# List of Japanese prefectures by population

This is a list of Japanese prefectures by population. For details of administrative divisions of Japan, see Prefectures of Japan.

## Prefectures of Japan ranked by population as of October 1, 2022

| Rank | Prefectures | Capital | Est. Area (km) | Census Population Oct 1, 2020 | Census Population Oct 1, 2022 | Population Change, 2020–2022 | % Change, 2020–2022 | 2020 Population Density (/km) | 2022 Population Density (/km) |
| 1 | Tokyo-to | Shinjuku-ku | 2,188.67 | 14,047,594 | 14,038,167 | -9,427 | -0.07% | 6,418.32 | 6,414.02 |
| 2 | Kanagawa-ken | Yokohama-shi | 2,415.86 | 9,237,337 | 9,232,489 | -4,848 | -0.05% | 3,823.62 | 3,821.62 |
| 3 | Ōsaka-fu | Ōsaka-shi | 1,899.28 | 8,837,685 | 8,782,484 | -55,201 | -0.62% | 4,653.18 | 4,624.11 |
| 4 | Aichi-ken | Nagoya-shi | 5,165.12 | 7,542,415 | 7,495,171 | -47,244 | -0.63% | 1,460.26 | 1,451.11 |
| 5 | Saitama-ken | Saitama-shi | 3,798.08 | 7,344,765 | 7,337,089 | -7,676 | -0.10% | 1,933.81 | 1,931.79 |
| 6 | Chiba-ken | Chiba-shi | 5,156.61 | 6,284,480 | 6,265,975 | -18,505 | -0.29% | 1,218.72 | 1,215.13 |
| 7 | Hyōgo-ken | Kōbe-shi | 8,396.16 | 5,465,002 | 5,402,493 | -62,509 | -1.14% | 650.90 | 643.45 |
| 8 | Hokkaido | Sapporo-shi | 83,457.00 | 5,224,614 | 5,140,354 | -84,260 | -1.61% | 62.61 | 61.59 |
| 9 | Fukuoka-ken | Fukuoka-shi | 4,978.51 | 5,135,214 | 5,116,046 | -19,168 | -0.37% | 1,031.48 | 1,027.63 |
| 10 | Shizuoka-ken | Shizuoka-shi | 7,780.50 | 3,633,202 | 3,582,297 | -50,905 | -1.40% | 466.96 | 460.62 |
| 11 | Ibaraki-ken | Mito-shi | 6,095.72 | 2,867,009 | 2,839,555 | -27,454 | -0.96% | 470.33 | 465.83 |
| 12 | Hiroshima-ken | Hiroshima-shi | 8,479.70 | 2,799,702 | 2,759,500 | -40,202 | -1.44% | 330.16 | 325.42 |
| 13 | Kyōto-fu | Kyōto-shi | 4,613.21 | 2,578,087 | 2,549,749 | -28,338 | -1.10% | 558.85 | 552.71 |
| 14 | Miyagi-ken | Sendai-shi | 7,285.77 | 2,301,996 | 2,279,977 | -22,019 | -0.96% | 315.96 | 312.94 |
| 15 | Niigata-ken | Niigata-shi | 12,583.83 | 2,201,272 | 2,152,693 | -48,579 | -2.21% | 174.93 | 171.07 |
| 16 | Nagano-ken | Nagano-shi | 13,562.23 | 2,048,011 | 2,019,993 | -28,018 | -1.37% | 151.00 | 148.94 |
| 17 | Gifu-ken | Gifu-shi | 10,621.17 | 1,978,742 | 1,945,763 | -32,979 | -1.67% | 186.31 | 183.20 |
| 18 | Gunma-ken | Maebashi-shi | 6,362.33 | 1,939,110 | 1,913,254 | -25,856 | -1.33% | 304.78 | 300.72 |
| 19 | Tochigi-ken | Utsunomiya-shi | 6,408.28 | 1,933,146 | 1,908,821 | -24,325 | -1.26% | 301.66 | 297.87 |
| 20 | Okayama-ken | Okayama-shi | 7,113.23 | 1,888,432 | 1,862,317 | -26,115 | -1.38% | 265.49 | 261.81 |
| 21 | Fukushima-ken | Fukushima-shi | 13,782.76 | 1,833,152 | 1,790,181 | -42,971 | -2.34% | 133.00 | 129.89 |
| 22 | Mie-ken | Tsu-shi | 5,777.31 | 1,770,254 | 1,742,174 | -28,080 | -1.59% | 306.41 | 301.55 |
| 23 | Kumamoto-ken | Kumamoto-shi | 7,404.79 | 1,738,301 | 1,718,327 | -19,974 | -1.15% | 234.76 | 232.06 |
| 24 | Kagoshima-ken | Kagoshima-shi | 9,188.82 | 1,588,256 | 1,562,662 | -25,594 | -1.61% | 172.85 | 170.06 |
| 25 | Okinawa-ken | Naha-shi | 2,276.49 | 1,467,480 | 1,468,318 | 838 | 0.06% | 644.63 | 644.99 |
| 26 | Shiga-ken | Ōtsu-shi | 4,017.36 | 1,413,610 | 1,408,931 | -4,679 | -0.33% | 351.88 | 350.71 |
| 27 | Yamaguchi-ken | Yamaguchi-shi | 6,114.09 | 1,342,059 | 1,313,403 | -28,656 | -2.14% | 219.50 | 214.82 |
| 28 | Ehime-ken | Matsuyama-shi | 5,678.33 | 1,344,841 | 1,306,486 | -38,355 | -2.85% | 236.84 | 230.08 |
| 29 | Nara-ken | Nara-shi | 3,691.09 | 1,324,473 | 1,305,812 | -18,661 | -1.41% | 358.83 | 353.77 |
| 30 | Nagasaki-ken | Nagasaki-shi | 4,105.47 | 1,312,317 | 1,283,128 | -29,939 | -2.22% | 319.65 | 312.54 |
| 31 | Aomori-ken | Aomori-shi | 9,644.55 | 1,237,984 | 1,204,392 | -33,592 | -2.71% | 128.36 | 124.88 |
| 32 | Iwate-ken | Morioka-shi | 15,278.89 | 1,210,534 | 1,180,595 | -29,939 | -2.47% | 79.23 | 77.27 |
| 33 | Ishikawa-ken | Kanazawa-shi | 4,185.67 | 1,132,852 | 1,117,637 | -15,215 | -1.34% | 270.65 | 267.02 |
| 34 | Ōita-ken | Ōita-shi | 6,339.74 | 1,123,852 | 1,106,831 | -17,021 | -1.51% | 177.27 | 174.59 |
| 35 | Miyazaki-ken | Miyazaki-shi | 7,735.99 | 1,069,576 | 1,052,338 | -17,238 | -1.61% | 138.26 | 136.03 |
| 36 | Yamagata-ken | Yamagata-shi | 9,323.46 | 1,068,027 | 1,041,025 | -27,002 | -2.53% | 114.55 | 111.66 |
| 37 | Toyama-ken | Toyama-shi | 4,247.61 | 1,034,814 | 1,016,534 | -18,280 | -1.77% | 243.62 | 239.32 |
| 39 | Kagawa-ken | Takamatsu-shi | 1,876.55 | 950,244 | 934,060 | -16,184 | -1.70% | 506.38 | 497.75 |
| 38 | Akita-ken | Akita-shi | 11,636.28 | 959,502 | 929,901 | -29,601 | -3.09% | 82.46 | 79.91 |
| 40 | Wakayama-ken | Wakayama-shi | 4,726.29 | 922,584 | 903,265 | -19,319 | -2.09% | 195.20 | 191.12 |
| 41 | Yamanashi-ken | Kōfu-shi | 4,465.37 | 809,974 | 801,874 | -8,100 | -1.00% | 181.39 | 179.58 |
| 42 | Saga-ken | Saga-shi | 2,439.65 | 811,442 | 800,787 | -10,655 | -1.31% | 332.60 | 328.24 |
| 43 | Fukui-ken | Fukui-shi | 4,189.88 | 766,863 | 752,855 | -14,008 | -1.83% | 183.03 | 179.68 |
| 44 | Tokushima-ken | Tokushima-shi | 4,146.74 | 719,559 | 703,852 | -15,707 | -2.18% | 173.53 | 169.74 |
| 45 | Kōchi-ken | Kōchi-shi | 7,105.16 | 691,527 | 675,705 | -15,822 | -2.29% | 97.33 | 95.10 |
| 46 | Shimane-ken | Matsue-shi | 6,707.96 | 671,126 | 657,909 | -13,217 | -1.97% | 100.05 | 98.08 |
| 47 | Tottori-ken | Tottori-shi | 3,507.28 | 553,407 | 543,620 | -9,787 | -1.77% | 157.79 | 155 |
| | Japan | Tōkyō-to | 377,954.84 | 126,146,099 | 124,946,789 | -1,199,310 | -0.95% | 333.76 | 330.59 |

## Prefectures of Japan ranked by population as of October 1, 2020

| Rank | Prefectures | Capital | Est. Area (km) | Census Population Oct 1, 2015 | Census Population Oct 1, 2020 | Population Change 2015–2020 | % Change | 2015 Population Density (/km) | 2020 Population Density (/km) |
| 1 | Tokyo-to | Shinjuku-ku | 2,188.67 | 13,513,734 | 14,047,594 | 533,860 | 3.95% | 6,174.40 | 6,418.32 |
| 2 | Kanagawa-ken | Yokohama-shi | 2,415.86 | 9,127,323 | 9,237,337 | 110,014 | 1.21% | 3,778.08 | 3,823.62 |
| 3 | Ōsaka-fu | Ōsaka-shi | 1,899.28 | 8,838,908 | 8,837,685 | -1,223 | -0.01% | 4,653.82 | 4,653.18 |
| 4 | Aichi-ken | Nagoya-shi | 5,165.12 | 7,484,094 | 7,542,415 | 58,321 | 0.78% | 1,448.97 | 1,460.26 |
| 5 | Saitama-ken | Saitama-shi | 3,798.08 | 7,261,271 | 7,344,765 | 83,494 | 1.15% | 1,911.83 | 1,933.81 |
| 6 | Chiba-ken | Chiba-shi | 5,156.61 | 6,224,027 | 6,284,480 | 60,453 | 0.97% | 1,207.00 | 1,218.72 |
| 7 | Hyōgo-ken | Kōbe-shi | 8,396.16 | 5,536,989 | 5,465,002 | -71,987 | -1.3% | 659.47 | 650.90 |
| 8 | Hokkaido | Sapporo-shi | 83,457.00 | 5,383,579 | 5,224,614 | -158,965 | -2.95% | 64.51 | 62.61 |
| 9 | Fukuoka-ken | Fukuoka-shi | 4,978.51 | 5,102,871 | 5,135,214 | 32,343 | 0.63% | 1,024.98 | 1,031.48 |
| 10 | Shizuoka-ken | Shizuoka-shi | 7,780.50 | 3,701,181 | 3,633,202 | -67,979 | -1.84% | 475.70 | 466.96 |
| 11 | Ibaraki-ken | Mito-shi | 6,095.72 | 2,917,857 | 2,867,009 | -50,848 | -1.74% | 478.67 | 470.33 |
| 12 | Hiroshima-ken | Hiroshima-shi | 8,479.70 | 2,844,963 | 2,799,702 | -45,261 | -1.59% | 335.50 | 330.16 |
| 13 | Kyōto-fu | Kyōto-shi | 4,613.21 | 2,610,140 | 2,578,087 | -32,053 | -1.23% | 565.80 | 558.85 |
| 14 | Miyagi-ken | Sendai-shi | 7,285.77 | 2,334,215 | 2,301,996 | -32,219 | -1.38% | 320.38 | 315.96 |
| 15 | Niigata-ken | Niigata-shi | 12,583.83 | 2,305,098 | 2,201,272 | -103,826 | -4.5% | 183.18 | 174.93 |
| 16 | Nagano-ken | Nagano-shi | 13,562.23 | 2,099,759 | 2,048,011 | -51,748 | -2.46% | 154.82 | 151.00 |
| 17 | Gifu-ken | Gifu-shi | 10,621.17 | 2,032,533 | 1,978,742 | -53,791 | -2.65% | 191.37 | 186.31 |
| 18 | Tochigi-ken | Utsunomiya-shi | 6,408.28 | 1,974,671 | 1,933,146 | -41,525 | -2.1% | 308.14 | 301.66 |
| 19 | Gunma-ken | Maebashi-shi | 6,362.33 | 1,973,476 | 1,939,110 | -34,366 | -1.74% | 310.18 | 304.78 |
| 20 | Okayama-ken | Okayama-shi | 7,113.23 | 1,922,181 | 1,888,432 | -33,749 | -1.76% | 270.23 | 265.49 |
| 21 | Fukushima-ken | Fukushima-shi | 13,782.76 | 1,913,606 | 1,833,152 | -80,454 | -4.2% | 138.84 | 133.00 |
| 22 | Mie-ken | Tsu-shi | 5,777.31 | 1,815,827 | 1,770,254 | -45,573 | -2.51% | 314.30 | 306.41 |
| 23 | Kumamoto-ken | Kumamoto-shi | 7,404.79 | 1,786,969 | 1,738,301 | -48,668 | -2.72% | 241.33 | 234.76 |
| 24 | Kagoshima-ken | Kagoshima-shi | 9,188.82 | 1,648,752 | 1,588,256 | -60,496 | -3.67% | 179.43 | 172.85 |
| 25 | Yamaguchi-ken | Yamaguchi-shi | 6,114.09 | 1,405,007 | 1,342,059 | -62,948 | -4.48% | 229.80 | 219.50 |
| 26 | Ehime-ken | Matsuyama-shi | 5,678.33 | 1,385,840 | 1,344,841 | -40,999 | -2.96% | 244.06 | 236.84 |
| 27 | Nagasaki-ken | Nagasaki-shi | 4,105.47 | 1,377,780 | 1,312,317 | -65,463 | -4.75% | 335.60 | 319.65 |
| 28 | Okinawa-ken | Naha-shi | 2,276.49 | 1,434,138 | 1,467,480 | 33,342 | 2.32% | 629.98 | 644.63 |
| 29 | Shiga-ken | Ōtsu-shi | 4,017.36 | 1,413,184 | 1,413,610 | 426 | 0.03% | 351.77 | 351.88 |
| 30 | Nara-ken | Nara-shi | 3,691.09 | 1,365,008 | 1,324,473 | -40,535 | -2.97% | 369.81 | 358.83 |
| 31 | Aomori-ken | Aomori-shi | 9,644.55 | 1,308,649 | 1,237,984 | -70,665 | -5.4% | 135.69 | 128.36 |
| 32 | Iwate-ken | Morioka-shi | 15,278.89 | 1,279,814 | 1,210,534 | -69,280 | -5.41% | 83.76 | 79.23 |
| 33 | Ōita-ken | Ōita-shi | 6,339.74 | 1,166,729 | 1,123,852 | -42,877 | -3.67% | 184.03 | 177.27 |
| 34 | Ishikawa-ken | Kanazawa-shi | 4,185.67 | 1,154,343 | 1,132,852 | -21,491 | -1.86% | 275.78 | 270.65 |
| 35 | Yamagata-ken | Yamagata-shi | 9,323.46 | 1,122,957 | 1,068,027 | -54,930 | -4.89% | 120.44 | 114.55 |
| 36 | Miyazaki-ken | Miyazaki-shi | 7,735.99 | 1,104,377 | 1,069,576 | -34,801 | -3.15% | 142.76 | 138.26 |
| 37 | Toyama-ken | Toyama-shi | 4,247.61 | 1,066,883 | 1,034,814 | -32,069 | -3.01% | 251.17 | 243.62 |
| 38 | Akita-ken | Akita-shi | 11,636.28 | 1,022,839 | 959,502 | -63,337 | -6.19% | 87.90 | 82.46 |
| 39 | Kagawa-ken | Takamatsu-shi | 1,876.55 | 976,756 | 950,244 | -26,512 | -2.71% | 520.51 | 506.38 |
| 40 | Wakayama-ken | Wakayama-shi | 4,726.29 | 963,850 | 922,584 | -41,266 | -4.28% | 203.93 | 195.20 |
| 41 | Yamanashi-ken | Kōfu-shi | 4,465.37 | 835,165 | 809,974 | -25,191 | -3.02% | 187.03 | 181.39 |
| 42 | Saga-ken | Saga-shi | 2,439.65 | 833,245 | 811,442 | -21,803 | -2.62% | 341.54 | 332.60 |
| 43 | Fukui-ken | Fukui-shi | 4,189.88 | 787,099 | 766,863 | -20,236 | -2.57% | 187.86 | 183.03 |
| 44 | Tokushima-ken | Tokushima-shi | 4,146.74 | 756,063 | 719,559 | -36,504 | -4.83% | 182.33 | 173.53 |
| 45 | Kōchi-ken | Kōchi-shi | 7,105.16 | 728,461 | 691,527 | -36,934 | -5.07% | 102.53 | 97.33 |
| 46 | Shimane-ken | Matsue-shi | 6,707.96 | 694,188 | 671,126 | -23,062 | -3.32% | 103.49 | 100.05 |
| 47 | Tottori-ken | Tottori-shi | 3,507.28 | 573,648 | 553,407 | -20,241 | -3.53% | 163.56 | 157.79 |
| | Japan | Tōkyō-to | 377,954.84 | 127,110,047 | 126,146,099 | -963,948 | -0.76% | 336.31 | 333.76 |

