Japan Proper
Meiji government established the uniformed registered system of koseki (戸籍, family registries?) in 1872, which is called Jinshin koseki (壬申戸籍?).
Year | honseki population |
A-type de facto population |
B-type de facto population |
Estimated population |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 8, 1872 | 33,110,796 | 33,238,011 | 34,806,000 | |
Jan 1, 1873 | 33,300,644 | 33,416,939 | 34,985,000 | |
Jan 1, 1874 | 33,625,646 | 33,749,932 | 35,154,000 | |
Jan 1, 1875 | 33,997,415 | 33,997,250 | 35,316,000 | |
Jan 1, 1876 | 34,338,367 | 34,302,068 | 35,555,000 | |
Jan 1, 1877 | 34,628,328 | 35,870,000 | ||
Jan 1, 1878 | 34,898,540 | 36,166,000 | ||
Jan 1, 1879 | 35,768,547 | 36,464,000 | ||
Jan 1, 1880 | 35,929,023 | 36,649,000 | ||
Jan 1, 1881 | 36,358,955 | 36,965,000 | ||
Jan 1, 1882 | 36,700,079 | 37,259,000 | ||
Jan 1, 1883 | 37,017,262 | 37,569,000 | ||
Jan 1, 1884 | 37,451,727 | 37,687,645 | 37,451,800 | 37,962,000 |
Jan 1, 1885 | 37,868,949 | 37,975,069 | 37,704,100 | 38,313,000 |
Jan 1, 1886 | 38,151,217 | 38,276,376 | 38,147,600 | 38,541,000 |
Dec 31, 1886 | 38,507,177 | 38,833,415 | 38,530,400 | 38,703,000 (as of Jan 1, 1887) |
Dec 31, 1887 | 39,069,691 | 39,510,146 | 39,137,100 | 39,029,000 (as of Jan 1, 1888) |
Dec 31, 1888 | 39,607,234 | 40,105,479 | 39,626,600 | 39,473,000 (as of Jan 1, 1889) |
Dec 31, 1889 | 40,072,020 | 40,692,808 | 40,076,500 | 39,902,000 (as of Jan 1, 1890) |
Dec 31, 1890 | 40,453,461 | 40,968,835 | 40,460,300 | 40,251,000 (as of Jan 1, 1891) |
Dec 31, 1891 | 40,718,677 | 41,268,732 | 40,718,800 | 40,508,000 (as of Jan 1, 1892) |
Dec 31, 1892 | 41,089,940 | 41,696,847 | 41,083,400 | 40,860,000 (as of Jan 1, 1893) |
Dec 31, 1893 | 41,388,313 | 42,060,976 | 41,378,600 | 41,142,000 (as of Jan 1, 1894) |
Dec 31, 1894 | 41,813,215 | 42,430,985 | 41,694,700 | 41,557,000 (as of Jan 1, 1895) |
Dec 31, 1895 | 42,270,620 | 43,048,226 | 42,225,300 | 41,992,000 (as of Jan 1, 1896) |
Dec 31, 1896 | 42,708,264 | 43,499,833 | 42,665,300 | 42,400,000 (as of Jan 1, 1897) |
Dec 31, 1897 | 43,228,863 | 43,978,495 | 43,180,400 | 42,886,000 (as of Jan 1, 1898) |
Dec 31, 1898 | 43,763,855 | 45,403,041 | 43,716,400 | 43,404,000 (as of Jan 1, 1899) |
Dec 31, 1899 | 44,270,495 | 44,269,900 | 43,847,000 (as of Jan 1, 1900) | |
Dec 31, 1900 | 44,825,597 | 44,831,300 | 44,359,000 (as of Jan 1, 1901) | |
Dec 31, 1901 | 45,446,369 | 45,404,700 | 44,964,000 (as of Jan 1, 1902) | |
Dec 31, 1902 | 46,041,768 | 45,990,000 | 45,546,000 (as of Jan 1, 1903) | |
Dec 31, 1903 | 46,732,876 | 48,542,736 | 46,588,000 | 46,135,000 (as of Jan 1, 1904) |
Dec 31, 1904 | 47,219,566 | 47,197,600 | 46,620,000 (as of Jan 1, 1905) | |
Dec 31, 1905 | 47,678,396 | 47,819,300 | 47,038,000 (as of Jan 1, 1906) | |
Dec 31, 1906 | 48,164,761 | 48,451,100 | 47,416,000 (as of Jan 1, 1907) | |
