2008 North Korean census

The 2008 North Korean census (2008년 조선민주주의인민공화국 인구일제조사) was the second North Korea national census. The reference day used for the census was October 1, 2008. This census conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics from 1 to 15 October 2008 throughout the DPRK. The census was taken by house-to-house interviews by enumerators using a census questionnaire. Roughly 35,000 enumerators were trained to help with the census.^[1] The population of North Korea was counted as 24,052,231, a 13.38% increase from the 1993 census.

2008 North Korean census
← 1993 October 1, 2008
General information
Country	North Korea
Authority	Central Bureau of Statistics
Results
Total population	24,052,231 ( 13.38%)
Most populous ​region	South Pyongan (4,051,696)
Least populous ​region	Ryanggang (719,269)

The results of the census are thought of as plausible by foreign observers.^[2]

The census was widely advertised in propaganda. This resulted in a detailed survey.^[3]

The 2008 census is the latest census of North Korea. The next census was scheduled for 2018,^[4] but was cancelled after South Korea had stopped funding the project for fear of violating sanctions. ^[5]

Unlike the 1993 census report, the 2008 report is considered credible by most scholars.^[3]

Introduction

North Korea completed its first census in 1993. In October 2006, a declaration was enacted to complete a second census in 2008.^[6] In order to test procedures, in October 2007, there was a pilot census completed across each of the provinces where roughly 50,000 households were counted.^[7] The actual census took place from October 1–15, 2008 using October 1, 2008 at 1:00 AM as a reference point.^[8]

Questionnaire

There were several questions asked on the census broken into three modules:

The first module was titled Household and dwelling unit information. There were 14 questions in this module pertaining to the persons' housing unit. If the respondent lived in an institutional living quarter, then the rest of the section was skipped.^[9] All of the questions are listed below:

1. How many are the members of this household?
2. Type of Household
3. What is the class of labor of head of this household?
4. What is the previous class of labor of head of this household?
5. What type of dwelling does this household occupy?
6. Does this household have the first right to occupancy of this dwelling unit?
7. What is the total floor area of this dwelling unit?
8. How many rooms are there in this dwelling unit? (Exclude sitting room, Kitchen)
9. Is there a water tap in this dwelling unit?
10. What is the source of water supply for your household?
11. What kind of toilet facility does your household have access to?
12. What heating system is established in your household?
13. What heating system is used by your household?
14. Which fuel is used for cooking?

The second module was titled personal information and had the most questions of any of the modules. There was a total of 29 questions to be asked including sex, nationality, school level, marital status, and employment.^[10]

The third module was titled mortality. The first question was "Did any member of this household die during the period 1 Oct. 2007 to 30 Sept. 2008?" If the answer was no, the rest of this section was skipped. If the answer was yes, then five additional questions were asked. If the deceased person was a female between 15 and 49, five more additional questions were asked. All ten additional questions are listed below.^[11]

1. What was/were the name(s) of the household member(s) who died?
2. Sex
3. When was _____ born?
4. When did _____die?
5. How old was ______ when he/she died?
6. Was____ pregnant at the time of her death?
7. Did _______ die while having abortion or miscarriage or within 42 days of having abortion/miscarriage?
8. Did _____ die while giving birth or within 42 days of giving birth?
9. Where did _____die? (Home, Hospital, or Other)
10. Did she have a live birth anytime between 1 Oct. 2007 and the time of death? If "Yes", How many male and female children did she give birth at that time?

Rankings

Population pyramid 2008
% Males Age Females % 0.02   85+   0.20 0.08   80–84   0.47 0.33   75–79   1.07 0.95   70–74   1.81 1.58   65–69   2.22 1.98   60–64   2.42 1.76   55–59   1.99 2.65   50–54   2.82 3.18   45–49   3.30 4.18   40–44   4.20 4.65   35–39   4.56 3.55   30–34   3.44 3.69   25–29   3.53 3.91   20–24   3.74 4.37   15–19   4.17 4.30   10–14   4.10 3.92   5–9   3.76 3.63   0–4   3.48

Population in North Korea by province

Rank	Province	Population as of 2008 Census[12]
1	South Phyongan	4,051,696
2	Pyongyang	3,255,288
3	South Hamgyong	3,066,013
4	North Phyongan	2,728,662
5	North Hamgyong	2,327,362
6	South Hwanghae	2,310,485
7	North Hwanghae	2,113,672
8	Kangwon	1,477,582
9	Jagang	1,299,830
10	Ryanggang	719,269

Population by province, urban/rural, by 5-year age group and sex

Source: DPRKorea 2008 Population Census National Report^[13]

