Name: Population density in South Korea
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates
License: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses#cc-by

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People per square kilometre of land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population density (people per square kilometre of land), 2000 to 2024
Period	South Korea	World
2024	530.2 people per km²	–
2023	529.8 people per km²	62.1 people per km²
2022	529.4 people per km²	61.6 people per km²
2021	530.4 people per km²	61.0 people per km²
2020	531.1 people per km²	60.4 people per km²
2019	530.4 people per km²	59.8 people per km²
2018	529.0 people per km²	59.2 people per km²
2017	526.7 people per km²	58.6 people per km²
2016	525.4 people per km²	57.9 people per km²
2015	523.5 people per km²	57.3 people per km²
2014	520.9 people per km²	56.6 people per km²
2013	517.6 people per km²	55.9 people per km²
2012	515.9 people per km²	55.2 people per km²
2011	513.8 people per km²	55.6 people per km²
2010	509.8 people per km²	54.9 people per km²
2009	508.0 people per km²	54.3 people per km²
2008	505.8 people per km²	53.6 people per km²
2007	502.3 people per km²	52.9 people per km²
2006	500.0 people per km²	52.3 people per km²
2005	497.5 people per km²	51.6 people per km²
2004	496.6 people per km²	51.0 people per km²
2003	494.8 people per km²	50.4 people per km²
2002	492.2 people per km²	49.7 people per km²
2001	489.7 people per km²	49.1 people per km²
2000	487.3 people per km²	48.4 people per km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Population density in South Korea

Population density in South Korea over time

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