## Prefectures of Japan ranked by population as of October 1, 2015

| Rank | Prefectures | Japanese | Capital | Est. Area (km$^2$) | Census Population Oct 1, 2010 | Latest Census Population Oct 1, 2015 | Population Change 2010–2015 | % Change | 2010 Population Density (/km$^2$) | 2015 Population Density (/km$^2$) |
| 1 | Tōkyō-to | 東京都 | Shinjuku-ku | 2,188.67 | 13,159,388 | 13,513,734 | 354,346 | 2.7% | 6,029.22 | 6,174.40 |
| 2 | Kanagawa-ken | 神奈川県 | Yokohama-shi | 2,415.86 | 9,048,331 | 9,127,323 | 78,992 | 0.9% | 3,749.43 | 3,778.08 |
| 3 | Ōsaka-fu | 大阪府 | Ōsaka-shi | 1,899.28 | 8,865,245 | 8,838,908 | -26,337 | -0.3% | 4,665.46 | 4,653.82 |
| 4 | Aichi-ken | 愛知県 | Nagoya-shi | 5,165.12 | 7,410,719 | 7,484,094 | 73,375 | 1.0% | 1,435.85 | 1,448.97 |
| 5 | Saitama-ken | 埼玉県 | Saitama-shi | 3,798.08 | 7,194,556 | 7,261,271 | 66,715 | 0.9% | 1,897.57 | 1,911.83 |
| 6 | Chiba-ken | 千葉県 | Chiba-shi | 5,156.61 | 6,216,289 | 6,224,027 | 7,738 | 0.1% | 1,205.08 | 1,207.00 |
| 7 | Hyōgo-ken | 兵庫県 | Kōbe-shi | 8,396.16 | 5,588,133 | 5,536,989 | -51,144 | -0.9% | 664.82 | 659.47 |
| 8 | Hokkaido | 北海道 | Sapporo-shi | 83,457.00 | 5,506,419 | 5,383,579 | -122,840 | -2.2% | 65.73 | 64.51 |
| 9 | Fukuoka-ken | 福岡県 | Fukuoka-shi | 4,978.51 | 5,071,968 | 5,102,871 | 30,903 | 0.6% | 1,020.24 | 1,024.98 |
| 10 | Shizuoka-ken | 静岡県 | Shizuoka-shi | 7,780.50 | 3,765,007 | 3,701,181 | -63,826 | -1.7% | 481.88 | 475.70 |
| 11 | Ibaraki-ken | 茨城県 | Mito-shi | 6,095.72 | 2,969,770 | 2,917,857 | -51,913 | -1.7% | 485.21 | 478.67 |
| 12 | Hiroshima-ken | 広島県 | Hiroshima-shi | 8,479.70 | 2,860,750 | 2,844,963 | -15,787 | -0.6% | 336.69 | 335.50 |
| 13 | Kyōto-fu | 京都府 | Kyōto-shi | 4,613.21 | 2,636,092 | 2,610,140 | -25,952 | -1.0% | 570.46 | 565.80 |
| 14 | Miyagi-ken | 宮城県 | Sendai-shi | 7,285.77 | 2,348,165 | 2,334,215 | -13,950 | -0.6% | 319.35 | 320.38 |
| 15 | Niigata-ken | 新潟県 | Niigata-shi | 12,583.83 | 2,374,450 | 2,305,098 | -69,352 | -2.9% | 187.71 | 183.18 |
| 16 | Nagano-ken | 長野県 | Nagano-shi | 13,562.23 | 2,152,449 | 2,099,759 | -52,690 | -2.4% | 157.95 | 154.82 |
| 17 | Gifu-ken | 岐阜県 | Gifu-shi | 10,621.17 | 2,080,773 | 2,032,533 | -48,240 | -2.3% | 194.98 | 191.37 |
| 18 | Tochigi-ken | 栃木県 | Utsunomiya-shi | 6,408.28 | 2,007,683 | 1,974,671 | -33,012 | -1.6% | 312.1 | 308.14 |
| 19 | Gunma-ken | 群馬県 | Maebashi-shi | 6,362.33 | 2,008,068 | 1,973,476 | -34,592 | -1.7% | 314.43 | 310.18 |
| 20 | Okayama-ken | 岡山県 | Okayama-shi | 7,113.23 | 1,945,276 | 1,922,181 | -23,095 | -1.2% | 272.81 | 270.23 |
| 21 | Fukushima-ken | 福島県 | Fukushima-shi | 13,782.76 | 2,029,064 | 1,913,606 | -115,458 | -5.7% | 144.37 | 138.84 |
| 22 | Mie-ken | 三重県 | Tsu-shi | 5,777.31 | 1,854,724 | 1,815,827 | -38,897 | -2.1% | 319.74 | 314.30 |
| 23 | Kumamoto-ken | 熊本県 | Kumamoto-shi | 7,404.79 | 1,817,426 | 1,786,969 | -30,457 | -1.7% | 244.78 | 241.33 |
| 24 | Kagoshima-ken | 鹿児島県 | Kagoshima-shi | 9,188.82 | 1,706,242 | 1,648,752 | -57,490 | -3.4% | 184.87 | 179.43 |
| 25 | Yamaguchi-ken | 山口県 | Yamaguchi-shi | 6,114.09 | 1,451,338 | 1,405,007 | -46,331 | -3.2% | 235.92 | 229.80 |
| 26 | Ehime-ken | 愛媛県 | Matsuyama-shi | 5,678.33 | 1,431,493 | 1,385,840 | -45,653 | -3.2% | 250.67 | 244.06 |
| 27 | Nagasaki-ken | 長崎県 | Nagasaki-shi | 4,105.47 | 1,426,779 | 1,377,780 | -48,999 | -3.4% | 345.25 | 335.60 |
| 28 | Okinawa-ken | 沖縄県 | Naha-shi | 2,276.49 | 1,392,818 | 1,434,138 | 41,320 | 3.0% | 615.45 | 629.98 |
| 29 | Shiga-ken | 滋賀県 | Ōtsu-shi | 4,017.36 | 1,410,777 | 1,413,184 | 2,407 | 0.2% | 351.85 | 351.77 |
| 30 | Nara-ken | 奈良県 | Nara-shi | 3,691.09 | 1,400,728 | 1,365,008 | -35,720 | -2.6% | 378.17 | 369.81 |
| 31 | Aomori-ken | 青森県 | Aomori-shi | 9,644.55 | 1,373,339 | 1,308,649 | -64,690 | -4.7% | 141.3 | 135.69 |
| 32 | Iwate-ken | 岩手県 | Morioka-shi | 15,278.89 | 1,330,147 | 1,279,814 | -50,333 | -3.8% | 86.01 | 83.76 |
| 33 | Ōita-ken | 大分県 | Ōita-shi | 6,339.74 | 1,196,529 | 1,166,729 | -29,800 | -2.5% | 187.93 | 184.03 |
| 34 | Ishikawa-ken | 石川県 | Kanazawa-shi | 4,185.67 | 1,169,788 | 1,154,343 | -15,445 | -1.3% | 278.64 | 275.78 |
| 35 | Yamagata-ken | 山形県 | Yamagata-shi | 9,323.46 | 1,168,924 | 1,122,957 | -45,967 | -3.9% | 124.55 | 120.44 |
| 36 | Miyazaki-ken | 宮崎県 | Miyazaki-shi | 7,735.99 | 1,135,233 | 1,104,377 | -30,856 | -2.7% | 146.2 | 142.76 |
| 37 | Toyama-ken | 富山県 | Toyama-shi | 4,247.61 | 1,093,247 | 1,066,883 | -26,364 | -2.4% | 256.08 | 251.17 |
| 38 | Akita-ken | 秋田県 | Akita-shi | 11,636.28 | 1,085,997 | 1,022,839 | -63,158 | -5.8% | 92.37 | 87.90 |
| 39 | Kagawa-ken | 香川県 | Takamatsu-shi | 1,876.55 | 995,842 | 976,756 | -19,086 | -1.9% | 528.6 | 520.51 |
| 40 | Wakayama-ken | 和歌山県 | Wakayama-shi | 4,726.29 | 1,002,198 | 963,850 | -38,348 | -3.8% | 210.53 | 203.93 |
| 41 | Yamanashi-ken | 山梨県 | Kōfu-shi | 4,465.37 | 863,075 | 835,165 | -27,910 | -3.2% | 192.02 | 187.03 |
| 42 | Saga-ken | 佐賀県 | Saga-shi | 2,439.65 | 849,788 | 833,245 | -16,543 | -1.9% | 347.09 | 341.54 |
| 43 | Fukui-ken | 福井県 | Fukui-shi | 4,189.88 | 806,314 | 787,099 | -19,215 | -2.4% | 191.63 | 187.86 |
| 44 | Tokushima-ken | 徳島県 | Tokushima-shi | 4,146.74 | 785,491 | 756,063 | -29,428 | -3.7% | 188.16 | 182.33 |
| 45 | Kōchi-ken | 高知県 | Kōchi-shi | 7,105.16 | 764,456 | 728,461 | -35,995 | -4.7% | 106.75 | 102.53 |
| 46 | Shimane-ken | 島根県 | Matsue-shi | 6,707.96 | 717,397 | 694,188 | -23,209 | -3.2% | 106.19 | 103.49 |
| 47 | Tottori-ken | 鳥取県 | Tottori-shi | 3,507.28 | 588,667 | 573,648 | -15,019 | -2.6% | 166.94 | 163.56 |
| | Japan | 日本国 | Tōkyō-to | 377,954.84 | 128,057,352 | 127,110,047 | -947,305 | -0.7% | 338.13 | 336.31 |

## Prefectures of Japan ranked by population as of October 1, 2011

Figures here are according to the official estimates of Japan as of October 1, 2011, except for the census population held on October 1, 2010. Population is given according to the de jure population concept for enumerating the people. That is, a person was enumerated at the place where they usually lived, and was counted as the population of the area including the place. Ranks are given by the estimated population as of October 1, 2011.
| Rank | Prefectures | Japanese | Capital | Est. Area (km$^2$) | Est. Total Population | Est. Male Population | Est. Female Population | Annual Change (Oct 1, 2010 to Sep 30, 2011) | Est. Population of Japanese Nationality |
| 1 | Tōkyō-to | 東京都 | Shinjuku-ku | 2,188.67 | 13,195,974 | 6,523,551 | 6,672,423 | 36,586 | 12,869,205 |
| 2 | Kanagawa-ken | 神奈川県 | Yokohama-shi | 2,415.86 | 9,058,094 | 4,543,383 | 4,514,711 | 9,763 | 8,934,423 |
| 3 | Ōsaka-fu | 大阪府 | Ōsaka-shi | 1,899.28 | 8,861,012 | 4,279,771 | 4,581,241 | -4,233 | 8,698,609 |
| 4 | Aichi-ken | 愛知県 | Nagoya-shi | 5,165.12 | 7,416,336 | 3,705,395 | 3,710,941 | 5,617 | 7,261,898 |
| 5 | Saitama-ken | 埼玉県 | Saitama-shi | 3,798.08 | 7,207,139 | 3,612,453 | 3,594,686 | 12,583 | 7,117,493 |
| 6 | Chiba-ken | 千葉県 | Chiba-shi | 5,156.61 | 6,214,148 | 3,095,664 | 3,118,484 | -2,141 | 6,134,596 |
| 7 | Hyōgo-ken | 兵庫県 | Kōbe-shi | 8,396.16 | 5,581,968 | 2,669,033 | 2,912,935 | -6,165 | 5,504,516 |
| 8 | Hokkaido | 北海道 | Sapporo-shi | 83,457.00 | 5,485,952 | 2,591,405 | 2,894,547 | -20,467 | 5,467,326 |
| 9 | Fukuoka-ken | 福岡県 | Fukuoka-shi | 4,978.51 | 5,079,291 | 2,397,299 | 2,681,992 | 7,323 | 5,038,034 |
| 10 | Shizuoka-ken | 静岡県 | Shizuoka-shi | 7,780.50 | 3,749,274 | 1,846,407 | 1,902,867 | -15,733 | 3,694,014 |
| 11 | Ibaraki-ken | 茨城県 | Mito-shi | 6,095.72 | 2,957,706 | 1,474,297 | 1,483,409 | -12,064 | 2,918,842 |
| 12 | Hiroshima-ken | 広島県 | Hiroshima-shi | 8,479.70 | 2,855,045 | 1,377,843 | 1,477,202 | -5,705 | 2,823,615 |
| 13 | Kyōto-fu | 京都府 | Kyōto-shi | 4,613.21 | 2,631,671 | 1,262,660 | 1,369,011 | -4,421 | 2,589,740 |
| 14 | Niigata-ken | 新潟県 | Niigata-shi | 12,583.83 | 2,362,158 | 1,142,365 | 1,219,793 | -12,292 | 2,350,786 |
| 15 | Miyagi-ken | 宮城県 | Sendai-shi | 7,285.77 | 2,326,735 | 1,129,926 | 1,196,809 | -21,430 | 2,314,761 |
| 16 | Nagano-ken | 長野県 | Nagano-shi | 13,562.23 | 2,142,167 | 1,041,409 | 1,100,758 | -10,282 | 2,115,329 |
| 17 | Gifu-ken | 岐阜県 | Gifu-shi | 10,621.17 | 2,070,908 | 1,002,276 | 1,068,632 | -9,865 | 2,037,356 |
| 18 | Gunma-ken | 群馬県 | Maebashi-shi | 6,362.33 | 2,000,514 | 984,456 | 1,016,058 | -7,554 | 1,966,343 |
| 19 | Tochigi-ken | 栃木県 | Utsunomiya-shi | 6,408.28 | 2,000,010 | 993,515 | 1,006,495 | -7,673 | 1,974,639 |
| 20 | Fukushima-ken | 福島県 | Fukushima-shi | 13,782.76 | 1,989,834 | 967,024 | 1,022,810 | -39,230 | 1,981,379 |
| 21 | Okayama-ken | 岡山県 | Okayama-shi | 7,113.23 | 1,940,559 | 930,802 | 1,009,757 | -4,717 | 1,922,457 |
| 22 | Mie-ken | 三重県 | Tsu-shi | 5,777.31 | 1,847,223 | 899,880 | 947,343 | -7,501 | 1,816,423 |
| 23 | Kumamoto-ken | 熊本県 | Kumamoto-shi | 7,404.79 | 1,812,575 | 851,512 | 961,063 | -4,851 | 1,805,009 |
| 24 | Kagoshima-ken | 鹿児島県 | Kagoshima-shi | 9,188.82 | 1,698,695 | 793,523 | 905,172 | -7,547 | 1,692,899 |
| 25 | Yamaguchi-ken | 山口県 | Yamaguchi-shi | 6,114.09 | 1,442,428 | 680,028 | 762,400 | -8,910 | 1,430,683 |
| 26 | Ehime-ken | 愛媛県 | Matsuyama-shi | 5,678.33 | 1,423,406 | 669,671 | 753,735 | -8,087 | 1,416,061 |
| 27 | Nagasaki-ken | 長崎県 | Nagasaki-shi | 4,105.47 | 1,417,423 | 661,501 | 755,922 | -9,356 | 1,411,261 |
| 28 | Shiga-ken | 滋賀県 | Ōtsu-shi | 4,017.36 | 1,413,513 | 698,387 | 715,126 | 2,736 | 1,393,683 |
| 29 | Okinawa-ken | 沖縄県 | Naha-shi | 2,276.49 | 1,401,066 | 687,245 | 713,821 | 8,248 | 1,393,451 |
| 30 | Nara-ken | 奈良県 | Nara-shi | 3,691.09 | 1,395,845 | 660,457 | 735,388 | -4,883 | 1,386,694 |
| 31 | Aomori-ken | 青森県 | Aomori-shi | 9,644.55 | 1,362,820 | 640,699 | 722,121 | -10,519 | 1,359,540 |
| 32 | Iwate-ken | 岩手県 | Morioka-shi | 15,278.89 | 1,314,076 | 627,232 | 686,844 | -16,071 | 1,309,060 |
| 33 | Ōita-ken | 大分県 | Ōita-shi | 6,339.74 | 1,191,430 | 562,753 | 628,677 | -5,099 | 1,182,985 |
| 34 | Ishikawa-ken | 石川県 | Kanazawa-shi | 4,185.67 | 1,166,309 | 563,490 | 602,819 | -3,479 | 1,156,771 |
| 35 | Yamagata-ken | 山形県 | Yamagata-shi | 9,323.46 | 1,161,214 | 557,200 | 604,014 | -7,710 | 1,155,565 |
| 36 | Miyazaki-ken | 宮崎県 | Miyazaki-shi | 7,735.99 | 1,130,983 | 531,007 | 599,976 | -4,250 | 1,127,069 |
| 37 | Toyama-ken | 富山県 | Toyama-shi | 4,247.61 | 1,087,745 | 524,274 | 563,471 | -5,502 | 1,077,203 |
| 38 | Akita-ken | 秋田県 | Akita-shi | 11,636.28 | 1,074,858 | 504,513 | 570,345 | -11,139 | 1,071,848 |
| 39 | Wakayama-ken | 和歌山県 | Wakayama-shi | 4,726.29 | 995,010 | 467,776 | 527,234 | -7,188 | 990,288 |
| 40 | Kagawa-ken | 香川県 | Takamatsu-shi | 1,876.55 | 991,947 | 478,232 | 513,715 | -3,895 | 985,272 |
| 41 | Yamanashi-ken | 山梨県 | Kōfu-shi | 4,465.37 | 857,459 | 419,666 | 437,793 | -5,616 | 845,769 |
| 42 | Saga-ken | 佐賀県 | Saga-shi | 2,439.65 | 846,787 | 398,758 | 448,029 | -3,001 | 843,185 |
| 43 | Fukui-ken | 福井県 | Fukui-shi | 4,189.88 | 802,906 | 388,396 | 414,510 | -3,408 | 792,667 |
| 44 | Tokushima-ken | 徳島県 | Tokushima-shi | 4,146.74 | 780,236 | 370,323 | 409,913 | -5,255 | 776,346 |
| 45 | Kōchi-ken | 高知県 | Kōchi-shi | 7,105.16 | 758,469 | 356,257 | 402,212 | -5,987 | 755,431 |
| 46 | Shimane-ken | 島根県 | Matsue-shi | 6,707.96 | 712,292 | 340,649 | 371,643 | -5,105 | 707,588 |
| 47 | Tottori-ken | 鳥取県 | Tottori-shi | 3,507.28 | 585,494 | 279,362 | 306,132 | -3,173 | 582,023 |
| | Japan | 日本国 | Tōkyō-to | 377,954.84 | 127,798,704 | 62,183,725 | 65,614,979 | -258,648 | 126,180,135 |

## Historical demography of prefectures of Japan

Population before 1920 was calculated based on information of family registries, while door-to-door censuses have been held every 5 years as of October 1 since 1920, except for 1945.
As for prefectural populations before 1945, figures are only given for prefectures that officially constituted Japan Proper or Mainland Japan. Karafuto Prefecture (Southern Sakhalin) was officially incorporated into Japan Proper from March 26, 1943 until the end of the World War II, while Taiwan, the Kwantung Leased Territory, Korea and the South Seas Mandate were treated as exterior territories. At the end of war, Japan lost sovereignty over Southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands (part of Hokkaidō, which Japan partly disputes). For the population of the colonies of the former Empire of Japan, see Demographics of Imperial Japan.

