Ακολουθούν οι αστικές περιοχές με περισσότερους από 100.000 κατοίκους στην Ιαπωνία καταταγμένες βάσει πληθυσμού.
Ο πληθυσμός της Αστικής Περιοχής (ή του πολεοδομικού συγκροτήματος) αναφέρεται στον πληθυσμό που περιλαμβάνεται εντός των ορίων μιας συνεχούς εδαφικής έκτασης που κατοικείται με επίπεδα αστικής πυκνότητας, η οποία τυπικά περιλαμβάνει μια πόλη και την περιβάλλουσα προαστιακή ζώνη της.
| Κατάταξη | Αστική Περιοχή | Εκτίμηση Πληθυσμού (2025) | Ετήσια Μεταβολή (σε σχέση με το 2024) | Χερσαία Έκταση (χλμ²) | Πυκνότητα (Κάτ./τ.χλμ.) | Παγκόσμια Κατάταξη | Προβλέψεις (2030) | Προβλέψεις (2050) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tōkyō (Tokyo) | 33.412.512 | −0,17% | 5.148 | 6.490 | 3 | 33.044.211 | 30.657.618 |
| 2 | Osaka | 12.964.145 | −0,75% | 2.229 | 5.816 | 25 | 12.410.577 | 10.449.439 |
| 3 | Nagoya | 7.146.160 | −0,38% | 1.979 | 3.611 | 49 | 6.999.662 | 6.292.819 |
| 4 | Fukuoka | 2.225.078 | −0,45% | 449 | 4.956 | 226 | 2.169.526 | 1.935.396 |
| 5 | Sapporo | 1.964.519 | −0,35% | 346 | 5.678 | 252 | 1.925.198 | 1.772.609 |
| 6 | Sendai | 1.256.440 | −0,5% | 299 | 4.202 | 406 | 1.220.528 | 1.084.163 |
| 7 | Kitakyushu | 1.206.731 | −0,48% | 375 | 3.218 | 428 | 1.175.415 | 1.022.354 |
| 8 | Hiroshima | 1.185.788 | −0,59% | 337 | 3.519 | 435 | 1.146.146 | 971.268 |
| 9 | Naha | 1.060.017 | −0,01% | 312 | 3.397 | 484 | 1.056.964 | 1.025.374 |
| 10 | Nara | 993.952 | −1,02% | 345 | 2.881 | 515 | 941.835 | 751.876 |
| 11 | Okayama | 817.266 | −0,47% | 315 | 2.595 | 643 | 792.172 | 671.251 |
| 12 | Kumamoto | 641.185 | −0,54% | 166 | 3.863 | 843 | 625.068 | 550.391 |
| 13 | Otsu | 559.798 | −0,49% | 170 | 3.293 | 978 | 544.499 | 469.415 |
| 14 | Kanazawa | 533.682 | −0,48% | 171 | 3.121 | 1.041 | 514.994 | 449.301 |
| 15 | Himeji | 494.064 | −0,54% | 201 | 2.458 | 1.124 | 479.495 | 401.015 |
| 16 | Kagoshima | 484.164 | −0,45% | 138 | 3.508 | 1.145 | 470.403 | 417.344 |
| 17 | Toyohashi | 441.665 | −0,68% | 169 | 2.613 | 1.263 | 432.247 | 326.255 |
| 18 | Matsuyama | 437.355 | −0,44% | 139 | 3.146 | 1.275 | 411.922 | 362.649 |
| 19 | Takasaki [Maebashi] | 431.687 | −0,19% | 173 | 2.495 | 1.295 | 426.525 | 365.718 |
| 20 | Niigata | 422.238 | −0,5% | 141 | 2.995 | 1.326 | 410.506 | 343.393 |
| 21 | Numazu | 374.507 | −0,6% | 110 | 3.405 | 1.521 | 363.690 | 325.106 |
| 22 | Oita | 372.190 | −0,45% | 144 | 2.585 | 1.533 | 362.884 | 285.897 |
| 23 | Fukuyama | 355.352 | −0,73% | 131 | 2.713 | 1.605 | 344.776 | 244.009 |
| 24 | Utsunomiya | 352.816 | −0,19% | 105 | 3.360 | 1.622 | 348.596 | 323.216 |
| 25 | Takamatsu | 340.478 | −0,59% | 159 | 2.141 | 1.678 | 312.529 | 261.492 |
| 26 | Yokkaichi | 332.173 | −0,44% | 158 | 2.102 | 1.729 | 326.014 | 265.824 |
| 27 | Shizuoka | 328.613 | −0,72% | 130 | 2.528 | 1.748 | 318.741 | 275.256 |
