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 | 93,250 residents |
| Ranked 2nd nationwide | Osaka | 85,994 residents |
| Ranked 3rd nationwide | Hyogo | 33,721 residents |
| Ranked 4th nationwide | Kanagawa | 27,451 residents |
| Ranked 5th nationwide | Aichi | 25,626 residents |
| Ranked 6th nationwide | Kyoto | 20,148 residents |
| Ranked 7th nationwide | Chiba | 15,780 residents |
| Ranked 8th nationwide | Saitama | 15,753 residents |
| Ranked 9th nationwide | Fukuoka | 14,570 residents |
| Ranked 10th nationwide | Hiroshima | 6,312 residents |
| Ranked 11th nationwide | Hokkaido | 4,901 residents |
| Ranked 12th nationwide | Yamaguchi | 4,177 residents |
| Ranked 13th nationwide | Shizuoka | 4,149 residents |
| Ranked 14th nationwide | Okayama | 4,047 residents |
| Ranked 15th nationwide | Ibaraki | 4,046 residents |
| Ranked 16th nationwide | Shiga | 3,596 residents |
| Ranked 17th nationwide | Mie | 3,563 residents |
| Ranked 18th nationwide | Gifu | 3,058 residents |
| Ranked 19th nationwide | Nagano | 3,043 residents |
| Ranked 20th nationwide | Miyagi | 2,991 residents |
| Ranked 21st nationwide | Nara | 2,975 residents |
| Ranked 22nd nationwide | Tochigi | 2,180 residents |
| Ranked 23rd nationwide | Gunma | 2,016 residents |
| Ranked 24th nationwide | Fukui | 1,717 residents |
| Ranked 25th nationwide | Wakayama | 1,713 residents |
| Ranked 26th nationwide | Yamanashi | 1,620 residents |
| Ranked 27th nationwide | Okinawa | 1,557 residents |
| Ranked 28th nationwide | Oita | 1,552 residents |
| Ranked 29th nationwide | Niigata | 1,548 residents |
| Ranked 30th nationwide | Yamagata | 1,343 residents |
| Ranked 31st nationwide | Fukushima | 1,223 residents |
| Ranked 32nd nationwide | Ishikawa | 1,154 residents |
| Ranked 33rd nationwide | Kumamoto | 1,066 residents |
| Ranked 34th nationwide | Nagasaki | 1,045 residents |
| Ranked 35th nationwide | Ehime | 1,010 residents |
| Ranked 36th nationwide | Kagawa | 792 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Toyama | 778 residents |
| Ranked 38th nationwide | Tottori | 775 residents |
| Ranked 39th nationwide | Aomori | 665 residents |
| Ranked 40th nationwide | Iwate | 664 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Saga | 576 residents |
| Ranked 42nd nationwide | Shimane | 523 residents |
| Ranked 43rd nationwide | Miyazaki | 487 residents |
| Ranked 44th nationwide | Kagoshima | 480 residents |
| Ranked 45th nationwide | Akita | 458 residents |
| Ranked 46th nationwide | Kochi | 415 residents |
| Ranked 47th nationwide | Tokushima | 292 residents |
Statistics on Foreign Residents · December 2025