Sapporo's 2026 population is now estimated at 2,066,420. In 1995, the population of Sapporo was 1,757,025. Sapporo has grown by 15,803 in the last year, which represents a 0.77% annual change. These population values and projections come from Japan city census series 1995 to 2005 via CityPopulation fallback access, Japan 2010 Census municipal population Table 1 (e-Stat official CSV), Japan 2015 Census municipal population Table 1 (e-Stat official CSV), Japan 2020 Census municipal population Table 1-3 (e-Stat official download) and World Population Review Internal Projections .
| City | 2026 Pop. ↓ | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 10,316,210 | 0.97% |
| Yokohama | 3,962,266 | 0.8% |
| Osaka | 2,828,297 | 0.45% |
| Nagoya | 2,434,621 | 0.72% |
| Sapporo | 2,066,420 | 0.77% |
| Fukuoka | 1,777,644 | 1.64% |
| Kawasaki | 1,634,478 | 1.02% |
| Kobe | 1,628,857 | 1.1% |
| Saitama | 1,542,972 | 2.58% |
| Kyoto | 1,534,703 | 0.79% |
| Hiroshima | 1,447,743 | 3.17% |
| Sendai | 1,222,410 | 1.83% |
| Chiba | 1,095,991 | 1.97% |
| Hamamatsu | 1,067,358 | 5.13% |
| Niigata | 1,065,410 | 5.13% |
| Kitakyushu | 1,036,944 | 1.67% |
| Okayama | 978,231 | 5.13% |
| Kumamoto | 972,195 | 4.68% |
| Sakai | 860,573 | 0.68% |
| Sagamihara | 804,396 | 1.74% |