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P’yŏngsŏng — UN urban centre population

Modelled live estimate · UN 2025–2026 annual growth
340,370
Recorded base: 340,370 · 2025 annual estimate

P’yŏngsŏng has a recorded base population of 340,370 for the UN urban centre definition (2025 annual estimate). UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; the moving counter uses UN 2025–2026 annual growth, not new population observations.

At a glance

Population definitionUN urban centre
Recorded population340,370
Country share1.28% of 26,571,036 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.004% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#5 of 18 UN urban centre records
World database rank#1278 of 5,233 UN urban centre records

Separate UN urban-centre definition

Pyŏngsŏng UN urban centre: 340,370 people (2025), equal to the displayed UN urban centre figure of 340,370. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 100,000; the UN value is larger (different boundaries; GeoNames population date unavailable). UN WUP 2025 Degree of Urbanisation; not a municipal/province boundary. Association: name/country/coordinates matched; boundary relationship unverified. No containment claim is made.

Comparable database records

Same definition label: UN urban centre. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 340,370 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs P’yŏngsŏng
Takamatsu340,478+0.0%
Kigoma340,483+0.0%
Gojra340,108−0.1%
Wazirabad340,058−0.1%
Iligan341,172+0.2%

About these numbers

Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025. Reference: 2025 annual estimate. Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-01-01 using UN 2025–2026 annual growth (+0.10% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 340,370, not the ticking estimate. Country/world denominators are World Bank values and can differ in date and method from local/UN values. Ranks cover only records with the same definition label in this database, not all cities in the world.

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