How many people are there in Korea?

Korea is a country with a high population density. By 2020, the total population of South Korea will be 5 1.829 million, of which 50.2% will live in the capital circle including Seoul, Incheon Metropolitan Area and Gyeonggi Province. South Korea is facing serious problems of aging population and declining birth rate. In 2020, the number of deaths is naturally lower than that of births for the first time.

In 2005, South Korea began to implement the policy of encouraging birth. In 20 17, the population growth of Korea fell below 65,438+10,000 for the first time. In 2020, the population of South Korea will naturally decrease by 33,000, and the death toll will be greater than the birth population for the first time.

In 2020, the proportion of people over 65 years old in Korea will be 15.7%, and it will rise to 20.3% in 2025. The total fertility rate is only 0.84, which is the lowest level in the world.

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South Korea belongs to a mono-ethnic country, and the vast majority of its population are Koreans, with only a few China and Japanese. During the 1950s and 1980s, the number of Chinese in Korea remained at 20,000-30,000.

After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea, the number of Koreans who immigrated to South Korea increased rapidly.