Gwangju

Metropolitan City in South Korea

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Name	Status	Native	Population Census 1980-11-01	Population Census 1990-11-01	Population Census 2000-11-01	Population Census 2010-11-01	Population Census 2015-11-01	Population Census 2020-11-01
Gwangju	Metropolitan City	광주광역시	856,545	1,139,003	1,352,797	1,475,745	1,502,881	1,477,573
Buk-gu [North Distrikt]	City District	북구	223,894	353,063	477,962	480,020	459,715	439,352	→
Dong-gu [East District]	City District	동구	213,761	191,843	116,519	104,639	104,173	106,005	→
Gwangsan-gu	City District	광산구	103,607	101,854	248,015	370,586	411,722	422,502	→
Nam-gu [South District]	City District	남구	181,968	281,566	229,491	215,270	221,759	214,860	→
Seo-gu [West District]	City District	서구	133,315	210,677	280,810	305,230	305,512	294,854	→
Daehan Minguk [South Korea]	Republic	대한민국	37,436,315	43,410,899	46,136,101	48,580,293	51,069,375	51,829,136

Source: National Statistical Office of the Republic of Korea (web).

Explanation: Since 2015, a register-based census is performed. Nevertheless, the results are not consistent with the population figures from the resident registration that are higher by about 3.5% on average.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2020)
Males	734,140
Females	743,433

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-14 years	194,754
15-64 years	1,075,310
65+ years	207,509

Age Distribution (C 2020)
0-9 years	121,000
10-19 years	155,531
20-29 years	220,818
30-39 years	192,329
40-49 years	244,060
50-59 years	237,751
60-69 years	165,092
70-79 years	94,012
80-89 years	40,825
90+ years	6,155

Citizenship (C 2020)
Korea	1,447,000
Foreign Citizenship	30,573

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