Kyoto City, as designated by government ordinance, has the seventh-largest population of all the cities in Japan, including the special wards of Tokyo, and during the daytime the city boasts the sixth-largest population, surpassing that of Kobe City.
国から政令指定都市の指定を受けており、東京特別区を含めて全国第7位の人口を有する（昼間人口では神戸市を抜き第6位となる）。