| Prefecture | Population (1992 est.) |
Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Aichi | 6,766,000 | Nagoya |
| Akita | 1,219,000 | Akita |
| Aomori | 1,472,000 | Aomori |
| Chiba | 5,673,000 | Chiba |
| Ehime | 1,511,000 | Matsuyama |
| Fukui | 824,000 | Fukui |
| Fukuoka | 4,852,000 | Fukuoka |
| Fukushima | 2,115,000 | Fukushima |
| Gifu | 2,080,000 | Gifu |
| Gumma | 1,983,000 | Maebashi |
| Hiroshima | 2,867,000 | Hiroshima |
| Hokkaido | 5,659,000 | Sapporo |
| Hyogo | 5,466,000 | Kobe |
| Ibaraki | 2,895,000 | Mito |
| Ishikawa | 1,169,000 | Kanazawa |
| Iwate | 1,414,000 | Morioka |
| Kagawa | 1,024,000 | Takamatsu |
| Kagoshima | 1,787,000 | Kagoshima |
| Kanagawa | 8,104,000 | Yokohama |
| Kochi | 817,000 | Kochi |
| Kumamoto | 1,845,000 | Kumamoto |
| Kyoto (fu*) | 2,606,000 | Kyoto |
| Mie | 1,811,000 | Tsu |
| Miyagi | 2,277,000 | Sendai |
| Miyazaki | 1,167,000 | Miyazaki |
| Nagano | 2,165,000 | Nagano |
| Nagasaki | 1,552,000 | Nagasaki |
| Nara | 1,401,000 | Nara |
| Niigata | 2,475,000 | Niigata |
| Oita | 1,233,000 | Oita |
| Okayama | 1,932,000 | Okayama |
| Okinawa | 1,238,000 | Naha |
| Osaka (fu*) | 8,735,000 | Osaka |
| Saga | 878,000 | Saga |
| Saitama | 6,561,000 | Urawa |
| Shiga | 1,246,000 | Otsu |
| Shimane | 775,000 | Matsue |
| Shizuoka | 3,701,000 | Shizuoka |
| Tochigi | 1,957,000 | Utsunomiya |
| Tokushima | 830,000 | Tokushima |
| Tokyo (to**) | 11,874,000 | Tokyo |
| Tottori | 615,000 | Tottori |
| Toyama | 1,120,000 | Toyama |
| Wakayama | 1,078,000 | Wakayama |
| Yamagata | 1,255,000 | Yamagata |
| Yamaguchi | 1,565,000 | Yamaguchi |
| Yamanashi | 862,000 | Kofu |
*Urban prefecture
** Metropolis
