Yongyang

Although P'yongyang was behind in total national output, it was ahead of Seoul in per capita national output, because of its smaller population relative to South Korea.

Beginning in the early 1960s, however, P'yongyang's economic growth slowed until it was stagnant at the beginning of the 1990s.

In 1987 the total national population living in P'yongyang was 11.5 percent.

In its public pronouncements, P'yongyang has called for accelerated population growth and encouraged large families.

The government restricts and monitors migration to cities and ensures a relatively balanced distribution of population in provincial centers in relation to P'yongyang.