By province	By age	2008
		All provinces			Urban			Rural
		Total	Man	Woman	Total	Man	Woman	Total	Man	Woman
National	Total	23,349,859	11,059,489	12,290,370	14,155,393	6,716,215	7,439,178	9,194,466	4,343,274	4,851,192
	0	341,461	174,268	167,193	199,007	101,587	97,420	142,454	72,681	69,773
	1-4	1,368,578	697,905	670,673	794,602	405,438	389,164	573,976	292,467	281,509
	5-9	1,846,785	943,048	903,737	1,074,221	549,145	525,076	772,564	393,903	378,661
	10-14	2,021,350	1,035,282	986,068	1,168,423	601,684	566,739	852,927	433,598	419,329
	15-19	1,862,996	883,962	979,034	1,131,912	543,694	588,218	731,084	340,268	390,816
	20-24	1,441,348	555,939	885,409	884,212	350,183	534,029	557,136	205,756	351,380
	25-29	1,649,846	801,191	848,655	1,024,997	500,104	524,893	624,849	301,087	323,762
	30-34	1,672,559	845,920	826,639	1,034,546	520,674	513,872	638,013	325,246	312,767
	35-39	2,207,104	1,110,831	1,096,273	1,372,573	695,278	677,295	834,531	415,553	418,978
	40-44	2,010,254	1,000,048	1,010,206	1,233,232	615,179	618,053	777,022	384,869	392,153
	45-49	1,556,339	762,940	793,399	959,811	469,458	490,353	596,528	293,482	303,046
	50-54	1,314,088	636,756	677,332	822,746	397,004	425,742	491,342	239,752	251,590
	55-59	902,408	423,158	479,250	552,813	256,733	296,080	349,595	166,425	183,170
	60-64	1,058,141	476,605	581,536	640,330	284,780	355,550	417,811	191,825	225,986
	65-69	913,274	379,426	533,848	559,114	230,165	328,949	354,160	149,261	204,899
	70-74	662,617	228,276	434,341	395,860	134,204	261,656	266,757	94,072	172,685
	75-79	335,462	79,226	256,236	198,574	46,959	151,615	136,888	32,267	104,621
	80+	185,249	24,708	160,541	108,420	13,946	94,474	76,829	10,762	66,067
Ryanggang Province	Total	719,269	338,705	380,564	464,690	218,834	245,856	254,579	119,871	134,708
	0	10,332	5,278	5,054	6,411	3,282	3,129	3,921	1,996	1,925
	1-4	41,613	21,190	20,423	25,711	13,071	12,640	15,902	8,119	7,783
	5-9	59,962	30,581	29,381	36,298	18,574	17,724	23,664	12,007	11,657
	10-14	65,934	33,791	32,143	41,623	21,383	20,240	24,311	12,408	11,903
	15-19	59,617	28,007	31,610	38,936	18,380	20,556	20,681	9,627	11,054
	20-24	41,767	14,832	26,935	27,063	9,571	17,492	14,704	5,261	9,443
	25-29	49,593	23,826	25,767	33,026	15,798	17,228	16,567	8,028	8,539
	30-34	50,573	25,272	25,301	33,219	16,843	16,376	17,354	8,429	8,925
	35-39	65,073	32,672	32,401	42,038	21,029	21,009	23,035	11,643	11,392
	40-44	58,951	29,391	29,560	38,567	19,263	19,304	20,384	10,128	10,256
	45-49	46,244	22,567	23,677	30,308	14,636	15,672	15,936	7,931	8,005
	50-54	39,732	19,237	20,495	26,698	12,892	13,806	13,034	6,345	6,689
	55-59	26,951	12,753	14,198	17,634	8,392	9,242	9,317	4,361	4,956
	60-64	34,146	15,587	18,559	22,607	10,217	12,390	11,539	5,370	6,169
	65-69	29,442	12,434	17,008	19,494	8,193	11,301	9,948	4,241	5,707
	70-74	21,738	7,666	14,072	13,934	4,978	8,956	7,804	2,688	5,116
	75-79	11,120	2,708	8,412	7,034	1,783	5,251	4,086	925	3,161
	80+	6,481	913	5,568	4,089	549	3,540	2,392	364	2,028
North Hamgyong Province	Total	2,327,362	1,100,172	1,227,190	1,645,886	778,985	866,901	681,476	321,187	360,289
	0	34,271	17,476	16,795	23,142	11,829	11,313	11,129	5,647	5,482
	1-4	135,593	69,064	66,529	95,598	48,856	46,742	39,995	20,208	19,787
	5-9	186,207	94,776	91,431	129,787	66,049	63,738	56,420	28,727	27,693
	10-14	197,666	101,300	96,366	137,239	70,851	66,388	60,427	30,449	29,978
	15-19	188,574	89,200	99,374	132,535	62,970	69,565	56,039	26,230	29,809
	20-24	142,687	53,644	89,043	100,787	38,110	62,677	41,900	15,534	26,366
	25-29	165,168	80,222	84,946	118,925	57,474	61,451	46,243	22,748	23,495
	30-34	167,501	85,154	82,347	120,288	61,044	59,244	47,213	24,110	23,103
	35-39	221,091	111,484	109,607	158,465	80,339	78,126	62,626	31,145	31,481
	40-44	204,204	101,127	103,077	145,106	72,037	73,069	59,098	29,090	30,008
	45-49	152,111	74,585	77,526	107,720	52,792	54,928	44,391	21,793	22,598
	50-54	130,412	62,807	67,605	94,329	45,279	49,050	36,083	17,528	18,555
	55-59	86,254	40,844	45,410	61,101	28,834	32,267	25,153	12,010	13,143
	60-64	105,294	47,218	58,076	74,239	33,253	40,986	31,055	13,965	17,090
	65-69	90,162	37,324	52,838	63,651	25,997	37,654	26,511	11,327	15,184
	70-74	67,174	23,343	43,831	47,051	16,108	30,943	20,123	7,235	12,888
	75-79	33,979	8,161	25,818	23,494	5,602	17,892	10,485	2,559	7,926
	80+	19,014	2,443	16,571	12,429	1,561	10,868	6,585	882	5,703
South Hamgyong Province	Total	3,066,013	1,444,493	1,621,520	1,811,074	856,008	955,066	1,254,939	588,485	666,454
	0	45,363	23,177	22,186	25,996	13,320	12,676	19,367	9,857	9,510
	1-4	181,846	92,774	89,072	104,511	53,320	51,191	77,335	39,454	37,881
	5-9	244,163	125,058	119,105	140,022	71,932	68,090	104,141	53,126	51,015
	10-14	258,733	132,544	126,189	146,504	75,801	70,703	112,229	56,743	55,486
	15-19	238,530	111,658	126,872	140,591	66,807	73,784	97,939	44,851	53,088
	20-24	178,031	62,922	115,109	105,863	38,633	67,230	72,168	24,289	47,879
	25-29	215,253	104,496	110,757	129,353	63,067	66,286	85,900	41,429	44,471
	30-34	221,005	112,308	108,697	133,951	67,929	66,022	87,054	44,379	42,675
	35-39	294,930	147,543	147,387	178,034	89,841	88,193	116,896	57,702	59,194
