Demographics of South Korea (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Demographics of South Korea" in English language version.

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37web.archive.org

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8un.org

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7kosis.kr

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2archive.today

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2koreatimes.co.kr

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2qz.com

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2globalbrief.ca

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2ourworldindata.org

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2worldbank.org

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2chosun.com

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1kostat.go.kr

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1theguardian.com

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1pulsenews.co.kr

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1economist.com

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1cnn.com

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1britannica.com

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1channelnewsasia.com

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1joins.com

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1statista.com

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1index.go.kr

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1hani.co.kr

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1worldatlas.com

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1eagernomad.com

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1vnexpress.net

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1gapyear.com

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1asiasociety.org

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1korea.net

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1kidok.com

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1moj.go.kr

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1koreaherald.com

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archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

"S. Korea's childbirth tally drops to another historic low in October …". archive.fo. 2019-01-23. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
"Fertility rate dips below 1 in 2018: official". archive.fo. 2019-01-30. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-30.

asiasociety.org (Global: low place; English: 6,930^th place)

"Historical and Modern Religions of Korea". Asia Society. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

bbc.com (Global: 20^th place; English: 30^th place)

Evans, Stephen (5 November 2015). "Korea's hidden problem: Suicidal defectors". BBC News. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016. South Korea consistently has the highest suicide rate of all the 34 industrialized countries in the OECD.

britannica.com (Global: 40^th place; English: 58^th place)

"South Korea | Culture, History, and People – Settlement patterns". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

channelnewsasia.com (Global: 1,127^th place; English: 691^st place)

"South Korean doctors flee paediatrics as low birth rate bites". CNA. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-30.

chosun.com (Global: 342^nd place; English: 357^th place)

english.chosun.com

"More Than 1 Million Foreigners Live in Korea (According to the article, approximately 443,566 people are considered to be Chinese residents in South Korea with Korean ethnicity.)". The Chosun Ilbo. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.

news.chosun.com

귀화 한국인 20만명 돌파. The Chosun Ilbo. November 21, 2019. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

cnn.com (Global: 28^th place; English: 26^th place)

Kwon, Jessie Yeung, Jake (2023-05-15). "They left South Korea for the American Dream. Now their children are moving back". CNN. Archived from the original on 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2023-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

dw.com (Global: 204^th place; English: 353^rd place)

Ryall, Julian (21 December 2021). "What's behind South Korea's population decline?". DW. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

eagernomad.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"14 Countries With The Most American Expats". 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2023-04-05.

economist.com (Global: 254^th place; English: 236^th place)

"South Korea's fertility rate is the lowest in the world". The Economist. 2018-06-30. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.

gapyear.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Languages in South Korea". Gap Year. 2015-04-08. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

globalbrief.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

Thomas Klassen "South Korean: Ageing Tiger" Archived 2017-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, Global Brief, January 12, 2010, accessed February 13, 2011.
Thomas Klassen "South Korean: Aging Tiger" Archived 2017-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, Global Brief, January 12, 2010, accessed February 13, 2011.

hani.co.kr (Global: 1,643^rd place; English: 2,342^nd place)

Yonhap News (24 August 2007). "South Korea's foreign population passes the million mark for the first time in history". The Hankyoreh. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2011-05-29.

index.go.kr (Global: low place; English: low place)

인구로 보는 대한민국. Statistics Korea. Archived from the original on 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2025-01-20.지표누리 한국의 사회지표. Statistics Korea. Retrieved 2025-01-20.

indiatimes.com (Global: 17^th place; English: 15^th place)

economictimes.indiatimes.com

"South Korea is facing a crisis of extinction and it's not due to North's nukes". The Economic Times. 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

joins.com (Global: 314^th place; English: 285^th place)

joongangdaily.joins.com

Jung Ha-won "Statistics highlight scale of the aging population" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Korea JoongAng Daily, November 21, 2009, accessed February 14, 2011.

kidok.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"종교 관심 없다" 무종교인 비율 갈수록 높아진다. 30 June 2021.

korea.net (Global: 5,956^th place; English: 5,331^st place)

"Religion". Korea.net. Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

koreaherald.com (Global: 463^rd place; English: 348^th place)

"Number of foreigners in Korea up for 1st time in 20 months". 26 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

koreatimes.co.kr (Global: 536^th place; English: 386^th place)

"Fertility rate dips below 1 in 2018: official". archive.fo. 2019-01-30. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
"Korea's birthrate rebounds for 1st time in 9 years". The Korea Times. 2025-01-03. Retrieved 2025-01-03.

kosis.kr (Global: 4,863^rd place; English: 7,812^th place)

"Population Census". Statistics Korea.
인구로 보는 대한민국. Statistics Korea. Archived from the original on 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2025-01-20.지표누리 한국의 사회지표. Statistics Korea. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
"KOSIS KOrean Statistical Information Service". kosis.kr. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
"KOSIS". kosis.kr. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
"Abridged life tables". Statistics Korea. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
"Abridged life tables by province". Statistics Korea. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
"Korean Statistical Information Service". Archived from the original on 2024-07-16. Retrieved 2024-07-16.

