# List of cities in Tokyo Metropolis by population

The following list sorts all cities (including towns and villages) in the Japanese metropolis of Tokyo with a population of more than 5,000 according to the 2020 Census. As of October 1, 2020, 31 places fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual cities, towns and villages within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

## List

The following table lists the 61 cities, towns, villages and special wards in Tokyo, according to the 2020 Census. The table also gives an overview of the evolution of the population since the 1995 census. Officially, there has been no single Tokyo municipality since 1943. The listing for Tokyo in the table below is the combined population of the 26 special wards, which together form the former boundaries of Tokyo City before its merger with Tokyo Prefecture.
| Rank (2020) | Name | Status | 2020 | 2015 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 | 1995 |
| - | Tokyo | Special Wards Area | 9,744,534 | 9,272,740 | 8,945,695 | 8,489,653 | 8,134,688 | 7,967,614 |
| 1 | Setagaya | Special ward | 943,664 | 903,346 | 877,138 | 841,165 | 814,901 | 781,104 |
| 2 | Nerima | Special Ward | 752,608 | 721,722 | 716,124 | 692,339 | 658,132 | 635,746 |
| 3 | Ōta | Special ward | 748,081 | 717,082 | 693,373 | 665,674 | 650,331 | 636,276 |
| 4 | Edogawa | Special ward | 697,932 | 681,298 | 678,967 | 653,944 | 619,953 | 589,414 |
| 5 | Adachi | Special ward | 695,043 | 670,122 | 683,426 | 624,807 | 617,123 | 622,270 |
| 6 | Suginami | Special ward | 591,108 | 563,997 | 549,569 | 528,587 | 522,103 | 515,803 |
| 7 | Itabashi | Special ward | 584,483 | 561,916 | 535,824 | 523,083 | 513,575 | 511,415 |
| 8 | Hachiōji | City | 579,605 | 577,513 | 580,053 | 560,012 | 536,046 | 503,363 |
| 9 | Kōtō | Special ward | 524,310 | 498,109 | 460,819 | 420,845 | 376,840 | 365,604 |
| 10 | Katsushika | Special ward | 453,093 | 442,913 | 442,586 | 424,878 | 421,519 | 424,478 |
| 11 | Machida | City | 431,525 | 432,348 | 427,016 | 405,544 | 377,494 | 360,522 |
| 12 | Shinagawa | Special ward | 422,488 | 386,855 | 365,302 | 346,357 | 324,608 | 325,377 |
| 13 | Kita | Special ward | 355,213 | 341,076 | 335,544 | 330,412 | 326,764 | 334,127 |
| 14 | Shinjuku | Special ward | 349,385 | 333,560 | 326,309 | 305,716 | 286,726 | 279,048 |
| 15 | Nakano | Special ward | 344,880 | 328,215 | 314,750 | 310,627 | 309,526 | 306,581 |
| 16 | Toshima | Special ward | 301,599 | 291,167 | 284,678 | 250,585 | 249,017 | 246,252 |
| 17 | Meguro | Special ward | 288,088 | 277,622 | 268,330 | 264,064 | 250,140 | 243,100 |
| 18 | Sumida | Special ward | 272,085 | 256,274 | 247,606 | 231,173 | 215,979 | 215,681 |
| 19 | Fuchū | City | 262,932 | 260,274 | 255,506 | 245,623 | 226,769 | 216,211 |
| 20 | Minato | Special ward | 260,486 | 243,283 | 205,131 | 185,861 | 144,885 |
| 21 | Shibuya | Special ward | 243,883 | 224,533 | 204,492 | 203,334 | 196,682 | 188,472 |
| 22 | Chōfu | City | 242,721 | 229,061 | 223,593 | 216,119 | 204,759 | 198,574 |
| 23 | Bunkyō | Special ward | 240,069 | 219,724 | 206,626 | 189,632 | 176,017 | 172,474 |
