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Japan’s Annual Population Decline By Prefecture

Last Updated: September 2, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Japan's Annual Population Decline By Prefecture

The map above shows which perfecters are losing people the fastest in Japan.

46 of 47 Japanese Prefectures experienced population decline in 2023, of which 15 experienced a grater than 1% drop.

Tokyo was the sole prefecture to see population increase, due in part to increasing immigration numbers.

Here are the numbers by prefecture:

PrefectureAnnual Change
Tokyo-to0.34%
Okinawa-ken-0.02%
Kanagawa-ken-0.04%
Saitama-ken-0.08%
Chiba-ken-0.15%
Shiga-ken-0.16%
Osaka-fu-0.22%
Aichi-ken-0.25%
Fukuoka-ken-0.26%
Japan-0.48%
Ibaraki-ken-0.53%
Kumamoto-ken-0.55%
Kyoto-fu-0.57%
Tochigi-ken-0.60%
Gumma-ken-0.60%
Hyogo-ken-0.60%
Miyagi-ken-0.68%
Saga-ken-0.74%
Yamanashi-ken-0.75%
Gifu-ken-0.75%
Shizuoka-ken-0.75%
Ishikawa-ken-0.78%
Hiroshima-ken-0.78%
Nara-ken-0.79%
Nagano-ken-0.80%
Okayama-ken-0.84%
Mie-ken-0.88%
Kagoshima-ken-0.89%
Kagawa-ken-0.91%
Hokkaido-0.93%
Oita-ken-0.95%
Toyama-ken-0.96%
Miyazaki-ken-0.96%
Fukui-ken-1.12%
Tottori-ken-1.14%
Ehime-ken-1.16%
Yamaguchi-ken-1.21%
Niigata-ken-1.22%
Nagasaki-ken-1.25%
Wakayama-ken -1.27%
Shimane-ken-1.27%
Tokushima-ken-1.27%
Fukushima-ken-1.31%
Kochi-ken-1.37%
Yamagata-ken-1.42%
Iwate-ken-1.47%
Aomori-ken-1.66%
Akita-ken-1.75%

In terms of headline Japanese population numbers:

  • The total population of Japan 124,352,000. This was a decrease of 595,000 with 2022. The rate of decrease was 0.48 percent. The total population decreased for the thirteenth year in a row.
  • The natural change of the male population was negative for the nineteenth year in a row, and that of the female population was negative for the fifteenth year in a row.
  • The population under 15 years old was 14,173,000 (11.4% of the total population)
  • The population aged 15 to 64 was 73,952,000 (59.5% of the total population)
  • The population aged 65 years old and over was 36,227,000 (29.1% of the total population)

And if you’re interested here are the net migration figures by prefecture:

PrefectureNet Migration
Tokyo-to0.68%
Saitama-ken0.47%
Chiba-ken0.43%
Kanagawa-ken0.43%
Osaka-fu0.35%
Fukuoka-ken0.28%
Ibaraki-ken0.27%
Gumma-ken0.26%
Shiga-ken0.24%
Kumamoto-ken0.21%
Japan0.19%
Tochigi-ken0.19%
Aichi-ken0.15%
Okinawa-ken0.12%
Yamanashi-ken0.10%
Kyoto-fu0.09%
Nagano-ken0.07%
Hokkaido0.06%
Miyagi-ken0.05%
Gifu-ken0.05%
Shizuoka-ken0.04%
Saga-ken0.04%
Hyogo-ken0.02%
Kagoshima-ken0.00%
Oita-ken-0.01%
Nara-ken-0.02%
Kagawa-ken-0.02%
Toyama-ken-0.03%
Miyazaki-ken-0.04%
Ishikawa-ken-0.06%
Mie-ken-0.09%
Okayama-ken-0.11%
Hiroshima-ken-0.11%
Yamaguchi-ken-0.14%
Ehime-ken-0.14%
Kochi-ken-0.16%
Wakayama-ken -0.18%
Niigata-ken-0.19%
Tottori-ken-0.23%
Tokushima-ken-0.23%
Iwate-ken-0.26%
Akita-ken-0.26%
Shimane-ken-0.27%
Fukushima-ken-0.28%
Yamagata-ken-0.31%
Fukui-ken-0.33%
Nagasaki-ken-0.33%
Aomori-ken-0.39%

Data comes from Statistics Bureau of Japan.

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