Population Growth Ranking — Japan Municipalities
The rare Japanese municipalities projected to grow in population between 2020 and 2050, ranked by growth rate using census data and IPSS 2023 projections.
| Rank | Municipality | Pop. (2025) | Change 2020–2050 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo Chuuou | 181,841 | ▲ +24.7% |
| 2 | Chiba Nagareyama | 215,086 | ▲ +20.9% |
| 3 | Tokyo Minato | 272,478 | ▲ +20.0% |
| 4 | Tokyo Chiyoda | 66,270 | ▲ +19.7% |
| 5 | Okinawa Nakagusuku | 22,908 | ▲ +17.8% |
| 6 | Chiba Inzai | 110,339 | ▲ +16.8% |
| 7 | Tokyo Taitou | 228,046 | ▲ +15.7% |
| 8 | Saitama Midori | 132,357 | ▲ +13.2% |
| 9 | Tokyo Bunkyou | 249,800 | ▲ +13.1% |
| 10 | Ibaraki Tsukubamirai | 52,100 | ▲ +13.0% |
| 11 | Tokyo Koutou | 553,502 | ▲ +13.0% |
| 12 | Ibaraki Moriya | 70,199 | ▲ +11.4% |
| 13 | Saitama Namegawa | 19,911 | ▲ +11.0% |
| 14 | Okinawa Yaese | 32,668 | ▲ +11.0% |
| 15 | Osaka Nishi | 115,345 | ▲ +10.7% |
| 16 | Tokyo Shinagawa | 426,005 | ▲ +10.1% |
| 17 | Tokyo Shibuya | 238,826 | ▲ +9.6% |
| 18 | Kanagawa Nakahara | 269,570 | ▲ +9.6% |
| 19 | Saitama Yashio | 93,410 | ▲ +9.3% |
| 20 | Fukuoka Kasuya | 48,490 | ▲ +9.3% |
| 21 | Tokyo Sumida | 285,038 | ▲ +9.2% |
| 22 | Tokyo Toshima | 305,516 | ▲ +9.2% |
| 23 | Okinawa Yonabaru | 19,259 | ▲ +9.2% |
| 24 | Osaka Kita | 149,465 | ▲ +9.0% |
| 25 | Osaka Chuuou | 119,162 | ▲ +9.0% |
| 26 | Kanagawa Nishi | 108,145 | ▲ +8.9% |
| 27 | Tokyo Inagi | 95,120 | ▲ +8.6% |
| 28 | Osaka Fukushima | 84,205 | ▲ +8.6% |
| 29 | Fukuoka Fukutsu | 69,013 | ▲ +8.3% |
| 30 | Kanagawa Saiwai | 175,700 | ▲ +8.2% |
| 31 | Okinawa Ginoza | 6,279 | ▲ +8.1% |
| 32 | Aichi Nagakute | 63,461 | ▲ +7.3% |
| 33 | Fukuoka Hisayama | 9,246 | ▲ +7.1% |
| 34 | Saitama Toda | 139,232 | ▲ +7.0% |
| 35 | Kumamoto Kikuyou | 44,532 | ▲ +7.0% |
| 36 | Saitama Yoshikawa | 71,291 | ▲ +6.8% |
| 37 | Saitama Urawa | 169,446 | ▲ +6.4% |
| 38 | Tokyo Arakawa | 226,291 | ▲ +6.3% |
| 39 | Ibaraki Tsukuba | 268,832 | ▲ +6.0% |
| 40 | Saitama Oomiya | 125,285 | ▲ +6.0% |
| 41 | Osaka Tennouji | 87,701 | ▲ +6.0% |
| 42 | Tokyo Musashino | 150,528 | ▲ +5.8% |
| 43 | Yamanashi Shouwa | 21,786 | ▲ +5.4% |
| 44 | Kanagawa Kouhoku | 363,598 | ▲ +5.3% |
| 45 | Kanagawa Takatsu | 236,857 | ▲ +5.1% |
| 46 | Tokyo Nakano | 354,853 | ▲ +4.9% |
| 47 | Kanagawa Asao | 179,672 | ▲ +4.8% |
| 48 | Tokyo Suginami | 597,038 | ▲ +4.7% |
| 49 | Fukuoka Chuuou | 216,199 | ▲ +4.7% |
| 50 | Tokyo Setagaya | 954,737 | ▲ +4.6% |
| 51 | Tokyo Komae | 84,031 | ▲ +4.6% |
| 52 | Tokyo Choufu | 245,306 | ▲ +4.4% |
| 53 | Kanagawa Kawasaki | 1,559,571 | ▲ +4.4% |
| 54 | Fukuoka Higashi | 339,502 | ▲ +4.3% |
| 55 | Saitama Nishi | 94,091 | ▲ +4.2% |
| 56 | Saitama Asaka | 147,233 | ▲ +4.2% |
| 57 | Tokyo Shinjuku | 361,357 | ▲ +4.2% |
| 58 | Kumamoto Oozu | 36,915 | ▲ +4.1% |
| 59 | Fukuoka Hakata | 264,121 | ▲ +3.7% |
| 60 | Tokyo Meguro | 286,082 | ▲ +3.6% |
| 61 | Tokyo Mitaka | 194,892 | ▲ +3.6% |
| 62 | Tokyo Itabashi | 595,972 | ▲ +3.5% |
| 63 | Okinawa Onna | 11,194 | ▲ +3.5% |
| 64 | Aichi Higashi | 90,548 | ▲ +3.2% |
| 65 | Saitama Minami | 196,185 | ▲ +3.0% |
| 66 | Kanagawa Tsuzuki | 214,025 | ▲ +2.9% |
| 67 | Hokkaido Chuuou | 255,523 | ▲ +2.8% |
| 68 | Fukuoka Shime | 45,383 | ▲ +2.8% |
| 69 | Tokyo Oota | 758,181 | ▲ +2.7% |
| 70 | Tokyo Nishitoukyou | 207,409 | ▲ +2.7% |
| 71 | Fukuoka Shinguu | 32,185 | ▲ +2.7% |
| 72 | Hyogo Chuuou | 151,949 | ▲ +2.6% |
| 73 | Kanagawa Kaisei | 18,582 | ▲ +2.5% |
| 74 | Tokyo Adachi | 701,667 | ▲ +2.3% |
| 75 | Tokyo Koganei | 128,953 | ▲ +2.3% |
| 76 | Kanagawa Tsurumi | 294,720 | ▲ +2.2% |
| 77 | Kanagawa Miyamae | 235,603 | ▲ +2.2% |
| 78 | Shiga Moriyama | 84,478 | ▲ +2.2% |
| 79 | Chiba Kashiwa | 435,302 | ▲ +2.1% |
| 80 | Okinawa Haebaru | 41,483 | ▲ +2.0% |
| 81 | Kyoto Kizugawa | 77,893 | ▲ +1.9% |
| 82 | Okinawa Nanjou | 45,312 | ▲ +1.9% |
| 83 | Kanagawa Kawasaki | 233,357 | ▲ +1.8% |
| 84 | Okinawa Tomigusuku | 65,624 | ▲ +1.8% |
| 85 | Gunma Yoshioka | 22,885 | ▲ +1.7% |
| 86 | Saitama Shiki | 75,036 | ▲ +1.7% |
| 87 | Fukuoka Nishi | 213,437 | ▲ +1.7% |
| 88 | Okinawa Kitanakagusuku | 18,003 | ▲ +1.7% |
| 89 | Chiba Funabashi | 651,663 | ▲ +1.4% |
| 90 | Saitama Saitama | 1,344,865 | ▲ +1.2% |
| 91 | Tokyo Mikurajima | 294 | ▲ +1.2% |
| 92 | Fukuoka Sue | 29,051 | ▲ +1.2% |
| 93 | Chiba Chuuou | 226,907 | ▲ +1.0% |
| 94 | Tokyo Kita | 367,827 | ▲ +1.0% |
| 95 | Kanagawa Kanagawa | 252,260 | ▲ +1.0% |
| 96 | Saitama Kawaguchi | 591,712 | ▲ +0.9% |
| 97 | Tokyo Kokubunji | 128,033 | ▲ +0.9% |