kostat.go.kr (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Life Tables for Korea, 2023 (the nation and provinces)" (PDF). Statistics Korea. 4 December 2024.

moj.go.kr (Global: low place; English: low place)

"체류외국인". Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2025-02-01.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Gladstone, Rick (4 January 2021). "As Birthrate Falls, South Korea's Population Declines, Posing Threat to Economy". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

ourworldindata.org (Global: 2,263^rd place; English: 1,687^th place)

Max Roser (2014), "Fertility Rate", Our World In Data, Gapminder Foundation, archived from the original on 2020-11-21, retrieved 2018-07-21
"Life expectancy". Our World in Data. Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-28.

pulsenews.co.kr (Global: low place; English: low place)

"S. Korea's childbirth tally drops to another historic low in October …". archive.fo. 2019-01-23. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.

qz.com (Global: 1,110^th place; English: 695^th place)

Steger, Isabella (27 February 2019). "South Korea's birth rate just crashed to another alarming low". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
Shendruk, Amanda (2021-07-08). "Are you even trying to stop racism if you don't collect data on race?". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-04.

statista.com (Global: 776^th place; English: 844^th place)

"South Korea – urbanization 2006–2016 | Statistic". Statista. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

McCurry, Justin (26 February 2025). "South Korea birthrate rises for first time in nine years amid surge in marriages". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 July 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

un.org (Global: 97^th place; English: 164^th place)

population.un.org

World Population Prospects 2019 Archived 2019-08-29 at the Wayback Machine by the United Nations, DESA, Population Division.
"World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
"World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950–2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

unstats.un.org

"UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
Statistics Archived 2018-07-24 at the Wayback Machine United Nations

esa.un.org

"World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision". Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
"World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2017-07-15.

un.org

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2007). "United Nations World Population Prospects: 2006 revision, Table A.15" (PDF). New York: UN. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2009.

vnexpress.net (Global: 839^th place; English: 2,307^th place)

e.vnexpress.net

VnExpress. "Number of Vietnamese students in South Korea grow fastest in the world – VnExpress International". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-03-09.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

McCurry, Justin (26 February 2025). "South Korea birthrate rises for first time in nine years amid surge in marriages". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 July 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
"South Korea's population passes 50 million". June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-07-04.
World Population Prospects 2019 Archived 2019-08-29 at the Wayback Machine by the United Nations, DESA, Population Division.
"South Korea's fertility rate is the lowest in the world". The Economist. 2018-06-30. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
Gladstone, Rick (4 January 2021). "As Birthrate Falls, South Korea's Population Declines, Posing Threat to Economy". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
"South Korea is facing a crisis of extinction and it's not due to North's nukes". The Economic Times. 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
Ryall, Julian (21 December 2021). "What's behind South Korea's population decline?". DW. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
Evans, Stephen (5 November 2015). "Korea's hidden problem: Suicidal defectors". BBC News. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016. South Korea consistently has the highest suicide rate of all the 34 industrialized countries in the OECD.
Kwon, Jessie Yeung, Jake (2023-05-15). "They left South Korea for the American Dream. Now their children are moving back". CNN. Archived from the original on 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2023-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"More Than 1 Million Foreigners Live in Korea (According to the article, approximately 443,566 people are considered to be Chinese residents in South Korea with Korean ethnicity.)". The Chosun Ilbo. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2007). "United Nations World Population Prospects: 2006 revision, Table A.15" (PDF). New York: UN. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
Steger, Isabella (27 February 2019). "South Korea's birth rate just crashed to another alarming low". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
"South Korea | Culture, History, and People – Settlement patterns". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"South Korean doctors flee paediatrics as low birth rate bites". CNA. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
"UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
Statistics Archived 2018-07-24 at the Wayback Machine United Nations
Thomas Klassen "South Korean: Ageing Tiger" Archived 2017-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, Global Brief, January 12, 2010, accessed February 13, 2011.
Jung Ha-won "Statistics highlight scale of the aging population" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Korea JoongAng Daily, November 21, 2009, accessed February 14, 2011.
Thomas Klassen "South Korean: Aging Tiger" Archived 2017-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, Global Brief, January 12, 2010, accessed February 13, 2011.
"South Korea – urbanization 2006–2016 | Statistic". Statista. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
Max Roser (2014), "Fertility Rate", Our World In Data, Gapminder Foundation, archived from the original on 2020-11-21, retrieved 2018-07-21
"World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision". Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
인구로 보는 대한민국. Statistics Korea. Archived from the original on 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2025-01-20.지표누리 한국의 사회지표. Statistics Korea. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
"KOSIS KOrean Statistical Information Service". kosis.kr. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
"Life expectancy". Our World in Data. Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
"World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
Shendruk, Amanda (2021-07-08). "Are you even trying to stop racism if you don't collect data on race?". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
Yonhap News (24 August 2007). "South Korea's foreign population passes the million mark for the first time in history". The Hankyoreh. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
"Ethnic Minorities And Immigrants In South Korea". WorldAtlas. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
VnExpress. "Number of Vietnamese students in South Korea grow fastest in the world – VnExpress International". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
"Languages in South Korea". Gap Year. 2015-04-08. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Historical and Modern Religions of Korea". Asia Society. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Religion". Korea.net. Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Korean Statistical Information Service". Archived from the original on 2024-07-16. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
"체류외국인". Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
귀화 한국인 20만명 돌파. The Chosun Ilbo. November 21, 2019. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
"Number of foreigners in Korea up for 1st time in 20 months". 26 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

