List of Japanese cities by population (1889)

This is the list of Japanese municipalities by population, as of December 31, 1889. The list includes all the cities, as well as other municipalities with more population than Kurume, the least populous city at the time.

Source: Japanese Wikipedia article of 市制 (City system), retrieved on July 4, 2008.[citation needed]
  • Japanese national population is as of December 31, 1888.[1]
  • Municipal statuses, names, and populations are as of December 31, 1889.
  • Prefectural capital statuses are as of 2008.
  Prefecture Municipality Pop. Status Pref.
Capital
  Japan 39,626,600
1 Tokyo Tokyo 1,389,684 City Yes
2 Osaka Osaka 476,271 City Yes
3 Kyoto Kyoto 279,792 City Yes
4 Aichi Nagoya 162,767 City Yes
5 Hyōgo Kobe 135,639 City Yes
6 Kanagawa Yokohama 121,985 City Yes
7 Ishikawa Kanazawa 94,257 City Yes
8 Miyagi Sendai 90,231 City Yes
9 Hiroshima Hiroshima 88,820 City Yes
10 Tokushima Tokushima 61,107 City Yes
11 Toyama Toyama 58,159 City Yes
12 Kagoshima Kagoshima 57,465 City Yes
13 Wakayama Wakayama 56,713 City Yes
14 Nagasaki Nagasaki 55,063 City Yes
15 Fukuoka Fukuoka 53,014 City Yes
16 Hokkaido Hakodate 52,909 Ward No
17 Kumamoto Kumamoto 52,833 City Yes
18 Okayama Okayama 48,333 City Yes
19 Osaka Sakai 48,165 City No
20 Niigata Niigata 46,353 City Yes
21 Fukui Fukui 40,849 City Yes
  Okinawa Naha 40,212 Unofficial area Yes
22 Shizuoka Shizuoka 37,664 City Yes
23 Shimane Matsue 35,934 City Yes
24 Ehime Matsuyama 32,738 City Yes
25 Kōchi Kōchi 32,241 City Yes
  Kagawa Takamatsu 32,081 Unofficial area Yes
26 Iwate Morioka 31,153 City Yes
27 Yamanashi Kōfu 31,135 City Yes
28 Tochigi Utsunomiya 30,698 Town Yes
29 Aomori Hirosaki 30,487 City No
30 Shiga Ōtsu 29,941 Town Yes
31 Yamaguchi Akamaseki 29,919 City No
32 Yamagata Yonezawa 29,591 City No
33 Akita Akita 29,568 City Yes
34 Nagano Matsumoto 29,319 Town No
35 Yamagata Yamagata 29,019 City Yes
36 Nagano Nagano 28,980 Town Yes
37 Toyama Takaoka 28,928 City No
38 Tottori Tottori 28,396 City Yes
39 Mie Tsu 28,156 City Yes
40 Gunma Maebashi 28,115 Town Yes
41 Mie Ujiyamada 27,365 Town No
42 Gifu Gifu 27,089 City Yes
43 Hyōgo Himeji 27,055 City No
44 Saga Saga 26,401 City Yes
  Okinawa Shuri 26,205 Unofficial area Yes
45 Osaka Nanba 25,617 Village Yes
46 Ibaraki Mito 25,591 City Yes
47 Fukuoka Kurume 24,859 City No
  • These municipalities changed their names:
    • Akamaseki, now a part of Shimonoseki.
    • Ujiyamada, now a part of Ise.
    • Shuri, now a part of Naha.
    • Nanba, now a part of Chūō Ward, Osaka.
  • Naha, Takamatsu, and Shuri were unofficial place names given to the groups of smaller towns or villages.

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2016-07-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)