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.

Japanese national population is as of December 31, 1888. 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 1TokyoTokyo1,389,684 City2OsakaOsaka476,271 City3KyotoKyoto279,792 City4AichiNagoya162,767 City5HyōgoKobe135,639 City6KanagawaYokohama121,985 City7IshikawaKanazawa94,257 City8MiyagiSendai90,231 City9HiroshimaHiroshima88,820 City10TokushimaTokushima61,107 City11ToyamaToyama58,159 City12KagoshimaKagoshima57,465 City13WakayamaWakayama56,713 City14NagasakiNagasaki55,063 City15FukuokaFukuoka53,014 City16HokkaidoHakodate52,909 Ward17KumamotoKumamoto52,833 City18OkayamaOkayama48,333 City19OsakaSakai48,165 City20NiigataNiigata46,353 City21FukuiFukui40,849 City　OkinawaNaha40,212 Unofficial area22ShizuokaShizuoka37,664 City23ShimaneMatsue35,934 City24EhimeMatsuyama32,738 City25KōchiKōchi32,241 City　KagawaTakamatsu32,081 Unofficial area26IwateMorioka31,153 City27YamanashiKōfu31,135 City28TochigiUtsunomiya30,698 Town29AomoriHirosaki30,487 City30ShigaŌtsu29,941 Town31YamaguchiAkamaseki29,919 City32YamagataYonezawa29,591 City33AkitaAkita29,568 City34NaganoMatsumoto29,319 Town35YamagataYamagata29,019 City36NaganoNagano28,980 Town37ToyamaTakaoka28,928 City38TottoriTottori28,396 City39MieTsu28,156 City40GunmaMaebashi28,115 Town41MieUjiyamada27,365 Town42GifuGifu27,089 City43HyōgoHimeji27,055 City44SagaSaga26,401 City　OkinawaShuri26,205 Unofficial area45OsakaNanba25,617 Village46IbarakiMito25,591 City47FukuokaKurume24,859 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.

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