Jongju — UN urban centre
Jongju: 197,651 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,026 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1809; territory: North Korea (PRK). 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: 39.6925, 125.2119. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 113,224 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 116,845 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 123,146 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 131,731 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 145,143 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 160,111 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 169,646 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 180,019 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 189,594 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 194,673 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 197,651 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 198,987 | Projection |
| 2035 | 201,811 | Projection |
| 2040 | 200,773 | Projection |
| 2045 | 199,653 | Projection |
| 2050 | 197,841 | Projection |
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