Gangwon-do

Province 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	Population Census 2025-11-01
Gangwon-do [Gangwon]	Province	강원도	1,790,954	1,580,430	1,487,011	1,471,513	1,518,040	1,521,763	1,518,938
Cheorwon-gun	County	철원군	64,375	52,591	48,008	43,271	46,025	43,042	39,732	→
Chuncheon-si	City	춘천시	211,018	217,869	252,547	276,232	281,596	284,645	293,524	→
Donghae-si	City	동해시	104,310	89,162	96,679	90,574	90,255	87,801	84,564	→
Gangneung-si	City	강릉시	203,379	229,039	228,232	218,471	215,677	216,542	211,628	→
Goseong-gun	County	고성군	49,225	40,901	32,245	26,753	28,689	26,572	27,706	→
Hoengseong-gun	County	횡성군	71,483	48,489	40,990	37,798	42,669	44,649	45,873	→
Hongcheon-gun	County	홍천군	101,006	77,799	67,210	62,888	67,190	66,587	65,213	→
Hwacheon-gun	County	화천군	38,541	28,883	22,761	22,119	25,343	23,733	21,838	→
Inje-gun	County	인제군	47,766	36,603	30,807	28,765	31,219	30,147	30,469	→
Jeongseon-gun	County	정선군	133,843	88,377	46,080	35,980	36,701	34,524	32,551	→
Pyeongchang-gun	County	평창군	78,699	53,259	41,210	37,522	40,427	39,258	38,677	→
Samcheok-si	City	삼척시	139,627	110,557	75,647	67,454	69,509	65,939	62,105	→
Sokcho-si	City	속초시	65,792	73,805	87,985	80,791	79,846	80,054	78,972	→
Taebaek-si	City	태백시	111,825	89,779	54,196	51,558	46,715	41,494	36,823	→
Wonju-si	City	원주시	198,650	214,579	268,352	311,449	330,854	352,429	367,326	→
Yanggu-gun	County	양구군	33,689	28,495	21,165	19,363	22,497	21,317	20,299	→
Yangyang-gun	County	양양군	42,220	35,643	29,130	25,475	25,861	26,748	26,544	→
Yeongwol-gun	County	영월군	95,506	64,600	43,767	35,050	36,967	36,282	35,094	→
Daehan Minguk [South Korea]	Republic	대한민국	37,436,315	43,410,899	46,136,101	48,580,293	51,069,375	51,829,136	51,817,499

Source: National Statistical Office of the Republic of Korea.

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 2025)
Males	767,640
Females	751,298

Age Groups (C 2025)
0-14 years	139,809
15-64 years	984,146
65+ years	394,983

Age Distribution (C 2025)
90+ years	14,564
80-89 years	86,518
70-79 years	156,155
60-69 years	275,003
50-59 years	254,251
40-49 years	195,995
30-39 years	166,857
20-29 years	163,047
10-19 years	126,212
0-9 years	80,336

Citizenship (C 2025)
Korea	1,478,547
Foreign Citizenship	40,391

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