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Analysis of Japan Growth: Metropolitan &
Non-Metropolitan: 1990-2000

GROWTH AREAS Population Change 1990-2000 % Rate Share of Growth Share of Population
Tokyo Metropolitan 1,622 5.1% 48.9% 25.7%
Tokyo Exurban 305 4.0% 9.2% 6.1%
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 326 1.8% 9.8% 14.7%
Nagoya & Region 457 4.3% 13.8% 8.5%
Mid-Sized Metropolitan 389 2.5% 11.7% 12.6%
Honshu Inter-Metropolitan 323 2.9% 9.7% 9.0%
Okinawa-ken 96 7.9% 2.9% 1.0%
Total Growth Areas 3,518 0.0% 106.2% 77.6%
           
OTHER AREAS (204) 3.7% -6.2% 22.4%
           
JAPAN 3,314 2.7% 100.0% 100.0%
           
DETAILS        
           
Prefecture 1990 2000 Change % Rate
         
GROWTH AREAS        
           
11 Saitama-ken 6,405 6,938 533 8.3%
12 Chiba-ken 5,555 5,926 371 6.7%
13 Tokyo-to 11,856 12,064 208 1.8%
14 Kanagawa-ken 7,980 8,490 510 6.4%
Tokyo Metropolitan 31,796 33,418 1,622 5.1%
           
8 Ibaraki-ken 2,845 2,986 141 5.0%
9 Tochigi-ken 1,935 2,005 70 3.6%
10 Gumma-ken 1,966 2,025 59 3.0%
19 Yamanashi-ken 853 888 35 4.1%
Tokyo Exurban 7,599 7,904 305 4.0%
           
26 Kyoto-fu 2,602 2,644 42 1.6%
27 Osaka-fu 8,735 8,805 70 0.8%
28 Hyogo-ken 5,405 5,551 146 2.7%
29 Nara-ken 1,375 1,443 68 4.9%
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 18,117 18,443 326 1.8%
           
21 Gifu-ken 2,067 2,108 41 2.0%
23 Aichi-ken 6,691 7,043 352 5.3%
24 Mie-ken 1,793 1,857 64 3.6%
Nagoya & Region 10,551 11,008 457 4.3%
           
1 Hokkaido 5,644 5,683 39 0.7%
4 Miyagi-ken 2,249 2,365 116 5.2%
34 Hiroshima-ken 2,850 2,879 29 1.0%
40 Fukuoka-ken 4,811 5,016 205 4.3%
Mid-Sized Metropolitan 15,554 15,943 389 2.5%
           
7 Fukushima-ken 2,104 2,127 23 1.1%
20 Nagano-ken 2,157 2,215 58 2.7%
22 Shizuoka-ken 3,671 3,767 96 2.6%
25 Shiga-ken 1,222 1,343 121 9.9%
33 Okayama-ken 1,926 1,951 25 1.3%
Honshu Inter-Metropolitan 11,080 11,403 323 2.9%
           
47 Okinawa-ken 1,222 1,318 96 7.9%
           
Total Growth Areas 95,919 99,437 3,518 3.7%
           
OTHER AREAS        
           
2 Aomori-ken 1,483 1,476 (7) -0.5%
3 Iwate-ken 1,417 1,416 (1) -0.1%
5 Akita-ken 1,227 1,189 (38) -3.1%
6 Yamagata-ken 1,258 1,244 (14) -1.1%
15 Niigata-ken 2,475 2,476 1 0.0%
16 Toyama-ken 1,120 1,121 1 0.1%
17 Ishikawa-ken 1,165 1,181 16 1.4%
18 Fukui-ken 824 829 5 0.6%
30 Wakayama-ken 1,074 1,070 (4) -0.4%
31 Tottori-ken 616 613 (3) -0.5%
32 Shimane-ken 781 762 (19) -2.4%
35 Yamaguchi-ken 1,573 1,528 (45) -2.9%
36 Tokushima-ken 832 824 (8) -1.0%
37 Kagawa-ken 1,023 1,023 0 0.0%
38 Ehime-ken 1,515 1,493 (22) -1.5%
39 Kochi-ken 825 814 (11) -1.3%
41 Saga-ken 878 877 (1) -0.1%
42 Nagasaki-ken 1,563 1,517 (46) -2.9%
43 Kumamoto-ken 1,840 1,859 19 1.0%
44 Oita-ken 1,237 1,221 (16) -1.3%
45 Miyazaki-ken 1,169 1,170 1 0.1%
46 Kagoshima-ken 1,798 1,786 (12) -0.7%
           
Total Other Areas 27,693 27,489 (204) -0.7%
           
Japan 123,612 126,926 3,314 2.7%
           
Data in 000s        
Calculated from Japan Statistics Bureau Census Data    

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