Dec 31, 1907 | 48,819,630 | 49,092,000 | 47,965,000 (as of Jan 1, 1908) | |
Dec 31, 1908 | 49,588,804 | 51,742,486 | 49,318,300 | 48,554,000 (as of Jan 1, 1909) |
Dec 31, 1909 | 50,254,471 | 50,011,700 | 49,184,000 (as of Jan 1, 1910) | |
Dec 31, 1910 | 50,984,844 | 50,716,600 | 49,852,000 (as of Jan 1, 1911) | |
Dec 31, 1911 | 51,753,934 | 51,435,400 | 50,577,000 (as of Jan 1, 1912) | |
Dec 31, 1912 | 52,522,753 | 52,167,000 | 51,305,000 (as of Jan 1, 1913) | |
Dec 31, 1913 | 53,362,682 | 55,131,270 | 52,911,800 | 52,039,000 (as of Jan 1, 1914) |
Dec 31, 1914 | 54,142,441 | 53,668,600 | 52,752,000 (as of Jan 1, 1915) | |
Dec 31, 1915 | 54,935,755 | 54,439,400 | 53,496,000 (as of Jan 1, 1916) | |
Dec 31, 1916 | 55,637,431 | 55,224,500 | 54,134,000 (as of Jan 1, 1917) | |
Dec 31, 1917 | 56,335,971 | 56,022,700 | 54,739,000 (as of Jan 1, 1918) | |
Dec 31, 1918 | 56,667,711 | 58,087,277 | 55,662,900 | 55,033,000 (as of Jan 1, 1919) |
Dec 31, 1919 | 57,233,906 | 56,253,200 | 55,473,000 (as of Jan 1, 1920) |
The first national census based on full sampling of inhabitants was conducted in Japan in 1920, and was conducted every five years thereafter. Per the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the population distribution of Japan proper from 1920 to 1945 is as follows
Date | Population | % Change | Area (km2) | Density (km2) | % Urban |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1920-10-01 | 55,963,053 | NA | 381,808.04 | 147 | 18.0 |
1925-10-01 | 59,736,822 | 6.7 | 381,810.06 | 156 | 21.6 |
1930-10-01 | 64,450,005 | 7.9 | 382,264.91 | 169 | 24.0 |
1935-10-01 | 69,254,148 | 7.5 | 382,545.42 | 181 | 32.7 |
1940-10-01 | 73,114,308 | 5.6 | 382,545.42 | 191 | 37.7 |
1945-11-01 | 71,998,104 | -0.7 | 377,298.15 | 195 | 22.8 |
The above figures include Hokkaidō, the northernmost island, sparsely populated, with area similar to the state of Maine; the central island of Honshū, larger than Ohio and Indiana, site of the most important cities and industrial centers; and smaller islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku, and Okinawa (except for the 1945 census values).
In Japan proper, the population of major cities was as follows:
City or
town |
Japanese | Jan 1,
1873 |
Dec 31,
1886 |
Dec 31,
1889 |
Dec 31,
1893 |
Dec 31,
1898 |
Dec 31,
1903 |
Dec 31,
1908 |
Dec 31,
1913 |
Oct 1,
1920 |
Oct 1,
1925 |
Oct 1,
1930 |
Oct 1,
1935 |
Oct 1,
1940 |
Feb 22,
1944 |
Nov 1,
1945 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tōkyō | 東京 | 595,905 | 1,121,883 | 1,389,684 | 1,214,113 | 1,440,121 | 1,818,655 | 2,186,079 | 2,050,126 | 2,173,201 | 1,995,567 | 2,070,529 | 5,875,667 | 6,778,804 | 6,558,161 | 2,777,010 |
Ōsaka | 大阪 | 271,992 | 361,694 | 476,271 | 482,961 | 821,235 | 995,945 | 1,226,647 | 1,395,823 | 1,252,983 | 2,114,804 | 2,452,569 | 2,989,874 | 3,252,340 | 2,833,344 | 1,102,959 |
