Korea - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Korea was 9,967,677 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,553,330 in 1991 and a minimum value of 2,361,196 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 2,361,196
1961 2,554,638
1962 2,754,346
1963 2,969,667
1964 3,202,152
1965 3,452,123
1966 3,721,992
1967 4,056,882
1968 4,438,705
1969 4,855,262
1970 5,311,569
1971 5,629,671
1972 5,903,885
1973 6,190,645
1974 6,491,759
1975 6,807,519
1976 7,087,439
1977 7,360,096
1978 7,643,642
1979 7,938,110
1980 8,244,352
1981 8,483,256
1982 8,688,305
1983 8,898,311
1984 9,113,693
1985 9,333,674
1986 9,559,279
1987 9,790,337
1988 10,027,310
1989 10,269,340
1990 10,517,570
1991 10,553,330
1992 10,478,070
1993 10,403,550
1994 10,329,450
1995 10,255,890
1996 10,180,300
1997 10,104,250
1998 10,028,660
1999 9,953,637
2000 9,879,073
2001 9,849,502
2002 9,842,731
2003 9,835,965
2004 9,829,194
2005 9,822,447
2006 9,816,737
2007 9,811,560
2008 9,806,379
2009 9,801,214
2010 9,796,045
2011 9,808,821
2012 9,830,787
2013 9,852,742
2014 9,874,776
2015 9,896,859
2016 9,919,022
2017 9,941,235
2018 9,963,497
2019 9,962,393
2020 9,963,452
2021 9,967,677

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Korea was 23.62 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 40.51 in 1971, while its lowest value was 23.61 in 2020.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 34.07
1961 34.75
1962 35.26
1963 35.82
1964 36.47
1965 37.17
1966 37.92
1967 38.50
1968 39.06
1969 39.71
1970 40.47
1971 40.51
1972 40.33
1973 40.22
1974 40.17
1975 40.17
1976 39.76
1977 39.27
1978 38.84
1979 38.47
1980 38.13
1981 37.51
1982 36.78
1983 36.14
1984 35.63
1985 35.26
1986 34.79
1987 34.31
1988 33.89
1989 33.53
1990 33.22
1991 32.51
1992 31.59
1993 30.71
1994 29.87
1995 29.07
1996 28.43
1997 27.87
1998 27.38
1999 26.90
2000 26.39
2001 26.01
2002 25.73
2003 25.46
2004 25.24
2005 25.06
2006 24.86
2007 24.69
2008 24.46
2009 24.29
2010 24.13
2011 23.98
2012 23.93
2013 23.89
2014 23.82
2015 23.76
2016 23.74
2017 23.75
2018 23.71
2019 23.63
2020 23.61
2021 23.62

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization