Akita, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Akita, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Akita in 2025 is 296,000, a 0.67% decline from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Akita in 2024 was 298,000, a 0.67% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Akita in 2023 was 300,000, a 0.99% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Akita in 2022 was 303,000, a 0.66% 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
Asahikawa 320,000
Kochi 320,000
Naha 318,000
Kurume 302,000
Akita 296,000
Akita - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 296,000 -0.67%
2024 298,000 -0.67%
2023 300,000 -0.99%
2022 303,000 -0.66%
2021 305,000 -0.65%
2020 307,000 -0.65%
2019 309,000 -0.96%
2018 312,000 -0.32%
2017 313,000 -0.63%
2016 315,000 -0.32%
2015 316,000 -0.63%
2014 318,000 -0.31%
2013 319,000 -0.62%
2012 321,000 -0.31%
2011 322,000 -0.62%
2010 324,000 -0.61%
2009 326,000 -0.61%
2008 328,000 -0.61%
2007 330,000 -0.60%
2006 332,000 0.00%
2005 332,000 0.91%
2004 329,000 0.92%
2003 326,000 0.93%
2002 323,000 0.94%
2001 320,000 0.95%
2000 317,000 0.00%
1999 317,000 0.32%
1998 316,000 0.00%
1997 316,000 0.32%
1996 315,000 0.64%
1995 313,000 2.96%
1994 304,000 2.70%
1993 296,000 2.78%
1992 288,000 2.86%
1991 280,000 2.56%
1990 273,000 3.02%
1989 265,000 2.71%
1988 258,000 2.79%
1987 251,000 2.87%
1986 244,000 2.52%
1985 238,000 1.71%
1984 234,000 2.18%
1983 229,000 1.78%
1982 225,000 2.27%
1981 220,000 1.85%
1980 216,000 2.86%
1979 210,000 2.94%
1978 204,000 3.03%
1977 198,000 2.59%
1976 193,000 3.21%
1975 187,000 3.89%
1974 180,000 4.05%
1973 173,000 3.59%
1972 167,000 3.73%
1971 161,000 3.87%
1970 155,000 1.97%
1969 152,000 2.70%
1968 148,000 2.07%
1967 145,000 2.84%
1966 141,000 2.17%
1965 138,000 2.22%
1964 135,000 2.27%
1963 132,000 2.33%
1962 129,000 2.38%
1961 126,000 2.44%
1960 123,000 1.65%
1959 121,000 1.68%
1958 119,000 0.85%
1957 118,000 1.72%
1956 116,000 1.75%
1955 114,000 1.79%
1954 112,000 0.90%
1953 111,000 1.83%
1952 109,000 1.87%
1951 107,000 0.94%
1950 106,000 0.00%