Prefectures by population (2050)

2.8 million〜14.4 million1.5 million〜2.2 million926,183〜1.5 million710,838〜896,801405,528〜631,619

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#	Prefecture	Population	2020
1	Tokyo	14.4 million	14 million
2	Kanagawa	8.5 million	9.2 million
3	Osaka	7.3 million	8.8 million
4	Aichi	6.7 million	7.5 million
5	Saitama	6.6 million	7.3 million
6	Chiba	5.7 million	6.3 million
7	Fukuoka	4.5 million	5.1 million
8	Hyogo	4.4 million	5.5 million
9	Hokkaido	3.8 million	5.2 million
10	Shizuoka	2.8 million	3.6 million
11	Ibaraki	2.2 million	2.9 million
12	Hiroshima	2.2 million	2.8 million
13	Kyoto	2.1 million	2.6 million
14	Miyagi	1.8 million	2.3 million
15	Nagano	1.6 million	2 million
16	Niigata	1.5 million	2.2 million
17	Gunma	1.5 million	1.9 million
18	Okayama	1.5 million	1.9 million
19	Tochigi	1.5 million	1.9 million
20	Gifu	1.5 million	2 million
21	Okinawa	1.4 million	1.5 million
22	Kumamoto	1.4 million	1.7 million
23	Mie	1.3 million	1.8 million
24	Fukushima	1.2 million	1.8 million
25	Shiga	1.2 million	1.4 million
26	Kagoshima	1.2 million	1.6 million
27	Nara	950,365	1.3 million
28	Ehime	944,634	1.3 million
29	Yamaguchi	926,183	1.3 million
30	Ishikawa	896,801	1.1 million
31	Nagasaki	868,817	1.3 million
32	Oita	841,343	1.1 million
33	Miyazaki	796,631	1.1 million
34	Iwate	783,242	1.2 million
35	Toyama	761,719	1 million
36	Aomori	754,751	1.2 million
37	Kagawa	724,120	950,244
38	Yamagata	710,838	1.1 million
39	Wakayama	631,619	922,584
40	Saga	620,873	811,442
41	Yamanashi	611,586	809,974
42	Fukui	572,885	766,863
43	Akita	560,429	959,502
44	Shimane	496,994	671,126
45	Tokushima	480,669	719,559
46	Kochi	450,980	691,527
47	Tottori	405,528	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.