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 | 23,683 residents |
| Ranked 2nd nationwide | Kanagawa | 7,352 residents |
| Ranked 3rd nationwide | Osaka | 4,238 residents |
| Ranked 4th nationwide | Okinawa | 3,058 residents |
| Ranked 5th nationwide | Chiba | 2,813 residents |
| Ranked 6th nationwide | Hyogo | 2,783 residents |
| Ranked 7th nationwide | Aichi | 2,617 residents |
| Ranked 8th nationwide | Saitama | 2,400 residents |
| Ranked 9th nationwide | Kyoto | 2,182 residents |
| Ranked 10th nationwide | Fukuoka | 1,958 residents |
| Ranked 11th nationwide | Hokkaido | 1,737 residents |
| Ranked 12th nationwide | Ibaraki | 935 residents |
| Ranked 13th nationwide | Shizuoka | 932 residents |
| Ranked 14th nationwide | Miyagi | 873 residents |
| Ranked 15th nationwide | Hiroshima | 859 residents |
| Ranked 16th nationwide | Nagano | 858 residents |
| Ranked 17th nationwide | Gunma | 579 residents |
| Ranked 18th nationwide | Nagasaki | 532 residents |
| Ranked 19th nationwide | Yamaguchi | 493 residents |
| Ranked 20th nationwide | Tochigi | 481 residents |
| Ranked 21st nationwide | Gifu | 462 residents |
| Ranked 22nd nationwide | Kumamoto | 448 residents |
| Ranked 23rd nationwide | Shiga | 447 residents |
| Ranked 24th nationwide | Nara | 446 residents |
| Ranked 25th nationwide | Aomori | 428 residents |
| Ranked 26th nationwide | Okayama | 416 residents |
| Ranked 27th nationwide | Niigata | 408 residents |
| Ranked 28th nationwide | Yamanashi | 387 residents |
| Ranked 29th nationwide | Oita | 362 residents |
| Ranked 30th nationwide | Ishikawa | 351 residents |
| Ranked 31st nationwide | Mie | 338 residents |
| Ranked 32nd nationwide | Kagoshima | 329 residents |
| Ranked 33rd nationwide | Fukushima | 302 residents |
| Ranked 34th nationwide | Ehime | 279 residents |
| Ranked 35th nationwide | Toyama | 253 residents |
| Ranked 36th nationwide | Iwate | 248 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Miyazaki | 246 residents |
| Ranked 38th nationwide | Wakayama | 224 residents |
| Ranked 39th nationwide | Kagawa | 221 residents |
| Ranked 40th nationwide | Yamagata | 219 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Akita | 217 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Fukui | 217 residents |
| Ranked 43rd nationwide | Kochi | 193 residents |
| Ranked 44th nationwide | Tokushima | 182 residents |
| Ranked 45th nationwide | Shimane | 176 residents |
| Ranked 46th nationwide | Saga | 140 residents |
| Ranked 47th nationwide | Tottori | 99 residents |
Statistics on Foreign Residents · December 2025