Population Decline Ranking — Japan Municipalities
Ranking of Japanese municipalities by projected population decline (2020–2050).
| Rank | Municipality | Pop. | 30y Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunma Nanmoku | 1,612 | ▼ -74.8% |
| 2 | Kumamoto Kuma | 2,438 | ▼ -73.3% |
| 3 | Nara Nosegawa | 358 | ▼ -72.6% |
| 4 | Hokkaido Utashinai | 2,989 | ▼ -72.0% |
| 5 | Nara Mitsue | 1,480 | ▼ -71.5% |
| 6 | Nara Soni | 1,294 | ▼ -70.8% |
| 7 | Nara Kurotaki | 626 | ▼ -70.8% |
| 8 | Hokkaido Yuubari | 7,341 | ▼ -70.7% |
| 9 | Nara Higashiyoshino | 1,502 | ▼ -70.6% |
| 10 | Aomori Imabetsu | 2,335 | ▼ -70.4% |
| 11 | Gunma Kanna | 1,645 | ▼ -69.7% |
| 12 | Hokkaido Matsumae | 6,260 | ▼ -69.0% |
| 13 | Nagano Tenryuu | 1,175 | ▼ -69.0% |
| 14 | Mie Minamiise | 10,979 | ▼ -68.8% |
| 15 | Kochi Ootoyo | 3,256 | ▼ -68.8% |
| 16 | Nara Yoshino | 6,232 | ▼ -68.7% |
| 17 | Hokkaido Kamisunagawa | 2,847 | ▼ -68.6% |
| 18 | Kyoto Kasagi | 1,142 | ▼ -67.9% |
| 19 | Kochi Muroto | 11,744 | ▼ -67.8% |
| 20 | Aomori Sotogahama | 5,410 | ▼ -67.7% |
| 21 | Oita Himeshima | 1,726 | ▼ -67.7% |
| 22 | Hokkaido Kikonai | 3,836 | ▼ -66.2% |
| 23 | Aomori Sai | 1,788 | ▼ -66.1% |
| 24 | Hokkaido Fukushima | 3,794 | ▼ -65.9% |
| 25 | Gunma Shimonita | 6,583 | ▼ -65.5% |
| 26 | Nara Shimoichi | 5,042 | ▼ -65.5% |
| 27 | Aomori Fukaura | 7,346 | ▼ -65.3% |
| 28 | Tokushima Naka | 7,370 | ▼ -65.1% |
| 29 | Yamanashi Minobu | 10,655 | ▼ -64.5% |
| 30 | Hokkaido Ashibetsu | 12,578 | ▼ -64.2% |
| 31 | Nara Kamikitayama | 446 | ▼ -64.1% |
| 32 | Fukushima Mishima | 1,457 | ▼ -63.8% |
| 33 | Hokkaido Moseushi | 2,696 | ▼ -63.4% |
| 34 | Aomori Nakadomari | 9,663 | ▼ -63.4% |
| 35 | Akita Kamikoani | 2,069 | ▼ -63.3% |
| 36 | Akita Fujisato | 2,898 | ▼ -63.3% |
| 37 | Tokushima Mugi | 3,747 | ▼ -63.1% |
| 38 | Hokkaido Kamoenai | 870 | ▼ -62.6% |
| 39 | Hokkaido Akabira | 9,707 | ▼ -62.5% |
| 40 | Kyoto Wazuka | 3,483 | ▼ -62.5% |
| 41 | Nara Kawakami | 1,159 | ▼ -62.5% |
| 42 | Akita Oga | 25,175 | ▼ -62.4% |
| 43 | Kochi Niyodogawa | 4,824 | ▼ -62.3% |
| 44 | Iwate Nishiwaga | 5,137 | ▼ -62.2% |
| 45 | Hokkaido Kaminokuni | 4,308 | ▼ -62.0% |
| 46 | Nagano Sakae | 1,667 | ▼ -62.0% |
| 47 | Aomori Shingou | 2,197 | ▼ -61.9% |
| 48 | Niigata Aga | 9,970 | ▼ -61.9% |