| 28 | Nagasaki | 308.986 | −0,77% | 75 | 4.120 | 1.864 | 300.844 | 261.632 |
| 29 | Asahikawa | 298.481 | −0,41% | 92 | 3.244 | 1.930 | 291.622 | 260.711 |
| 30 | Hamamatsu | 282.084 | −0,68% | 142 | 1.987 | 2.061 | 276.479 | 213.767 |
| 31 | Kofu | 280.212 | −0,64% | 101 | 2.774 | 2.073 | 254.551 | 217.655 |
| 32 | Nagano | 270.476 | −0,63% | 82 | 3.298 | 2.152 | 262.636 | 229.331 |
| 33 | Hakodate | 261.557 | −0,43% | 83 | 3.151 | 2.229 | 255.222 | 229.885 |
| 34 | Wakayama | 255.782 | −1,29% | 93 | 2.750 | 2.282 | 239.921 | 191.342 |
| 35 | Ota | 237.865 | −0,2% | 108 | 2.202 | 2.460 | 234.887 | 204.644 |
| 36 | Morioka | 226.202 | −1,1% | 71 | 3.186 | 2.603 | 215.721 | 185.671 |
| 37 | Koriyama | 225.981 | −0,55% | 63 | 3.587 | 2.606 | 219.189 | 193.970 |
| 38 | Akita | 225.217 | −0,54% | 93 | 2.422 | 2.616 | 217.352 | 184.552 |
| 39 | Toyama | 224.491 | −0,84% | 81 | 2.771 | 2.628 | 216.664 | 189.052 |
| 40 | Miyazaki | 219.947 | −0,76% | 69 | 3.188 | 2.687 | 214.311 | 172.956 |
| 41 | Kochi | 218.972 | −0,46% | 62 | 3.532 | 2.703 | 211.849 | 185.059 |
| 42 | Tsuchiura | 205.004 | −0,19% | 88 | 2.330 | 2.912 | 198.277 | 124.727 |
| 43 | Fukui | 201.467 | −0,5% | 65 | 3.099 | 2.963 | 194.551 | 168.171 |
| 44 | Aomori | 194.917 | −0,51% | 63 | 3.094 | 3.084 | 184.453 | 162.060 |
| 45 | Mito | 189.060 | −0,19% | 67 | 2.822 | 3.181 | 185.334 | 170.290 |
| 46 | Tokushima | 188.589 | −0,88% | 75 | 2.515 | 3.195 | 173.637 | 144.974 |
| 47 | Fukushima | 182.893 | −0,72% | 72 | 2.540 | 3.296 | 171.775 | 142.120 |
| 48 | Matsumoto | 180.139 | −0,56% | 65 | 2.771 | 3.353 | 174.643 | 124.010 |
| 49 | Kisarazu | 176.379 | −0,16% | 71 | 2.484 | 3.429 | 174.486 | 147.420 |
| 50 | Kurume | 174.358 | −0,79% | 44 | 3.963 | 3.477 | 169.906 | 153.035 |
| 51 | Yamagata | 173.585 | −0,71% | 47 | 3.693 | 3.493 | 168.492 | 148.864 |
| 52 | Nagaoka | 154.939 | −0,52% | 56 | 2.767 | 3.912 | 148.541 | 82.729 |
| 53 | Takaoka | 154.464 | −0,76% | 80 | 1.931 | 3.928 | 150.142 | 110.986 |
| 54 | Hachinohe | 151.565 | −0,52% | 68 | 2.229 | 3.998 | 147.177 | 128.767 |
| 55 | Obihiro | 149.349 | −1,33% | 52 | 2.872 | 4.058 | 145.696 | 126.916 |
| 56 | Kushiro | 147.096 | −0,76% | 67 | 2.195 | 4.138 | 136.722 | 119.213 |
| 57 | Shunan | 146.751 | −0,48% | 70 | 2.096 | 4.149 | 142.575 | 117.986 |
| 58 | Ube | 143.910 | −1,1% | 75 | 1.919 | 4.243 | 121.764 | 104.925 |
| 59 | Marugame | 143.185 | −0,48% | 81 | 1.768 | 4.265 | 135.842 | 97.019 |
| 60 | Hitachi | 142.850 | −0,19% | 58 | 2.463 | 4.272 | 141.150 | 128.635 |
| 61 | Omuta | 142.814 | −0,48% | 73 | 1.956 | 4.276 | 110.064 | 86.064 |
| 62 | Sasebo | 142.668 | −0,49% | 41 | 3.480 | 4.280 | 138.787 | 117.655 |
| 63 | 小名浜愛宕上 | 136.419 | −0,17% | 75 | 1.819 | 4.471 | 134.878 | 120.704 |
