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Tokyo Ku Area (Wards):
Population & Density: 1990-2005
(Former City of Tokyo)

Ku KM2 Square Miles 1990 1995 2000 2005 % Change from 1990 Population per KM2: 2005 Population per Square Mile: 2005
Adachi-ku 53.2 20.54 631,105 622,270 617,123 624,807 -1.0% 11,744 30,418
Arakawa-ku 10.2 3.94 184,834 176,886 180,468 191,207 3.4% 18,746 48,552
Bunkyo-ku 11.31 4.37 181,361 172,474 176,017 189,632 4.6% 16,767 43,426
Chiyoda-ku 11.64 4.49 39,478 34,780 36,035 41,778 5.8% 3,589 9,296
Chuo-ku 10.15 3.92 68,076 63,923 72,526 98,399 44.5% 9,694 25,109
Edogawa-ku 49.76 19.21 566,200 589,414 619,953 653,944 15.5% 13,142 34,038
Itabashi-ku 32.17 12.42 519,203 511,415 513,575 523,083 0.7% 16,260 42,113
Katsushika-ku 34.79 13.43 424,903 424,478 421,519 424,878 -0.0% 12,213 31,631
Kita-ku 20.59 7.95 354,700 334,127 326,764 330,412 -6.8% 16,047 41,562
Koto-ku 39.44 15.23 385,252 365,604 376,840 420,845 9.2% 10,671 27,637
Meguro-ku 14.7 5.68 251,136 243,100 250,140 264,064 5.1% 17,964 46,526
Minato-ku 20.34 7.85 158,518 144,885 159,398 185,861 17.2% 9,138 23,667
Nakano-ku 15.59 6.02 319,688 306,581 309,526 310,627 -2.8% 19,925 51,605
Nerima-ku 48.16 18.59 618,430 635,746 658,132 692,339 12.0% 14,376 37,233
Ota-ku 59.46 22.96 647,939 636,276 650,331 665,674 2.7% 11,195 28,996
Setagaya-ku 58.08 22.42 788,994 781,104 814,901 841,165 6.6% 14,483 37,511
Shibuya-ku 15.11 5.83 205,531 188,472 196,682 203,334 -1.1% 13,457 34,853
Shinagawa-ku 22.72 8.77 344,679 325,377 324,608 346,357 0.5% 15,245 39,483
Shinjuku-ku 18.23 7.04 296,860 279,048 286,726 305,716 3.0% 16,770 43,434
Suginami-ku 34.02 13.14 529,572 515,803 522,103 528,587 -0.2% 15,538 40,242
Sumida-ku 13.75 5.31 223,041 215,681 215,979 231,173 3.6% 16,813 43,545
Taito-ku 10.08 3.89 163,049 153,918 156,325 165,186 1.3% 16,388 42,444
Toshima-ku 13.01 5.02 261,970 246,252 249,017 250,585 -4.3% 19,261 49,886
Ku Area 616.50 238.03 8,164,517 7,967,614 8,134,688 8,489,653 4.0% 13,771 35,666
                   
Ku Area 616.50 238.03 8,164,517 7,967,614 8,134,688 8,489,653 4.0% 13,771 35,666
                   
DISTRIBUTION                  
Yamanote Loop Ku 157.49 60.81 2,155,492 2,029,115 2,087,942 2,242,119 4.0% 14,237 36,873
Outside Yamanote Loop 459.01 177.22 6,009,025 5,938,499 6,046,746 6,247,534 4.0% 13,611 35,252
                   
Data from Japan Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center            
                   
Note: City of Tokyo abolished 1943            

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