Demographia

Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area
Population from 1920

Year Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Annual % Change Osaka Pref. Hyogo Pref. Kyoto Pref.
1920 6,177,000 0.00% 2,588,000 2,302,000 1,287,000
1925 6,921,000 2.30% 3,060,000 2,455,000 1,406,000
1930 7,739,000 2.26% 3,540,000 2,646,000 1,553,000
1935 8,923,000 2.89% 4,297,000 2,923,000 1,703,000
1940 9,744,000 1.78% 4,793,000 3,221,000 1,730,000
1945 7,227,000 -5.80% 2,801,000 2,822,000 1,604,000
1950 9,000,000 4.49% 3,857,000 3,310,000 1,833,000
1955 10,174,000 2.48% 4,618,000 3,621,000 1,935,000
1960 11,404,000 2.31% 5,505,000 3,906,000 1,993,000
1965 13,070,000 2.76% 6,657,000 4,310,000 2,103,000
1970 14,538,000 2.15% 7,620,000 4,668,000 2,250,000
1975 15,696,000 1.54% 8,279,000 4,992,000 2,425,000
1980 16,145,000 0.57% 8,473,000 5,145,000 2,527,000
1985 16,533,000 0.48% 8,668,000 5,278,000 2,587,000
1990 16,742,000 0.25% 8,735,000 5,405,000 2,602,000
1995 16,829,000 0.10% 8,797,000 5,402,000 2,630,000
2000 17,000,000 0.20% 8,805,000 5,551,000 2,644,000
Source: Japan Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center  

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