Uma sicabangela lesi sigaba esiphathelene nokwakheka kwabantu base-Osaka, yisiphi isibalo esiphakeme kunazo zonke sabahlali esake sabhalwa abahlala e-Osaka nganoma isiphi isikhathi?
Context:Izinombolo zabantu ziye zalotshwa e-Osaka kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-1873, ekuqaleni kwenkathi kaMeiji. Ngokwenani labantu ngo-2005, kwakukhona izakhamuzi ezingu-2.628.811 e-Osaka, ukwanda kwabantu abangu-30.037 noma u-1.2% kusukela ngo-2000. Kwakunemikhaya engu-1 280 325 enabantu abangaba ngu-2,1 emndenini ngamunye. Ubuningi babantu babengu-11,836 abantu ngekhilomitha. Ukuzamazama komhlaba kweGreat Kantō kwabangela ukufuduka kwabantu abaningi e-Osaka phakathi kuka-1920 no-1930, futhi leli dolobha laba idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke eJapane ngo-1930 elinabantu abangu-2,453,573, elidlula ngisho neTokyo, eyayinabantu abangu-2,070,913. Inani labantu lafinyelela ku-3.252.340 ngo-1940, futhi laba nenani eliphakeme ngemuva kwempi elingu-3.156.222 ngo-1965, kodwa laqhubeka lincipha kusukela lapho, njengoba izakhamizi zaphuma zaya emaphethelweni edolobha.  Kwakunabantu bezinye izizwe ababhalisiwe abangu-144,123, amaqembu amabili amakhulu kakhulu angamaKorea (60,110) namaShayina (39,551) ngonyaka ka-2021. I-Ikuno, nesifunda sayo saseTsuruhashi, iyikhaya lomunye wabantu abaningi kakhulu baseKorea abahlala eJapane, nabangu - 20 397 ababhalisiwe baseZainichi Korea.
Inani eliphakeme kunawo wonke elake labikwa e-Osaka lalingu - 3 252 340 ngo - 1940.