worldatlas.com (Global: 1,573^rd place; English: 1,326^th place)

"Ethnic Minorities And Immigrants In South Korea". WorldAtlas. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

worldbank.org (Global: 231^st place; English: 332^nd place)

databank.worldbank.org

"Country Profile: Korea, Republic of". databank.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2025-10-08.

data.worldbank.org

"Life expectancy at birth, total - Korea, Rep". World Bank Group.

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

search.worldcat.org

"South Korea's fertility rate is the lowest in the world". The Economist. 2018-06-30. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.

Demographics of South Korea (English Wikipedia)

archive.today (Global: 14th place; English: 14th place)

asiasociety.org (Global: low place; English: 6,930th place)

bbc.com (Global: 20th place; English: 30th place)

britannica.com (Global: 40th place; English: 58th place)

channelnewsasia.com (Global: 1,127th place; English: 691st place)

chosun.com (Global: 342nd place; English: 357th place)

english.chosun.com

news.chosun.com

cnn.com (Global: 28th place; English: 26th place)

dw.com (Global: 204th place; English: 353rd place)

eagernomad.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

economist.com (Global: 254th place; English: 236th place)

gapyear.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

globalbrief.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

hani.co.kr (Global: 1,643rd place; English: 2,342nd place)

index.go.kr (Global: low place; English: low place)

indiatimes.com (Global: 17th place; English: 15th place)

economictimes.indiatimes.com

joins.com (Global: 314th place; English: 285th place)

joongangdaily.joins.com

kidok.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

korea.net (Global: 5,956th place; English: 5,331st place)

koreaherald.com (Global: 463rd place; English: 348th place)

koreatimes.co.kr (Global: 536th place; English: 386th place)

kosis.kr (Global: 4,863rd place; English: 7,812th place)

kostat.go.kr (Global: low place; English: low place)

moj.go.kr (Global: low place; English: low place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

ourworldindata.org (Global: 2,263rd place; English: 1,687th place)

pulsenews.co.kr (Global: low place; English: low place)

qz.com (Global: 1,110th place; English: 695th place)

statista.com (Global: 776th place; English: 844th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 12th place; English: 11th place)

un.org (Global: 97th place; English: 164th place)

population.un.org

unstats.un.org

esa.un.org

un.org

vnexpress.net (Global: 839th place; English: 2,307th place)

e.vnexpress.net

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

worldatlas.com (Global: 1,573rd place; English: 1,326th place)

worldbank.org (Global: 231st place; English: 332nd place)

databank.worldbank.org

data.worldbank.org

worldcat.org (Global: 5th place; English: 5th place)

search.worldcat.org

archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

asiasociety.org (Global: low place; English: 6,930^th place)

bbc.com (Global: 20^th place; English: 30^th place)

britannica.com (Global: 40^th place; English: 58^th place)

channelnewsasia.com (Global: 1,127^th place; English: 691^st place)

chosun.com (Global: 342^nd place; English: 357^th place)

cnn.com (Global: 28^th place; English: 26^th place)

dw.com (Global: 204^th place; English: 353^rd place)

economist.com (Global: 254^th place; English: 236^th place)

hani.co.kr (Global: 1,643^rd place; English: 2,342^nd place)

indiatimes.com (Global: 17^th place; English: 15^th place)

joins.com (Global: 314^th place; English: 285^th place)

korea.net (Global: 5,956^th place; English: 5,331^st place)

koreaherald.com (Global: 463^rd place; English: 348^th place)

koreatimes.co.kr (Global: 536^th place; English: 386^th place)

kosis.kr (Global: 4,863^rd place; English: 7,812^th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

ourworldindata.org (Global: 2,263^rd place; English: 1,687^th place)

qz.com (Global: 1,110^th place; English: 695^th place)

statista.com (Global: 776^th place; English: 844^th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

un.org (Global: 97^th place; English: 164^th place)

vnexpress.net (Global: 839^th place; English: 2,307^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

worldatlas.com (Global: 1,573^rd place; English: 1,326^th place)

worldbank.org (Global: 231^st place; English: 332^nd place)

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)