List of Japanese cities by population (1889)
# List of Japanese cities by population (1889)

This is the list of Japanese municipalities by population, as of December 31, 1889. The list includes all the cities, as well as other municipalities with more population than Kurume, the least populous city at the time.

    Source: Japanese Wikipedia article of 市制 (City system), retrieved on July 4, 2008.
* Japanese national population is as of December 31, 1888.
* Municipal statuses, names, and populations are as of December 31, 1889.
* Prefectural capital statuses are as of 2008.

| | Prefecture | Municipality | Pop. | Status | Pref. Capital |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Japan | Japan | 39,626,600 | | |
| 1 | Tokyo | Tokyo | 1,389,684 | City | Yes |
| 2 | Osaka | Osaka | 476,271 | City | Yes |
| 3 | Kyoto | Kyoto | 279,792 | City | Yes |
| 4 | Aichi | Nagoya | 162,767 | City | Yes |
| 5 | Hyōgo | Kobe | 135,639 | City | Yes |
| 6 | Kanagawa | Yokohama | 121,985 | City | Yes |
| 7 | Ishikawa | Kanazawa | 94,257 | City | Yes |
| 8 | Miyagi | Sendai | 90,231 | City | Yes |
| 9 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 88,820 | City | Yes |
| 10 | Tokushima | Tokushima | 61,107 | City | Yes |
| 11 | Toyama | Toyama | 58,159 | City | Yes |
| 12 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | 57,465 | City | Yes |
| 13 | Wakayama | Wakayama | 56,713 | City | Yes |
| 14 | Nagasaki | Nagasaki | 55,063 | City | Yes |
| 15 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | 53,014 | City | Yes |
| 16 | Hokkaido | Hakodate | 52,909 | Ward | No |
| 17 | Kumamoto | Kumamoto | 52,833 | City | Yes |
| 18 | Okayama | Okayama | 48,333 | City | Yes |
| 19 | Osaka | Sakai | 48,165 | City | No |
| 20 | Niigata | Niigata | 46,353 | City | Yes |
| 21 | Fukui | Fukui | 40,849 | City | Yes |
| | Okinawa | Naha | 40,212 | Unofficial area | Yes |
| 22 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | 37,664 | City | Yes |
| 23 | Shimane | Matsue | 35,934 | City | Yes |
| 24 | Ehime | Matsuyama | 32,738 | City | Yes |
| 25 | Kōchi | Kōchi | 32,241 | City | Yes |
| | Kagawa | Takamatsu | 32,081 | Unofficial area | Yes |
| 26 | Iwate | Morioka | 31,153 | City | Yes |
| 27 | Yamanashi | Kōfu | 31,135 | City | Yes |
| 28 | Tochigi | Utsunomiya | 30,698 | Town | Yes |
| 29 | Aomori | Hirosaki | 30,487 | City | No |
| 30 | Shiga | Ōtsu | 29,941 | Town | Yes |
| 31 | Yamaguchi | Akamaseki | 29,919 | City | No |
| 32 | Yamagata | Yonezawa | 29,591 | City | No |
| 33 | Akita | Akita | 29,568 | City | Yes |
| 34 | Nagano | Matsumoto | 29,319 | Town | No |
| 35 | Yamagata | Yamagata | 29,019 | City | Yes |
| 36 | Nagano | Nagano | 28,980 | Town | Yes |
| 37 | Toyama | Takaoka | 28,928 | City | No |
| 38 | Tottori | Tottori | 28,396 | City | Yes |
| 39 | Mie | Tsu | 28,156 | City | Yes |
| 40 | Gunma | Maebashi | 28,115 | Town | Yes |
| 41 | Mie | Ujiyamada | 27,365 | Town | No |
| 42 | Gifu | Gifu | 27,089 | City | Yes |
| 43 | Hyōgo | Himeji | 27,055 | City | No |
| 44 | Saga | Saga | 26,401 | City | Yes |
| | Okinawa | Shuri | 26,205 | Unofficial area | Yes |
| 45 | Osaka | Nanba | 25,617 | Village | Yes |
| 46 | Ibaraki | Mito | 25,591 | City | Yes |
| 47 | Fukuoka | Kurume | 24,859 | City | No |
