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Total resident population of the municipality.
Source: e-Stat — System of Social and Demographic Statistics (municipal data)
In 2020, Yokohama, Kanagawa recorded the highest Total population (3,777,491people) and Futaba-machi, Fukushima the lowest (0people) among 1,911 municipalities in Japan. The national average is 80,184people. Source: e-Stat — System of Social and Demographic Statistics (municipal data).
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▲ The top 5 are tinted sky, ▼ the bottom 5 amber. Ties share a rank (standard competition ranking).
The same metric at prefecture level lives at /ranking/muni_pop_total. For each municipality’s trend and detail, open its page from the municipality index.
Note: trend charts live on each municipality page (/municipality/{code}). This page does one thing — line up the whole country on a single axis.