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 which have populations under 50K) and districts (구/區) are not included. All population data are based on the South Korean population and housing census 2000–2015.[1]

Rank	Division		2015	2010	2005	2000
1	Seoul	(Special city)	9,904,312	9,631,482	9,762,546	9,853,972
2	Busan	(Metropolitan city)	3,448,737	3,393,191	3,512,547	3,655,437
3	Incheon	(Metropolitan city)	2,890,451	2,632,035	2,517,680	2,466,338
4	Daegu	(Metropolitan city)	2,466,052	2,431,774	2,456,016	2,473,990
5	Daejeon	(Metropolitan city)	1,538,394	1,490,158	1,438,551	1,365,961
6	Gwangju	(Metropolitan city)	1,502,881	1,466,143	1,413,644	1,350,948
7	Suwon	Gyeonggi	1,194,313	1,054,053	1,039,233	944,239
8	Ulsan	(Metropolitan city)	1,166,615	1,071,673	1,044,934	1,012,110
9	Changwon[2]	South Gyeongsang	1,059,241	1,047,488	1,075,326	1,076,448
10	Goyang	Gyeonggi	990,073	897,222	864,402	762,598
11	Yongin	Gyeonggi	971,327	847,138	686,842	384,741
12	Seongnam	Gyeonggi	948,757	936,267	931,019	912,222
13	Bucheon	Gyeonggi	843,794	842,482	833,931	757,832
14	Cheongju[3]	North Chungcheong	833,276	804,119	752,768	701,256
15	Ansan	Gyeonggi	747,035	699,063	669,839	554,998
16	Jeonju	North Jeolla	658,172	646,512	622,092	615,804
17	Cheonan	South Chungcheong	629,062	565,201	518,171	415,818
18	Namyangju	Gyeonggi	629,061	526,639	424,446	339,545
19	Hwaseong[4]	Gyeonggi	608,725	474,160	282,124	185,979
20	Anyang	Gyeonggi	585,177	596,772	609,886	578,845
21	Gimhae	South Gyeongsang	534,124	484,244	428,893	330,829
22	Pohang	North Gyeongsang	511,804	508,736	488,433	515,187
23	Pyeongtaek	Gyeonggi	457,873	381,731	374,262	342,806
24	Jeju (City)[5]	Jeju (Prov.)	451,758	398,677	391,132	366,809
25	Siheung	Gyeonggi	425,184	393,293	384,304	304,260
26	Uijeongbu	Gyeonggi	421,579	415,170	397,694	354,422
27	Gumi	North Gyeongsang	421,075	399,019	381,583	339,457
28	Paju	Gyeonggi	415,345	323,955	239,823	177,128
29	Gimpo	Gyeonggi	352,683	217,280	192,716	148,576
30	Jinju	South Gyeongsang	349,788	335,297	336,355	339,413
31	Gwangmyeong	Gyeonggi	338,509	326,418	319,452	333,596
32	Wonju	Gangwon	330,854	309,803	283,583	267,849
33	Asan	South Chungcheong	319,929	272,282	206,851	179,900
34	Gwangju[6]	Gyeonggi	310,278	224,269	204,266	124,789
35	Iksan	North Jeolla	301,723	294,479	306,974	322,636
36	Yangsan	South Gyeongsang	297,532	249,529	215,845	191,147
37	Gunpo	Gyeonggi	285,721	274,198	268,917	262,593
38	Chuncheon	Gangwon	281,596	274,220	260,234	252,177
39	Gyeongsan	North Gyeongsang	278,500	260,643	240,371	226,713
40	Gunsan	North Jeolla	275,155	258,845	249,212	272,129
41	Yeosu	South Jeolla	273,761	268,727	277,420	303,115
42	Suncheon	South Jeolla	265,390	257,800	261,519	265,724
43	Gyeongju	North Gyeongsang	262,310	252,750	266,131	275,132
44	Geoje	South Gyeongsang	261,371	225,014	193,398	167,231
45	Mokpo	South Jeolla	239,524	248,694	244,543	250,336
46	Gangneung	Gangwon	215,677	217,481	220,706	227,856
47	Osan	Gyeonggi	213,840	180,996	131,792	102,287
48	Chungju	North Chungcheong	211,005	201,361	204,248	217,510
49	Icheon	Gyeonggi	209,003	192,918	187,514	179,081
50	Yangju[7]	Gyeonggi	205,988	183,673	149,931	107,440
51	Sejong[8]	(Special autonomous city)	204,088	80,542	80,389	79,745
52	Anseong	Gyeonggi	194,765	175,824	157,632	132,906
53	Guri	Gyeonggi	180,063	184,503	186,954	160,485
54	Seosan	South Chungcheong	169,221	155,082	143,692	142,972
55	Andong	North Gyeongsang	168,581	165,399	169,436	181,974
56	Dangjin[9]	South Chungcheong	163,762	135,106	112,267	117,447
57	Pocheon[10]	Gyeonggi	163,388	136,580	139,472	135,758
58	Uiwang	Gyeonggi	154,879	143,378	143,568	117,594
59	Hanam	Gyeonggi	154,838	137,569	121,646	120,149
60	Seogwipo[11]	Jeju (Prov.)	153,861	129,734	139,554	145,732
61	Gwangyang	South Jeolla	144,414	137,100	135,583	132,568
62	Gimcheon	North Gyeongsang	137,540	126,823	135,166	147,269
63	Tongyeong	South Gyeongsang	137,208	127,896	121,115	123,747
64	Jecheon	North Chungcheong	136,350	133,626	132,483	143,537
65	Nonsan	South Chungcheong	124,246	117,686	124,779	137,452
66	Gongju[12]	South Chungcheong	113,542	120,660	126,484	130,223
67	Sacheon	South Gyeongsang	113,335	106,175	106,532	110,912
68	Jeongeup	North Jeolla	110,627	109,458	115,416	128,892
69	Yeoju[13]	Gyeonggi	109,937	100,052	98,441	97,412
70	Yeongju	North Gyeongsang	109,266	108,268	113,670	126,415
71	Miryang	South Gyeongsang	103,069	98,564	105,651	115,787
72	Boryeong	South Chungcheong	101,852	97,091	96,992	109,423
73	Sangju	North Gyeongsang	98,760	97,559	105,600	116,365
74	Yeongcheon	North Gyeongsang	97,669	94,350	103,289	110,918
75	Dongducheon	Gyeonggi	97,424	90,433	78,897	72,366
76	Naju	South Jeolla	92,582	77,825	86,823	99,233
77	Donghae	Gangwon	90,255	90,321	93,018	96,280
78	Gimje	North Jeolla	84,269	82,739	90,376	102,428
79	Namwon	North Jeolla	80,499	78,425	85,828	94,810
80	Sokcho	Gangwon	79,846	80,505	84,706	87,880
81	Mungyeong	North Gyeongsang	71,863	68,692	70,813	90,778
82	Samcheok	Gangwon	69,509	67,131	67,957	75,592
83	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi	64,817	66,319	56,587	66,592
84	Taebaek	Gangwon	46,715	51,400	55,241	54,164
85	Gyeryong[14]	South Chungcheong	39,243	41,395	31,646	27,104

Gallery

• 
  4 - Daegu
• 
  5 - Daejeon
• 
  6 - Gwangju
• 
  7 - Suwon
• 
  8 - Ulsan
• 
  9 - Changwon
• 
  12 - Seongnam

See also

• Administrative divisions of South Korea
• List of cities in South Korea
• List of largest cities
• List of South Korean regions by GDP

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.

External links

• Korean Statistical Information Service (in Korean)