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Goyang-si

Gyeonggi-do · South Korea
City population
1,061,752
#9
in South Korea
#2
in Gyeonggi-do
#507
worldwide
SeoulGoyang-si
37.656, 126.835 · 16 km from Seoul
Share of South Korea
2.1%
Of the national population
Elevation
19 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
16 km
To Seoul
Time zone
Asia/Seoul
IANA zone identifier

About Goyang-si

Holding 2.1% of South Korea's population, this city of 1.06 million ranks ninth among the country's cities. Located 16 km from Seoul, it sits amid a cluster of major urban centres; Bucheon-si (850,731) lies 18 km away and Uijeongbu-si (479,141) 21 km distant. The city proper accounts for a substantial share of its nation's inhabitants despite being outside the capital itself.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in South Korea
#9of 144
LargestSmallest
Position in Gyeonggi-do
#2of 28
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
South Korea
Region
Gyeonggi-do
Rank in region
#2of 28
Coordinates
37.656, 126.835
Record updated
30 September 2025
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 144 in South Korea

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

11KMGimpo-si203K people16KMSeoul10.3M people18KMBucheon-si851K people20KMGwangmyeong358K people21KMUijeongbu-si479K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Goyang-si1.06M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Goyang-si compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Goyang-si1.06M

Goyang-si Population FAQ

What is the population of Goyang-si?

Goyang-si has a city population of 1,061,752. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Goyang-si?

Goyang-si is in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 16 km from the capital, Seoul. Its coordinates are 37.656, 126.835.

How big is Goyang-si compared with other cities in South Korea?

It is the 9th largest of the 144 cities listed in South Korea, holding 2.1% of the national population.

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