	40-44	268,240	133,029	135,211	158,742	79,255	79,487	109,498	53,774	55,724
	45-49	205,634	100,190	105,444	122,127	59,067	63,060	83,507	41,123	42,384
	50-54	172,228	83,629	88,599	105,926	51,226	54,700	66,302	32,403	33,899
	55-59	115,811	54,337	61,474	68,660	32,022	36,638	47,151	22,315	24,836
	60-64	142,257	64,009	78,248	84,126	37,144	46,982	58,131	26,865	31,266
	65-69	122,238	51,040	71,198	73,626	30,428	43,198	48,612	20,612	28,000
	70-74	90,026	31,133	58,893	52,706	17,973	34,733	37,320	13,160	24,160
	75-79	45,655	11,040	34,615	26,095	6,341	19,754	19,560	4,699	14,861
	80+	26,070	3,606	22,464	14,241	1,902	12,339	11,829	1,704	10,125
Gangwon Province	Total	1,477,582	695,067	782,515	725,611	341,462	384,149	751,971	353,605	398,366
	0	22,490	11,513	10,977	9,193	4,707	4,486	13,297	6,806	6,491
	1-4	86,172	44,125	42,047	36,504	18,663	17,841	49,668	25,462	24,206
	5-9	116,359	59,415	56,944	53,041	27,001	26,040	63,318	32,414	30,904
	10-14	139,370	71,228	68,142	67,791	34,859	32,932	71,579	36,369	35,210
	15-19	123,615	57,812	65,803	61,465	29,432	32,033	62,150	28,380	33,770
	20-24	87,760	31,221	56,539	42,874	15,835	27,039	44,886	15,386	29,500
	25-29	106,549	51,555	54,994	51,474	25,913	25,561	55,075	25,642	29,433
	30-34	109,501	55,175	54,326	53,502	26,610	26,892	55,999	28,565	27,434
	35-39	137,688	69,041	68,647	69,900	35,440	34,460	67,788	33,601	34,187
	40-44	127,498	62,060	65,438	63,746	30,937	32,809	63,752	31,123	32,629
	45-49	98,587	47,809	50,778	49,500	23,859	25,641	49,087	23,950	25,137
	50-54	74,264	35,891	38,373	38,847	18,436	20,411	35,417	17,455	17,962
	55-59	49,645	23,061	26,584	25,644	11,575	14,069	24,001	11,486	12,515
	60-64	64,735	29,204	35,531	33,619	14,884	18,735	31,116	14,320	16,796
	65-69	55,788	23,492	32,296	29,424	12,220	17,204	26,364	11,272	15,092
	70-74	43,690	15,203	28,487	22,194	7,538	14,656	21,496	7,665	13,831
	75-79	22,042	5,488	16,554	11,027	2,700	8,327	11,015	2,788	8,227
	80+	11,829	1,774	10,055	5,866	853	5,013	5,963	921	5,042
Jagang Province	Total	1,299,830	616,828	683,002	828,253	392,660	435,593	471,577	224,168	247,409
	0	18,804	9,583	9,221	11,838	6,054	5,784	6,966	3,529	3,437
	1-4	77,867	39,771	38,096	48,536	24,819	23,717	29,331	14,952	14,379
	5-9	102,691	52,504	50,187	61,591	31,508	30,083	41,100	20,996	20,104
	10-14	109,360	56,004	53,356	64,070	32,912	31,158	45,290	23,092	22,198
	15-19	97,732	46,080	51,652	61,385	29,060	32,325	36,347	17,020	19,327
	20-24	79,637	30,124	49,513	51,464	19,529	31,935	28,173	10,595	17,578
	25-29	90,309	44,388	45,921	61,242	29,999	31,243	29,067	14,389	14,678
	30-34	87,909	44,383	43,526	58,820	29,603	29,217	29,089	14,780	14,309
	35-39	116,346	58,545	57,801	75,946	38,844	37,102	40,400	19,701	20,699
	40-44	112,226	55,765	56,461	70,494	35,077	35,417	41,732	20,688	21,044
	45-49	94,220	46,271	47,949	60,672	29,527	31,145	33,548	16,744	16,804
	50-54	85,675	41,783	43,892	56,646	27,265	29,381	29,029	14,518	14,511
	55-59	55,420	26,071	29,349	36,211	16,745	19,466	19,209	9,326	9,883
	60-64	59,240	26,768	32,472	38,961	17,374	21,587	20,279	9,394	10,885
	65-69	50,935	21,291	29,644	32,856	13,891	18,965	18,079	7,400	10,679
	70-74	34,371	12,025	22,346	21,171	7,269	13,902	13,200	4,756	8,444
	75-79	17,453	4,168	13,285	10,581	2,461	8,120	6,872	1,707	5,165
	80+	9,635	1,304	8,331	5,769	723	5,046	3,866	581	3,285
North Pyongan Province	Total	2,728,662	1,291,443	1,437,219	1,431,936	677,207	754,729	1,296,726	614,236	682,490
	0	40,336	20,631	19,705	20,585	10,513	10,072	19,751	10,118	9,633
	1-4	165,563	84,603	80,960	83,548	42,774	40,774	82,015	41,829	40,186
	5-9	213,282	109,010	104,272	104,453	53,383	51,070	108,829	55,627	53,202
	10-14	238,078	122,135	115,943	117,807	60,688	57,119	120,271	61,447	58,824
	15-19	209,862	98,030	111,832	109,321	51,363	57,958	100,541	46,667	53,874
	20-24	153,717	54,738	98,979	80,836	29,198	51,638	72,881	25,540	47,341
	25-29	189,467	90,906	98,561	103,590	49,634	53,956	85,877	41,272	44,605
	30-34	193,445	97,837	95,608	104,591	52,468	52,123	88,854	45,369	43,485
	35-39	256,858	128,242	128,616	140,493	70,654	69,839	116,365	57,588	58,777
	40-44	240,943	119,252	121,691	128,841	63,930	64,911	112,102	55,322	56,780
	45-49	188,993	93,105	95,888	100,957	49,490	51,467	88,036	43,615	44,421
	50-54	167,211	81,259	85,952	92,339	44,633	47,706	74,872	36,626	38,246
	55-59	106,513	50,542	55,971	56,398	26,256	30,142	50,115	24,286	25,829
	60-64	124,476	56,854	67,622	65,283	29,453	35,830	59,193	27,401	31,792
	65-69	107,046	45,150	61,896	55,939	23,423	32,516	51,107	21,727	29,380
	70-74	76,062	26,923	49,139	38,884	13,266	25,618	37,178	13,657	23,521
	75-79	37,507	9,353	28,154	18,987	4,722	14,265	18,520	4,631	13,889
	80+	19,303	2,873	16,430	9,084	1,359	7,725	10,219	1,514	8,705
South Pyongan Province	Total	4,051,696	1,928,935	2,122,761	2,629,943	1,253,805	1,376,138	1,421,753	675,130	746,623
	0	60,672	30,932	29,740	38,925	19,925	19,000	21,747	11,007	10,740
	1-4	237,083	120,729	116,354	149,490	76,034	73,456	87,593	44,695	42,898
	5-9	309,652	158,135	151,517	194,381	99,277	95,104	115,271	58,858	56,413
	10-14	335,941	172,295	163,646	209,100	107,354	101,746	126,841	64,941	61,900
	15-19	328,568	158,187	170,381	213,470	103,799	109,671	115,098	54,388	60,710
