Korea - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Korea was 42,201,960 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42,201,960 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6,930,929 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6,930,929
1961 7,351,204
1962 7,811,004
1963 8,289,479
1964 8,779,189
1965 9,286,249
1966 9,815,880
1967 10,537,110
1968 11,362,680
1969 12,225,300
1970 13,123,310
1971 13,896,560
1972 14,639,180
1973 15,391,090
1974 16,159,310
1975 16,946,390
1976 17,823,530
1977 18,743,340
1978 19,679,810
1979 20,636,700
1980 21,623,800
1981 22,617,090
1982 23,619,800
1983 24,621,920
1984 25,577,370
1985 26,473,130
1986 27,480,870
1987 28,537,080
1988 29,585,370
1989 30,626,130
1990 31,656,390
1991 32,459,660
1992 33,169,700
1993 33,872,970
1994 34,575,770
1995 35,280,300
1996 35,810,620
1997 36,259,670
1998 36,633,450
1999 37,006,180
2000 37,428,330
2001 37,867,710
2002 38,258,250
2003 38,626,120
2004 38,947,800
2005 39,195,730
2006 39,490,770
2007 39,740,940
2008 40,093,880
2009 40,351,070
2010 40,602,660
2011 40,909,590
2012 41,089,080
2013 41,240,240
2014 41,463,570
2015 41,645,540
2016 41,774,260
2017 41,861,500
2018 42,020,670
2019 42,152,100
2020 42,201,960

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Korea was 81.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 81.94 in 2010, while its lowest value was 27.71 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 27.71
1961 28.53
1962 29.46
1963 30.41
1964 31.37
1965 32.35
1966 33.35
1967 34.97
1968 36.85
1969 38.76
1970 40.70
1971 42.26
1972 43.69
1973 45.13
1974 46.58
1975 48.03
1976 49.72
1977 51.48
1978 53.23
1979 54.98
1980 56.72
1981 58.41
1982 60.06
1983 61.69
1984 63.30
1985 64.88
1986 66.68
1987 68.56
1988 70.39
1989 72.15
1990 73.84
1991 74.97
1992 75.82
1993 76.65
1994 77.45
1995 78.24
1996 78.66
1997 78.91
1998 79.15
1999 79.38
2000 79.62
2001 79.94
2002 80.30
2003 80.65
2004 81.00
2005 81.35
2006 81.53
2007 81.63
2008 81.73
2009 81.84
2010 81.94
2011 81.92
2012 81.85
2013 81.78
2014 81.71
2015 81.63
2016 81.56
2017 81.50
2018 81.46
2019 81.43
2020 81.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization