13,092	1,712,865	1,753,179	9,188.67	186.90	Kagoshima-shi
25	Yamaguchi-ken	山口県	1,463,077	688,839	774,238	−10,529	1,451,524	1,492,606	6,113.81	239.31	Yamaguchi-shi
26	Ehime-ken	愛媛県	1,443,927	679,350	764,577	−8,049	1,436,439	1,467,815	5,677.73	254.31	Matsuyama-shi
27	Nagasaki-ken	長崎県	1,440,207	671,277	768,930	−13,250	1,433,899	1,478,632	4,104.48	350.89	Nagasaki-shi
28	Nara-ken	奈良県	1,403,686	665,675	738,011	−6,363	1,395,121	1,421,310	3,691.09	380.29	Nara-shi
29	Shiga-ken	滋賀県	1,402,032	693,740	708,292	6,024	1,374,518	1,380,361	4,017.36	348.99	Ōtsu-shi
30	Aomori-ken	青森県	1,391,834	654,249	737,585	−15,094	1,388,386	1,436,657	9,607.11	144.88	Aomori-shi
31	Okinawa-ken	沖縄県	1,375,993	673,835	702,158	2,821	1,368,613	1,361,594	2,275.91	604.59	Naha-shi
32	Iwate-ken	岩手県	1,351,890	645,067	706,823	−12,134	1,346,660	1,385,041	15,278.86	88.48	Morioka-shi
33	Ōita-ken	大分県	1,200,188	565,660	634,528	−2,867	1,192,098	1,209,571	6,339.54	189.32	Ōita-shi
34	Yamagata-ken	山形県	1,188,229	570,187	618,042	−10,139	1,181,996	1,216,181	9,323.46	127.45	Yamagata-shi
35	Ishikawa-ken	石川県	1,167,892	563,590	604,302	−2,071	1,158,070	1,174,026	4,185.54	279.03	Kanazawa-shi
36	Miyazaki-ken	宮崎県	1,136,191	533,022	603,169	−6,465	1,133,156	1,153,042	7,734.80	146.89	Miyazaki-shi
37	Akita-ken	秋田県	1,107,828	520,674	587,154	−12,818	1,104,635	1,145,501	11,612.28	95.40	Akita-shi
38	Toyama-ken	富山県	1,101,342	530,661	570,681	−4,362	1,087,555	1,111,729	4,247.55	259.29	Toyama-shi
39	Wakayama-ken	和歌山県	1,011,556	475,063	536,493	−7,873	1,007,263	1,035,969	4,726.29	214.03	Wakayama-shi
40	Kagawa-ken	香川県	1,002,514	481,207	521,307	−3,189	995,796	1,012,400	1,876.51	534.24	Takamatsu-shi
41	Yamanashi-ken	山梨県	870,694	425,895	444,799	−6,119	856,923	884,515	4,465.37	194.99	Kōfu-shi
42	Saga-ken	佐賀県	855,832	402,297	453,535	−3,455	852,304	866,369	2,439.60	350.81	Saga-shi
43	Fukui-ken	福井県	812,395	392,977	419,418	−3,551	800,774	821,592	4,189.54	193.91	Fukui-shi
44	Tokushima-ken	徳島県	794,128	376,716	417,412	−5,788	790,341	809,950	4,146.55	191.52	Tokushima-shi
45	Kōchi-ken	高知県	773,436	362,180	411,256	−8,149	770,852	796,292	7,105.13	108.86	Kōchi-shi
46	Shimane-ken	島根県	724,918	345,182	379,736	−6,126	720,115	742,223	6,707.86	108.07	Matue-shi
47	Tottori-ken	鳥取県	595,192	283,796	311,396	−4,697	591,314	607,012	3,507.26	169.70	Tottori-shi
	Japan	日本国	127,692,273	62,251,004	65,441,269	−78,521	125,947,146	127,767,994	377,943.57	342.42	Tōkyō

Historical demography of prefectures of Japan

Population before 1920 was calculated based on information of family registries (戸籍, koseki^?), while door-to-door censuses have been held every 5 years as of October 1 since 1920 in Japan except for the year of 1945.

As for prefectural population before 1945, prefectures that constituted official Japan Proper or Mainland Japan (内地, naichi^?, inner lands) are only given. Karafuto Prefecture (樺太府, Karafuto-fu^?) or Southern Sakhalin was officially incorporated into Japan Proper since March 26, 1943 until the end of the World War II, while Taiwan, Kwantung Leased Territory, Korea and South Pacific Mandate were treated as exterior territories (外地, gaichi^?, outer lands). At the end of war, Japan lost possessions of Southern Sakhalin (Karafuto-fu), Kuril Islands (part of Hokkaidō), Ogasawra Islands (part of Tōkyō-to), Amami and Tokara Islands (part of Kagoshima-ken) and Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa-ken). For the population of the colonies of the former Empire of Japan, see Demographics of Imperial Japan.

1948 to 2000

Population in the following table is given according to the de jure population concept for enumerating the people.

Source: Census of Japan (as of October 1 for the years of 2000, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980, 1975, 1970, 1965, 1960, 1955 and 1950),

De jure Population Census of Japan (as of August 1, 1948),

Census of Ryūkyū (as of October 1, 1970, December 1, 1960 and December 1, 1950),

Extraordinary Census of Ryūkyū (as of October 1, 1965 and December 1, 1955).

Prefectures	Oct 1, 2000	Oct 1, 1995	Oct 1, 1990	Oct 1, 1985	Oct 1, 1980	Oct 1, 1975	Oct 1, 1970	Oct 1, 1965	Oct 1, 1960	Oct 1, 1955	Oct 1, 1950	Aug 1, 1948
Hokkaidō	5,683,062	5,692,321	5,643,647	5,679,439	5,575,989	5,338,206	5,184,287	5,171,800	5,039,206	4,773,087	4,295,567	4,021,050
Aomori-ken	1,475,728	1,481,663	1,482,873	1,524,448	1,523,907	1,468,646	1,427,520	1,416,591	1,426,606	1,382,523	1,282,867	1,218,325
Iwate-ken	1,416,180	1,419,505	1,416,928	1,433,611	1,421,927	1,385,563	1,371,383	1,411,118	1,448,517	1,427,097	1,346,728	1,294,203
Miyagi-ken	2,365,320	2,328,739	2,248,558	2,176,295	2,082,320	1,955,267	1,819,223	1,753,126	1,743,195	1,727,065	1,663,442	1,596,307
Akita-ken	1,189,279	1,213,667	1,227,478	1,254,032	1,256,745	1,232,481	1,241,376	1,279,835	1,335,580	1,348,871	1,309,031	1,283,710
Yamagata-ken	1,244,147	1,256,958	1,258,390	1,261,662	1,251,917	1,220,302	1,225,618	1,263,103	1,320,664	1,353,649	1,357,347	1,346,492
Fukushima-ken	2,126,935	2,133,592	2,104,058	2,080,304	2,035,272	1,970,616	1,946,077	1,983,754	2,051,137	2,095,237	2,062,394	2,026,482
Ibaraki-ken	2,985,676	2,955,530	2,845,382	2,725,005	2,558,007	2,342,198	2,143,551	2,056,154	2,047,024	2,064,037	2,039,418	2,044,578
Tochigi-ken	2,004,817	1,984,390	1,935,168	1,866,066	1,792,201	1,698,003	1,580,021	1,521,656	1,513,624	1,547,580	1,550,462	1,557,860
Gunma-ken	2,024,852	2,003,540	1,966,265	1,921,259	1,848,562	1,756,480	1,658,909	1,605,584	1,578,476	1,613,549	1,601,380	1,608,894
Saitama-ken	6,938,006	6,759,311	6,405,319	5,863,678	5,420,480	4,821,340	3,866,472	3,014,983	2,430,871	2,262,623	2,146,445	2,132,221
Chiba-ken	5,926,285	5,797,782	5,555,429	5,148,163	4,735,424	4,149,147	3,366,624	2,701,770	2,306,010	2,205,060	2,139,037	2,140,511
Tōkyō-to	12,064,101	11,773,605	11,855,563	11,829,363	11,618,281	11,673,554	11,408,071	10,869,244	9,683,802	8,037,084	6,277,500	5,417,871
Kanagawa-ken	8,489,974	8,245,900	7,980,391	7,431,974	6,924,348	6,397,748	5,472,247	4,430,743	3,443,176	2,919,497	2,487,665	2,317,551
Niigata-ken	2,475,733	2,488,364	2,474,583	2,478,470	2,451,357	2,391,938	2,360,982	2,398,931	2,442,037	2,473,492	2,460,997	2,435,451
Toyama-ken	1,120,851	1,123,125	1,120,161	1,118,369	1,103,459	1,070,791	1,029,695	1,025,465	1,032,614	1,021,121	1,008,790	998,349
Ishikawa-ken	1,180,977	1,180,068	1,164,628	1,152,325	1,119,304	1,069,872	1,002,420	980,499	973,418	966,187	957,279	941,772
Fukui-ken	828,944	826,996	823,585	817,633	794,354	773,599	744,230	750,557	752,696	754,055	752,374	733,374
Yamanashi-ken	888,172	881,996	852,966	832,832	804,256	783,050	762,029	763,194	782,062	807,044	811,369	815,485
Nagano-ken	2,215,168	2,193,984	2,156,627	2,136,927	2,083,934	2,017,564	1,956,917	1,958,007	1,981,433	2,021,292	2,060,831	2,079,682
Gifu-ken	2,107,700	2,100,315	2,066,569	2,028,536	1,960,107	1,867,978	1,758,954	1,700,365	1,638,399	1,583,605	1,544,538	1,524,812
Shizuoka-ken	3,767,393	3,737,689	3,670,840	3,574,692	3,446,804	3,308,799	3,089,895	2,912,521	2,756,271	2,650,435	2,471,472	2,407,102
Aichi-ken	7,043,300	6,868,336	6,690,603	6,455,172	6,221,638	5,923,569	5,386,163	4,798,653	4,206,313	3,769,209	3,390,585	3,226,116
Mie-ken	1,857,339	1,841,358	1,792,514	1,747,311	1,686,936	1,626,002	1,543,083	1,514,467	1,485,054	1,485,582	1,461,197	1,451,100
Shiga-ken	1,342,832	1,287,005	1,222,411	1,155,844	1,079,898	985,621	889,768	853,385	842,695	853,734	861,180	872,775
Kyōto-fu	2,644,391	2,629,592	2,602,460	2,586,574	2,527,330	2,424,856	2,250,087	2,102,808	1,993,403	1,935,161	1,832,934	1,784,753
Ōsaka-fu	8,805,081	8,797,268	8,734,516	8,668,095	8,473,446	8,278,925	7,620,480	6,657,189	5,504,746	4,618,308	3,857,047	3,515,225
Hyōgo-ken	5,550,574	5,401,877	5,405,040	5,278,050	5,144,892	4,992,140	4,667,928	4,309,944	3,906,487	3,620,947	3,309,935	3,156,888
Nara-ken	1,442,795	1,430,862	1,375,481	1,304,866	1,209,365	1,077,491	930,160	825,965	781,058	776,861	763,883	778,677
Wakayama-ken	1,069,912	1,080,435	1,074,325	1,087,206	1,087,012	1,072,118	1,042,736	1,026,975	1,002,191	1,006,819	982,113	979,982
Tottori-ken	613,289	614,929	615,722	616,024	604,221	581,311	568,777	579,853	599,135	614,259	600,177	592,863
Shimane-ken	761,503	771,441	781,021	794,629	784,795	768,886	773,575	821,620	888,886	929,066	912,551	903,576
Okayama-ken	1,950,828	1,950,750	1,925,877	1,916,906	1,871,023	1,814,305	1,707,026	1,645,135	1,670,454	1,689,800	1,661,099	1,650,285
Hiroshima-ken	2,878,915	2,881,748	2,849,847	2,819,200	2,739,161	2,646,324	2,436,135	2,281,146	2,184,043	2,149,044	2,081,967	2,045,923
Yamaguchi-ken	1,527,964	1,555,543	1,572,616	1,601,627	1,587,079	1,555,218	1,511,448	1,543,573	1,602,207	1,609,839	1,540,882	1,505,532
Tokushima-ken	824,108	832,427	831,598	834,889	825,261	805,166	791,111	815,115	847,274	878,109	878,511	869,290
Kagawa-ken	1,022,890	1,027,006	1,023,412	1,022,569	999,864	961,292	907,897	900,845	918,867	943,823	946,022	934,123
Ehime-ken	1,493,092	1,506,700	1,515,025	1,529,983	1,506,637	1,465,215	1,418,124	1,446,384	1,500,687	1,540,628	1,521,878	1,481,106
Kōchi-ken	813,949	816,704	825,034	839,784	831,275	808,397	786,882	812,714	854,595	882,683	873,874	866,385
Fukuoka-ken	5,015,699	4,933,393	4,811,050	4,719,259	4,553,461	4,292,963	4,027,416	3,964,611	4,006,679	3,859,764	3,530,169	3,312,577
Saga-ken	876,654	884,316	877,851	880,013	865,574	837,674	838,468	871,885	942,874	973,749	945,082	931,336
Nagasaki-ken	1,516,523	1,544,934	1,562,959	1,593,968	1,590,564	1,571,912	1,570,245	1,641,245	1,760,421	1,747,596	1,645,492	1,565,558
Kumamoto-ken	1,859,344	1,859,793	1,840,326	1,837,747	1,790,327	1,715,273	1,700,229	1,770,736	1,856,192	1,895,663	1,827,582	1,786,058
Ōita-ken	1,221,140	1,231,306	1,236,942	1,250,214	1,228,913	1,190,314	1,155,566	1,187,480	1,239,655	1,277,199	1,252,999	1,245,689
Miyazaki-ken	1,170,007	1,175,819	1,168,907	1,175,543	1,151,587	1,085,055	1,051,105	1,080,692	1,134,590	1,139,384	1,091,427	1,052,483
Kagoshima-ken	1,786,194	1,794,224	1,797,824	1,819,270	1,784,623	1,723,902	1,729,150	1,853,541	1,963,104	2,044,112	1,804,118	1,766,514
Okinawa-ken	1,318,220	1,273,440	1,222,398	1,179,097	1,106,559	1,042,572
Japan	126,925,843	125,570,246	123,611,167	121,048,923	117,060,396	111,939,643	103,720,060	98,274,961	93,418,501	89,275,529	83,199,637	80,216,896
Ryūkyū							945,111	934,176	883,122	801,065	914,937
Total	126,925,843	125,570,246	123,611,167	121,048,923	117,060,396	111,939,643	104,665,171	99,209,137	94,301,623	90,076,594	84,114,574	80,216,896

1920 to 1947

Population in the following table is given according to the de facto population concept for enumerating the people.

Source: Extraordinary Census of Japan (as of October 1, 1947),

Population Census of Japan (as of April 26, 1946, November 1, 1945 and February 22, 1944),

Census of Japan (as of October 1 for the years of 1940, 1935, 1930, 1925 and 1920).

Prefectures	Oct 1, 1947	Apr 26, 1946	Nov 1, 1945	Feb 22, 1944	Oct 1, 1940	Oct 1, 1935	Oct 1, 1930	Oct 1, 1925	Oct 1, 1920
Hokkaidō	3,852,821	3,488,013	3,518,389	3,256,157	3,272,718	3,068,282	2,812,335	2,498,679	2,359,183
Aomori-ken	1,180,245	1,089,232	1,083,250	1,009,104	1,000,509	967,129	879,914	812,977	756,454
Iwate-ken	1,262,743	1,217,154	1,227,789	1,104,049	1,095,793	1,046,111	975,771	900,984	845,540
Miyagi-ken	1,566,831	1,462,100	1,462,254	1,275,862	1,271,238	1,234,801	1,142,784	1,044,036	961,768
Akita-ken	1,257,398	1,195,813	1,211,871	1,048,769	1,052,275	1,037,744	987,706	936,408	898,537
Yamagata-ken	1,335,653	1,294,934	1,326,350	1,083,569	1,119,338	1,116,822	1,080,034	1,027,297	968,925
Fukushima-ken	1,992,460	1,918,746	1,957,356	1,599,392	1,625,521	1,581,563	1,508,150	1,437,596	1,362,750
Ibaraki-ken	2,013,735	1,940,833	1,944,344	1,656,678	1,620,000	1,548,991	1,487,097	1,409,092	1,350,400
Tochigi-ken	1,534,311	1,503,619	1,546,355	1,203,679	1,206,657	1,195,057	1,141,737	1,090,428	1,046,479
Gunma-ken	1,572,787	1,524,635	1,546,081	1,319,517	1,299,027	1,242,453	1,186,080	1,118,858	1,052,610
Saitama-ken	2,100,453	2,028,553	2,047,261	1,647,625	1,608,039	1,528,854	1,459,172	1,394,461	1,319,533
Chiba-ken	2,112,917	2,008,568	1,966,862	1,659,345	1,588,425	1,546,394	1,470,121	1,399,257	1,336,155
Tōkyō-to	5,000,777	4,183,072	3,488,284	7,271,001
Tōkyō-fu					7,354,971	6,369,919	5,408,678	4,485,144	3,699,428
Kanagawa-ken	2,218,120	2,019,943	1,865,667	2,474,354	2,188,974	1,840,005	1,619,606	1,416,792	1,323,390
Niigata-ken	2,418,271	2,326,811	2,389,653	1,994,817	2,064,402	1,995,777	1,933,326	1,849,807	1,776,474
Toyama-ken	979,229	932,669	953,834	819,614	822,569	798,890	778,953	749,243	724,276
Ishikawa-ken	927,743	877,197	887,510	743,672	757,676	768,416	756,835	750,854	747,360
Fukui-ken	726,264	695,703	724,856	621,933	643,904	646,659	618,144	597,899	599,155
Yamanashi-ken	807,251	796,973	839,057	634,897	663,026	646,727	631,042	600,675	583,453
Nagano-ken	2,060,010	2,028,648	2,121,050	1,650,511	1,710,729	1,714,000	1,717,118	1,629,217	1,562,722
Gifu-ken	1,493,644	1,444,000	1,518,649	1,266,008	1,265,024	1,225,799	1,178,405	1,132,557	1,070,407
Shizuoka-ken	2,353,005	2,260,059	2,220,358	2,027,856	2,017,860	1,939,860	1,797,805	1,671,217	1,550,387
Aichi-ken	3,122,902	2,919,085	2,857,851	3,280,206	3,166,592	2,862,701	2,567,413	2,319,494	2,089,762
Mie-ken	1,416,494	1,371,858	1,394,286	1,209,266	1,198,783	1,174,595	1,157,407	1,107,692	1,069,270
Shiga-ken	858,367	831,306	860,911	691,972	703,679	711,436	691,631	662,412	651,050
Kyōto-fu	1,739,084	1,621,998	1,603,796	1,635,528	1,729,993	1,702,508	1,552,832	1,406,382	1,287,147
Ōsaka-fu	3,334,659	2,976,140	2,800,958	4,412,953	4,792,966	4,297,174	3,540,017	3,059,502	2,587,847
Hyōgo-ken	3,057,444	2,826,192	2,821,892	3,224,376	3,221,232	2,923,249	2,646,301	2,454,679	2,301,799
Nara-ken	779,935	744,381	779,685	606,789	620,509	620,471	596,225	583,828	564,607
Wakayama-ken	959,999	933,231	936,006	847,388	865,074	864,087	830,748	787,511	750,411
Tottori-ken	587,606	557,429	563,220	476,284	484,390	490,461	489,266	472,230	454,675
Shimane-ken	894,267	848,995	860,275	729,819	740,940	747,119	739,507	722,402	714,712
Okayama-ken	1,619,622	1,538,621	1,564,626	1,333,300	1,329,358	1,332,647	1,283,962	1,238,447	1,217,698
Hiroshima-ken	2,011,498	1,901,430	1,885,471	1,962,950	1,869,504	1,804,916	1,692,136	1,617,680	1,541,905
Yamaguchi-ken	1,479,244	1,375,496	1,356,491	1,357,368	1,294,242	1,190,542	1,135,637	1,094,544	1,041,013
Tokushima-ken	854,811	829,405	835,763	703,260	718,717	728,748	716,544	689,814	670,212
Kagawa-ken	917,673	872,312	863,700	713,134	730,394	748,656	732,816	700,308	677,852
Ehime-ken	1,453,887	1,380,700	1,361,484	1,186,491	1,178,705	1,164,898	1,142,122	1,096,366	1,046,720
Kōchi-ken	848,337	797,876	775,578	693,053	709,286	714,980	718,152	687,478	670,895
Fukuoka-ken	3,178,134	2,906,644	2,746,855	3,066,472	3,094,132	2,755,804	2,527,119	2,301,668	2,188,249
Saga-ken	917,797	856,692	830,431	705,651	701,517	686,117	691,565	684,831	673,895
Nagasaki-ken	1,531,674	1,417,977	1,318,589	1,490,890	1,370,063	1,296,883	1,233,362	1,163,945	1,136,182
Kumamoto-ken	1,765,726	1,631,976	1,556,490	1,371,005	1,368,179	1,387,054	1,353,993	1,296,086	1,233,233
Ōita-ken	1,233,651	1,149,501	1,124,513	973,707	972,975	980,458	945,771	915,136	860,282
Miyazaki-ken	1,025,689	957,856	913,687	839,556	840,357	824,431	760,467	691,094	651,097
Kagoshima-ken	1,746,305	1,629,760	1,538,466	1,594,009	1,589,467	1,591,466	1,556,690	1,472,193	1,415,582
Okinawa-ken				590,480	574,579	592,494	577,509	557,622	571,572
Karafuto-fu				391,825
Japan Proper	78,101,473	73,114,136	71,998,104	73,456,141	73,114,308	69,254,148	64,450,005	59,736,822	55,963,053

1884 to 1918

Population in the following tables is given according to the A-type de facto population concept for enumerating the people, based on koseki registration systems.

Source: Imperial Japan Static Population Statistics (as of December 31 for the years of 1918, 1913, 1908 and 1903),

Imperial Japan Population Statistics (as of December 31, 1898),

Imperial Japan Registered Household Tables (as of December 31 for the years of 1897, 1896, 1895, 1894, 1893, 1892, 1891, 1890, 1889, 1888, 1887 and 1886),

Japan Registered Household Tables (as of January 1, 1886),

Japan Household Tables (as of January 1 for the years of 1885 and 1884).

Prefectures	Dec 31, 1918	Dec 31, 1913	Dec 31, 1908	Dec 31, 1903	Dec 31, 1898	Dec 31, 1897	Dec 31, 1896	Dec 31, 1895	Dec 31, 1894	Dec 31, 1893
Hokkaidō	2,177,700	1,817,705	1,459,424	1,089,503	859,534	755,837	698,144	647,883	594,143	537,953
Aomori-ken	797,841	764,485	721,127	665,691	617,531	600,294	589,557	584,459	574,235	567,002
Iwate-ken	869,652	835,415	776,714	748,752	718,737	702,750	694,867	702,915	693,730	690,456
Miyagi-ken	954,571	927,337	893,365	905,883	851,210	833,113	821,257	817,805	802,927	790,079
Akita-ken	977,212	943,628	892,650	837,665	781,129	757,041	748,358	737,922	726,974	720,871
Yamagata-ken	987,053	965,356	913,445	879,564	827,138	811,039	800,831	790,779	781,727	778,280
Fukushima-ken	1,389,609	1,303,501	1,234,281	1,175,224	1,098,002	1,061,013	1,041,294	1,022,780	1,005,381	994,825
Ibaraki-ken	1,407,735	1,328,329	1,259,995	1,200,475	1,149,594	1,115,269	1,101,540	1,085,445	1,069,316	1,058,369
Tochigi-ken	1,103,333	1,044,177	977,437	912,274	829,630	798,946	781,864	767,478	751,874	744,426
Gunma-ken	1,082,141	1,020,853	961,026	904,046	830,223	806,277	797,870	792,575	778,729	766,687
Saitama-ken	1,391,712	1,343,674	1,284,502	1,240,280	1,175,697	1,152,823	1,147,133	1,137,773	1,119,126	1,109,604
Chiba-ken	1,395,746	1,401,587	1,358,445	1,316,547	1,275,376	1,245,874	1,239,660	1,230,385	1,221,631	1,215,742
Tōkyō-fu	3,719,335	3,145,365	3,053,946	2,532,677	2,101,784	1,948,581	1,907,174	1,867,913	1,829,583	1,790,731
Kanagawa-ken	1,323,026	1,228,254	1,178,098	1,051,433	926,884	870,256	852,283	834,624	811,986	799,862
Niigata-ken	1,916,017	1,911,308	1,822,239	1,780,123	1,745,625	1,733,629	1,736,456	1,731,329	1,719,562	1,713,384
Toyama-ken	803,191	805,613	770,665	776,851	766,407	754,799	762,892	764,399	763,450	764,196
Ishikawa-ken	802,835	805,266	780,150	768,155	751,320	749,775	755,734	754,120	752,202	753,871
Fukui-ken	636,847	651,513	630,439	635,881	621,468	612,620	619,273	618,203	613,486	610,550
Yamanashi-ken	633,224	608,969	573,341	540,657	506,497	492,689	489,412	482,349	474,959	471,480
Nagano-ken	1,564,354	1,484,205	1,402,072	1,348,556	1,264,918	1,231,859	1,221,113	1,210,435	1,189,936	1,179,234
Gifu-ken	1,120,482	1,094,961	1,031,156	1,020,765	977,922	960,713	960,502	960,062	949,235	941,523
Shizuoka-ken	1,591,772	1,483,712	1,376,048	1,293,470	1,200,322	1,175,982	1,162,613	1,148,653	1,128,584	1,117,127
Aichi-ken	2,140,077	2,073,224	1,886,739	1,752,042	1,639,611	1,592,733	1,577,320	1,553,447	1,529,349	1,512,420
Mie-ken	1,114,891	1,101,573	1,077,295	1,044,323	996,646	967,406	963,668	960,773	950,038	943,376
Shiga-ken	703,944	697,369	694,370	716,920	694,606	688,343	689,723	690,043	686,715	682,455
Kyōto-fu	1,383,890	1,288,213	1,155,671	1,055,119	997,488	957,260	957,775	951,825	937,383	924,093
Ōsaka-fu	2,888,492	2,461,067	2,144,030	1,823,456	1,600,923	1,503,771	1,456,176	1,422,750	1,400,308	1,380,768
Hyōgo-ken	2,321,053	2,143,791	1,982,983	1,833,957	1,717,634	1,652,366	1,631,241	1,610,829	1,595,428	1,581,525
Nara-ken	594,482	600,711	569,772	558,314	535,619	524,562	521,918	518,025	512,181	508,963
Wakayama-ken	795,400	770,293	723,357	697,766	672,225	656,025	651,021	644,983	636,699	634,494
Tottori-ken	465,281	470,674	441,142	435,959	421,020	412,965	411,585	407,650	404,111	404,321
Shimane-ken	717,530	758,754	738,048	731,295	716,586	709,065	706,028	705,674	700,921	702,301
Okayama-ken	1,285,590	1,261,142	1,223,207	1,188,244	1,135,826	1,108,393	1,100,984	1,094,551	1,083,743	1,084,423
Hiroshima-ken	1,687,926	1,691,699	1,598,755	1,508,713	1,449,622	1,405,674	1,388,193	1,367,820	1,346,327	1,342,484
Yamaguchi-ken	1,099,048	1,089,791	1,044,926	1,015,156	979,596	961,065	952,300	948,234	939,940	938,158
Tokushima-ken	744,088	742,320	720,888	707,545	688,123	676,694	675,570	674,976	670,745	679,046
Kagawa-ken	714,374	759,556	729,563	711,603	694,280	676,681	673,378	674,600	671,638	675,237
Ehime-ken	1,128,039	1,097,989	1,057,547	1,034,962	995,441	971,955	964,079	956,166	945,101	942,632
Kōchi-ken	708,710	693,548	670,910	646,008	622,950	609,005	600,865	598,011	590,875	587,428
Fukuoka-ken	2,112,596	1,926,417	1,721,084	1,571,158	1,425,625	1,357,777	1,333,423	1,313,777	1,285,082	1,275,050
Saga-ken	679,322	693,611	671,531	654,593	618,679	599,679	596,275	587,287	579,844	577,175
Nagasaki-ken	1,230,249	1,134,700	1,103,590	1,015,364	902,455	845,441	832,616	820,338	803,713	795,461
Kumamoto-ken	1,311,325	1,303,405	1,236,361	1,198,486	1,156,270	1,122,068	1,108,802	1,105,932	1,097,299	1,084,165
Ōita-ken	920,994	926,936	880,290	854,982	835,917	819,996	814,064	805,374	796,456	794,050
Miyazaki-ken	651,151	597,472	542,088	501,926	464,510	455,535	450,416	447,126	439,273	436,067
Kagoshima-ken	1,462,497	1,397,387	1,275,465	1,184,143	1,104,220	1,083,745	1,069,752	1,058,171	1,042,962	1,036,863
Okinawa-ken	580,940	534,415	502,309	476,230	460,221	449,112	442,834	439,578	432,078	421,769
Japan Proper	58,087,277	55,131,270	51,742,486	48,542,736	45,403,041	43,978,495	43,499,833	43,048,226	42,430,985	42,060,976

