Information on Status of Overseas People

**2023 Information on Status of Overseas People**
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		1,023,011	1,293,842	151,116	2,467,969	4,613,541	7,081,510
Northeast Asia	Japan	337,766	61,720	12,414	411,900	390,218	802,118
	China	9,602	188,846	17,516	215,964	1,893,763	2,109,727
	Sum	347,368	250,566	29,930	627,864	2,283,981	2,911,845
South Asia Pacific		72,434	317,611	33,833	423,878	96,612	520,490
North America	USA	440,171	607,333	44,092	1,091,596	1,523,823	2,615,419
	Canada	70,566	13,491	15,935	99,992	147,370	247,362
	Sum	510,737	620,824	60,027	1,191,588	1,671,193	2,862,781
Central and South America		52,706	9,452	297	62,455	40,296	102,751
Europe		37,488	69,905	25,667	133,060	521,189	654,249
Africa		2,158	7,484	664	10,306	149	10,455
Middle East		120	18,000	698	18,818	121	18,939

**2021 Information on Status of Overseas People**
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		1,018,045	1,322,133	171,343	2,511,521	4,813,622	7,325,143
Northeast Asia	Japan	342,839	78,953	13,082	434,874	383,991	818,865
	China	8,979	213,822	34,074	256,875	2,093,547	2,350,422
	Sum	351,818	292,775	47,156	691,749	2,477,538	3,169,287
South Asia Pacific		94,355	285,457	38,020	417,832	71,588	489,420
North America	USA	434,458	626,005	43,459	1,103,922	1,529,855	2,633,777
	Canada	60,269	19,114	17,357	96,740	140,624	237,364
	Sum	494,727	645,119	60,816	1,200,662	1,670,479	2,871,141
Central and South America		41,200	8,910	320	50,430	39,859	90,289
Europe		34,344	64,405	23,497	123,246	553,910	677,156
Africa		1,470	7,356	500	9,326	145	9,471
Middle East		131	17,111	1,034	18,276	103	18,379

**2019 Information on Status of Overseas People**
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		1,031,782	1,362,175	293,157	2,687,114	4,806,473	7,493,587
Northeast Asia	Japan	361,351	71,058	17,050	449,459	375,518	824,977
	China	7,582	246,618	53,714	307,914	2,153,472	2,461,386
	Sum	368,933	317,676	70,764	757,373	2,528,990	3,286,363
South Asia Pacific		96,619	351,682	77,054	525,355	67,086	592,441
North America	USA	426,643	560,566	77,717	1,064,926	1,482,056	2,546,982
	Canada	54,107	26,262	26,774	107,143	134,607	241,750
	Sum	480,750	586,828	104,491	1,172,069	1,616,663	2,788,732
Central and South America		53,244	10,699	511	64,454	39,163	103,617
Europe		30,569	65,337	36,763	132,709	554,350	687,059
Middle East		112	21,329	2,986	24,427	71	24,498
Africa		1,555	8,584	588	10,727	150	10,877

**2017 Information on Status of Overseas People**
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		1,049,209	1,362,010	260,983	2,672,202	4,758,486	7,430,688
Northeast Asia	Japan	379,940	57,718	15,438	453,096	365,530	818,626
	China	6,602	280,088	62,716	349,406	2,198,624	2,548,030
	Sum	386,542	337,806	78,154	802,502	2,564,154	3,366,656
South Asia Pacific		104,070	346,382	46,154	496,606	61,185	557,791
North America	USA	416,334	546,144	73,113	1,035,591	1,456,661	2,492,252
	Canada	57,137	28,861	25,396	111,394	129,548	240,942
	Sum	473,471	575,005	98,509	1,146,985	1,586,209	2,733,194
Central and South America		52,412	15,234	563	68,209	38,585	106,794
Europe		30,258	56,243	36,172	122,673	508,020	630,693
Africa		2,342	7,538	816	10,696	157	10,853
Middle East		114	23,802	615	24,531	176	24,707

