Kagoshima, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Kagoshima, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Kagoshima in 2025 is 579,000, a 0.34% decline from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Kagoshima in 2024 was 581,000, a 0.51% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Kagoshima in 2023 was 584,000, a 0.34% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Kagoshima in 2022 was 586,000, a 0.34% 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
Kagoshima - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 579,000 -0.34%
2024 581,000 -0.51%
2023 584,000 -0.34%
2022 586,000 -0.34%
2021 588,000 -0.51%
2020 591,000 -0.51%
2019 594,000 -0.50%
2018 597,000 -0.17%
2017 598,000 -0.17%
2016 599,000 -0.17%
2015 600,000 -0.17%
2014 601,000 -0.33%
2013 603,000 -0.17%
2012 604,000 -0.17%
2011 605,000 -0.17%
2010 606,000 0.17%
2009 605,000 0.00%
2008 605,000 0.00%
2007 605,000 0.00%
2006 605,000 0.17%
2005 604,000 0.00%
2004 604,000 0.17%
2003 603,000 0.00%
2002 603,000 0.17%
2001 602,000 0.17%
2000 601,000 0.17%
1999 600,000 0.33%
1998 598,000 0.17%
1997 597,000 0.17%
1996 596,000 1.02%
1995 590,000 2.61%
1994 575,000 2.86%
1993 559,000 2.57%
1992 545,000 2.83%
1991 530,000 2.71%
1990 516,000 2.79%
1989 502,000 2.66%
1988 489,000 2.73%
1987 476,000 2.81%
1986 463,000 2.43%
1985 452,000 1.57%
1984 445,000 1.60%
1983 438,000 1.62%
1982 431,000 1.41%
1981 425,000 2.16%
1980 416,000 3.48%
1979 402,000 3.61%
1978 388,000 3.47%
1977 375,000 3.59%
1976 362,000 3.13%
1975 351,000 2.93%
1974 341,000 3.02%
1973 331,000 2.80%
1972 322,000 2.88%
1971 313,000 2.96%
1970 304,000 2.70%
1969 296,000 2.78%
1968 288,000 2.86%
1967 280,000 2.94%
1966 272,000 2.64%
1965 265,000 3.11%
1964 257,000 2.80%
1963 250,000 2.88%
1962 243,000 2.53%
1961 237,000 3.04%
1960 230,000 1.77%
1959 226,000 1.35%
1958 223,000 1.83%
1957 219,000 1.86%
1956 215,000 1.42%
1955 212,000 3.92%
1954 204,000 3.55%
1953 197,000 3.68%
1952 190,000 3.26%
1951 184,000 3.95%
1950 177,000 0.00%