Kochi, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Kochi, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Kochi in 2025 is 320,000, a 0.62% decline from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Kochi in 2024 was 322,000, a 0.62% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Kochi in 2023 was 324,000, a 0.61% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Kochi in 2022 was 326,000, a 0.61% 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
Kochi - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 320,000 -0.62%
2024 322,000 -0.62%
2023 324,000 -0.61%
2022 326,000 -0.61%
2021 328,000 -0.61%
2020 330,000 -0.60%
2019 332,000 -0.60%
2018 334,000 -0.30%
2017 335,000 -0.30%
2016 336,000 -0.59%
2015 338,000 -0.29%
2014 339,000 -0.29%
2013 340,000 -0.29%
2012 341,000 -0.29%
2011 342,000 -0.58%
2010 344,000 -0.29%
2009 345,000 -0.29%
2008 346,000 -0.29%
2007 347,000 -0.29%
2006 348,000 -0.29%
2005 349,000 0.00%
2004 349,000 0.00%
2003 349,000 0.00%
2002 349,000 0.00%
2001 349,000 0.00%
2000 349,000 0.58%
1999 347,000 0.58%
1998 345,000 0.58%
1997 343,000 0.59%
1996 341,000 1.19%
1995 337,000 3.37%
1994 326,000 3.49%
1993 315,000 3.28%
1992 305,000 3.39%
1991 295,000 3.15%
1990 286,000 3.62%
1989 276,000 3.37%
1988 267,000 3.09%
1987 259,000 3.60%
1986 250,000 2.46%
1985 244,000 0.83%
1984 242,000 0.41%
1983 241,000 0.42%
1982 240,000 0.84%
1981 238,000 0.85%
1980 236,000 3.06%
1979 229,000 2.69%
1978 223,000 2.76%
1977 217,000 2.84%
1976 211,000 2.93%
1975 205,000 2.50%
1974 200,000 2.56%
1973 195,000 3.17%
1972 189,000 2.72%
1971 184,000 2.79%
1970 179,000 2.29%
1969 175,000 2.94%
1968 170,000 3.03%
1967 165,000 2.48%
1966 161,000 3.21%
1965 156,000 2.63%
1964 152,000 2.70%
1963 148,000 2.78%
1962 144,000 2.86%
1961 140,000 2.94%
1960 136,000 1.49%
1959 134,000 2.29%
1958 131,000 1.55%
1957 129,000 1.57%
1956 127,000 1.60%
1955 125,000 2.46%
1954 122,000 1.67%
1953 120,000 2.56%
1952 117,000 2.63%
1951 114,000 1.79%
1950 112,000 0.00%