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Yokohama โ€” GeoNames settlement population

Modelled live estimate ยท World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth
3,777,491
Recorded base: 3,777,491 ยท Population reference date not supplied in local record

Yokohama has a recorded base population of 3,777,491 for the GeoNames settlement definition (Population reference date not supplied in local record). GeoNames settlement record; the moving counter uses World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth, not new population observations.

At a glance

Population definitionGeoNames settlement
Recorded population3,777,491
Country share3.06% of 123,366,734 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.046% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#1 of 1,514 GeoNames settlement records
World database rank#15 of 55,804 GeoNames settlement records

UN association

Geographic association unverified; no urban-centre population or rank attributed to this place.

Administrative units of Yokohama

1 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 1 of 1 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.

Available-value subtotal: 16,706; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed GeoNames settlement denominator 3,777,491; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.

UnitPopulationShareMembership
Isogo16,7060.44%Not independently verified

Comparable database records

Same definition label: GeoNames settlement. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 3,777,491 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Yokohama
Shantou3,838,900+1.6%
Zaozhuang3,855,601+2.1%
Puyang3,590,000โˆ’5.0%
Rawalpindi3,357,612โˆ’11.1%
Durban3,338,026โˆ’11.6%

About these numbers

Source: GeoNames settlement record. Reference: Population reference date not supplied in local record. Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-07-01 using World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth (โˆ’0.49% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 3,777,491, not the ticking estimate. Country/world denominators are World Bank values and can differ in date and method from local/UN values. Ranks cover only records with the same definition label in this database, not all cities in the world.

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