List of villagers

The following is a complete list of villagers who appear at some point throughout the. As of August 2024 there are a grand total of 472 villagers, 35 species and 8 personalities spanning nine games, six consoles, and mobile devices. 104 villagers have appeared in all mainline games, but only 43 villagers have appeared in every game including spin-offs. This number excludes.

features 216 villagers in total. The GameCube ports and  introduce 2 new villagers and 18 islanders, bringing the total to 236. Both games share the same villagers and islanders, with no differences from one another. introduces 66 additional villagers and 18 additional islanders, bringing the total to 320.

features 150 villagers in total, the fewest of any game in the series. (6 of which were distributed at Nintendo DS Download Stations and are no longer legitimately obtainable). The game introduces 18 new villagers as well as one new animal species (Monkey), but excludes 188 villagers from previous games.

features 210 villagers in total. It introduces 18 new villagers and sees the return of 42 of the villagers absent from the previous game.

features 333 villagers in total. The game introduces 100 new villagers, two new animal species (Deer and Hamster), two new personalities (smug and uchi), and sees the return of 24 previously absent villagers and the exclusion of 1 villager (Champ).

, a spin-off title, features 339 villagers in total, based on the initial roster. It introduces 2 new villagers and sees the return of 4 previous villagers (5 of which were distributed as Downloadable Content and are no longer legitimately obtainable). 20 villagers from Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+ exist in the game's files but do not actually appear in the game. They were ultimately added to with the Welcome amiibo update, which was released after.

, another spin-off title, features all of the same villagers as, except for those introduced with the update.

The update for  features 399 villagers in total. It introduces 60 additional villagers: 14 new, and 46 returning. Additionally, all 6 villagers exclusive to return in this update. 2 villagers, Filly and Holden, were distributed as Japan-exclusive visitors to town and are no longer obtainable. These two characters are not able to live in a player's town however, making for a total of 64 possible new residents to the player's town.

features 183 villagers in total in the 3.0.1 (40 from the game release, 143 from later updates).

currently confirmed the appearance of 144 villagers as of February 2, 2020.

Table of villagers
Character names in italics denote Japanese-exclusive villagers whose names have not been localized in other regions.