Most populated municipalities

The 20 municipalities in Shiga Ken with the most residents, and the 20 with the fewest, out of 57 with a published figure.

	Municipality	Prefecture	Postal code	Residents
1	Nagano Prefecture	Shiga Ken	529-1393	2,024,073
2	Toyota	Shiga Ken	529-1657	422,106
3	Otsu	Shiga Ken	520-0588	342,607
4	Nagaoka	Shiga Ken	521-0292	265,868
5	Hino	Shiga Ken	529-1600	190,598
6	Sakura	Shiga Ken	529-1619	169,059
7	Kusatsu	Shiga Ken	525-0048	143,230
8	Abiko	Shiga Ken	529-1234	130,290
9	Nagahama	Shiga Ken	526-0845	113,740
10	Hikone	Shiga Ken	522-0047	113,191
11	Kiyota-ku	Shiga Ken	529-1636	112,676
12	Higashiōmi-shi	Shiga Ken	527-0138	112,459
13	Kōka-shi	Shiga Ken	528-0037	88,538
14	Mobara	Shiga Ken	522-0319	86,446
15	Moriyama	Shiga Ken	524-0046	83,567
16	Ōmihachiman-shi	Shiga Ken	523-0808	81,545
17	Rittō-shi	Shiga Ken	520-3031	69,598
18	Kōnan-ku	Shiga Ken	520-3214	67,927
19	Hashimoto	Shiga Ken	520-2514	60,058
20	Koga	Shiga Ken	521-0303	59,349

Least populated municipalities

	Municipality	Prefecture	Postal code	Residents
1	Ōshika-mura	Shiga Ken	521-0214	928
2	Ueno	Shiga Ken	521-0312	1,065
3	Kawakami	Shiga Ken	520-2504	3,830
4	Kōra-chō	Shiga Ken	522-0200	6,379
5	Taga	Shiga Ken	522-0341	7,237
6	Toyosato	Shiga Ken	529-1100	7,337
7	Shinano	Shiga Ken	520-2503	7,558
8	Hara	Shiga Ken	529-1614	7,739
9	Kawachi	Shiga Ken	522-0301	8,225
10	Kawara	Shiga Ken	529-1613	9,955
11	Kiso	Shiga Ken	522-0356	10,429
12	Nakayama	Shiga Ken	529-1658	10,617
13	Asahi	Shiga Ken	521-0226	11,070
14	Zaō-machi	Shiga Ken	529-1625	11,360
15	Yamamoto	Shiga Ken	529-1651	11,736
16	Ryūō-chō	Shiga Ken	520-2500	11,821
17	Ōki-machi	Shiga Ken	529-1213	13,847
18	Fujikawa	Shiga Ken	521-0325	14,004
19	Kumano	Shiga Ken	529-1623	15,806
20	Kitagata	Shiga Ken	521-0217	18,308

Most populated municipalities — All of Japan

One row per municipalities. The figures are published by municipality, so every postal code inside one shares them; the postal code shown is one of that municipality's.