| 98 | Aichi Oobu | 92,418 | ▲ +0.9% |
| 99 | Saitama Chuuou | 103,818 | ▲ +0.8% |
| 100 | Aichi Tokoname | 57,815 | ▲ +0.7% |
| 101 | Kumamoto Koushi | 64,314 | ▲ +0.7% |
| 102 | Aichi Nisshin | 94,724 | ▲ +0.6% |
| 103 | Fukuoka Fukuoka | 1,662,793 | ▲ +0.6% |
| 104 | Nagano Minamiminowa | 15,993 | ▲ +0.5% |
| 105 | Saitama Wakou | 83,591 | ▲ +0.4% |
| 106 | Shiga Kusatsu | 148,660 | ▲ +0.4% |
| 107 | Tokyo Nerima | 760,819 | ▲ +0.3% |
| 108 | Osaka Naniwa | 87,346 | → 0.0% |
| 109 | Kumamoto Kashima | 10,080 | → 0.0% |
| 110 | Saitama Ina | 44,498 | ▼ -0.2% |
| 111 | Chiba Narashino | 175,706 | ▼ -0.5% |
| 112 | Tokyo Katsushika | 467,267 | ▼ -0.5% |
| 113 | Tokyo Kodaira | 198,691 | ▼ -0.5% |
| 114 | Okinawa Uruma | 128,243 | ▼ -0.5% |
| 115 | Aichi Naka | 107,571 | ▼ -0.7% |
| 116 | Aichi Takahama | 48,079 | ▼ -0.7% |
| 117 | Kanagawa Tama | 228,812 | ▼ -0.8% |
| 118 | Tokyo Fuchuu | 263,084 | ▼ -1.0% |
| 119 | Kanagawa Naka | 154,681 | ▼ -1.0% |
| 120 | Kanagawa Fujisawa | 443,726 | ▼ -1.0% |
| 121 | Saitama Misato | 140,568 | ▼ -1.1% |
| 122 | Nagano Miyota | 16,546 | ▼ -1.2% |
| 123 | Aichi Midori | 247,031 | ▼ -1.3% |
| 124 | Chiba Midori | 128,147 | ▼ -1.5% |
| 125 | Mie Kawagoe | 15,786 | ▼ -1.5% |
| 126 | Aichi Toyoyama | 15,784 | ▼ -1.6% |
| 127 | Saitama Kita | 147,725 | ▼ -1.7% |
| 128 | Chiba Kisarazu | 137,069 | ▼ -1.7% |
| 129 | Okinawa Okinawa | 141,660 | ▼ -1.7% |
| 130 | Saitama Warabi | 75,454 | ▼ -1.8% |
| 131 | Toyama Funahashi | 3,274 | ▼ -1.8% |
| 132 | Mie Asahi | 11,061 | ▼ -1.8% |
| 133 | Shiga Rittou | 69,143 | ▼ -1.8% |
| 134 | Fukuoka Minami | 270,552 | ▼ -1.8% |
| 135 | Saitama Niiza | 164,882 | ▼ -1.9% |
| 136 | Chiba Yachiyo | 204,904 | ▼ -2.0% |
| 137 | Kumamoto Minami | 131,776 | ▼ -2.0% |
| 138 | Miyagi Natori | 78,690 | ▼ -2.1% |
| 139 | Saitama Fujimino | 112,322 | ▼ -2.3% |
| 140 | Tokyo Hino | 190,616 | ▼ -2.3% |
| 141 | Saga Tosu | 74,435 | ▼ -2.4% |
| 142 | Okinawa Ginowan | 100,084 | ▼ -2.4% |
| 143 | Yamanashi Oshino | 9,150 | ▼ -2.5% |
| 144 | Miyagi Oohira | 5,419 | ▼ -2.6% |
| 145 | Chiba Sodegaura | 65,079 | ▼ -2.6% |
| 146 | Tokyo Tachikawa | 189,304 | ▼ -2.6% |
| 147 | Chiba Ichikawa | 494,354 | ▼ -2.7% |
| 148 | Tokyo Edogawa | 704,696 | ▼ -2.7% |
| 149 | Kanagawa Ebina | 141,588 | ▼ -2.7% |