Asian Region

Japan

**2017 Japan - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		379,940	57,718	15,438	453,096	365,530	818,626
Japan	Japan (Embassy)	86,336	37,057	7,553	130,946	0	130,946
	Kobe (Consulate general)	46,730	1,023	584	48,337	0	48,337
	Nagoya (Consulate general)	38,159	3,063	470	41,692	0	41,692
	Niigata (Consulate general)	6,208	1,185	193	7,586	0	7,586
	Saporo (Consulate general)	3,257	693	263	4,213	0	4,213
	Sendai (Consulate general)	7,150	1,105	243	8,498	0	8,498
	Osaka (Consulate general)	130,846	5,166	3,001	139,013	0	139,013
	Yokohama (Consulate general)	29,484	3,828	1,140	34,452	0	34,452
	Fukuoka (Consulate general)	17,296	3,838	1,601	22,735	0	22,735
	Hiroshima (Consulate general)	14,474	760	390	15,624	0	15,624

China

**2017 China - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		6,602	280,088	62,716	349,406	2,198,624	2,548,030
China	China (Embassy)	0	71,973	24,028	96,001	184,462	280,463
	Guangzhou (Consulate general)	0	52,900	2,870	55,770	115,831	171,601
	Shanghai (Consulate general)	135	40,329	19,861	60,325	84,456	144,781
	Shenyang (Consulate general)	0	36,264	7,136	43,400	1,607,510	1,650,910
	Xian (Consulate general)	0	2,793	1,976	4,769	3,259	8,028
	Wuhan (Consulate general)	0	726	2,202	2,928	5,393	8,321
	Chengdu (Consulate general)	2	4,750	660	5,412	3,330	8,742
	Qingdao (Consulate general)	0	62,992	2,726	65,718	194,383	260,101
	Hong Kong (Consulate general)	6,465	7,361	1,257	15,083	0	15,083

South Asia Pacific

**2017 South Asia Pacific - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 104,070), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 346,382, 46,154, 469,606, 61,185), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(557,791), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		104,070	346,382	46,154	469,606	61,185	557,791
Australia	Australia (Embassy)	10,371	4,281	3,199	17,851	6,439	24,290
	Sydney (Consulate general)	58,471	24,138	11,728	94,337	36,309	130,646
	Melbourne (Annex)	10,928	4,511	2,843	18,282	6,786	25,068
	Sum	79,770	32,930	17,770	130,470	49,534	180,004
Vietnam	Vietnam (Embassy)	0	50,000	500	50,500	0	50,500
	Ho Chi Minh (Consulate general)	274	73,054	617	73,945	13	73,958
	Sum	274	123,054	1,117	124,445	13	124,458
Philippines		1,176	81,992	9,903	93,071	22	93,093
Indonesia		4,041	25,661	789	30,491	600	31,091
New Zealand	New Zealand (Embassy)	2,997	743	817	4,557	1,921	6,478
	Oakland (Annex)	12,460	3,086	3,394	18,940	7,985	26,925
	Sum	15,457	3,829	4,211	23,497	9,906	33,403
Thailand		123	17,269	3,050	20,442	58	20,500
Singapore		2,520	14,871	2,570	19,961	385	20,346
Malaysia		65	9,242	3,809	13,116	6	13,122
India	India (Embassy)	17	3,853	202	4,072	0	4,072
	Mumbai (Consulate general)	0	1,254	162	1,416	2	1,418
	Chennai (Consulate general)	0	4,360	540	4,900	0	4,900
	Sum	17	9,467	904	10,388	2	10,390
Cambodia		0	10,037	52	10,089	0	10,089
Taiwan		599	4,102	1,131	5,832	461	6,293
Myanmar		4	3,355	97	3,456	0	3,456
Mongol		0	2,526	184	2,710	0	2,710
Laos		8	2,930	42	2,980	0	2,980
Bangladesh		0	1,035	0	1,035	4	1,039
Fiji		0	698	328	1,026	146	1,172
Sri Lanka		0	737	103	840	0	840
Pakistan	Pakistan (Embassy)	0	568	8	576	2	578
	Karachi (Annex)	0	201	0	201	2	203
	Sum	0	769	8	777	4	781
Nepal		0	779	37	816	0	816
Papua New Guinea		4	168	0	172	8	180
Brunei		4	453	4	461	4	465
East Timor		0	164	8	172	0	172
Palau		0	99	22	121	0	121
Afghanistan		0	34	0	34	9	43
Vanuatu		6	37	0	43	3	46
Solomon Islands		0	43	0	43	15	58
Micronesia		1	32	0	33	4	37
Maldives		0	28	0	28	0	28
Marshal Islands		0	24	0	24	0	24
Tonga		1	9	4	14	1	15
Butane		0	8	0	8	0	8
Kiribati		0	0	11	11	0	11
Nauru		0	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa		0	0	0	0	0	0
Cook Islands		0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu		0	0	0	0	0	0

