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Korea, Republic of: Urban population

81.17percent · 2025-0.6% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202581.174
202481.168
202381.165
202281.162
202181.162
202081.176
201981.29
201881.382
201781.471
201681.556
201581.639
201481.732
201381.827
201281.909
201181.962
201081.969
200981.925
200881.835
200781.712
200681.566
200581.39
200481.104
200380.708
200280.277
200179.879
200079.58
199979.362
199879.181
199778.992
199678.751
199578.4
199477.859
199377.108
199276.196
199175.161
199073.985
198972.466
198870.588
198768.563
198666.577
198564.795
198463.149
198361.544
198259.951
198158.334
198056.655
197954.899
197853.096
197751.303
197649.574
197547.967
197446.509
197345.147
197243.789
197142.348
197040.709
196938.71
196836.533
196734.559
196633.103
196531.964
196430.956
196330.058
196229.234
196128.449
196027.686

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Urban population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-urban-population (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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