What is the population of Pyongyang?
Pyongyang has a city population of 3,222,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
Capital city · North Korea · Asia
Pyongyang
City population
3,222,000
#1
in North Korea
#1
in Pyongyang
#108
worldwide
39.034, 125.754
About Pyongyang
With a city-proper population of 3,222,000, Pyongyang ranks among Asia's largest urban centers. The metropolitan area extends to 3,144,000 residents across a relatively compact footprint at 984 people per km², situated at just 43 meters elevation. Annual population growth remains minimal at 0.4%.
Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) serves the city's air connections. The urban area's dense concentration reflects a tightly organized settlement pattern characteristic of the region.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Metro population
3,144,000
0.038% of world population
Archive estimateAnnual growth
+0.35%
Archive estimateDensity
984/km²
3,194 km² metro area
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Coordinates
39.034, 125.754
Record updated
19 June 2024
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.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Pyongyang | 3.22M |
Airports
Scheduled-service airports within 100 km, nearest first.
- Pyongyang Sunan International AirportFNJ
22 km from the city centre
Source: OurAirports, matched by distance.
Population Trend in North Korea
No free source publishes city population back to 1950, so the parent country's series is shown instead.
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 11,116,736 |
| 1960 | 11,722,953 |
| 1970 | 15,172,775 |
| 1980 | 18,236,786 |
| 1990 | 21,112,137 |
| 2000 | 23,665,910 |
| 2010 | 24,987,258 |
| 2020 | 26,136,312 |
| 2030 | 26,784,904 |
| 2040 | 26,542,432 |
| 2050 | 25,787,127 |
| 2060 | 24,682,709 |
| 2070 | 23,397,808 |
| 2080 | 22,124,706 |
| 2090 | 20,821,743 |
| 2100 | 19,512,149 |
Pyongyang Population FAQ
Where is Pyongyang?
Pyongyang is in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its coordinates are 39.034, 125.754.
How big is Pyongyang compared with other cities in North Korea?
It is the 1st largest of the 96 cities listed in North Korea, holding 12.1% of the national population.