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Sinp’o population

152,759people · latest figure

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated · GeoNames · World Gazetteer 2005

Sinp’o has a population of 152,759, making it the 19th largest place we list in North Korea. It is in South Hamgyong.

Sinp’o holds 0.57% of North Korea's 26,633,691 people. Pyongyang, the largest place we list there, is 21 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 76,427, a rise of 100%.

152,759
population
76,427
in 2005
+99.9%
since 2005
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

PlaceRegionPopulation
Changam-ch’onSouth Hamgyong207,299
HyesanYanggang-do192,680
Paech’ŏn-ŭpSouth Hwanghae159,825
Songnim-niNorth Hwanghae152,425
Ch’ŏngdan-ŭpSouth Hwanghae142,607
Sinch’ŏn-ŭpSouth Hwanghae141,407

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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.