KOREA, IN NUMBERS Population

South Korea Cities & Counties by Population

All regions are compared using the same data month. Equal values share a rank.

MonthlyLatest available: Aug 2026

Population

Aug 2026

Population by Region
Rank	Region	Population	Share of national population
1	SuwonGyeonggi	1,185,677	2.32%
2	YonginGyeonggi	1,091,437	2.14%
3	GoyangGyeonggi	1,056,589	2.07%
4	HwaseongGyeonggi	1,000,464	1.96%
5	ChangwonSouth Gyeongsang	985,013	1.93%
6	SeongnamGyeonggi	899,806	1.76%
7	CheongjuNorth Chungcheong	860,215	1.68%
8	BucheonGyeonggi	754,159	1.48%
9	NamyangjuGyeonggi	727,158	1.42%
10	CheonanSouth Chungcheong	666,584	1.30%
11	PyeongtaekGyeonggi	622,663	1.22%
12	JeonjuJeonbuk	618,908	1.21%
13	AnsanGyeonggi	608,487	1.19%
14	AnyangGyeonggi	562,007	1.10%
15	PajuGyeonggi	535,692	1.05%
16	GimhaeSouth Gyeongsang	532,854	1.04%
17	SiheungGyeonggi	515,337	1.01%
18	PohangNorth Gyeongsang	486,930	0.95%
19	Jeju CityJeju	484,149	0.95%
20	GimpoGyeonggi	483,679	0.95%
21	UijeongbuGyeonggi	461,977	0.90%
22	GumiNorth Gyeongsang	402,596	0.79%
23	GwangjuGyeonggi	401,246	0.79%
24	WonjuGangwon	365,379	0.72%
25	AsanSouth Chungcheong	365,299	0.72%
26	YangsanSouth Gyeongsang	361,044	0.71%
27	JinjuSouth Gyeongsang	334,017	0.65%
28	HanamGyeonggi	327,389	0.64%
29	GwangmyeongGyeonggi	303,641	0.59%
30	YangjuGyeonggi	297,605	0.58%
31	ChuncheonGangwon	284,783	0.56%
32	SuncheonJeonnam-Gwangju	273,399	0.54%
33	IksanJeonbuk	266,639	0.52%
34	GyeongsanNorth Gyeongsang	263,020	0.51%
35	YeosuJeonnam-Gwangju	259,857	0.51%
36	GunsanJeonbuk	255,517	0.50%
37	OsanGyeonggi	255,303	0.50%
38	DalseongDaegu	251,789	0.49%
39	GunpoGyeonggi	249,066	0.49%
40	GyeongjuNorth Gyeongsang	242,512	0.47%
41	GeojeSouth Gyeongsang	228,774	0.45%
42	IcheonGyeonggi	227,032	0.44%
43	UljuUlsan	218,342	0.43%
44	ChungjuNorth Chungcheong	205,691	0.40%
45	GangneungGangwon	205,440	0.40%
46	AnseongGyeonggi	199,484	0.39%
47	MokpoJeonnam-Gwangju	198,981	0.39%
48	GuriGyeonggi	188,134	0.37%
49	SeogwipoJeju	178,532	0.35%
50	GijangBusan	175,482	0.34%
51	DangjinSouth Chungcheong	172,423	0.34%
52	SeosanSouth Chungcheong	170,780	0.33%
53	UiwangGyeonggi	166,540	0.33%
54	GwangyangJeonnam-Gwangju	156,052	0.31%
55	AndongNorth Gyeongsang	151,343	0.30%
56	PocheonGyeonggi	140,397	0.27%
57	GimcheonNorth Gyeongsang	132,433	0.26%
58	JecheonNorth Chungcheong	127,898	0.25%
59	YangpyeongGyeonggi	127,137	0.25%
60	NajuJeonnam-Gwangju	116,667	0.23%
61	TongyeongSouth Gyeongsang	115,975	0.23%
62	YeojuGyeonggi	113,348	0.22%
63	SacheonSouth Gyeongsang	107,796	0.21%
64	NonsanSouth Chungcheong	105,655	0.21%
65	ChilgokNorth Gyeongsang	103,426	0.20%
66	HongseongSouth Chungcheong	101,814	0.20%
67	WanjuJeonbuk	100,642	0.20%
68	JeongeupJeonbuk	100,580	0.20%
69	GongjuSouth Chungcheong	99,481	0.19%
70	MiryangSouth Gyeongsang	98,305	0.19%
71	YeongjuNorth Gyeongsang	96,237	0.19%
72	EumseongNorth Chungcheong	96,114	0.19%
73	MuanJeonnam-Gwangju	95,537	0.19%
74	YeongcheonNorth Gyeongsang	93,605	0.18%
75	BoryeongSouth Chungcheong	91,035	0.18%
76	SangjuNorth Gyeongsang	88,920	0.17%
77	DongducheonGyeonggi	86,168	0.17%
78	JincheonNorth Chungcheong	85,649	0.17%
79	DonghaeGangwon	85,534	0.17%
80	GimjeJeonbuk	81,585	0.16%
81	GwacheonGyeonggi	81,107	0.16%
82	SokchoGangwon	78,788	0.15%
