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Title	2019 Survey on Immigrants’ Living Conditions and Labour Force
Date	2019-12-19
□ The number of de jure foreigners was 1.323 million persons in 2019, rising by 22 thousand persons from 2018. The number of Koreans who were naturalized for the past 5 years was 49 thousand persons in 2019, falling by 4 thousand persons from 2018. □ The employment-population ratio of foreigners stood at 65.3% in 2019, dropping by 2.7%p from 2018. The employment- population ratio of naturalized Koreans stood at 64.8% in 2019, dropping by 1.4%p from 2018. □ The unemployment rate of foreigners stood at 5.5% in 2019, rising by 0.7%p from 2018. The unemployment rate of naturalized Koreans stood at 6.0% in 2019, rising by 1.3%p from 2018. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.
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