100 Best universities for Demography in Japan

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Demography. A graph of 4.89M citations received by 183K academic papers made by 285 universities in Japan was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Tokyo

For Demography

#5 in Asia

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Demography

#8 in Asia

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

3. Tohoku University

For Demography

#24 in Asia

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1907

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Demography

#25 in Asia

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

5. Osaka University

For Demography

#27 in Asia

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Demography

#33 in Asia

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

7. Nagoya University

For Demography

#35 in Asia

#327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

8. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Demography

#37 in Asia

#334 in the World

Founded: 2003

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Demography

#49 in Asia

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

10. Keio University

For Demography

#63 in Asia

#430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 33,518
Founded: 1858

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Demography

#84 in Asia

#512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

12. Kobe University

For Demography

#88 in Asia

#524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

13. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Demography

#107 in Asia

#604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 13,057
Founded: 1922

14. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Demography

#108 in Asia

#605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

15. Chiba University

For Demography

#111 in Asia

#620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

16. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Demography

#120 in Asia

#650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,090
Founded: 1949

17. Nihon University

For Demography

#132 in Asia

#686 in the World

Founded: 1889

18. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Demography

#142 in Asia

#722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 12,068
Founded: 1922

19. Juntendo University

For Demography

#155 in Asia

#767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

20. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Demography

#167 in Asia

#819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,126
Founded: 2005

21. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Demography

#172 in Asia

#838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Founded: 1949

22. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Demography

#182 in Asia

#868 in the World

Founded: 1972

23. Gifu University

For Demography

#183 in Asia

#872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,227
Founded: 1949

24. Osaka City University

For Demography

#188 in Asia

#887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 8,230
Founded: 1928

25. Waseda University

For Demography

#189 in Asia

#888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 47,094
Founded: 1882

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Demography

#191 in Asia

#892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 10,849
Founded: 1949

27. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Demography

#194 in Asia

#903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

28. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Demography

#202 in Asia

#921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 9,033
Founded: 1949

29. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Demography

#205 in Asia

#928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

30. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Demography

#206 in Asia

#930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

31. Tokyo University of Science

For Demography

#217 in Asia

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 19,768
Founded: 1881

32. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Demography

#230 in Asia

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,198
Founded: 1928

33. Nagoya City University

For Demography

#232 in Asia

#986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 4,685
Founded: 1950

34. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Demography

#236 in Asia

#998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

35. Tokai University

For Demography

#251 in Asia

#1033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 29,700
Founded: 1946

36. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Demography

#253 in Asia

#1044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,179
Founded: 1949

37. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Demography

#254 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

38. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Demography

#256 in Asia

#1050 in the World

Founded: 1978

39. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Demography

#257 in Asia

#1052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 38,857
Founded: 1949

40. Kurume University

For Demography

#270 in Asia

#1091 in the World

Founded: 1928

41. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Demography

#274 in Asia

#1099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

42. Kitasato University

For Demography

#277 in Asia

#1108 in the World

Founded: 1962

43. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Demography

#279 in Asia

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

44. University of Toyama

For Demography

#285 in Asia

#1128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,208
Founded: 1975

45. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Demography

#287 in Asia

#1135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

46. Shimane University

For Demography

#288 in Asia

#1136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

47. Nippon Medical School

For Demography

#299 in Asia

#1156 in the World

Founded: 1904

48. Teikyo University

For Demography

#301 in Asia

#1158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

49. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Demography

#311 in Asia

#1174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

50. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Demography

#326 in Asia

#1209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

51. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Demography

#333 in Asia

#1225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

52. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Demography

#335 in Asia

#1228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Founded: 1875

53. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Demography

#340 in Asia

#1239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

54. Toho University

For Demography

#343 in Asia

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

55. Mie University

For Demography

#350 in Asia

#1266 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

56. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Demography

#361 in Asia

#1295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

57. Showa University

For Demography

#368 in Asia

#1314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

58. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Demography

#372 in Asia

#1327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

59. University of Yamanashi

For Demography

#380 in Asia

#1342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

60. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Demography

#384 in Asia

#1348 in the World

Founded: 1928

61. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Demography

#399 in Asia

#1370 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

62. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Demography

#425 in Asia

#1431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

63. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Demography

#437 in Asia

#1460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

64. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Demography

#441 in Asia

#1468 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

65. Osaka Prefecture University

For Demography

#442 in Asia

#1471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

66. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Demography

#443 in Asia

#1472 in the World

Founded: 1949

67. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Demography

#458 in Asia

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

68. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Demography

#459 in Asia

#1519 in the World

Founded: 1934

69. Akita University

For Demography

#467 in Asia

#1538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

70. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Demography

#470 in Asia

#1546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

71. Tokyo Medical University

For Demography

#472 in Asia

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

72. Kanazawa Medical University

For Demography

#474 in Asia

#1553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

73. Saga University

For Demography

#479 in Asia

#1562 in the World

Founded: 1949

74. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Demography

#483 in Asia

#1569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

75. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Demography

#494 in Asia

#1597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

76. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Demography

#543 in Asia

#1698 in the World

Founded: 1972

77. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Demography

#559 in Asia

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

78. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Demography

#567 in Asia

#1748 in the World

Founded: 1971

79. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Demography

#570 in Asia

#1759 in the World

Founded: 1971

80. Kyorin University

For Demography

#574 in Asia

#1766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

81. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Demography

#575 in Asia

#1767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

82. Ritsumeikan University

For Demography

#578 in Asia

#1773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

83. Oita University

For Demography

#586 in Asia

#1795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Founded: 1949

84. Kochi University

For Demography

#587 in Asia

#1800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

85. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Demography

#596 in Asia

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

86. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Demography

#600 in Asia

#1823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

87. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Demography

#603 in Asia

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,353
Founded: 1941

88. University of Fukui

For Demography

#618 in Asia

#1866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

89. Nara Women's University

For Demography

#643 in Asia

#1916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 2,631
Founded: 1908

90. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Demography

#677 in Asia

#2006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

91. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Demography

#715 in Asia

#2090 in the World

Founded: 1928

92. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Demography

#726 in Asia

#2119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 237
Male:Female: 56:44

93. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Demography

#736 in Asia

#2140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,402
Founded: 1949

94. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Demography

#744 in Asia

#2156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 3,217
Founded: 1949

95. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Demography

#745 in Asia

#2157 in the World

Founded: 1995

96. Kansai University

For Demography

#750 in Asia

#2167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 29,749
Founded: 1922

97. Ibaraki University

For Demography

#751 in Asia

#2171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

98. Meiji University

For Demography

#762 in Asia

#2201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

99. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Demography

#781 in Asia

#2244 in the World

Founded: 1927

100. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Demography

#786 in Asia

#2257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

The best cities to study Demography in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tokyo, Kyoto, Sendai, and Fukuoka.

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