Which prefectures have the most foreign residents?
Compare foreign resident counts across all 47 prefectures as of December 2025, based on the Statistics on Foreign Residents.
| Rank | Prefecture | Foreign Residents |
|---|---|---|
| Ranked 1st nationwide | Tokyo | 801,438 residents |
| Ranked 2nd nationwide | Osaka | 375,319 residents |
| Ranked 3rd nationwide | Aichi | 357,800 residents |
| Ranked 4th nationwide | Kanagawa | 317,353 residents |
| Ranked 5th nationwide | Saitama | 290,937 residents |
| Ranked 6th nationwide | Chiba | 259,663 residents |
| Ranked 7th nationwide | Hyogo | 155,019 residents |
| Ranked 8th nationwide | Shizuoka | 132,100 residents |
| Ranked 9th nationwide | Fukuoka | 125,501 residents |
| Ranked 10th nationwide | Ibaraki | 111,808 residents |
| Ranked 11th nationwide | Kyoto | 92,563 residents |
| Ranked 12th nationwide | Gunma | 89,670 residents |
| Ranked 13th nationwide | Gifu | 80,766 residents |
| Ranked 14th nationwide | Hokkaido | 77,401 residents |
| Ranked 15th nationwide | Mie | 73,551 residents |
| Ranked 16th nationwide | Hiroshima | 72,628 residents |
| Ranked 17th nationwide | Tochigi | 61,878 residents |
| Ranked 18th nationwide | Nagano | 50,655 residents |
| Ranked 19th nationwide | Shiga | 46,180 residents |
| Ranked 20th nationwide | Okayama | 41,840 residents |
| Ranked 21st nationwide | Okinawa | 33,402 residents |
| Ranked 22nd nationwide | Miyagi | 32,903 residents |
| Ranked 23rd nationwide | Kumamoto | 32,372 residents |
| Ranked 24th nationwide | Niigata | 26,724 residents |
| Ranked 25th nationwide | Toyama | 26,296 residents |
| Ranked 26th nationwide | Yamanashi | 25,313 residents |
| Ranked 27th nationwide | Ishikawa | 23,498 residents |
| Ranked 28th nationwide | Oita | 23,027 residents |
| Ranked 29th nationwide | Yamaguchi | 22,539 residents |
| Ranked 30th nationwide | Kagawa | 21,791 residents |
| Ranked 31st nationwide | Nara | 21,623 residents |
| Ranked 32nd nationwide | Fukushima | 21,598 residents |
| Ranked 33rd nationwide | Fukui | 21,509 residents |
| Ranked 34th nationwide | Kagoshima | 21,480 residents |
| Ranked 35th nationwide | Ehime | 20,282 residents |
| Ranked 36th nationwide | Nagasaki | 17,477 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Miyazaki | 12,981 residents |
| Ranked 38th nationwide | Saga | 12,841 residents |
| Ranked 39th nationwide | Iwate | 12,526 residents |
| Ranked 40th nationwide | Shimane | 11,940 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Wakayama | 11,529 residents |
| Ranked 42nd nationwide | Yamagata | 11,111 residents |
| Ranked 43rd nationwide | Tokushima | 9,717 residents |
| Ranked 44th nationwide | Aomori | 9,419 residents |
| Ranked 45th nationwide | Kochi | 7,355 residents |
| Ranked 46th nationwide | Tottori | 6,511 residents |
| Ranked 47th nationwide | Akita | 6,333 residents |
Statistics on Foreign Residents · December 2025