List of cities in South Korea by population

This article lists the cities of South Korea by population.

List of cities

This list includes provincial-level divisions: special city (특별시/特別市) and metropolitan cities (광역시/廣域市), and municipal-level division: cities (시/市). Other municipal-level divisions: counties (군/郡) and districts (구/區) are not included. All population data are based on the South Korean population and housing census 2000–2015.[1]

RankDivision2015201020052000
1Seoul(Special city)9,904,3129,631,4829,762,5469,853,972
2Busan(Metropolitan city)3,448,7373,393,1913,512,5473,655,437
3Incheon(Metropolitan city)2,890,4512,632,0352,517,6802,466,338
4Daegu(Metropolitan city)2,466,0522,431,7742,456,0162,473,990
5Daejeon(Metropolitan city)1,538,3941,490,1581,438,5511,365,961
6Gwangju(Metropolitan city)1,502,8811,466,1431,413,6441,350,948
7SuwonGyeonggi1,194,3131,054,0531,039,233944,239
8Ulsan(Metropolitan city)1,166,6151,071,6731,044,9341,012,110
9Changwon[2]South Gyeongsang1,059,2411,047,4881,075,3261,076,448
10GoyangGyeonggi990,073897,222864,402762,598
11YonginGyeonggi971,327847,138686,842384,741
12SeongnamGyeonggi948,757936,267931,019912,222
13BucheonGyeonggi843,794842,482833,931757,832
14Cheongju[3]North Chungcheong833,276804,119752,768701,256
15AnsanGyeonggi747,035699,063669,839554,998
16JeonjuNorth Jeolla658,172646,512622,092615,804
17CheonanSouth Chungcheong629,062565,201518,171415,818
18NamyangjuGyeonggi629,061526,639424,446339,545
19Hwaseong[4]Gyeonggi608,725474,160282,124185,979
20AnyangGyeonggi585,177596,772609,886578,845
21GimhaeSouth Gyeongsang534,124484,244428,893330,829
22PohangNorth Gyeongsang511,804508,736488,433515,187
23PyeongtaekGyeonggi457,873381,731374,262342,806
24Jeju (City)[5]Jeju (Prov.)451,758398,677391,132366,809
25SiheungGyeonggi425,184393,293384,304304,260
26UijeongbuGyeonggi421,579415,170397,694354,422
27GumiNorth Gyeongsang421,075399,019381,583339,457
28PajuGyeonggi415,345323,955239,823177,128
29GimpoGyeonggi352,683217,280192,716148,576
30JinjuSouth Gyeongsang349,788335,297336,355339,413
31GwangmyeongGyeonggi338,509326,418319,452333,596
32WonjuGangwon330,854309,803283,583267,849
33AsanSouth Chungcheong319,929272,282206,851179,900
34Gwangju[6]Gyeonggi310,278224,269204,266124,789
35IksanNorth Jeolla301,723294,479306,974322,636
36YangsanSouth Gyeongsang297,532249,529215,845191,147
37GunpoGyeonggi285,721274,198268,917262,593
38ChuncheonGangwon281,596274,220260,234252,177
39GyeongsanNorth Gyeongsang278,500260,643240,371226,713
40GunsanNorth Jeolla275,155258,845249,212272,129
41YeosuSouth Jeolla273,761268,727277,420303,115
42SuncheonSouth Jeolla265,390257,800261,519265,724
43GyeongjuNorth Gyeongsang 262,310252,750266,131275,132
44GeojeSouth Gyeongsang 261,371225,014193,398167,231
45MokpoSouth Jeolla239,524248,694244,543250,336
46GangneungGangwon215,677217,481220,706227,856
47OsanGyeonggi213,840180,996131,792102,287
48ChungjuNorth Chungcheong211,005201,361204,248217,510
49IcheonGyeonggi209,003192,918187,514179,081
50Yangju[7]Gyeonggi205,988183,673149,931107,440
51Sejong[8](Special autonomous city)204,08880,54280,38979,745
52AnseongGyeonggi194,765175,824157,632132,906
53GuriGyeonggi180,063184,503186,954160,485
54SeosanSouth Chungcheong169,221155,082143,692142,972
55AndongNorth Gyeongsang168,581165,399169,436181,974
56Dangjin[9]South Chungcheong163,762135,106112,267117,447
57Pocheon[10]Gyeonggi163,388136,580139,472135,758
58UiwangGyeonggi154,879143,378143,568117,594
59HanamGyeonggi154,838137,569121,646120,149
60Seogwipo[11]Jeju (Prov.)153,861129,734139,554145,732
61GwangyangSouth Jeolla144,414137,100135,583132,568
62GimcheonNorth Gyeongsang137,540126,823135,166147,269
63TongyeongSouth Gyeongsang137,208127,896121,115123,747
64JecheonNorth Chungcheong136,350133,626132,483143,537
65NonsanSouth Chungcheong124,246117,686124,779137,452
66Gongju[12]South Chungcheong113,542120,660126,484130,223
67SacheonSouth Gyeongsang113,335106,175106,532110,912
68JeongeupNorth Jeolla110,627109,458115,416128,892
69Yeoju[13]Gyeonggi109,937100,05298,44197,412
70YeongjuNorth Gyeongsang109,266108,268113,670126,415
71MiryangSouth Gyeongsang103,06998,564105,651115,787
72BoryeongSouth Chungcheong101,85297,09196,992109,423
73SangjuNorth Gyeongsang98,76097,559105,600116,365
74YeongcheonNorth Gyeongsang97,66994,350103,289110,918
75DongducheonGyeonggi97,42490,43378,89772,366
76NajuSouth Jeolla92,58277,82586,82399,233
77DonghaeGangwon90,25590,32193,01896,280
78GimjeNorth Jeolla84,26982,73990,376102,428
79NamwonNorth Jeolla80,49978,42585,82894,810
80SokchoGangwon79,84680,50584,70687,880
81MungyeongNorth Gyeongsang71,86368,69270,81390,778
82SamcheokGangwon69,50967,13167,95775,592
83GwacheonGyeonggi64,81766,31956,58766,592
84TaebaekGangwon46,71551,40055,24154,164
85Gyeryong[14]South Chungcheong39,24341,39531,64627,104

See also

References

  1. ↑ Population Census, Korean Statistical Information Service, 2000–2015, Statistics Korea
  2. ↑ Includes former city Masan and Jinhae.
  3. ↑ Includes former county Cheongwon. Note that some villages of Cheongwon are out to merge with Sejong. Numbers before 2010 contain populations of those villages.
  4. ↑ Includes former county Hwaseong.
  5. ↑ Includes former county Bukjeju (North Jeju).
  6. ↑ Includes former county Gwangju.
  7. ↑ Includes former county Yangju.
  8. ↑ Includes former county Yeongi; Note that current Sejong city contains some villages from Gongju and former county Cheongwon, North Chungcheong, and the population statistics of Yeongi county did not contain populations of those villages.
  9. ↑ Includes former county Dangjin.
  10. ↑ Includes former county Pocheon.
  11. ↑ Includes former county Namjeju (South Jeju).
  12. ↑ Some villages are out to merge with Sejong. Numbers before 2010 contain populations of those villages.
  13. ↑ Includes former county Yeoju.
  14. ↑ Includes former Gyeryong branch office of Nonsan city.
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