List of cities in Ibaraki Prefecture by population

The following list sorts all cities (including towns and villages) in the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki with a population of more than 10,000 according to the 2015 Census. As of October 1, 2015, 42 places fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual cities, towns and villages within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

List

Mito

Mito aerial view

Tsukuba

Hitachi

Tsuchiura

The following table lists the 42 cities, towns and villages in Ibaraki with a population of at least 10,000 on October 1, 2015, according to the 2015 Census. The table also gives an overview of the evolution of the population since the 1995 census.[1]

Rank (2015)	Name	Status	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
1	Mito	City	261,275	261,562	262,603	268,750	270,783
2	Tsukuba	City	182,327	191,814	200,528	214,590	226,963
3	Hitachi	City	212,304	206,589	199,218	193,129	185,054
4	Hitachinaka	City	146,750	151,673	153,639	157,060	155,689
5	Koga	City	146,010	146,452	145,265	142,995	140,946
6	Tsuchiura	City	141,862	144,106	144,060	143,839	140,804
7	Toride	City	118,282	115,993	111,327	109,651	106,570
8	Chikusei	City	118,078	116,120	112,581	108,527	104,573
9	Kamisu	City	83,171	87,626	91,867	94,795	94,522
10	Ushiku	City	66,338	73,258	77,223	81,684	84,317
11	Ryūgasaki	City	69,163	76,923	78,950	80,334	78,342
12	Kasama	City	80,903	82,358	81,497	79,409	76,739
13	Ishioka	City	83,398	83,119	81,887	79,687	76,020
14	Kashima	City	60,667	62,287	64,435	66,093	67,879
15	Moriya	City	45,821	50,362	53,700	62,482	64,753
16	Jōsō	City	66,029	66,245	66,536	65,320	61,483
17	Naka	City	54,178	55,069	54,705	54,240	54,276
18	Bandō	City	59,738	58,673	57,516	56,114	54,087
19	Hitachiōta	City	61,525	61,869	59,802	56,250	52,294
20	Yūki	City	53,777	52,774	52,460	52,494	51,594
21	Omitama	City	52,041	53,406	53,265	52,279	50,911
22	Tsukubamirai	City	40,495	40,532	40,174	44,461	49,136
23	Hokota	City	50,857	50,915	51,054	50,156	48,147
24	Ami	Town	45,652	46,922	47,994	47,940	47,535
25	Kitaibaraki	City	52,074	51,593	49,645	47,026	44,412
26	Shimotsuma	City	45,466	46,544	46,435	44,987	43,293
27	Inashiki	City	51,652	51,284	49,689	46,895	42,810
28	Sakuragawa	City	51,972	50,334	48,400	45,673	42,632
29	Hitachiōmiya	City	49,561	48,964	47,808	45,178	42,587
30	Kasumigaura	City	45,288	45,229	44,603	43,553	42,147
31	Tōkai	Village	32,727	34,333	35,450	37,438	37,713
32	Namegata	City	42,390	41,465	40,035	37,611	34,909
33	Ibaraki	Town	35,741	35,296	35,008	34,513	32,921
34	Takahagi	City	35,604	34,602	32,932	31,017	29,638
35	Itako	City	32,133	31,944	31,524	30,534	29,111
36	Sakai	Town	27,237	27,171	26,468	25,714	24,517
37	Yachiyo	Town	25,008	24,352	23,609	23,106	22,021
38	Shirosato	Town	21,979	23,007	22,993	21,491	19,800
39	Daigo	Town	25,604	23,982	22,103	20,073	18,053
40	Ōarai	Town	20,446	19,957	19,205	18,328	16,886
41	Tone	Town	20,202	19,033	18,024	17,473	16,313
42	Miho	Village	17,767	18,219	18,118	17,299	15,842

References

1. "Ibaraki (Japan): Prefecture, Cities, Towns and Villages - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2019-06-15.