According to the complete enumeration results of the 2005 Population Census that the KNSO announced on May 25th 2006, the population of South Korea was 47,278,952, up 2.5 percent from 2000. The population density recorded 474 persons per 1km2, an increase of 10 from 2000. The population closeness (the distance between persons when they stand at the same interval every km2) was 45.9m in 2005, down 0.5m from 2000.
The population of the Seoul metropolitan area (Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi) amounted to 22,770,000, accounting for 48.2 percent out of the total population. The population in Gyeonggi, the most heavily populated area out of the 16 metropolitan cities and provinces, recorded 10,420,000 persons, followed by Seoul.
The sex ratio, the number of males per 100 females, recorded 99.5 in 2005. The female population outnumbered the male one. The median age recorded 35.0 in 2005, which increased by 3 years compared to 32.0 years in 2000.
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