Greater Tokyo’s population sees a net inflow for the 23rd year in a row

In 2018 the greater Tokyo region (Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures) recorded the 23rd consecutive year of net population growth with a net inflow of 139,868 residents (135,600 of whom were Japanese citizens). This is a 16.8% increase from the net inflow seen in 2017 and the second year in a row to record an expansion in the growth rate. Over half of the net inflow were those aged between 20 and 24.