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 | Aichi | 70,820 residents |
| Ranked 2nd nationwide | Osaka | 70,728 residents |
| Ranked 3rd nationwide | Tokyo | 58,535 residents |
| Ranked 4th nationwide | Saitama | 52,974 residents |
| Ranked 5th nationwide | Kanagawa | 44,546 residents |
| Ranked 6th nationwide | Chiba | 41,680 residents |
| Ranked 7th nationwide | Hyogo | 34,482 residents |
| Ranked 8th nationwide | Fukuoka | 23,701 residents |
| Ranked 9th nationwide | Shizuoka | 21,671 residents |
| Ranked 10th nationwide | Ibaraki | 21,369 residents |
| Ranked 11th nationwide | Gunma | 16,814 residents |
| Ranked 12th nationwide | Hiroshima | 16,300 residents |
| Ranked 13th nationwide | Gifu | 15,941 residents |
| Ranked 14th nationwide | Mie | 15,732 residents |
| Ranked 15th nationwide | Hokkaido | 13,999 residents |
| Ranked 16th nationwide | Okayama | 12,819 residents |
| Ranked 17th nationwide | Shiga | 12,446 residents |
| Ranked 18th nationwide | Tochigi | 12,205 residents |
| Ranked 19th nationwide | Kyoto | 11,978 residents |
| Ranked 20th nationwide | Nagano | 7,594 residents |
| Ranked 21st nationwide | Kumamoto | 7,013 residents |
| Ranked 22nd nationwide | Toyama | 6,024 residents |
| Ranked 23rd nationwide | Ishikawa | 6,011 residents |
| Ranked 24th nationwide | Kagoshima | 5,611 residents |
| Ranked 25th nationwide | Niigata | 5,289 residents |
| Ranked 26th nationwide | Nara | 5,254 residents |
| Ranked 27th nationwide | Fukushima | 5,213 residents |
| Ranked 28th nationwide | Yamaguchi | 5,099 residents |
| Ranked 29th nationwide | Yamanashi | 5,026 residents |
| Ranked 30th nationwide | Miyagi | 4,963 residents |
| Ranked 31st nationwide | Kagawa | 4,714 residents |
| Ranked 32nd nationwide | Ehime | 4,627 residents |
| Ranked 33rd nationwide | Fukui | 4,178 residents |
| Ranked 34th nationwide | Oita | 3,807 residents |
| Ranked 35th nationwide | Nagasaki | 3,313 residents |
| Ranked 36th nationwide | Saga | 3,087 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Yamagata | 3,021 residents |
| Ranked 38th nationwide | Okinawa | 2,907 residents |
| Ranked 39th nationwide | Miyazaki | 2,886 residents |
| Ranked 40th nationwide | Iwate | 2,870 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Tokushima | 2,367 residents |
| Ranked 42nd nationwide | Aomori | 2,353 residents |
| Ranked 43rd nationwide | Wakayama | 2,264 residents |
| Ranked 44th nationwide | Shimane | 1,948 residents |
| Ranked 45th nationwide | Tottori | 1,575 residents |
| Ranked 46th nationwide | Kochi | 1,574 residents |
| Ranked 47th nationwide | Akita | 1,121 residents |
Statistics on Foreign Residents · December 2025