### 1948 to 2010

Population in the following table is given according to the de jure population concept for enumerating the people.
* Source: Census of Japan (as of October 1 for the years of 2015,2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980, 1975, 1970, 1965, 1960, 1955 and 1950),
       De jure Population Census of Japan (as of August 1, 1948),
       Census of Ryūkyū (as of October 1, 1970, December 1, 1960 and December 1, 1950),
       Extraordinary Census of Ryūkyū (as of October 1, 1965 and December 1, 1955).
| Prefectures | Oct 1, 2010 | Oct 1, 2005 | Oct 1, 2000 | Oct 1, 1995 | Oct 1, 1990 | Oct 1, 1985 | Oct 1, 1980 |
| Hokkaidō | 5,506,419 | 5,627,737 | 5,683,062 | 5,692,321 | 5,643,647 | 5,679,439 | 5,575,989 |
| Aomori-ken | 1,373,339 | 1,436,657 | 1,475,728 | 1,481,663 | 1,482,873 | 1,524,448 | 1,523,907 |
| Iwate-ken | 1,330,147 | 1,385,041 | 1,416,180 | 1,419,505 | 1,416,928 | 1,433,611 | 1,421,927 |
| Miyagi-ken | 2,348,165 | 2,360,218 | 2,365,320 | 2,328,739 | 2,248,558 | 2,176,295 | 2,082,320 |
| Akita-ken | 1,085,997 | 1,145,501 | 1,189,279 | 1,213,667 | 1,227,478 | 1,254,032 | 1,256,745 |
| Yamagata-ken | 1,168,924 | 1,216,181 | 1,244,147 | 1,256,958 | 1,258,390 | 1,261,662 | 1,251,917 |
| Fukushima-ken | 2,029,064 | 2,091,319 | 2,126,935 | 2,133,592 | 2,104,058 | 2,080,304 | 2,035,272 |
| Ibaraki-ken | 2,969,770 | 2,975,167 | 2,985,676 | 2,955,530 | 2,845,382 | 2,725,005 | 2,558,007 |
| Tochigi-ken | 2,007,683 | 2,016,631 | 2,004,817 | 1,984,390 | 1,935,168 | 1,866,066 | 1,792,201 |
| Gunma-ken | 2,008,068 | 2,024,135 | 2,024,852 | 2,003,540 | 1,966,265 | 1,921,259 | 1,848,562 |
| Saitama-ken | 7,194,556 | 7,054,243 | 6,938,006 | 6,759,311 | 6,405,319 | 5,863,678 | 5,420,480 |
| Chiba-ken | 6,216,289 | 6,056,462 | 5,926,285 | 5,797,782 | 5,555,429 | 5,148,163 | 4,735,424 |
| Tōkyō-to | 13,159,388 | 12,576,601 | 12,064,101 | 11,773,605 | 11,855,563 | 11,829,363 | 11,618,281 |
| Kanagawa-ken | 9,048,331 | 8,791,597 | 8,489,974 | 8,245,900 | 7,980,391 | 7,431,974 | 6,924,348 |
| Niigata-ken | 2,374,450 | 2,431,459 | 2,475,733 | 2,488,364 | 2,474,583 | 2,478,470 | 2,451,357 |
| Toyama-ken | 1,093,247 | 1,111,729 | 1,120,851 | 1,123,125 | 1,120,161 | 1,118,369 | 1,103,459 |
| Ishikawa-ken | 1,169,788 | 1,174,026 | 1,180,977 | 1,180,068 | 1,164,628 | 1,152,325 | 1,119,304 |
| Fukui-ken | 806,314 | 821,592 | 828,944 | 826,996 | 823,585 | 817,633 | 794,354 |
| Yamanashi-ken | 863,075 | 884,515 | 888,172 | 881,996 | 852,966 | 832,832 | 804,256 |
| Nagano-ken | 2,152,449 | 2,196,114 | 2,215,168 | 2,193,984 | 2,156,627 | 2,136,927 | 2,083,934 |
| Gifu-ken | 2,080,773 | 2,107,226 | 2,107,700 | 2,100,315 | 2,066,569 | 2,028,536 | 1,960,107 |
| Shizuoka-ken | 3,765,007 | 3,792,377 | 3,767,393 | 3,737,689 | 3,670,840 | 3,574,692 | 3,446,804 |
| Aichi-ken | 7,410,719 | 7,254,704 | 7,043,300 | 6,868,336 | 6,690,603 | 6,455,172 | 6,221,638 |
| Mie-ken | 1,854,724 | 1,866,963 | 1,857,339 | 1,841,358 | 1,792,514 | 1,747,311 | 1,686,936 |
| Shiga-ken | 1,410,777 | 1,380,361 | 1,342,832 | 1,287,005 | 1,222,411 | 1,155,844 | 1,079,898 |
| Kyōto-fu | 2,636,092 | 2,647,660 | 2,644,391 | 2,629,592 | 2,602,460 | 2,586,574 | 2,527,330 |
| Ōsaka-fu | 8,865,245 | 8,817,166 | 8,805,081 | 8,797,268 | 8,734,516 | 8,668,095 | 8,473,446 |
| Hyōgo-ken | 5,588,133 | 5,590,601 | 5,550,574 | 5,401,877 | 5,405,040 | 5,278,050 | 5,144,892 |
| Nara-ken | 1,400,728 | 1,421,310 | 1,442,795 | 1,430,862 | 1,375,481 | 1,304,866 | 1,209,365 |
| Wakayama-ken | 1,002,198 | 1,035,969 | 1,069,912 | 1,080,435 | 1,074,325 | 1,087,206 | 1,087,012 |
| Tottori-ken | 588,667 | 607,012 | 613,289 | 614,929 | 615,722 | 616,024 | 604,221 |
| Shimane-ken | 717,397 | 742,223 | 761,503 | 771,441 | 781,021 | 794,629 | 784,795 |
| Okayama-ken | 1,945,276 | 1,957,264 | 1,950,828 | 1,950,750 | 1,925,877 | 1,916,906 | 1,871,023 |
| Hiroshima-ken | 2,860,750 | 2,876,642 | 2,878,915 | 2,881,748 | 2,849,847 | 2,819,200 | 2,739,161 |
| Yamaguchi-ken | 1,451,338 | 1,492,606 | 1,527,964 | 1,555,543 | 1,572,616 | 1,601,627 | 1,587,079 |
| Tokushima-ken | 785,491 | 809,950 | 824,108 | 832,427 | 831,598 | 834,889 | 825,261 |
| Kagawa-ken | 995,842 | 1,012,400 | 1,022,890 | 1,027,006 | 1,023,412 | 1,022,569 | 999,864 |
| Ehime-ken | 1,431,493 | 1,467,815 | 1,493,092 | 1,506,700 | 1,515,025 | 1,529,983 | 1,506,637 |
| Kōchi-ken | 764,456 | 796,292 | 813,949 | 816,704 | 825,034 | 839,784 | 831,275 |
| Fukuoka-ken | 5,071,968 | 5,049,908 | 5,015,699 | 4,933,393 | 4,811,050 | 4,719,259 | 4,553,461 |
| Saga-ken | 849,788 | 866,369 | 876,654 | 884,316 | 877,851 | 880,013 | 865,574 |
| Nagasaki-ken | 1,426,779 | 1,478,632 | 1,516,523 | 1,544,934 | 1,562,959 | 1,593,968 | 1,590,564 |
| Kumamoto-ken | 1,817,426 | 1,842,233 | 1,859,344 | 1,859,793 | 1,840,326 | 1,837,747 | 1,790,327 |
| Ōita-ken | 1,196,529 | 1,209,571 | 1,221,140 | 1,231,306 | 1,236,942 | 1,250,214 | 1,228,913 |
| Miyazaki-ken | 1,135,233 | 1,153,042 | 1,170,007 | 1,175,819 | 1,168,907 | 1,175,543 | 1,151,587 |
| Kagoshima-ken | 1,706,242 | 1,753,179 | 1,786,194 | 1,794,224 | 1,797,824 | 1,819,270 | 1,784,623 |
| Okinawa-ken | 1,392,818 | 1,361,594 | 1,318,220 | 1,273,440 | 1,222,398 | 1,179,097 | 1,106,559 |
| Japan - Total | 128,057,352 | 127,767,994 | 126,925,843 | 125,570,246 | 123,611,167 | 121,048,923 | 117,060,396 |
| Prefectures | Oct 1, 1975 | Oct 1, 1970 | Oct 1, 1965 | Oct 1, 1960 | Oct 1, 1955 | Oct 1, 1950 | Aug 1, 1948 |
| Hokkaidō | 5,338,206 | 5,184,287 | 5,171,800 | 5,039,206 | 4,773,087 | 4,295,567 | 4,021,050 |
| Aomori-ken | 1,468,646 | 1,427,520 | 1,416,591 | 1,426,606 | 1,382,523 | 1,282,867 | 1,218,325 |
| Iwate-ken | 1,385,563 | 1,371,383 | 1,411,118 | 1,448,517 | 1,427,097 | 1,346,728 | 1,294,203 |
| Miyagi-ken | 1,955,267 | 1,819,223 | 1,753,126 | 1,743,195 | 1,727,065 | 1,663,442 | 1,596,307 |
| Akita-ken | 1,232,481 | 1,241,376 | 1,279,835 | 1,335,580 | 1,348,871 | 1,309,031 | 1,283,710 |
| Yamagata-ken | 1,220,302 | 1,225,618 | 1,263,103 | 1,320,664 | 1,353,649 | 1,357,347 | 1,346,492 |
| Fukushima-ken | 1,970,616 | 1,946,077 | 1,983,754 | 2,051,137 | 2,095,237 | 2,062,394 | 2,026,482 |
| Ibaraki-ken | 2,342,198 | 2,143,551 | 2,056,154 | 2,047,024 | 2,064,037 | 2,039,418 | 2,044,578 |
| Tochigi-ken | 1,698,003 | 1,580,021 | 1,521,656 | 1,513,624 | 1,547,580 | 1,550,462 | 1,557,860 |
| Gunma-ken | 1,756,480 | 1,658,909 | 1,605,584 | 1,578,476 | 1,613,549 | 1,601,380 | 1,608,894 |
| Saitama-ken | 4,821,340 | 3,866,472 | 3,014,983 | 2,430,871 | 2,262,623 | 2,146,445 | 2,132,221 |
| Chiba-ken | 4,149,147 | 3,366,624 | 2,701,770 | 2,306,010 | 2,205,060 | 2,139,037 | 2,140,511 |
| Tōkyō-to | 11,673,554 | 11,408,071 | 10,869,244 | 9,683,802 | 8,037,084 | 6,277,500 | 5,417,871 |
| Kanagawa-ken | 6,397,748 | 5,472,247 | 4,430,743 | 3,443,176 | 2,919,497 | 2,487,665 | 2,317,551 |
| Niigata-ken | 2,391,938 | 2,360,982 | 2,398,931 | 2,442,037 | 2,473,492 | 2,460,997 | 2,435,451 |
| Toyama-ken | 1,070,791 | 1,029,695 | 1,025,465 | 1,032,614 | 1,021,121 | 1,008,790 | 998,349 |
| Ishikawa-ken | 1,069,872 | 1,002,420 | 980,499 | 973,418 | 966,187 | 957,279 | 941,772 |
| Fukui-ken | 773,599 | 744,230 | 750,557 | 752,696 | 754,055 | 752,374 | 733,374 |
| Yamanashi-ken | 783,050 | 762,029 | 763,194 | 782,062 | 807,044 | 811,369 | 815,485 |
| Nagano-ken | 2,017,564 | 1,956,917 | 1,958,007 | 1,981,433 | 2,021,292 | 2,060,831 | 2,079,682 |
| Gifu-ken | 1,867,978 | 1,758,954 | 1,700,365 | 1,638,399 | 1,583,605 | 1,544,538 | 1,524,812 |
| Shizuoka-ken | 3,308,799 | 3,089,895 | 2,912,521 | 2,756,271 | 2,650,435 | 2,471,472 | 2,407,102 |
| Aichi-ken | 5,923,569 | 5,386,163 | 4,798,653 | 4,206,313 | 3,769,209 | 3,390,585 | 3,226,116 |
| Mie-ken | 1,626,002 | 1,543,083 | 1,514,467 | 1,485,054 | 1,485,582 | 1,461,197 | 1,451,100 |
| Shiga-ken | 985,621 | 889,768 | 853,385 | 842,695 | 853,734 | 861,180 | 872,775 |
| Kyōto-fu | 2,424,856 | 2,250,087 | 2,102,808 | 1,993,403 | 1,935,161 | 1,832,934 | 1,784,753 |
| Ōsaka-fu | 8,278,925 | 7,620,480 | 6,657,189 | 5,504,746 | 4,618,308 | 3,857,047 | 3,515,225 |
| Hyōgo-ken | 4,992,140 | 4,667,928 | 4,309,944 | 3,906,487 | 3,620,947 | 3,309,935 | 3,156,888 |
| Nara-ken | 1,077,491 | 930,160 | 825,965 | 781,058 | 776,861 | 763,883 | 778,677 |
| Wakayama-ken | 1,072,118 | 1,042,736 | 1,026,975 | 1,002,191 | 1,006,819 | 982,113 | 979,982 |
| Tottori-ken | 581,311 | 568,777 | 579,853 | 599,135 | 614,259 | 600,177 | 592,863 |
| Shimane-ken | 768,886 | 773,575 | 821,620 | 888,886 | 929,066 | 912,551 | 903,576 |
| Okayama-ken | 1,814,305 | 1,707,026 | 1,645,135 | 1,670,454 | 1,689,800 | 1,661,099 | 1,650,285 |
| Hiroshima-ken | 2,646,324 | 2,436,135 | 2,281,146 | 2,184,043 | 2,149,044 | 2,081,967 | 2,045,923 |
| Yamaguchi-ken | 1,555,218 | 1,511,448 | 1,543,573 | 1,602,207 | 1,609,839 | 1,540,882 | 1,505,532 |
| Tokushima-ken | 805,166 | 791,111 | 815,115 | 847,274 | 878,109 | 878,511 | 869,290 |
| Kagawa-ken | 961,292 | 907,897 | 900,845 | 918,867 | 943,823 | 946,022 | 934,123 |
| Ehime-ken | 1,465,215 | 1,418,124 | 1,446,384 | 1,500,687 | 1,540,628 | 1,521,878 | 1,481,106 |
| Kōchi-ken | 808,397 | 786,882 | 812,714 | 854,595 | 882,683 | 873,874 | 866,385 |
| Fukuoka-ken | 4,292,963 | 4,027,416 | 3,964,611 | 4,006,679 | 3,859,764 | 3,530,169 | 3,312,577 |
| Saga-ken | 837,674 | 838,468 | 871,885 | 942,874 | 973,749 | 945,082 | 931,336 |
| Nagasaki-ken | 1,571,912 | 1,570,245 | 1,641,245 | 1,760,421 | 1,747,596 | 1,645,492 | 1,565,558 |
| Kumamoto-ken | 1,715,273 | 1,700,229 | 1,770,736 | 1,856,192 | 1,895,663 | 1,827,582 | 1,786,058 |
| Ōita-ken | 1,190,314 | 1,155,566 | 1,187,480 | 1,239,655 | 1,277,199 | 1,252,999 | 1,245,689 |
| Miyazaki-ken | 1,085,055 | 1,051,105 | 1,080,692 | 1,134,590 | 1,139,384 | 1,091,427 | 1,052,483 |
| Kagoshima-ken | 1,723,902 | 1,729,150 | 1,853,541 | 1,963,104 | 2,044,112 | 1,804,118 | 1,766,514 |
| Okinawa-ken | 1,042,572 | | | | | | |
| Japan | 111,939,643 | 103,720,060 | 98,274,961 | 93,418,501 | 89,275,529 | 83,199,637 | 80,216,896 |
| Ryūkyū | | 945,111 | 934,176 | 883,122 | 801,065 | 917,875 | |
| Total | 111,939,643 | 104,665,171 | 99,209,137 | 94,301,623 | 90,076,594 | 84,117,512 | 80,216,896 |

