Largest Cities in Japan by Decade Map Quiz

With the aid of a map, can you guess the top 10 most populated cities by decade that are in Japan from the 1870s to 2020?

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For the colored dot system in place, the first (outer) dot is when the city first achieved top 10 most populated, and the next dots (inner) are when the city was in the top 10 last. (it may have more than two dots as some cities hop back in and out of the list

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Decade	Population	Rank in the Decade	Rank in 2020	Answer
1870	595,905	1	1	Tokyo
1870	271,992	2	3	Osaka
1870	238,663	3	9	Kyoto
1870	125,193	4	4	Nagoya
1870	109,685	5	35	Kanazawa
1870	74,305	6	11	Hiroshima
1870	64,602	7	2	Yokohama
1870	61,124	8	56	Wakayama
1870	51,998	9	12	Sendai
1870	48,861	10	88	Tokushima
1880	712,259	1	1	Tokyo
1880	292,636	2	3	Osaka
1880	236,032	3	9	Kyoto
1880	117,401	4	4	Nagoya
1880	108,328	5	35	Kanazawa
1880	74,950	6	11	Hiroshima
1880	72,630	7	2	Yokohama
1880	58,239	8	56	Wakayama
1880	54,496	9	12	Sendai
1880	48,786	10	8	Kobe

Decade	Population	Rank in the Decade	Rank in 2020	Answer
1890	1,161,800	1	1	Tokyo
1890	483,609	2	3	Osaka
1890	297,527	3	9	Kyoto
1890	179,174	4	4	Nagoya
1890	142,965	5	8	Kobe
1890	132,627	6	2	Yokohama
1890	93,531	7	35	Kanazawa
1890	90,154	8	11	Hiroshima
1890	64,476	9	12	Sendai
1890	60,581	10	44	Nagasaki
1900	1,440,121	1	1	Tokyo
1900	821,235	2	3	Osaka
1900	353,139	3	9	Kyoto
1900	244,145	4	4	Nagoya
1900	215,780	5	8	Kobe
1900	193,762	6	2	Yokohama
1900	122,306	7	11	Hiroshima
1900	107,422	8	44	Nagasaki
1900	83,662	9	35	Kanazawa
1900	83,325	10	12	Sendai

Decade	Population	Rank in the Decade	Rank in 2020	Answer
1910	2,186,079	1	1	Tokyo
1910	1,226,647	2	3	Osaka
1910	442,462	3	9	Kyoto
1910	394,303	4	2	Yokohama
1910	378,231	5	4	Nagoya
1910	378,197	6	8	Kobe
1910	176,480	7	44	Nagasaki
1910	142,763	8	11	Hiroshima
1910	110,994	9	35	Kanazawa
1910	100,679	10	107	Kure
1920	2,173,201	1	1	Tokyo
1920	1,252,983	2	3	Osaka
1920	608,644	3	8	Kobe
1920	591,323	4	9	Kyoto
1920	429,997	5	4	Nagoya
1920	422,938	6	2	Yokohama
1920	176,534	7	44	Nagasaki
1920	160,510	8	11	Hiroshima
1920	144,749	9	89	Hakodate
1920	130,362	10	107	Kure

Decade	Population	Rank in the Decade	Rank in 2020	Answer
1930	2,453,973	1	3	Osaka
1930	2,070,913	2	1	Tokyo
1930	907,404	3	4	Nagoya
1930	787,616	4	8	Kobe
1930	765,142	5	9	Kyoto
1930	620,306	6	2	Yokohama
1930	270,417	7	11	Hiroshima
1930	228,289	8	6	Fukuoka
1930	204,626	9	44	Nagasaki
1930	197,252	10	89	Hakodate
1940	6,778,804	1	1	Tokyo
1940	3,252,340	2	3	Osaka
1940	1,328,084	3	4	Nagoya
1940	1,089,726	4	9	Kyoto
1940	968,091	5	2	Yokohama
1940	967,234	6	8	Kobe
1940	343,968	7	11	Hiroshima
1940	306,763	8	6	Fukuoka
1940	300,777	9	7	Kawasaki
1940	261,309*	10*	NA*	Yahata

