Chongju · Population

Question: What is the population of Chongju? Answer: Chongju (정주시), North Korea (Administrative unit: North Pyongan) - last known population is ≈ 189 700 (year 2008). This was 0.783% of total North Korea population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 1971-2008 (+3.67%/year), Chongju population in 2025 would be: 350 170*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1971-2008] +3.67 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 39.698, 125.207

Local time in Chongju: 11:03 Wednesday GMT+9.

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Chongju on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Population for places near Chongju

• Pyongyang 87 km,

146°
• Nampo 106 km,

174°
• Sinuiju 77 km,

303°
• Kaechon 58 km,

89°
• Sunchon 69 km,

116°
• Pyongsong 74 km,

130°
• Anju 40 km,

102°
• Tokchon 93 km,

85°
• Kusong 28 km,

2°
• Huichon 105 km,

59°

Sources, Notices

1971e, 2008c. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• North Korea's Cities, universtiat, Wien (North Korea don't have official statistical website)
• Britannica book of the year : world data (1997)
• The Columbia gazetteer of the world (1998)
• UN.org: Annual Population of Urban Agglomerations with 300,000 Inhabitants or More in 2014, by Country, 1950-2030 ret. 2018-02-13
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).