	20-24	265,628	110,140	155,488	173,905	73,000	100,905	91,723	37,140	54,583
	25-29	293,624	142,073	151,551	195,242	94,871	100,371	98,382	47,202	51,180
	30-34	290,455	145,175	145,280	191,200	95,387	95,813	99,255	49,788	49,467
	35-39	396,132	199,792	196,340	262,346	132,985	129,361	133,786	66,807	66,979
	40-44	360,348	180,253	180,095	235,838	118,166	117,672	124,510	62,087	62,423
	45-49	278,282	136,889	141,393	182,674	89,535	93,139	95,608	47,354	48,254
	50-54	224,870	109,437	115,433	151,722	73,724	77,998	73,148	35,713	37,435
	55-59	153,768	71,974	81,794	100,069	46,802	53,267	53,699	25,172	28,527
	60-64	174,370	78,681	95,689	112,733	49,925	62,808	61,637	28,756	32,881
	65-69	149,071	61,753	87,318	97,484	40,178	57,306	51,587	21,575	30,012
	70-74	107,151	36,255	70,896	68,551	22,816	45,735	38,600	13,439	25,161
	75-79	54,014	12,252	41,762	33,575	7,725	25,850	20,439	4,527	15,912
	80+	32,067	3,983	28,084	19,238	2,302	16,936	12,829	1,681	11,148
North Hwanghae Province	Total	2,113,672	1,003,112	1,110,560	972,632	461,240	511,392	1,141,040	541,872	599,168
	0	30,811	15,722	15,089	13,240	6,664	6,576	17,571	9,058	8,513
	1-4	122,735	62,568	60,167	49,543	25,071	24,472	73,192	37,497	35,695
	5-9	168,720	85,938	82,782	72,020	36,578	35,442	96,700	49,360	47,340
	10-14	191,502	97,870	93,632	83,302	43,026	40,276	108,200	54,844	53,356
	15-19	173,284	82,761	90,523	82,082	39,760	42,322	91,202	43,001	48,201
	20-24	135,489	54,744	80,745	62,568	25,949	36,619	72,921	28,795	44,126
	25-29	151,770	73,676	78,094	71,256	34,991	36,265	80,514	38,685	41,829
	30-34	151,080	76,828	74,252	70,209	35,018	35,191	80,871	41,810	39,061
	35-39	198,932	99,792	99,140	94,935	47,769	47,166	103,997	52,023	51,974
	40-44	179,663	89,154	90,509	84,748	42,008	42,740	94,915	47,146	47,769
	45-49	138,508	67,931	70,577	66,259	32,621	33,638	72,249	35,310	36,939
	50-54	116,312	56,370	59,942	56,577	27,187	29,390	59,735	29,183	30,552
	55-59	78,565	36,578	41,987	36,480	16,565	19,915	42,085	20,013	22,072
	60-64	91,104	40,835	50,269	42,569	18,654	23,915	48,535	22,181	26,354
	65-69	78,168	32,381	45,787	37,322	15,370	21,952	40,846	17,011	23,835
	70-74	59,990	20,554	39,436	27,955	9,526	18,429	32,035	11,028	21,007
	75-79	30,459	7,159	23,300	14,196	3,477	10,719	16,263	3,682	12,581
	80+	16,580	2,251	14,329	7,371	1,006	6,365	9,209	1,245	7,964
South Hwanghae Province	Total	2,310,485	1,090,956	1,219,529	821,954	388,804	433,150	1,488,531	702,152	786,379
	0	32,140	16,406	15,734	10,654	5,387	5,267	21,486	11,019	10,467
	1-4	133,621	68,325	65,296	42,508	21,803	20,705	91,113	46,522	44,591
	5-9	192,275	98,418	93,857	64,405	33,061	31,344	127,870	65,357	62,513
	10-14	222,104	113,881	108,223	75,809	39,312	36,497	146,295	74,569	71,726
	15-19	187,769	88,275	99,494	70,841	34,311	36,530	116,928	53,964	62,964
	20-24	135,817	49,348	86,469	48,707	18,265	30,442	87,110	31,083	56,027
	25-29	151,467	72,980	78,487	55,584	26,959	28,625	95,883	46,021	49,862
	30-34	156,173	79,188	76,985	54,417	27,247	27,170	101,756	51,941	49,815
	35-39	205,090	103,002	102,088	74,418	37,370	37,048	130,672	65,632	65,040
	40-44	184,420	91,623	92,797	67,420	33,496	33,924	117,000	58,127	58,873
	45-49	140,462	68,762	71,700	52,959	25,880	27,079	87,503	42,882	44,621
	50-54	137,571	66,856	70,715	54,544	26,980	27,564	83,027	39,876	43,151
	55-59	94,318	44,265	50,053	32,555	14,967	17,588	61,763	29,298	32,465
	60-64	115,207	52,060	63,147	38,791	16,906	21,885	76,416	35,154	41,262
	65-69	98,178	41,154	57,024	34,596	14,076	20,520	63,582	27,078	36,504
	70-74	73,242	25,394	47,848	25,868	8,694	17,174	47,374	16,700	30,674
	75-79	36,430	8,867	27,563	13,273	3,342	9,931	23,157	5,525	17,632
	80+	14,201	2,152	12,049	4,605	748	3,857	9,596	1,404	8,192
Pyongyang city	Total	3,255,288	1,549,778	1,705,510	2,823,414	1,347,210	1,476,204	431,874	202,568	229,306
	0	46,242	23,550	22,692	39,023	19,906	19,117	7,219	3,644	3,575
	1-4	186,485	94,756	91,729	158,653	81,027	77,626	27,832	13,729	14,103
	5-9	253,474	129,213	124,261	218,223	111,782	106,441	35,251	17,431	17,820
	10-14	262,662	134,234	128,428	225,178	115,498	109,680	37,484	18,736	18,748
	15-19	255,445	123,952	131,493	221,286	107,812	113,474	34,159	16,140	18,019
	20-24	220,815	94,226	126,589	190,145	82,093	108,052	30,670	12,133	18,537
	25-29	236,646	117,069	119,577	205,305	101,398	103,907	31,341	15,671	15,670
	30-34	244,917	124,600	120,317	214,349	108,525	105,824	30,568	16,075	14,493
	35-39	314,964	160,718	154,246	275,998	141,007	134,991	38,966	19,711	19,255
	40-44	273,761	138,394	135,367	239,730	121,010	118,720	34,031	17,384	16,647
	45-49	213,298	104,831	108,467	186,635	92,051	94,584	26,663	12,780	13,883
	50-54	165,813	79,487	86,326	145,118	69,382	75,736	20,695	10,105	10,590
	55-59	135,163	62,733	72,430	118,061	54,575	63,486	17,102	8,158	8,944
	60-64	147,312	65,389	81,923	127,402	56,970	70,432	19,910	8,419	11,491
	65-69	132,246	53,407	78,839	114,722	46,389	68,333	17,524	7,018	10,506
	70-74	89,173	29,780	59,393	77,546	26,036	51,510	11,627	3,744	7,883
	75-79	46,803	10,030	36,773	40,312	8,806	31,506	6,491	1,224	5,267
	80+	30,069	3,409	26,660	25,728	2,943	22,785	4,341	466	3,875

