| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | 9733276 |
| 2 | Yokohama | 3777491 |
| 3 | Osaka | 2753862 |
| 4 | Nagoya | 2332176 |
| 5 | Sapporo | 1973832 |
| 6 | Fukuoka | 1612392 |
| 7 | Kawasaki | 1538262 |
| 8 | Kobe | 1525152 |
| 9 | Kyoto | 1463723 |
| 10 | Saitama | 1324854 |
| 11 | Hiroshima | 1200754 |
| 12 | Sendai | 1096704 |
| 13 | Chiba | 979768 |
| 14 | Kitakyushu | 940978 |
| 15 | Sakai | 826161 |
| 16 | Niigata | 797591 |
| 17 | Hamamatsu | 791707 |
| 18 | Kumamoto | 738907 |
| 19 | Aihara | 725493 |
| 20 | Okayama | 724691 |
| 21 | Sagamihara | 720780 |
| 22 | Shizuoka | 693389 |
| 23 | Honcho | 644668 |
| 24 | Kawaguchi | 607373 |
| 25 | Kagoshima | 595049 |
| 26 | Itabashi | 584483 |
| 27 | Hachioji | 579355 |
| 28 | Himeji | 530495 |
| 29 | Utsunomiya | 518757 |
| 30 | Matsuyama | 511192 |
| 31 | Matsudo | 498575 |
| 32 | Ichikawa | 496676 |
| 33 | Higashiosaka | 493940 |
| 34 | Nishinomiya | 485587 |
| 35 | Kurashiki | 483576 |
| 36 | Oita | 477715 |
| 37 | Fukuyama | 468812 |
| 38 | Kanazawa | 466029 |
| 39 | Amagasaki | 459593 |
| 40 | Fujisawa | 439728 |
| 41 | Kashiwa | 433436 |
| 42 | Machida | 431079 |
| 43 | Toyota | 426162 |
| 44 | Takamatsu | 418994 |
| 45 | Toyama | 415844 |
| 46 | Yokosuka | 409478 |
| 47 | Nagasaki | 409118 |
| 48 | Hirakata | 406331 |
| 49 | Gifu | 402557 |
| 50 | Toyonaka | 401558 |
| 51 | Miyazaki | 401339 |
| 52 | Suita | 385567 |
| 53 | Okazaki | 384654 |
| 54 | Ichinomiya | 380073 |
| 55 | Toyohashi | 377453 |
| 56 | Minato | 375339 |
| 57 | Takasaki | 372973 |
| 58 | Nagano | 372760 |
| 59 | Nara-shi | 367353 |
| 60 | Iwaki | 357309 |
| 61 | Wakayama | 356729 |
| 62 | Kawagoe | 354571 |
| 63 | Takatsuki | 354468 |
| 64 | Koshigaya | 345353 |
| 65 | Otsu | 345070 |
| 66 | Nakano | 344880 |
| 67 | Tokorozawa | 344194 |
| 68 | Asahikawa | 333530 |
| 69 | Maebashi | 332149 |
| 70 | Kochi | 332059 |
| 71 | Koriyama | 327692 |
| 72 | Naha | 317625 |
| 73 | Kasugai | 308681 |
| 74 | Akita | 307672 |
| 75 | Yokkaichi | 305424 |
| 76 | Akashi | 303601 |
| 77 | Kurume | 303579 |