Which Prefecture Has The Most Foreigners In Japan?

 

1 The answer is…

NoteThe answer

The answer is Tokyo (area code 13), with a foreign population of 715,000. As of October 1, 2024, the total foreign population in Japan is 3.506 million, meaning approximately 20% of all foreign residents live in Tokyo.

Tokyo also has the highest percentage of foreign residents at 5.0%. It is followed by Gunma Prefecture (area code 10), where the ratio is 4.2% (with 79,000 foreign residents compared to 1.811 million Japanese residents). On the other end of the scale, Akita Prefecture has the lowest percentage of foreign residents at 0.7%, with only 6,000 foreign residents against a Japanese population of 891,000.

Caution

The source data does not include the foreign population. On this page, the foreign population is calculated by subtracting the Japanese population from the total population.

  • Time Point : As of October 1, 2024
  • By Sex : Both sexes
  • 5-year age groups : All ages
  • Unit : Thousands

1.1 Percentage of foreigners by Prefecture - Table

Table 1: As of October 1, 2024 - Both sexes - All ages - Thousands
No Area code Japan and Prefectures Japanese Population Foreign Population Percentage of foreigners
1 - Nationwide 120,296 3,506 2.8
2 01 Hokkaido 4,980 63 1.2
3 02 Aomori 1,157 8 0.7
4 03 Iwate 1,134 11 1.0
5 04 Miyagi 2,219 29 1.3
6 05 Akita 891 6 0.7
7 06 Yamagata 1,001 10 1.0
8 07 Fukushima 1,724 19 1.1
9 08 Ibaraki 2,716 90 3.2
10 09 Tochigi 1,830 55 2.9
11 10 Gunma 1,811 79 4.2
12 11 Saitama 7,083 249 3.4
13 12 Chiba 6,057 194 3.1
14 13 Tokyo 13,463 715 5.0
15 14 Kanagawa 8,941 284 3.1
16 15 Niigata 2,078 21 1.0
17 16 Toyama 974 23 2.3
18 17 Ishikawa 1,079 19 1.7
19 18 Fukui 721 18 2.4
20 19 Yamanashi 769 22 2.8
21 20 Nagano 1,945 42 2.1
22 21 Gifu 1,846 70 3.7
23 22 Shizuoka 3,411 116 3.3
24 23 Aichi 7,160 300 4.0
25 24 Mie 1,649 62 3.6
26 25 Shiga 1,360 42 3.0
27 26 Kyoto 2,441 79 3.1
28 27 Osaka 8,453 304 3.5
29 28 Hyogo 5,204 133 2.5
30 29 Nara 1,267 18 1.4
31 30 Wakayama 871 9 1.0
32 31 Tottori 525 6 1.1
33 32 Shimane 631 11 1.7
34 33 Okayama 1,795 36 2.0
35 34 Hiroshima 2,655 59 2.2
36 35 Yamaguchi 1,260 21 1.6
37 36 Tokushima 678 7 1.0
38 37 Kagawa 899 18 2.0
39 38 Ehime 1,259 17 1.3
40 39 Kochi 649 7 1.1
41 40 Fukuoka 4,989 103 2.0
42 41 Saga 777 11 1.4
43 42 Nagasaki 1,237 15 1.2
44 43 Kumamoto 1,669 28 1.6
45 44 Oita 1,066 19 1.8
46 45 Miyazaki 1,021 12 1.2
47 46 Kagoshima 1,513 19 1.2
48 47 Okinawa 1,437 29 2.0

1.2 Percentage of foreigners by Prefecture - Choropleth Map

Figure 1

2 Data Source

  • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

3 Release frequency

  • Annually

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