Overseas Koreans in Each Country: 2015-2021

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Author

Kadir Jun Ayhan

Published

Friday, April 28, 2023

This is a simple blog post with visualization of Overseas Koreans abroad.

The data is from Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs as of 28 February 2022.

Top 10 Countries with Most Korean Population in 2021

Year Country Korean Pop
2021 United States 2,633,777
2021 China 2,350,422
2021 Japan 818,865
2021 Canada 237,364
2021 Uzbekistan 175,865
2021 Russia 168,526
2021 Australia 158,103
2021 Vietnam 156,330
2021 Kazakhstan 109,495
2021 Germany 47,428

Biggest Differences between 2015 and 2021

Country 2021-2015 Difference
United States 394,788
Vietnam 47,480
Canada 13,310
France 10,417
Sweden 10,266
Germany 8,381
Denmark 8,143
Netherlands 6,810
Norway 6,623
Australia 4,450
Country 2021-2015 Difference
China -235,571
Philippines -56,005
Japan -36,860
Indonesia -23,444
Brazil -13,878
Uzbekistan -10,321
United Kingdom -3,573
Saudi Arabia -3,325
Thailand -1,570
Mongolia -1,156

Overseas Korean Population in 2021 on the Map

Overseas Korean Population Changes in Years by Sub-regions