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 | 60,406 residents |
| Ranked 2nd nationwide | Shizuoka | 31,489 residents |
| Ranked 3rd nationwide | Gunma | 13,995 residents |
| Ranked 4th nationwide | Mie | 13,883 residents |
| Ranked 5th nationwide | Gifu | 12,349 residents |
| Ranked 6th nationwide | Kanagawa | 9,451 residents |
| Ranked 7th nationwide | Shiga | 9,267 residents |
| Ranked 8th nationwide | Saitama | 7,116 residents |
| Ranked 9th nationwide | Ibaraki | 5,704 residents |
| Ranked 10th nationwide | Fukui | 5,304 residents |
| Ranked 11th nationwide | Tokyo | 4,701 residents |
| Ranked 12th nationwide | Nagano | 4,613 residents |
| Ranked 13th nationwide | Shimane | 3,992 residents |
| Ranked 14th nationwide | Tochigi | 3,799 residents |
| Ranked 15th nationwide | Chiba | 3,637 residents |
| Ranked 16th nationwide | Yamanashi | 2,827 residents |
| Ranked 17th nationwide | Osaka | 2,785 residents |
| Ranked 18th nationwide | Toyama | 2,706 residents |
| Ranked 19th nationwide | Hyogo | 2,375 residents |
| Ranked 20th nationwide | Hiroshima | 2,261 residents |
| Ranked 21st nationwide | Ishikawa | 1,599 residents |
| Ranked 22nd nationwide | Okinawa | 1,064 residents |
| Ranked 23rd nationwide | Okayama | 866 residents |
| Ranked 24th nationwide | Kyoto | 623 residents |
| Ranked 25th nationwide | Fukuoka | 374 residents |
| Ranked 26th nationwide | Nara | 348 residents |
| Ranked 27th nationwide | Niigata | 284 residents |
| Ranked 28th nationwide | Ehime | 250 residents |
| Ranked 29th nationwide | Yamaguchi | 217 residents |
| Ranked 30th nationwide | Hokkaido | 211 residents |
| Ranked 31st nationwide | Fukushima | 203 residents |
| Ranked 32nd nationwide | Miyagi | 186 residents |
| Ranked 33rd nationwide | Kagawa | 168 residents |
| Ranked 34th nationwide | Wakayama | 119 residents |
| Ranked 35th nationwide | Iwate | 100 residents |
| Ranked 36th nationwide | Kagoshima | 92 residents |
| Ranked 37th nationwide | Oita | 91 residents |
| Ranked 38th nationwide | Kumamoto | 84 residents |
| Ranked 39th nationwide | Yamagata | 80 residents |
| Ranked 40th nationwide | Nagasaki | 74 residents |
| Ranked 41st nationwide | Miyazaki | 57 residents |
| Ranked 42nd nationwide | Tottori | 55 residents |
| Ranked 43rd nationwide | Tokushima | 54 residents |
| Ranked 44th nationwide | Aomori | 36 residents |
| Ranked 45th nationwide | Saga | 35 residents |
| Ranked 46th nationwide | Kochi | 20 residents |
| Ranked 47th nationwide | Akita | 14 residents |
Statistics on Foreign Residents · December 2025