Number and Population of Municipalities by Size of Population (1898-Oct. 1, 1925) : Statistical Yearbook of Imperial Japan 51 (1932) Table 16

PERIOD: At the end of every 5 years from 1898 to 1918. As of October 1st every 5 years from 1920 to 1925. 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 for October 1st, 1920 and 1925 are from the Population Censuses conducted in those years, while the figures are the de facto population. SOURCE: [Survey by the Statistics Bureau, Imperial Cabinet].

时期：自1898年至1918年，每5年之末；自1920年至1925年，每年10月1日。注：根据市町村编制法合并的个别城镇和村庄虽单独计数，但在1898年和1903年的调查中，鹿儿岛县大隅郡的合并村庄未单独调查，记录为一个合并村庄。1920年10月1日及1925年的人口数据来源于当年的人口普查，其余数据为实际人口数。资料来源：[帝国内阁统计局调查]。