### 1920 to 1947

Population in the following table is given according to the de facto population concept for enumerating the people.
* Source: Extraordinary Census of Japan (as of October 1, 1947),
       Population Census of Japan (as of April 26, 1946, November 1, 1945 and February 22, 1944),
       Census of Japan (as of October 1 for the years of 1940, 1935, 1930, 1925 and 1920).
| Prefectures | Oct 1, 1947 | Apr 26, 1946 | Nov 1, 1945 | Feb 22, 1944 | Oct 1, 1940 | Oct 1, 1935 | Oct 1, 1930 | Oct 1, 1925 | Oct 1, 1920 |
| Hokkaidō | 3,852,821 | 3,488,013 | 3,518,389 | 3,256,157 | 3,272,718 | 3,068,282 | 2,812,335 | 2,498,679 | 2,359,183 |
| Aomori-ken | 1,180,245 | 1,089,232 | 1,083,250 | 1,009,104 | 1,000,509 | 967,129 | 879,914 | 812,977 | 756,454 |
| Iwate-ken | 1,262,743 | 1,217,154 | 1,227,789 | 1,104,049 | 1,095,793 | 1,046,111 | 975,771 | 900,984 | 845,540 |
| Miyagi-ken | 1,566,831 | 1,462,100 | 1,462,254 | 1,275,862 | 1,271,238 | 1,234,801 | 1,142,784 | 1,044,036 | 961,768 |
| Akita-ken | 1,257,398 | 1,195,813 | 1,211,871 | 1,048,769 | 1,052,275 | 1,037,744 | 987,706 | 936,408 | 898,537 |
| Yamagata-ken | 1,335,653 | 1,294,934 | 1,326,350 | 1,083,569 | 1,119,338 | 1,116,822 | 1,080,034 | 1,027,297 | 968,925 |
| Fukushima-ken | 1,992,460 | 1,918,746 | 1,957,356 | 1,599,392 | 1,625,521 | 1,581,563 | 1,508,150 | 1,437,596 | 1,362,750 |
| Ibaraki-ken | 2,013,735 | 1,940,833 | 1,944,344 | 1,656,678 | 1,620,000 | 1,548,991 | 1,487,097 | 1,409,092 | 1,350,400 |
| Tochigi-ken | 1,534,311 | 1,503,619 | 1,546,355 | 1,203,679 | 1,206,657 | 1,195,057 | 1,141,737 | 1,090,428 | 1,046,479 |
| Gunma-ken | 1,572,787 | 1,524,635 | 1,546,081 | 1,319,517 | 1,299,027 | 1,242,453 | 1,186,080 | 1,118,858 | 1,052,610 |
| Saitama-ken | 2,100,453 | 2,028,553 | 2,047,261 | 1,647,625 | 1,608,039 | 1,528,854 | 1,459,172 | 1,394,461 | 1,319,533 |
| Chiba-ken | 2,112,917 | 2,008,568 | 1,966,862 | 1,659,345 | 1,588,425 | 1,546,394 | 1,470,121 | 1,399,257 | 1,336,155 |
| Tōkyō-to | 5,000,777 | 4,183,072 | 3,488,284 | 7,271,001 | | | | | |
| Tōkyō-fu | | | | | 7,354,971 | 6,369,919 | 5,408,678 | 4,485,144 | 3,699,428 |
| Kanagawa-ken | 2,218,120 | 2,019,943 | 1,865,667 | 2,474,354 | 2,188,974 | 1,840,005 | 1,619,606 | 1,416,792 | 1,323,390 |
| Niigata-ken | 2,418,271 | 2,326,811 | 2,389,653 | 1,994,817 | 2,064,402 | 1,995,777 | 1,933,326 | 1,849,807 | 1,776,474 |
| Toyama-ken | 979,229 | 932,669 | 953,834 | 819,614 | 822,569 | 798,890 | 778,953 | 749,243 | 724,276 |
| Ishikawa-ken | 927,743 | 877,197 | 887,510 | 743,672 | 757,676 | 768,416 | 756,835 | 750,854 | 747,360 |
| Fukui-ken | 726,264 | 695,703 | 724,856 | 621,933 | 643,904 | 646,659 | 618,144 | 597,899 | 599,155 |
| Yamanashi-ken | 807,251 | 796,973 | 839,057 | 634,897 | 663,026 | 646,727 | 631,042 | 600,675 | 583,453 |
| Nagano-ken | 2,060,010 | 2,028,648 | 2,121,050 | 1,650,511 | 1,710,729 | 1,714,000 | 1,717,118 | 1,629,217 | 1,562,722 |
| Gifu-ken | 1,493,644 | 1,444,000 | 1,518,649 | 1,266,008 | 1,265,024 | 1,225,799 | 1,178,405 | 1,132,557 | 1,070,407 |
| Shizuoka-ken | 2,353,005 | 2,260,059 | 2,220,358 | 2,027,856 | 2,017,860 | 1,939,860 | 1,797,805 | 1,671,217 | 1,550,387 |
| Aichi-ken | 3,122,902 | 2,919,085 | 2,857,851 | 3,280,206 | 3,166,592 | 2,862,701 | 2,567,413 | 2,319,494 | 2,089,762 |
| Mie-ken | 1,416,494 | 1,371,858 | 1,394,286 | 1,209,266 | 1,198,783 | 1,174,595 | 1,157,407 | 1,107,692 | 1,069,270 |
| Shiga-ken | 858,367 | 831,306 | 860,911 | 691,972 | 703,679 | 711,436 | 691,631 | 662,412 | 651,050 |
| Kyōto-fu | 1,739,084 | 1,621,998 | 1,603,796 | 1,635,528 | 1,729,993 | 1,702,508 | 1,552,832 | 1,406,382 | 1,287,147 |
| Ōsaka-fu | 3,334,659 | 2,976,140 | 2,800,958 | 4,412,953 | 4,792,966 | 4,297,174 | 3,540,017 | 3,059,502 | 2,587,847 |
| Hyōgo-ken | 3,057,444 | 2,826,192 | 2,821,892 | 3,224,376 | 3,221,232 | 2,923,249 | 2,646,301 | 2,454,679 | 2,301,799 |
| Nara-ken | 779,935 | 744,381 | 779,685 | 606,789 | 620,509 | 620,471 | 596,225 | 583,828 | 564,607 |
| Wakayama-ken | 959,999 | 933,231 | 936,006 | 847,388 | 865,074 | 864,087 | 830,748 | 787,511 | 750,411 |
| Tottori-ken | 587,606 | 557,429 | 563,220 | 476,284 | 484,390 | 490,461 | 489,266 | 472,230 | 454,675 |
| Shimane-ken | 894,267 | 848,995 | 860,275 | 729,819 | 740,940 | 747,119 | 739,507 | 722,402 | 714,712 |
| Okayama-ken | 1,619,622 | 1,538,621 | 1,564,626 | 1,333,300 | 1,329,358 | 1,332,647 | 1,283,962 | 1,238,447 | 1,217,698 |
| Hiroshima-ken | 2,011,498 | 1,901,430 | 1,885,471 | 1,962,950 | 1,869,504 | 1,804,916 | 1,692,136 | 1,617,680 | 1,541,905 |
| Yamaguchi-ken | 1,479,244 | 1,375,496 | 1,356,491 | 1,357,368 | 1,294,242 | 1,190,542 | 1,135,637 | 1,094,544 | 1,041,013 |
| Tokushima-ken | 854,811 | 829,405 | 835,763 | 703,260 | 718,717 | 728,748 | 716,544 | 689,814 | 670,212 |
| Kagawa-ken | 917,673 | 872,312 | 863,700 | 713,134 | 730,394 | 748,656 | 732,816 | 700,308 | 677,852 |
| Ehime-ken | 1,453,887 | 1,380,700 | 1,361,484 | 1,186,491 | 1,178,705 | 1,164,898 | 1,142,122 | 1,096,366 | 1,046,720 |
| Kōchi-ken | 848,337 | 797,876 | 775,578 | 693,053 | 709,286 | 714,980 | 718,152 | 687,478 | 670,895 |
| Fukuoka-ken | 3,178,134 | 2,906,644 | 2,746,855 | 3,066,472 | 3,094,132 | 2,755,804 | 2,527,119 | 2,301,668 | 2,188,249 |
| Saga-ken | 917,797 | 856,692 | 830,431 | 705,651 | 701,517 | 686,117 | 691,565 | 684,831 | 673,895 |
| Nagasaki-ken | 1,531,674 | 1,417,977 | 1,318,589 | 1,490,890 | 1,370,063 | 1,296,883 | 1,233,362 | 1,163,945 | 1,136,182 |
| Kumamoto-ken | 1,765,726 | 1,631,976 | 1,556,490 | 1,371,005 | 1,368,179 | 1,387,054 | 1,353,993 | 1,296,086 | 1,233,233 |
| Ōita-ken | 1,233,651 | 1,149,501 | 1,124,513 | 973,707 | 972,975 | 980,458 | 945,771 | 915,136 | 860,282 |
| Miyazaki-ken | 1,025,689 | 957,856 | 913,687 | 839,556 | 840,357 | 824,431 | 760,467 | 691,094 | 651,097 |
| Kagoshima-ken | 1,746,305 | 1,629,760 | 1,538,466 | 1,594,009 | 1,589,467 | 1,591,466 | 1,556,690 | 1,472,193 | 1,415,582 |
| Okinawa-ken | | | | 590,480 | 574,579 | 592,494 | 577,509 | 557,622 | 571,572 |
| Karafuto-fu | | | | 391,825 | | | | | |
| Japan Proper | 78,101,473 | 73,114,136 | 71,998,104 | 73,456,141 | 73,114,308 | 69,254,148 | 64,450,005 | 59,736,822 | 55,963,053 |

