Busan

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Busan

Total population

3,455,611

Air quality index

53Moderate

Elevation26 m

Coordinates35.18°, 129.08°

Demographic figures from Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Busan, officially Busan Metropolitan City, is the second most populous city in South Korea, after Seoul; it has a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. It is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million makes Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification. As of 2025, Busan Port is the primary port in Korea and the world's sixth-largest container port.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Kim Kyu-sik

Korean politician and academic (1881-1950)

Gong Yoo

South Korean actor Beautiful

Kim Hye-eun

South Korean actress

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Kim Sang-ho

South Korean Buddhist monk

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Kim Seokdong

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Kim Seok-il

South Korean baseball player (1959-)

Kim Sun-young

South Korean film actress, born 1980

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Groovie K

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Kim Song-sik

South Korean politician

Kim Seongju

South Korean politician

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Kim Sung-hyun

South Korean baseball player (1963-)

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Kim Seong-hoon

South Korean film actor

Soo-Bong Kim

South Korean physicist

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Kim Soo-chul

South Korean rapist

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Kim Sook

South Korean comics artist

Kim Soo-hee

South Korean singer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Busan

• Gochon-ri
  6.6 mi away
• Guchil-ri
  7.6 mi away
• Dangsa-ri
  7.7 mi away
• Cheolma-myeon
  7.8 mi away
• Seoksan-ri
  7.8 mi away
• Jangjeon-ri
  7.8 mi away
• Sirang-ri
  8.1 mi away
• Yeon-gu-ri
  8.2 mi away
• Cheonggang-ri
  8.2 mi away
• Wayeo-ri
  8.3 mi away
• Seobu-ri
  8.3 mi away
• Daera-ri
  8.5 mi away

Browse all places in Busan →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Busan

Amazing Story about Train to Busan : (Best Mystery Book)

Harry Khan · 2021

APEC after Busan

Andrew Leslie Elek · 2005

Busan, South Korea

Frommer's ShortCuts · 2012

Busan

Pŏm-gyu Kang · 2016

Pusanhak

Pon-ho Ku · 2016

Analogue in Busan Vol 4 - the Time I Needed You

kaiwasoyokaze · 海和微風 · 2016

Analogue in Busan Vol. III

kaiwasoyokaze · 海和微風 · 2015

Analogue in Busan Vol. 3 - Re-Vision

kaiwasoyokaze · 海和微風 · 2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

Seen 2026-09-20

Giant Asian Mantis

Hierodula patellifera

Seen 2026-09-20

Asian Giant Hornet

Vespa mandarinia

Seen 2026-09-20

Joro Spider

Trichonephila clavata

Seen 2026-09-20

skunk vine

Paederia foetida

Seen 2026-09-19

Serrognathus titanus castanicolor

Serrognathus titanus castanicolor

Seen 2026-09-19

Longhorn Cowfish

Lactoria cornuta

Seen 2026-09-18

Thread-sail Filefish

Stephanolepis cirrhifer

Seen 2026-09-18

Dusky Rabbitfish

Siganus fuscescens

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Busan, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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