| 49 | Tottori Wakasa | 2,868 | ▼ -61.9% |
| 50 | Hokkaido Otobe | 3,406 | ▼ -61.8% |
| 51 | Hokkaido Kamikawa | 3,502 | ▼ -61.8% |
| 52 | Fukushima Kaneyama | 1,867 | ▼ -61.7% |
| 53 | Shizuoka Kawanehon | 6,206 | ▼ -61.5% |
| 54 | Wakayama Kudoyama | 3,859 | ▼ -61.5% |
| 55 | Hokkaido Aibetsu | 2,610 | ▼ -61.3% |
| 56 | Tokushima Miyoshi | 23,608 | ▼ -61.3% |
| 57 | Kagoshima Minamioosumi | 6,482 | ▼ -61.2% |
| 58 | Hokkaido Shiranuka | 7,294 | ▼ -61.1% |
| 59 | Kyoto Minamiyamashiro | 2,390 | ▼ -61.0% |
| 60 | Hokkaido Shakotan | 1,831 | ▼ -60.7% |
| 61 | Ishikawa Suzu | 12,934 | ▼ -60.7% |
| 62 | Ishikawa Noto | 15,693 | ▼ -60.7% |
| 63 | Mie Taiki | 7,822 | ▼ -60.6% |
| 64 | Tokushima Kamiyama | 4,652 | ▼ -60.5% |
| 65 | Ibaraki Daigo | 15,744 | ▼ -60.4% |
| 66 | Kochi Touyou | 2,193 | ▼ -60.3% |
| 67 | Nagano Hiraya | 389 | ▼ -60.2% |
| 68 | Tokushima Tsurugi | 7,723 | ▼ -60.2% |
| 69 | Yamagata Nishikawa | 4,965 | ▼ -60.0% |
| 70 | Nara Yamazoe | 3,227 | ▼ -60.0% |
| 71 | Hokkaido Okushiri | 2,412 | ▼ -59.9% |
| 72 | Nagasaki Shinkamigotou | 17,511 | ▼ -59.9% |
| 73 | Kumamoto Yamato | 13,521 | ▼ -59.6% |
| 74 | Miyagi Marumori | 12,268 | ▼ -59.5% |
| 75 | Shizuoka Nishiizu | 7,089 | ▼ -59.5% |
| 76 | Saitama Higashichichibu | 2,710 | ▼ -59.2% |
| 77 | Nagano Outaki | 716 | ▼ -59.2% |
| 78 | Wakayama Kimino | 8,264 | ▼ -59.2% |
| 79 | Yamaguchi Kaminoseki | 2,343 | ▼ -59.2% |
| 80 | Kochi Ootsuki | 4,432 | ▼ -59.2% |
| 81 | Hokkaido Setana | 7,405 | ▼ -59.0% |
| 82 | Yamanashi Nanbu | 7,157 | ▼ -58.9% |
| 83 | Osaka Toyono | 18,284 | ▼ -58.9% |
| 84 | Akita Mitane | 15,266 | ▼ -58.8% |
| 85 | Ehime Kumakougen | 7,413 | ▼ -58.7% |
| 86 | Hokkaido Uryuu | 2,392 | ▼ -58.6% |
| 87 | Aomori Ajigasawa | 9,047 | ▼ -58.6% |
| 88 | Yamagata Obanazawa | 14,984 | ▼ -58.6% |
| 89 | Kochi Tosashimizu | 12,388 | ▼ -58.6% |
| 90 | Fukushima Kawamata | 12,186 | ▼ -58.4% |
| 91 | Ehime Ainan | 19,606 | ▼ -58.4% |
| 92 | Kochi Nakatosa | 6,002 | ▼ -58.4% |
| 93 | Miyagi Minamisanriku | 12,230 | ▼ -58.3% |
| 94 | Fukushima Samegawa | 3,058 | ▼ -58.3% |
| 95 | Osaka Chihayaakasaka | 4,903 | ▼ -58.3% |
| 96 | Ehime Ikata | 8,401 | ▼ -58.3% |
| 97 | Akita Gojoume | 8,544 | ▼ -58.2% |
| 98 | Gifu Shirakawa | 7,417 | ▼ -58.2% |
| 99 | Gifu Hichisou | 3,408 | ▼ -58.1% |
