Table 1 Projected Total Population by Prefecture | |||||||
Total Populationi1,000 peoplej | |||||||
Area
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1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 |
nation | 125,570 | 126,892 | 127,684 | 127,623 | 126,444 | 124,133 | 120,913 |
Hokkaido | 5,692 | 5,698 | 5,673 | 5,608 | 5,492 | 5,322 | 5,109 |
Aomori | 1,482 | 1,469 | 1,449 | 1,420 | 1,379 | 1,326 | 1,262 |
Iwate | 1,420 | 1,412 | 1,398 | 1,375 | 1,342 | 1,296 | 1,241 |
Miyagi | 2,329 | 2,394 | 2,450 | 2,495 | 2,523 | 2,530 | 2,519 |
Akita | 1,214 | 1,189 | 1,159 | 1,122 | 1,076 | 1,021 | 961 |
Yamagata | 1,257 | 1,247 | 1,231 | 1,208 | 1,177 | 1,137 | 1,092 |
Fukushima | 2,134 | 2,148 | 2,153 | 2,148 | 2,127 | 2,088 | 2,036 |
Ibaragi | 2,956 | 3,057 | 3,152 | 3,230 | 3,281 | 3,298 | 3,289 |
Tochigi | 1,984 | 2,026 | 2,061 | 2,084 | 2,089 | 2,075 | 2,044 |
Gunma@ | 2,004 | 2,035 | 2,059 | 2,069 | 2,059 | 2,030 | 1,986 |
Saitama | 6,759 | 7,099 | 7,432 | 7,718 | 7,921 | 8,035 | 8,074 |
Chiba | 5,798 | 6,022 | 6,232 | 6,399 | 6,497 | 6,519 | 6,477 |
Tokyo | 11,774 | 11,554 | 11,267 | 10,906 | 10,469 | 9,967 | 9,407 |
Kanagawa | 8,246 | 8,456 | 8,621 | 8,713 | 8,718 | 8,639 | 8,489 |
Niigata | 2,488 | 2,490 | 2,483 | 2,463 | 2,421 | 2,357 | 2,278 |
Toyama | 1,123 | 1,124 | 1,120 | 1,107 | 1,081 | 1,045 | 1,003 |
Ishikawa | 1,180 | 1,190 | 1,195 | 1,191 | 1,177 | 1,152 | 1,119 |
Fukui | 827 | 827 | 823 | 813 | 796 | 773 | 746 |
Yamanashi | 882 | 908 | 931 | 948 | 959 | 963 | 962 |
Nagano | 2,194 | 2,229 | 2,258 | 2,272 | 2,265 | 2,238 | 2,199 |
Gifu | 2,100 | 2,126 | 2,143 | 2,143 | 2,121 | 2,079 | 2,022 |
Shizuoka | 3,738 | 3,791 | 3,826 | 3,831 | 3,797 | 3,724 | 3,620 |
Aichi | 6,868 | 7,007 | 7,104 | 7,137 | 7,096 | 6,991 | 6,832 |
Mie | 1,841 | 1,886 | 1,923 | 1,947 | 1,952 | 1,939 | 1,913 |
Shiga | 1,287 | 1,351 | 1,416 | 1,475 | 1,523 | 1,559 | 1,585 |
Kyoto | 2,630 | 2,633 | 2,629 | 2,611 | 2,571 | 2,513 | 2,434 |
Osaka | 8,797 | 8,677 | 8,519 | 8,307 | 8,020 | 7,670 | 7,270 |
Hyogo | 5,402 | 5,587 | 5,716 | 5,772 | 5,773 | 5,718 | 5,620 |
Nara | 1,431 | 1,479 | 1,525 | 1,564 | 1,589 | 1,598 | 1,594 |
Wakayama | 1,080 | 1,081 | 1,077 | 1,065 | 1,044 | 1,015 | 980 |
Tottori | 615 | 610 | 604 | 595 | 583 | 565 | 545 |
Shimane | 771 | 758 | 743 | 725 | 701 | 672 | 639 |
Okatama | 1,951 | 1,969 | 1,982 | 1,983 | 1,967 | 1,933 | 1,887 |
Hiroshima | 2,882 | 2,903 | 2,912 | 2,900 | 2,860 | 2,795 | 2,711 |
Yamaguchi | 1,556 | 1,530 | 1,498 | 1,457 | 1,403 | 1,337 | 1,262 |
Tokushima | 832 | 829 | 822 | 810 | 792 | 766 | 736 |
Kagawa | 1,027 | 1,027 | 1,024 | 1,014 | 995 | 967 | 933 |
Ehime | 1,507 | 1,492 | 1,472 | 1,442 | 1,399 | 1,344 | 1,281 |
Kochi | 817 | 805 | 790 | 771 | 746 | 716 | 681 |
Fukuoka | 4,933 | 5,023 | 5,098 | 5,149 | 5,165 | 5,139 | 5,073 |
Saga | 884 | 885 | 882 | 876 | 866 | 849 | 827 |
Nagasaki | 1,545 | 1,516 | 1,483 | 1,444 | 1,396 | 1,338 | 1,271 |
Kumamoto | 1,860 | 1,865 | 1,862 | 1,851 | 1,828 | 1,791 | 1,741 |
Oita | 1,231 | 1,218 | 1,202 | 1,179 | 1,146 | 1,103 | 1,053 |
Miyazaki | 1,176 | 1,176 | 1,172 | 1,164 | 1,147 | 1,119 | 1,081 |
Kagoshima | 1,794 | 1,774 | 1,748 | 1,718 | 1,680 | 1,630 | 1,570 |
Okinawa | 1,273 | 1,318 | 1,362 | 1,402 | 1,434 | 1,452 | 1,457 |
Population decreased prefectures* | 13 | 16 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 44 |