List of Japanese cities by population (1889) explained

See 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.

• 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
2	Osaka	Osaka	476,271	City
3	Kyoto	Kyoto	279,792	City
4	Aichi	Nagoya	162,767	City
5	Hyōgo	Kobe	135,639	City
6	Kanagawa	Yokohama	121,985	City
7	Ishikawa	Kanazawa	94,257	City
8	Miyagi	Sendai	90,231	City
9	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	88,820	City
10	Tokushima	Tokushima	61,107	City
11	Toyama	Toyama	58,159	City
12	Kagoshima	Kagoshima	57,465	City
13	Wakayama	Wakayama	56,713	City
14	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	55,063	City
15	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	53,014	City
16	Hokkaido	Hakodate	52,909	Ward
17	Kumamoto	Kumamoto	52,833	City
18	Okayama	Okayama	48,333	City
19	Osaka	Sakai	48,165	City
20	Niigata	Niigata	46,353	City
21	Fukui	Fukui	40,849	City
	Okinawa	Naha	40,212	Unofficial area
22	Shizuoka	Shizuoka	37,664	City
23	Shimane	Matsue	35,934	City
24	Ehime	Matsuyama	32,738	City
25	Kōchi	Kōchi	32,241	City
	Kagawa	Takamatsu	32,081	Unofficial area
26	Iwate	Morioka	31,153	City
27	Yamanashi	Kōfu	31,135	City
28	Tochigi	Utsunomiya	30,698	Town
29	Aomori	Hirosaki	30,487	City
30	Shiga	Ōtsu	29,941	Town
31	Yamaguchi	Akamaseki	29,919	City
32	Yamagata	Yonezawa	29,591	City
33	Akita	Akita	29,568	City
34	Nagano	Matsumoto	29,319	Town
35	Yamagata	Yamagata	29,019	City
36	Nagano	Nagano	28,980	Town
37	Toyama	Takaoka	28,928	City
38	Tottori	Tottori	28,396	City
39	Mie	Tsu	28,156	City
40	Gunma	Maebashi	28,115	Town
41	Mie	Ujiyamada	27,365	Town
42	Gifu	Gifu	27,089	City
43	Hyōgo	Himeji	27,055	City
44	Saga	Saga	26,401	City
	Okinawa	Shuri	26,205	Unofficial area
45	Osaka	Nanba	25,617	Village
46	Ibaraki	Mito	25,591	City
47	Fukuoka	Kurume	24,859	City

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001508/http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/02-04.xls . 2007-09-27 . dead .