| 64 | Tsu | 130.949 | −0,76% | 57 | 2.297 | 4.666 | 128.617 | 118.244 |
| 65 | Tomakomai | 129.747 | −0,4% | 49 | 2.648 | 4.709 | 126.795 | 112.744 |
| 66 | Kiryu | 129.126 | −0,19% | 56 | 2.306 | 4.733 | 127.561 | 112.557 |
| 67 | Saga | 123.371 | −0,48% | 38 | 3.247 | 4.965 | 120.049 | 103.320 |
| 68 | Fujieda | 122.203 | −0,78% | 70 | 1.746 | 5.014 | 114.702 | 64.968 |
| 69 | Hirosaki | 121.888 | −0,52% | 37 | 3.294 | 5.026 | 115.206 | 100.079 |
| 70 | Tottori | 121.673 | −0,45% | 41 | 2.968 | 5.034 | 118.606 | 99.401 |
| 71 | Beppu | 111.770 | −0,49% | 36 | 3.105 | 5.529 | 107.264 | 93.942 |
| 72 | Matsue | 111.436 | −0,45% | 36 | 3.095 | 5.540 | 108.654 | 92.574 |
| 73 | Yonago | 109.276 | −0,46% | 46 | 2.376 | 5.657 | 106.493 | 92.708 |
| 74 | Ishinomaki | 106.286 | −0,81% | 41 | 2.592 | 5.809 | 102.974 | 86.209 |
| 75 | Suzuka | 105.292 | −0,33% | 52 | 2.025 | 5.859 | 103.253 | 90.037 |
| 76 | Hitachinaka | 99.955 | −0,19% | 40 | 2.499 | 6.175 | 98.760 | 88.351 |
| 77 | Kani | 99.118 | −0,6% | 45 | 2.203 | 6.227 | 95.844 | 84.833 |
| 78 | Fuji | 98.397 | −0,59% | 49 | 2.008 | 6.279 | 93.747 | 60.962 |
| 79 | Hinomine 3-chome | 97.745 | −0,87% | 18 | 5.430 | 6.331 | 93.223 | 76.000 |
| 80 | Niihama | 97.231 | −0,58% | 50 | 1.945 | 6.360 | 92.952 | 78.532 |
| 81 | Hikone | 94.391 | −0,49% | 34 | 2.776 | 6.551 | 91.837 | 77.540 |
| 82 | Otaru | 94.244 | −0,3% | 34 | 2.772 | 6.564 | 92.576 | 84.642 |
| 83 | Isesaki | 93.985 | −0,2% | 43 | 2.186 | 6.583 | 90.190 | 76.520 |
| 84 | Onomichi | 93.825 | −0,51% | 46 | 2.040 | 6.598 | 91.168 | 75.650 |
| 85 | Muroran | 93.442 | −0,97% | 53 | 1.763 | 6.622 | 91.258 | 51.020 |
| 86 | Tajimi | 92.892 | −0,61% | 37 | 2.511 | 6.667 | 64.747 | 58.895 |
| 87 | Fukaya | 92.626 | −0,22% | 33 | 2.807 | 6.689 | 91.384 | 80.586 |
| 88 | Nobeoka | 89.435 | −0,92% | 37 | 2.417 | 6.944 | 85.480 | 53.937 |
| 89 | Kure | 89.044 | −0,49% | 22 | 4.047 | 6.969 | 86.614 | 76.642 |
| 90 | Sanjo | 88.485 | −1,15% | 37 | 2.391 | 7.018 | 81.905 | – |
| 91 | Oyama | 87.426 | −0,2% | 32 | 2.732 | 7.113 | 86.307 | 76.787 |
| 92 | Miyakonojo | 85.816 | −0,51% | 36 | 2.384 | 7.253 | 83.396 | 73.418 |
| 93 | Yamaguchi | 85.646 | −0,48% | 32 | 2.676 | 7.270 | 83.372 | 64.665 |
| 94 | Iwakuni | 85.091 | −0,43% | 40 | 2.127 | 7.322 | 80.590 | 66.108 |
| 95 | Inter-nishi | 85.002 | −0,55% | 26 | 3.269 | 7.336 | 82.431 | 68.294 |
| 96 | Iizuka | 84.437 | −0,44% | 32 | 2.639 | 7.382 | 82.348 | 72.357 |
| 97 | Higashimatsuyama | 83.649 | −0,18% | 34 | 2.460 | 7.440 | 82.683 | 69.891 |
| 98 | Imabari | 82.706 | −0,82% | 40 | 2.068 | 7.528 | 80.583 | 69.515 |
| 99 | Tosu | 82.466 | −1,93% | 33 | 2.499 | 7.551 | 78.855 | 66.916 |
| 100 | Fujinomiya | 81.643 | −1,21% | 28 | 2.916 | 7.636 | 77.671 | 65.950 |
| 101 | Ise | 79.829 | −0,31% | 37 | 2.158 | 7.811 | 73.826 | 67.473 |
