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 | 305,302 residents |
| Ranked 2nd nationwide | Osaka | 97,931 residents |
| Ranked 3rd nationwide | Saitama | 89,742 residents |
| Ranked 4th nationwide | Kanagawa | 86,786 residents |
| Ranked 5th nationwide | Chiba | 64,886 residents |
| Ranked 6th nationwide | Aichi | 48,650 residents |
| Ranked 7th nationwide | Hyogo | 25,750 residents |
| Ranked 8th nationwide | Fukuoka | 23,358 residents |
| Ranked 9th nationwide | Kyoto | 21,297 residents |
| Ranked 10th nationwide | Ibaraki | 13,370 residents |
| Ranked 11th nationwide | Hiroshima | 12,539 residents |
| Ranked 12th nationwide | Hokkaido | 11,198 residents |
| Ranked 13th nationwide | Shizuoka | 10,982 residents |
| Ranked 14th nationwide | Gifu | 9,574 residents |
| Ranked 15th nationwide | Nagano | 8,744 residents |
| Ranked 16th nationwide | Okayama | 7,260 residents |
| Ranked 17th nationwide | Gunma | 7,028 residents |
| Ranked 18th nationwide | Mie | 6,736 residents |
| Ranked 19th nationwide | Tochigi | 6,567 residents |
| Ranked 20th nationwide | Miyagi | 5,979 residents |
| Ranked 21st nationwide | Shiga | 4,804 residents |
| Ranked 22nd nationwide | Yamanashi | 4,729 residents |
| Ranked 23rd nationwide | Niigata | 4,677 residents |
| Ranked 24th nationwide | Toyama | 4,417 residents |
| Ranked 25th nationwide | Ishikawa | 3,997 residents |
| Ranked 26th nationwide | Kumamoto | 3,538 residents |
| Ranked 27th nationwide | Okinawa | 3,338 residents |
| Ranked 28th nationwide | Nara | 3,255 residents |
| Ranked 29th nationwide | Kagawa | 3,152 residents |
| Ranked 30th nationwide | Fukushima | 3,142 residents |
| Ranked 31st nationwide | Ehime | 2,514 residents |
| Ranked 32nd nationwide | Yamaguchi | 2,395 residents |
| Ranked 33rd nationwide | Oita | 2,255 residents |
| Ranked 34th nationwide | Nagasaki | 2,128 residents |
| Ranked 35th nationwide | Fukui | 1,969 residents |
| Ranked 36th nationwide | Yamagata | 1,910 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Kagoshima | 1,749 residents |
| Ranked 38th nationwide | Tokushima | 1,673 residents |
| Ranked 39th nationwide | Iwate | 1,646 residents |
| Ranked 40th nationwide | Wakayama | 1,398 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Shimane | 1,082 residents |
| Ranked 42nd nationwide | Saga | 1,048 residents |
| Ranked 43rd nationwide | Aomori | 1,026 residents |
| Ranked 44th nationwide | Kochi | 990 residents |
| Ranked 45th nationwide | Akita | 935 residents |
| Ranked 46th nationwide | Miyazaki | 813 residents |
| Ranked 47th nationwide | Tottori | 736 residents |
Statistics on Foreign Residents · December 2025