Overseas Koreans by their residential statuses
Region | Korean national | Foreign citizens |
Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Korean citizens with permanent residency in foreign countries | General visitors |
International students |
Sub Total |
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Total | 1,018,045 | 1,322,133 | 171,343 | 2,511,521 | 4,813,622 | 7,325,143 | |
Northeast Asia |
Japan | 342,839 | 78,953 | 13,082 | 434,874 | 383,991 | 818,865 |
China | 8,979 | 213,822 | 34,074 | 256,875 | 2,093,547 | 2,350,422 | |
Sub total |
351,818 | 292,775 | 47,156 | 691,749 | 2,477,538 | 3,169,287 | |
South Asia Pacific | 94,355 | 285,457 | 38,020 | 417,832 | 71,588 | 489,420 | |
North America |
America | 434,458 | 626,005 | 43,459 | 1,103,922 | 1,529,855 | 2,633,777 |
Canada | 60,269 | 19,114 | 17,357 | 96,740 | 140,624 | 237,364 | |
Sub total |
494,727 | 645,119 | 60,816 | 1,200,662 | 1,670,479 | 2,871,141 | |
Latin America | 41,200 | 8,910 | 320 | 50,430 | 39,859 | 90,289 | |
Eurpoe | 34,344 | 65,405 | 23,497 | 123,246 | 553,910 | 677,156 | |
Africa | 1,470 | 7,356 | 500 | 9,326 | 145 | 9,471 | |
Middle East | 131 | 17,111 | 1,034 | 18,276 | 103 | 18,379 |
* Sources : Ministry of Foreign Affairs