The number of foreign residents in the prefecture increased to 47,665 (+ 9.7% over the previous year)

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Results of Foreign Residents Citizenship / Regional Population Survey (as of December 31, 2017)

Mie prefecture conducts surveys once a year on the number of foreign residents.

The outline of the survey results is as follows.

For details, please see the website of Mie Ken Diversity Shakai Suishin-ka.

http://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/common/01/ci500005057.htm

Survey Result

1. Number of foreign residents in Mie prefecture as of the end of 2017

47,665 people (4,220 people, up 9.7% over the previous year)

※ It increased for 4 consecutive years from 2013.

 

2. Percentage of foreign residents in total prefecture population

2.60% (2.36% in the previous year)

 

3. Number of foreign residents by nationality / region

Rank	Nationality	Number of foreign residents	Composition ratio	Increase/Decrease number	Rate of change
1	Brasil	12,993	27.3%	1,415	12.2%
2	China	7,734	16.2%	17	0.2%
3	Philippines	6,554	13.8%	399	6.5%
4	Korea	4,436	9.3%	-54	-1.2%
5	Vietnam	4,332	9.1%	1,039	31.6%
6	Peru	3,057	6.4%	100	3.4%
7	Indonesia	1,487	3.1%	293	24.5%
8	Thailand	1,391	2.9%	98	7.6%
9	Bolivia	974	2.0%	110	12.7%
10	Nepal	968	2.0%	335	52.9%
Others		3,739	7.8%	468	14.3%
Total for Mie Prefecture		47,665	100.0%	4,220	9.7%

 

4. Number of foreign residents by city and town Top 10 Municipalities

Rank	Municipality name	Number of foreign residents	Composition ratio	Increase/Decrease number	Ratio of change
1	Yokkaichi-shi	8,893	18.7%	731	9.0%
2	Suzuka-shi	8,457	17.7%	1,206	16.6%
3	Tsu-shi	8,240	17.3%	658	8.7%
4	Iga-shi	4,697	9.9%	170	3.8%
5	Matsusaka-shi	4,075	8.5%	198	5.1%
6	Kuwana-shi	3,716	7.8%	334	9.9%
7	Kameyama-shi	2,049	4.3%	317	18.3%
8	Inabe-shi	1,697	3.6%	169	11.1%
9	Nagano-cho	902	1.9%	105	13.2%
10	Ise-shi	837	1.8%	9	1.1%

 

5. Percentage of the number of foreign residents by city town Top 10 municipalities

Rank	Municipality name	Percentage of foreigners	Number of foreign residents	Number of Japanese population
1	Kisozaki-cho	5.84%	374	6,028
2	Ise-shi	5.06%	4,697	88,158
3	Suzuka-shi	4.20%	8,457	192,709
4	Kameyama-shi	4.10%	2,049	47,886
5	Inabe-shi	3.72%	1,697	43,933
6	Tsu-shi	2.93%	8,240	272,887
7	Kawagoe-cho	2.89%	434	14,594
8	Yokkaichi-shi	2.85%	8,893	303,270
9	Kuwana-shi	2.60%	3,716	139,214
10	Matsusaka-shi	2.46%	4,075	161,397
Total for Mie Prefecture		2.60%	47,665	1,786,581