Key Facts from Recent Foreign Population Report
Woosung Dan Song
July 15th, 2025
As a part of the series on foreign population report in South Korea, this article illustrates key facts which will help audicence see the population change in South Korea.
By region, all metropolitan areas except Seoul saw over a 7% increase in
foreign residents compared to last year.
The regions with the highest growth rates were:
Jeollanam-do (↑18.5%)
Gyeongsangnam-do (↑17.0%)
Ulsan (↑15.6%)
Chungcheongnam-do (↑14.4%)
Gangwon-do (↑14.3%)
In terms of absolute increase in population, the top regions were:
Gyeonggi-do (+58,294 people)
Gyeongsangnam-do (+21,942 people)
Chungcheongnam-do (+19,583 people)
Incheon (+13,974 people)
Gyeongsangbuk-do (+13,710 people)
The provinces and cities with the highest number of foreign residents are:
Gyeonggi-do: 809,801 people
Seoul: 449,014 people
Incheon: 168,590 people
Chungcheongnam-do: 155,589 people
Gyeongsangnam-do: 156,430 people
Together, 1,419,674 foreign residents, or 57.8% of the total, live in
the Seoul Capital Area (metropolitan region).
The top five cities/counties/districts with the largest foreign resident
populations are all located in Gyeonggi-do:
Ansan: 108,033 people
Hwaseong: 76,711 people
Siheung: 74,653 people
Suwon: 71,392 people
Bucheon: 58,632 people
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