Nagoya, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2025

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Nagoya, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Nagoya in 2025 is 9,535,000, a 0.23% decline from 2024.
  • The metro area population of Nagoya in 2024 was 9,557,000, a 0.13% decline from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Nagoya in 2023 was 9,569,000, a 0.03% decline from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Nagoya in 2022 was 9,572,000, a 0.06% increase from 2021.
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
Other Cities in Japan
City Name Population
Tokyo 37,036,000
Osaka 18,922,000
Nagoya 9,535,000
Kitakyushu-Fukuoka 5,466,000
Shizuoka-Hamamatsu 2,930,000
Sapporo 2,654,000
Sendai 2,338,000
Hiroshima 2,058,000
Niigata 794,000
Kumamoto 735,000
Okayama 719,000
Kagoshima 579,000
Utsunomiya 518,000
Matsuyama 502,000
Oita 474,000
Kurashiki 470,000
Kanazawa 461,000
Fukuyama 460,000
Takamatsu 415,000
Toyama 406,000
Nagasaki 397,000
Miyazaki 395,000
Toyohashi 365,000
Nagano 364,000
Takasaki 364,000
Iwaki 354,000
Koriyama 324,000
Maebashi 323,000
Asahikawa 320,000
Kochi 320,000
Naha 318,000
Kurume 302,000
Akita 296,000
Nagoya - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2025 9,535,000 -0.23%
2024 9,557,000 -0.13%
2023 9,569,000 -0.03%
2022 9,572,000 0.06%
2021 9,566,000 0.15%
2020 9,552,000 0.21%
2019 9,532,000 0.26%
2018 9,507,000 0.56%
2017 9,454,000 0.55%
2016 9,402,000 0.56%
2015 9,350,000 0.56%
2014 9,298,000 0.55%
2013 9,247,000 0.55%
2012 9,196,000 0.56%
2011 9,145,000 0.52%
2010 9,098,000 0.41%
2009 9,061,000 0.41%
2008 9,024,000 0.41%
2007 8,987,000 0.40%
2006 8,951,000 0.42%
2005 8,914,000 0.42%
2004 8,877,000 0.42%
2003 8,840,000 0.42%
2002 8,803,000 0.42%
2001 8,766,000 0.30%
2000 8,740,000 -0.07%
1999 8,746,000 -0.06%
1998 8,751,000 -0.06%
1997 8,756,000 -0.07%
1996 8,762,000 0.16%
1995 8,748,000 0.78%
1994 8,680,000 0.79%
1993 8,612,000 0.80%
1992 8,544,000 0.79%
1991 8,477,000 0.83%
1990 8,407,000 0.96%
1989 8,327,000 0.95%
1988 8,249,000 0.97%
1987 8,170,000 0.95%
1986 8,093,000 0.87%
1985 8,023,000 0.59%
1984 7,976,000 0.61%
1983 7,928,000 0.58%
1982 7,882,000 0.60%
1981 7,835,000 0.75%
1980 7,777,000 1.17%
1979 7,687,000 1.18%
1978 7,597,000 1.19%
1977 7,508,000 1.17%
1976 7,421,000 1.41%
1975 7,318,000 2.09%
1974 7,168,000 2.08%
1973 7,022,000 2.09%
1972 6,878,000 2.09%
1971 6,737,000 2.03%
1970 6,603,000 1.85%
1969 6,483,000 1.84%
1968 6,366,000 1.86%
1967 6,250,000 1.84%
1966 6,137,000 3.07%
1965 5,954,000 6.72%
1964 5,579,000 6.75%
1963 5,226,000 6.76%
1962 4,895,000 6.74%
1961 4,586,000 6.73%
1960 4,297,000 6.76%
1959 4,025,000 6.74%
1958 3,771,000 6.77%
1957 3,532,000 6.74%
1956 3,309,000 6.74%
1955 3,100,000 6.75%
1954 2,904,000 6.73%
1953 2,721,000 6.75%
1952 2,549,000 6.74%
1951 2,388,000 6.75%
1950 2,237,000 0.00%