Gwangju · Population

Question: What is the population of Gwangju? Answer: Gwangju (광주), South Korea (capital: Gwangju) - last known population is ≈ 1 466 100 (year 2010). This was 2.987% of total South Korea population. In this year, Gwangju population density was 2926.4 p/km². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2005-2010 (+0.73%/year), Gwangju population in 2024 would be: 1 623 745*.

Population history [1]

Annual population change

[1990-1995] +2 %/year
[1995-2000] +1.45 %/year
[2000-2005] +0.91 %/year
[2005-2010] +0.73 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 35.159545, 126.852601

Gwangju on city and population density map

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

Sources, Notices

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).