Wonsan — UN urban centre
Wonsan: 373,596 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,525 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5617; 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: 39.1533, 127.4436. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 281,237 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 294,356 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 313,849 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 330,350 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 345,858 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 352,964 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 360,265 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 367,684 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 372,961 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 371,057 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 373,596 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 373,031 | Projection |
| 2035 | 376,349 | Projection |
| 2040 | 373,066 | Projection |
| 2045 | 370,048 | Projection |
| 2050 | 365,747 | Projection |
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