Which Nationality Has The Largest Number Of Foreigners Living In Japan?

Answer

As of October 1, 2020, there are 2,402,460 foreigners living in Japan, and the largest number by nationality is Chinese, with 667,475 people living in Japan, or 27.8% of all foreigners (Table 1,Figure 1).

This was followed by Korean nationals with 374,593, and these two countries accounted for 43.4% of the total foreign nationals.

Looking at the composition of all Chinese nationals by prefecture, Tokyo-to(Area code:13) has the largest number, with 195,740 Chinese nationals living in Japan, accounting for 29.3% (Table 1, Figure 2).

The prefecture with the lowest percentage of Chinese nationals is Tottori-ken(Area code:31), with 751 Chinese nationals living there.

Furthermore, when looking at the ratio of Chinese nationals to the total number of foreigners by prefecture, Tokyo-to has the highest proportion of Chinese nationals, accounting for 40.5% of all foreigners living in Tokyo (Table 1 ,Figure 3).

Gunma-ken(Area code:10) has the lowest percentage, with 6,036 Chinese nationals living there, or 11.3% of the 53,432 foreigners living there.

Nationality Population Composition ratio(%)
1 Foreigner 2,402,460 100.0
2 People's Republic of China 667,475 27.8
3 Republic of Korea 374,593 15.6
4 Others 339,634 14.1
5 Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 320,805 13.4
6 Republic of the Philippines 230,351 9.6
7 Federative Republic of Brazil 180,014 7.5
8 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal 67,325 2.8
9 Republic of Indonesia 49,147 2.0
10 United States of America 47,875 2.0
11 Kingdom of Thailand 42,702 1.8
12 Republic of Peru 41,034 1.7
13 India 27,915 1.2
14 United Kingdom 13,590 0.6
Table 1: Number of foreigners living in Japan by country
Figure 1: Number of foreigners living in Japan by country
Area code Prefectures Foreigner People's Republic of China Ratio 1(%)1 Ratio 2(%)2
1 00 Japan 2,402,460 667,475 100.0 27.8
2 13 Tokyo-to 483,372 195,740 29.3 40.5
3 14 Kanagawa-ken 195,535 63,833 9.6 32.6
4 27 Osaka-fu 208,681 60,430 9.1 29.0
5 11 Saitama-ken 161,439 57,579 8.6 35.7
6 12 Chiba-ken 142,177 49,043 7.3 34.5
7 23 Aichi-ken 231,369 41,242 6.2 17.8
8 28 Hyogo-ken 87,280 18,698 2.8 21.4
9 40 Fukuoka-ken 66,699 17,042 2.6 25.6
10 26 Kyoto-fu 52,442 14,159 2.1 27.0
11 34 Hiroshima-ken 47,733 12,241 1.8 25.6
12 08 Ibaraki-ken 57,819 10,609 1.6 18.3
13 22 Shizuoka-ken 86,046 10,319 1.5 12.0
14 01 Hokkaido 34,321 9,548 1.4 27.8
15 21 Gifu-ken 48,979 9,002 1.3 18.4
16 20 Nagano-ken 31,491 7,984 1.2 25.4
17 09 Tochigi-ken 37,408 6,378 1.0 17.0
18 33 Okayama-ken 25,116 6,203 0.9 24.7
19 10 Gumma-ken 53,432 6,036 0.9 11.3
20 24 Mie-ken 44,721 5,601 0.8 12.5
21 04 Miyagi-ken 19,453 5,116 0.8 26.3
22 25 Shiga-ken 28,704 4,283 0.6 14.9
23 15 Niigata-ken 15,028 4,167 0.6 27.7
24 16 Toyama-ken 16,326 4,106 0.6 25.2
25 17 Ishikawa-ken 13,685 3,812 0.6 27.9
26 19 Yamanashi-ken 13,993 3,385 0.5 24.2
27 38 Ehime-ken 11,159 3,278 0.5 29.4
28 37 Kagawa-ken 10,854 3,041 0.5 28.0
29 07 Fukushima-ken 12,868 3,033 0.5 23.6
30 47 Okinawa-ken 18,157 3,007 0.5 16.6
31 43 Kumamoto-ken 14,591 2,881 0.4 19.7
32 29 Nara-ken 11,505 2,594 0.4 22.5
33 18 Fukui-ken 13,796 2,402 0.4 17.4
34 35 Yamaguchi-ken 14,378 2,241 0.3 15.6
35 06 Yamagata-ken 7,149 1,984 0.3 27.8
36 44 Oita-ken 10,168 1,905 0.3 18.7
37 03 Iwate-ken 6,937 1,751 0.3 25.2
38 42 Nagasaki-ken 8,316 1,729 0.3 20.8
39 46 Kagoshima-ken 10,037 1,718 0.3 17.1
40 36 Tokushima-ken 5,033 1,412 0.2 28.1
41 30 Wakayama-ken 6,029 1,190 0.2 19.7
42 32 Shimane-ken 8,230 1,128 0.2 13.7
43 45 Miyazaki-ken 6,474 1,075 0.2 16.6
44 02 Aomori-ken 5,409 1,029 0.2 19.0
45 41 Saga-ken 5,940 1,003 0.2 16.9
46 05 Akita-ken 3,651 908 0.1 24.9
47 39 Kochi-ken 4,220 859 0.1 20.4
48 31 Tottori-ken 4,310 751 0.1 17.4
1 Composition ratio of Chinese people by prefecture(%)
2 Ratio of Chinese to total foreigners by prefecture(%)
Table 2: Chinese population by prefecture
Figure 2: Composition ratio of Chinese people by prefecture(%)
Figure 3: Ratio of Chinese to total foreigners by prefecture(%)

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