Haeju — UN urban centre
Haeju: 266,200 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,190 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5184; 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: 38.0418, 125.7055. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 160,391 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 165,289 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 176,448 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 190,953 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 207,036 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 222,424 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 235,371 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 244,020 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 252,839 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 261,918 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 266,200 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 268,674 | Projection |
| 2035 | 270,793 | Projection |
| 2040 | 272,529 | Projection |
| 2045 | 272,448 | Projection |
| 2050 | 271,422 | Projection |
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