Editing Tokyo (section)

=== Immigration ===
In 1889, the [[Home Ministry]] recorded 1,375,937 people in [[Tokyo City]] and a total of 1,694,292 people in [[Tokyo Prefecture (1868–1943)|Tokyo-fu]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=東京府 編 |script-title=ja:東京府統計書. 明治22年 |trans-title=Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1889)|year=1890 |volume=1 |publisher=東京府|pages=40–41|language=ja}} [http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/806569 (National Diet Library Digital Archive)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906223533/http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/806569 |date=September 6, 2014 }} (digital page number 32)</ref> In the same year, a total of 779 foreign nationals were recorded as residing in Tokyo. The most common nationality was English (209 residents), followed by American (182) and Chinese nationals (137).<ref>{{Cite book |last=東京府 編 |script-title=ja:東京府統計書. 明治22年 |trans-title=Tōkyō-Fu Statistics Book (1889)|year=1890 |volume=1 |publisher=東京府|pages=66–67|language=ja}} [http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/806569 (National Diet Library Digital Archive)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906223533/http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/806569 |date=September 6, 2014 }} (digital page number 46)</ref>

As of January 2024, Tokyo had 647,416 foreign nationals registered as residents, with China, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Nepal, Taiwan, and the United States each having more than 20,000 nationals living there as citizens.<ref name="pop-detail">{{cite web |title=Tokyo Statistical Yearbook 2024 |url=https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/gaikoku/2024/ga24ea0100.xls |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221093200/https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/gaikoku/2024/ga24ea0100.xls |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |publisher=Bureau of General Affairs, [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government]] |format=Excel 97}}</ref> Since the COVID-19 pandemic ended, Tokyo's foreign population has increased significantly, now nearly 20% above the January 2022 population of 546,436.<ref>"[https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/gaikoku/2022/ga22ea0100.xls Tokyo Statistical Yearbook 2022] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401021418/https://www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/gaikoku/2022/ga22ea0100.xls|date=April 1, 2022}}" (Excel 97). Bureau of General Affairs, [[Tokyo Metropolitan Government]]. Retrieved May 25, 2024.</ref> There is no official survey of race or place of birth as of June 2024.