Nagoya | 名古屋 | 125,193 | 131,492 | 162,767 | 194,796 | 244,145 | 288,639 | 378,231 | 452,043 | 429,997 | 768,558 | 907,402 | 1,082,816 | 1,328,084 | 1,344,100 | 597,941 |
Yokohama | 横浜 | 64,602 | 89,545 | 121,985 | 152,451 | 193,762 | 326,035 | 394,303 | 397,574 | 422,938 | 405,888 | 620,296 | 704,290 | 968,091 | 1,019,466 | 624,994 |
Kyōto | 京都 | 238,663 | 245,675 | 279,792 | 317,270 | 353,139 | 380,568 | 442,462 | 509,380 | 591,323 | 679,963 | 765,142 | 1,010,593 | 1,089,726 | 964,466 | 866,153 |
Kōbe | 神戸 | 40,900 | 80,446 | 135,639 | 153,382 | 215,780 | 285,002 | 378,197 | 442,167 | 608,644 | 644,212 | 787,596 | 912,179 | 967,234 | 918,032 | 379,166 |
Kawasaki | 川崎 | 3,123 | 4,031 | 5,036 | 4,896 | 5,647 | 5,564 | 7,239 | 10,060 | 21,391 | 54,634 | 104,346 | 154,748 | 300,777 | 380,919 | 180,042 |
Hiroshima | 広島 | 74,305 | 81,914 | 88,820 | 91,479 | 122,306 | 121,196 | 142,763 | 167,130 | 160,510 | 195,731 | 270,365 | 310,118 | 343,968 | 336,483 | 137,197 |
Fukuoka | 福岡 | 41,635 | 42,617 | 53,014 | 58,181 | 66,190 | 71,047 | 82,106 | 97,303 | 95,381 | 146,005 | 228,290 | 291,158 | 306,763 | 324,499 | 252,282 |
Yokosuka | 横須賀 | 2,810 | 13,251 | 24,366 | 24,366 | 24,750 | 36,956 | 70,964 | 85,478 | 89,879 | 96,351 | 110,304 | 182,871 | 193,358 | 298,132 | 202,038 |
Miyahara/ Washō/ Kure |
宮原/ 和庄/ 呉 |
n. d. | 11,160 | 7,335 | 11,648 | 21,553 | 66,006 | 100,679 | 128,342 | 130,362 | 138,863 | 190,265 | 231,333 | 238,195 | 293,632 | 152,184 |
Nagasaki | 長崎 | 29,656 | 38,229 | 55,063 | 65,374 | 107,422 | 153,293 | 176,480 | 161,174 | 176,534 | 189,071 | 204,179 | 211,702 | 252,630 | 270,113 | 142,748 |
Amagasaki | 尼崎 | 12,404 | 12,742 | 13,580 | 13,955 | 15,066 | 18,006 | 19,888 | 25,045 | 38,461 | 44,241 | 50,064 | 71,072 | 181,011 | 270,073 | 153,051 |
Sendai | 仙台 | 51,998 | 61,709 | 90,231 | 73,771 | 83,325 | 100,231 | 97,944 | 104,141 | 118,984 | 142,894 | 190,177 | 219,547 | 223,630 | 261,117 | 238,250 |
Yahata | 八幡 | n. d. | n. d. | 3,068 | 2,309 | 3,014 | 7,592 | 22,767 | 45,630 | 100,235 | 118,376 | 168,218 | 208,629 | 261,309 | 252,662 | 151,378 |
Sasebo | 佐世保 | n. d. | n. d. | 8,005 | 13,122 | 37,485 | 68,344 | 93,051 | 94,914 | 87,022 | 95,385 | 133,172 | 173,283 | 205,989 | 241,239 | 147,617 |
Sapporo | 札幌 | 1,785 | 15,041 | 16,876 | 27,694 | 37,482 | 55,304 | 70,084 | 96,924 | 102,580 | 145,065 | 168,575 | 196,541 | 206,103 | 225,842 | 220,139 |
Sakai | 堺 | 38,838 | 44,015 | 48,165 | 46,138 | 50,203 | 54,040 | 61,103 | 67,706 | 84,999 | 105,009 | 120,347 | 141,286 | 182,147 | 217,939 | 168,348 |
Shizuoka | 静岡 | 31,555 | 36,838 | 37,664 | 37,096 | 42,172 | 48,744 | 53,614 | 64,108 | 74,093 | 84,772 | 136,481 | 200,737 | 212,198 | 211,666 | 161,720 |
Kumamoto | 熊本 | 44,620 | 44,384 | 52,833 | 62,432 | 61,463 | 59,717 | 61,233 | 68,167 | 70,388 | 147,174 | 164,449 | 187,382 | 194,193 | 211,011 | 181,128 |
Akamazeki/ Shimonoseki |
