Oita, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2024

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Oita, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Oita in 2024 is 475,000, a 0.42% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Oita in 2023 was 477,000, a 0.21% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Oita in 2022 was 478,000, a 0.21% decline from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Oita in 2021 was 479,000, a 0% increase from 2020.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in Japan
City Name Population
Tokyo 37,115,000
Osaka 18,967,000
Nagoya 9,557,000
Kitakyushu-Fukuoka 5,478,000
Shizuoka-Hamamatsu 2,936,000
Sapporo 2,661,000
Sendai 2,341,000
Hiroshima 2,063,000
Niigata 796,000
Kumamoto 737,000
Okayama 720,000
Kagoshima 581,000
Utsunomiya 519,000
Matsuyama 504,000
Oita 475,000
Kurashiki 471,000
Fukuyama 462,000
Kanazawa 462,000
Takamatsu 416,000
Toyama 407,000
Nagasaki 400,000
Miyazaki 396,000
Nagano 366,000
Toyohashi 366,000
Takasaki 365,000
Iwaki 355,000
Koriyama 325,000
Maebashi 324,000
Asahikawa 322,000
Kochi 322,000
Naha 319,000
Kurume 302,000
Akita 298,000
Oita - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2024 475,000 -0.42%
2023 477,000 -0.21%
2022 478,000 -0.21%
2021 479,000 0.00%
2020 479,000 -0.21%
2019 480,000 0.00%
2018 480,000 0.00%
2017 480,000 0.21%
2016 479,000 0.21%
2015 478,000 0.21%
2014 477,000 0.21%
2013 476,000 0.00%
2012 476,000 0.21%
2011 475,000 0.42%
2010 473,000 0.42%
2009 471,000 0.43%
2008 469,000 0.64%
2007 466,000 0.43%
2006 464,000 0.43%
2005 462,000 0.43%
2004 460,000 0.22%
2003 459,000 0.44%
2002 457,000 0.22%
2001 456,000 0.44%
2000 454,000 0.44%
1999 452,000 0.22%
1998 451,000 0.45%
1997 449,000 0.22%
1996 448,000 1.82%
1995 440,000 5.52%
1994 417,000 5.57%
1993 395,000 5.61%
1992 374,000 5.65%
1991 354,000 5.67%
1990 335,000 5.68%
1989 317,000 5.67%
1988 300,000 5.63%
1987 284,000 5.58%
1986 269,000 4.67%
1985 257,000 2.80%
1984 250,000 2.46%
1983 244,000 2.52%
1982 238,000 2.59%
1981 232,000 3.11%
1980 225,000 5.63%
1979 213,000 5.45%
1978 202,000 5.21%
1977 192,000 5.49%
1976 182,000 5.20%
1975 173,000 5.49%
1974 164,000 5.13%
1973 156,000 5.41%
1972 148,000 5.71%
1971 140,000 4.48%
1970 134,000 2.29%
1969 131,000 2.34%
1968 128,000 3.23%
1967 124,000 2.48%
1966 121,000 2.54%
1965 118,000 1.72%
1964 116,000 2.65%
1963 113,000 2.73%
1962 110,000 2.80%
1961 107,000 1.90%
1960 105,000 2.94%
1959 102,000 2.00%
1958 100,000 3.09%
1957 97,000 2.11%
1956 95,000 2.15%
1955 93,000 3.33%
1954 90,000 2.27%
1953 88,000 2.33%
1952 86,000 2.38%
1951 84,000 2.44%
1950 82,000 0.00%