Prefectures	Dec 31, 1892	Dec 31, 1891	Dec 31, 1890	Dec 31, 1889	Dec 31, 1888	Dec 31, 1887	Dec 31, 1886	Jan 1, 1886	Jan 1, 1885	Jan 1, 1884
Hokkaidō	493,024	452,152	414,430	378,188	347,950	326,614	309,121	284,040
Nemuro-ken									17,224	13,172
Sapporo-ken									109,781	95,744
Hakodate-ken									146,335	140,959
Aomori-ken	559,391	551,389	545,026	538,110	530,292	523,226	515,779	499,549	495,182	493,137
Iwate-ken	682,996	676,665	671,956	667,115	656,047	651,989	641,395	628,591	622,426	615,616
Miyagi-ken	776,378	758,013	751,830	760,291	736,628	720,075	688,124	665,345	651,401	644,417
Akita-ken	712,738	703,482	697,298	690,122	682,928	662,917	654,037	644,367	639,259	640,575
Yamagata-ken	773,015	764,701	756,909	750,840	741,896	732,913	722,978	717,252	709,145	705,507
Fukushima-ken	980,310	964,578	952,489	934,449	913,459	893,954	870,822	855,079	861,428	857,833
Ibaraki-ken	1,046,682	1,034,620	1,025,497	1,014,354	998,976	980,803	967,480	948,161	938,377	929,747
Tochigi-ken	731,893	722,510	713,362	699,121	684,341	670,042	655,880	641,420	635,751	627,441
Gunma-ken	759,617	749,030	738,061	722,865	718,215	690,880	667,931	648,329	640,871	636,082
Saitama-ken	1,098,947	1,087,361	1,081,121	1,069,144	1,054,483	1,039,376	1,015,824	1,004,020	994,704	985,889
Chiba-ken	1,205,153	1,196,785	1,191,353	1,184,062	1,172,138	1,159,287	1,141,621	1,125,375	1,118,109	1,113,651
Tōkyō-fu	1,519,583	1,500,026	1,486,671	1,628,551	1,559,517	1,509,757	1,455,647	1,276,506	1,233,843	1,217,542
Kanagawa-ken	1,015,481	992,047	979,756	960,069	947,766	923,178	896,948	865,976	848,682	831,151
Niigata-ken	1,711,968	1,700,427	1,693,727	1,681,985	1,665,378	1,652,736	1,632,257	1,628,650	1,601,796	1,589,304
Toyama-ken	763,105	759,040	754,105	745,248	738,445	726,078	715,384	712,532	706,014	701,622
Ishikawa-ken	753,886	753,445	753,337	751,605	745,110	737,224	728,974	739,141	740,362	735,478
Fukui-ken	607,450	605,014	603,444	602,342	596,704	590,548	585,776	592,331	591,669	583,065
Yamanashi-ken	467,337	463,263	458,534	452,781	445,182	437,475	430,996	425,898	419,444	416,497
Nagano-ken	1,171,819	1,158,936	1,146,071	1,128,690	1,111,946	1,095,998	1,074,069	1,057,494	1,048,065	1,043,341
Gifu-ken	936,219	930,604	932,658	918,456	909,226	899,311	889,739	884,848	880,277	873,020
Shizuoka-ken	1,105,875	1,094,476	1,084,562	1,070,841	1,058,226	1,038,941	1,019,301	1,002,693	991,127	982,512
Aichi-ken	1,497,791	1,483,744	1,473,099	1,456,294	1,444,011	1,429,486	1,404,106	1,386,473	1,373,419	1,370,576
Mie-ken	936,465	931,687	926,376	918,369	909,702	901,698	892,654	883,462	879,353	877,666
Shiga-ken	681,145	678,775	677,502	671,788	667,563	661,323	654,558	648,339	645,519	639,634
Kyōto-fu	914,700	903,189	894,928	887,031	875,084	866,743	849,362	848,761	853,058	851,246
Ōsaka-fu	1,370,232	1,357,358	1,348,317	1,324,216	1,281,150	1,245,695	1,695,196	1,691,243	1,681,935	1,653,157
Hyōgo-ken	1,576,970	1,562,323	1,551,367	1,541,731	1,521,817	1,499,704	1,480,685	1,466,102	1,458,647	1,448,199
Nara-ken	506,304	502,033	500,742	498,871	496,431	489,213
Wakayama-ken	633,771	630,667	630,373	627,332	623,842	621,554	613,862	619,343	618,026	612,505
Tottori-ken	405,725	403,589	401,697	399,060	394,333	390,061	386,083	383,241	381,838	381,300
Shimane-ken	703,256	700,665	697,878	695,782	692,101	688,127	684,257	684,856	682,536	678,813
Okayama-ken	1,082,745	1,076,391	1,072,706	1,068,086	1,062,155	1,051,333	1,043,029	1,045,669	1,040,280	1,037,239
Hiroshima-ken	1,336,145	1,324,538	1,319,507	1,303,457	1,289,109	1,278,537	1,276,461	1,272,876	1,272,105	1,259,148
Yamaguchi-ken	937,036	929,629	927,015	922,497	914,083	911,859	897,557	899,606	900,339	897,296
Tokushima-ken	682,398	682,225	683,994	681,863	676,154	670,963	661,548	656,064	651,731	651,109
Kagawa-ken	675,940	673,004	672,557	668,548	660,484
Ehime-ken	940,009	933,510	926,972	921,708	906,414	1,557,257	1,533,988	1,529,375	1,527,562	1,511,820
Kōchi-ken	584,569	580,330	577,937	575,852	569,874	562,066	557,776	552,513	548,638	546,977
Fukuoka-ken	1,258,058	1,244,912	1,236,015	1,224,551	1,209,295	1,188,877	1,159,294	1,148,328	1,139,986	1,135,496
Saga-ken	569,831	568,925	565,568	560,594	553,423	547,832	534,981	527,244	522,697	519,712
Nagasaki-ken	786,416	776,779	773,095	762,812	752,402	739,825	729,042	719,082	712,631	707,604
Kumamoto-ken	1,075,301	1,064,885	1,057,646	1,052,478	1,042,281	1,030,261	1,020,460	1,003,777	1,000,911	1,001,011
Ōita-ken	792,912	790,063	792,085	788,635	781,554	773,101	762,275	761,476	757,747	752,161
Miyazaki-ken	431,693	424,033	416,824	412,729	407,827	403,810	394,261	386,299	383,769	381,879
Kagoshima-ken	1,024,598	1,014,560	1,005,816	998,153	985,271	962,219	943,088	941,063	933,196	935,094
Okinawa-ken	419,970	412,354	406,622	381,142	374,266	375,280	378,809	373,587	367,874	364,701
Japan	41,696,847	41,268,732	40,968,835	40,692,808	40,105,479	39,510,146	38,833,415	38,276,376	37,975,069	37,687,645

1872 to 1883

Population in the following table is given according to the original family registries (本籍, honseki^?) population concept for enumerating the people, based on koseki registration system.

Source: Japan Household Tables (as of January 1 for the years of 1883, 1882, 1878 and 1877),

Japan Population Tables (as of January 1 for the years of 1881 and 1880),

Japan Gun Ku Population Tables (as of January 1, 1879),

Japan Registered Population Tables (as of January 1, for the years of 1876, 1875, 1874 and 1873; and as of March 8, 1872).

