Urban agglomeration
10M
Growth (20 yrs)
-1%
City fertility
0.58
Foreign-born / foreign
2.8%
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018
| Year | Population | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,021,031 | — | Estimate |
| 1960 | 2,361,196 | +131% | Estimate |
| 1970 | 5,311,569 | +125% | Estimate |
| 1980 |
Source: KOSTAT (Statistics Korea)
Ages 0–14
10.0%
Ages 15–64
74.0%
Ages 65+
16.0%
Foreign-born / foreign
2.8%
Age structure source: KOSTAT / Seoul — 2020 census age structure (rounded).
Foreign residents as % of Seoul Special City population. Source: KOSTAT / Seoul Metropolitan Government, 2020.
Coordinates 37.57, 126.98 · map tiles © OpenStreetMap / CARTO
Source: World Bank
Source: World Bank
| 8,244,352 |
| +55% |
| Estimate |
| 1985 | 9,333,674 | +13% | Estimate |
| 1990 | 10,517,565 | +13% | Estimate |
| 2000 | 9,879,073 | -6% | Estimate |
| 2010 | 9,796,045 | -1% | Estimate |
| 2015 | 9,896,859 | +1% | Estimate |
| 2018 | 9,963,497 | +1% | Estimate |
| 2025 | 10,025,770 | +1% | UN projection |
| 2035 | 10,285,619 | +3% | UN projection |
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018. Values are for the urban agglomeration, not the administrative city boundary.
Since 1990, Seoul’s urban agglomeration grew from 10.5M to 10M (-5%). The UN projects 10.3M by 2035 · peak so far in 1991.
Estimates run through 2018; later years are UN projections. Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018.
