Kanazawa, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Kanazawa, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Kanazawa in 2025 is 461,000, a 0.22% decline from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Kanazawa in 2024 was 462,000, a 0.22% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Kanazawa in 2023 was 463,000, a 0.22% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Kanazawa in 2022 was 464,000, a 0.22% 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
Kanazawa - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 461,000 -0.22%
2024 462,000 -0.22%
2023 463,000 -0.22%
2022 464,000 -0.22%
2021 465,000 -0.21%
2020 466,000 -0.21%
2019 467,000 -0.21%
2018 468,000 0.21%
2017 467,000 0.21%
2016 466,000 0.00%
2015 466,000 0.22%
2014 465,000 0.22%
2013 464,000 0.00%
2012 464,000 0.22%
2011 463,000 0.22%
2010 462,000 0.43%
2009 460,000 0.22%
2008 459,000 0.44%
2007 457,000 0.22%
2006 456,000 0.22%
2005 455,000 0.00%
2004 455,000 0.00%
2003 455,000 -0.22%
2002 456,000 0.00%
2001 456,000 0.00%
2000 456,000 0.00%
1999 456,000 0.22%
1998 455,000 0.00%
1997 455,000 0.22%
1996 454,000 0.89%
1995 450,000 2.97%
1994 437,000 3.07%
1993 424,000 3.16%
1992 411,000 3.01%
1991 399,000 3.10%
1990 387,000 3.20%
1989 375,000 3.02%
1988 364,000 3.12%
1987 353,000 3.22%
1986 342,000 2.40%
1985 334,000 1.21%
1984 330,000 0.92%
1983 327,000 0.93%
1982 324,000 1.25%
1981 320,000 1.27%
1980 316,000 3.27%
1979 306,000 3.03%
1978 297,000 3.13%
1977 288,000 3.23%
1976 279,000 2.57%
1975 272,000 1.87%
1974 267,000 1.52%
1973 263,000 1.54%
1972 259,000 1.97%
1971 254,000 1.60%
1970 250,000 0.81%
1969 248,000 1.22%
1968 245,000 1.24%
1967 242,000 0.83%
1966 240,000 1.27%
1965 237,000 1.28%
1964 234,000 0.86%
1963 232,000 1.31%
1962 229,000 0.88%
1961 227,000 1.34%
1960 224,000 2.28%
1959 219,000 2.34%
1958 214,000 2.39%
1957 209,000 2.45%
1956 204,000 2.51%
1955 199,000 2.05%
1954 195,000 2.09%
1953 191,000 2.14%
1952 187,000 1.63%
1951 184,000 2.22%
1950 180,000 0.00%