Prefectures by population (2035)

3.3 million〜14.5 million1.7 million〜2.6 million1.1 million〜1.7 million837,921〜1.1 million478,664〜777,790

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#	Prefecture	Population	2020
1	Tokyo	14.5 million	14 million
2	Kanagawa	9 million	9.2 million
3	Osaka	8.2 million	8.8 million
4	Aichi	7.2 million	7.5 million
5	Saitama	7.1 million	7.3 million
6	Chiba	6.1 million	6.3 million
7	Hyogo	5 million	5.5 million
8	Fukuoka	4.9 million	5.1 million
9	Hokkaido	4.6 million	5.2 million
10	Shizuoka	3.3 million	3.6 million
11	Ibaraki	2.6 million	2.9 million
12	Hiroshima	2.5 million	2.8 million
13	Kyoto	2.4 million	2.6 million
14	Miyagi	2.1 million	2.3 million
15	Niigata	1.9 million	2.2 million
16	Nagano	1.8 million	2 million
17	Gunma	1.7 million	1.9 million
18	Gifu	1.7 million	2 million
19	Tochigi	1.7 million	1.9 million
20	Okayama	1.7 million	1.9 million
21	Mie	1.6 million	1.8 million
22	Kumamoto	1.6 million	1.7 million
23	Fukushima	1.5 million	1.8 million
24	Okinawa	1.5 million	1.5 million
25	Kagoshima	1.4 million	1.6 million
26	Shiga	1.3 million	1.4 million
27	Nara	1.2 million	1.3 million
28	Ehime	1.1 million	1.3 million
29	Yamaguchi	1.1 million	1.3 million
30	Nagasaki	1.1 million	1.3 million
31	Ishikawa	1 million	1.1 million
32	Aomori	995,771	1.2 million
33	Iwate	994,645	1.2 million
34	Oita	984,098	1.1 million
35	Miyazaki	933,863	1.1 million
36	Toyama	897,816	1 million
37	Yamagata	886,155	1.1 million
38	Kagawa	837,921	950,244
39	Wakayama	777,790	922,584
40	Akita	751,571	959,502
41	Saga	720,207	811,442
42	Yamanashi	715,788	809,974
43	Fukui	671,594	766,863
44	Tokushima	600,769	719,559
45	Shimane	581,453	671,126
46	Kochi	567,983	691,527
47	Tottori	478,664	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.