Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 3,108,108 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,108,108 in 2021 and a minimum value of 645,814 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 645,814
1961 665,055
1962 689,696
1963 715,249
1964 741,786
1965 769,231
1966 797,731
1967 827,287
1968 871,081
1969 927,094
1970 986,793
1971 1,050,338
1972 1,118,070
1973 1,189,965
1974 1,266,592
1975 1,348,153
1976 1,435,090
1977 1,527,371
1978 1,625,725
1979 1,730,413
1980 1,842,000
1981 1,907,720
1982 1,975,881
1983 2,046,476
1984 2,119,697
1985 2,195,325
1986 2,273,761
1987 2,355,000
1988 2,410,740
1989 2,467,640
1990 2,525,965
1991 2,585,668
1992 2,646,867
1993 2,709,341
1994 2,743,998
1995 2,749,496
1996 2,755,013
1997 2,760,526
1998 2,766,057
1999 2,771,600
2000 2,777,161
2001 2,782,719
2002 2,788,295
2003 2,793,882
2004 2,799,488
2005 2,805,090
2006 2,810,710
2007 2,816,343
2008 2,821,994
2009 2,839,304
2010 2,860,710
2011 2,882,276
2012 2,904,035
2013 2,925,898
2014 2,947,956
2015 2,970,180
2016 2,992,572
2017 3,015,132
2018 3,037,862
2019 3,060,864
2020 3,084,244
2021 3,108,108

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 12.01 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 12.74 in 1993, while its lowest value was 5.65 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 5.65
1961 5.70
1962 5.81
1963 5.93
1964 6.04
1965 6.13
1966 6.20
1967 6.26
1968 6.40
1969 6.62
1970 6.85
1971 7.09
1972 7.35
1973 7.63
1974 7.94
1975 8.28
1976 8.67
1977 9.09
1978 9.55
1979 10.04
1980 10.54
1981 10.76
1982 10.97
1983 11.18
1984 11.40
1985 11.63
1986 11.87
1987 12.12
1988 12.23
1989 12.34
1990 12.45
1991 12.55
1992 12.64
1993 12.74
1994 12.72
1995 12.58
1996 12.46
1997 12.36
1998 12.27
1999 12.19
2000 12.11
2001 12.03
2002 11.95
2003 11.87
2004 11.80
2005 11.73
2006 11.68
2007 11.64
2008 11.61
2009 11.62
2010 11.65
2011 11.68
2012 11.71
2013 11.74
2014 11.76
2015 11.79
2016 11.82
2017 11.86
2018 11.89
2019 11.93
2020 11.96
2021 12.01

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization