No. of foreigners in S. Korea reaches 1.65 mil. in 2018, up 11.6% y/y
2018 총인구 3.2%는 외국인...인구 집계 개시 이후 최다
The number of foreigners living in South Korea reached an all-time high of 1-point-65 million last year.
According to Statistics Korea, that's an increase of more than 11 percent on-year.
The figure represents just above 3 percent of the country's total population.
Nearly half of them were Chinese nationals,... followed by Vietnamese and Thai.
Meanwhile, Korea's population topped 51 million as of last November - up less than half a percent from the previous year.
The number of foreigners living in South Korea reached an all-time high of 1-point-65 million last year.
According to Statistics Korea, that's an increase of more than 11 percent on-year.
The figure represents just above 3 percent of the country's total population.
Nearly half of them were Chinese nationals,... followed by Vietnamese and Thai.
Meanwhile, Korea's population topped 51 million as of last November - up less than half a percent from the previous year.