North American Region

The United States of America

**2017 The United States of America - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 473,471), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 575,005, 98,509, 1,146,985, 1,586,209), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(2,733,194), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		473,471	575,005	98,509	1,146,985	1,586,209	2,733,194
USA	Los Angeles (Consulate general)	112,167	118,580	13,704	244,451	420,734	665,185
	New York (Consulate general)	57,581	157,694	16,639	231,914	215,279	447,193
	Chicago (Consulate general)	38,566	40,505	14,373	93,444	204,547	297,991
	San Francisco (Consulate general)	33,329	58,365	4,747	96,441	110,210	206,651
	Atlanta (Consulate general)	39,709	84,812	5,877	130,398	109,335	239,733
	USA (Embassy)	27,904	28,595	3,759	60,258	143,223	203,481
	Seattle (Consulate general)	50,202	10,481	3,282	63,965	96,590	160,555
	Houston (Consulate general)	40,946	14,761	5,131	60,838	80,795	141,633
	Honolulu (Consulate general)	3,086	20,506	528	24,120	42,529	66,649
	Boston (Consulate general)	10,212	9,422	4,641	24,275	25,929	50,204
	Hagatna (Branch)	1,771	2,261	391	4,423	2,297	6,720
	Anchorage (Branch)	861	162	41	1,064	5,193	6,257
	Sum	416,334	546,144	73,113	1,035,591	1,456,661	2,492,252
Canada	Toronto (Consulate general)	34,172	9,557	8,670	52,399	71,513	123,912
	Vancouver (Consulate general)	19,407	18,175	14,500	52,082	49,720	101,802
	Montreal (Consulate general)	3,140	859	1,870	5,869	6,266	12,135
	Canada (Embassy)	418	270	356	1,044	2,049	3,093
	Sum	57,137	28,861	25,396	111,394	129,548	240,942

Central and South America Region

**2017 Central and South America Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 52,412), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 15,234, 563, 68,209, 38,585), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(106,794), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		52,412	15,234	563	68,209	38,585	106,794
Brazil	Brazil (Embassy)	1,804	647	17	2,468	159	2,627
	Sao Paulo (Consulate general)	19,498	263	71	19,832	29,072	48,904
	Sum	21,302	910	88	22,300	29,231	51,531
Argentina		14,797	469	15	15,281	7,913	23,194
Mexico		1,757	8,710	229	10,696	977	11,673
Guatemala		4,578	723	11	5,312	0	5,312
Paraguay		4,510	413	27	4,950	140	5,090
Chile		2,303	237	25	2,565	70	2,635
Peru		288	573	20	881	13	894
Ecuador		485	198	35	718	15	733
Columbia		449	446	42	937	4	941
Bolivia		533	79	13	625	23	648
Nicaragua		471	282	11	764	10	774
Dominican Republic		130	531	3	664	3	667
Costa Rica		206	201	11	418	43	461
Panama		149	297	9	455	10	465
Venezuela		156	335	0	491	25	516
Uruguay		101	182	0	283	18	301
El Salvador		122	71	0	193	54	247
Honduras		21	248	2	271	15	286
Haiti		0	159	0	159	6	165
Jamaica		17	75	0	92	2	94
Suriname		16	28	0	44	10	54
Trinidad and Tobago		2	35	0	37	0	37
Belize		14	10	0	24	0	24
Cuba		1	20	9	30	3	33
Grenada		0	0	13	13	0	13
Saint Lucia		4	0	0	4	0	4
Barbados		0	2	0	2	0	2
Guyanese		0	0	0	0	0	0
Commonwealth of Dominica		0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahamas		0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis		0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda		0	0	0	0	0	0

