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Population in Japan 2016 by prefecture

Population in Japan in 2016, by prefecture (in millions)

The data displays the population in Japan in 2016, broken down by prefecture. With approx. 13.6 million inhabitants, Tokyo prefecture ranked first, whereas Tottori prefecture counted the lowest population with about 570 thousand people living there in 2016.

Tokyo	13.62
Kanagawa	9.15
Osaka	8.83
Aichi	7.51
Saitama	7.29
Chiba	6.24
Hyogo	5.52
Hokkaido	5.32
Fukuoka	5.1
Shizuoka	3.69
Ibaraki	2.91
Hiroshima	2.84
Kyoto	2.61
Miyagi	2.33
Niigata	2.29
Nagano	2.09
Gifu	2.02
Tochigi	1.97
Gunma	1.97
Okayama	1.92
Fukushima	1.9
Mie	1.81
Kumamoto	1.77
Kagoshima	1.64
Okinawa	1.44
Shiga	1.41
Yamaguchi	1.39
Ehime	1.38
Nagasaki	1.37
Nara	1.36
Aomori	1.29
Iwate	1.27
Oita	1.16
Ishikawa	1.15
Yamagata	1.11
Miyazaki	1.1
Toyama	1.06
Akita	1.01
Kagawa	0.97
Wakayama	0.95
Saga	0.83
Yamanashi	0.83
Fukui	0.78
Tokushima	0.75
Kochi	0.72
Shimane	0.69
Tottori	0.57

Population in Japan 2016 by prefecture

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