Gangneung — UN urban centre
Gangneung: 128,525 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,751 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2367; territory: South Korea (KOR). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 37.7592, 128.8988. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 212,750 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 183,898 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 162,420 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 138,505 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 136,444 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 133,163 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 128,649 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 123,076 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 133,805 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 125,503 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 128,525 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 129,445 | Projection |
| 2035 | 129,036 | Projection |
| 2040 | 127,437 | Projection |
| 2045 | 123,235 | Projection |
| 2050 | 119,496 | Projection |
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