Number and Population of Municipalities by Size of Population (1898-Oct. 1, 1935) : Statistical Yearbook of Imperial Japan 55 (1936) Table 21

PERIOD: At the end of every 5 years from 1898 to 1918. As of October 1st every 5 years from 1920 to 1935. NOTE: Individual towns and villages that were combined under the Municipal Government Act are counted separately. However, in the surveys in 1898 and 1903, the combined villages of Oshima County in Kagoshima Prefecture were not surveyed individually and are recorded as one combined village. The population figures in the columns for 1898 year-end to 1913 year-end are the "type A" de facto population  (see page 17 of the 1916 Statistical Yearbook of Imperial Japan), while the figures for 1920, 1925, 1930, and 1935 are from the Population Censuses conducted in those years. . SOURCE: [Survey by the Statistics Bureau, Imperial Cabinet].

数据采集周期：自1898年至1918年，每五年结束之时进行采集；自1920年至1935年，每年10月1日进行采集。备注：根据《市町村制》合并的城镇及村庄，在统计时单独计数。然而，在1898年和1903年的调查中，鹿儿岛县大隅郡的合并村庄并未单独进行统计，而是作为单一村庄记录。1898年年末至1913年年末的列中人口数据为‘A型’事实人口（详见1916年《大正帝国统计年鉴》第17页），而1920年、1925年、1930年和1935年的数据则来源于当年进行的 人口普查。数据来源：[帝国内阁统计局调查]