SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total population grew at the slowest-ever pace last year as the inflow of foreigners declined for the first time in 30 years amid the pandemic, a national census showed Thursday. A total of 51.83 million people lived in South Korea as of Nov. 1, 2020, up 0.1 [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The tablet PCs that were used for a national census last year will be reused in South Korean schools. The Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday that in collaboration with Statistics Korea, it will distribute 11,250 tablet computers that were used for a population census last year to 38 [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total population inched up last year, but elderly people continued to outnumber children due to a rapid aging trend and a record low birth rate, the national census showed Friday. A total of 51.78 million people lived in South Korea as of Nov. 1, 2019, up 0.3 [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s seniors outnumbered the youth population last year for the first time in the country’s history, government data has revealed. There are now more elderly people than young people in South Korea, where the working age population has begun to decline, according to new census data from Statistics Korea [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Population and Housing Census that is held every five years will be conducted this year as a registration-based census for the first time, using big data such as resident registrations and family relation certificates. Statistics Korea will conduct the census on all Koreans and foreign residents in the [...]