Population by age, by gender, by proportion of men and women, by sex ratio

Source: DPRKorea 2008 Population Census National Report^[13]

By age	2008
	Population (number of people)			Percentage by gender (%)			Gender ratio (male/female)
	Total	Man	Woman	Total	Man	Woman	Total
Total	24,052,231	11,721,838	12,330,393	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.1
0-4	1,710,039	872,173	837,866	7.1	7.4	6.8	104.1
0	341,461	174,268	167,193	1.4	1.5	1.4	104.2
1	343,636	175,080	168,556	1.4	1.5	1.4	103.9
2	340,756	173,820	166,936	1.4	1.5	1.4	104.1
3	340,640	173,877	166,763	1.4	1.5	1.4	104.3
4	343,546	175,128	168,418	1.4	1.5	1.4	104.0
5-9	1,846,785	943,048	903,737	7.7	8.0	7.3	104.4
5	348,244	177,519	170,725	1.4	1.5	1.4	104.0
6	358,630	182,851	175,779	1.5	1.6	1.4	104.0
7	373,460	190,386	183,074	1.6	1.6	1.5	104.0
8	378,734	193,763	184,971	1.6	1.7	1.5	104.8
9	387,717	198,529	189,188	1.6	1.7	1.5	104.9
10-14	2,021,350	1,035,282	986,068	8.4	8.8	8.0	105.0
10	381,532	196,080	185,452	1.6	1.7	1.5	105.7
11	392,860	201,339	191,521	1.6	1.7	1.6	105.1
12	419,070	214,367	204,703	1.7	1.8	1.7	104.7
13	417,757	213,729	204,028	1.7	1.8	1.7	104.8
14	410,131	209,767	200,364	1.7	1.8	1.6	104.7
15-19	2,052,342	1,050,113	1,002,229	8.5	9.0	8.1	104.8
15	404,916	207,200	197,716	1.7	1.8	1.6	104.8
16	423,303	216,855	206,448	1.8	1.9	1.7	105.0
17	411,178	210,240	200,938	1.7	1.8	1.6	104.6
18	406,934	208,055	198,879	1.7	1.8	1.6	104.6
19	406,011	207,763	198,248	1.7	1.8	1.6	104.8
20-24	1,841,400	941,017	900,383	7.7	8.0	7.3	104.5
20	369,876	188,586	181,290	1.5	1.6	1.5	104.0
21	369,111	188,143	180,968	1.5	1.6	1.5	104.0
22	371,307	190,180	181,127	1.5	1.6	1.5	105.0
23	361,335	184,724	176,611	1.5	1.6	1.4	104.6
24	369,771	189,384	180,387	1.5	1.6	1.5	105.0
25-29	1,737,185	887,573	849,612	7.2	7.6	6.9	104.5
25	347,425	177,093	170,332	1.4	1.5	1.4	104.0
26	357,745	182,790	174,955	1.5	1.6	1.4	104.5
27	345,247	176,710	168,537	1.4	1.5	1.4	104.9
28	347,297	177,399	169,898	1.4	1.5	1.4	104.4
29	339,471	173,581	165,890	1.4	1.5	1.3	104.6
30-34	1,680,272	853,276	826,996	7.0	7.3	6.7	103.2
30	318,969	162,178	156,791	1.3	1.4	1.3	103.4
31	293,116	148,217	144,899	1.2	1.3	1.2	102.3
32	316,341	161,344	154,997	1.3	1.4	1.3	104.1
33	372,776	190,086	182,690	1.5	1.6	1.5	104.1
34	379,070	191,451	187,619	1.6	1.6	1.5	102.0
35-39	2,214,929	1,118,391	1,096,538	9.2	9.5	8.9	102.0
35	393,037	198,026	195,011	1.6	1.7	1.6	101.5
36	476,923	240,313	236,610	2.0	2.1	1.9	101.6
37	443,996	225,162	218,834	1.8	1.9	1.8	102.9
38	450,686	227,454	223,232	1.9	1.9	1.8	101.9
39	450,287	227,436	222,851	1.9	1.9	1.8	102.1
40-44	2,015,514	1,005,140	1,010,374	8.4	8.6	8.2	99.5
40	438,137	217,401	220,736	1.8	1.9	1.8	98.5
41	469,165	234,740	234,425	2.0	2.0	1.9	100.1
42	386,019	192,728	193,291	1.6	1.6	1.6	99.7
43	368,040	183,454	184,586	1.5	1.6	1.5	99.4
44	354,153	176,817	177,336	1.5	1.5	1.4	99.7
45-49	1,559,527	766,054	793,473	6.5	6.5	6.4	96.5
45	358,695	177,834	180,861	1.5	1.5	1.5	98.3
46	326,750	162,842	163,908	1.4	1.4	1.3	99.4
47	286,098	140,111	145,987	1.2	1.2	1.2	96.0
48	302,970	147,830	155,140	1.3	1.3	1.3	95.3
49	285,014	137,437	147,577	1.2	1.2	1.2	93.1
50-54	1,315,101	637,737	677,364	5.5	5.4	5.5	94.2
50	336,530	164,338	172,192	1.4	1.4	1.4	95.4
51	335,555	163,137	172,418	1.4	1.4	1.4	94.6
52	210,429	102,347	108,082	0.9	0.9	0.9	94.7
53	232,565	111,910	120,655	1.0	1.0	1.0	92.8
54	200,022	96,005	104,017	0.8	0.8	0.8	92.3
55-59	902,876	423,625	479,251	3.8	3.6	3.9	88.4
55	168,575	80,264	88,311	0.7	0.7	0.7	90.9
56	133,907	63,381	70,526	0.6	0.5	0.6	89.9
57	136,527	63,610	72,917	0.6	0.5	0.6	87.2
58	233,448	109,362	124,086	1.0	0.9	1.0	88.1
59	230,419	107,008	123,411	1.0	0.9	1.0	86.7
60-64	1,058,263	476,727	581,536	4.4	4.1	4.7	82.0
60	227,500	104,566	122,934	0.9	0.9	1.0	85.1
61	220,311	100,276	120,035	0.9	0.9	1.0	83.5
62	217,186	98,159	119,027	0.9	0.8	1.0	82.5
63	201,459	89,364	112,095	0.8	0.8	0.9	79.7
64	191,807	84,362	107,445	0.8	0.7	0.9	78.5
65-69	913,304	379,456	533,848	3.8	3.2	4.3	71.1
65	185,316	79,746	105,570	0.8	0.7	0.9	75.5
66	212,636	89,961	122,675	0.9	0.8	1.0	73.3
67	184,115	76,550	107,565	0.8	0.7	0.9	71.2
68	171,146	69,958	101,188	0.7	0.6	0.8	69.1
69	160,091	63,241	96,850	0.7	0.5	0.8	65.3
70-74	662,627	228,286	434,341	2.8	1.9	3.5	52.6
70	177,206	65,313	111,893	0.7	0.6	0.9	58.4
71	145,067	53,172	91,895	0.6	0.5	0.7	57.9
72	129,272	45,243	84,029	0.5	0.4	0.7	53.8
73	114,955	37,087	77,868	0.5	0.3	0.6	47.6
74	96,127	27,471	68,656	0.4	0.2	0.6	40.0
75-79	335,467	79,231	256,236	1.4	0.7	2.1	30.9
75	97,434	26,213	71,221	0.4	0.2	0.6	36.8
76	78,097	19,329	58,768	0.3	0.2	0.5	32.9
77	59,180	14,056	45,124	0.2	0.1	0.4	31.2
78	57,060	11,685	45,375	0.2	0.1	0.4	25.8
79	43,696	7,948	35,748	0.2	0.1	0.3	22.2
80-84	132,149	18,884	113,265	0.5	0.2	0.9	16.7
80	38,489	6,139	32,350	0.2	0.1	0.3	19.0
81	29,563	4,457	25,106	0.1	0.0	0.2	17.8
82	25,652	3,547	22,105	0.1	0.0	0.2	16.1
83	21,636	2,757	18,879	0.1	0.0	0.2	14.6
84	16,809	1,984	14,825	0.1	0.0	0.1	13.4
85-89	42,760	4,930	37,830	0.2	0.0	0.3	13.0
85	12,748	1,397	11,351	0.1	0.0	0.1	12.3
86	11,389	1,239	10,150	0.0	0.0	0.1	12.2
87	9,009	1,063	7,946	0.0	0.0	0.1	13.4
88	5,859	783	5,076	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.4
89	3,755	448	3,307	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.6
90-94	8,634	809	7,825	0.0	0.0	0.1	10.3
90	2,972	355	2,617	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.6
91	2,669	271	2,398	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.3
92	1,305	80	1,225	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5
93	956	50	906	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5
94	732	53	679	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.8
95-99	1,643	86	1,557	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5
95	516	27	489	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5
96	482	20	462	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3
97	300	27	273	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.9
98	186	9	177	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1
99	159	3	156	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9
100-104	54	0	54	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	40	0	40	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	3	0	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	3	0	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105-109	8	-	8	0.0	-	0.0	0.0
105	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110+	2	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Population by Sex and by Urban-Rural, by City/District/County and Province

