Osaka, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2020
NOTE: All data from 2020 and beyond are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Osaka, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Osaka in 2020 is 19,165,000, a 0.3% decline from 2019.
- The metro area population of Osaka in 2019 was 19,223,000, a 0.3% decline from 2018.
- The metro area population of Osaka in 2018 was 19,281,000, a 0.04% decline from 2017.
- The metro area population of Osaka in 2017 was 19,289,000, a 0.04% decline from 2016.
| Other Cities in Japan | |
|---|---|
| City Name | Population |
| Tokyo | 37,393,000 |
| Osaka | 19,165,000 |
| Nagoya | 9,552,000 |
| Kitakyushu-Fukuoka | 5,529,000 |
| Shizuoka-Hamamatsu | 2,922,000 |
| Sapporo | 2,670,000 |
| Sendai | 2,327,000 |
| Hiroshima | 2,083,000 |
| Niigata | 804,000 |
| Kumamoto | 743,000 |
| Okayama | 725,000 |
| Kagoshima | 591,000 |
| Utsunomiya | 522,000 |
| Matsuyama | 510,000 |
| Oita | 479,000 |
| Kurashiki | 476,000 |
| Kanazawa | 466,000 |
| Fukuyama | 465,000 |
| Takamatsu | 420,000 |
| Nagasaki | 414,000 |
| Toyama | 413,000 |
| Miyazaki | 399,000 |
| Nagano | 372,000 |
| Toyohashi | 371,000 |
| Takasaki | 369,000 |
| Iwaki | 356,000 |
| Asahikawa | 331,000 |
| Koriyama | 331,000 |
| Maebashi | 331,000 |
| Kochi | 330,000 |
| Naha | 321,000 |
| Akita | 307,000 |
| Kurume | 305,000 |
| Osaka - Historical Population Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Growth Rate |
| 2020 | 19,165,000 | -0.30% |
| 2019 | 19,223,000 | -0.30% |
| 2018 | 19,281,000 | -0.04% |
| 2017 | 19,289,000 | -0.04% |
| 2016 | 19,297,000 | -0.04% |
| 2015 | 19,305,000 | -0.04% |
| 2014 | 19,313,000 | -0.04% |
| 2013 | 19,320,000 | -0.04% |
| 2012 | 19,328,000 | -0.04% |
| 2011 | 19,336,000 | 0.12% |
| 2010 | 19,313,000 | 0.60% |
| 2009 | 19,197,000 | 0.60% |
| 2008 | 19,082,000 | 0.61% |
| 2007 | 18,967,000 | 0.60% |
| 2006 | 18,853,000 | 0.49% |
| 2005 | 18,762,000 | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 18,737,000 | 0.13% |
| 2003 | 18,712,000 | 0.13% |
| 2002 | 18,687,000 | 0.13% |
| 2001 | 18,662,000 | 0.01% |
| 2000 | 18,660,000 | -0.34% |
| 1999 | 18,724,000 | -0.35% |
| 1998 | 18,789,000 | -0.34% |
| 1997 | 18,853,000 | -0.34% |
| 1996 | 18,918,000 | -0.12% |
| 1995 | 18,940,000 | 0.58% |
| 1994 | 18,831,000 | 0.57% |
| 1993 | 18,724,000 | 0.57% |
| 1992 | 18,617,000 | 0.58% |
| 1991 | 18,510,000 | 0.66% |
| 1990 | 18,389,000 | 0.92% |
| 1989 | 18,222,000 | 0.91% |
| 1988 | 18,057,000 | 0.92% |
| 1987 | 17,893,000 | 0.91% |
| 1986 | 17,731,000 | 0.84% |
| 1985 | 17,583,000 | 0.64% |
| 1984 | 17,472,000 | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 17,362,000 | 0.63% |
| 1982 | 17,253,000 | 0.63% |
| 1981 | 17,145,000 | 0.69% |
| 1980 | 17,028,000 | 0.86% |
| 1979 | 16,882,000 | 0.86% |
| 1978 | 16,738,000 | 0.86% |
| 1977 | 16,595,000 | 0.86% |
| 1976 | 16,453,000 | 0.95% |
| 1975 | 16,298,000 | 1.22% |
| 1974 | 16,102,000 | 1.21% |
| 1973 | 15,909,000 | 1.21% |
| 1972 | 15,719,000 | 1.22% |
| 1971 | 15,530,000 | 1.69% |
| 1970 | 15,272,000 | 3.12% |
| 1969 | 14,810,000 | 3.10% |
| 1968 | 14,364,000 | 3.12% |
| 1967 | 13,930,000 | 3.12% |
| 1966 | 13,509,000 | 3.40% |
| 1965 | 13,065,000 | 4.24% |
| 1964 | 12,534,000 | 4.25% |
| 1963 | 12,023,000 | 4.24% |
| 1962 | 11,534,000 | 4.24% |
| 1961 | 11,065,000 | 4.24% |
| 1960 | 10,615,000 | 4.25% |
| 1959 | 10,182,000 | 4.24% |
| 1958 | 9,768,000 | 4.25% |
| 1957 | 9,370,000 | 4.24% |
| 1956 | 8,989,000 | 4.24% |
| 1955 | 8,623,000 | 4.24% |
| 1954 | 8,272,000 | 4.25% |
| 1953 | 7,935,000 | 4.23% |
| 1952 | 7,613,000 | 4.24% |
| 1951 | 7,303,000 | 4.25% |
| 1950 | 7,005,000 | 0.00% |
