Osaka, Japan Metro Area Population 1950-2025
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Osaka, Japan metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Osaka in 2025 is 18,922,000, a 0.24% decline from 2024.
- The metro area population of Osaka in 2024 was 18,967,000, a 0.24% decline from 2023.
- The metro area population of Osaka in 2023 was 19,013,000, a 0.25% decline from 2022.
- The metro area population of Osaka in 2022 was 19,060,000, a 0.27% decline from 2021.
| 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 |
|
Osaka - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2025 |
18,922,000 |
-0.24% |
| 2024 |
18,967,000 |
-0.24% |
| 2023 |
19,013,000 |
-0.25% |
| 2022 |
19,060,000 |
-0.27% |
| 2021 |
19,111,000 |
-0.28% |
| 2020 |
19,165,000 |
-0.30% |
| 2019 |
19,223,000 |
-0.30% |
| 2018 |
19,281,000 |
-0.04% |
| 2017 |
19,289,000 |
-0.04% |
| 2016 |
19,297,000 |
-0.04% |
| 2015 |
19,305,000 |
-0.04% |
| 2014 |
19,313,000 |
-0.04% |
| 2013 |
19,320,000 |
-0.04% |
| 2012 |
19,328,000 |
-0.04% |
| 2011 |
19,336,000 |
0.12% |
| 2010 |
19,313,000 |
0.60% |
| 2009 |
19,197,000 |
0.60% |
| 2008 |
19,082,000 |
0.61% |
| 2007 |
18,967,000 |
0.60% |
| 2006 |
18,853,000 |
0.49% |
| 2005 |
18,762,000 |
0.13% |
| 2004 |
18,737,000 |
0.13% |
| 2003 |
18,712,000 |
0.13% |
| 2002 |
18,687,000 |
0.13% |
| 2001 |
18,662,000 |
0.01% |
| 2000 |
18,660,000 |
-0.34% |
| 1999 |
18,724,000 |
-0.35% |
| 1998 |
18,789,000 |
-0.34% |
| 1997 |
18,853,000 |
-0.34% |
| 1996 |
18,918,000 |
-0.12% |
| 1995 |
18,940,000 |
0.58% |
| 1994 |
18,831,000 |
0.57% |
| 1993 |
18,724,000 |
0.57% |
| 1992 |
18,617,000 |
0.58% |
| 1991 |
18,510,000 |
0.66% |
| 1990 |
18,389,000 |
0.92% |
| 1989 |
18,222,000 |
0.91% |
| 1988 |
18,057,000 |
0.92% |
| 1987 |
17,893,000 |
0.91% |
| 1986 |
17,731,000 |
0.84% |
| 1985 |
17,583,000 |
0.64% |
| 1984 |
17,472,000 |
0.63% |
| 1983 |
17,362,000 |
0.63% |
| 1982 |
17,253,000 |
0.63% |
| 1981 |
17,145,000 |
0.69% |
| 1980 |
17,028,000 |
0.86% |
| 1979 |
16,882,000 |
0.86% |
| 1978 |
16,738,000 |
0.86% |
| 1977 |
16,595,000 |
0.86% |
| 1976 |
16,453,000 |
0.95% |
| 1975 |
16,298,000 |
1.22% |
| 1974 |
16,102,000 |
1.21% |
| 1973 |
15,909,000 |
1.21% |
| 1972 |
15,719,000 |
1.22% |
| 1971 |
15,530,000 |
1.69% |
| 1970 |
15,272,000 |
3.12% |
| 1969 |
14,810,000 |
3.10% |
| 1968 |
14,364,000 |
3.12% |
| 1967 |
13,930,000 |
3.12% |
| 1966 |
13,509,000 |
3.40% |
| 1965 |
13,065,000 |
4.24% |
| 1964 |
12,534,000 |
4.25% |
| 1963 |
12,023,000 |
4.24% |
| 1962 |
11,534,000 |
4.24% |
| 1961 |
11,065,000 |
4.24% |
| 1960 |
10,615,000 |
4.25% |
| 1959 |
10,182,000 |
4.24% |
| 1958 |
9,768,000 |
4.25% |
| 1957 |
9,370,000 |
4.24% |
| 1956 |
8,989,000 |
4.24% |
| 1955 |
8,623,000 |
4.24% |
| 1954 |
8,272,000 |
4.25% |
| 1953 |
7,935,000 |
4.23% |
| 1952 |
7,613,000 |
4.24% |
| 1951 |
7,303,000 |
4.25% |
| 1950 |
7,005,000 |
0.00% |
