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Characteristics of Shinjuku

Shinjuku City Data – A Town with Over 100 Cultures

There are foreign residents from over 100 countries living in Shinjuku City. How many countries do you know?
(As of January 1, 2015)

No.	Country	Those Registered (Persons)	Men	Women
1	China	13,236	5,833	7,403
2	North/South Korea	10,554	5,029	5,525
3	Vietnam	2,468	1,618	850
4	Nepal	2,284	1,597	687
5	Myanmar	1,244	649	595
6	U.S.A.	965	636	329
7	France	730	466	264
8	Thailand	699	257	442
9	Philippines	672	161	512
10	U.K.	331	247	84
11	Canada	202	149	53
12	India	199	155	44
13	Russia	156	37	119
14	Indonesia	154	91	63
15	Germany	153	99	54
16	Australia	146	100	46
17	Brazil	136	80	56
18	Bangladesh	136	124	12
19	Malaysia	122	59	63
20	Mongolia	104	51	53
21	Italy	101	61	40
22	Spain	99	69	30
23	Sweden	80	50	30
24	Singapore	73	33	40
25	Saudi Arabia	62	58	4
26	Sri Lanka	56	41	15
27	Turkey	46	40	6
28	Netherlands	39	30	9
29	New Zealand	39	30	9
30	Cambodia	36	26	10
31	Colombia	34	12	22
32	Mexico	32	20	12
33	Peru	31	22	9
34	Iran	29	27	2
35	Pakistan	27	24	3
36	Switzerland	26	18	8
37	Uzbekistan	26	18	8
38	Argentina	25	11	14
39	Rumania	24	5	19
40	Belgium	10	16	4
41	Nigeria	20	20	0
42	Norway	20	17	3
43	Ireland	18	16	2
44	U.A.E.	17	15	2
45	Finland	17	5	12
46	Denmark	14	10	4
47	Austria	13	11	2
48	Portugal	13	7	6
49	Ukraine	13	4	9
50	Laos	12	10	2
51	Poland	12	9	3
52	Tunisia	12	8	4
53	Ghana	11	9	2
54	Israel	10	6	4
55	Egypt	10	8	2
56	Bulgaria	8	4	4
57	Chile	8	4	4
58	Kazakhstan	8	3	5
59	Greece	7	5	2
60	Hungary	7	3	4
61	Morocco	7	7	0
62	Republic of South Africa	7	5	2
63	Afghanistan	6	2	4
64	Bolivia	6	2	4
65	Croatia	6	3	3
66	Czech	6	4	2
67	Serbia	6	3	3
68	Lebanon	5	3	2
69	Tanzania	5	2	3
70	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4	3	1
71	Lithuania	4	3	1
72	Senegal	4	4	0
73	Uganda	4	3	1
74	Slovakia	4	0	4
75	Cameroon	3	0	3
76	Dominican Republic	3	2	1
77	Estonia	3	2	1
78	Guinea	3	3	0
79	Iceland	3	2	1
80	Cote d’Ivoire	3	2	1
81	Kenya	3	0	3
82	Kirghiz	3	1	2
83	Libya	3	3	0
84	Latvia	3	2	1
85	Paraguay	3	1	2
86	Without Nationality	3	1	2
87	Cuba	2	1	1
88	Cyprus	2	1	1
89	Honduras	2	1	1
90	Luxembourg	2	1	1
91	Qatar	2	1	1
92	Syria	2	1	1
93	Tadjikistan	2	2	0
94	Albania	1	0	1
95	Bahrain	1	0	1
96	Bhutan	1	0	1
97	Botswana	1	0	1
98	Brunei	1	1	0
99	Belarus	1	0	1
100	Costa Rica	1	1	0
101	Benin	1	1	0
102	Ethiopia	1	1	0
103	Gabon	1	1	0
104	Guatemala	1	1	0
105	Iraq	1	1	0
106	Madagascar	1	0	1
107	Maldives	1	0	1
108	Mauritius	1	1	0
109	Marshall Island	1	0	1
110	Moldova	1	1	0
111	Niger	1	1	0
112	Papua New Guinea	1	0	1
113	Sudan	1	1	0
114	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1	1	0
115	Togo	1	1	0
116	Venezuela	1	1	0
117	Yemen	1	1	0
118	Azerbaijan	1	0	1
119	Slovenia	1	1	0
120	Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0
121	Palestine	1	1	0
122	Kosovo	1	1	0
	Other	16	5	11
	Total	36,016	18,320	17,696
	Versus the previous year	+1,895	+1,403	+492