Current population
303,641
Data period: Aug 2026
Monthly resident registration population · KOSIS
303,641
Data period: Aug 2026
+4.93%
+14,269 people · Year-over-year
KRW 1.35 trillion
≈ US$989.6 million
General and special accounts · Excludes funds
KRW 1,347,103,740,000
FX reference date: · ECB · Reference conversion
Source: Ministry of the Interior and Safety · Local Finance 365
Gwangmyeong · people
Monthly resident registration population. Use the month control to inspect each value, or open the data table.
| Data period | Population |
|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 303,641 |
| Jul 2026 | 303,726 |
| Jun 2026 | 303,666 |
| May 2026 | 303,479 |
| Apr 2026 | 303,091 |
| Mar 2026 | 302,390 |
| Feb 2026 | 300,826 |
| Jan 2026 | 297,468 |
| Dec 2025 | 293,947 |
| Nov 2025 | 291,423 |
| Oct 2025 | 290,129 |
| Sep 2025 | 289,891 |
| Aug 2025 | 289,372 |
| Jul 2025 | 288,100 |
| Jun 2025 | 286,090 |
| May 2025 | 283,687 |
| Apr 2025 | 283,399 |
| Mar 2025 | 282,838 |
| Feb 2025 | 281,479 |
| Jan 2025 | 279,805 |
| Dec 2024 | 278,167 |
| Nov 2024 | 277,744 |
| Oct 2024 | 277,281 |
| Sep 2024 | 277,564 |
| Aug 2024 | 277,887 |
| Jul 2024 | 278,151 |
| Jun 2024 | 278,458 |
| May 2024 | 278,744 |
| Apr 2024 | 278,983 |
| Mar 2024 | 279,231 |
| Feb 2024 | 279,514 |
| Jan 2024 | 279,943 |
| Dec 2023 | 280,197 |
| Nov 2023 | 280,287 |
| Oct 2023 | 280,270 |
| Sep 2023 | 280,129 |
| Aug 2023 | 280,414 |
| Jul 2023 | 280,986 |
| Jun 2023 | 281,821 |
| May 2023 | 282,786 |
| Apr 2023 | 283,849 |
| Mar 2023 | 285,198 |
| Feb 2023 | 286,584 |
| Jan 2023 | 287,603 |
| Dec 2022 | 287,945 |
| Nov 2022 | 288,182 |
| Oct 2022 | 288,366 |
| Sep 2022 | 288,933 |
| Aug 2022 | 289,887 |
| Jul 2022 | 290,351 |
| Jun 2022 | 290,501 |
| May 2022 | 290,726 |
| Apr 2022 | 290,756 |
| Mar 2022 | 290,698 |
| Feb 2022 | 291,331 |
| Jan 2022 | 292,214 |
| Dec 2021 | 292,893 |
| Nov 2021 | 293,763 |
| Oct 2021 | 294,458 |
| Sep 2021 | 294,895 |
This population series is based on South Korea's resident registration statistics. Foreign residents are not included in this dataset.
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