### 1884 to 1918

Population in the following tables is given according to the A-type de facto population concept for enumerating the people, based on koseki registration systems.
* Source: Imperial Japan Static Population Statistics (as of December 31 for the years of 1918, 1913, 1908 and 1903),
       Imperial Japan Population Statistics (as of December 31, 1898),
       Imperial Japan Registered Household Tables (as of December 31 for the years of 1897, 1896, 1895, 1894, 1893, 1892, 1891, 1890, 1889, 1888, 1887 and 1886),
       Japan Registered Household Tables (as of January 1, 1886),
       Japan Household Tables (as of January 1 for the years of 1885 and 1884).
| Prefectures | Dec 31, 1918 | Dec 31, 1913 | Dec 31, 1908 | Dec 31, 1903 | Dec 31, 1898 | Dec 31, 1897 | Dec 31, 1896 | Dec 31, 1895 | Dec 31, 1894 | Dec 31, 1893 |
| Hokkaidō | 2,177,700 | 1,817,705 | 1,459,424 | 1,089,503 | 859,534 | 755,837 | 698,144 | 647,883 | 594,143 | 537,953 |
| Aomori-ken | 797,841 | 764,485 | 721,127 | 665,691 | 617,531 | 600,294 | 589,557 | 584,459 | 574,235 | 567,002 |
| Iwate-ken | 869,652 | 835,415 | 776,714 | 748,752 | 718,737 | 702,750 | 694,867 | 702,915 | 693,730 | 690,456 |
| Miyagi-ken | 954,571 | 927,337 | 893,365 | 905,883 | 851,210 | 833,113 | 821,257 | 817,805 | 802,927 | 790,079 |
| Akita-ken | 977,212 | 943,628 | 892,650 | 837,665 | 781,129 | 757,041 | 748,358 | 737,922 | 726,974 | 720,871 |
| Yamagata-ken | 987,053 | 965,356 | 913,445 | 879,564 | 827,138 | 811,039 | 800,831 | 790,779 | 781,727 | 778,280 |
| Fukushima-ken | 1,389,609 | 1,303,501 | 1,234,281 | 1,175,224 | 1,098,002 | 1,061,013 | 1,041,294 | 1,022,780 | 1,005,381 | 994,825 |
| Ibaraki-ken | 1,407,735 | 1,328,329 | 1,259,995 | 1,200,475 | 1,149,594 | 1,115,269 | 1,101,540 | 1,085,445 | 1,069,316 | 1,058,369 |
| Tochigi-ken | 1,103,333 | 1,044,177 | 977,437 | 912,274 | 829,630 | 798,946 | 781,864 | 767,478 | 751,874 | 744,426 |
| Gunma-ken | 1,082,141 | 1,020,853 | 961,026 | 904,046 | 830,223 | 806,277 | 797,870 | 792,575 | 778,729 | 766,687 |
| Saitama-ken | 1,391,712 | 1,343,674 | 1,284,502 | 1,240,280 | 1,175,697 | 1,152,823 | 1,147,133 | 1,137,773 | 1,119,126 | 1,109,604 |
| Chiba-ken | 1,395,746 | 1,401,587 | 1,358,445 | 1,316,547 | 1,275,376 | 1,245,874 | 1,239,660 | 1,230,385 | 1,221,631 | 1,215,742 |
| Tōkyō-fu | 3,719,335 | 3,145,365 | 3,053,946 | 2,532,677 | 2,101,784 | 1,948,581 | 1,907,174 | 1,867,913 | 1,829,583 | 1,790,731 |
| Kanagawa-ken | 1,323,026 | 1,228,254 | 1,178,098 | 1,051,433 | 926,884 | 870,256 | 852,283 | 834,624 | 811,986 | 799,862 |
| Niigata-ken | 1,916,017 | 1,911,308 | 1,822,239 | 1,780,123 | 1,745,625 | 1,733,629 | 1,736,456 | 1,731,329 | 1,719,562 | 1,713,384 |
| Toyama-ken | 803,191 | 805,613 | 770,665 | 776,851 | 766,407 | 754,799 | 762,892 | 764,399 | 763,450 | 764,196 |
| Ishikawa-ken | 802,835 | 805,266 | 780,150 | 768,155 | 751,320 | 749,775 | 755,734 | 754,120 | 752,202 | 753,871 |
| Fukui-ken | 636,847 | 651,513 | 630,439 | 635,881 | 621,468 | 612,620 | 619,273 | 618,203 | 613,486 | 610,550 |
| Yamanashi-ken | 633,224 | 608,969 | 573,341 | 540,657 | 506,497 | 492,689 | 489,412 | 482,349 | 474,959 | 471,480 |
| Nagano-ken | 1,564,354 | 1,484,205 | 1,402,072 | 1,348,556 | 1,264,918 | 1,231,859 | 1,221,113 | 1,210,435 | 1,189,936 | 1,179,234 |
| Gifu-ken | 1,120,482 | 1,094,961 | 1,031,156 | 1,020,765 | 977,922 | 960,713 | 960,502 | 960,062 | 949,235 | 941,523 |
| Shizuoka-ken | 1,591,772 | 1,483,712 | 1,376,048 | 1,293,470 | 1,200,322 | 1,175,982 | 1,162,613 | 1,148,653 | 1,128,584 | 1,117,127 |
| Aichi-ken | 2,140,077 | 2,073,224 | 1,886,739 | 1,752,042 | 1,639,611 | 1,592,733 | 1,577,320 | 1,553,447 | 1,529,349 | 1,512,420 |
| Mie-ken | 1,114,891 | 1,101,573 | 1,077,295 | 1,044,323 | 996,646 | 967,406 | 963,668 | 960,773 | 950,038 | 943,376 |
| Shiga-ken | 703,944 | 697,369 | 694,370 | 716,920 | 694,606 | 688,343 | 689,723 | 690,043 | 686,715 | 682,455 |
| Kyōto-fu | 1,383,890 | 1,288,213 | 1,155,671 | 1,055,119 | 997,488 | 957,260 | 957,775 | 951,825 | 937,383 | 924,093 |
| Ōsaka-fu | 2,888,492 | 2,461,067 | 2,144,030 | 1,823,456 | 1,600,923 | 1,503,771 | 1,456,176 | 1,422,750 | 1,400,308 | 1,380,768 |
| Hyōgo-ken | 2,321,053 | 2,143,791 | 1,982,983 | 1,833,957 | 1,717,634 | 1,652,366 | 1,631,241 | 1,610,829 | 1,595,428 | 1,581,525 |
| Nara-ken | 594,482 | 600,711 | 569,772 | 558,314 | 535,619 | 524,562 | 521,918 | 518,025 | 512,181 | 508,963 |
| Wakayama-ken | 795,400 | 770,293 | 723,357 | 697,766 | 672,225 | 656,025 | 651,021 | 644,983 | 636,699 | 634,494 |
| Tottori-ken | 465,281 | 470,674 | 441,142 | 435,959 | 421,020 | 412,965 | 411,585 | 407,650 | 404,111 | 404,321 |
| Shimane-ken | 717,530 | 758,754 | 738,048 | 731,295 | 716,586 | 709,065 | 706,028 | 705,674 | 700,921 | 702,301 |
| Okayama-ken | 1,285,590 | 1,261,142 | 1,223,207 | 1,188,244 | 1,135,826 | 1,108,393 | 1,100,984 | 1,094,551 | 1,083,743 | 1,084,423 |
| Hiroshima-ken | 1,687,926 | 1,691,699 | 1,598,755 | 1,508,713 | 1,449,622 | 1,405,674 | 1,388,193 | 1,367,820 | 1,346,327 | 1,342,484 |
| Yamaguchi-ken | 1,099,048 | 1,089,791 | 1,044,926 | 1,015,156 | 979,596 | 961,065 | 952,300 | 948,234 | 939,940 | 938,158 |
| Tokushima-ken | 744,088 | 742,320 | 720,888 | 707,545 | 688,123 | 676,694 | 675,570 | 674,976 | 670,745 | 679,046 |
| Kagawa-ken | 714,374 | 759,556 | 729,563 | 711,603 | 694,280 | 676,681 | 673,378 | 674,600 | 671,638 | 675,237 |
| Ehime-ken | 1,128,039 | 1,097,989 | 1,057,547 | 1,034,962 | 995,441 | 971,955 | 964,079 | 956,166 | 945,101 | 942,632 |
| Kōchi-ken | 708,710 | 693,548 | 670,910 | 646,008 | 622,950 | 609,005 | 600,865 | 598,011 | 590,875 | 587,428 |
| Fukuoka-ken | 2,112,596 | 1,926,417 | 1,721,084 | 1,571,158 | 1,425,625 | 1,357,777 | 1,333,423 | 1,313,777 | 1,285,082 | 1,275,050 |
| Saga-ken | 679,322 | 693,611 | 671,531 | 654,593 | 618,679 | 599,679 | 596,275 | 587,287 | 579,844 | 577,175 |
| Nagasaki-ken | 1,230,249 | 1,134,700 | 1,103,590 | 1,015,364 | 902,455 | 845,441 | 832,616 | 820,338 | 803,713 | 795,461 |
| Kumamoto-ken | 1,311,325 | 1,303,405 | 1,236,361 | 1,198,486 | 1,156,270 | 1,122,068 | 1,108,802 | 1,105,932 | 1,097,299 | 1,084,165 |
| Ōita-ken | 920,994 | 926,936 | 880,290 | 854,982 | 835,917 | 819,996 | 814,064 | 805,374 | 796,456 | 794,050 |
| Miyazaki-ken | 651,151 | 597,472 | 542,088 | 501,926 | 464,510 | 455,535 | 450,416 | 447,126 | 439,273 | 436,067 |
| Kagoshima-ken | 1,462,497 | 1,397,387 | 1,275,465 | 1,184,143 | 1,104,220 | 1,083,745 | 1,069,752 | 1,058,171 | 1,042,962 | 1,036,863 |
| Okinawa-ken | 580,940 | 534,415 | 502,309 | 476,230 | 460,221 | 449,112 | 442,834 | 439,578 | 432,078 | 421,769 |
| Japan Proper | 58,087,277 | 55,131,270 | 51,742,486 | 48,542,736 | 45,403,041 | 43,978,495 | 43,499,833 | 43,048,226 | 42,430,985 | 42,060,976 |
| Prefectures | Dec 31, 1892 | Dec 31, 1891 | Dec 31, 1890 | Dec 31, 1889 | Dec 31, 1888 | Dec 31, 1887 | Dec 31, 1886 | Jan 1, 1886 | Jan 1, 1885 | Jan 1, 1884 |
| Hokkaidō | 493,024 | 452,152 | 414,430 | 378,188 | 347,950 | 326,614 | 309,121 | 284,040 | | |
| Nemuro-ken | | | | | | | | | 17,224 | 13,172 |
| Sapporo-ken | | | | | | | | | 109,781 | 95,744 |
| Hakodate-ken | | | | | | | | | 146,335 | 140,959 |
| Aomori-ken | 559,391 | 551,389 | 545,026 | 538,110 | 530,292 | 523,226 | 515,779 | 499,549 | 495,182 | 493,137 |
| Iwate-ken | 682,996 | 676,665 | 671,956 | 667,115 | 656,047 | 651,989 | 641,395 | 628,591 | 622,426 | 615,616 |
| Miyagi-ken | 776,378 | 758,013 | 751,830 | 760,291 | 736,628 | 720,075 | 688,124 | 665,345 | 651,401 | 644,417 |
| Akita-ken | 712,738 | 703,482 | 697,298 | 690,122 | 682,928 | 662,917 | 654,037 | 644,367 | 639,259 | 640,575 |
| Yamagata-ken | 773,015 | 764,701 | 756,909 | 750,840 | 741,896 | 732,913 | 722,978 | 717,252 | 709,145 | 705,507 |
| Fukushima-ken | 980,310 | 964,578 | 952,489 | 934,449 | 913,459 | 893,954 | 870,822 | 855,079 | 861,428 | 857,833 |
| Ibaraki-ken | 1,046,682 | 1,034,620 | 1,025,497 | 1,014,354 | 998,976 | 980,803 | 967,480 | 948,161 | 938,377 | 929,747 |
| Tochigi-ken | 731,893 | 722,510 | 713,362 | 699,121 | 684,341 | 670,042 | 655,880 | 641,420 | 635,751 | 627,441 |
| Gunma-ken | 759,617 | 749,030 | 738,061 | 722,865 | 718,215 | 690,880 | 667,931 | 648,329 | 640,871 | 636,082 |
| Saitama-ken | 1,098,947 | 1,087,361 | 1,081,121 | 1,069,144 | 1,054,483 | 1,039,376 | 1,015,824 | 1,004,020 | 994,704 | 985,889 |
| Chiba-ken | 1,205,153 | 1,196,785 | 1,191,353 | 1,184,062 | 1,172,138 | 1,159,287 | 1,141,621 | 1,125,375 | 1,118,109 | 1,113,651 |
| Tōkyō-fu | 1,519,583 | 1,500,026 | 1,486,671 | 1,628,551 | 1,559,517 | 1,509,757 | 1,455,647 | 1,276,506 | 1,233,843 | 1,217,542 |
| Kanagawa-ken | 1,015,481 | 992,047 | 979,756 | 960,069 | 947,766 | 923,178 | 896,948 | 865,976 | 848,682 | 831,151 |
| Niigata-ken | 1,711,968 | 1,700,427 | 1,693,727 | 1,681,985 | 1,665,378 | 1,652,736 | 1,632,257 | 1,628,650 | 1,601,796 | 1,589,304 |
| Toyama-ken | 763,105 | 759,040 | 754,105 | 745,248 | 738,445 | 726,078 | 715,384 | 712,532 | 706,014 | 701,622 |
| Ishikawa-ken | 753,886 | 753,445 | 753,337 | 751,605 | 745,110 | 737,224 | 728,974 | 739,141 | 740,362 | 735,478 |
| Fukui-ken | 607,450 | 605,014 | 603,444 | 602,342 | 596,704 | 590,548 | 585,776 | 592,331 | 591,669 | 583,065 |
| Yamanashi-ken | 467,337 | 463,263 | 458,534 | 452,781 | 445,182 | 437,475 | 430,996 | 425,898 | 419,444 | 416,497 |
| Nagano-ken | 1,171,819 | 1,158,936 | 1,146,071 | 1,128,690 | 1,111,946 | 1,095,998 | 1,074,069 | 1,057,494 | 1,048,065 | 1,043,341 |
| Gifu-ken | 936,219 | 930,604 | 932,658 | 918,456 | 909,226 | 899,311 | 889,739 | 884,848 | 880,277 | 873,020 |
| Shizuoka-ken | 1,105,875 | 1,094,476 | 1,084,562 | 1,070,841 | 1,058,226 | 1,038,941 | 1,019,301 | 1,002,693 | 991,127 | 982,512 |
| Aichi-ken | 1,497,791 | 1,483,744 | 1,473,099 | 1,456,294 | 1,444,011 | 1,429,486 | 1,404,106 | 1,386,473 | 1,373,419 | 1,370,576 |
| Mie-ken | 936,465 | 931,687 | 926,376 | 918,369 | 909,702 | 901,698 | 892,654 | 883,462 | 879,353 | 877,666 |
| Shiga-ken | 681,145 | 678,775 | 677,502 | 671,788 | 667,563 | 661,323 | 654,558 | 648,339 | 645,519 | 639,634 |
| Kyōto-fu | 914,700 | 903,189 | 894,928 | 887,031 | 875,084 | 866,743 | 849,362 | 848,761 | 853,058 | 851,246 |
| Ōsaka-fu | 1,370,232 | 1,357,358 | 1,348,317 | 1,324,216 | 1,281,150 | 1,245,695 | 1,695,196 | 1,691,243 | 1,681,935 | 1,653,157 |
| Hyōgo-ken | 1,576,970 | 1,562,323 | 1,551,367 | 1,541,731 | 1,521,817 | 1,499,704 | 1,480,685 | 1,466,102 | 1,458,647 | 1,448,199 |
| Nara-ken | 506,304 | 502,033 | 500,742 | 498,871 | 496,431 | 489,213 | | | | |
| Wakayama-ken | 633,771 | 630,667 | 630,373 | 627,332 | 623,842 | 621,554 | 613,862 | 619,343 | 618,026 | 612,505 |
| Tottori-ken | 405,725 | 403,589 | 401,697 | 399,060 | 394,333 | 390,061 | 386,083 | 383,241 | 381,838 | 381,300 |
| Shimane-ken | 703,256 | 700,665 | 697,878 | 695,782 | 692,101 | 688,127 | 684,257 | 684,856 | 682,536 | 678,813 |
| Okayama-ken | 1,082,745 | 1,076,391 | 1,072,706 | 1,068,086 | 1,062,155 | 1,051,333 | 1,043,029 | 1,045,669 | 1,040,280 | 1,037,239 |
| Hiroshima-ken | 1,336,145 | 1,324,538 | 1,319,507 | 1,303,457 | 1,289,109 | 1,278,537 | 1,276,461 | 1,272,876 | 1,272,105 | 1,259,148 |
| Yamaguchi-ken | 937,036 | 929,629 | 927,015 | 922,497 | 914,083 | 911,859 | 897,557 | 899,606 | 900,339 | 897,296 |
| Tokushima-ken | 682,398 | 682,225 | 683,994 | 681,863 | 676,154 | 670,963 | 661,548 | 656,064 | 651,731 | 651,109 |
| Kagawa-ken | 675,940 | 673,004 | 672,557 | 668,548 | 660,484 | | | | | |
| Ehime-ken | 940,009 | 933,510 | 926,972 | 921,708 | 906,414 | 1,557,257 | 1,533,988 | 1,529,375 | 1,527,562 | 1,511,820 |
| Kōchi-ken | 584,569 | 580,330 | 577,937 | 575,852 | 569,874 | 562,066 | 557,776 | 552,513 | 548,638 | 546,977 |
| Fukuoka-ken | 1,258,058 | 1,244,912 | 1,236,015 | 1,224,551 | 1,209,295 | 1,188,877 | 1,159,294 | 1,148,328 | 1,139,986 | 1,135,496 |
| Saga-ken | 569,831 | 568,925 | 565,568 | 560,594 | 553,423 | 547,832 | 534,981 | 527,244 | 522,697 | 519,712 |
| Nagasaki-ken | 786,416 | 776,779 | 773,095 | 762,812 | 752,402 | 739,825 | 729,042 | 719,082 | 712,631 | 707,604 |
| Kumamoto-ken | 1,075,301 | 1,064,885 | 1,057,646 | 1,052,478 | 1,042,281 | 1,030,261 | 1,020,460 | 1,003,777 | 1,000,911 | 1,001,011 |
| Ōita-ken | 792,912 | 790,063 | 792,085 | 788,635 | 781,554 | 773,101 | 762,275 | 761,476 | 757,747 | 752,161 |
| Miyazaki-ken | 431,693 | 424,033 | 416,824 | 412,729 | 407,827 | 403,810 | 394,261 | 386,299 | 383,769 | 381,879 |
| Kagoshima-ken | 1,024,598 | 1,014,560 | 1,005,816 | 998,153 | 985,271 | 962,219 | 943,088 | 941,063 | 933,196 | 935,094 |
| Okinawa-ken | 419,970 | 412,354 | 406,622 | 381,142 | 374,266 | 375,280 | 378,809 | 373,587 | 367,874 | 364,701 |
| Japan | 41,696,847 | 41,268,732 | 40,968,835 | 40,692,808 | 40,105,479 | 39,510,146 | 38,833,415 | 38,276,376 | 37,975,069 | 37,687,645 |

