Observatório da Emigração

Korea, Republic of

03/09/2024

A. Annual series

A.1 Foreign-born population, 2000-2023

(Individuals)

Years	Total Population		Foreign-born
	Total Population		All foreign-born			Born in Portugal
	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in		% of total	As a % of all foreign-born	Change in
2023	51 325 329	-0.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2022	51 439 038	-0.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2021	51 638 809	-0.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2020	51 829 023	-0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2019	51 849 861	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2018	51 826 059	0.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2017	51 778 544	0.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2016	51 696 216	0.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2015	51 529 338	0.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2014	51 327 916	0.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2013	51 141 463	0.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2012	50 948 272	0.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2011	50 734 284	2.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2010	49 410 366	0.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2009	49 182 038	0.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2008	48 948 698	0.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2007	48 597 652	0.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2006	48 371 946	0.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2005	48 138 077	0.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2004	48 039 415	0.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2003	47 859 311	0.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2002	47 622 179	0.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2001	47 357 362	0.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2000	47 008 111	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Korea National Statistical Office (KNSO), Statistical Database, Population/household, Migration, International migration of foreign by sex and citizenship (Total of foreigners and with Portuguese nationality); Population Projections and Summary indicators for Korea (up to 2010) and Resident Population in Five-Year Age Groups (as of 2011) (total population).

A.2 Foreign population, 2000-2023

(Individuals)

Years	Total Population		All foreign-born
	Total Population		All foreign-born			Foreigners with Portuguese citizenship
	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in	N	% of total	As a % of all foreigners	Change in
2023	51 325 329	-0.2	798 868	1.6	21.5	206	0.0	--	-19.2
2022	51 439 038	-0.4	657 519	1.3	35.9	255	0.0	--	-12.4
2021	51 638 809	-0.4	483 826	0.9	-18.6	291	0.0	--	53.2
2020	51 829 023	-0.0	594 735	1.2	-31.2	190	0.0	--	16.6
2019	51 849 861	0.0	863 777	1.7	0.4	163	0.0	--	30.4
2018	51 826 059	0.1	860 196	1.7	7.3	125	0.0	--	10.6
2017	51 778 544	0.2	801 366	1.6	10.2	113	0.0	--	17.7
2016	51 696 216	0.3	727 163	1.4	7.9	96	0.0	--	12.9
2015	51 529 338	0.4	673 945	1.3	-0.5	85	0.0	--	9.0
2014	51 327 916	0.4	677 586	1.3	6.2	78	0.0	--	8.3
2013	51 141 463	0.4	637 789	1.2	8.1	72	0.0	--	-10.0
2012	50 948 272	0.4	590 220	1.2	12.4	80	0.0	--	15.9
2011	50 734 284	2.7	524 951	1.0	7.3	69	0.0	--	15.0
2010	49 410 366	0.5	489 146	1.0	4.9	60	0.0	--	46.3
2009	49 182 038	0.5	466 315	1.0	-9.0	41	0.0	--	-34.9
2008	48 948 698	0.7	512 162	1.0	13.2	63	0.0	--	12.5
2007	48 597 652	0.5	452 432	0.9	-5.2	56	0.0	--	-52.9
2006	48 371 946	0.5	477 205	1.0	-7.9	119	0.0	--	-9.8
2005	48 138 077	0.2	518 337	1.1	57.5	132	0.0	--	131.6
2004	48 039 415	0.4	329 078	0.7	1.8	57	0.0	--	-26.0
2003	47 859 311	0.5	323 224	0.7	18.7	77	0.0	--	-56.5
2002	47 622 179	0.6	272 313	0.6	-0.2	177	0.0	--	-6.4
2001	47 357 362	0.7	272 786	0.6	4.2	189	0.0	--	4.4
2000	47 008 111	--	261 838	0.6	--	181	0.0	--	--

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A.2.1 Resident population with Portuguese citizenship by sex, 2000-2023

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	Female		Male
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total
2023	206	118	57.3	88	42.7
2022	255	143	56.1	112	43.9
2021	291	152	52.2	139	47.8
2020	190	96	50.5	94	49.5
2019	163	85	52.2	78	47.9
2018	125	52	41.6	73	58.4
2017	113	58	51.3	55	48.7
2016	96	44	45.8	52	54.2
2015	85	44	51.8	41	48.2
2014	78	34	43.6	44	56.4
2013	72	27	37.5	45	62.5
2012	80	39	48.8	41	51.2
2011	69	14	20.3	55	79.7
2010	60	28	46.7	32	53.3
2009	41	18	43.9	23	56.1
2008	63	15	23.8	48	76.2
2007	56	15	26.8	41	73.2
2006	119	44	37.0	75	63.0
2005	132	47	35.6	85	64.4
2004	57	21	36.8	36	63.2
2003	77	23	29.9	54	70.1
2002	177	60	33.9	117	66.1
2001	189	71	37.6	118	62.4
2000	181	68	37.6	113	62.4

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A.3 Consular registrations , 2008-2022

(Individuals)

Years	All registrations		Registrations by migrants born in Portugal			Registrations by migrants with Portuguese citizenship
Years	N	Change in		% of total	Change in		% of total	Change in
2022	70	34.6	--	--	--	--	--	--
2021	52	246.7	--	--	--	--	--	--
2020	15	-88.5	--	--	--	--	--	--
2018	130	-42.0	--	--	--	--	--	--
2014	224	244.6	--	--	--	--	--	--
2011	65	209.5	--	--	--	--	--	--
2008	21	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 24/out./2023

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Portuguese consulates abroad and Consular Management System (DGACCP), values granted upon request.

