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Year-on-year rate of population change. Positive is growth, negative is decline.
Source: MIC — Population Estimates
In 2023, Tokyo recorded the highest Population change rate (6.6%) and Akita the lowest (-18.7%) among Japan's 47 prefectures. The simple 47-prefecture average is -8.4%. Source: MIC — Population Estimates.
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Year-on-year rate of population change. Positive is growth, negative is decline.
▲ The top 5 prefectures are tinted sky, ▼ the bottom 5 amber — just enough colour to follow the two ends of the “desirable direction.”
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