Gangwon-do · Population

Question: What is the population of Gangwon-do? Answer: Gangwon-do (강원), South Korea (capital: Chuncheon) - last known population is ≈ 1 463 700 (year 2010). This was 2.982% of total South Korea population. In this year, Gangwon-do population density was 86.8 p/km². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2005-2010 (+0.04%/year), Gangwon-do population in 2024 would be: 1 471 744*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1925-1930] +2.2 %/year
[1930-1940] +1.69 %/year
[1940-1944] +1.32 %/year
[1944-1949] -9.12 %/year
[1949-1955] +4.65 %/year
[1955-1960] +1.82 %/year
[1960-1966] +1.89 %/year
[1966-1970] +0.46 %/year
[1970-1975] -0.05 %/year
[1975-1980] -0.77 %/year
[1980-1985] -0.75 %/year
[1985-1990] -1.73 %/year
[1990-1995] -1.49 %/year
[1995-2000] +0.26 %/year
[2000-2005] -0.32 %/year
[2005-2010] +0.04 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 37.8228, 128.1555

Gangwon-do on city and population density map

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

Sources, Notices

1925c, 1930c, 1940c, 1944c, 1949c, 1955c, 1960c, 1966c, 1970c, 1975c, 1980c, 1985c, 1990c, 1995c, 2000c, 2005c, 2010c. 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
• KOSIS KOrean Statistical Information Service En.
• Statistics Korea
• Summary of Census Population Census, Population sector, Summary of Census Population (Adm.only)
• Statistical database Cities. Construction/Housing/Land > Construction > Statistics of Urban Plan > statistics of city
[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).