South Korea Urban Population
South Korea urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 81.17%.
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South Korea · urban population data as percent of GDP.
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Interpretation
South Korea recorded 81.17% for Urban Population in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.00 percentage points, from 81.16% to 81.17%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (81.32%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is broadly stable.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 81.16% in 2021 and the high was 81.64% in 2015.