| 150 | Tokyo Higashimurayama | 152,134 | ▼ -2.8% |
| 151 | Tokyo Kunitachi | 76,546 | ▼ -2.9% |
| 152 | Kyoto Shimogyou | 84,410 | ▼ -2.9% |
| 153 | Okinawa Yomitan | 41,414 | ▼ -2.9% |
| 154 | Fukuoka Oonojou | 103,552 | ▼ -3.0% |
| 155 | Aichi Kouta | 41,546 | ▼ -3.2% |
| 156 | Saitama Koshigaya | 341,497 | ▼ -3.3% |
| 157 | Ishikawa Nonoichi | 58,573 | ▼ -3.3% |
| 158 | Hiroshima Mashinaka | 144,150 | ▼ -3.4% |
| 159 | Kanagawa Yamato | 246,152 | ▼ -3.5% |
| 160 | Kyoto Nakagyou | 111,231 | ▼ -3.6% |
| 161 | Shizuoka Hamakita-ku, Hamamatsu | 98,779 | ▼ -3.7% |
| 162 | Aichi Agui | 27,473 | ▼ -3.7% |
| 163 | Chiba Narita | 133,634 | ▼ -3.8% |
| 164 | Tottori Hiezu | 3,487 | ▼ -3.8% |
| 165 | Aichi Ooguchi | 23,524 | ▼ -3.9% |
| 166 | Aichi Ooharu | 32,408 | ▼ -3.9% |
| 167 | Chiba Yotsukaidou | 94,174 | ▼ -4.0% |
| 168 | Kanagawa Midori | 181,166 | ▼ -4.0% |
| 169 | Kanagawa Totsuka | 280,226 | ▼ -4.1% |
| 170 | Saitama Minuma | 166,894 | ▼ -4.2% |
| 171 | Hokkaido Niseko | 5,324 | ▼ -4.4% |
| 172 | Chiba Urayasu | 172,707 | ▼ -4.4% |
| 173 | Chiba Matsudo | 496,374 | ▼ -4.5% |
| 174 | Okinawa Itoman | 60,634 | ▼ -4.5% |
| 175 | Tokyo Kiyose | 74,768 | ▼ -4.8% |
| 176 | Gifu Minokamo | 56,815 | ▼ -4.8% |
| 177 | Fukuoka Dazaifu | 72,777 | ▼ -4.8% |
| 178 | Saitama Fujimi | 112,751 | ▼ -4.9% |
| 179 | Osaka Suita | 394,516 | ▼ -4.9% |
| 180 | Chiba Inage | 160,432 | ▼ -5.0% |
| 181 | Tokyo Higashiyamato | 83,163 | ▼ -5.0% |
| 182 | Aichi Chikusa | 172,841 | ▼ -5.0% |
| 183 | Chiba Ichinomiya | 11,763 | ▼ -5.1% |
| 184 | Aichi Kitanagoya | 85,678 | ▼ -5.1% |
| 185 | Miyagi Aoba | 315,983 | ▼ -5.2% |
| 186 | Aichi Tobishima | 4,386 | ▼ -5.2% |
| 187 | Miyagi Wakabayashi | 143,067 | ▼ -5.3% |
| 188 | Aichi Moriyama | 176,392 | ▼ -5.3% |
| 189 | Osaka Miyakojima | 110,025 | ▼ -5.3% |
| 190 | Okinawa Ishigaki | 47,673 | ▼ -5.3% |
| 191 | Okinawa Nago | 66,012 | ▼ -5.3% |
| 192 | Saitama Shiraoka | 51,461 | ▼ -5.4% |
| 193 | Gifu Mizuho | 56,616 | ▼ -5.4% |
| 194 | Okinawa Kin | 11,139 | ▼ -5.4% |
| 195 | Aichi Kariya | 152,650 | ▼ -5.5% |
| 196 | Aichi Kiyosu | 68,165 | ▼ -5.5% |
| 197 | Kyoto Kyoutanabe | 74,315 | ▼ -5.5% |
| 198 | Tokyo Akishima | 116,590 | ▼ -5.6% |
| 199 | Tokyo Machida | 420,385 | ▼ -5.7% |
| 200 | Fukuoka Chikushino | 105,844 | ▼ -5.8% |