Prefectures	Japanese	Jan 1, 1883	Jan 1, 1882	Jan 1, 1881	Jan 1, 1880	Jan 1, 1879	Jan 1, 1878	Jan 1, 1877	Jan 1, 1876	Jan 1, 1875	Jan 1, 1874	Jan 1, 1873	Mar 8, 1872
Nemuro-ken	根室県	5,642
Sapporo-ken	札幌県	61,144
Hakodate-ken	函館県	117,063
Kaitaku-shi	開拓使		177,901	168,084	163,355	158,615	151,735	150,667	149,554	149,008	146,443	123,668	123,668
Aomori-ken	青森県	488,505	487,687	484,274	475,413	468,517	464,985	462,865	489,245	484,428	473,098	473,317	473,244
Iwate-ken	岩手県	611,735	605,538	598,132	591,881	592,294	579,249	578,297	327,924	323,434	321,871	320,731	319,486
Iwai-ken	磐井県								385,031
Mizusawa-ken	水沢県									380,409	379,170	376,079	372,562
Miyagi-ken	宮城県	633,194	629,286	625,332	619,120	616,881	594,684	591,524	421,960	419,135	410,437	408,088	404,577
Akita-ken	秋田県	633,203	628,435	625,506	618,833	621,130	616,148	613,389	609,420	604,114	596,641	581,859	582,297
Tsurugaoka-ken	鶴岡県								207,939
Sakata-ken	酒田県									207,902	208,107	206,859	203,676
Yamagata-ken	山形県	695,533	693,360	687,718	682,929	681,180	662,913	657,613	312,313	309,837	307,535	302,743	299,291
Okitama-ken	置賜県								132,341	131,935	131,910	131,162	130,293
Fukushima-ken	福島県	840,241	829,990	823,120	808,937	804,866	774,707	765,115	281,824	281,302	270,679	268,959	268,576
Iwasaki-ken	磐前県								258,080	249,553	244,703	242,941	242,906
Wakamatsu-ken	若松県								215,624	212,052	209,671	206,053	203,722
Ibaraki-ken	茨城県	920,876	916,739	906,073	894,376	887,957	875,491	867,701	858,927	378,269	375,172	368,560	366,505
Niihari-ken	新治県									485,119	478,940	474,170	470,509
Tochigi-ken	栃木県	609,000	600,627	593,383	581,358	570,843	550,271	543,245	665,724	648,503	636,348	392,106	388,934
Utsunomiya-ken	宇都宮県											234,888	234,124
Gunma-ken	群馬県	613,410	604,182	593,625	581,556	573,984	554,888	547,991				384,796	382,697
Kumagaya-ken	熊谷県								842,717	828,420	808,913
Saitama-ken	埼玉県	970,598	962,717	952,689	933,955	929,939	912,528	901,714	455,891	440,433	435,436	429,094	426,989
Iruma-ken	入間県											414,824	410,952
Chiba-ken	千葉県	1,124,085	1,117,696	1,108,678	1,103,292	1,099,676	1,078,635	1,071,142	1,061,664	1,055,373	1,043,189
Inba-ken	印旛県											578,927	574,652
Kisarazu-ken	木更津県											458,619	456,689
Tōkyō-fu	東京府	999,623	987,911	979,109	957,144	953,776	881,443	877,049	873,646	855,270	830,935	813,504	779,361
Ogasawara-tō	小笠原島				156	194
Kanagawa-ken	神奈川県	800,925	790,735	772,903	757,462	754,610	715,258	707,272	497,677	507,928	502,504	479,180	492,714
Ashigara-ken	足柄県								355,880	353,609	344,132	342,298	339,582
Niigata-ken	新潟県	1,586,599	1,581,168	1,564,312	1,546,338	1,530,712	1,504,601	1,500,061	1,388,812	1,388,353	1,368,782	637,576	635,484
Aikawa-ken	相川県								104,764	104,630	104,405	103,553	103,098
Kashiwazaki-ken	柏崎県											719,646	718,249
Niikawa-ken	新川県								649,458	638,822	629,006	623,977	480,638
Ishikawa-ken	石川県	1,428,073	1,412,802	1,856,402	1,833,778	1,852,811	1,825,507	1,806,509	696,429	691,735	686,249	669,647	403,357
Nanao-ken	七尾県												397,511
Fukui-ken	福井県	582,210	577,717
Tsuruga-ken	敦賀県								553,425	548,833	547,582	200,832	199,819
Asuwa-ken	足羽県											339,210	346,700
Yamanashi-ken	山梨県	410,246	409,929	404,299	395,447	391,123	381,229	377,944	374,250	369,255	364,345	362,973	360,068
Nagano-ken	長野県	1,033,969	1,022,408	1,012,142	1,000,414	986,077	973,959	965,677	486,812	481,351	474,141	469,032	466,652
Chikuma-ken	筑摩県								570,701	564,332	556,959	554,657	550,841
Gifu-ken	岐阜県	868,333	855,575	849,221	839,613	831,887	818,984	806,158	692,218	683,050	672,627	668,148	660,896
Shizuoka-ken	静岡県	985,881	980,793	972,265	970,022	980,766	976,405	968,814	382,814	378,076	372,674	369,731	368,505
Hamamatsu-ken	浜松県								421,342	420,513	414,721	416,543	414,928
Aichi-ken	愛知県	1,354,996	1,332,050	1,317,792	1,303,812	1,295,452	1,267,206	1,250,839	1,244,711	1,234,003	1,217,521	1,217,444	604,116
Nukata-ken	額田県												606,252
Mie-ken	三重県	870,137	857,887	850,791	842,113	834,893	830,415	818,877	429,986	427,831	417,439	419,068	413,865
Watarai-ken	度会県								380,475	369,479	363,563	364,565	363,732
Shiga-ken	滋賀県	639,961	633,447	745,133	738,211	729,893	721,099	711,802	589,747	584,756	579,704	578,099	305,232
Inukami-ken	犬上県												271,332
Kyōto-fu	京都府	840,951	835,227	831,012	822,112	814,273	798,911	792,042	574,918	571,192	572,763	569,733	567,334
Ōsaka-fu	大阪府	1,585,696	1,572,333	586,729	582,668	578,270	553,777	551,950	549,280	545,035	535,409	530,885	530,885
Sakai-ken	堺県			960,711	957,407	955,748	923,030	911,738	470,596	466,048	455,450	451,442	446,852
Hyōgo-ken	兵庫県	1,433,355	1,419,421	1,406,613	1,391,928	1,370,720	1,357,377	1,343,758	204,141	201,389	197,512	200,058	198,559
Toyo'oka-ken	豊岡県								513,079	508,027	507,815	507,465	505,073
Shikama-ken	飾磨県								659,643	651,033	641,946	639,576	635,791
Nara-ken	奈良県								433,938	430,734	427,635	423,004	418,326
Wakayama-ken	和歌山県	610,182	606,754	603,723	601,236	602,075	591,668	584,976	579,112	572,436	565,696	562,410	556,919
Tottori-ken	鳥取県	379,747	380,915						395,632	392,589	388,861	386,186	385,531
Shimane-ken	島根県	674,984	669,410	1,043,865	1,037,260	1,034,581	1,023,678	1,017,361	342,621	340,398	340,065	340,222	340,042
Hamada-ken	浜田県								270,804	268,455	263,955	262,035	259,611
Okayama-ken	岡山県	1,029,567	1,019,674	1,007,054	1,000,570	1,001,220	984,621	976,774	961,035	335,592	333,575	333,714	387,459
Hokujō-ken	北条県								218,605	217,362	215,792	215,676	215,602
Oda-ken	小田県									619,647	608,353	605,666	546,430
Hiroshima-ken	広島県	1,252,811	1,243,032	1,225,057	1,213,152	1,207,947	1,197,835	1,190,069	964,337	942,827	941,978	925,962	919,047
Yamaguchi-ken	山口県	897,370	888,442	883,885	877,614	875,607	855,618	850,608	844,550	838,946	836,419	830,060	827,536
Tokushima-ken	徳島県	649,616	642,172	637,550
Myōdō-ken	名東県								787,160	1,349,672	1,335,364	755,533	750,985
Kagawa-ken	香川県								591,584			564,351	559,712
Ehime-ken	愛媛県	1,491,614	1,472,680	1,453,472	1,438,895	1,432,627	1,403,693	1,394,091	793,214	791,522	786,408
Ishizuchi-ken	石鉄県											420,303	418,561
Kamiyama-ken	神山県											358,253	357,413
Kōchi-ken	高知県	549,184	546,642	550,686	1,179,247	1,185,764	1,164,723	1,160,235	534,070	531,863	528,728	526,285	524,511
Fukuoka-ken	福岡県	1,128,289	1,118,652	1,109,475	1,097,215	1,087,604	1,070,244	1,064,050	457,335	450,965	448,628	445,278	441,175
Kokura-ken	小倉県								322,156	317,108	312,539	307,535	304,574
Mizuma-ken	三潴県								400,504	396,903	396,371	393,656	391,535
Saga-ken	佐賀県								491,260	487,008	486,946	480,034	506,667
Nagasaki-ken	長崎県	1,212,157	1,204,449	1,196,065	1,190,335	1,192,134	1,173,263	1,167,367	672,278	668,974	668,482	665,123	630,487
Kumamoto-ken	熊本県	997,830	993,373	995,673	986,695	981,341	980,976	980,642
Shirakawa-ken	白川県								976,753	965,242	957,790	950,389	513,593
Yatsushiro-ken	八代県												439,444
Ōita-ken	大分県	746,411	741,201	740,009	731,964	728,115	718,816	714,234	583,740	580,347	578,163	565,460	562,318
Miyazaki-ken	宮崎県								388,508	384,071	388,083	382,564
Mimitsu-ken	美々津県												201,798
Miyakonojō-ken	都城県												310,121
Kagoshima-ken	鹿児島県	1,291,586	1,290,281	1,279,631	1,270,463	1,261,909	1,219,942	1,218,383	820,654	813,692	812,327	806,902	670,864
Okinawa-ken	沖縄県	360,770	358,880	356,801	310,545	310,545
Ryūkyū-han	琉球藩						168,064	167,822	167,572	167,320	167,073	166,789	166,789
Japan	日本	37,017,302	36,700,118	36,358,994	35,928,821	35,768,556	34,898,576	34,628,365	34,338,404	33,997,449	33,625,678	33,300,675	33,110,825

1868 to 1871

Several demographic data remain for three urban prefectures (府, fu]^?),(i.e. Kyōto-fu, Ōsaka-fu and Tōkyō-fu), 266 domains (藩, han^?), 40 prefecturess (県, ken^?) and one commision (使, shi^?) (i.e. Kaitaku-shi only in Hokkaidō) that existed for short time between Meiji Restoration and the Abolition of the han system, though not thoroughly surveyed. Prefectural system was only introduced to imperial territories (天領, tenryō^?) which the Meiji government gained from Tokugawa shogunate or the revolted feudal lords (大名, daimyo^?), while many areas still belonged to local lordship governments.

