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 | 63,710 residents |
| Ranked 2nd nationwide | Osaka | 27,813 residents |
| Ranked 3rd nationwide | Chiba | 26,348 residents |
| Ranked 4th nationwide | Aichi | 23,328 residents |
| Ranked 5th nationwide | Fukuoka | 22,037 residents |
| Ranked 6th nationwide | Saitama | 20,657 residents |
| Ranked 7th nationwide | Kanagawa | 19,554 residents |
| Ranked 8th nationwide | Hyogo | 11,411 residents |
| Ranked 9th nationwide | Shizuoka | 7,524 residents |
| Ranked 10th nationwide | Gunma | 7,355 residents |
| Ranked 11th nationwide | Kyoto | 7,172 residents |
| Ranked 12th nationwide | Okinawa | 6,937 residents |
| Ranked 13th nationwide | Ibaraki | 5,784 residents |
| Ranked 14th nationwide | Tochigi | 5,100 residents |
| Ranked 15th nationwide | Miyagi | 3,985 residents |
| Ranked 16th nationwide | Gifu | 3,711 residents |
| Ranked 17th nationwide | Mie | 3,568 residents |
| Ranked 18th nationwide | Hokkaido | 3,444 residents |
| Ranked 19th nationwide | Hiroshima | 3,216 residents |
| Ranked 20th nationwide | Nagano | 2,200 residents |
| Ranked 21st nationwide | Kumamoto | 2,149 residents |
| Ranked 22nd nationwide | Okayama | 1,986 residents |
| Ranked 23rd nationwide | Nagasaki | 1,884 residents |
| Ranked 24th nationwide | Fukushima | 1,617 residents |
| Ranked 25th nationwide | Saga | 1,594 residents |
| Ranked 26th nationwide | Oita | 1,515 residents |
| Ranked 27th nationwide | Niigata | 1,497 residents |
| Ranked 28th nationwide | Yamanashi | 1,410 residents |
| Ranked 29th nationwide | Nara | 1,250 residents |
| Ranked 30th nationwide | Yamaguchi | 1,173 residents |
| Ranked 31st nationwide | Shiga | 1,066 residents |
| Ranked 32nd nationwide | Ishikawa | 973 residents |
| Ranked 33rd nationwide | Kagoshima | 960 residents |
| Ranked 34th nationwide | Miyazaki | 812 residents |
| Ranked 35th nationwide | Kagawa | 741 residents |
| Ranked 36th nationwide | Wakayama | 740 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Ehime | 696 residents |
| Ranked 38th nationwide | Fukui | 648 residents |
| Ranked 39th nationwide | Toyama | 578 residents |
| Ranked 40th nationwide | Iwate | 507 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Tokushima | 388 residents |
| Ranked 42nd nationwide | Shimane | 378 residents |
| Ranked 43rd nationwide | Yamagata | 326 residents |
| Ranked 44th nationwide | Aomori | 313 residents |
| Ranked 45th nationwide | Tottori | 239 residents |
| Ranked 46th nationwide | Akita | 223 residents |
| Ranked 47th nationwide | Kochi | 177 residents |
Statistics on Foreign Residents · December 2025