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 | 25,275 residents |
| Ranked 2nd nationwide | Osaka | 8,471 residents |
| Ranked 3rd nationwide | Kanagawa | 6,588 residents |
| Ranked 4th nationwide | Chiba | 4,253 residents |
| Ranked 5th nationwide | Saitama | 3,440 residents |
| Ranked 6th nationwide | Aichi | 2,382 residents |
| Ranked 7th nationwide | Hokkaido | 2,369 residents |
| Ranked 8th nationwide | Hyogo | 2,333 residents |
| Ranked 9th nationwide | Kyoto | 2,288 residents |
| Ranked 10th nationwide | Kumamoto | 1,982 residents |
| Ranked 11th nationwide | Fukuoka | 1,585 residents |
| Ranked 12th nationwide | Ibaraki | 1,397 residents |
| Ranked 13th nationwide | Nagano | 1,059 residents |
| Ranked 14th nationwide | Tochigi | 970 residents |
| Ranked 15th nationwide | Okinawa | 947 residents |
| Ranked 16th nationwide | Shizuoka | 823 residents |
| Ranked 17th nationwide | Niigata | 677 residents |
| Ranked 18th nationwide | Yamanashi | 571 residents |
| Ranked 19th nationwide | Hiroshima | 520 residents |
| Ranked 20th nationwide | Miyagi | 514 residents |
| Ranked 21st nationwide | Gunma | 454 residents |
| Ranked 22nd nationwide | Mie | 436 residents |
| Ranked 23rd nationwide | Nara | 376 residents |
| Ranked 24th nationwide | Shiga | 276 residents |
| Ranked 25th nationwide | Ishikawa | 232 residents |
| Ranked 26th nationwide | Gifu | 228 residents |
| Ranked 27th nationwide | Okayama | 207 residents |
| Ranked 28th nationwide | Yamagata | 181 residents |
| Ranked 29th nationwide | Toyama | 178 residents |
| Ranked 30th nationwide | Oita | 175 residents |
| Ranked 31st nationwide | Kagoshima | 163 residents |
| Ranked 32nd nationwide | Fukushima | 162 residents |
| Ranked 33rd nationwide | Iwate | 159 residents |
| Ranked 34th nationwide | Kagawa | 155 residents |
| Ranked 35th nationwide | Nagasaki | 141 residents |
| Ranked 36th nationwide | Wakayama | 136 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Yamaguchi | 123 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Ehime | 123 residents |
| Ranked 39th nationwide | Fukui | 108 residents |
| Ranked 40th nationwide | Aomori | 77 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Saga | 67 residents |
| Ranked 42nd nationwide | Tokushima | 66 residents |
| Ranked 43rd nationwide | Kochi | 64 residents |
| Ranked 44th nationwide | Tottori | 63 residents |
| Ranked 45th nationwide | Akita | 59 residents |
| Ranked 46th nationwide | Miyazaki | 54 residents |
| Ranked 47th nationwide | Shimane | 50 residents |
Statistics on Foreign Residents · December 2025