Daftar prefektur Jepang berdasarkan populasi
Demografi historis prefektur di Jepang > 1948 hingga 2010

Populasi dalam tabel berikut diberikan sesuai dengan konsep populasi de jure untuk penghitungan orang.
Sumber: Sensus Jepang (per 1 Oktober untuk tahun 2015, 2010, 2005, 2000, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980, 1975, 1970, 1965, 1960, 1955 dan 1950),
| Prefektur | 1 Oktober 2010 | 1 Oktober 2005 | 1 Oktober 2000 | 1 Oktober 1995 | 1 Oktober 1990 | 1 Oktober 1985 | 1 Oktober 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 |
| Jepang - Total | 128.057.352 | 127.767.994 | 126.925.843 | 125.570.246 | 123.611.167 | 121.048.923 | 117.060.396 |

| Prefektur | 1 Oktober 1975 | 1 Oktober 1970 | 1 Oktober 1965 | 1 Oktober 1960  | 1 Oktober 1955  | 1 Oktober 1950  | 1 Agustus, 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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Jepang | 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 |