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Pohang โ€” GeoNames settlement population

Modelled live estimate ยท World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth
492,041
Recorded base: 492,041 ยท Population reference date not supplied in local record

Pohang has a recorded base population of 492,041 for the GeoNames settlement definition (Population reference date not supplied in local record). GeoNames settlement record; the moving counter uses World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth, not new population observations.

At a glance

Population definitionGeoNames settlement
Recorded population492,041
Country share0.95% of 51,684,564 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.006% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#10 of 127 GeoNames settlement records
World database rank#306 of 55,804 GeoNames settlement records

UN association

Geographic association unverified; no urban-centre population or rank attributed to this place.

Comparable database records

Same definition label: GeoNames settlement. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 492,041 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Pohang
Higashiosaka493,940+0.4%
Ruiru490,120โˆ’0.4%
Ajman490,035โˆ’0.4%
Jianshui490,000โˆ’0.4%
Hecun494,412+0.5%

About these numbers

Source: GeoNames settlement record. Reference: Population reference date not supplied in local record. Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-07-01 using World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth (โˆ’0.13% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 492,041, 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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Interpretation reviewed 12 October 2026. Underlying reference years are stated on the page; this is not a fresh census or dataset refresh.