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Population change rate
As of 2023
Official latest
Year-on-year rate of population change. Positive is growth, negative is decline.
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Tokyo
6.6
%
2
Saitama
0.1
%
3
Kanagawa
-0.5
%
4
Osaka
-0.7
%
5
Chiba
-0.8
%
6
Okinawa
-1.1
%
7
Fukuoka
-2.1
%
8
Aichi
-2.3
%
9
Shiga
-3.2
%
10
Kyoto
-6.0
%
11
Hyogo
-6.1
%
12
Gunma
-6.2
%
13
Yamanashi
-6.3
%
14
Ibaraki
-6.4
%
15
Tochigi
-6.6
%
16
Kumamoto
-6.9
%
17
Miyagi
-7.3
%
18
Fukui
-7.7
%
19
Shizuoka
-8.0
%
20
Nara
-8.0
%
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