The table below shows demographic data for major prefectures and domains (over 100,000 persons) from two sources. For the demographic data of less populous areas, see 府藩県別身分人員表 in Japanese wikipedia page, for example.

Source: (1): Kokudaka and Population Table of fu, han and ken (Ōkuma Shigenobu collection; population as of February 2, 1869 (1st day of the 1st month, Meiji 2)),

(2): Bunzo Kure, "Estate population Table of fu, han and ken" Tōkei Shūshi (Statistics Bulletin) no. 8 pp. 96–107 (1882) (statistical date uncertain, but probably as of July 28, 1870 (1st day of the 7th month, Meiji 3)). Naotarō Sekiyama noted that the population of Japan as of July 28, 1870 was 32,773,698 (Kinsei Nihon jinkō-no kenkyū (Study of the Population of Japan in the Early Modern Period) (1948)).

Fu, han and ken	Japanese	Feb 2, 1869	Jul 28, 1870 (uncertain)
Kyōto-fu	京都府	374,496	373,705
Ōsaka-fu	大阪府	427,395	427,499
Tōkyō-fu	東京府	674,447	674,440
Three urban prefectures (fu) total		1,476,338	1,475,644
Kōriyama-han	郡山藩	102,420	102,430
Tsu-han	津藩	224,418	244,252
Nagoya-han	名古屋藩	921,517	918,143
Shizuoka-han	静岡藩	813,886	876,840
Oshi-han	忍藩	110,305	114,009
Sakura-han	佐倉藩	119,129	119,150
Mito-han	水戸藩	364,256	281,239
Hikone-han	彦根藩	173,691	189,954
Matsushiro-han	松代藩	149,143	148,642
Matsumoto-han	松本藩	127,739	123,159
Maebashi-han	前橋藩	176,149	178,324
Sendai-han	仙台藩	204,902	239,906
Hirosaki-han	弘前藩	288,842	255,133
Yonezawa-han	米沢藩	129,753	128,786
Akita-han	秋田藩	435,267	412,652
Obama-han	小浜藩	105,434	113,612
Fukui-han	福井藩	279,529	284,545
Kanazawa-han	金沢藩	1,080,210	1,086,164
Toyama-han	富山藩	132,415	116,755
Takada-han	高田藩	171,056	168,844
Shibata-han	新発田藩	192,591	192,604
Tottori-han	鳥取藩	373,065	371,669
Matsue-han	松江藩	291,694	295,829
Himeji-han	姫路藩	222,661	223,762
Tsuyama-han	津山藩	106,437	106,464
Okayama-han	岡山藩	358,337	350,909
Fukuyama-han	福山藩	180,534	185,863
Hiroshima-han	広島藩	514,157	914,174
Yamaguchi-han	山口藩	552,671	565,368
Wakayama-han	和歌山藩	528,408	540,969
Tokushima-han	徳島藩	714,022	123,046
Takamatsu-han	高松藩	293,775	305,197
Marugame-han	丸亀藩	135,096	134,285
Iyo Matsuyama-han	伊予松山藩	211,882	211,882
Uwajima-han	宇和島藩	169,512	169,526
Ōzu-han	大洲藩	104,248	97,758
Kōchi-han	高知藩	516,866	516,545
Fukuoka-han	福岡藩	366,924	367,478
Kurume-han	久留米藩	262,085	241,495
Yanagawa-han	柳河藩	120,180	127,326
Toyotsu-han	豊津藩	111,397	117,843
Nakatsu-han	中津藩	100,403	99,148
Saga-han	佐賀藩	425,762	0
Shimabara-han	島原藩	174,296	175,055
Hirado-han	平戸藩	149,143	145,826
Ōmura-han	大村藩	122,174	120,553
Kumamoto-han	熊本藩	719,990	730,531
Nobeoka-han	延岡藩	122,277	125,750
Kagoshima-han	鹿児島藩	772,354	896,817
Other 217 domains han		7,054,375	6,760,944
265 Domains (han) total		22,077,377	21,317,155
Nara-ken	奈良県	158,728	158,733
Gojō-ken	五條県	136,060	136,065
Sakai-ken	堺県	249,523	249,534
Hyōgo-ken	兵庫県	224,124	224,159
Kōfu-ken	甲府県	352,900	352,939
Nirayama-ken	韮山県	250,708	250,633
Kanagawa-ken	神奈川県	421,690	421,701
Urawa-ken	浦和県	280,530	280,285
Shinagawa-ken	品川県	188,650	188,652
Kosuge-ken	小菅県	106,267	162,093
Miyazaku-ken	宮谷県	281,077	281,081
Katsushika-ken	葛飾県	230,614	229,724
Wakamori-ken	若森県	149,976	17,692
Ōtsu-ken	大津県	211,334	211,343
Kasamatsu-ken	笠松県	188,139	188,140
Ina-ken	伊那県	188,999	189,901
Iwahana-ken	岩鼻県	358,640	358,695
Nikkō-ken	日光県	415,796	217,588
Shirakawa-ken	白河県	106,388	106,309
Wakamatsu-ken	若松県	199,211	199,249
Fukushima-ken	福島県	119,666	119,666
Tome-ken	登米県	115,874	222,523
Isawa-ken	胆沢県	138,167	138,167
Esashi-ken	江刺県	237,550	1
Morioka-ken	盛岡県	137,825	137,826
Yamagata-ken	山形県	331,941	32,262
Kashiwazaki-ken	柏崎県	418,711	418,724
Niigata-ken	新潟県	259,600	259,613
Sado-ken	佐渡県	102,337	102,337
Kumihama-ken	久美浜県	166,586	166,593
Hamada-ken	浜田県	228,863	228,863
Kurashiki-ken	倉敷県	237,506	214,597
Hita-ken	日田県	195,455	195,456
Nagasaki-ken	長崎県	265,946	264,259
Other 6 prefectures (ken)		569,499	371,199
40 Prefectures (ken) total		8,224,880	7,296,602
Total (except Kaitaku-shi)		31,778,595	30,089,401

It is quite apparent that the above demographic data contain many textual errors, but could not be corrected because the original unpublished reports preserved at the office of the Ministry of Interior of Japan were burned by a fire after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

For demographic data during the Edo period, see Demographics of Japan before Meiji Restoration.