| 201 | Shizuoka Nagaizumi | 43,245 | ▼ -5.9% |
| 202 | Fukuoka Jounan | 133,980 | ▼ -5.9% |
| 203 | Kumamoto Mashiki | 33,519 | ▼ -5.9% |
| 204 | Chiba Kamagaya | 109,081 | ▼ -6.1% |
| 205 | Osaka Yodogawa | 189,980 | ▼ -6.1% |
| 206 | Osaka Minoo | 140,736 | ▼ -6.1% |
| 207 | Hiroshima Mashiasaminami | 243,729 | ▼ -6.1% |
| 208 | Fukuoka Sawara | 225,002 | ▼ -6.1% |
| 209 | Okinawa Urasoe | 115,623 | ▼ -6.1% |
| 210 | Kanagawa Aoba | 306,583 | ▼ -6.2% |
| 211 | Kanagawa Chigasaki | 244,680 | ▼ -6.2% |
| 212 | Aichi Anjou | 186,251 | ▼ -6.2% |
| 213 | Aichi Toukai | 112,433 | ▼ -6.2% |
| 214 | Okinawa Chatan | 28,337 | ▼ -6.2% |
| 215 | Miyagi Taiwa | 28,237 | ▼ -6.4% |
| 216 | Saitama Kawagoe | 354,567 | ▼ -6.4% |
| 217 | Kanagawa Yokohama | 3,750,952 | ▼ -6.4% |
| 218 | Kanagawa Minami | 281,887 | ▼ -6.4% |
| 219 | Nagano Karuizawa | 18,483 | ▼ -6.4% |
| 220 | Aichi Chiryuu | 72,548 | ▼ -6.4% |
| 221 | Aichi Tougou | 43,879 | ▼ -6.4% |
| 222 | Kumamoto Nishihara | 6,826 | ▼ -6.4% |
| 223 | Kyoto Ooyamazaki | 15,967 | ▼ -6.6% |
| 224 | Tokyo Musashimurayama | 69,057 | ▼ -6.7% |
| 225 | Gifu Ginan | 26,130 | ▼ -6.8% |
| 226 | Osaka Joutou | 169,370 | ▼ -6.8% |
| 227 | Hyogo Nada | 137,037 | ▼ -6.9% |
| 228 | Aichi Nishi | 152,942 | ▼ -7.2% |
| 229 | Shiga Ootsu | 342,879 | ▼ -7.3% |
| 230 | Fukuoka Nakagawa | 47,766 | ▼ -7.3% |
| 231 | Miyagi Miyagino | 194,087 | ▼ -7.4% |
| 232 | Yamanashi Fujikawaguchiko | 26,485 | ▼ -7.4% |
| 233 | Osaka Ibaraki | 287,688 | ▼ -7.4% |
| 234 | Saitama Souka | 251,360 | ▼ -7.5% |
| 235 | Miyagi Taihaku | 237,781 | ▼ -7.7% |
| 236 | Aichi Shouwa | 109,193 | ▼ -7.7% |
| 237 | Aichi Atsuta | 67,941 | ▼ -7.7% |
| 238 | Aichi Meitou | 161,829 | ▼ -7.7% |
| 239 | Aichi Okazaki | 377,631 | ▼ -7.7% |
| 240 | Shiga Aishou | 20,434 | ▼ -7.8% |
| 241 | Okayama Naka | 145,151 | ▼ -7.8% |
| 242 | Chiba Chiba | 994,846 | ▼ -8.0% |
| 243 | Tokyo Hachiouji | 574,428 | ▼ -8.0% |
| 244 | Aichi Mizuho | 109,277 | ▼ -8.1% |
| 245 | Hokkaido Toyohira | 230,892 | ▼ -8.2% |
| 246 | Okayama Kita | 310,929 | ▼ -8.2% |
| 247 | Fukuoka Koga | 58,311 | ▼ -8.2% |
| 248 | Osaka Higashinari | 89,322 | ▼ -8.3% |
| 249 | Fukuoka Kanda | 37,952 | ▼ -8.3% |
| 250 | Shizuoka Fukuroi | 86,503 | ▼ -8.4% |
| 251 | Osaka Toyonaka | 404,015 | ▼ -8.4% |