### 1872 to 1883

Population in the following table is given according to the original family registries population concept for enumerating the people, based on koseki registration system.
* Source: Japan Household Tables (as of January 1 for the years of 1883, 1882, 1878 and 1877),
       Japan Population Tables (as of January 1 for the years of 1881 and 1880),
       Japan Gun Ku Population Tables (as of January 1, 1879),
       Japan Registered Population Tables (as of January 1, for the years of 1876, 1875, 1874 and 1873; and as of March 8, 1872).
| Prefectures | Japanese | Jan 1, 1883 | Jan 1, 1882 | Jan 1, 1881 | Jan 1, 1880 | Jan 1, 1879 | Jan 1, 1878 | Jan 1, 1877 | Jan 1, 1876 | Jan 1, 1875 | Jan 1, 1874 | Jan 1, 1873 | Mar 8, 1872 |
| Nemuro-ken | 根室県 | 5,642 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sapporo-ken | 札幌県 | 61,144 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hakodate-ken | 函館県 | 117,063 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kaitaku-shi | 開拓使 | | 177,901 | 168,084 | 163,355 | 158,615 | 151,735 | 150,667 | 149,554 | 149,008 | 146,443 | 123,668 | 123,668 |
| Aomori-ken | 青森県 | 488,505 | 487,687 | 484,274 | 475,413 | 468,517 | 464,985 | 462,865 | 489,245 | 484,428 | 473,098 | 473,317 | 473,244 |
| Iwate-ken | 岩手県 | 611,735 | 605,538 | 598,132 | 591,881 | 592,294 | 579,249 | 578,297 | 327,924 | 323,434 | 321,871 | 320,731 | 319,486 |
| Iwai-ken | 磐井県 | | | | | | | | 385,031 | | | | |
| Mizusawa-ken | 水沢県 | | | | | | | | | 380,409 | 379,170 | 376,079 | 372,562 |
| Miyagi-ken | 宮城県 | 633,194 | 629,286 | 625,332 | 619,120 | 616,881 | 594,684 | 591,524 | 421,960 | 419,135 | 410,437 | 408,088 | 404,577 |
| Akita-ken | 秋田県 | 633,203 | 628,435 | 625,506 | 618,833 | 621,130 | 616,148 | 613,389 | 609,420 | 604,114 | 596,641 | 581,859 | 582,297 |
| Tsurugaoka-ken | 鶴岡県 | | | | | | | | 207,939 | | | | |
| Sakata-ken | 酒田県 | | | | | | | | | 207,902 | 208,107 | 206,859 | 203,676 |
| Yamagata-ken | 山形県 | 695,533 | 693,360 | 687,718 | 682,929 | 681,180 | 662,913 | 657,613 | 312,313 | 309,837 | 307,535 | 302,743 | 299,291 |
| Okitama-ken | 置賜県 | | | | | | | | 132,341 | 131,935 | 131,910 | 131,162 | 130,293 |
| Fukushima-ken | 福島県 | 840,241 | 829,990 | 823,120 | 808,937 | 804,866 | 774,707 | 765,115 | 281,824 | 281,302 | 270,679 | 268,959 | 268,576 |
| Iwasaki-ken | 磐前県 | | | | | | | | 258,080 | 249,553 | 244,703 | 242,941 | 242,906 |
| Wakamatsu-ken | 若松県 | | | | | | | | 215,624 | 212,052 | 209,671 | 206,053 | 203,722 |
| Ibaraki-ken | 茨城県 | 920,876 | 916,739 | 906,073 | 894,376 | 887,957 | 875,491 | 867,701 | 858,927 | 378,269 | 375,172 | 368,560 | 366,505 |
| Niihari-ken | 新治県 | | | | | | | | | 485,119 | 478,940 | 474,170 | 470,509 |
| Tochigi-ken | 栃木県 | 609,000 | 600,627 | 593,383 | 581,358 | 570,843 | 550,271 | 543,245 | 665,724 | 648,503 | 636,348 | 392,106 | 388,934 |
| Utsunomiya-ken | 宇都宮県 | | | | | | | | | | | 234,888 | 234,124 |
| Gunma-ken | 群馬県 | 613,410 | 604,182 | 593,625 | 581,556 | 573,984 | 554,888 | 547,991 | | | | 384,796 | 382,697 |
| Kumagaya-ken | 熊谷県 | | | | | | | | 842,717 | 828,420 | 808,913 | | |
| Saitama-ken | 埼玉県 | 970,598 | 962,717 | 952,689 | 933,955 | 929,939 | 912,528 | 901,714 | 455,891 | 440,433 | 435,436 | 429,094 | 426,989 |
| Iruma-ken | 入間県 | | | | | | | | | | | 414,824 | 410,952 |
| Chiba-ken | 千葉県 | 1,124,085 | 1,117,696 | 1,108,678 | 1,103,292 | 1,099,676 | 1,078,635 | 1,071,142 | 1,061,664 | 1,055,373 | 1,043,189 | | |
| Inba-ken | 印旛県 | | | | | | | | | | | 578,927 | 574,652 |
| Kisarazu-ken | 木更津県 | | | | | | | | | | | 458,619 | 456,689 |
| Tōkyō-fu | 東京府 | 999,623 | 987,911 | 979,109 | 957,144 | 953,776 | 881,443 | 877,049 | 873,646 | 855,270 | 830,935 | 813,504 | 779,361 |
| Ogasawara-tō | 小笠原島 | | | | 156 | 194 | | | | | | | |
| Kanagawa-ken | 神奈川県 | 800,925 | 790,735 | 772,903 | 757,462 | 754,610 | 715,258 | 707,272 | 497,677 | 507,928 | 502,504 | 479,180 | 492,714 |
| Ashigara-ken | 足柄県 | | | | | | | | 355,880 | 353,609 | 344,132 | 342,298 | 339,582 |
| Niigata-ken | 新潟県 | 1,586,599 | 1,581,168 | 1,564,312 | 1,546,338 | 1,530,712 | 1,504,601 | 1,500,061 | 1,388,812 | 1,388,353 | 1,368,782 | 637,576 | 635,484 |
| Aikawa-ken | 相川県 | | | | | | | | 104,764 | 104,630 | 104,405 | 103,553 | 103,098 |
| Kashiwazaki-ken | 柏崎県 | | | | | | | | | | | 719,646 | 718,249 |
| Niikawa-ken | 新川県 | | | | | | | | 649,458 | 638,822 | 629,006 | 623,977 | 480,638 |
| Ishikawa-ken | 石川県 | 1,428,073 | 1,412,802 | 1,856,402 | 1,833,778 | 1,852,811 | 1,825,507 | 1,806,509 | 696,429 | 691,735 | 686,249 | 669,647 | 403,357 |
| Nanao-ken | 七尾県 | | | | | | | | | | | | 397,511 |
| Fukui-ken | 福井県 | 582,210 | 577,717 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tsuruga-ken | 敦賀県 | | | | | | | | 553,425 | 548,833 | 547,582 | 200,832 | 199,819 |
| Asuwa-ken | 足羽県 | | | | | | | | | | | 339,210 | 346,700 |
| Yamanashi-ken | 山梨県 | 410,246 | 409,929 | 404,299 | 395,447 | 391,123 | 381,229 | 377,944 | 374,250 | 369,255 | 364,345 | 362,973 | 360,068 |
| Nagano-ken | 長野県 | 1,033,969 | 1,022,408 | 1,012,142 | 1,000,414 | 986,077 | 973,959 | 965,677 | 486,812 | 481,351 | 474,141 | 469,032 | 466,652 |
| Chikuma-ken | 筑摩県 | | | | | | | | 570,701 | 564,332 | 556,959 | 554,657 | 550,841 |
| Gifu-ken | 岐阜県 | 868,333 | 855,575 | 849,221 | 839,613 | 831,887 | 818,984 | 806,158 | 692,218 | 683,050 | 672,627 | 668,148 | 660,896 |
| Shizuoka-ken | 静岡県 | 985,881 | 980,793 | 972,265 | 970,022 | 980,766 | 976,405 | 968,814 | 382,814 | 378,076 | 372,674 | 369,731 | 368,505 |
| Hamamatsu-ken | 浜松県 | | | | | | | | 421,342 | 420,513 | 414,721 | 416,543 | 414,928 |
| Aichi-ken | 愛知県 | 1,354,996 | 1,332,050 | 1,317,792 | 1,303,812 | 1,295,452 | 1,267,206 | 1,250,839 | 1,244,711 | 1,234,003 | 1,217,521 | 1,217,444 | 604,116 |
| Nukata-ken | 額田県 | | | | | | | | | | | | 606,252 |
| Mie-ken | 三重県 | 870,137 | 857,887 | 850,791 | 842,113 | 834,893 | 830,415 | 818,877 | 429,986 | 427,831 | 417,439 | 419,068 | 413,865 |
| Watarai-ken | 度会県 | | | | | | | | 380,475 | 369,479 | 363,563 | 364,565 | 363,732 |
| Shiga-ken | 滋賀県 | 639,961 | 633,447 | 745,133 | 738,211 | 729,893 | 721,099 | 711,802 | 589,747 | 584,756 | 579,704 | 578,099 | 305,232 |
| Inukami-ken | 犬上県 | | | | | | | | | | | | 271,332 |
| Kyōto-fu | 京都府 | 840,951 | 835,227 | 831,012 | 822,112 | 814,273 | 798,911 | 792,042 | 574,918 | 571,192 | 572,763 | 569,733 | 567,334 |
| Ōsaka-fu | 大阪府 | 1,585,696 | 1,572,333 | 586,729 | 582,668 | 578,270 | 553,777 | 551,950 | 549,280 | 545,035 | 535,409 | 530,885 | 530,885 |
| Sakai-ken | 堺県 | | | 960,711 | 957,407 | 955,748 | 923,030 | 911,738 | 470,596 | 466,048 | 455,450 | 451,442 | 446,852 |
| Hyōgo-ken | 兵庫県 | 1,433,355 | 1,419,421 | 1,406,613 | 1,391,928 | 1,370,720 | 1,357,377 | 1,343,758 | 204,141 | 201,389 | 197,512 | 200,058 | 198,559 |
| Toyo'oka-ken | 豊岡県 | | | | | | | | 513,079 | 508,027 | 507,815 | 507,465 | 505,073 |
| Shikama-ken | 飾磨県 | | | | | | | | 659,643 | 651,033 | 641,946 | 639,576 | 635,791 |
| Nara-ken | 奈良県 | | | | | | | | 433,938 | 430,734 | 427,635 | 423,004 | 418,326 |
| Wakayama-ken | 和歌山県 | 610,182 | 606,754 | 603,723 | 601,236 | 602,075 | 591,668 | 584,976 | 579,112 | 572,436 | 565,696 | 562,410 | 556,919 |
| Tottori-ken | 鳥取県 | 379,747 | 380,915 | | | | | | 395,632 | 392,589 | 388,861 | 386,186 | 385,531 |
| Shimane-ken | 島根県 | 674,984 | 669,410 | 1,043,865 | 1,037,260 | 1,034,581 | 1,023,678 | 1,017,361 | 342,621 | 340,398 | 340,065 | 340,222 | 340,042 |
| Hamada-ken | 浜田県 | | | | | | | | 270,804 | 268,455 | 263,955 | 262,035 | 259,611 |
| Okayama-ken | 岡山県 | 1,029,567 | 1,019,674 | 1,007,054 | 1,000,570 | 1,001,220 | 984,621 | 976,774 | 961,035 | 335,592 | 333,575 | 333,714 | 387,459 |
| Hokujō-ken | 北条県 | | | | | | | | 218,605 | 217,362 | 215,792 | 215,676 | 215,602 |
| Oda-ken | 小田県 | | | | | | | | | 619,647 | 608,353 | 605,666 | 546,430 |
| Hiroshima-ken | 広島県 | 1,252,811 | 1,243,032 | 1,225,057 | 1,213,152 | 1,207,947 | 1,197,835 | 1,190,069 | 964,337 | 942,827 | 941,978 | 925,962 | 919,047 |
| Yamaguchi-ken | 山口県 | 897,370 | 888,442 | 883,885 | 877,614 | 875,607 | 855,618 | 850,608 | 844,550 | 838,946 | 836,419 | 830,060 | 827,536 |
| Tokushima-ken | 徳島県 | 649,616 | 642,172 | 637,550 | | | | | | | | | |
| Myōdō-ken | 名東県 | | | | | | | | 787,160 | 1,349,672 | 1,335,364 | 755,533 | 750,985 |
| Kagawa-ken | 香川県 | | | | | | | | 591,584 | | | 564,351 | 559,712 |
| Ehime-ken | 愛媛県 | 1,491,614 | 1,472,680 | 1,453,472 | 1,438,895 | 1,432,627 | 1,403,693 | 1,394,091 | 793,214 | 791,522 | 786,408 | | |
| Ishizuchi-ken | 石鉄県 | | | | | | | | | | | 420,303 | 418,561 |
| Kamiyama-ken | 神山県 | | | | | | | | | | | 358,253 | 357,413 |
| Kōchi-ken | 高知県 | 549,184 | 546,642 | 550,686 | 1,179,247 | 1,185,764 | 1,164,723 | 1,160,235 | 534,070 | 531,863 | 528,728 | 526,285 | 524,511 |
| Fukuoka-ken | 福岡県 | 1,128,289 | 1,118,652 | 1,109,475 | 1,097,215 | 1,087,604 | 1,070,244 | 1,064,050 | 457,335 | 450,965 | 448,628 | 445,278 | 441,175 |
| Kokura-ken | 小倉県 | | | | | | | | 322,156 | 317,108 | 312,539 | 307,535 | 304,574 |
| Mizuma-ken | 三潴県 | | | | | | | | 400,504 | 396,903 | 396,371 | 393,656 | 391,535 |
| Saga-ken | 佐賀県 | | | | | | | | 491,260 | 487,008 | 486,946 | 480,034 | 506,667 |
| Nagasaki-ken | 長崎県 | 1,212,157 | 1,204,449 | 1,196,065 | 1,190,335 | 1,192,134 | 1,173,263 | 1,167,367 | 672,278 | 668,974 | 668,482 | 665,123 | 630,487 |
| Kumamoto-ken | 熊本県 | 997,830 | 993,373 | 995,673 | 986,695 | 981,341 | 980,976 | 980,642 | | | | | |
| Shirakawa-ken | 白川県 | | | | | | | | 976,753 | 965,242 | 957,790 | 950,389 | 513,593 |
| Yatsushiro-ken | 八代県 | | | | | | | | | | | | 439,444 |
| Ōita-ken | 大分県 | 746,411 | 741,201 | 740,009 | 731,964 | 728,115 | 718,816 | 714,234 | 583,740 | 580,347 | 578,163 | 565,460 | 562,318 |
| Miyazaki-ken | 宮崎県 | | | | | | | | 388,508 | 384,071 | 388,083 | 382,564 | |
| Mimitsu-ken | 美々津県 | | | | | | | | | | | | 201,798 |
| Miyakonojō-ken | 都城県 | | | | | | | | | | | | 310,121 |
| Kagoshima-ken | 鹿児島県 | 1,291,586 | 1,290,281 | 1,279,631 | 1,270,463 | 1,261,909 | 1,219,942 | 1,218,383 | 820,654 | 813,692 | 812,327 | 806,902 | 670,864 |
| Okinawa-ken | 沖縄県 | 360,770 | 358,880 | 356,801 | 310,545 | 310,545 | | | | | | | |
| Ryūkyū-han | 琉球藩 | | | | | | 168,064 | 167,822 | 167,572 | 167,320 | 167,073 | 166,789 | 166,789 |
| Japan | 日本 | 37,017,302 | 36,700,118 | 36,358,994 | 35,928,821 | 35,768,556 | 34,898,576 | 34,628,365 | 34,338,404 | 33,997,449 | 33,625,678 | 33,300,675 | 33,110,825 |

