People with migrant background take up 5.4 pct of S. Korean population in 2025

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It was found that one in ten people in their 20s and 30s in Korea has a migration background. While the number of native-born citizens with both parents being Korean decreased by over 80,000 in the past year, the total population maintained an upward trend as the population with a migration background increased by 95,000, primarily driven by those in their 20s and 30s. On the 26th, the National Data Agency released data regarding these findings …

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(Sejong=Yonhap News) Reporter Song Jeong-eun = Last year, the 'population with a migration background,' including foreigners, naturalized Koreans, and second-generation immigrants, increased by nearly 100,000, accounting for 5.4% of the country's population...

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The "migration background population," defined as individuals or those whose parents have not held Korean citizenship at birth, has increased for two consecutive years, reaching 5.4% of the total population. This population includes foreign nationals who have resided in Korea for more than three months, naturalized citizens, second-generation immigrants, first and second-generation overseas Koreans (such as those from Sakhalin) who have been det…

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The population with a migration background residing in the country increased by 95,000 in one year, reaching 2.81 million. This means that more than one in every 20 people in the total population has a migration background, either personally or through a parent. The number of children and adolescents with a migration background aged 24 or younger increased by 6.6%, nearly double the overall growth rate of the migration background population (3.5…