🇰🇷Korea, Rep.

Seoul

Asia

High income

KOR

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Population

51.7M

0.1%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

0.75

births/woman

Life Expectancy

83.6y

GDP / capita

$36.2K

Pop. Growth

-0.13%

Net Migration

65.7K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Korea, Rep. by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇳China756.7K(46.7%)

+155%

🇻🇳Viet Nam260.6K(16.1%)

+361%

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Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male25.8MTotal 51.7M25.9MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.5

per 100,000

Divorce rate

2.1

per 1,000 · 2020

Births outside marriage

2.5%

of births · 2020

Home ownership

57.0%

of households · 2020

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇺🇿Uzbekistan59.4K(3.7%)

+448%

🇺🇸United States53.2K(3.3%)

+33%

🇲🇳Mongolia45.7K(2.8%)

+238%

🇳🇵Nepal43.7K(2.7%)

+249%

🇵🇭Philippines37.6K(2.3%)

+55%

🇰🇭Cambodia33.5K(2.1%)

+11%

🇰🇿Kazakhstan30.1K(1.9%)

+826%

🇷🇺Russian Federation28.3K(1.7%)

+456%

🇮🇩Indonesia27.8K(1.7%)

+62%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Korea, Rep. diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Korea, Rep. who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇸United States1.1M(53.5%)

−4%

🇯🇵Japan393.9K(19.4%)

−27%

🇨🇦Canada151.4K(7.5%)

+20%

🇦🇺Australia114.2K(5.6%)

+36%

🇨🇳China65.1K(3.2%)

−45%

🇻🇳Viet Nam48.7K(2.4%)

+287%

🇳🇿New Zealand31.9K(1.6%)

+8%

🇹🇭Thailand16.5K(0.8%)

+16%

🇸🇪Sweden12.2K(0.6%)

+18%

🇧🇷Brazil9.4K(0.5%)

+12%

🇲🇽Mexico9.1K(0.4%)

+135%

🇩🇰Denmark8.9K(0.4%)

+6%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Unaffiliated56.0%
Christian28.0%
Buddhist16.0%