A.4 Foreign inflows , 2000-2023

(Individuals)

Years	Total inflows		Portuguese inflows
Years	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in
2023	479 768	16.2	89	0.0	-19.1
2022	412 948	87.2	110	0.0	-0.9
2021	220 571	-5.4	111	0.1	12.1
2020	233 133	-46.8	99	0.0	22.2
2019	438 220	-11.5	81	0.0	72.3
2018	495 079	9.4	47	0.0	-14.6
2017	452 657	12.5	55	0.0	61.8
2016	402 203	7.8	34	0.0	-19.0
2015	372 935	-8.4	42	0.0	13.5
2014	407 063	12.9	37	0.0	5.7
2013	360 473	20.1	35	0.0	-30.0
2012	300 177	-2.3	50	0.0	72.4
2011	307 249	4.8	29	0.0	-3.3
2010	293 070	25.9	30	0.0	30.4
2009	232 844	-22.9	23	0.0	-8.0
2008	302 174	0.6	25	0.0	-13.8
2007	300 360	-0.9	29	0.0	-38.3
2006	302 963	19.4	47	0.0	-39.7
2005	253 729	42.1	78	0.0	239.1
2004	178 530	5.7	23	0.0	-37.8
2003	168 875	6.2	37	0.0	-55.4
2002	158 941	-3.0	83	0.1	-1.2
2001	163 898	-5.3	84	0.1	-12.5
2000	173 071	--	96	0.1	--

[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 03/set./2024

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Korea National Statistical Office (KNSO), Statistical Database, Population/household, International migration of foreign by sex and citizenship.

A.4.1 Portuguese inflows by sex , 2000-2023

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	Female		Male
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total
2023	89	45	50.6	44	49.4
2022	110	71	64.6	39	35.5
2021	111	62	55.9	49	44.2
2020	99	48	48.5	51	51.5
2019	81	47	58.0	34	42.0
2018	47	25	53.2	22	46.8
2017	55	27	49.1	28	50.9
2016	34	18	53.0	16	47.1
2015	42	23	54.8	19	45.2
2014	37	15	40.6	22	59.5
2013	35	10	28.6	25	71.4
2012	50	28	56.0	22	44.0
2011	29	6	20.7	23	79.3
2010	30	13	43.3	17	56.7
2009	23	12	52.2	11	47.8
2008	25	6	24.0	19	76.0
2007	29	8	27.6	21	72.4
2006	47	19	40.4	28	59.6
2005	78	25	32.1	53	68.0
2004	23	11	47.8	12	52.2
2003	37	13	35.1	24	64.9
2002	83	24	28.9	59	71.1
2001	84	33	39.3	51	60.7
2000	96	37	38.6	59	61.5

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A.5 Acquisition of citizenship of the destination country , 2004-2018

(Individuals)

Years	Acquisition of citizenship by all foreigners		Acquisition of citizenship by Portuguese
Years	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in
2018	14 758	11.0	0	0.0	--
2017	13 293	3.4	2	0.0	--
2016	12 854	-7.8	--	--	--
2015	13 934	-1.9	--	--	--
2014	14 200	1.8	--	--	--
2013	13 956	11.4	--	--	--
2012	12 527	-31.9	--	--	--
2011	18 400	6.2	--	--	--
2010	17 323	-35.3	--	--	--
2009	26 756	-91.5	--	--	--
2008	313 311	799.3	2	0.0	--
2007	34 839	12.1	--	--	--
2006	31 069	-28.2	--	--	--
2005	43 248	30.6	--	--	--
2004	33 127	--	--	--	--

[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 05/out./2020

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Korea Immigration Office (until 2008) and OECD, Data by Theme, Demography and Population – Migration Statistics, International Migration Database (from 2009 onwards).

A.6 Remittances , 2000-2023

(Euros, thousands)

Years	Inward flows (thousand euros) (a)		Outward flows (thousand euros) (b)		Balance (a/b)
Years		Change in		Change in	Balance (a/b)
2023	30	-40.0	100	400.0	0.30
2022	50	0.0	20	--	2
2021	50	-28.6	0	--	n.d.
2020	70	-73.1	130	-63.9	0.54
2019	260	-18.8	360	-49.3	0.73
2018	320	-8.6	710	--	0.46
2017	350	94.4	0	--	n.d.
2016	180	-25.0	0	--	n.d.
2015	240	41.2	330	-37.7	0.73
2014	170	70.0	530	1225.0	0.33
2013	100	-28.6	40	0.0	2
2012	140	16.7	40	100.0	4
2011	120	9.1	20	-60.0	6
2010	110	-8.3	50	150.0	2
2009	120	20.0	20	0.0	6
2008	100	-61.5	20	100.0	5
2007	260	550.0	10	0.0	26
2006	40	-42.9	10	-90.0	4
2005	70	0.0	100	400.0	0.70
2004	70	-12.5	20	100.0	4
2003	80	700.0	10	-66.7	8
2002	10	-75.0	30	-40.0	0.34
2001	40	--	50	--	0.80
2000	0	--	0	--	n.d.

[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 20/fev./2024

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Banco de Portugal, BP stat, Estatísticas de balança de pagamentos, Remessas de emigrantes/imigrantes.

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