| 24 | Arakawa | Special ward | 217,475 | 212,264 | 203,296 | 191,207 | 180,468 | 176,886 |
| 25 | Taitō | Special ward | 211,444 | 198,073 | 175,928 | 165,186 | 156,325 | 153,918 |
| 26 | Nishitōkyō | City | 207,389 | 200,012 | 196,511 | 189,735 | 180,885 | 175,073 |
| 27 | Kodaira | City | 198,977 | 190,005 | 187,035 | 183,796 | 178,623 | 172,946 |
| 28 | Mitaka | City | 195,558 | 186,936 | 186,083 | 177,016 | 171,612 | 165,721 |
| 29 | Hino | City | 190,261 | 186,283 | 180,052 | 176,538 | 167,942 | 166,537 |
| 30 | Tachikawa | City | 187,089 | 176,295 | 179,668 | 172,566 | 164,709 | 157,884 |
| 31 | Chūō | Special ward | 169,179 | 141,183 | 122,762 | 98,399 | 72,526 | 63,923 |
| 32 | Higashimurayama | City | 151,941 | 149,956 | 153,557 | 144,929 | 142,290 | 135,112 |
| 33 | Musashino | City | 150,102 | 144,730 | 138,734 | 137,525 | 135,746 | 135,051 |
| 34 | Tama | City | 147,169 | 146,631 | 147,648 | 145,877 | 145,862 | 148,113 |
| 35 | Ōme | City | 133,587 | 137,381 | 139,339 | 142,354 | 141,394 | 137,234 |
| 36 | Kokubunji | City | 129,353 | 122,742 | 120,650 | 117,604 | 111,404 | 105,786 |
| 37 | Koganei | City | 126,253 | 121,396 | 118,852 | 114,112 | 111,825 | 109,279 |
| 38 | Higashikurume | City | 115,227 | 116,632 | 116,546 | 115,330 | 113,302 | 111,097 |
| 39 | Akishima | City | 114,053 | 111,539 | 112,297 | 110,143 | 106,532 | 107,292 |
| 40 | Inagi | City | 93,171 | 85,157 | 83,068 | 79,353 | 77,212 | 76,355 |
| 41 | Komae | City | 84,807 | 80,249 | 78,751 | 78,319 | 75,711 | 74,656 |
| 42 | Higashiyamato | City | 83,952 | 85,157 | 83,068 | 79,353 | 77,212 | 76,355 |
| 43 | Akiruno | City | 79,366 | 80,954 | 80,868 | 79,587 | 78,351 | 75,355 |
| 44 | Kunitachi | City | 77,167 | 73,655 | 75,510 | 72,667 | 72,187 | 66,719 |
| 45 | Kiyose | City | 76,258 | 74,864 | 74,104 | 73,529 | 68,037 | 67,386 |
| 46 | Musashimurayama | City | 70,863 | 71,229 | 70,053 | 66,553 | 66,052 | 67,015 |
| 47 | Chiyoda | Special ward | 66,680 | 58,406 | 47,115 | 41,778 | 36,035 | 34,780 |
| 48 | Fussa | City | 56,443 | 58,395 | 59,796 | 61,074 | 61,427 | 61,497 |
| 49 | Hamura | City | 54,341 | 55,833 | 57,032 | 56,514 | 56,013 | 55,095 |
| 50 | Mizuho | Town | 31,774 | 33,445 | 33,497 | 33,691 | 32,892 | 32,714 |
| 51 | Hinode | Town | 17,048 | 17,446 | 16,650 | 15,941 | 16,631 | 16,701 |
| 52 | Okutama | Town | 8,257 | 7,575 | 6,741 | 6,045 | 5,234 | 4,750 |
| 53 | Ōshima | Town | 7,104 | 7,884 | 8,461 | 8,702 | 9,224 | 9,693 |
| 54 | Hachijō | Town | 7,048 | 7,613 | 8,231 | 8,837 | 9,488 | 9,476 |
| 55 | Ogasawara | Village | 2,929 | 3,022 | 2,785 | 2,723 | 2,824 | 2,809 |
| 56 | Niijima | Village | 2,441 | 2,749 | 2,883 | 3,161 | 3,147 | 3,163 |
| 57 | Miyake | Village | 2,273 | 2,482 | 2,676 | 2,439 | 0 | 3,831 |
| 58 | Hinohara | Village | 2,003 | 2,209 | 2,558 | 2,930 | 3,256 | 3,560 |
| 59 | Kōzushima | Village | 1,855 | 1,891 | 1,889 | 2,068 | 2,144 | 2,276 |
| 60 | Toshima | Village | 327 | 337 | 341 | 308 | N/A | N/A |
| 61 | Mikurajima | Village | 323 | 335 | 348 | 292 | 308 | 275 |
| 62 | Aogashima | Village | 169 | 178 | 201 | 214 | 203 | 237 |