Editing Yakuza (section)

=== Number of members and quasi-members ===
The total number of yakuza members and quasi-members peaked at 184,100 in 1963, and then continued to decline due to police crackdowns.<ref name="npa99"/> The number of regular members decreased with the implementation of the {{nihongo|Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members|[[:ja:暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律|暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律]]|}} in 1992,<ref name="genmika"/> and the total number of members and quasi-members began to decline rapidly with the implementation of the [[yakuza exclusion ordinances]] in all 47 prefectures around 2010. Between 1990 and 2020, the total number of members and quasi-members decreased by 70 percent.<ref name="nhk300622"/>

The National Police Agency reported that Japanese yakuza organizations had 9,900 members and 8,900 quasi-members in 2024.<ref name="npa"/>