What is the population of Yokohama?
Yokohama has a city population of 3,777,491. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Yokohama
Japan's second-largest city accounts for 3.1% of the national population. Located 29 km from Tokyo, it has 3,777,491 residents in the city proper. Kawasaki lies 11 km away with 1,538,262 people, and Ōta sits 15 km distant with 748,081 residents.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 33
Elevation
21 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
35.433, 139.650
Record updated
2025-02-27
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 JapanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Yokohama | 3.78M |
Yokohama Population FAQ
Where is Yokohama?
Yokohama is in Kanagawa, Japan, 29 km from the capital, Tokyo. Its coordinates are 35.433, 139.650.
How big is Yokohama compared with other cities in Japan?
It is the 2nd largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, holding 3.1% of the national population.