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The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large cities in Japan are cities designated by government ordinance. Some regionally important cities are designated as core cities. Tokyo is not included on this list, as the City of Tokyo ceased to exist on July 1, 1943.
Rank Name Prefecture Pop. Rank Name Prefecture Pop. 1: Tokyo: Tokyo: 9,272,740: 11: Hiroshima: Hiroshima: 1,194,034 2: Yokohama: Kanagawa: 3,724,844: 12: Sendai ...
A series of municipal mergers throughout the 1950s known as the "Great Showa Mergers" cut the number of municipalities in Japan by almost two thirds, significantly increasing the size of many cities in the process. By this time, almost all of Japan's largest cities had recovered war losses and exceeded their prewar populations.
Here are the top 10 largest cities by population in 2024 according to World Population Review, rounded: Tokyo, Japan - 37.1 million people Delhi, India - 33.8 million people
The following list sorts all cities (including towns and villages) in the Japanese metropolis of Tokyo with a population of more than 5,000 according to the 2020 Census. As of October 1, 2020, 31 places fulfill this criterion and are listed here.
Number of cities 1 China: 130 2 India: 50 3 Russia: 16 4 Brazil: 15 5 Indonesia: 14 6 Japan: 12 7 South Korea: 11 8 Mexico: 10 Pakistan: 10 Turkey: 10 11 United States: 9 12 Iran: 8 Nigeria: 8 14 DR Congo: 7 15 South Africa: 6 Taiwan: 6 17 Australia: 5 Canada: 5 Colombia: 5 Saudi Arabia: 5 21 Egypt: 4 Germany: 4 Morocco: 4 Philippines: 4 25
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After WWII, their number almost doubled during the "great Shōwa mergers" of the 1950s and continued to grow so that it surpassed the number of towns in the early 21st century (see the List of mergers and dissolutions of municipalities in Japan). [5] As of October 1 2018, there are 792 cities of Japan. [6]