Decade	Population	Rank in the Decade	Rank in 2020	Answer
1950	5,385,071	1	1	Tokyo
1950	1,956,136	2	3	Osaka
1950	1,101,854	3	9	Kyoto
1950	1,030,635	4	4	Nagoya
1950	951,189	5	2	Yokohama
1950	765,435	6	8	Kobe
1950	392,649	7	6	Fukuoka
1950	341,685	8	12	Sendai
1950	319,226	9	7	Kawasaki
1950	313,850	10	5	Sapporo
1960	8,310,027	1	1	Tokyo
1960	3,011,563	2	3	Osaka
1960	1,591,935	3	4	Nagoya
1960	1,375,710	4	2	Yokohama
1960	1,284,818	5	9	Kyoto
1960	1,113,977	6	8	Kobe
1960	647,122	7	6	Fukuoka
1960	632,975	8	7	Kawasaki
1960	523,839	9	5	Sapporo
1960	431,336	10	11	Hiroshima

Decade	Population	Rank in the Decade	Rank in 2020	Answer
1970	8,840,942	1	1	Tokyo
1970	2,980,487	2	3	Osaka
1970	2,238,264	3	2	Yokohama
1970	2,036,053	4	4	Nagoya
1970	1,419,165	5	9	Kyoto
1970	1,288,937	6	8	Kobe
1970	1,042,321	7	14	Kitakyushu
1970	1,010,123	8	5	Sapporo
1970	973,486	9	7	Kawasaki
1970	853,270	10	6	Fukuoka
1980	8,351,893	1	1	Tokyo
1980	2,773,674	2	2	Yokohama
1980	2,648,180	3	3	Osaka
1980	2,087,982	4	4	Nagoya
1980	1,473,065	5	9	Kyoto
1980	1,401,757	6	5	Sapporo
1980	1,367,390	7	8	Kobe
1980	1,088,588	8	6	Fukuoka
1980	1,065,078	9	14	Kitakyushu
1980	1,040,802	10	7	Kawasaki

Decade	Population	Rank in the Decade	Rank in 2020	Answer
1990	8,163,573	1	1	Tokyo
1990	3,220,331	2	2	Yokohama
1990	2,623,801	3	3	Osaka
1990	2,154,793	4	4	Nagoya
1990	1,671,742	5	5	Sapporo
1990	1,477,410	6	8	Kobe
1990	1,461,103	7	9	Kyoto
1990	1,237,062	8	6	Fukuoka
1990	1,173,603	9	7	Kawasaki
1990	1,085,705	10	11	Hiroshima
2000	8,134,688	1	1	Tokyo
2000	3,426,651	2	2	Yokohama
2000	2,598,774	3	3	Osaka
2000	2,171,557	4	4	Nagoya
2000	1,822,368	5	5	Sapporo
2000	1,493,398	6	8	Kobe
2000	1,467,785	7	9	Kyoto
2000	1,341,470	8	6	Fukuoka
2000	1,249,905	9	7	Kawasaki
2000	1,126,239	10	11	Hiroshima

Decade	Population	Rank in the Decade	Rank in 2020	Answer
2010	8,945,695	1	1	Tokyo
2010	3,688,773	2	2	Yokohama
2010	2,665,314	3	3	Osaka
2010	2,263,894	4	4	Nagoya
2010	1,913,545	5	5	Sapporo
2010	1,544,200	6	8	Kobe
2010	1,474,015	7	9	Kyoto
2010	1,463,743	8	6	Fukuoka
2010	1,425,512	9	7	Kawasaki
2010	1,222,434	10	10	Saitama
2020	9,733,276	1	1	Tokyo
2020	3,777,491	2	2	Yokohama
2020	2,752,412	3	3	Osaka
2020	2,332,176	4	4	Nagoya
2020	1,973,395	5	5	Sapporo
2020	1,612,392	6	6	Fukuoka
2020	1,538,262	7	7	Kawasaki
2020	1,525,152	8	8	Kobe
2020	1,463,723	9	9	Kyoto
2020	1,324,025	10	10	Saitama