Source: DPRKorea 2008 Population Census National Report^[13]

Province and City/District/County	2008
	All Areas			Urban			Rural
	Both Sexes	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Male	Female	Both Sexes	Male	Female
DPR Korea (전국)	23,349,859	11,059,489	12,290,370	14,155,393	6,716,215	7,439,178	9,194,466	4,343,274	4,851,192
Ryanggang (량강도)	719,269	338,705	380,564	464,690	218,834	245,856	254,579	119,871	134,708
Hyesan City (혜산시)	192,680	91,420	101,260	174,015	82,604	91,411	18,665	8,816	9,849
Samsu (삼수군)	40,311	18,925	21,386	15,577	7,309	8,268	24,734	11,616	13,118
Kim Jong Suk (김정숙군)	42,618	20,020	22,598	19,840	9,256	10,584	22,778	10,764	12,014
Kim Hyong Jik (김형직군)	57,729	27,336	30,393	41,610	19,618	21,992	16,119	7,718	8,401
Kim Hyong Gwon (김형권군)	37,528	17,484	20,044	12,635	5,924	6,711	24,893	11,560	13,333
Pochon (보천군)	37,225	17,712	19,513	17,077	8,166	8,911	20,148	9,546	10,602
Samjiyon (삼지연군)	31,471	14,738	16,733	25,558	11,942	13,616	5,913	2,796	3,117
Taehongdan (대흥단군)	35,596	16,702	18,894	9,407	4,348	5,059	26,189	12,354	13,835
Unhung (운흥군)	61,705	28,946	32,759	44,713	20,921	23,792	16,992	8,025	8,967
Paekam (백암군)	67,683	31,677	36,006	46,256	21,626	24,630	21,427	10,051	11,376
Kabsan (갑산군)	70,611	32,980	37,631	36,404	16,989	19,415	34,207	15,991	18,216
Phungso (풍서군)	44,112	20,765	23,347	21,598	10,131	11,467	22,514	10,634	11,880
North Hamgyong (함경북도)	2,327,362	1,100,172	1,227,190	1,645,886	778,985	866,901	681,476	321,187	360,289
Rason City (라선시)	196,954	92,963	103,991	158,337	74,777	83,560	38,617	18,186	20,431
Kim Chaek City (김책시)	207,299	97,604	109,695	155,284	73,133	82,151	52,015	24,471	27,544
Hoeryong City (회경시)	153,532	72,332	81,200	92,494	43,364	49,130	61,038	28,968	32,070
Sinam Dist.[A 1] (신암구역[A 1])	64,924	30,616	34,308	64,924	30,616	34,308	-	-	-
Chongam Dist.[A 1] (청암구역[A 1])	136,659	64,533	72,126	114,910	54,234	60,676	21,749	10,299	11,450
Phohang Dist.[A 1] (포항구역[A 1])	104,007	49,727	54,280	104,007	49,727	54,280	-	-	-
Sunam Dist.[A 1] (수남구역[A 1])	82,765	38,752	44,013	82,765	38,752	44,013	-	-	-
Songphyong Dist.[A 1] (송평구역[A 1])	146,973	70,030	76,943	125,174	59,713	65,461	21,799	10,317	11,482
Ranam Dist.[A 1] (라남구역[A 1])	112,343	54,444	57,899	107,799	52,263	55,536	4,544	2,181	2,363
Puyun Dist.[A 1] (부윤구역[A 1])	20,258	9,797	10,461	15,313	7,436	7,877	4,945	2,361	2,584
Kilju (길주군)	139,932	65,308	74,624	74,154	34,639	39,515	65,778	30,669	35,109
Hwadae (화대군)	67,677	31,657	36,020	15,095	7,073	8,022	52,582	24,584	27,998
Myongchon (명천군)	65,797	30,440	35,357	33,439	15,424	18,015	32,358	15,016	17,342
Myonggan (명간군)	99,557	46,730	52,827	49,968	23,550	26,418	49,589	23,180	26,409
Orang (어랑군)	87,757	41,572	46,185	35,202	16,673	18,529	52,555	24,899	27,656
Kyongsong (경성군)	105,909	49,736	56,173	70,533	32,975	37,558	35,376	16,761	18,615
Yonsa (연사군)	37,876	17,948	19,928	18,332	8,631	9,701	19,544	9,317	10,227
Musan (무산군)	123,721	59,354	64,367	84,547	40,670	43,877	39,174	18,684	20,490
Puryong (부령군)	48,958	23,241	25,717	38,118	18,086	20,032	10,840	5,155	5,685
Onsong (온성군)	127,893	60,905	66,988	91,868	43,752	48,116	36,025	17,153	18,872
Kyongwon (경원군)	107,327	50,433	56,894	47,070	22,082	24,988	60,257	28,351	31,906
Kyonghung (경흥군)	89,244	42,050	47,194	66,553	31,415	35,138	22,691	10,635	12,056
South Hamgyong (함경남도)	3,066,013	1,444,493	1,621,520	1,811,074	856,008	955,066	1,254,939	588,485	666,454
Sinpho City (신포시)	152,759	73,454	79,305	130,951	63,207	67,744	21,808	10,247	11,561
Tanchon City (단천시)	345,875	162,491	183,384	240,873	113,221	127,652	105,002	49,270	55,732
Songchongang Dist.[A 2] (성천강구역[A 2])	127,102	60,023	67,079	127,102	60,023	67,079	-	-	-
Tonghungsan Dist.[A 2] (동흥산구역[A 2])	120,559	58,212	62,347	112,584	54,486	58,098	7,975	3,726	4,249
Hoesang Dist.[A 2] (회상구역[A 2])	156,608	73,754	82,854	120,648	56,847	63,801	35,960	16,907	19,053
Sapho Dist.[A 2] (사포구역[A 2])	115,317	55,336	59,981	115,317	55,336	59,981	-	-	-
Hungdok Dist.[A 2] (흥덕구역[A 2])	68,093	32,072	36,021	64,933	30,616	34,317	3,160	1,456	1,704
Haean Dist.[A 2] (해안구역[A 2])	80,878	38,205	42,673	73,614	34,750	38,864	7,264	3,455	3,809
Hungnam (흥남구역[A 2])	99,994	47,220	52,774	89,412	42,109	47,303	10,582	5,111	5,471
Hamju (함주군)	133,896	62,656	71,240	31,136	14,592	16,544	102,760	48,064	54,696
Yonggwang (영광군)	103,532	48,471	55,061	27,075	12,632	14,443	76,457	35,839	40,618
Sinhung (신흥군)	104,002	49,194	54,808	50,071	23,611	26,460	53,931	25,583	28,348
Pujon (부전군)	48,351	22,709	25,642	27,440	12,804	14,636	20,911	9,905	11,006
Jangjin (장진군)	64,681	30,521	34,160	30,729	14,480	16,249	33,952	16,041	17,911
Jongphyong (정평군)	179,114	84,130	94,984	53,159	25,092	28,067	125,955	59,038	66,917
Kumya (금야군)	211,140	98,759	112,381	73,094	34,091	39,003	138,046	64,668	73,378
Yodok (요덕군)	40,839	19,148	21,691	12,301	5,823	6,478	28,538	13,325	15,213
Kowon (고원군)	94,963	44,531	50,432	43,916	20,701	23,215	51,047	23,830	27,217
Rakwon (락원군)	60,700	28,518	32,182	22,740	10,731	12,009	37,960	17,787	20,173
Hongwon (홍원군)	142,910	67,216	75,694	71,763	33,849	37,914	71,147	33,367	37,780
Pukchong (북청군)	161,886	75,487	86,399	60,803	28,466	32,337	101,083	47,021	54,062
Toksong (덕성군)	97,617	45,935	51,682	27,889	13,159	14,730	69,728	32,776	36,952
Riwon (리원군)	117,320	55,141	62,179	57,036	26,848	30,188	60,284	28,293	31,991
Hochon (허천군)	104,731	49,299	55,432	68,313	32,034	36,279	36,418	17,265	19,153
Sudong (수동구)	95,716	44,662	51,054	64,859	30,287	34,572	30,857	14,375	16,482
Kumho (금호지구)	37,430	17,349	20,081	13,316	6,213	7,103	24,114	11,136	12,978
Kangwon (강원도)	1,477,582	695,067	782,515	725,611	341,462	384,149	751,971	353,605	398,366
Wonsan City (원산시)	363,127	172,014	191,113	328,467	155,903	172,564	34,660	16,111	18,549
Munchon City (문천시)	122,934	57,071	65,863	92,525	42,915	49,610	30,409	14,156	16,253
Anbyon (안변군)	93,960	43,663	50,297	27,030	12,633	14,397	66,930	31,030	35,900
Kosan (고산군)	103,579	48,481	55,098	31,672	14,948	16,724	71,907	33,533	38,374
Thongchon (통천군)	89,357	41,681	47,676	25,863	12,014	13,849	63,494	29,667	33,827
Kosong (고성군)	61,277	28,939	32,338	20,330	9,497	10,833	40,947	19,442	21,505
Kumgang (금강군)	54,211	25,678	28,533	12,176	5,678	6,498	42,035	20,000	22,035
Changdo (창도군)	51,319	24,268	27,051	11,380	5,321	6,059	39,939	18,947	20,992
Kimhwa (김화군)	56,541	26,710	29,831	18,525	8,715	9,810	38,016	17,995	20,021
Hoeyang (회양군)	42,485	20,014	22,471	11,674	5,485	6,189	30,811	14,529	16,282