| 102 | Kitami | 78.689 | −0,52% | 27 | 2.914 | 7.922 | 74.085 | 63.958 |
| 103 | Kumagaya | 77.712 | −0,2% | 27 | 2.878 | 8.029 | 76.746 | 69.532 |
| 104 | Kirishima | 76.123 | −0,47% | 34 | 2.239 | 8.186 | 74.124 | 60.301 |
| 105 | Hofu | 75.971 | −0,5% | 31 | 2.451 | 8.198 | 73.860 | 58.920 |
| 106 | Isahaya | 74.235 | −0,5% | 29 | 2.560 | 8.409 | 70.740 | 59.725 |
| 107 | Iwaki | 71.937 | −0,17% | 20 | 3.597 | 8.647 | 71.123 | 66.036 |
| 108 | Gamagori | 70.869 | −0,33% | 32 | 2.215 | 8.758 | 69.507 | 60.135 |
| 109 | Ueda | 68.358 | −0,53% | 25 | 2.734 | 9.069 | 64.008 | 56.715 |
| 110 | Tsukuba | 68.270 | −0,18% | 29 | 2.354 | 9.080 | 67.491 | 62.536 |
| 111 | Omura | 68.137 | −0,47% | 38 | 1.793 | 9.099 | 66.335 | 56.308 |
| 112 | Matsusaka | 67.239 | −0,32% | 28 | 2.401 | 9.217 | 65.995 | 60.540 |
| 113 | Iida | 66.913 | −0,52% | 26 | 2.574 | 9.264 | 64.980 | 52.248 |
| 114 | Yame | 66.633 | −3,51% | 33 | 2.019 | 9.310 | 64.884 | – |
| 115 | Joetsu | 66.530 | −3,16% | 27 | 2.464 | 9.316 | 64.664 | 53.526 |
| 116 | Yatsushiro | 64.936 | −0,5% | 28 | 2.319 | 9.535 | 63.138 | 51.149 |
| 117 | Karatsu | 64.277 | −0,52% | 37 | 1.737 | 9.629 | 62.429 | – |
| 118 | Arinodai | 63.942 | −0,86% | 18 | 3.552 | 9.687 | 61.014 | – |
| 119 | Honjo | 62.365 | −0,84% | 23 | 2.712 | 9.954 | 61.537 | 55.133 |
| 120 | Okaya | 60.803 | −1,67% | 21 | 2.895 | 10.206 | 58.894 | – |
| 121 | Tsuruoka | 60.673 | −0,52% | 19 | 3.193 | 10.223 | 57.462 | – |
| 122 | Aizumi | 59.805 | −2,04% | 30 | 1.994 | 10.347 | 58.218 | – |
| 123 | Narita | 59.681 | −0,17% | 18 | 3.316 | 10.365 | 57.531 | 53.395 |
| 124 | Tsuyama | 59.358 | −0,97% | 27 | 2.198 | 10.413 | 57.810 | – |
| 125 | Chitose | 58.409 | −0,37% | 19 | 3.074 | 10.570 | 57.174 | – |
| 126 | Mobara | 58.134 | −0,18% | 22 | 2.642 | 10.616 | 57.458 | 51.827 |
| 127 | Echizen | 57.775 | −1,04% | 25 | 2.311 | 10.668 | 54.669 | – |
| 128 | Shibata | 56.827 | −0,53% | 25 | 2.273 | 10.835 | 55.157 | – |
| 129 | Izumo | 55.123 | −1% | 22 | 2.506 | 11.170 | 53.706 | – |
| 130 | Shikokuchuo | 53.993 | −0,51% | 30 | 1.800 | 11.401 | 52.482 | – |
| 131 | Aira | 53.308 | −0,52% | 25 | 2.132 | 11.540 | 51.789 | – |
| 132 | Koga | 53.218 | −0,2% | 21 | 2.534 | 11.563 | 52.547 | – |
| 133 | Osaki | 53.085 | −0,54% | 15 | 3.539 | 11.587 | 51.515 | – |
| 134 | Tochigi | 52.724 | −0,21% | 20 | 2.636 | 11.672 | 52.044 | – |
| 135 | Tagawa | 51.611 | −0,48% | 25 | 2.064 | 11.886 | – | – |
| 136 | Kashiwazaki | 51.388 | −1,55% | 17 | 3.023 | 11.924 | – | – |
| 137 | Iwamizawa | 51.230 | −0,35% | 16 | 3.202 | 11.959 | 50.196 | – |
Πηγή: Ηνωμένα Έθνη, Τμήμα Οικονομικών και Κοινωνικών Υποθέσεων, Διεύθυνση Πληθυσμού (2025). Προοπτικές Παγκόσμιας Αστικοποίησης: Αναθεώρηση 2025, Ηλεκτρονική Έκδοση.