Editing Kyushu (section)

==Population==

Kyūshū has 10.3{{nbsp}}percent of the population of Japan.<ref name=honshu2>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90C4DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA16| page=16| title=The Philippine Archipelago |first=Yves |last=Boquet |publisher=Springer |year= 2017|isbn= 9783319519265}}</ref> Most of Kyūshū's population is concentrated along the northwest, in the cities of [[Fukuoka]] and [[Kitakyushu]], with population corridors stretching southwest into [[Sasebo]] and [[Nagasaki]] and south into [[Kumamoto]] and [[Kagoshima]]. Except for [[Ōita (city)|Oita]] and [[Miyazaki (city)|Miyazaki]], the eastern seaboard shows a general [[demographics of Japan|decline in population]].

Politically, Kyūshū is described as a stronghold of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]].<ref name="veconomist" >{{cite news|title=Japanese voters want a plan to handle a declining population|url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21730003-election-campaign-disappointing-them-japanese-voters-want-plan-handle-declining|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=5 October 2017}}</ref>

Per Japanese census data,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/japan/cities/fukuoka/|title=Fukuoka (Japan): Prefecture, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-japanpref.htm|title=Japan Prefectures Population from 1920 and Area |website=www.demographia.com}}</ref> the Kyūshū region's population with [[Ryukyu Islands]] ([[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] and [[Kagoshima Prefecture|Kagoshima]] Prefectures) has experienced a large decline since around 2000. However, the population decline in total is mild because of the relatively high birth rate of [[Ryukyuans]] both within the Ryukyuan lands ([[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] and [[Kagoshima Prefecture|Kagoshima]]) and throughout the Kyūshū region. In addition, the other prefectures in Kyūshū also have exceptionally high [[Total fertility rate#Japan|TFR]]s compared to the rest of Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www8.cao.go.jp/shoushi/shoushika/research/cyousa23/kankyo/pdf/5.pdf |title=「都市と地方における子育て環境の違いから得られた知見」 |access-date=2022-02-09 |archive-date=2023-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313001044/https://www8.cao.go.jp/shoushi/shoushika/research/cyousa23/kankyo/pdf/5.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/geppo/nengai20/dl/h9.pdf|title=令和２年(2020)人口動態統計月報年計（概数）の概況}}</ref> 

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|+'''Historical populations'''
|valign="top"|'''Including [[Ryukyu Islands]]'''
{{Historical populations
| 1873 | 5,163,730  
| 1920 |  8,730,000    
| 1930 |  9,647,000  
| 1940 | 10,511,000
| 1950 | 13,011,000
| 1960 | 13,787,000
| 1970 | 13,016,000
| 1980 | 14,073,000
| 1990 | 14,518,000
| 2000 | 14,763,781
| 2010 | 14,596,783
| 2018 | 14,311,224
|align       = none
| footnote = Includes Okinawa and Kagoshima prefecture populations.
}}

|'''Excluding Ryukyu Islands'''
{{Historical populations 
| 1873 |  4,776,363  
| 1920 |  6,742,000    
| 1930 |  7,512,000  
| 1940 |  8,347,000
| 1950 | 10,292,000
| 1960 | 10,941,000
| 1970 | 10,342,000
| 1980 | 11,181,000
| 1990 | 11,498,000
| 2000 | 11,659,367
| 2010 | 11,497,723
| 2018 | 11,249,154
|align       = none
| footnote = In 1873, [[Ōsumi Province]] represents portion of Kagoshima with Ryukyu islands
}}
|}

===Designated cities===
* [[Fukuoka]] (population: 1,588,924)
* [[Kitakyushu]] (population: 940,978)
* [[Kumamoto]] (population: 738,907)

===Core cities===
* [[Kagoshima]]
* [[Kurume]]
* [[Miyazaki (city)|Miyazaki]]
* [[Naha]]
* [[Nagasaki]]
* [[Ōita (city)|Ōita]]
* [[Saga (city)|Saga]]
* [[Sasebo]]