Tokyo, 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 Tokyo, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Tokyo in 2020 is 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.
- The metro area population of Tokyo in 2018 was 37,468,000, a 0.19% increase from 2017.
- The metro area population of Tokyo in 2017 was 37,397,000, a 0.19% increase 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 |
| Tokyo - Historical Population Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Growth Rate |
| 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% |
