| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 7,184,872 (2015) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|
|
2,585,993 |
|
|
2,238,989 |
|
|
855,725 |
|
|
224,054 |
|
|
186,186 |
|
|
166,956 |
|
|
153,653 |
|
|
108,850 |
|
|
107,613 |
|
|
89,037 |
|
|
50,418 |
|
|
40,741 |
|
|
40,263 |
|
|
39,047 |
|
|
30,174 |
|
|
22,730 |
|
|
19,700 |
|
|
19,450 |
|
|
18,709 |
|
|
15,000 |
|
|
13,103 |
|
|
12,690 |
|
|
11,484 |
|
|
10,356 |
|
|
10,178 |
|
|
8,445 |
| Languages | |
| Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and many others. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Korean people | |
| Korean diaspora | |
| Hangul | 재외국민/해외국민/동포/교포 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | /// |
| Revised Romanization | dongpo / gyopo |
| McCune–Reischauer | tongp'o / kyop'o |
The Korean diaspora (South Korea: Hangul: 재외국민; RR: Jaeoe gugmin; lit. Overseas national or Hangul: 한국계 교민; Hanja: 韓國系 僑民; RR: Hanguggye gyomin; lit. Korean immigrants; North Korea: Hangul: 해외국민; RR: Haeoe gugmin; lit. Overseas nation or Hangul: 한국계 동포; Hanja: 韓國系 同胞; RR: Hanguggye dongpo; lit. Korean compatriots) consists of roughly seven million people, both descendants of early emigrants from the Korean Peninsula, as well as more recent emigres from Korea. Nearly four-fifths of expatriate Koreans live in just three countries: China, the United States, and Japan. Other countries with greater than 0.5% Korean minorities include Canada, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Australia, Vietnam, and Phillipines. All these figures include both permanent migrants and sojourners.