Hiroshima, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2024

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Hiroshima, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Hiroshima in 2024 is 2,063,000, a 0.24% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Hiroshima in 2023 was 2,068,000, a 0.19% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Hiroshima in 2022 was 2,072,000, a 0.29% decline from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Hiroshima in 2021 was 2,078,000, a 0.24% decline from 2020.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in Japan
City Name Population
Tokyo 37,115,000
Osaka 18,967,000
Nagoya 9,557,000
Kitakyushu-Fukuoka 5,478,000
Shizuoka-Hamamatsu 2,936,000
Sapporo 2,661,000
Sendai 2,341,000
Hiroshima 2,063,000
Niigata 796,000
Kumamoto 737,000
Okayama 720,000
Kagoshima 581,000
Utsunomiya 519,000
Matsuyama 504,000
Oita 475,000
Kurashiki 471,000
Fukuyama 462,000
Kanazawa 462,000
Takamatsu 416,000
Toyama 407,000
Nagasaki 400,000
Miyazaki 396,000
Nagano 366,000
Toyohashi 366,000
Takasaki 365,000
Iwaki 355,000
Koriyama 325,000
Maebashi 324,000
Asahikawa 322,000
Kochi 322,000
Naha 319,000
Kurume 302,000
Akita 298,000
Hiroshima - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2024 2,063,000 -0.24%
2023 2,068,000 -0.19%
2022 2,072,000 -0.29%
2021 2,078,000 -0.24%
2020 2,083,000 -0.29%
2019 2,089,000 -0.29%
2018 2,095,000 -0.05%
2017 2,096,000 0.00%
2016 2,096,000 -0.05%
2015 2,097,000 0.00%
2014 2,097,000 -0.05%
2013 2,098,000 -0.05%
2012 2,099,000 0.00%
2011 2,099,000 0.05%
2010 2,098,000 0.33%
2009 2,091,000 0.34%
2008 2,084,000 0.34%
2007 2,077,000 0.34%
2006 2,070,000 0.34%
2005 2,063,000 0.19%
2004 2,059,000 0.19%
2003 2,055,000 0.20%
2002 2,051,000 0.20%
2001 2,047,000 0.15%
2000 2,044,000 0.00%
1999 2,044,000 0.05%
1998 2,043,000 0.00%
1997 2,043,000 0.00%
1996 2,043,000 0.15%
1995 2,040,000 0.54%
1994 2,029,000 0.55%
1993 2,018,000 0.50%
1992 2,008,000 0.55%
1991 1,997,000 0.55%
1990 1,986,000 0.71%
1989 1,972,000 0.66%
1988 1,959,000 0.72%
1987 1,945,000 0.67%
1986 1,932,000 0.78%
1985 1,917,000 1.00%
1984 1,898,000 1.06%
1983 1,878,000 1.02%
1982 1,859,000 0.98%
1981 1,841,000 0.88%
1980 1,825,000 0.33%
1979 1,819,000 0.33%
1978 1,813,000 0.33%
1977 1,807,000 0.33%
1976 1,801,000 1.52%
1975 1,774,000 5.16%
1974 1,687,000 5.17%
1973 1,604,000 5.18%
1972 1,525,000 5.17%
1971 1,450,000 5.15%
1970 1,379,000 5.19%
1969 1,311,000 5.13%
1968 1,247,000 5.23%
1967 1,185,000 5.15%
1966 1,127,000 5.13%
1965 1,072,000 5.20%
1964 1,019,000 5.16%
1963 969,000 5.21%
1962 921,000 5.14%
1961 876,000 5.16%
1960 833,000 5.18%
1959 792,000 5.18%
1958 753,000 5.17%
1957 716,000 5.14%
1956 681,000 5.26%
1955 647,000 5.20%
1954 615,000 5.13%
1953 585,000 5.22%
1952 556,000 5.10%
1951 529,000 5.17%
1950 503,000 0.00%