Matsuyama, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Matsuyama, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Matsuyama in 2025 is 502,000, a 0.4% decline from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Matsuyama in 2024 was 504,000, a 0.2% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Matsuyama in 2023 was 505,000, a 0.39% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Matsuyama in 2022 was 507,000, a 0.2% decline from 2021.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in Japan
City Name Population
Tokyo 37,036,000
Osaka 18,922,000
Nagoya 9,535,000
Kitakyushu-Fukuoka 5,466,000
Shizuoka-Hamamatsu 2,930,000
Sapporo 2,654,000
Sendai 2,338,000
Hiroshima 2,058,000
Niigata 794,000
Kumamoto 735,000
Okayama 719,000
Kagoshima 579,000
Utsunomiya 518,000
Matsuyama 502,000
Oita 474,000
Kurashiki 470,000
Kanazawa 461,000
Fukuyama 460,000
Takamatsu 415,000
Toyama 406,000
Nagasaki 397,000
Miyazaki 395,000
Toyohashi 365,000
Nagano 364,000
Takasaki 364,000
Iwaki 354,000
Koriyama 324,000
Maebashi 323,000
Kochi 320,000
Asahikawa 320,000
Naha 318,000
Kurume 302,000
Akita 296,000
Matsuyama - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 502,000 -0.40%
2024 504,000 -0.20%
2023 505,000 -0.39%
2022 507,000 -0.20%
2021 508,000 -0.39%
2020 510,000 -0.39%
2019 512,000 -0.39%
2018 514,000 0.00%
2017 514,000 -0.19%
2016 515,000 0.00%
2015 515,000 0.00%
2014 515,000 -0.19%
2013 516,000 0.00%
2012 516,000 -0.19%
2011 517,000 0.00%
2010 517,000 0.00%
2009 517,000 0.19%
2008 516,000 0.00%
2007 516,000 0.19%
2006 515,000 0.00%
2005 515,000 0.39%
2004 513,000 0.20%
2003 512,000 0.20%
2002 511,000 0.39%
2001 509,000 0.20%
2000 508,000 0.59%
1999 505,000 0.40%
1998 503,000 0.40%
1997 501,000 0.40%
1996 499,000 1.42%
1995 492,000 4.24%
1994 472,000 4.42%
1993 452,000 4.15%
1992 434,000 4.33%
1991 416,000 4.26%
1990 399,000 4.45%
1989 382,000 4.37%
1988 366,000 4.27%
1987 351,000 4.15%
1986 337,000 3.69%
1985 325,000 1.88%
1984 319,000 1.59%
1983 314,000 1.95%
1982 308,000 1.99%
1981 302,000 2.37%
1980 295,000 4.61%
1979 282,000 4.44%
1978 270,000 4.65%
1977 258,000 4.88%
1976 246,000 4.68%
1975 235,000 4.44%
1974 225,000 4.65%
1973 215,000 4.37%
1972 206,000 4.57%
1971 197,000 4.23%
1970 189,000 2.72%
1969 184,000 2.79%
1968 179,000 2.29%
1967 175,000 2.94%
1966 170,000 2.41%
1965 166,000 2.47%
1964 162,000 1.89%
1963 159,000 2.58%
1962 155,000 2.65%
1961 151,000 2.03%
1960 148,000 2.78%
1959 144,000 2.13%
1958 141,000 2.17%
1957 138,000 2.99%
1956 134,000 2.29%
1955 131,000 2.34%
1954 128,000 2.40%
1953 125,000 2.46%
1952 122,000 2.52%
1951 119,000 1.71%
1950 117,000 0.00%