Sepho (세포군)	61,113	28,697	32,416	15,949	7,465	8,484	45,164	21,232	23,932
Phyonggang (평강군)	90,425	42,910	47,515	27,560	13,062	14,498	62,865	29,848	33,017
Cholwon (철원군)	62,418	29,483	32,935	13,461	6,336	7,125	48,957	23,147	25,810
Ichon (이천군)	57,563	27,196	30,367	12,458	5,851	6,607	45,105	21,345	23,760
Phangyo (판교군)	47,031	22,108	24,923	10,024	4,691	5,333	37,007	17,417	19,590
Popdong (법동군)	35,119	16,552	18,567	8,609	4,055	4,554	26,510	12,497	14,013
Chonnae (천내군)	85,123	39,602	45,521	57,908	26,893	31,015	27,215	12,709	14,506
Jagang (자강도)	1,299,830	616,828	683,002	828,253	392,660	435,593	471,577	224,168	247,409
Kanggye City (강계시)	251,971	120,305	131,666	251,971	120,305	131,666	-	-	-
Manpho City (만포시)	116,760	55,366	61,394	82,631	39,202	43,429	34,129	16,164	17,965
Huichon City (희천시)	168,180	79,776	88,404	136,093	64,547	71,546	32,087	15,229	16,858
Rangrim (랑림군)	36,481	17,437	19,044	15,301	7,287	8,014	21,180	10,150	11,030
Jonchon (전천군)	106,311	50,201	56,110	86,877	40,943	45,934	19,434	9,258	10,176
Songgan (성간군)	92,952	43,738	49,214	72,116	33,966	38,150	20,836	9,772	11,064
Janggang (장강군)	54,601	26,013	28,588	23,196	11,001	12,195	31,405	15,012	16,393
Hwaphyong (화평군)	42,183	20,092	22,091	18,569	8,850	9,719	23,614	11,242	12,372
Junggang (중강군)	41,022	19,344	21,678	18,793	8,829	9,964	22,229	10,515	11,714
Jasong (자성군)	50,939	24,216	26,723	25,407	12,042	13,365	25,532	12,174	13,358
Sijung (시중군)	41,842	19,840	22,002	11,257	5,229	6,028	30,585	14,611	15,974
Wiwon (위원군)	60,245	28,637	31,608	19,297	9,070	10,227	40,948	19,567	21,381
Chosan (초산군)	43,614	20,866	22,748	12,136	5,748	6,388	31,478	15,118	16,360
Usi (우시군)	42,919	20,176	22,743	17,138	8,095	9,043	25,781	12,081	13,700
Kophung (고풍군)	31,572	15,095	16,477	10,589	5,019	5,570	20,983	10,076	10,907
Songwon (송원군)	38,051	17,999	20,052	10,818	5,037	5,781	27,233	12,962	14,271
Tongsin (동신군)	47,460	22,285	25,175	8,737	4,086	4,651	38,723	18,199	20,524
Ryongrim (롱림군)	32,727	15,442	17,285	7,327	3,404	3,923	25,400	12,038	13,362
North Phyongan (평안북도)	2,728,662	1,291,443	1,437,219	1,431,936	677,207	754,729	1,296,726	614,236	682,490
Sinuiju City (신의주시)	359,341	170,004	189,337	334,031	158,139	175,892	25,310	11,865	13,445
Jongju City (정주시)	189,742	89,494	100,248	102,659	48,423	54,236	87,083	41,071	46,012
Kusong City (구성시)	196,515	93,212	103,303	155,181	73,677	81,504	41,334	19,535	21,799
Pyokdong (벽동군)	35,601	16,945	18,656	8,525	4,031	4,494	27,076	12,914	14,162
Phihyon (피현군)	110,637	52,901	57,736	48,812	23,460	25,352	61,825	29,441	32,384
Ryongchon (룡천군)	135,634	64,061	71,573	69,151	32,745	36,406	66,483	31,316	35,167
Yomju (염주군)	113,620	53,665	59,955	44,561	21,078	23,483	69,059	32,587	36,472
Cholwon (철산군)	85,525	40,409	45,116	29,054	13,691	15,363	56,471	26,718	29,753
Tongrim (동림군)	104,614	49,410	55,204	49,151	23,169	25,982	55,463	26,241	29,222
Sonchon (선천군)	126,350	59,741	66,609	31,847	14,920	16,927	94,503	44,821	49,682
Kwaksan (곽산군)	97,660	46,235	51,425	22,739	10,724	12,015	74,921	35,511	39,410
Unjon (운전군)	101,130	47,566	53,564	25,912	12,217	13,695	75,218	35,349	39,869
Pakchon (박천군)	98,128	46,093	52,035	29,277	13,581	15,696	68,851	32,512	36,339
Nyongbyon (녕변군)	113,852	54,007	59,845	29,998	14,090	15,908	83,854	39,917	43,937
Kujang (구장군)	139,337	65,457	73,880	91,900	43,034	48,866	47,437	22,423	25,014
Hyangsan (향산군)	52,350	24,705	27,645	22,657	10,628	12,029	29,693	14,077	15,616
Unsan (운산군)	102,928	48,907	54,021	36,482	17,291	19,191	66,446	31,616	34,830
Thaechon (태천군)	108,894	51,712	57,182	30,802	14,576	16,226	78,092	37,136	40,956
Chonma (천마군)	50,462	23,979	26,483	22,662	10,724	11,938	27,800	13,255	14,545
Uiju (의주군)	110,018	52,185	57,833	57,229	27,113	30,116	52,789	25,072	27,717
Sakju (삭주군)	159,707	75,791	83,916	119,101	56,411	62,690	40,606	19,380	21,226
Taegwan (대관군)	69,565	33,374	36,191	38,274	18,478	19,796	31,291	14,896	16,395
Changsong (창성군)	26,577	12,574	14,003	13,187	6,228	6,959	13,390	6,346	7,044
Tongchang (동창군)	28,665	13,527	15,138	10,031	4,692	5,339	18,634	8,835	9,799
Sindo (신도군)	11,810	5,489	6,321	8,713	4,087	4,626	3,097	1,402	1,695
South Phyongan (평안남도)	4,051,696	1,928,935	2,122,761	2,629,943	1,253,805	1,376,138	1,421,753	675,130	746,623
Phyongsong City (평성시)	284,386	138,687	145,699	236,583	115,817	120,766	47,803	22,870	24,933
Nampho City (남포시)	366,815	176,767	190,048	310,864	150,091	160,773	55,951	26,676	29,275
Anju City (안주시)	240,117	113,526	126,591	167,646	79,187	88,459	72,471	34,339	38,132
Kaechon City (개천시)	319,554	151,088	168,466	262,389	124,222	138,167	57,165	26,866	30,299
Sunchon City (순천시)	297,317	141,806	155,511	250,738	119,727	131,011	46,579	22,079	24,500
Tokchon City (덕천시)	237,133	112,373	124,760	210,571	99,655	110,916	26,562	12,718	13,844
Taedong (대동군)	129,761	61,953	67,808	50,380	24,023	26,357	79,381	37,930	41,451
Jungsan (증산군)	113,613	54,292	59,321	23,578	11,203	12,375	90,035	43,089	46,946
Onchon (온천군)	149,851	71,236	78,615	83,934	39,882	44,052	65,917	31,354	34,563
Ryonggang (룡강군)	58,930	27,817	31,113	20,045	9,434	10,611	38,885	18,383	20,502
Taean (대안군)	77,219	37,265	39,954	66,261	31,924	34,337	10,958	5,341	5,617
Kangso (강서군)	191,356	90,625	100,731	119,848	57,005	62,843	71,508	33,620	37,888
Chollima (천리마군)	139,489	66,145	73,344	102,436	48,478	53,958	37,053	17,667	19,386
Phyongwon (평원군)	179,492	85,096	94,396	51,909	24,486	27,423	127,583	60,610	66,973
Sukchon (숙천군)	178,509	84,552	93,957	41,377	19,466	21,911	137,132	65,086	72,046
Mundok (문덕군)	147,191	69,164	78,027	44,159	20,699	23,460	103,032	48,465	54,567
Songchon (성천군)	149,809	71,246	78,563	82,938	39,431	43,507	66,871	31,815	35,056
Sinyang (신양군)	59,115	28,112	31,003	28,120	13,410	14,710	30,995	14,702	16,293
Yangdok (양덕군)	61,355	29,037	32,318	19,212	9,056	10,156	42,143	19,981	22,162
Unsan (은산군)	206,407	98,067	108,340	142,695	67,964	74,731	63,712	30,103	33,609
Pukchang (북창군)	139,498	66,412	73,086	111,223	52,901	58,322	28,275	13,511	14,764
Maengsan (맹산군)	48,155	23,071	25,084	13,642	6,506	7,136	34,513	16,565	17,948
Hoechang (회창군)	89,959	42,284	47,675	56,286	26,439	29,847	33,673	15,845	17,828
Nyongwon (녕원군)	30,427	14,603	15,824	11,537	5,505	6,032	18,890	9,098	9,792
Taehung (대흥군)	32,915	15,584	17,331	14,362	6,776	7,586	18,553	8,808	9,745
Chongnam (청남구)	73,290	34,338	38,952	64,404	30,141	34,263	8,886	4,197	4,689
Tukjang (득장구)	50,033	23,789	26,244	42,806	20,377	22,429	7,227	3,412	3,815
North Hwanghae (황해북도)	2,113,672	1,003,112	1,110,560	972,632	461,240	511,392	1,141,040	541,872	599,168
