Greece vs Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Greece
3.16 million
in 2025
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
3.21 million
in 2025
Greece rank
72nd
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank
69th

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time

  • Greece
  • Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
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How they compare

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of currently reports 3.21 million against 3.16 million in Greece, a difference of 53,980.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 72nd and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 69th of 121 countries.

Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Difference Ahead
1960s 2.10 million 765,002 1.33 million Greece
1970s 2.72 million 1.33 million 1.39 million Greece
1980s 3.04 million 2.16 million 881,348 Greece
1990s 3.12 million 2.70 million 415,127 Greece
2000s 3.18 million 2.80 million 376,210 Greece
2010s 3.16 million 2.96 million 202,377 Greece
2020s 3.15 million 3.15 million 8,318 Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Greece or Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, at 3.21 million against 3.16 million in Greece as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Greece and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
53,980, with Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Greece and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
Greece ranks 72nd and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 69th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Source
World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
121 places, 7,986 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.