Statistics for all of Japan
Registered foreigners in Japan each year
| 1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| 1,415,136 |
1,482,707 |
1,512,116 |
1,556,113 |
1,686,444 |
1,778,462 |
1,915,030 |
1,973,747 |
2,011,555 |
Top ten prefectures
|
This year |
Change from last year |
| Rank |
Prefecture |
Registrants |
% |
Registrants |
% |
| 1 |
Tōkyō |
348,225 |
17.3 |
+2,784 |
+0.8 |
| 2 |
Ōsaka |
211,394 |
10.5 |
-1,196 |
-0.6 |
| 3 |
Aichi |
194,648 |
9.7 |
+14,906 |
+8.3 |
| 4 |
Kanagawa |
150,430 |
7.5 |
+2,784 |
+1.9 |
| 5 |
Saitama |
104,286 |
5.2 |
+1,601 |
+1.6 |
| 6 |
Hyōgo |
101,496 |
5.0 |
-467 |
-0.5 |
| 7 |
Chiba |
96,478 |
4.8 |
+1,210 |
+1.3 |
| 8 |
Shizuoka |
93,378 |
4.6 |
+5,339 |
+6.1 |
| 9 |
Kyōto |
54,208 |
2.7 |
-1,474 |
-2.6 |
| 10 |
Ibaraki |
51,026 |
2.5 |
-97 |
-0.2 |
Top ten nationalities
|
This year |
Change from last year |
| Rank |
Nationality |
Registrants |
% |
Registrants |
% |
| 1 |
Korea (North or South) |
598,687 |
29.8 |
-8,732 |
-1.4 |
| 2 |
China |
519,561 |
25.8 |
+31,991 |
+6.6 |
| 3 |
Brazil |
302,080 |
15.0 |
+15,523 |
+5.4 |
| 4 |
The Philippines |
187,261 |
9.3 |
-12,133 |
-6.1 |
| 5 |
Peru |
57,728 |
2.9 |
+1,978 |
+3.5 |
| 6 |
United States |
49,390 |
2.5 |
+546 |
+1.1 |
| 7 |
Thailand |
37,703 |
1.9 |
+1,356 |
+3.7 |
| 8 |
Vietnam |
28,932 |
1.4 |
+2,914 |
+11.2 |
| 9 |
Indonesia |
25,097 |
1.2 |
+1,207 |
+5.1 |
| 10 |
United Kingdom |
17,494 |
0.9 |
-588 |
-3.3 |
Notes:
- As of the end of 2005.
- 186 countries represented in total.