赤間関/ 下関 |
18,500 | 30,825 | 29,919 | 33,565 | 42,786 | 46,285 | 58,254 | 72,117 | 72,300 | 92,317 | 98,549 | 132,737 | 196,022 | 206,961 | 155,623 |
Wakayama | 和歌山 | 61,124 | 54,868 | 56,713 | 55,726 | 63,667 | 68,527 | 77,303 | 77,683 | 83,500 | 95,622 | 117,437 | 179,732 | 195,203 | 205,396 | 147,523 |
Hakodate | 函館 | 28,825 | 45,477 | 52,909 | 63,619 | 78,040 | 85,313 | 87,875 | 99,795 | 144,749 | 163,972 | 197,252 | 207,480 | 203,862 | 196,680 | 181,531 |
Kanazawa | 金沢 | 109,685 | 97,653 | 94,257 | 91,531 | 83,662 | 99,657 | 110,994 | 129,804 | 129,265 | 147,420 | 157,309 | 163,733 | 186,297 | 193,560 | 200,584 |
Kagoshima | 鹿児島 | 27,240 | 45,097 | 57,465 | 56,139 | 53,481 | 59,001 | 63,640 | 75,907 | 103,180 | 124,734 | 137,232 | 181,736 | 190,257 | 189,991 | 93,698 |
Niigata | 新潟 | 33,152 | 40,778 | 46,353 | 49,700 | 53,366 | 59,576 | 61,616 | 66,622 | 92,130 | 108,941 | 125,106 | 134,992 | 150,903 | 177,289 | 174,170 |
Okayama | 岡山 | 32,372 | 32,989 | 48,333 | 51,665 | 58,025 | 81,025 | 93,421 | 86,961 | 94,585 | 124,521 | 139,221 | 166,144 | 163,552 | 160,902 | 92,861 |
Toyama | 富山 | 44,682 | 53,556 | 58,159 | 58,187 | 59,558 | 56,275 | 57,437 | 64,822 | 61,812 | 67,490 | 75,099 | 83,324 | 127,859 | 160,537 | 100,775 |
Otaru | 小樽 | 3,903 | 15,882 | 12,629 | 34,259 | 56,961 | 79,361 | 91,281 | 92,864 | 108,113 | 134,469 | 144,884 | 153,587 | 164,282 | 151,905 | 145,510 |
Kōchi | 高知 | 39,757 | 30,987 | 32,241 | 34,711 | 36,511 | 35,518 | 38,279 | 39,162 | 49,329 | 65,723 | 96,991 | 103,405 | 106,644 | 136,699 | 111,630 |
Tokushima | 徳島 | 48,861 | 57,456 | 61,107 | 61,337 | 61,501 | 63,710 | 65,561 | 70,292 | 68,457 | 74,545 | 90,622 | 97,021 | 119,581 | 116,734 | 80,681 |
Takamatsu | 高松 | 32,736 | 37,698 | 32,081 | 35,330 | 34,416 | 37,430 | 42,578 | 41,837 | 46,550 | 71,897 | 79,906 | 86,840 | 111,207 | 107,202 | 72,656 |
Fukui | 福井 | 39,784 | 37,376 | 40,849 | 42,680 | 44,286 | 50,155 | 50,396 | 56,218 | 56,639 | 59,943 | 64,199 | 75,273 | 94,595 | 99,477 | 45,559 |
Akita | 秋田 | 38,118 | 29,225 | 29,568 | 28,229 | 29,477 | 34,350 | 36,294 | 36,560 | 36,281 | 43,887 | 51,070 | 60,646 | 61,791 | 97,361 | 101,009 |
Matsue | 松江 | 37,308 | 33,381 | 35,934 | 35,409 | 34,651 | 35,081 | 36,209 | 38,631 | 37,527 | 41,396 | 44,502 | 52,033 | 55,506 | 54,282 | 54,033 |
Hagi | 萩 | 45,318 | 21,206 | 19,804 | 19,274 | 15,877 | 18,114 | 18,069 | 17,129 | 14,386 | 33,225 | 32,106 | 32,587 | 32,270 | 30,960 | 38,388 |
Shuri | 首里 | 44,984 | 25,587 | 26,205 | 25,359 | 24,809 | 23,827 | 25,141 | 24,102 | 22,838 | 20,582 | 20,199 | 19,305 | 17,537 | 17,964 | n.d. |
In 1937 Japanese demographers projected the Japanese population in 1980 to reach 100,000,000, in accordance with observed growth rates.
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of Imperial Japan
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