Sariwon City (사리원시)	307,764	147,135	160,629	271,434	130,181	141,253	36,330	16,954	19,376
Songrim City (송림시)	128,831	60,634	68,197	95,878	45,035	50,843	32,953	15,599	17,354
Kaesong City (개성시)	308,440	146,145	162,295	192,578	90,653	101,925	115,862	55,492	60,370
Jangphung (장풍군)	69,104	32,991	36,113	15,832	7,473	8,359	53,272	25,518	27,754
Hwangju (황주군)	155,215	73,318	81,897	35,678	16,699	18,979	119,537	56,619	62,918
Yonthan (연탄군)	73,032	34,796	38,236	21,709	10,313	11,396	51,323	24,483	26,840
Pongsan (봉산군)	124,745	58,668	66,077	33,063	15,588	17,475	91,682	43,080	48,602
Unpha (은파군)	110,988	51,914	59,074	39,645	18,511	21,134	71,343	33,403	37,940
Rinsan (린산군)	73,626	35,094	38,532	18,938	9,049	9,889	54,688	26,045	28,643
Sohung (서흥군)	100,887	47,616	53,271	29,383	13,810	15,573	71,504	33,806	37,698
Suan (수안군)	76,890	36,709	40,181	22,615	10,734	11,881	54,275	25,975	28,300
Yonsan (연산군)	66,568	31,543	35,025	32,976	15,597	17,379	33,592	15,946	17,646
Sinphyong (신평군)	63,727	30,234	33,493	32,519	15,252	17,267	31,208	14,982	16,226
Koksan (곡산군)	120,693	57,252	63,441	16,301	7,755	8,546	104,392	49,497	54,895
Sinkye (신계군)	78,573	37,153	41,420	24,183	11,294	12,889	54,390	25,859	28,531
Phyongsan (평산군)	123,646	59,480	64,166	57,601	28,087	29,514	66,045	31,393	34,652
Kumchon (금천군)	68,216	32,494	35,722	16,035	7,552	8,483	52,181	24,942	27,239
Thosan (토산군)	62,727	29,936	32,791	16,264	7,657	8,607	46,463	22,279	24,184
South Hwanghae (황해남도)	2,310,485	1,090,956	1,219,529	821,954	388,804	433,150	1,488,531	702,152	786,379
Haeju City (해주시)	273,300	131,554	141,746	241,599	116,594	125,005	31,701	14,960	16,741
Kangryong (강령군)	106,827	50,342	56,485	38,729	18,180	20,549	68,098	32,162	35,936
Ongjin (옹진군)	152,878	71,997	80,881	66,263	30,991	35,272	86,615	41,006	45,609
Thaethan (태탄군)	64,258	30,351	33,907	17,351	8,178	9,173	46,907	22,173	24,734
Jangyon (장연군)	91,422	42,885	48,537	43,542	20,234	23,308	47,880	22,651	25,229
Samchon (삼천군)	86,042	40,596	45,446	26,734	12,482	14,252	59,308	28,114	31,194
Songhwa (송화군)	44,274	20,917	23,357	13,936	6,623	7,313	30,338	14,294	16,044
Unryul (은률군)	107,997	50,759	57,238	33,947	15,813	18,134	74,050	34,946	39,104
Unchon (은천군)	95,597	44,864	50,733	20,164	9,480	10,684	75,433	35,384	40,049
Anak (안악군)	125,924	58,870	67,054	28,314	13,288	15,026	97,610	45,582	52,028
Sinchon (신천군)	141,407	66,406	75,001	33,702	15,733	17,969	107,705	50,673	57,032
Jaeryong (재령군)	125,631	59,212	66,419	39,387	18,686	20,701	86,244	40,526	45,718
Sinwon (신원군)	83,161	38,970	44,191	26,321	12,261	14,060	56,840	26,709	30,131
Pongchon (봉천군)	79,740	37,795	41,945	18,273	8,639	9,634	61,467	29,156	32,311
Paechon (배천군)	159,825	75,598	84,227	40,316	18,953	21,363	119,509	56,645	62,864
Yonan (연안군)	158,845	75,005	83,840	28,097	13,039	15,058	130,748	61,966	68,782
Chongdan (청단군)	142,607	67,478	75,129	34,045	16,165	17,880	108,562	51,313	57,249
Ryongchon (룡천군)	90,102	42,324	47,778	28,052	13,182	14,870	62,050	29,142	32,908
Kwail (과일군)	89,895	42,213	47,682	22,519	10,540	11,979	67,376	31,673	35,703
Phyoksong (벽성군)	90,753	42,820	47,933	20,663	9,743	10,920	70,090	33,077	37,013
Pyongyang (평양시)	3,255,288	1,549,778	1,705,510	2,823,414	1,347,210	1,476,204	431,874	202,568	229,306
Central Dist. (중구역)	131,333	66,371	64,962	131,333	66,371	64,962	-	-	-
Mangyongdae Dist. (만경대구역)	321,690	153,551	168,139	315,955	150,794	165,161	5,735	2,757	2,978
Sonkyo Dist. (선교구역)	148,209	68,976	79,233	148,209	68,976	79,233	-	-	-
Phyongchon Dist. (평천구역)	181,142	86,225	94,917	181,142	86,225	94,917	-	-	-
Tongdaewon Dist. (동대원구역)	143,561	69,566	73,995	143,561	69,566	73,995	-	-	-
Ryongsong Dist.(룡성구역)	195,891	93,106	102,785	195,891	93,106	102,785	-	-	-
Unjong Dist. (은정구역)	47,569	23,831	23,738	47,569	23,831	23,738	-	-	-
Taesong Dist. (대성구역)	115,739	55,922	59,817	115,739	55,922	59,817	-	-	-
Moranbong Dist. (모란봉구역)	143,404	68,129	75,275	143,404	68,129	75,275	-	-	-
Sosong Dist. (서성구역)	147,138	70,556	76,582	147,138	70,556	76,582	-	-	-
Pothonggang Dist. (보통강구역)	105,180	50,423	54,757	105,180	50,423	54,757	-	-	-
Taedonggang Dist. (대동강구역)	207,081	99,444	107,637	207,081	99,444	107,637	-	-	-
Sadong Dist. (사동구역)	140,869	66,600	74,269	101,285	47,904	53,381	39,584	18,696	20,888
Hyongjesan Dist. (형제산구역)	160,032	75,785	84,247	145,772	69,087	76,685	14,260	6,698	7,562
Sunan Dist. (순안구역)	91,791	43,143	48,648	44,229	20,810	23,419	47,562	22,333	25,229
Samsok Dist. (삼석구역)	62,790	29,695	33,095	31,755	15,068	16,687	31,035	14,627	16,408
Sungho Dist. (승호구역)	85,624	40,044	45,580	59,291	27,744	31,547	26,333	12,300	14,033
Ryokpho Dist. (력포구역)	82,548	38,432	44,116	60,922	28,366	32,556	21,626	10,066	11,560
Rakrang Dist. (락랑구역)	282,681	134,766	147,915	255,620	121,443	134,177	27,061	13,323	13,738
Kangnam (강남군)	69,279	32,144	37,135	19,254	9,053	10,201	50,025	23,091	26,934
Junghwa (중화군)	77,367	36,156	41,211	26,771	12,550	14,221	50,596	23,606	26,990
Sangwon (상원군)	92,831	43,021	49,810	35,941	16,764	19,177	56,890	26,257	30,633
Kangdong (강동군)	221,539	103,892	117,647	160,372	75,078	85,294	61,167	28,814	32,353

See also

• North Korea portal

• Demographics of North Korea

Notes and References

Notes

1. Part of Chongjin city
2. Part of Hamhung city

References

1. Central Bureau of Statistics (2009)
2. Lankov, Andrei (2015). The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-19-939003-8.
3. Corfield, Justin (2014). "Census". Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang. London: Anthem Press. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1.
4. Choe Yong-nam (2017-03-21). "Census set to be held in 2018". The Pyongyang Times. Archived from the original on 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
5. Fensom, Anthony (2019-11-19). "Kim Jong-Un Has a Population Problem". The National Interest. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
6. Central Bureau of Statistics (2009) p. 1
7. Central Bureau of Statistics (2009) p. 5
8. Central Bureau of Statistics (2009) p. 3
9. Central Bureau of Statistics (2009) p. 269
10. Central Bureau of Statistics (2009) p. 270–271
11. Central Bureau of Statistics (2009) p. 272
12. Central Bureau of Statistics (2009) pp. 18-22
13. "D P R Korea 2008 Population Census National Report" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

• "D P R Korea 2008 Population Census National Report" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2021.