Busan
355 km²
Seoul
2,282 km²
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Seoul covers 2,282 km² of contiguous built-up land, 6.4× the built-up area of Busan (355 km²).
| Busan | Seoul | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Busan | Seoul |
| Population (2025) | 3.26 million | 22.3 million |
| Built-up area | 355 km² | 2,282 km² |
| Density | 9,193 /km² | 9,755 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.