83	YesanSouth Chungcheong	78,133	0.15%
84	NamwonJeonbuk	73,604	0.14%
85	GanghwaIncheon	69,541	0.14%
86	HongcheonGangwon	65,817	0.13%
87	MungyeongNorth Gyeongsang	64,657	0.13%
88	GapyeongGyeonggi	62,046	0.12%
89	HaenamJeonnam-Gwangju	61,883	0.12%
90	SamcheokGangwon	60,041	0.12%
91	HwasunJeonnam-Gwangju	59,860	0.12%
92	GoheungJeonnam-Gwangju	59,011	0.12%
93	TaeanSouth Chungcheong	58,858	0.12%
94	GeochangSouth Gyeongsang	58,737	0.11%
95	BuyeoSouth Chungcheong	57,591	0.11%
96	HamanSouth Gyeongsang	56,655	0.11%
97	ChangnyeongSouth Gyeongsang	54,173	0.11%
98	YeonggwangJeonnam-Gwangju	53,719	0.11%
99	YecheonNorth Gyeongsang	53,275	0.10%
100	OkcheonNorth Chungcheong	50,730	0.10%
101	GochangJeonbuk	50,025	0.10%
102	YeongamJeonnam-Gwangju	49,984	0.10%
103	GeumsanSouth Chungcheong	48,749	0.10%
104	UiseongNorth Gyeongsang	47,879	0.09%
105	BuanJeonbuk	46,952	0.09%
106	GoseongSouth Gyeongsang	46,712	0.09%
107	SeocheonSouth Chungcheong	46,589	0.09%
108	UljinNorth Gyeongsang	46,319	0.09%
109	GyeryongSouth Chungcheong	45,937	0.09%
110	HoengseongGangwon	45,465	0.09%
111	WandoJeonnam-Gwangju	44,071	0.09%
112	DamyangJeonnam-Gwangju	43,880	0.09%
113	YeoncheonGyeonggi	43,143	0.08%
114	YeongdongNorth Chungcheong	43,089	0.08%
115	JangseongJeonnam-Gwangju	43,079	0.08%
116	SinanJeonnam-Gwangju	42,384	0.08%
117	NamhaeSouth Gyeongsang	41,073	0.08%
118	SeongjuNorth Gyeongsang	40,293	0.08%
119	CheongdoNorth Gyeongsang	39,988	0.08%
120	PyeongchangGangwon	39,849	0.08%
121	CheorwonGangwon	39,598	0.08%
122	HadongSouth Gyeongsang	39,565	0.08%
123	HapcheonSouth Gyeongsang	38,732	0.08%
124	BoseongJeonnam-Gwangju	38,162	0.07%
125	GoesanNorth Chungcheong	37,174	0.07%
126	JeungpyeongNorth Chungcheong	36,777	0.07%
127	TaebaekGangwon	36,680	0.07%
128	YeongwolGangwon	35,651	0.07%
129	JeongseonGangwon	35,137	0.07%
130	HamyangSouth Gyeongsang	35,074	0.07%
131	JangheungJeonnam-Gwangju	33,877	0.07%
132	SancheongSouth Gyeongsang	32,628	0.06%
133	YeongdeokNorth Gyeongsang	32,511	0.06%
134	GangjinJeonnam-Gwangju	31,603	0.06%
135	BoeunNorth Chungcheong	31,549	0.06%
136	InjeGangwon	30,692	0.06%
137	CheongyangSouth Chungcheong	30,010	0.06%
138	HampyeongJeonnam-Gwangju	29,753	0.06%
139	GoryeongNorth Gyeongsang	29,429	0.06%
140	BonghwaNorth Gyeongsang	28,041	0.05%
141	JindoJeonnam-Gwangju	27,773	0.05%
142	GokseongJeonnam-Gwangju	27,686	0.05%
143	SunchangJeonbuk	27,654	0.05%
144	YangyangGangwon	27,350	0.05%
145	GoseongGangwon	27,196	0.05%
146	DanyangNorth Chungcheong	26,481	0.05%
147	ImsilJeonbuk	25,290	0.05%
148	JinanJeonbuk	24,930	0.05%
149	GuryeJeonnam-Gwangju	24,627	0.05%
150	CheongsongNorth Gyeongsang	24,560	0.05%
151	UiryeongSouth Gyeongsang	24,518	0.05%
152	MujuJeonbuk	23,455	0.05%
153	HwacheonGangwon	22,908	0.04%
154	GunwiDaegu	22,493	0.04%
155	JangsuJeonbuk	21,184	0.04%
156	YangguGangwon	20,354	0.04%
157	OngjinIncheon	19,275	0.04%
158	YeongyangNorth Gyeongsang	15,956	0.03%
159	UlleungNorth Gyeongsang	8,747	0.02%

— means unavailable. Missing values are never treated as zero.

Definition

This population series is based on South Korea's resident registration statistics. Foreign residents are not included in this dataset.

Methodology

Source: KOSIS ↗ · Monthly resident registration populationLast updated: Sep 29, 2026