References and notes

^ Population estimates for October 1, 2008 are according to those reported by the Statistics Bureau of Japan. Area estimates for October 1, 2008 are according to those reported by the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan. See Area of Japanese Prefectures as of October 1, 2008 (Japanese only).
^ Census population for October 1, 2005 is according to the 2005 Population Census of Japan.
^ Population density of Hokkaidō is calculated excluding the areas of islands of Habomai-guntō (99.94 km²), Shikotan-tō (253.33 km²), Kunashiri-tō (1498.83 km²) and Etorofu-tō (3184.04 km²) (including the attached islands). Population density of Shimane-ken is calculated excluding the area of Take-shima (0.21 km²). Population density of Japan is calculated excluding these areas but including the area of Towada-ko (61.02 km²).
^ A population of 73 living at the disputed boundary between Nagano-ken and Gifu-ken is included in the total population of Japan. The 1960 Census of Ryūkyū was taken as of December 1.
^ The 1955 Extraordinary Census of Ryūkyū was taken as of December 1.
^ The 1950 Census of Ryūkyū was taken as of December 1 based on de facto population concept. Population of Ryūkyū includes 201,132 persons of Amami Islands.
^ Population of Ryūkyū was not surveyed.
^ Includes Ogasawara Islands since June 26, 1968.
^ Includes Amami Islands since December 25, 1953; Southern Tokara Islands (Toshima-mura, Ōshima-gun) since February 10, 1952; Northern Tokara Islands (Mishima, Ōshima-gun) since October 3, 1946.
^ ^a ^b Ryūkyū under the government of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands was reverted to Japan as Okinawa-ken on May 15, 1972.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Kaitaku-shi (Development Commission) was split into three prefectures of Sapporo-, Hakodate- and Nemuro-ken on February 8, 1882, but was reunited to Hokkaidō-chō (Hokkaidō Agency) on January 26, 1886. Hokkaidō became equal with other prefectures on May 3, 1947 with the abolishment of Hokkaidō-chō, but has been simply called Hokkaidō since the era of Hokkaidō-chō.
^ ^a ^b Tōkyō-fu (urban prefecture) became Tōkyō-to (metropolitan) on July 1, 1943.
^ Okinawa-ken was occupied and became subject to the United States Military Government at the end of the World War II.
^ Karafuto-fu was incorporated to Japan Proper on March 26, 1943, but was occupied and annexed to Soviet Russia at the end of the World War II.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Ashigara-ken was split and annexed to Kanagawa- and Shizuoka-ken on April 18, 1876. Hamamatsu-ken was annexed to Shizuoka-ken on August 21, 1876. Annexation of Ogasawara-tō to Japan was acknowledged internationally by the year of 1876. Seven Islands of Izu were relegated from Shizuoka-ken to Tōkyō-fu (about the same with the present-day special 23 wards of Tōkyō) on January 11, 1878. Ogasawara-tō became an administrative region of Tōkyō-fu on October 8, 1880. Three districts of Tama were relegated from Kanagawa-ken to Tōkyō-fu on April 1, 1893.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Nara-ken (same with the present-day Nara-ken) was annexed to Sakai-ken on April 18, 1876. Sakai-ken was annexed to Ōsaka-fu on February 7, 1881. Nara-ken was split from Ōsaka-fu on November 4, 1887.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Ishizuchi- and Kamiyama-ken were united to Ehime-ken on February 20, 1873. On the same day, Kagawa-ken (same with the present-day Kagawa-ken) was annexed to Myōdō-ken, but was split from Myōdō-ken on September 5, 1875. Toyo'oka-ken was split and annexed to Hyōgo-ken and Kyōto-fu on August 21, 1876. On the same day, Shikama-ken was annexed to Hyōgo-ken. On the same day, Myōdō-ken was split and annexed to Kōchi-ken and Hyōgo-ken (the region of Myōdō-ken annexed to Kōchi-ken is the same with the present-day Tokushima-ken, while that annexed to Hyōgo-ken is the former Awaji Province). On the same day, Kagawa-ken was annexed to Ehime-ken. Tokushima-ken was split from Kōchi-ken on March 2, 1880. Kagawa-ken was split from Ehime-ken on December 3, 1888.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kokura-ken was annexed to Fukuoka-ken on April 18, 1876. On the same day, Saga-ken (same with the present-day Saga-ken) was annexed to Mizuma-ken. Mizuma-ken was split and annexed to Nagasaki- and Fukuoka-ken, while small part of Fukuoka-ken was annexed to Ōita-ken on August 21, 1876. Saga-ken was split from Nagasaki-ken on May 9, 1883.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Miyakonojō-ken was split and annexed to Kagoshima- and Miyazakia-ken on January 15, 1873. Miyazaki-ken was annexed to Kagoshima-ken on August 21, 1876, but was split from Kagoshima-ken on May 9, 1883.
^ Honseki population here includes imperial families.
^ Population of Okinawa-ken is that surveyed in 1880. Introduction of Japanese registration system to Okinawa-ken confirmed that more than half of the inhabitants were suppressed.
^ Population of Kaitaku-shi and Ryūkyū-han are those surveyed in 1873. The date of March 8, 1872 corresponds to the 29 day of the 1st month, Meiji 5 according to the traditional Japanese calendar expired on December 31, 1872.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Mizusawa-ken was renamed to Iwai-ken on November 22, 1875. Iwai-ken was split and annexed to Iwate- and Miyazaki-ken on April 18, 1876. Iwasaki-ken was split and annexed to Fukushima- and Miyagi-ken on August 21, 1876. On the same day, Wakamatsu-ken was annexed to Fukushima-ken.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sakata-ken was renamed to Tsuruoka-ken on August 31, 1875. Tsuruoka-ken and Okitama-ken were annexed to Yamagata-ken on August 21, 1876.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Inba- and Kisarazu-ken were united to Chiba-ken on June 15, 1873. Niihari-ken was split and annexed to Ibaraki- and Chiba-ken on May 7, 1875.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Utsunomiya-ken was annexed to Tochigi-ken on June 15, 1873. On the same day, Gunma-ken and Iruma-ken were united to Kumagaya-ken. Tochigi-, Kumagaya- and Saitama-ken were reorganized into Tochigi- (composed of majority of former Tochigi-ken), Gunma- (composed of part of former Kumagaya-ken and part of former Tochigi-ken) and Saitama-ken (composed of former Saitama-ken and part of former Kumagaya-ken) on August 21, 1876.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kashiwazaki-ken was annexed to Niigata-ken on June 10, 1873. Aikawa-ken was annexed to Niigata-ken on April 18, 1876.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Nanao-ken was split and annexed to Niikawa- and Ishikawa-ken on October 27, 1872 (25th day of the 9th month, Meiji 5). Inukami-ken was annexed to Shiga-ken on October 30, 1872 (28th day of the 9th month, Meiji 5). Asuwa-ken was annexed to Tsuruga-ken on January 4, 1873. Niikawa-ken (same with the present-day Toyama-ken) was annexed to Ishikawa-ken on April 18, 1876. Tsuruga-ken (same with the present-day Fukui-ken) was split and annexed to Ishikawa- and Shiga-ken on August 21, 1876, but was split from Ishikawa- and Shiga-ken to reunite into Fukui-ken on February 7, 1881. Toyama-ken was split from Ishikawa-ken on May 9, 1883.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chikuma-ken was split and annexed to Nagano- and Gifu-ken on August 21, 1876.
^ ^a ^b Nukata-ken was annexed to Aichi-ken on December 27, 1872 (27th day of the 11th month, Meiji 5).
^ ^a ^b Watari-ken was annexed to Mie-ken on April 18, 1876.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hamada-ken was annexed to Shimane-ken on April 18, 1876. Tottori-ken was annexed to Shimane-ken on August 21, 1876, but was split from Shimane-ken on September 12, 1881.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Oda-ken was annexed to Okayama-ken on December 10, 1875. Hokujō-, Okayama- and Hiroshima-ken were reorganized into Okayama-ken (composed of former Hokujō-ken and majority of Okayama-ken) and Hiroshima-ken (composed of former Hiroshima-ken and part of Okayama-ken) on April 18, 1876.
^ ^a ^b ^c Yatsushiro-ken was annexed to Shirakawa-ken on January 15, 1873. Shirakawa-ken was renamed to Kumamoto-ken on February 22, 1876
^ ^a ^b Ryūkyū Kingdom was officially annexed to Japan on March 11, 1879, though Meiji government treated Ryūkyū as a part of Japan before that.

External links

Statistics Bureau of Japan
Kindai Digital Library at the National Diet Libray of Japan (original texts in Japanese)
- Imperial Japan Static Population Statistics as of December 31, 1918 (with French notations)
- Imperial Japan Static Population Statistics as of December 31, 1913 (with French notations)
- Imperial Japan Static Population Statistics as of December 31, 1908 (de facto populations since 1885 with French notations)
- Japan Registered Population Tables as of January 1, 1874 (Japanese only)
DSpace at Waseda University
- Kokudaka and population Table (Okuma Shigenobu Collection, original text in Japanese)

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