Yanggang-do · North Korea
Hyesan population
192,680people · latest figure
Hyesan has a population of 192,680, making it the 17th largest place we list in North Korea. It is in Yanggang-do.
Hyesan holds 0.72% of North Korea's 26,633,691 people. Pyongyang, the largest place we list there, is 17 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 97,794, a rise of 97%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Haeju | South Hwanghae | 222,396 |
| Kanggye | Chagang | 209,530 |
| Changam-ch’on | South Hamgyong | 207,299 |
| Paech’ŏn-ŭp | South Hwanghae | 159,825 |
| Sinp’o | South Hamgyong | 152,759 |
| Songnim-ni | North Hwanghae | 152,425 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.