Urban agglomeration
37.5M
Growth (20 yrs)
+10%
City fertility
0.99
Foreign-born / foreign
4.8%
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018
| Year | Population | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 11,274,641 | — | Estimate |
| 1960 | 16,678,821 | +48% | Estimate |
| 1970 | 23,297,503 | +40% | Estimate |
| 1980 |
Source: MHLW / Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Ages 0–14
11.1%
Ages 15–64
66.3%
Ages 65+
22.6%
Foreign-born / foreign
4.8%
Age structure source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census (Tokyo Metropolis).
Foreign nationals (外国人) as % of Tokyo Metropolis population. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census.
23 wards · census / register 2020 · sum 9.7M
| # | Name | Population | Share | Area | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Setagaya | 943,664 | 9.7% | 58.1 km² | 16,256/km² |
| 2 | Nerima | 752,608 | 7.7% | 48.1 km² | 15,653/km² |
| 3 | Ōta | 748,081 | 7.7% | 60.7 km² | 12,332/km² |
| 4 | Edogawa | 697,932 | 7.2% | 49.9 km² | 13,987/km² |
Coordinates 35.68, 139.65 · map tiles © OpenStreetMap / CARTO
Source: World Bank
Source: World Bank
| 28,548,512 |
| +23% |
| Estimate |
| 1985 | 30,303,794 | +6% | Estimate |
| 1990 | 32,530,003 | +7% | Estimate |
| 2000 | 34,449,908 | +6% | Estimate |
| 2010 | 36,859,626 | +7% | Estimate |
| 2015 | 37,256,109 | +1% | Estimate |
| 2018 | 37,468,302 | +1% | Estimate |
| 2025 | 37,036,204 | -1% | UN projection |
| 2035 | 36,014,030 | -3% | UN projection |
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018. Values are for the urban agglomeration, not the administrative city boundary.
Since 1990, Tokyo’s urban agglomeration grew from 32.5M to 37.5M (+15%). The UN projects 36M by 2035 · peak so far in 2018.
Estimates run through 2018; later years are UN projections. Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018.
| 5 |
| Adachi |
| 695,043 |
| 7.1% |
| 53.3 km² |
| 13,052/km² |
| 6 | Suginami | 591,108 | 6.1% | 34.1 km² | 17,355/km² |
| 7 | Itabashi | 584,483 | 6.0% | 32.2 km² | 18,140/km² |
| 8 | Kōtō | 524,310 | 5.4% | 40.2 km² | 13,056/km² |
| 9 | Katsushika | 453,093 | 4.7% | 34.8 km² | 13,020/km² |
| 10 | Shinagawa | 422,488 | 4.3% | 22.8 km² | 18,498/km² |
| 11 | Kita | 355,213 | 3.6% | 20.6 km² | 17,235/km² |
| 12 | Shinjuku | 349,385 | 3.6% | 18.2 km² | 19,176/km² |
| 13 | Nakano | 344,880 | 3.5% | 15.6 km² | 22,122/km² |
| 14 | Toshima | 301,599 | 3.1% | 13.0 km² | 23,182/km² |
| 15 | Meguro | 288,088 | 3.0% | 14.7 km² | 19,638/km² |
| 16 | Sumida | 272,085 | 2.8% | 13.8 km² | 19,759/km² |
| 17 | Minato | 260,486 | 2.7% | 20.4 km² | 12,788/km² |
| 18 | Shibuya | 243,883 | 2.5% | 15.1 km² | 16,141/km² |
| 19 | Bunkyō | 240,069 | 2.5% | 11.3 km² | 21,264/km² |
| 20 | Arakawa | 217,475 | 2.2% | 10.2 km² | 21,405/km² |
| 21 | Taitō | 211,444 | 2.2% | 10.1 km² | 20,914/km² |
| 22 | Chūō | 169,179 | 1.7% | 10.2 km² | 16,570/km² |
| 23 | Chiyoda | 66,680 | 0.7% | 11.7 km² | 5,719/km² |
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census (確定値); ward = 特別区. Administrative units may not sum to the UN urban-agglomeration total above (different geographic definitions).
