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Title	2020 Population and Housing Census (Register-based Census)
Date	2021-07-29
[Population] - As of November 1st, 2020, the population of South Korea was 51.83 million persons, which increased by 50 thousand persons (0.1%) from 2019. - In 2020, Sejong showed the highest year-on-year population growth rate, which was followed by Gyeonggi and Jeju. - The youth population aged 0 ~ 14 and the working age population aged 15 ~ 64 recorded a year-on-year decrease. In the meantime, the elderly population aged 65 or more recorded a year-on-year increase. - The foreign nationals in South Korea amounted to 1.70 million persons, which occupied 3.3% of the total population. This figure declined by 80 thousand persons (-4.7%) compared to 2019. [Household] - As of November 1st, 2020, the number of households totaled 21.48 million households, increasing by 590 thousand households (2.8%) from 2019. - In 2020, 1-person and 2-person households occupied 59.8% of the total general households, up 1.7%p from 58.1% in 2019. - As for general households by type of living quarters, apartments and detached houses occupied 51.5% and 30.4%, respectively. - The multi-cultural households amounted to 370 thousand households, which took up 1.8% of the general households. The multi-cultural household members totaled 1.09 million persons, which accounted for 2.1% of the total population. [Housing] - As of November 1st, 2020, the number of housing units totaled 18.53 million units, rising by 400 thousand units (2.2%) compared to 2019. - 51.5% of detached houses were constructed 30 years ago or more. 42.7% of apartments were constructed 20 years ago or more. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file.
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