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 | 48,708 residents |
| Ranked 2nd nationwide | Tokyo | 38,273 residents |
| Ranked 3rd nationwide | Kanagawa | 28,126 residents |
| Ranked 4th nationwide | Saitama | 26,015 residents |
| Ranked 5th nationwide | Chiba | 24,244 residents |
| Ranked 6th nationwide | Shizuoka | 21,503 residents |
| Ranked 7th nationwide | Gifu | 16,859 residents |
| Ranked 8th nationwide | Osaka | 13,248 residents |
| Ranked 9th nationwide | Ibaraki | 12,165 residents |
| Ranked 10th nationwide | Hiroshima | 11,314 residents |
| Ranked 11th nationwide | Gunma | 9,781 residents |
| Ranked 12th nationwide | Mie | 9,043 residents |
| Ranked 13th nationwide | Fukuoka | 7,698 residents |
| Ranked 14th nationwide | Hyogo | 7,255 residents |
| Ranked 15th nationwide | Nagano | 5,814 residents |
| Ranked 16th nationwide | Tochigi | 5,712 residents |
| Ranked 17th nationwide | Ehime | 4,529 residents |
| Ranked 18th nationwide | Kumamoto | 4,405 residents |
| Ranked 19th nationwide | Hokkaido | 4,128 residents |
| Ranked 20th nationwide | Shiga | 3,593 residents |
| Ranked 21st nationwide | Niigata | 3,467 residents |
| Ranked 22nd nationwide | Kyoto | 3,408 residents |
| Ranked 23rd nationwide | Fukushima | 3,282 residents |
| Ranked 24th nationwide | Kagawa | 3,075 residents |
| Ranked 25th nationwide | Toyama | 3,027 residents |
| Ranked 26th nationwide | Okinawa | 2,947 residents |
| Ranked 27th nationwide | Okayama | 2,891 residents |
| Ranked 28th nationwide | Kagoshima | 2,842 residents |
| Ranked 29th nationwide | Yamanashi | 2,501 residents |
| Ranked 30th nationwide | Fukui | 2,430 residents |
| Ranked 31st nationwide | Oita | 2,384 residents |
| Ranked 32nd nationwide | Yamaguchi | 2,378 residents |
| Ranked 33rd nationwide | Nagasaki | 1,928 residents |
| Ranked 34th nationwide | Miyagi | 1,901 residents |
| Ranked 35th nationwide | Ishikawa | 1,795 residents |
| Ranked 36th nationwide | Iwate | 1,669 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Shimane | 1,205 residents |
| Ranked 38th nationwide | Aomori | 1,162 residents |
| Ranked 39th nationwide | Nara | 1,153 residents |
| Ranked 40th nationwide | Miyazaki | 1,143 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Yamagata | 1,115 residents |
| Ranked 42nd nationwide | Akita | 1,070 residents |
| Ranked 43rd nationwide | Tokushima | 1,063 residents |
| Ranked 44th nationwide | Wakayama | 1,046 residents |
| Ranked 45th nationwide | Kochi | 1,006 residents |
| Ranked 46th nationwide | Saga | 994 residents |
| Ranked 47th nationwide | Tottori | 867 residents |
Statistics on Foreign Residents · December 2025