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Korea, Republic of: Rural population

18.83percent · 2025+2.5% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202518.826
202418.832
202318.835
202218.838
202118.838
202018.824
201918.71
201818.618
201718.529
201618.444
201518.361
201418.268
201318.173
201218.091
201118.038
201018.031
200918.075
200818.165
200718.288
200618.434
200518.61
200418.896
200319.292
200219.723
200120.121
200020.42
199920.638
199820.819
199721.008
199621.249
199521.6
199422.141
199322.892
199223.804
199124.839
199026.015
198927.534
198829.412
198731.437
198633.423
198535.205
198436.851
198338.456
198240.049
198141.666
198043.345
197945.101
197846.904
197748.697
197650.426
197552.033
197453.491
197354.853
197256.211
197157.652
197059.291
196961.29
196863.467
196765.441
196666.897
196568.036
196469.044
196369.942
196270.766
196171.551
196072.314

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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