Prefectures by population (2030)

3.4 million〜14.3 million1.8 million〜2.7 million1.2 million〜1.8 million874,789〜1.2 million502,591〜827,214

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#	Prefecture	Population	2020
1	Tokyo	14.3 million	14 million
2	Kanagawa	9.1 million	9.2 million
3	Osaka	8.4 million	8.8 million
4	Aichi	7.3 million	7.5 million
5	Saitama	7.2 million	7.3 million
6	Chiba	6.2 million	6.3 million
7	Hyogo	5.1 million	5.5 million
8	Fukuoka	5 million	5.1 million
9	Hokkaido	4.8 million	5.2 million
10	Shizuoka	3.4 million	3.6 million
11	Ibaraki	2.7 million	2.9 million
12	Hiroshima	2.6 million	2.8 million
13	Kyoto	2.4 million	2.6 million
14	Miyagi	2.2 million	2.3 million
15	Niigata	2 million	2.2 million
16	Nagano	1.9 million	2 million
17	Gifu	1.8 million	2 million
18	Gunma	1.8 million	1.9 million
19	Tochigi	1.8 million	1.9 million
20	Okayama	1.8 million	1.9 million
21	Fukushima	1.6 million	1.8 million
22	Mie	1.6 million	1.8 million
23	Kumamoto	1.6 million	1.7 million
24	Okinawa	1.5 million	1.5 million
25	Kagoshima	1.4 million	1.6 million
26	Shiga	1.4 million	1.4 million
27	Nara	1.2 million	1.3 million
28	Ehime	1.2 million	1.3 million
29	Yamaguchi	1.2 million	1.3 million
30	Nagasaki	1.2 million	1.3 million
31	Aomori	1.1 million	1.2 million
32	Iwate	1.1 million	1.2 million
33	Ishikawa	1.1 million	1.1 million
34	Oita	1 million	1.1 million
35	Miyazaki	979,129	1.1 million
36	Yamagata	945,122	1.1 million
37	Toyama	942,404	1 million
38	Kagawa	874,789	950,244
39	Wakayama	827,214	922,584
40	Akita	818,711	959,502
41	Saga	751,906	811,442
42	Yamanashi	749,394	809,974
43	Fukui	702,719	766,863
44	Tokushima	640,164	719,559
45	Shimane	610,073	671,126
46	Kochi	607,856	691,527
47	Tottori	502,591	553,407

Source: processed from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Regional Population Projections for Japan (2023) (https://www.ipss.go.jp/pp-shicyoson/j/shicyoson23/t-page.asp). 2020 is the census; 2025 onwards are projections.