Government entities across Japan's 47 prefectures
| # | Prefecture ▲ | Cities (市) ▲ | Towns (町) ▲ | Villages (村) ▲ | Special Wards (区) ▲ | Nat'l Govt ▲ | Other ▲ | Total ▲ | Population ▲ | Per 100K ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | 35 | 129 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 5,093,000 | 3.5 | |
| Nagano | 19 | 23 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 2,004,000 | 3.8 | |
| Saitama | 40 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 7,385,000 | 0.9 | |
| Tokyo | 26 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 14,178,000 | 0.4 | |
| Fukuoka | 29 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 5,143,000 | 1.2 | |
| Fukushima | 13 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1,774,000 | 3.3 | |
| Aichi | 38 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7,497,000 | 0.7 | |
| Chiba | 37 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 6,310,000 | 0.9 | |
| Kumamoto | 14 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1,716,000 | 2.6 | |
| Ibaraki | 32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2,832,000 | 1.6 | |
| Osaka | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 8,772,000 | 0.5 | |
| Kagoshima | 19 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1,543,000 | 2.8 | |
| Gifu | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1,925,000 | 2.2 | |
| Hyogo | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 5,370,000 | 0.8 | |
| Okinawa | 11 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1,469,000 | 2.8 | |
| Aomori | 10 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1,178,000 | 3.4 | |
| Nara | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1,290,000 | 3.0 | |
| Shizuoka | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3,546,000 | 1.0 | |
| Miyagi | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2,267,000 | 1.5 | |
| Gunma | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1,897,000 | 1.8 | |
| Yamagata | 13 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1,030,000 | 3.4 | |
| Kochi | 11 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 662,000 | 5.1 | |
| Kanagawa | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9,232,000 | 0.4 | |
| Iwate | 14 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1,157,000 | 2.9 | |
| Niigata | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2,118,000 | 1.4 | |
| Wakayama | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 884,000 | 3.4 | |
| Mie | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1,726,000 | 1.7 | |
| Okayama | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1,842,000 | 1.5 | |
| Yamanashi | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 790,000 | 3.4 | |
| Kyoto | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2,530,000 | 1.0 | |
| Miyazaki | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1,041,000 | 2.5 | |
| Tochigi | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1,893,000 | 1.3 | |
| Akita | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 909,000 | 2.8 | |
| Tokushima | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 695,000 | 3.5 | |
| Hiroshima | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2,722,000 | 0.8 | |
| Nagasaki | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1,262,000 | 1.7 | |
| Ehime | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1,284,000 | 1.6 | |
| Saga | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 793,000 | 2.5 | |
| Shiga | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1,406,000 | 1.4 | |
| Yamaguchi | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1,283,000 | 1.5 | |
| Ishikawa | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1,094,000 | 1.7 | |
| Shimane | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 640,000 | 3.0 | |
| Tottori | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 531,000 | 3.6 | |
| Oita | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1,094,000 | 1.6 | |
| Kagawa | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 924,000 | 1.8 | |
| Fukui | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 738,000 | 2.3 | |
| Toyama | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1,005,000 | 1.5 | |
| Total (47) | 792 | 743 | 183 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1,741 | 124,474,000 | 1.4 |