With approximately 9.7 million inhabitants, Tokyo was Japan's most populous city as of 2020, followed by Yokohama, which, in the same year, counted about 3.78 million inhabitants. In total, there were twelve cities with a population of over one million people in Japan.
Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2020, by population (in millions)
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (November 22, 2022). Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2020, by population (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2020, by population (in millions)." Chart. November 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 11, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2022). Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2020, by population (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Cities with More than One Million Inhabitants in Japan in 2020, by Population (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2020, by population (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/ (last visited December 11, 2023)
Cities with more than one million inhabitants in Japan in 2020, by population (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, November 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/616602/japan-megacities/