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Sakai

Osaka · Japan
City population
826,161
#15
in Japan
#2
in Osaka
#677
worldwide
TokyoSakai
34.582, 135.467 · 403 km from Tokyo
City population
826,161
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Japan
#15
of 1,216 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#677
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Japan
0.7%
of the national population

About Sakai

Surrounded by other major cities within 11 km, Sakai is the second-largest city in Osaka prefecture with a population of 826,161. The city holds 0.7% of Japan's national population and ranks 15th among listed Japanese cities. Located 403 km from Tokyo, Sakai sits at low elevation near several neighbours including Matsubara (130,855 people, 8 km away) and Izumi (184,615 people, 11 km away).

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Japan
#15of 1,216
LargestSmallest
Position in Osaka
#2of 38
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Japan
Region
Osaka
Rank in region
#2of 38
Distance to capital
403 km
to Tokyo
Elevation
2 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
34.582, 135.467
Record updated
2024-12-29
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 1,216 in Japan

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

8KMMatsubara131K people8KMTakaishi61K people11KMIzumiōtsu74K people11KMIzumi185K people11KMSayama58K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Sakai826K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Sakai compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Sakai826K

Sakai Population FAQ

What is the population of Sakai?

Sakai has a city population of 826,161. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Sakai?

Sakai is in Osaka, Japan, 403 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 34.582, 135.467.

How big is Sakai compared with other cities in Japan?

It is the 15th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 0.7% of the national population.

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