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Korea, Rep.
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#23out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

42 M33 M25 M16 M6.9 M196019932025Korea, Rep. · 2025: 41.95MKorea, Rep.

Analytical takeaways

  • Korea, Rep. records 41.95M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #23 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 6.92M in 1960 to 41.95M in 2025, a gain of 35.03M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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