Gwangju has a population of 1,401,235, making it the 6th largest place we list in South Korea.
Gwangju holds 2.7% of South Korea's 51,600,388 people. Seoul, the largest place we list there, is 7.4 times its size.
1,401,235
population
#6
in South Korea
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Incheon | Incheon | 3,015,482 |
| Daegu | Daegu | 2,365,523 |
| Daejeon | Daejeon | 1,441,203 |
| Suwon | Gyeonggi-do | 1,234,582 |
| Ulsan | Ulsan | 1,098,421 |
| Goyang-si | Gyeonggi-do | 1,061,752 |
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.