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South Gyeongsang Province covers 10,543.5 km² (4,071 sq mi) of land and had a population of 3.2 million in 2025, about 304 people per km² (788 per sq mi). In more familiar terms, it is about 84% of Connecticut.
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South Gyeongsang Province's full administrative territory on the south coast, including Geoje, Namhae and its many other islands. Busan and Ulsan border it but are separate metropolitan cities and are not included. Population is resident registration population (주민등록인구) at 2025-12-31 and area is the official administrative-area figure at the same date, both from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety annual report already used for Busan, Incheon, Daegu, Daejeon, Ulsan and Sejong — a different population series from the Statistics Korea register-based census (등록센서스) behind the South Korea and Seoul pages, though the two are usually close. The outline is GADM 4.1's Gyeongsangnam-do polygon, which measures about 10,552 km² against the official 10,543.53 km² (+0.1%). GADM is licensed for non-commercial use only; Atlas is not commercialised. See docs/island-data-sources.md.
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Place guide
South Gyeongsang Province covers 10,543.53 km² and had 3,207,383 registered residents at year-end 2025, about 304 people per km² — the most populous province outside the capital region. Changwon, its capital, is an industrial city of about one million.
Busan (771.67 km²) and Ulsan (1,062.91 km²) were once part of this province and left it to become metropolitan cities. Readers who picture 'the southeast' as one region should add their pages to get the whole coast.
The south coast is a maze of inlets and islands, and GADM draws the province in nearly two hundred pieces, Geoje (403.87 km²) and Namhae (357.78 km²) being the largest. Together they still measure within 0.1% of the official land area.
Questions people ask
South Gyeongsang Province covers 10,543.5 km², or 4,071 sq mi (reference date 2025-12-31). In US terms: ≈ 84% of Connecticut.
3.2 million — 3,207,383 as of 2025-12-31. The scope of that count is set out under “Scope and definitions” on this page.
About 304.2 people per km² (788 per sq mi), derived from the area and population above, whose reference dates may differ. An administrative average does not describe how crowded any particular neighbourhood is.
South Gyeongsang Province's full administrative territory on the south coast, including Geoje, Namhae and its many other islands. Busan and Ulsan border it but are separate metropolitan cities and are not included. Population is resident registration population (주민등록인구) at 2025-12-31 and area is the official administrative-area figure at the same date, both from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety annual report already used for Busan, Incheon, Daegu, Daejeon, Ulsan and Sejong — a different population series from the Statistics Korea register-based census (등록센서스) behind the South Korea and Seoul pages, though the two are usually close. The outline is GADM 4.1's Gyeongsangnam-do polygon, which measures about 10,552 km² against the official 10,543.53 km² (+0.1%). GADM is licensed for non-commercial use only; Atlas is not commercialised. See docs/island-data-sources.md.
Outline source: GADM 4.1 · Free for academic and other non-commercial use; redistribution or commercial use requires permission
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