Ongjin — UN urban centre
Ongjin: 67,967 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #9,121 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4960; 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: 37.9343, 125.3626. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 62,542 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 60,684 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 61,387 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 61,522 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 66,274 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 70,701 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 69,741 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 67,659 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 66,440 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 66,519 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 67,967 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 68,851 | Projection |
| 2035 | 71,013 | Projection |
| 2040 | 71,211 | Projection |
| 2045 | 71,248 | Projection |
| 2050 | 71,038 | Projection |
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