Cities and urban areas in North Korea with population over 100,000]
[POPULATION data has been updated here]
Copyright Rhett Butler 2003

The table below includes cities with populations exceeding 100 000 people. All figures are estimates for 2002.


Urban Area RankCity Pop RankCityCountryCity PopulationUrban Area Population
10360PyongyangNorth Korea27247003171800
505333HamhungNorth Korea821200821200
614424ChongjinNorth Korea674000674000
629435NampoNorth Korea655100655100
971824SinuijuNorth Korea377200377200
1041912WonsanNorth Korea347300347300
11161004PhyongsongNorth Korea315800315800
11891093SariwonNorth Korea294100294100
13071223HaejuNorth Korea265200265200
13331255KanggyeNorth Korea258500258500
14921435KimchaekNorth Korea227300227300
16411597HyesanNorth Korea206000206000
17071668KaesongNorth Korea198400198400
21492128SongnimNorth Korea152700152700



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POPULATION data has been updated here