Population of Kyoto Prefecture Japan 1920-2022
In 2022 the population in Kyoto amounted to around 2.55 million people, slightly less than in the previous year. Unlike other major Japanese cities like Tokyo or Osaka, Kyoto's population numbers did not seem to be affected by the war years during the 1940s. The prefecture's population listed a continuous growth from 1.29 million people in 1920 to 2.64 million inhabitants in 2010.