### 1868 to 1871

Several demographic data remain for three urban prefectures,(i.e. Kyōto-fu, Ōsaka-fu and Tōkyō-fu), 266 domains, 40 prefectures and one commission (i.e. Kaitaku-shi only in Hokkaidō) that existed for short time between Meiji Restoration and the Abolition of the han system, though not thoroughly surveyed. Prefectural system was only introduced to imperial territories which the Meiji government gained from Tokugawa shogunate or the revolted feudal lords, while many areas still belonged to local lordship governments. The table below summarizes demographic data from three sources.
Source': (ref.1): Table of households for shi, fu and ken (Meiji-shi-yō).
       (ref.2): Kokudaka and Population Table of fu, han and ken (Ōkuma Shigenobu collection).
       (ref.3): Bunzo Kure, "Estate population Table of fu, han and ken" Tōkei Shūshi (Statistics Bulletin) no. 8 pp. 96–107 (1882). Estate populations were also given.
Statistical data were given as of August 29, 1871 (29th day of the 8th month, Meiji 4) for (1), as of February 2, 1869 (1st day of the 1st month, Meiji 2), for (2) or uncertain for (3), although all these populations seemed to be collected from several koseki populations surveyed in 1869 and 1870. Naotarō Sekiyama noted that the population of Japan as of August, 1870 (7th month, Meiji 3) was 32,794,897 (Kinsei Nihon jinkō-no kenkyū (Study of the Population of Japan in the Early Modern Period) (1948)).
| Fu, han and ken | Japanese | Population (ref.1) | Population (ref.2) | Population (ref.3) | Number of districts per province | Number of remote territories |
| Kyōto-fu | 京都府 | 373,704 | 374,496 | 373,688 | 8 in Yamashiro | 5 |
| Ōsaka-fu | 大阪府 | 427,395 | 427,395 | 427,395 | 3 in Settsu | 2 |
| Tōkyō-fu | 東京府 | 674,269 | 674,447 | 674,269 | 3 in Musashi | 1 |
| Three urban prefectures (fu) total | | 1,475,368 | 1,476,338 | 1,475,352 | | 8 |
| Yodo-han | 淀藩 | 65,439 | 64,728 | 72,786 | 4 in Yamashiro, 1 in Settsu, 3 in Kawachi, 3 in Izumi, 8 in Ōmi, 4 in Shimōsa, 1 in Hitachi, 1 in Kōzuke | 41 |
| Kōriyama-han | 郡山藩 | 99,970 | 102,420 | 102,427 | 7 in Yamato, 2 in Kawachi, 5 in Ōmi | 14 |
| Tawaramoto-han | 田原本藩 | 4,363 | 4,363 | 4,521 | 1 in Yamato | 1 |
| Takatori-han | 高取藩 | 22,250 | 22,250 | 22,390 | 5 in Yamato | 5 |
| Kujira-han | 櫛羅藩 | 5,140 | 5,140 | 5,384 | 3 in Yamato | 3 |
| Yanagimoto-han | 柳本藩 | 6,479 | 6,479 | 6,728 | 3 in Yamato | 4 |
| Yagyū-han | 柳生藩 | 6,844 | 7,018 | 6,587 | 2 in Yamato, 1 in Yamashiro | 4 |
| Shibamura-han | 芝村藩 | 7,338 | 7,338 | 7,401 | 2 in Yamato, 1 in Settsu | 2 |
| Tannan-han | 丹南藩 | 8,746 | 8,766 | 8,823 | 3 in Kawachi, 1 in Shimotsuke | 2 |
| Kishiwada-han | 岸和田藩 | 66,134 | 66,334 | 67,622 | 2 in Izumi | 1 |
| Hakata-han | 伯太藩 | 11,240 | 11,204 | 11,211 | 2 in Izumi, 3 in Kawachi, 4 in Ōmi | 9 |
| Koizumi-han | 小泉藩 | 9,367 | 9,367 | 9,230 | 1 in Izumi, 2 in Yamato, 2 in Yamashiro, 1 in Settsu, 1 in Kawachi | 7 |
| Amagasaki-han | 尼崎藩 | 52,325 | 49,403 | 49,614 | 4 in Settsu, 3 in Harima | 9 |
| Takatsuki-han | 高槻藩 | 25,426 | 26,055 | 54,928 | 3 in Settsu 1 in Tamba | 4 |
| Sanda-han | 三田藩 | 21,811 | 21,891 | 21,898 | 1 in Settsu, 1 in Tamba | 2 |
| Asada-han | 麻田藩 | 10,756 | 10,756 | 10,806 | 2 in Settsu, 4 in Bitchū | 9 |
| Tsu-han | 津藩 | 244,252 | 224,418 | 244,243 | 8 in Ise, 4 in Iga, 1 in Yamashiro, 4 in Yamashiro, 1 in Shimōsa | 12 |
| Kuwana-han | 桑名藩 | 64,868 | 64,866 | 65,783 | 3 in Ise | 1 |
| Kameyama-han | 亀山藩 | 45,696 | 45,591 | 45,597 | 3 in Ise, 2 in Bitschū | 4 |
| Hisai-han | 久居藩 | 38,842 | 38,842 | 37,883 | 6 in Iga, 1 in Yamashiro, 5 in Yamato | 11 |
| Nagashima-han | 長島藩 | 15,764 | 15,764 | 15,771 | 1 in Iga, 1 in Kazusa | 2 |
| Kanbe-han | 神戸藩 | 10,397 | 10,397 | 10,603 | 3 in Ise, 1 in Kawachi | 3 |
| Komono-han | 菰野藩 | 10,064 | 10,064 | 10,067 | 1 in Ise, 1 in Ōmi | 3 |
| Toba-han | 鳥羽藩 | 54,233 | 4,233 | 52,797 | 2 in Shima, 3 in Ise | 1 |
| Nagoya-han | 名古屋藩 | 917,497 | 921,517 | 918,141 | 8 in Owari, 1 in Mikawa, 19 in Mino, 1 in Ōmi, 2 in Shinano | 13 |
| Inuyama-han | 犬山藩 | 53,732 | 53,617 | 53,540 | 8 in Owari, 3 in Mino | 13 |
| Toyohashi-han | 豊橋藩 | 76,108 | 76,108 | 77,030 | 6 in Mikawa, 3 in Ōmi, 1 in Kazusa | 9 |
| Nishio-han | 西尾藩 | 55,850 | 57,060 | 54,347 | 5 in Mikawa, 3 in Echizen, 1 in Awa | 11 |
| Okazaki-han | 岡崎藩 | 52,960 | 52,958 | 52,819 | 3 in Mikawa | 1 |
| Shigehara-han | 重原藩 | 34,789 | 34,789 | 34,897 | 4 in Mikawa | 4 |
| Hambara-han | 半原藩 | 15,071 | 15,122 | 15,117 | 2 in Mikawa, 1 in Kōzuke, 1 in Musashi, 4 in Settsu, 2 in Tamba | 9 |
| Kariya-han | 刈谷藩 | 27,821 | 27,821 | 27,843 | 2 in Mikawa 1 in Iwashiro | 1 |
| Koromo-han | 挙母藩 | 14,954 | 14,954 | 19,674 | 2 in Mikawa, 2 in Mimasaka | 5 |
| Tahara-han | 田原藩 | 22,989 | 22,887 | 23,600 | 1 in Mikawa | 1 |
| Nishi-Ōhira-han | 西大平藩 | 7,358 | 7,318 | 7,272 | 4 in Mikawa, 1 in Sagami | 5 |
| Nishibata-han | 西端藩 | 12,826 | 12,781 | 12,812 | 1 in Mikawa, 2 in Izu, 2 in Kazusa, 2 in Shimōsa, 2 in Kōzuke, 1 in Musashi 1 in Shimotsuke | 11 |
| Horie-han | 堀江藩 | 7,739 | 7,739 | 7,695 | 3 in Tōtōmi | 5 |
| Shizuoka-han | 静岡藩 | 813,886 | 813,886 | 876,819 | 7 in Suruga, 12 in Tōtōmi, 6 in Mikawa | 7 |
| Odawara-han | 小田原藩 | 92,883 | 92,833 | 92,837 | 6 in Sagami, 2 in Izu | 6 |
| Ogino-Yamanaka-han | 荻野山中藩 | 12,982 | 12,957 | 13,018 | 3 in Sagami | 2 |
| Oshi-han | 忍藩 | 113,703 | 110,305 | 114,003 | 7 in Musashi, 3 in Ise, 3 in Harima | 14 |
| Kawagoe-han | 川越藩 | 61,994 | 61,994 | 62,760 | 1 in Musashi, 1 in Hitachi, 1 in Mikawa, 4 in Ōmi | 7 |
| Iwatsuki-han | 岩槻藩 | 40,585 | 40,802 | 41,234 | 7 in Musashi, 1 in Hitachi, 1 in Kōzuke, 1 in Shimōsa 3 in Kazusa | 13 |
| Mutsuura-han | 六浦藩 | 11,915 | 11,915 | 12,860 | 2 in Musashi, 2 in Sagami, 2 in Shimotsuke | 6 |
| Nagao-han | 長尾藩 | 73,283 | 75,487 | 76,351 | 4 in Awa, 1 in Kazusa | 5 |
| Hanabusa-han | 花房藩 | 63,282 | 63,472 | 64,505 | 1 in Awa, 4 in Kazusa | 5 |
| Kachiyama-han | 加知山藩 | 16,827 | 16,084 | 16,829 | 1 in Awa, 1 in Echizen | 1 |
| Tateyama-han | 館山藩 | 23,850 | 23,850 | 23,680 | 1 in Awa | 1 |
| Tsurumai-han | 鶴舞藩 | 63,858 | 63,413 | 62,611 | 4 in Kazusa, 2 in Harima | 4 |
| Matsuo-han | 松尾藩 | 47,584 | 47,584 | 47,034 | 2 in Kazusa | 1 |
| Kikuma-han | 菊間藩 | 74,069 | 74,069 | 73,624 | 1 in Kazusa, 2 in Mikawa, 3 in Izu | 13 |
| Kururi-han | 久留里藩 | 23,098 | 23,032 | 22,900 | 1 in Kazusa | 1 |
| Ōtaki-han | 大多喜藩 | 22,649 | 22,678 | 22,686 | 1 in Kazusa | 1 |
| Iino-han | 飯野藩 | 23,080 | 23,080 | 23,205 | 1 in Kazusa 2 in Settsu 1 in Tamba | 1 |
| Sanuki-han | 佐貫藩 | 17,732 | 17,652 | 17,639 | 1 in Kazusa | 1 |
| Tsurumaki-han | 鶴牧藩 | 20,689 | 20,689 | 21,586 | 2 in Kazusa, 3 in Tamba | 8 |
| Ichinomiya-han | 一宮藩 | 14,533 | 14,533 | 14,541 | 1 in Kazusa, 2 in Kōzuke | 3 |
| Sakurai-han | 桜井藩 | 13,387 | 13,087 | 13,364 | 2 in Kazusa | 1 |
| Kokubo-han | 小久保藩 | 9,761 | 9,761 | 9,781 | 2 in Kazusa | 1 |
| Sakura-han | 佐倉藩 | 119,129 | 119,129 | 119,132 | 5 in Kazusa, 2 in Hitachi, 7 in Shimōsa, 4 in Musashi, 3 in Sagami | 20 |
| Koga-han | 古河藩 | 83,432 | 83,432 | 83,578 | 2 in Shimōsa, 5 in Settsu, 4 in Harima, 1 in Mimasaka, 5 in Musashi, 5 in Shimotsuke | 24 |
| Sekiyado-han | 関宿藩 | 49,057 | 49,057 | 48,755 | 3 in Shimōsa, 2 in Hitachi, 2 in Shimotsuke | 9 |
| Yūki-han | 結城藩 | 18,436 | 18,580 | 18,445 | 1 in Shimōsa, 2 in Kazusa, 2 in Hitachi, 2 in Shimotsuke | 8 |
| Tako-han | 多古藩 | 8,249 | 8,251 | 7,896 | 1 in Shimōsa, 2 in Shimotsuke, 2 in Iwaki | 5 |
| Takaoka-han | 高岡藩 | 8,284 | 8,294 | 8,289 | 3 in Shimōsa, 2 in Kazusa | 5 |
| Omigawa-han | 小見川藩 | 8,289 | 8,289 | 8,221 | 2 in Shimōsa, 1 in Iwaki | 3 |
| Oyumi-han | 生実藩 | 10,330 | 10,330 | 10,311 | 3 in Shimōsa, 2 in Kazusa, 2 in Sagami | 6 |
| Sogano-han | 曾我野藩 | 10,612 | 10,606 | 10,612 | 2 in Shimōsa | 2 |
| Mito-han | 水戸藩 | 259,344 | 264,256 | 281,225 | 7 in Hitachi, 1 in Shimotsuke | 1 |
| Tsuchiura-han | 土浦藩 | 78,278 | 78,278 | 74,799 | 4 in Hitachi 2 in Mimasaka | 2 |
| Kasama-han | 笠間藩 | 47,832 | 47,832 | 47,839 | 2 in Hitachi, 3 in Iwaki | 4 |
| Matsuoka-han | 松岡藩 | 12,319 | 11,848 | 12,329 | 1 in Hitachi | 1 |
| Shimodate-han | 下館藩 | 15,196 | 15,196 | 12,764 | 1 in Hitachi, 2 in Kawachi | 3 |
| Ishioka-han | 石岡藩 | 18,102 | 18,002 | 18,113 | 3 in Hitachi, 1 in Iwashiro | 3 |
| Motegi-han | 茂木藩 | 13,480 | 13,480 | 13,170 | 2 in Hitachi, 1 in Shimotsuke | 2 |
| Ryūgasaki-han | 龍崎藩 | 9,642 | 9,642 | 9,649 | 2 in Kazusa, 3 in Shimōsa, 2 in Musashi, 1 in Hitachi | 12 |
| Ushiku-han | 牛久藩 | 8,674 | 8,604 | 9,070 | 3 in Hitachi, 3 in Shimōsa | 5 |
| Asō-han | 麻生藩 | 9,283 | 9,317 | 9,092 | 2 in Hitachi | 3 |
| Shizuku-han | 志筑藩 | 5,479 | 5,479 | 5,785 | 1 in Hitachi | 2 |
| Shishido-han | 宍戸藩 | 6,309 | 6,309 | 6,188 | 1 in Hitachi | 2 |
| Shimotsuma-han | 下妻藩 | 8,786 | 8,806 | 8,815 | 1 in Hitachi, 2 in Musashi, 1 in Shimotsuke | 4 |
| Hikone-han | 彦根藩 | 172,545 | 173,691 | 189,946 | 6 in Ōmi, 1 in Shimotsuke, 2 in Musashi | 4 |
| Zeze-han | 膳所藩 | 45,684 | 45,701 | 45,706 | 6 in Ōmi, 3 in Kawachi | 9 |
| Minakuchi-han | 水口藩 | 20,621 | 20,621 | 21,768 | 3 in Ōmi | 3 |
| Ōmizo-han | 大溝藩 | abolished | 12,319 | 12,461 | 2 in Ōmi | 2 |
| Nishi-Ōji-han | 西大路藩 | 8,681 | 8,926 | 8,841 | 2 in Ōmi, 1 in Kawachi | 3 |
| Yoshimi-han | 吉見藩 | 13,783 | 14,011 | 14,149 | 3 in Ōmi, 2 in Izumi, 1 in Kazusa | 6 |
| Yamakami-han | 山上藩 | 9,813 | 9,813 | 10,246 | 5 in Ōmi, 1 in Tamba | 6 |
| Miyagawa-han | 宮川藩 | 7,192 | 7,159 | 7,166 | 6 in Ōmi | 6 |
| Asahiyama-han | 朝日山藩 | 26,206 | n.a. | n.a. | 1 in Ōmi | 1 |
| Ōgaki-han | 大垣藩 | 78,901 | 78,901 | 78,709 | 7 in Mino | 2 |
| Gujō-han | 郡上藩 | 57,641 | 57,563 | 54,850 | 1 in Mino, 3 in Echizen | 6 |
| Kanō-han | 加納藩 | 29,484 | 29,494 | 29,475 | 1 in Mino, 1 in Kawachi 2 in Settsu | 2 |
| Iwamura-han | 岩村藩 | 36,909 | 36,909 | 37,145 | 6 in Mino | 6 |
| Imao-han | 今尾藩 | 18,734 | 18,734 | 18,747 | 5 in Mino, 6 in Owari | 12 |
| Nomura-han | 野村藩 | 8,771 | 9,243 | 8,566 | 1 in Mino, 2 in Mikawa | 2 |
| Naegi-han | 苗木藩 | 25,034 | 25,034 | 25,183 | 2 in Mino | 1 |
| Takatomi-han | 高富藩 | 6,708 | 6,708 | 6,712 | 3 in Mino, 2 in Shimotsuke | 5 |
| Matsushiro-han | 松代藩 | 148,589 | 148,589 | 148,642 | 4 in Shinano | 2 |
| Matsumoto-han | 松本藩 | 127,739 | 127,739 | 123,153 | 2 in Shinano | 1 |
| Ueda-han | 上田藩 | 62,240 | 61,333 | 62,230 | 2 in Shinano | 2 |
| Takatō-han | 高遠藩 | 47,883 | 47,883 | 47,888 | 2 in Shinano | 1 |
| Takashima-han | 高島藩 | 66,883 | 62,945 | 65,356 | 2 in Shinano | 1 |
| Iiyama-han | 飯山藩 | 32,325 | 32,438 | 32,639 | 1 in Shinano | 1 |
| Komoro-han | 小諸藩 | 31,910 | 31,910 | 31,918 | 2 in Shinano | 1 |
| Iida-han | 飯田藩 | 28,396 | 28,175 | 28,393 | 1 in Shinano | 1 |
| Tatsuoka-han | 龍岡藩 | abolished | 13,534 | 13,652 | 1 in Shinano, 2 in Mikawa | 3 |
| Iwamurata-han | 岩村田藩 | 10,606 | 9,979 | 10,200 | 2 in Shinano | 1 |
| Suzaka-han | 須坂藩 | 11,324 | 11,315 | 11,324 | 1 in Shinano | 1 |
| Maebashi-han | 前橋藩 | 176,149 | 176,149 | 178,302 | 8 in Kōzuke, 2 in Shimotsuke, 10 in Musashi, 3 in Ōmi 2 in Hitachi | 28 |
| Takasaki-han | 高崎藩 | 91,473 | 94,276 | 97,800 | 5 in Kōzuke, 1 in Echigo, 1 in Shimōsa, 1 in Musashi | 5 |
| Tatebayashi-han | 館林藩 | 72,985 | 72,985 | 76,747 | 3 in Kōzuke 1 in Shimotsuke 3 in Kawachi | 2 |
| Numata-han | 沼田藩 | 21,428 | 21,402 | 41,047 | 2 in Kōzuke, 2 in Kawachi, 3 in Mimasaka | 7 |
| Annaka-han | 安中藩 | 27,125 | 27,042 | 27,427 | 2 in Kōzuke, 3 in Shimōsa | 3 |
| Obata-han | 小幡藩 | 14,007 | 14,007 | 14,204 | 3 in Kōzuke | 1 |
| Isesaki-han | 伊勢崎藩 | 20,986 | 20,986 | 21,663 | 2 in Kōzuke | 1 |
| Nanukaichi-han | 七日市藩 | 6,992 | 6,992 | 7,024 | 1 in Kōzuke | 2 |
| Utsunomiya-han | 宇都宮藩 | 58,761 | 58,366 | 60,180 | 4 in Shimotsuke | 4 |
| Mibu-han | 壬生藩 | 25,962 | 24,372 | 25,956 | 1 in Shimotsuke, 3 in Shimōsa, 1 in Yamato, 2 in Harima | 14 |
| Karasuyama-han | 烏山藩 | 28,494 | 28,494 | 27,686 | 2 in Shimotsuke, 4 in Sagami, 2 in Shimōsa | 9 |
| Sano-han | 佐野藩 | 12,995 | 12,995 | 13,012 | 1 in Shimotsuke, 4 in Kōzuke, 1 in Ōmi | 5 |
| Ōtawara-han | 大田原藩 | 11,531 | 11,465 | 12,535 | 4 in Shimotsuke | 6 |
| Ashikaga-han | 足利藩 | 18,704 | 3,866 | 18,719 | 3 in Shimotsuke 1 in Musashi | 3 |
| Fukiage-han | 吹上藩 | 6,834 | 6,834 | 6,914 | 3 in Shimotsuke, 3 in Ise | 6 |
| Kurobane-han | 黒羽藩 | 19,493 | 19,493 | 19,532 | 2 in Shimotsuke | 3 |
| Tanagura-han | 棚倉藩 | 30,451 | 30,451 | 30,606 | 2 in Iwaki | 1 |
| Nakamura-han | 中村藩 | 63,110 | 63,110 | 63,893 | 3 in Iwaki | 3 |
| Miharu-han | 三春藩 | 36,769 | 36,774 | 36,762 | 1 in Iwaki | 1 |
| Iwaki-Taira-han | 磐城平藩 | 16,339 | 15,422 | 15,377 | 2 in Iwaki | 1 |
| Matsukawa-han | 松川藩 | 17,631 | 16,896 | 17,404 | 1 in Iwaki, 3 in Hitachi | 3 |
| Izumi-han | 泉藩 | 17,025 | 10,725 | 10,351 | 1 in Iwaki, 1 in Musashi 1 in Kōzuke | 2 |
| Yunagaya-han | 湯長谷藩 | 8,265 | 8,265 | 8,235 | 2 in Iwaki, 2 in Tamba | 4 |
| Nihonmatsu-han | 二本松藩 | 37,307 | 37,335 | 37,348 | 1 in Iwashiro | 1 |
| Sendaih-han | 仙台藩 | 204,964 | 204,902 | 239,897 | 6 in Rikuzen | 3 |
| Ichinoseki-han | 一関藩 | 27,399 | 27,397 | 26,197 | 1 in Rikuchū | 1 |
| Hirosaki-han | 弘前藩 | 288,842 | 288,842 | 255,131 | 1 in Mutsu | 1 |
| Tate-han | 館藩 | 79,742 | 79,742 | 77,805 | 4 in Oshima, 1 in Iwashiro | 3 |
| Tonami-han | 斗南藩 | 75,467 | n.a. | n.a. | 3 in Mutsu | 4 |
