City profile · North Korea · Asia
Kaesŏng
Kaesong · North Korea
City population
338,155
#6
in North Korea
#1,696
worldwide
37.971, 126.554 · 137 km from Pyongyang
About Kaesŏng
Kaesŏng is a city in Kaesong, North Korea with a population of 338,155. It is the 6th largest of the 96 cities of 15,000 or more listed in North Korea, and the 1,696th largest worldwide. It lies 137 km from Pyongyang.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Kaesong
Elevation
42 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Pyongyang
Coordinates
37.971, 126.554
Record updated
2026-04-14
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 96 in North KoreaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.