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⭐ In this article, we will see a list of the 47 provinces, prefectures or states of Japan, their population, area, density, districts, capital, municipality and name in japanese.
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| Province | Japanese | capital | Region | Population | Area | Density | districts | Counties |
| Tokyo | 東京都 | Shinjuku | Kantō | 12.059.237 | 2.187,08 | 5.514 | 1 | 39 |
| Osaka | 大阪府 | Osaka | Kansai | 8.804.806 | 1.893,18 | 4.652 | 5 | 44 |
| Kanagawa | 神奈川県 | Yokohama | Kantō | 8.489.932 | 2.415,42 | 3.515 | 7 | 35 |
| aichi | 愛知県 | nagoya | chubu | 7.043.235 | 5.153,81 | 1.366 | 15 | 88 |
| Saitama | 埼玉県 | Saitama | Kantō | 6.938.004 | 3.767,09 | 1.827 | 9 | 90 |
| Chiba | 千葉県 | Chiba | Kantō | 5.926.349 | 5.156,15 | 1.149 | 9 | 80 |
| Hokkaido | 北海道 | Sapporo | Hokkaido | 5.682.950 | 83.452,47 | 68 | 66 | 207 |
| Hyōgo | 兵庫県 | Kobe | Kansai | 5.550.742 | 8.392,42 | 661 | 13 | 60 |
| fukuoka | 福岡県 | fukuoka | Kyushu | 5.015.666 | 4.971,01 | 1.009 | 17 | 91 |
| Shizuoka | 静岡県 | Shizuoka | chubu | 3.767.427 | 7.328,61 | 484 | 12 | 74 |
| Ibaraki | 茨城県 | Myth | Kantō | 2.985.424 | 6.095,62 | 490 | 13 | 61 |
| Hiroshima | 広島県 | Hiroshima | Chugoku | 2.878.949 | 8.476,95 | 340 | 10 | 37 |
| Kyoto | 京都府 | Kyoto | Kansai | 2.644.331 | 4.612,93 | 573 | 6 | 28 |
| Niigata | 新潟県 | Niigata | chubu | 2.475.724 | 12.582,37 | 197 | 16 | 111 |
| miyagi | 宮城県 | sendai | Tōhoku | 2.365.204 | 6.861,51 | 325 | 10 | 36 |
| nagano | 長野県 | nagano | chubu | 2.214.409 | 12.598,48 | 163 | 16 | 120 |
| fukushima | 福島県 | fukushima | Tōhoku | 2.126.998 | 13.782,54 | 154 | 14 | 85 |
| gifu | 岐阜県 | gifu | chubu | 2.107.687 | 10.598,18 | 199 | 11 | 49 |
| gunma | 群馬県 | Maebashi | Kantō | 2.024.820 | 6.363,16 | 318 | 12 | 61 |
| Tochigi | 栃木県 | utsunomy | Kantō | 2.004.787 | 6.408,28 | 313 | 7 | 33 |
| okama | 岡山県 | okama | Chugoku | 1.950.656 | 7.008,63 | 278 | 18 | 78 |
| kumamoto | 熊本県 | kumamoto | Kyushu | 1.859.451 | 6.908,45 | 269 | 10 | 48 |
| Mie | 三重県 | Tsu | Kansai | 1.857.365 | 5.760,72 | 322 | 7 | 29 |
| Kagoshima | 鹿児島県 | Kagoshima | Kyushu | 1.786.214 | 9.132,42 | 196 | 11 | 49 |
| Yamaguchi | 山口県 | Yamaguchi | Chugoku | 1.528.107 | 6.110,76 | 250 | 11 | 56 |
| nagasaki | 長崎県 | nagasaki | Kyushu | 1.516.536 | 4.092,80 | 371 | 9 | 79 |
| Ehime | 愛媛県 | Matsuyama | Shikoku | 1.493.126 | 5.676,44 | 263 | 7 | 28 |
| Aomori | 青森県 | Aomori | Tōhoku | 1.475.635 | 9.606,26 | 154 | 8 | 61 |
| nara | 奈良県 | nara | Kansai | 1.442.862 | 3.691,09 | 391 | 8 | 47 |
| Iwate | 岩手県 | morioka | Tōhoku | 1.416.198 | 15.278,51 | 93 | 12 | 46 |
| Shiga | 滋賀県 | Otsu | Kansai | 1.342.811 | 4.017,36 | 334 | 11 | 50 |
| Okinawa | 沖縄県 | naha | Kyushu | 1.318.281 | 2.271,30 | 580 | 5 | 41 |
| Yamagata | 山形県 | Yamagata | Tōhoku | 1.244.040 | 9.323,34 | 133 | 9 | 44 |
| Ōita | 大分県 | Ōita | Kyushu | 1.221.128 | 5.804,24 | 210 | 12 | 58 |
| Akita | 秋田県 | Akita | Tōhoku | 1.189.215 | 11.612,11 | 102 | 8 | 29 |
| Ishikawa | 石川県 | Kanazawa | chubu | 1.180.935 | 4.185,32 | 282 | 7 | 25 |
| Miyazaki | 宮崎県 | Miyazaki | Kyushu | 1.170.023 | 6.684,67 | 175 | 8 | 30 |
| Toyama | 富山県 | Toyama | chubu | 1.120.843 | 4.247,22 | 264 | 6 | 27 |
| Wakayama | 和歌山県 | Wakayama | Kansai | 1.069.839 | 4.725,55 | 226 | 7 | 50 |
| Kagawa | 香川県 | Takamatsu | Shikoku | 1.022.843 | 1.861,70 | 549 | 5 | 17 |
| Yamanashi | 山梨県 | Kofu | chubu | 888.170 | 4.465,37 | 199 | 8 | 64 |
| Saga | 佐賀県 | Saga | Kyushu | 876.664 | 2.439,23 | 359 | 8 | 49 |
| fukui | 福井県 | fukui | chubu | 828.960 | 4.188,76 | 198 | 10 | 29 |
| tokushima | 徳島県 | tokushima | Shikoku | 823.997 | 4.145,26 | 199 | 10 | 50 |
| Kochi | 高知県 | Kochi | Shikoku | 813.980 | 7.104,70 | 115 | 6 | 35 |
| Shimane | 島根県 | Matsue | Chugoku | 761.499 | 6.707,32 | 114 | 12 | 59 |
| Tottori | 鳥取県 | Tottori | Chugoku | 613.229 | 3.507,19 | 175 | 6 | 39 |
