 The growth and decline of the population within the various districts of Nagano City has been uneven over the past 70 years
The following table shows the population of foreigners and non-Japanese residents since 2014
Nagano is home to several private and public universities.Four of the ten universities recognized as major universities in the prefecture have campuses in the city, including the newest prefectural university, The University of Nagano.Nagano has 55 public elementary schools and 24 public middle schools operated by the city government, along with one public middle school operated by the national government and four private middle schools.