| 100 | Aomori Oowani | 8,671 | ▼ -58.0% |
| 101 | Tottori Nichinan | 4,199 | ▼ -58.0% |
| 102 | Nagasaki Ojika | 2,291 | ▼ -58.0% |
| 103 | Hokkaido Bibai | 20,430 | ▼ -57.8% |
| 104 | Hokkaido Samani | 4,045 | ▼ -57.8% |
| 105 | Tottori Hino | 2,909 | ▼ -57.8% |
| 106 | Oita Tsukumi | 16,109 | ▼ -57.8% |
| 107 | Kochi Yusuhara | 3,308 | ▼ -57.7% |
| 108 | Hokkaido Furubira | 2,755 | ▼ -57.6% |
| 109 | Hokkaido Tsubetsu | 4,369 | ▼ -57.6% |
| 110 | Iwate Kuzumaki | 5,638 | ▼ -57.6% |
| 111 | Osaka Nose | 9,062 | ▼ -57.6% |
| 112 | Nara Gojou | 27,947 | ▼ -57.6% |
| 113 | Tokushima Minami | 6,217 | ▼ -57.6% |
| 114 | Miyazaki Shiiba | 2,506 | ▼ -57.6% |
| 115 | Iwate Fudai | 2,489 | ▼ -57.5% |
| 116 | Tokushima Sanagouchi | 2,060 | ▼ -57.4% |
| 117 | Yamanashi Ootsuki | 22,525 | ▼ -57.1% |
| 118 | Nagano Chikuhoku | 4,150 | ▼ -57.1% |
| 119 | Nara Uda | 28,144 | ▼ -57.1% |
| 120 | Akita Happou | 6,582 | ▼ -57.0% |
| 121 | Yamaguchi Suouooshima | 14,810 | ▼ -57.0% |
| 122 | Iwate Ichinohe | 11,506 | ▼ -56.9% |
| 123 | Akita Kosaka | 4,780 | ▼ -56.9% |
| 124 | Shizuoka Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu | 26,733 | ▼ -56.9% |
| 125 | Fukuoka Touhou | 1,904 | ▼ -56.9% |
| 126 | Hokkaido Rausu | 4,721 | ▼ -56.8% |
| 127 | Mie Kihoku | 14,618 | ▼ -56.7% |
| 128 | Hokkaido Horokanai | 1,371 | ▼ -56.5% |
| 129 | Aichi Shitara | 4,445 | ▼ -56.5% |
| 130 | Miyazaki Misato | 4,828 | ▼ -56.4% |
| 131 | Aomori Ooma | 4,718 | ▼ -56.3% |
| 132 | Tochigi Motegi | 11,899 | ▼ -56.3% |
| 133 | Ishikawa Wajima | 24,633 | ▼ -56.3% |
| 134 | Mie Owase | 16,257 | ▼ -56.2% |
| 135 | Hyogo Kami | 16,069 | ▼ -56.1% |
| 136 | Wakayama Susami | 3,687 | ▼ -56.1% |
| 137 | Tottori Koufu | 2,679 | ▼ -56.1% |
| 138 | Kumamoto Ashikita | 15,688 | ▼ -56.1% |
| 139 | Yamagata Tozawa | 4,203 | ▼ -56.0% |
| 140 | Kochi Yasuda | 2,373 | ▼ -56.0% |
| 141 | Yamagata Mamurogawa | 7,205 | ▼ -55.9% |
| 142 | Fukushima Minamiaizu | 14,453 | ▼ -55.9% |
| 143 | Chiba Kyonan | 6,998 | ▼ -55.9% |
| 144 | Aomori Hiranai | 10,129 | ▼ -55.8% |
| 145 | Aomori Takko | 4,970 | ▼ -55.8% |
| 146 | Aichi Touei | 2,942 | ▼ -55.8% |
| 147 | Kagoshima Kinkou | 6,944 | ▼ -55.8% |
| 148 | Hokkaido Mori | 14,343 | ▼ -55.7% |
| 149 | Fukushima Shimogou | 5,267 | ▼ -55.7% |
| 150 | Tochigi Shioya | 10,366 | ▼ -55.7% |