| 252 | Tokyo Higashikurume | 115,239 | ▼ -8.5% |
| 253 | Osaka Abeno | 112,313 | ▼ -8.5% |
| 254 | Hokkaido Shiroishi | 210,483 | ▼ -8.6% |
| 255 | Saitama Sakura | 98,867 | ▼ -8.7% |
| 256 | Aichi Nishio | 166,055 | ▼ -8.7% |
| 257 | Hiroshima Higashihiroshima | 198,502 | ▼ -8.7% |
| 258 | Miyagi Sendai | 1,096,146 | ▼ -8.9% |
| 259 | Tokyo Tama | 141,575 | ▼ -8.9% |
| 260 | Aichi Miyoshi | 61,458 | ▼ -8.9% |
| 261 | Hokkaido Kita | 285,318 | ▼ -9.0% |
| 262 | Ibaraki Ushiku | 82,508 | ▼ -9.0% |
| 263 | Aichi Nagoya | 2,345,186 | ▼ -9.0% |
| 264 | Aichi Nakamura | 145,753 | ▼ -9.0% |
| 265 | Osaka Shimamoto | 31,733 | ▼ -9.0% |
| 266 | Kyoto Minami | 102,653 | ▼ -9.1% |
| 267 | Hyogo Nishinomiya | 482,260 | ▼ -9.1% |
| 268 | Kanagawa Hodogaya | 203,619 | ▼ -9.2% |
| 269 | Hiroshima Mashiminami | 143,467 | ▼ -9.2% |
| 270 | Miyagi Tomiya | 51,709 | ▼ -9.3% |
| 271 | Aichi Tenpaku | 161,663 | ▼ -9.3% |
| 272 | Fukuoka Sasaguri | 31,088 | ▼ -9.3% |
| 273 | Hokkaido Nishi | 217,523 | ▼ -9.4% |
| 274 | Kanagawa Kamakura | 169,851 | ▼ -9.4% |
| 275 | Osaka Tajiri | 8,098 | ▼ -9.4% |
| 276 | Kanagawa Isogo | 163,579 | ▼ -9.5% |
| 277 | Tokushima Kitajima | 22,895 | ▼ -9.5% |
| 278 | Aichi Owariasahi | 82,440 | ▼ -9.7% |
| 279 | Osaka Tsurumi | 109,817 | ▼ -9.7% |
| 280 | Hokkaido Higashi | 261,091 | ▼ -9.8% |
| 281 | Gunma Isesaki | 208,069 | ▼ -9.8% |
| 282 | Kumamoto Chuuou | 185,424 | ▼ -9.8% |
| 283 | Ibaraki Mito | 265,692 | ▼ -9.9% |
| 284 | Tochigi Oyama | 165,404 | ▼ -10.0% |
| 285 | Kanagawa Chuuou | 270,915 | ▼ -10.0% |
| 286 | Kanagawa Zama | 131,882 | ▼ -10.0% |
| 287 | Okayama Hayashima | 12,570 | ▼ -10.0% |
| 288 | Fukuoka Kasuga | 108,955 | ▼ -10.0% |
| 289 | Saitama Tokorozawa | 342,537 | ▼ -10.1% |
| 290 | Nagano Hara | 7,786 | ▼ -10.1% |
| 291 | Ibaraki Ami | 49,667 | ▼ -10.2% |
| 292 | Saitama Iwatsuki | 110,197 | ▼ -10.2% |
| 293 | Gunma Oota | 219,322 | ▼ -10.3% |
| 294 | Nara Kashiba | 77,374 | ▼ -10.3% |
| 295 | Wakayama Hidaka | 7,667 | ▼ -10.3% |
| 296 | Fukushima Ootama | 8,931 | ▼ -10.4% |
| 297 | Chiba Shiroi | 60,932 | ▼ -10.5% |
| 298 | Aichi Higashiura | 48,924 | ▼ -10.5% |
| 299 | Osaka Ikeda | 104,132 | ▼ -10.5% |
| 300 | Aichi Fusou | 34,132 | ▼ -10.6% |
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