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Toyama population 2026

富山県

Toyama has 997,000 people on the latest official figure, for 1 October 2024 (published to the nearest thousand), 10,000 fewer than a year earlier (−0.99%). It is 37th of Japan’s 47 prefectures by population, home to 0.8% of Japan’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 980 thousand by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Toyama in numbers

Population
997 thousand 1 October 2024
Change in a year
−0.99% −10,000 people
Share of Japan
0.8% 37th of 47 prefectures
Population density
235per km² 4,247 km²

That is about as many people as Fiji (937 thousand).

Population of Toyama by year

Population of Toyama
997k
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
20211,025,000
20221,017,000
20231,007,000
2024997,000
YearPopulationChange
2024 997,000 −10,000
2023 1,007,000 −10,000
2022 1,017,000 −8,000
2021 1,025,000 –

Toyama among Japan’s prefectures

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Prefectures of Japan by population
#
1 Tokyo14,178,000+0.65%
2 Kanagawa9,225,000−0.04%
3 Osaka8,757,000−0.07%
4 Aichi7,460,000−0.23%
5 Saitama7,332,000+0.01%
6 Chiba6,251,000−0.10%
7 Hyogo5,337,000−0.61%
8 Fukuoka5,092,000−0.22%
9 Hokkaido5,043,000−0.96%
10 Shizuoka3,527,000−0.79%
11 Ibaraki2,806,000−0.67%
12 Hiroshima2,714,000−0.88%
13 Kyoto2,520,000−0.59%
14 Miyagi2,248,000−0.71%
15 Niigata2,099,000−1.27%
16 Nagano1,987,000−0.85%
17 Gifu1,916,000−0.78%
18 Gunma1,890,000−0.63%
19 Tochigi1,885,000−0.63%
20 Okayama1,831,000−0.87%
21 Fukushima1,743,000−1.36%
22 Mie1,711,000−0.93%
23 Kumamoto1,697,000−0.70%
24 Kagoshima1,532,000−1.10%
25 Okinawa1,466,000−0.14%
26 Shiga1,402,000−0.35%
27 Nara1,285,000−0.85%
28 Yamaguchi1,281,000−1.31%
29 Ehime1,276,000−1.16%
30 Nagasaki1,252,000−1.18%
31 Aomori1,165,000−1.60%
32 Iwate1,145,000−1.55%
33 Ishikawa1,098,000−0.99%
34 Oita1,085,000−1.00%
35 Miyazaki1,033,000−0.86%
36 Yamagata1,011,000−1.46%
37 Toyama997,000−0.99%
38 Kagawa917,000−0.97%
39 Akita897,000−1.86%
40 Wakayama880,000−1.34%
41 Yamanashi791,000−0.63%
42 Saga788,000−0.88%
43 Fukui739,000−0.67%
44 Tokushima685,000−1.44%
45 Kochi656,000−1.50%
46 Shimane642,000−1.23%
47 Tottori531,000−1.12%

Largest cities in Toyama

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

  1. Toyama415,844
  2. Takaoka170,077
  3. Imizu90,742
  4. Himimachi54,510
  5. Tonami48,659
  6. Nanto-shi47,976

Questions

What is the population of Toyama in 2026?
The latest official figure is 997,000, for 1 October 2024 (Statistics Bureau of Japan). If last year’s change continues, Toyama would have about 980 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Prefecture estimates are published in thousands each spring; results of the 2025 census will supersede them.

Is Toyama’s population growing or shrinking?
It shrank by 10,000 people (−0.99%) in the latest year.

How does Toyama rank in Japan?
Toyama is 37th of Japan’s 47 prefectures, with 0.8% of the people. Tokyo is the largest, with 14.2 million.

What is the population density of Toyama?
About 235 people per km², on 4,247 km². Total area, Wikidata.

What is the largest city in Toyama?
Toyama, with about 416 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

Statistics Bureau of Japan, Population Estimates. Reuse with credit under the e-Gov terms. Total area, Wikidata. Prefecture estimates are published in thousands each spring; results of the 2025 census will supersede them. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Japan, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Toyama population, Statistics Bureau of Japan, 1 October 2024. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/japan/toyama/

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