Net migration in South Korea in 2025 — 65,731 people. Ranked 20 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 39.1%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65,731 | −10,232 | −13.47% |
| 2024 | 75,963 | −11,837 | −13.48% |
| 2023 | 87,800 | +0 | +0% |
| 2022 | 87,800 | +104,578 | +623.3% |
| 2021 | -16,778 | −129,409 | −114.9% |
| 2020 | 112,631 | −15,991 | −12.43% |
| 2019 | 128,622 | +10,402 | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 118,220 | +14,191 | +13.64% |
| 2017 | 104,029 | +12,461 | +13.61% |
| 2016 | 91,568 | −184,859 | −66.87% |
| 2015 | 276,427 | −31,610 | −10.26% |
| 2014 | 308,037 | +6,111 | +2.02% |
| 2013 | 301,926 | +20,060 | +7.12% |
| 2012 | 281,866 | +11,908 | +4.41% |
| 2011 | 269,958 | +217,916 | +418.73% |
| 2010 | 52,042 | +46,734 | +880.44% |
| 2009 | 5,308 | +24,938 | +127.04% |
| 2008 | -19,630 | +22,663 | +53.59% |
| 2007 | -42,293 | −13,859 | −48.74% |
| 2006 | -28,434 | +19,387 | +40.54% |
| 2005 | -47,821 | −5,272 | −12.39% |
| 2004 | -42,549 | −10,555 | −32.99% |
| 2003 | -31,994 | −13,889 | −76.71% |
| 2002 | -18,105 | +9,901 | +35.35% |
| 2001 | -28,006 | +56,954 | +67.04% |
| 2000 | -84,960 | +22,488 | +20.93% |
| 1999 | -107,448 | −9,404 | −9.59% |
| 1998 | -98,044 | +11,086 | +10.16% |
| 1997 | -109,130 | +6,575 | +5.68% |
| 1996 | -115,705 | +92,786 | +44.5% |
| 1995 | -208,491 | −182 | −0.09% |
| 1994 | -208,309 | +14,493 | +6.5% |
| 1993 | -222,802 | +43,047 | +16.19% |
| 1992 | -265,849 | +4,905 | +1.81% |
| 1991 | -270,754 | −350,048 | −441.46% |
| 1990 | 79,294 | −106,826 | −57.4% |
| 1989 | 186,120 | −6,414 | −3.33% |
| 1988 | 192,534 | −5,523 | −2.79% |
| 1987 | 198,057 | +8,275 | +4.36% |
| 1986 | 189,782 | +91,833 | +93.76% |
| 1985 | 97,949 | −3,445 | −3.4% |
| 1984 | 101,394 | −773 | −0.76% |
| 1983 | 102,167 | +53,529 | +110.06% |
| 1982 | 48,638 | +30,196 | +163.73% |
| 1981 | 18,442 | +166,783 | +112.43% |
| 1980 | -148,341 | −8,775 | −6.29% |
| 1979 | -139,566 | −53,845 | −62.81% |
| 1978 | -85,721 | +5,016 | +5.53% |
| 1977 | -90,737 | +1,577 | +1.71% |
| 1976 | -92,314 | −39,982 | −76.4% |
| 1975 | -52,332 | −79,337 | −293.79% |
| 1974 | 27,005 | −8,774 | −24.52% |
| 1973 | 35,779 | +10,397 | +40.96% |
| 1972 | 25,382 | +31,708 | +501.23% |
| 1971 | -6,326 | +21,673 | +77.41% |
| 1970 | -27,999 | −6,824 | −32.23% |
| 1969 | -21,175 | −4,307 | −25.53% |
| 1968 | -16,868 | −384 | −2.33% |
| 1967 | -16,484 | +204 | +1.22% |
| 1966 | -16,688 | +129,698 | +88.6% |
| 1965 | -146,386 | −44,102 | −43.12% |
| 1964 | -102,284 | −22,058 | −27.49% |
| 1963 | -80,226 | +14,380 | +15.2% |
| 1962 | -94,606 | −1,427 | −1.53% |
| 1961 | -93,179 | −140,424 | −297.23% |
| 1960 | 47,245 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Japan
140,579
South Korea
65,731
Hong Kong
17,863
Mongolia
79
Macao
-328
North Korea
-2,787
China
-268,126
Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.
Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
Annual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.
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