| Hachinohe-han | 八戸藩 | 42,603 | 42,603 | 68,195 | 1 in Mutsu, 2 in Rikuchū | 2 |
| Kuroishi-han | 黒石藩 | 15,932 | 15,932 | 15,949 | 1 in Mutsu, 1 in Iwashiro | 2 |
| Shichinohe-han | 七戸藩 | 15,527 | 15,527 | 15,530 | 1 in Mutsu | 1 |
| Yonezawa-han | 米沢藩 | 129,753 | 129,753 | 128,765 | 1 in Uzen | 1 |
| Ōizumi-han | 大泉藩 | 95,356 | 95,327 | 95,347 | 1 in Uzen | 1 |
| Shinjō-han | 新庄藩 | 57,173 | 52,173 | 52,179 | 2 in Uzen | 1 |
| Kaminoyama-han | 上山藩 | 31,449 | 31,449 | 31,517 | 1 in Uzen, 2 in Echigo | 3 |
| Tendō-han | 天童藩 | 13,403 | 13,393 | 12,389 | 1 in Uzen | 1 |
| Akita-han | 秋田藩 | 435,267 | 435,267 | 412,647 | 6 in Ugo, 2 in Shimotsuke | 2 |
| Matsumine-han | 松嶺藩 | 23,100 | 23,100 | 23,159 | 1 in Ugo, 2 in Uzen, 1 in Kōzuke | 2 |
| Honjō-han | 本荘藩 | 26,241 | 26,241 | 26,257 | 1 in Ugo | 1 |
| Kameda-han | 亀田藩 | 23,894 | 23,878 | 23,804 | 3 in Ugo | 2 |
| Yashima-han | 矢島藩 | 15,280 | 14,590 | 15,285 | 1 in Ugo | 1 |
| Iwasaki-han | 岩崎藩 | 18,469 | 18,469 | 18,486 | 1 in Ugo | 1 |
| Obama-han | 小浜藩 | 111,975 | 105,434 | 113,612 | 3 in Wakasa, 3 in Echizen, 1 in Ōmi | 6 |
| Fukui-han | 福井藩 | 202,511 | 279,529 | 284,542 | 7 in Echizen | 2 |
| Maruoka-han | 丸岡藩 | 22,791 | 22,791 | 21,702 | 3 in Echizen | 3 |
| Ōno-han | 大野藩 | 30,629 | 30,629 | 31,115 | 3 in Echizen | 3 |
| Sabae-han | 鯖江藩 | 30,167 | 30,167 | 30,275 | 3 in Echizen | 2 |
| Katsuyama-han | 勝山藩 | 18,612 | 18,612 | 18,657 | 1 in Echizen | 1 |
| Kanazawa-han | 金沢藩 | 1,065,910 | 1,080,210 | 1,086,159 | 3 in Kaga, 3 in Etchū, 4 in Noto, 1 in Ōmi | 5 |
| Daishōji-han | 大聖寺藩 | 48,736 | 48,036 | 48,766 | 2 in Kaga | 1 |
| Toyama-han | 富山藩 | 132,415 | 132,415 | 116,750 | 2 in Etchū | 1 |
| Takada-han | 高田藩 | 171,056 | 171,056 | 168,842 | 1 in Echigo, 1 in Iwashiro, 1 in Iwaki | 2 |
| Shibata-han | 新発田藩 | 192,591 | 192,591 | 192,604 | 1 in Echigo, 1 in Iwashiro | 5 |
| Murakami-han | 村上藩 | 83,004 | 80,034 | 80,004 | 3 in Echigo | 3 |
| Muramatsu-han | 村松藩 | 36,980 | 36,980 | 37,192 | 1 in Echigo | 2 |
| Yoita-han | 与板藩 | 22,530 | 22,530 | 22,531 | 3 in Echigo | 3 |
| Mineoka-han | 峰岡藩 | 11,145 | 11,135 | 11,881 | 1 in Echigo | 1 |
| Kiyosaki-han | 清崎藩 | 21,930 | 21,930 | 22,106 | 2 in Echigo | 2 |
| Shiiya-han | 椎谷藩 | 10,911 | 10,918 | 10,812 | 1 in Echigo, 2 in Shinano | 3 |
| Mikkaichi-han | 三日市藩 | 8,419 | 8,419 | 9,061 | 1 in Echigo | 1 |
| Kurokawa-han | 黒川藩 | 9,757 | 9,755 | 9,179 | 1 in Echigo | 1 |
| Sasayama-han | 篠山藩 | 58,507 | 58,507 | 58,734 | 5 in Tamba, 1 in Settsu, 1 in Tajima | 7 |
| Kameoka-han | 亀岡藩 | 49,572 | 49,228 | 51,814 | 4 in Tamba, 1 in Bitchū | 4 |
| Fukuchiyama-han | 福知山藩 | 31,037 | 29,304 | 31,136 | 1 in Tamba, 1 in Ōmi | 2 |
| Sonobe-han | 園部藩 | 36,895 | 36,895 | 35,828 | 3 in Tamba | 4 |
| Kaibara-han | 柏原藩 | 18,475 | 18,475 | 18,551 | 3 in Tamba | 5 |
| Ayabe-han | 綾部藩 | 18,516 | 18,511 | 18,425 | 3 in Tamba | 3 |
| Yamaga-han | 山家藩 | 11,661 | 11,661 | 11,670 | 1 in Tamba | 1 |
| Miyazu-han | 宮津藩 | 71,831 | 73,674 | 71,136 | 4 in Tamba, 4 in Ōmi | 6 |
| Maizuru-han | 舞鶴藩 | 49,117 | 48,978 | 48,893 | 1 in Tango | 1 |
| Mineyama-han | 峰山藩 | 10,055 | 10,055 | 10,775 | 1 in Tango, 1 in Ōmi, 1 in Hitachi, 1 in Shimōsa | 4 |
| Izushi-han | 出石藩 | 35,316 | 35,316 | 35,213 | 4 in Tajima | 3 |
| Toyo'oka-han | 豊岡藩 | 19,036 | 19,518 | 19,036 | 2 in Tajima | 2 |
| Muraoka-han | 村岡藩 | 15,482 | 15,476 | 15,690 | 1 in Tajima | 1 |
| Tottori-han | 鳥取藩 | 378,734 | 373,065 | 371,654 | 8 in Inaba, 6 in Hōki, 3 in Harima | 3 |
| Matsue-han | 松江藩 | 296,750 | 291,694 | 295,823 | 10 in Izumo | 1 |
| Hirose-han | 広瀬藩 | 26,370 | 26,370 | 26,364 | 2 in Izumo | 2 |
| Mori-han | 母里藩 | 8,205 | 8,215 | 8,225 | 1 in Izumo | 3 |
| Tsuwano-han | 津和野藩 | abolished | 65,263 | 69,267 | 4 in Iwami | 4 |
| Himeji-han | 姫路藩 | 222,661 | 222,661 | 223,762 | 10 in Harima | 7 |
| Akashi-han | 明石藩 | 76,004 | 76,004 | 76,173 | 2 in Harima, 1 in Mimasaka | 2 |
| Tatsuno-han | 龍野藩 | 50,879 | 50,879 | 51,051 | 3 in Harima, 1 in Mimasaka | 6 |
| Akō-han | 赤穂藩 | 34,643 | 34,643 | 35,558 | 1 in Harima | 1 |
| Mikazuki-han | 三日月藩 | 19,455 | 19,455 | 19,640 | 3 in Harima | 2 |
| Hayashida-han | 林田藩 | 11,795 | 11,795 | n.a. | 1 in Harima | 1 |
| Mikusa-han | 三草藩 | 9,371 | 9,371 | 9,353 | 4 in Harima | 3 |
| Ono-han | 小野藩 | 8,146 | 8,146 | 8,167 | 1 in Harima | 1 |
| Anji-han | 安志藩 | 9,812 | 9,812 | 9,386 | 3 in Harima | 3 |
| Yamasaki-han | 山崎藩 | 10,247 | 10,247 | 10,410 | 1 in Harima | 1 |
| Tsuyama-han | 津山藩 | 106,337 | 106,437 | 106,462 | 11 in Mimasaka, Shōdo-shima in Sanuki | 3 |
| Tazuta-han | 鶴田藩 | 32,573 | 32,567 | 33,613 | 5 in Mimasaka | 2 |
| Mashima-han | 真島藩 | 27,159 | 26,796 | 25,975 | 2 in Mimasaka | 1 |
| Okayama-han | 岡山藩 | 358,327 | 358,337 | 350,897 | 8 in Bizen, 5 in Bitchū | 7 |
| Ikusaka-han | 生坂藩 | 9,097 | 9,097 | 10,126 | 2 in Bitchū | 2 |
| Ashimori-han | 足守藩 | 17,453 | 17,452 | 17,509 | 3 in Bitchū 1 in Iwashiro | 3 |
| Kamogata-han | 鴨方藩 | 27,481 | 27,693 | 27,796 | 3 in Bitchū | 1 |
| Niwase-han | 庭瀬藩 | 21,502 | 21,502 | 21,886 | 3 in Bitchū | 2 |
| Takahashi-han | 高梁藩 | 26,245 | 26,245 | 26,332 | 5 in Bitchū | 1 |
| Niimi-han | 新見藩 | 17,278 | 17,278 | 17,179 | 4 in Bitchū | 3 |
| Nariwa-han | 成羽藩 | 17,930 | 17,835 | 17,397 | 2 in Bitchū | 1 |
| Okada-han | 岡田藩 | 17,472 | 17,465 | 17,480 | 1 in Bitchū, 1 in Mino, 1 in Settsu, 1 in Kawachi | 4 |
| Asao-han | 浅尾藩 | 7,177 | 7,246 | 7,182 | 3 in Bitchū, 1 in Kawachi, 1 in Settsu | 10 |
| Fukuyama-han | 福山藩 | 187,300 | 180,534 | 185,863 | 6 in Bingo 1 in Bitchū | 1 |
| Hiroshima-ken | 広島藩 | 914,157 | 514,157 | 914,172 | 8 in Aki, 8 in Bingo | 1 |
| Yamaguchi-han | 山口藩 | 608,475 | 552,671 | 565,368 | 6 in Suō, 6 in Nagato | 14 |
| Iwakuni-han | 岩国藩 | 87,635 | 87,951 | 90,393 | 2 in Suō | 1 |
| Tokuyama-han | 徳山藩 | abolished | 54,479 | 55,853 | 1 in Suō 1 in Nagato | 2 |
| Toyoura-han | 豊浦藩 | 75,218 | 75,218 | 76,887 | 2 in Nagato | 2 |
| Kiyosue-han | 清末藩 | 11,062 | 10,946 | 11,052 | 1 in Nagato | 1 |
| Wakayama-han | 和歌山藩 | 528,408 | 528,408 | 540,952 | 7 in Kii, 8 in Ise, 1 in Yamato | 6 |
| Shingū-han | 新宮藩 | 54,474 | 54,474 | 61,677 | 4 in Kii | 6 |
| Tanabe-han | 田辺藩 | 55,076 | 55,076 | 63,103 | 4 in Kii | 3 |
| Tokushima-han | 徳島藩 | 714,022 | 714,022 | 123,028 | All in Awa, all in Awaji | 2 |
| Takamatsu-han | 高松藩 | 299,223 | 293,775 | 305,197 | 8 in Sanuki | 1 |
| Matsuyama-han | 松山藩 | 211,882 | 211,882 | 211,881 | 10 in Iyo | 2 |
| Uwajima-han | 宇和島藩 | 169,512 | 169,512 | 169,525 | 1 in Iyo | 1 |
| Ōzu-han | 大洲藩 | 104,259 | 104,248 | 97,758 | 4 in Iyo | 3 |
| Imabari-han | 今治藩 | 74,994 | 74,994 | 75,102 | 2 in Iyo | 1 |
| Yoshida-han | 吉田藩 | 53,913 | 53,913 | 54,160 | 1 in Iyo | 5 |
| Saijō-han | 西条藩 | 58,388 | 58,398 | 61,034 | 3 in Iyo | 1 |
| Niiya-han | 新谷藩 | 14,351 | 14,351 | 14,357 | 3 in Iyo | 3 |
| Komatsu-han | 小松藩 | 15,165 | 15,165 | 15,155 | 2 in Iyo | 2 |
| Kōchi-han | 高知藩 | 516,867 | 516,866 | 516,545 | All in Tosa | 1 |
| Fukuoka-han | 福岡藩 | 388,409 | 366,924 | 367,478 | 15 in Chikuzen | 1 |
| Akizuki-han | 秋月藩 | 33,084 | 33,084 | 33,587 | 3 in Chikuzen | 1 |
| Kurume-han | 久留米藩 | 262,085 | 262,085 | 241,495 | 8 in Chikugo | 1 |
| Yanagawa-han | 柳河藩 | 119,708 | 120,180 | 127,323 | 5 in Chikugo | 1 |
| Miike-han | 三池藩 | 9,039 | 9,039 | 9,092 | 1 in Chikugo, 1 in Iwashiro | 2 |
| Toyotsu-han | 豊津藩 | 117,835 | 111,397 | 117,843 | 5 in Buzen | 1 |
| Nakatsu-han | 中津藩 | 100,403 | 100,403 | 99,147 | 3 in Buzen, 3 in Bingo, 1 in Chikuzen | 3 |
| Chitsuka-han | 千束藩 | 5,804 | 5,792 | 5,866 | 1 in Buzen | 1 |
| Oka-han | 岡藩 | 76,404 | 76,404 | 77,581 | 3 in Bungo | 2 |
| Usuki-han | 臼杵藩 | 78,244 | 27,923 | 78,986 | 3 in Bungo | 3 |
| Kitsuki-han | 杵築藩 | 51,535 | 51,535 | 52,247 | 2 in Bungo | 1 |
| Hiji-han | 日出藩 | 20,829 | 20,925 | 20,936 | 1 in Bungo | 1 |
| Funai-han | 府内藩 | 33,224 | 33,224 | 33,326 | 1 in Bungo | 1 |
| Saiki-han | 佐伯藩 | 67,554 | 67,550 | 67,687 | 1 in Bungo | 1 |
| Mori Domain | 森藩 | 14,244 | 14,212 | 14,249 | 3 in Bungo | 2 |
| Saga-han | 佐賀藩 | 425,762 | 425,762 | n.a. | 10 in Hizen | 4 |
| Ogi-han | 小城藩 | 41,183 | 41,183 | 33,438 | 3 in Hizen | 3 |
| Shimabara-han | 島原藩 | 175,044 | 174,296 | 175,051 | 1 in Hizen, 1 in Bungo, 1 in Buzen | 3 |
| Hirado-han | 平戸藩 | 149,143 | 149,143 | 145,825 | 2 in Hizen, all in Iki | 3 |
| Karatsu-han | 唐津藩 | 62,706 | 62,705 | 63,229 | 1 in Hizen | 1 |
| Hasunoike-han | 蓮池藩 | 31,359 | 31,359 | 31,461 | 5 in Hizen | 4 |
| Ōmura-han | 大村藩 | 125,039 | 122,174 | 120,549 | 2 in Hizen | 2 |
| Kashima-han | 鹿島藩 | 13,792 | 13,723 | 13,771 | 1 in Hizen | 2 |
| Fukue-han | 福江藩 | 62,275 | 62,056 | 45,747 | 1 in Hizen, 1 in Gotō, Hizen | 1 |
| Kumamoto-han | 熊本藩 | 719,990 | 719,990 | 730,528 | 12 in Higo, 3 in Bungo | 4 |
| Hitoyoshi-han | 人吉藩 | 53,577 | 53,577 | 54,152 | 1 in Higo | 1 |
| Nobeoka-han | 延岡藩 | 122,277 | 122,277 | 125,750 | 5 in Hyūga | 6 |
| Obi-han | 飫肥藩 | 48,181 | 48,181 | 48,837 | 2 in Hyūga | 1 |
| Sadowara-han | 佐土原藩 | 26,420 | 26,420 | 26,755 | 2 in Hyūga | 1 |
| Takanabe-han | 高鍋藩 | 43,334 | 43,334 | 43,349 | 5 in Hyūga | 3 |
| Kagoshima-han | 鹿児島藩 | 896,808 | 772,354 | 896,817 | All in Satsuma, all in Ōsumi, 1 in Hyūga | 1 |
| Izuhara-han | 厳原藩 | 83,771 | 83,771 | 83,792 | 2 in Tsushima, 3 in Hizen, 1 in Chikuzen, 2 in Buzen | 7 |
| 265 Domains (han) total | | 21,987,004 | 21,332,853 | 21,182,473 | | 1,007 |
| Nara-ken | 奈良県 | 158,728 | 158,728 | 158,728 | 13 in Yamato | 44 |
| Gojō-ken | 五條県 | 136,060 | 136,060 | 136,060 | 2 in Yamato, 2 in Kawachi, 2 in Kii | 6 |
| Sakai-ken | 堺県 | 249,523 | 249,523 | 249,523 | 4 in Izumi, 4 in Settsu, 13 in Kawachi | 40 |
| Hyōgo-ken | 兵庫県 | 224,124 | 224,124 | 224,124 | 9 in Settsu, 8 in Harima | 37 |
| Watarai-ken | 度会県 | 92,004 | 92,004 | 96,625 | 8 in Ise | 15 |
| Kōfu-ken | 甲府県 | 352,900 | 352,900 | 352,900 | 4 in Kai | 1 |
| Nirayama-ken | 韮山県 | 250,708 | 250,708 | 250,603 | 4 in Izu, 4 in Musashi | 4 |
| Kanagawa-ken | 神奈川県 | 421,690 | 421,690 | 421,690 | 4 in Musashi, 9 in Sagami | 2 |
| Urawa-ken | 浦和県 | 280,530 | 280,530 | 280,274 | 6 in Musashi | 11 |
| Shinagawa-ken | 品川県 | 188,650 | 188,650 | 188,650 | 5 in Musashi | 6 |
| Kosuge-ken | 小菅県 | 162,067 | 16,267 | 162,067 | 4 in Musashi | 1 |
| Miyazaku-ken | 宮谷県 | 281,077 | 281,077 | 281,077 | 7 in Kazusa, 2 in Shimōsa, 4 in Hitachi | 15 |
| Katsushika-ken | 葛飾県 | 230,614 | 230,614 | 229,714 | 1 in Musashi, 7 in Shimōsa | 14 |
| Wakamori-ken | 若森県 | 149,976 | 149,976 | 17,676 | 5 in Hitachi, 3 in Shimōsa | 8 |
| Ōtsu-ken | 大津県 | 244,114 | 211,334 | 211,334 | 11 in Ōmi | 24 |
| Kasamatsu-ken | 笠松県 | 188,139 | 188,139 | 188,139 | 21 in Mino | 30 |
| Takayama-ken | 高山県 | 118,604 | 98,366 | 97,160 | 3 in Hida, 4 in Noto | 1 |
| Ina-ken | 伊那県 | 193,264 | 188,999 | 189,899 | 2 in Shinano, 7 in Mikawa | 15 |
| Nakano-ken | 中野県 | 183,291 | n.a. | n.a. | 6 in Shinano | 14 |
| Iwahana-ken | 岩鼻県 | 358,640 | 358,640 | 358,640 | 13 in Kōzuke, 6 in Musashi | 18 |
| Nikkō-ken | 日光県 | 217,588 | 415,706 | 217,588 | 7 in Shimotsuke | 5 |
| Shirakawa-ken | 白河県 | 106,388 | 16,388 | 106,298 | 7 in Iwaki, 1 in Iwashiro | 9 |
| Kakuda-ken | 角田県 | 83,017 | 83,017 | 83,017 | 4 in Iwaki, 1 in Rikuzen | 1 |
| Wakamatsu-ken | 若松県 | 199,211 | 199,211 | 199,211 | 5 in Iwashiro, 1 in Echigo, 1 in Shimotsuke | 1 |
| Fukushima-ken | 福島県 | 119,668 | 119,668 | 119,666 | 3 in Iwashiro | 2 |
| Tome-ken | 登米県 | 115,874 | 115,874 | 222,518 | 7 in Rikuzen | 1 |
| Isawa-ken | 胆沢県 | 138,167 | 138,167 | 138,167 | 2 in Rikuchū, 1 in Rikuzen | 2 |
| Esashi-ken | 江刺県 | 237,550 | 237,550 | n.a. | 5 in Rikuchū, 1 in Rikuzen, 1 in Mutsu | 2 |
| Morioka-han | 盛岡県 | 137,825 | 137,825 | 137,825 | 4 in Rikuchū | 0 |
| Yamagata-ken | 山形県 | 318,467 | 331,941 | 32,261 | 3 in Uzen, 2 in Ugo | 0 |
| Hombo-ken | 本保県 | 70,709 | n.a. | n.a. | 8 in Echizen | 0 |
| Kashiwazaki-ken | 柏崎県 | 437,923 | 418,711 | 418,711 | 5 in Echigo | 9 |
| Niigata-ken | 新潟県 | 259,600 | 259,600 | 259,600 | 2 in Echigo | 2 |
| Sado-ken | 佐渡県 | 102,337 | 12,337 | 102,337 | 3 in Sado | 1 |
| Kumihama-ken | 久美浜県 | 166,586 | 166,586 | 166,586 | 5 in Tango, 4 in Tamba, 6 in Tajima | 64 |
| Ikuno-ken | 生野県 | 94,387 | 94,387 | 94,387 | 1 in Tajima, 1 in Tamba, 6 in Harima, 2 in Mimasaka | 0 |
| Hamada-ken | 浜田県 | 298,126 | 228,863 | 228,863 | 6 in Iwami, 4 in Oki | 2 |
| Kurashiki-ken | 倉敷県 | 237,680 | 237,506 | 214,594 | 11 in Bitchū, 2 in Bingo, 3 in Mimasaka, 3 districts and 3 islands in Sanuki, 5 in Iyo | 33 |
| Marugame-ken | 丸亀県 | 135,102 | 135,096 | 134,284 | 5 in Sanuki, 2 in Harima, 2 in Ōmi | 4 |
| Hita-ken | 日田県 | 195,455 | 195,455 | 195,455 | 7 in Bungo, 3 in Buzen, 1 in Hyūga | 14 |
| Nagasaki-ken | 長崎県 | 267,654 | 265,946 | 264,259 | 3 in Hizen, 1 in Higo, 1 in Chikugo | 5 |
| 40 Prefectures (ken) total | | 8,404,017 | 7,888,163 | 7,430,510 | | 463 |
| Total (except Kaitaku-shi) | | 31,866,389 | 30,697,354 | 30,088,335 | | 1,478 |
It is quite apparent that the above demographic data contain many textual errors, but could not be corrected because the original unpublished reports preserved at the office of the Ministry of Interior of Japan were burned by a fire after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.
For demographic data during the Edo period, see Demographics of Japan before Meiji Restoration.