表１０−１ 国籍別在留外国人人口：1950〜2024年
年次	総数 1)	中国 2)	ベトナム	韓国・朝鮮	フィリピン	ネパール	ブラジル	インドネシア	ミャンマー	アメリカ
1950	598,696	40,481	25	544,903	367	…	169	257	2	4,962
1955	641,482	43,865	48	577,682	435	…	361	284	19	8,566
1960	650,566	45,535	57	581,257	390	…	240	420	39	11,594
1965	665,989	49,418	169	583,537	539	12	366	1,026	85	15,915
1970	708,458	51,481	557	614,202	932	42	891	1,036	86	19,045
1975	751,842	48,728	1,041	647,156	3,035	51	1,418	1,119	146	21,976
1976	753,924	47,174	1,039	651,348	3,083	64	1,319	1,139	123	21,222
1977	762,050	47,862	1,425	656,233	3,600	66	1,279	1,173	135	21,390
1978	766,894	48,528	1,516	659,025	4,281	81	1,279	1,245	134	21,396
1979	774,505	50,353	2,126	662,561	4,757	99	1,393	1,325	166	21,651
1980	782,910	52,896	2,742	664,536	5,547	108	1,492	1,448	186	22,401
1981	792,946	55,616	2,842	667,325	6,729	128	1,652	1,462	189	23,266
1982	802,477	59,122	3,132	669,854	6,563	138	1,643	1,494	213	24,825
1983	817,129	63,164	3,472	674,581	7,516	157	1,796	1,577	232	26,434
1984	841,831	69,608	3,993	680,706	11,183	202	1,986	1,803	313	29,036
1985	850,612	74,924	4,126	683,313	12,261	208	1,955	1,704	312	29,044
1986	867,237	84,397	4,388	677,959	18,897	248	2,135	1,839	368	30,695
1987	884,025	95,477	4,381	673,787	25,017	300	2,250	2,038	434	30,836
1988	941,005	129,269	4,763	677,140	32,185	380	4,159	2,379	657	32,766
1989	984,455	137,499	6,316	681,838	38,925	399	14,528	2,781	894	34,900
1990	1,075,317	150,339	6,233	687,940	49,092	447	56,429	3,623	1,221	38,364
1991	1,218,891	171,071	6,410	693,050	61,837	565	119,333	4,574	2,454	42,498
1992	1,281,644	195,334	6,883	688,144	62,218	676	147,803	5,201	3,122	42,482
1993	1,320,748	210,138	7,609	682,276	73,057	825	154,650	5,647	3,561	42,639
1994	1,354,011	218,585	8,229	676,793	85,968	1,056	159,619	6,282	3,682	43,320
1995	1,362,371	222,991	9,099	666,376	74,297	1,314	176,440	6,956	3,643	43,198
1996	1,415,136	234,264	10,228	657,159	84,509	1,671	201,795	8,742	3,896	44,168
1997	1,482,707	252,164	11,897	645,373	93,265	2,173	233,254	11,936	4,232	43,690
1998	1,512,116	272,230	13,505	638,828	105,308	2,836	222,217	14,962	4,442	42,774
1999	1,556,113	294,201	14,898	636,548	115,685	3,212	224,299	16,418	4,669	42,802
2000	1,686,444	335,575	16,908	635,269	144,871	3,649	254,394	19,346	4,851	44,856
2001	1,778,462	381,225	19,140	632,405	156,667	4,081	265,962	20,831	5,080	46,244
2002	1,851,758	424,282	21,050	625,422	169,359	4,593	268,332	21,671	5,386	47,970
2003	1,915,030	462,396	23,853	613,791	185,237	5,181	274,700	22,862	5,600	47,836
2004	1,973,747	487,570	26,018	607,419	199,394	5,929	286,557	23,890	5,409	48,844
2005	2,011,555	519,561	28,932	598,687	187,261	6,953	302,080	25,097	5,342	49,390
2006	2,084,919	560,741	32,485	598,219	193,488	7,844	312,979	24,858	5,914	51,321
2007	2,152,973	606,889	36,860	593,489	202,592	9,384	316,967	25,620	6,735	51,851
2008	2,217,426	655,377	41,136	589,239	210,617	12,286	312,582	27,250	7,789	52,683
2009	2,186,121	680,518	41,000	578,495	211,716	15,255	267,456	25,546	8,366	52,149
2010	2,134,151	687,156	41,781	565,989	210,181	17,525	230,552	24,895	8,577	50,667
2011	2,078,508	674,879	44,690	545,401	209,376	20,383	210,032	24,660	8,692	49,815
2012	2,033,656	675,370	52,367	530,048	202,985	24,071	190,609	25,532	8,046	48,361
2013	2,066,445	682,402	72,256	519,740	209,183	31,537	181,317	27,214	8,600	49,981
2014	2,121,831	694,974	99,865	501,230	217,585	42,346	175,410	30,210	10,252	51,256
2015	2,232,189	714,570	146,956	491,711	229,595	54,775	173,437	35,910	13,737	52,271
2016	2,382,822	748,290	199,990	485,557	243,662	67,470	180,923	42,850	17,775	53,705
2017	2,561,848	787,614	262,405	481,522	260,553	80,038	191,362	49,982	22,519	55,713
2018	2,731,093	825,404	330,835	479,193	271,289	88,951	201,865	56,346	26,456	57,500
2019	2,933,137	878,448	411,968	474,460	282,798	96,824	211,677	66,860	32,049	59,172
2020	2,887,116	833,984	448,053	454,122	279,660	95,982	208,538	66,832	35,049	55,761
2021	2,760,635	767,797	432,934	436,167	276,615	97,109	204,879	59,820	37,246	54,162
2022	3,075,213	818,857	489,312	436,670	298,740	139,393	209,430	98,865	56,239	60,804
2023	3,410,992	886,501	565,026	434,461	322,046	176,336	211,840	149,101	86,546	63,408
2024	3,768,977	943,433	634,361	432,444	341,518	233,043	211,907	199,824	134,574	66,111
法務省『外国人登録国籍別人員調査一覧表』，出入国在留管理庁『出入国管理統計年報』および『在留外国人統計』による。各年12月末現在。
2011年までは外国人登録者数，2012年以降イコウは在留外国人（短期タンキ滞在等タイザイナドを除ノゾく外国人ガイコクジンおよび特別トクベツ永住者エイジュウシャ）。国籍は2024年において在留外国人の多い順。
1)その他の国籍および無国籍を含む。2)台湾，香港およびマカオを含む。