List of Japanese cities by population (1889)

Main article: List of cities in Japan

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.
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| 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[edit]

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