Tokyo, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2022
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Tokyo, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2022. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Tokyo in 2022 is 37,274,000, a 0.18% decline from 2021.
- The metro area population of Tokyo in 2021 was 37,340,000, a 0.14% decline from 2020.
- The metro area population of Tokyo in 2020 was 37,393,000, a 0.11% decline from 2019.
- The metro area population of Tokyo in 2019 was 37,435,000, a 0.09% decline from 2018.
| Other Cities in Japan |
| City Name |
Population |
| Tokyo |
37,274,000 |
| Osaka |
19,060,000 |
| Nagoya |
9,572,000 |
| Kitakyushu-Fukuoka |
5,503,000 |
| Shizuoka-Hamamatsu |
2,935,000 |
| Sapporo |
2,669,000 |
| Sendai |
2,340,000 |
| Hiroshima |
2,072,000 |
| Niigata |
800,000 |
| Kumamoto |
740,000 |
| Okayama |
723,000 |
| Kagoshima |
586,000 |
| Utsunomiya |
521,000 |
| Matsuyama |
507,000 |
| Oita |
478,000 |
| Kurashiki |
474,000 |
| Fukuyama |
464,000 |
| Kanazawa |
464,000 |
| Takamatsu |
418,000 |
| Toyama |
410,000 |
| Nagasaki |
407,000 |
| Miyazaki |
397,000 |
| Nagano |
369,000 |
| Toyohashi |
369,000 |
| Takasaki |
367,000 |
| Iwaki |
356,000 |
| Koriyama |
328,000 |
| Maebashi |
327,000 |
| Asahikawa |
326,000 |
| Kochi |
326,000 |
| Naha |
320,000 |
| Kurume |
304,000 |
| Akita |
303,000 |
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Tokyo - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2022 |
37,274,000 |
-0.18% |
| 2021 |
37,340,000 |
-0.14% |
| 2020 |
37,393,000 |
-0.11% |
| 2019 |
37,435,000 |
-0.09% |
| 2018 |
37,468,000 |
0.19% |
| 2017 |
37,397,000 |
0.19% |
| 2016 |
37,327,000 |
0.19% |
| 2015 |
37,256,000 |
0.19% |
| 2014 |
37,186,000 |
0.19% |
| 2013 |
37,116,000 |
0.19% |
| 2012 |
37,046,000 |
0.19% |
| 2011 |
36,975,000 |
0.31% |
| 2010 |
36,860,000 |
0.69% |
| 2009 |
36,609,000 |
0.69% |
| 2008 |
36,359,000 |
0.69% |
| 2007 |
36,111,000 |
0.69% |
| 2006 |
35,865,000 |
0.68% |
| 2005 |
35,622,000 |
0.68% |
| 2004 |
35,381,000 |
0.68% |
| 2003 |
35,142,000 |
0.68% |
| 2002 |
34,904,000 |
0.68% |
| 2001 |
34,669,000 |
0.64% |
| 2000 |
34,450,000 |
0.50% |
| 1999 |
34,277,000 |
0.50% |
| 1998 |
34,105,000 |
0.50% |
| 1997 |
33,934,000 |
0.50% |
| 1996 |
33,764,000 |
0.53% |
| 1995 |
33,587,000 |
0.60% |
| 1994 |
33,387,000 |
0.60% |
| 1993 |
33,188,000 |
0.60% |
| 1992 |
32,990,000 |
0.60% |
| 1991 |
32,794,000 |
0.81% |
| 1990 |
32,530,000 |
1.44% |
| 1989 |
32,068,000 |
1.44% |
| 1988 |
31,613,000 |
1.44% |
| 1987 |
31,164,000 |
1.44% |
| 1986 |
30,721,000 |
1.38% |
| 1985 |
30,304,000 |
1.19% |
| 1984 |
29,947,000 |
1.20% |
| 1983 |
29,593,000 |
1.19% |
| 1982 |
29,244,000 |
1.19% |
| 1981 |
28,900,000 |
1.23% |
| 1980 |
28,549,000 |
1.35% |
| 1979 |
28,169,000 |
1.35% |
| 1978 |
27,795,000 |
1.34% |
| 1977 |
27,427,000 |
1.35% |
| 1976 |
27,063,000 |
1.68% |
| 1975 |
26,615,000 |
2.70% |
| 1974 |
25,916,000 |
2.69% |
| 1973 |
25,236,000 |
2.69% |
| 1972 |
24,574,000 |
2.70% |
| 1971 |
23,928,000 |
2.70% |
| 1970 |
23,298,000 |
2.75% |
| 1969 |
22,675,000 |
2.74% |
| 1968 |
22,070,000 |
2.75% |
| 1967 |
21,479,000 |
2.75% |
| 1966 |
20,905,000 |
3.06% |
| 1965 |
20,284,000 |
3.98% |
| 1964 |
19,507,000 |
4.00% |
| 1963 |
18,757,000 |
4.00% |
| 1962 |
18,036,000 |
3.99% |
| 1961 |
17,344,000 |
3.99% |
| 1960 |
16,679,000 |
4.00% |
| 1959 |
16,038,000 |
3.99% |
| 1958 |
15,422,000 |
3.99% |
| 1957 |
14,830,000 |
3.99% |
| 1956 |
14,261,000 |
4.00% |
| 1955 |
13,713,000 |
4.00% |
| 1954 |
13,186,000 |
3.99% |
| 1953 |
12,680,000 |
3.99% |
| 1952 |
12,194,000 |
4.00% |
| 1951 |
11,725,000 |
3.99% |
| 1950 |
11,275,000 |
0.00% |
