S. Korea's population reaches 48.58 mln in 2010
SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's total population amounted to 48.58 million in 2010, up 2.8 percent, or 1.3 million, from five years earlier, a national census showed Monday.
The census carried out every five years showed the country's population grew an average of 0.5 percent annually from 2005 through 2010, Statistical Korea said. In 2005, the population came to 47.28 million.
The annual gain was unchanged from 0.5 percent average growth reported from 1990 onwards, the agency said. It also said South Korea is aging at a fast pace with people over 65 accounting for 11.3 percent of all its citizens, or 5.42 million, last year.
This represents a surge of 24.3 percent, or 1.06 million, vis-a-vis 2005, when 9.3 percent of the population was classified as seniors.
The country became an aging society in 2000 when more than 7 percent of the population was over 65, and is expected to become an aged society and super-aged society in 2018 and 2026, respectively.
An aged society refers to more than 14 percent of the population being over 65, and a super-aged society has at least 20 percent of its people being classified as senior citizens.
The latest census, in addition, showed the country's population density stood at 486 people living within a 1-square-kilometer radius, which was the third highest in the world after Bangladesh and Taiwan.
Urbanization hit 82.0 percent, a gain from 81.5 percent reported five years earlier.
The statistical office said the capital city of Seoul and nearby Incheon and Gyeonggi Province were home to 49.1 percent of the country's total population, a gain from 48.2 percent tallied five years ago.
Gyeonggi accounted for 23.4 percent of the population, followed by Seoul with 20.2 percent of all people living in the country. The port city of Busan, on the country's southeastern tip, was home to 7.0 percent of the population.
The report said the median age of the population hit 38.1 years, up 3.1 y! ears fro m 2005, with people in their 30s and 40s making up the largest demographic groups. The statistics office said 29.2 percent of all people in their 30s were not married.
This is a gain of 7.6 percentage points from five years earlier. Of all 590,000 foreign nationals living in the country, 63.9 percent lived in Seoul or in nearby areas, with 52.7 percent being made up of ethnic Chinese or people of Korean descent. (Yonhap)
The census carried out every five years showed the country's population grew an average of 0.5 percent annually from 2005 through 2010, Statistical Korea said. In 2005, the population came to 47.28 million.
The annual gain was unchanged from 0.5 percent average growth reported from 1990 onwards, the agency said. It also said South Korea is aging at a fast pace with people over 65 accounting for 11.3 percent of all its citizens, or 5.42 million, last year.
This represents a surge of 24.3 percent, or 1.06 million, vis-a-vis 2005, when 9.3 percent of the population was classified as seniors.
The country became an aging society in 2000 when more than 7 percent of the population was over 65, and is expected to become an aged society and super-aged society in 2018 and 2026, respectively.
An aged society refers to more than 14 percent of the population being over 65, and a super-aged society has at least 20 percent of its people being classified as senior citizens.
The latest census, in addition, showed the country's population density stood at 486 people living within a 1-square-kilometer radius, which was the third highest in the world after Bangladesh and Taiwan.
Urbanization hit 82.0 percent, a gain from 81.5 percent reported five years earlier.
The statistical office said the capital city of Seoul and nearby Incheon and Gyeonggi Province were home to 49.1 percent of the country's total population, a gain from 48.2 percent tallied five years ago.
Gyeonggi accounted for 23.4 percent of the population, followed by Seoul with 20.2 percent of all people living in the country. The port city of Busan, on the country's southeastern tip, was home to 7.0 percent of the population.
The report said the median age of the population hit 38.1 years, up 3.1 y! ears fro m 2005, with people in their 30s and 40s making up the largest demographic groups. The statistics office said 29.2 percent of all people in their 30s were not married.
This is a gain of 7.6 percentage points from five years earlier. Of all 590,000 foreign nationals living in the country, 63.9 percent lived in Seoul or in nearby areas, with 52.7 percent being made up of ethnic Chinese or people of Korean descent. (Yonhap)
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