It should be noted that the day to night population is high in Osaka and Tokyo, while it is low in the neighboring territories. The 2.6 million population of the city rises to 3.8 during the daytime. A declining rate in the daytime population was noted in 2000 in Osaka as well as 17 other cities. Of the entire populace which touched more than 2,700,000 by August 2003, 61% is the rate of the working population.