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title: "Pyongyang (Pyongyang): North Korea County Demographics & Abuses | Save North Korea"
description: "Pyongyang in Pyongyang: population 2,794,272, 26 documented human rights abuses, 5 detention facilities, and 32 official markets."
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[Counties](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties) · Pyongyang · KP1001

 County in Pyongyang 

# Pyongyang

**2,794,272** people 2008 census, may be outdated 

**1,167** km² 2394 people per km² 

**92%** live in towns 

**26** documented abuses NKDB 

**5** detention sites 

**32** official markets 

Pyongyang · Pyongyang

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## Seen from space

**61.0%** of the county lit at night in 2025 

35.4% in 2013

The satellite product changed version in 2022 (dashed line). [Annual VIIRS night lights, Earth Observation Group](https://eogdata.mines.edu/products/vnl/)

## Abuses by right violated

- Life **11**
- Freedom of Belief & Expression **6**
- Individual Liberty & Dignity **3**
- Accused, Detained, or Convicted **2**
- Education **1**

## When they happened

1. **3** ’80s
2. **3** ’90s
3. **3** ’00s
4. **14** ’10s

## Women and men

**1,459,707** women (52%) **1,334,565** men 

## Elsewhere in Pyongyang

- [Kangdong 5 ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/kangdong)
- [Unjong Dist. ](https://savenorthkorea.org/counties/unjong-dist)

## Sources

- [**UN OCHA administrative boundaries** data.humdata.org ↗ ](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-prk)
- [**2008 census (UNFPA)** data.humdata.org ↗ ](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-prk)
- [**NKDB Visual Atlas** visualatlas.org ↗ ](https://www.visualatlas.org)