Daegu — metropolitan city population
Daegu has a recorded base population of 2,365,523 for the metropolitan city definition (Population reference date not supplied in local record). GeoNames administrative-unit record; the moving counter uses World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth, not new population observations.
At a glance
Separate UN urban-centre definition
Daegu UN urban centre: 2,334,446 people (2025), smaller than the displayed metropolitan city figure of 2,365,523. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 2,365,523; the UN value is smaller (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.
Administrative units of Daegu
8 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 8 of 8 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 2,349,378; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed metropolitan city denominator 2,365,523; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalseo-gu | 523,712 | 22.14% | Not independently verified |
| Buk-gu | 414,883 | 17.54% | Not independently verified |
| Suseong-gu | 408,477 | 17.27% | Not independently verified |
| Dong-gu | 343,398 | 14.52% | Not independently verified |
| Dalseong-gun | 264,680 | 11.19% | Not independently verified |
| Seo-gu | 163,463 | 6.91% | Not independently verified |
| Nam-gu | 135,957 | 5.75% | Not independently verified |
| Jung-gu | 94,808 | 4.01% | Not independently verified |
Recorded localities
Gazetteer associations; boundary membership not independently verified.
Hwawŏn (64,718)
Comparable database records
Same definition label: metropolitan city. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 2,365,523 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Daegu |
|---|---|---|
| Incheon | 3,016,250 | +27.5% |
| Busan | 3,343,903 | +41.4% |
| Daejeon | 1,470,336 | −37.8% |
| Gwangju | 1,411,357 | −40.3% |
| Gwangju | 1,411,357 | −40.3% |
About these numbers
Source: GeoNames administrative-unit record. Reference: Population reference date not supplied in local record; GeoNames record modified 2026-04-16 (not the population date). Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-07-01 using World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth (−0.13% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 2,365,523, 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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