Japan:
Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities:
1965 to 2000

POPULATION		1965				2000
Metropolitan Area	Metropolitan Area	Core City	Suburbs		Metropolitan Area	Core City	Suburbs	Year
Tokyo-Yokohama	21,017	8,893	12,124		33,413	8,130	25,283	2000
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto	13,070	3,156	9,914		17,000	2,599	14,401	2000
Nagoya	6,078	1,935	4,143		8,837	2,171	6,666	2000
Sapporo	615	524	91		1,900	1,672	228	1990
Fukuoka	790	647	143		1,750	1,237	513	1990
Hiroshima	560	431	129		1,575	1,086	489	1990
Kitakyushu	1,425	1,065	360		1,525	1,026	499	1990
Sendai	515	425	90		1,175	918	257	1990
Total	44,070	17,076	26,994		67,175	18,839	48,336
Change					23,105	1,763	21,342
Share of Growth						7.6%	92.4%
Top 3 Areas	40,165	13,984	26,181		59,250	12,900	46,350
Change					19,085	(1,084)	20,169
Share of Growth						-5.7%	105.7%
Smaller Areas	3,905	3,092	813		7,925	5,939	1,986
Change					4,020	2,847	1,173
Share of Growth						70.8%	29.2%
CHANGE
Metropolitan Area	Metropolitan Area	Core City	Suburbs		Metropolitan Area	Core City	Suburbs
Tokyo-Yokohama	12,396	(763)	13,159		59.0%	-8.6%	108.5%
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto	3,930	(557)	4,487		30.1%	-17.7%	45.3%
Nagoya	2,759	236	2,523		45.4%	12.2%	60.9%
Sapporo	1,285	1,148	137		208.9%	219.1%	150.5%
Fukuoka	960	590	370		121.5%	91.2%	258.7%
Hiroshima	1,015	655	360		181.3%	152.0%	279.1%
Kitakyushu	100	(39)	139		7.0%	-3.7%	38.6%
Sendai	515	425
Total	23,105	1,763	21,342		52.4%	10.3%	79.1%
Notes
In 000s
Metropolitan areas over 1,000,000
Tokyo core city: 23 ward city area of city abolished in 1945.
Note: Smaller area core cities have large undeveloped tracts of land
Source
Census of Japan
Tokyo, Osaka & Nagoya as defined by www.demographia.com
Others Rand McNally