The People of Korea

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The People of Korea

Table 1 South Korea: Population Growth, Urban and Rural
Year	Total (millions)	% Urban	% Rural	Rural Population (millions)
1949	20.189	---	---	---
1960	25.012	28.0	72.0	18.0
1980	38.124	57.3	42.7	16.3
1990	42.869	74.4	25.6	11.0
1995	45.553	79.0	21.0	9.6 (est.)

Table 2 South Korea: Largest Cities
Cities	1980 Population	1990 Population
Seoul	8,367,000	10,612,000
Pusan	3,160,000	3,798,000
Inchon	1,085,000	1,817,000
Taegu	1,607,000	2,229,000
Kwangju	728,000	1,139,000
Taejon	---	1,049,000

Table 3 North Korea: Population Growth, Urban and Rural
Year	Total (millions)	% Urban	% Rural	Rural Population (millions)
1949	9.622	25	75	7.2 (est.)
1953	8.491*	---	---	---
1956	9.359	---	---	---
1960	10.789	---	---	---
1983	19.185	60	40	7.7 (est.)
1995	23.487	64	36	8.4 (est.)

*Official North Korean estimate. Other observers suggest more like 2.1 million people were either killed directly or indirectly by the Korean War or emigrated to the South during the war.

Table 4 North Korea: Largest Cities
Cities	Estimated 1986 *Estimated 1981
P'yongyang	2,000,000
Ch'ongjin	530,000
Kaesong	310,000
Hamhung	670,000
Sinuiju	330,000
Hungnam	*260,000

The preceeding tables were complied using data from the following sources: Dickey (1986), McCune (1966), Korean Overseas Information Service (1993), and CIA World Fact Book 1995.

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