| 151 | Chiba Chounan | 7,205 | ▼ -55.7% |
| 152 | Nagano Neba | 853 | ▼ -55.7% |
| 153 | Iwate Iwate | 12,294 | ▼ -55.6% |
| 154 | Yamagata Ookura | 3,030 | ▼ -55.6% |
| 155 | Nara Tenkawa | 1,179 | ▼ -55.6% |
| 156 | Hokkaido Rumoi | 20,123 | ▼ -55.5% |
| 157 | Yamagata Asahi | 6,371 | ▼ -55.5% |
| 158 | Gunma Katashina | 3,994 | ▼ -55.5% |
| 159 | Nagano Ogawa | 2,225 | ▼ -55.5% |
| 160 | Tokushima Kaiyou | 8,363 | ▼ -55.5% |
| 161 | Hokkaido Mashike | 3,912 | ▼ -55.4% |
| 162 | Hokkaido Shosanbetsu | 1,080 | ▼ -55.4% |
| 163 | Niigata Sekikawa | 5,147 | ▼ -55.3% |
| 164 | Nara Gose | 24,113 | ▼ -55.3% |
| 165 | Hokkaido Shibetsu | 17,872 | ▼ -55.2% |
| 166 | Wakayama Kozagawa | 2,480 | ▼ -55.2% |
| 167 | Wakayama Kitayama | 404 | ▼ -55.2% |
| 168 | Fukushima Nishiaizu | 5,765 | ▼ -55.1% |
| 169 | Nara Shimokitayama | 751 | ▼ -55.1% |
| 170 | Hokkaido Mikasa | 8,038 | ▼ -55.0% |
| 171 | Saitama Ogano | 10,890 | ▼ -54.9% |
| 172 | Hiroshima Akioota | 5,744 | ▼ -54.9% |
| 173 | Aomori Yomogita | 2,543 | ▼ -54.8% |
| 174 | Iwate Hirono | 15,098 | ▼ -54.8% |
| 175 | Fukushima Furudono | 4,826 | ▼ -54.8% |
| 176 | Gifu Higashishirakawa | 2,017 | ▼ -54.8% |
| 177 | Hokkaido Urausu | 1,725 | ▼ -54.7% |
| 178 | Toyama Asahi | 11,093 | ▼ -54.7% |
| 179 | Hokkaido Yuni | 4,818 | ▼ -54.6% |
| 180 | Iwate Tanohata | 3,059 | ▼ -54.6% |
| 181 | Hokkaido Hokuryuu | 1,711 | ▼ -54.5% |
| 182 | Akita Senboku | 24,629 | ▼ -54.5% |
| 183 | Yamagata Sakegawa | 3,904 | ▼ -54.5% |
| 184 | Miyazaki Morotsuka | 1,486 | ▼ -54.5% |
| 185 | Hokkaido Urahoro | 4,389 | ▼ -54.4% |
| 186 | Aomori Sannohe | 9,090 | ▼ -54.4% |
| 187 | Akita Hachirougata | 5,582 | ▼ -54.4% |
| 188 | Hokkaido Obira | 2,998 | ▼ -54.3% |
| 189 | Yamagata Kaneyama | 5,074 | ▼ -54.3% |
| 190 | Hokkaido Iwanai | 11,654 | ▼ -54.1% |
| 191 | Tochigi Nakagawa | 15,226 | ▼ -54.1% |
| 192 | Kyoto Kyoutanba | 12,913 | ▼ -54.1% |
| 193 | Hyogo Sayou | 15,885 | ▼ -54.1% |
| 194 | Kochi Umaji | 747 | ▼ -54.1% |
| 195 | Kumamoto Sagara | 4,103 | ▼ -54.0% |
| 196 | Hokkaido Wassamu | 3,193 | ▼ -53.9% |
| 197 | Akita Kitaakita | 30,217 | ▼ -53.9% |
| 198 | Gifu Ibigawa | 19,535 | ▼ -53.8% |
| 199 | Mie Toba | 17,537 | ▼ -53.8% |
| 200 | Hiroshima Jinsekikougen | 8,259 | ▼ -53.8% |
| 201 | Hokkaido Esashi | 7,435 | ▼ -53.7% |
| 202 | Hokkaido Assabu | 3,593 | ▼ -53.7% |
| 203 | Aomori Kazamaura | 1,633 | ▼ -53.7% |
| 204 | Nagano Anan | 4,302 | ▼ -53.7% |
| 205 | Tottori Chizu | 6,436 | ▼ -53.7% |
| 206 | Hokkaido Tomamae | 2,936 | ▼ -53.6% |
| 207 | Aomori Nishimeya | 1,265 | ▼ -53.6% |
| 208 | Akita Yuzawa | 42,096 | ▼ -53.6% |
| 209 | Yamagata Oguni | 7,108 | ▼ -53.6% |
| 210 | Hokkaido Otoineppu | 706 | ▼ -53.5% |
| 211 | Hokkaido Hamatonbetsu | 3,454 | ▼ -53.5% |
| 212 | Hokkaido Mukawa | 7,650 | ▼ -53.5% |
| 213 | Nagano Otari | 2,645 | ▼ -53.5% |
| 214 | Hyogo Shin'onsen | 13,328 | ▼ -53.5% |
| 215 | Hiroshima Etajima | 21,937 | ▼ -53.4% |
| 216 | Gunma Minakami | 17,233 | ▼ -53.3% |
| 217 | Nagasaki Tsushima | 28,511 | ▼ -53.3% |
| 218 | Hokkaido Shiriuchi | 4,167 | ▼ -53.2% |
| 219 | Iwate Yamada | 14,332 | ▼ -53.2% |
| 220 | Yamagata Ooishida | 6,581 | ▼ -53.2% |
| 221 | Shimane Tsuwano | 6,879 | ▼ -53.2% |
| 222 | Hokkaido Enbetsu | 2,521 | ▼ -53.1% |
| 223 | Iwate Iwaizumi | 8,732 | ▼ -53.1% |
| 224 | Ishikawa Shika | 18,641 | ▼ -53.1% |
| 225 | Fukui Ikeda | 2,424 | ▼ -53.1% |
| 226 | Yamaguchi Mine | 23,267 | ▼ -53.1% |
| 227 | Gifu Sekigahara | 6,612 | ▼ -53.0% |
| 228 | Shizuoka Matsuzaki | 6,039 | ▼ -53.0% |
| 229 | Hokkaido Naie | 5,122 | ▼ -52.9% |
| 230 | Hokkaido Haboro | 6,551 | ▼ -52.9% |
| 231 | Hokkaido Takinoue | 2,421 | ▼ -52.9% |
| 232 | Akita Ikawa | 4,570 | ▼ -52.9% |
| 233 | Iwate Hachimantai | 24,042 | ▼ -52.8% |
| 234 | Gunma Higashiagatsuma | 12,741 | ▼ -52.8% |
| 235 | Ishikawa Anamizu | 7,897 | ▼ -52.8% |
| 236 | Aichi Minamichita | 16,621 | ▼ -52.8% |
| 237 | Wakayama Yuasa | 11,117 | ▼ -52.8% |
| 238 | Hokkaido Shikabe | 3,762 | ▼ -52.7% |
| 239 | Yamagata Mogami | 8,097 | ▼ -52.7% |
| 240 | Yamagata Yuza | 13,033 | ▼ -52.7% |
| 241 | Ibaraki Kawachi | 8,233 | ▼ -52.7% |
| 242 | Iwate Kunohe | 5,376 | ▼ -52.6% |
| 243 | Yamanashi Hayakawa | 1,098 | ▼ -52.6% |
| 244 | Yamaguchi Hagi | 44,661 | ▼ -52.6% |
| 245 | Tokushima Katsuura | 4,833 | ▼ -52.6% |
| 246 | Hokkaido Shiraoi | 16,225 | ▼ -52.5% |
| 247 | Aomori Itayanagi | 12,712 | ▼ -52.5% |
| 248 | Miyagi Shichikashuku | 1,262 | ▼ -52.5% |
| 249 | Kochi Ookawa | 366 | ▼ -52.5% |
| 250 | Kumamoto Kamiamakusa | 24,584 | ▼ -52.5% |
| 251 | Iwate Karumai | 8,423 | ▼ -52.4% |
| 252 | Miyagi Onagawa | 6,432 | ▼ -52.4% |
| 253 | Oita Taketa | 20,357 | ▼ -52.4% |
| 254 | Hyogo Kamigoori | 13,896 | ▼ -52.3% |
| 255 | Kumamoto Misato | 9,406 | ▼ -52.3% |
| 256 | Aichi Toyone | 1,017 | ▼ -52.2% |
| 257 | Wakayama Yura | 5,373 | ▼ -52.2% |
| 258 | Fukuoka Soeda | 8,805 | ▼ -52.2% |
| 259 | Hokkaido Teshikaga | 6,961 | ▼ -52.1% |
| 260 | Aomori Tsuruta | 12,077 | ▼ -52.1% |
| 261 | Hyogo Taka | 19,284 | ▼ -52.1% |
| 262 | Kagawa Higashikagawa | 28,300 | ▼ -52.1% |
| 263 | Hokkaido Oshamanbe | 5,113 | ▼ -52.0% |
| 264 | Hokkaido Shimamaki | 1,352 | ▼ -52.0% |
| 265 | Yamanashi Kosuge | 684 | ▼ -52.0% |
| 266 | Wakayama Kushimoto | 14,969 | ▼ -52.0% |
| 267 | Tokushima Kamikatsu | 1,383 | ▼ -52.0% |
| 268 | Kagoshima Tarumizu | 13,817 | ▼ -52.0% |
| 269 | Hokkaido Kenbuchi | 2,927 | ▼ -51.8% |
| 270 | Hokkaido Honbetsu | 6,624 | ▼ -51.8% |
| 271 | Okayama Takahashi | 29,101 | ▼ -51.8% |
| 272 | Nagano Agematsu | 4,123 | ▼ -51.7% |
| 273 | Fukushima Kunimi | 8,641 | ▼ -51.6% |
| 274 | Fukushima Aizumisato | 19,030 | ▼ -51.6% |
| 275 | Fukushima Hirata | 5,830 | ▼ -51.6% |
| 276 | Shimane Okuizumo | 11,859 | ▼ -51.6% |
| 277 | Hiroshima Takehara | 24,017 | ▼ -51.6% |
| 278 | Kochi Kuroshio | 10,275 | ▼ -51.6% |
| 279 | Akita Ugo | 13,822 | ▼ -51.5% |
| 280 | Shizuoka Higashiizu | 11,487 | ▼ -51.5% |
| 281 | Nara Totsukawa | 3,063 | ▼ -51.4% |
| 282 | Kochi Ochi | 5,191 | ▼ -51.4% |
| 283 | Miyazaki Kushima | 16,828 | ▼ -51.4% |
| 284 | Hokkaido Touyako | 8,453 | ▼ -51.3% |
| 285 | Yamagata Funagata | 5,007 | ▼ -51.3% |
| 286 | Kanagawa Yamakita | 9,773 | ▼ -51.3% |
| 287 | Kochi Shimanto | 15,596 | ▼ -51.3% |
| 288 | Nagasaki Minamishimabara | 42,360 | ▼ -51.3% |
| 289 | Oita Kokonoe | 8,548 | ▼ -51.3% |
| 290 | Hokkaido Akkeshi | 8,893 | ▼ -51.2% |
| 291 | Nagasaki Saikai | 26,296 | ▼ -51.2% |
| 292 | Hokkaido Numata | 2,903 | ▼ -51.1% |
| 293 | Hokkaido Kunneppu | 4,682 | ▼ -51.1% |
| 294 | Akita Kazuno | 29,107 | ▼ -51.1% |
| 295 | Yamagata Kawanishi | 14,541 | ▼ -51.1% |
| 296 | Mie Shima | 46,104 | ▼ -51.1% |
| 297 | Wakayama Kouya | 2,969 | ▼ -51.1% |
| 298 | Wakayama Nachikatsuura | 14,144 | ▼ -51.1% |
| 299 | Miyazaki Gokase | 3,476 | ▼ -51.1% |
| 300 | Iwate Sumita | 5,050 | ▼ -51.0% |
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