European Region

**2017 European Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 30,258), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 56,243, 36,172, 122,673, 508,020), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(630,693), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		30,258	56,243	36,172	122,673	508,020	630,693
Uzbekistan		18	2,363	89	2,470	178,607	181,077
Russia	Russia (Embassy)	184	2,883	1,277	4,344	76,876	81,220
	Vladivostok (Consulate general)	101	308	140	549	40,559	41,108
	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Branch)	35	77	6	118	26,373	26,491
	Saint Petersburg (Consulate general)	19	920	120	1,059	6,903	7,962
	Irkutsk (Consulate general)	31	89	123	243	12,614	12,857
	Sum	370	4,277	1,666	6,313	163,325	169,638
Kazakhstan		132	1,730	102	1,963	107,169	109,133
United Kingdom		11,104	8,036	11,183	30,323	9,611	39,934
Germany	Germany (Embassy)	1,149	2,435	2,178	5,762	1,892	7,654
	Bonn (Annex)	2,617	3,262	1,903	7,782	2,554	10,336
	Frankfurt (Consulate general)	3,419	7,321	2,529	13,269	4,355	17,624
	Hamburg (Consulate general)	1,002	1,472	956	3,430	1,126	4,556
	Sum	8,187	14,490	7,566	30,243	9,927	40,170
Kyrgyz		11	1,416	651	2,078	16,957	19,035
France		2,825	5,681	6,655	15,161	1,090	16,251
Ukraine		25	260	74	359	12,711	13,070
Italia	Milano (Consulate general)	774	1,068	545	2,387	122	2,509
	Italia (Embassy)	348	940	332	1,620	182	1,802
	Sum	1,122	2,008	877	4,007	304	4,311
Spain	Spain (Embassy)	1,473	634	1,080	3,187	620	3,807
	Las Palmas (Annex)	406	18	8	432	281	713
	Sum	1,879	652	1,088	3,619	901	4,520
Turkey	Istanbul (Consulate general)	0	1,617	0	1,617	0	1,617
	Turkey (Embassy)	0	715	0	715	0	715
	Sum	0	2,332	0	2,332	0	2,332
Sweden		351	870	80	1,301	1,873	3,174
Netherlands		861	866	1,084	2,811	155	2,966
Austria		589	722	716	2,027	526	2,553
Switzerland		513	1,502	0	2,015	659	2,674
Ireland		245	370	2,348	2,963	100	3,063
Slovakia		476	1,158	4	1,638	0	1,638
Czech		245	1,767	48	2,060	1	2,061
Poland		246	1,154	341	1,741	4	1,745
Turkmenistan		0	336	0	336	1,085	1,451
Hungary		183	804	450	1,437	0	1,437
Belarus		7	44	40	91	1,265	1,356
Norway		278	336	114	728	315	1,043
Belgium		199	663	136	998	87	1,085
Tajikistan		0	124	12	136	638	774
Finland		109	170	295	574	37	611
Denmark		52	442	94	588	92	680
Romania		14	352	39	405	0	405
Armenia		0	8	0	8	350	358
Azerbaijan		0	170	15	185	15	200
Greece		6	240	10	256	55	311
Portugal		49	65	72	186	37	223
Bulgaria		62	132	20	214	4	218
Lithuania		3	21	63	87	3	90
Serbia		4	118	2	124	0	124
Moldova		0	5	9	14	70	84
Luxembourg		4	64	4	72	10	82
Malta		6	8	121	135	1	136
Georgia		0	112	1	113	0	113
Croatia		17	135	15	167	14	181
Albania		37	75	0	112	0	112
Latvia		1	27	35	63	1	64
Estonia		5	7	32	44	3	47
Slovenia		3	31	15	49	2	51
Kosovo		0	23	1	24	0	24
Cyprus		0	24	0	24	7	31
Iceland		4	1	5	10	7	17
Bosnia and Herzegovina		5	11	0	16	0	16
Macedonia		7	7	0	14	1	15
Montenegro		2	4	0	6	0	6
Monaco		0	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino		0	0	0	0	1	1
Liechtenstein		0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra		2	0	0	2	0	2

Middle East Region

**2017 Middle East Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 114), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 23,802, 615, 24,531, 176), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(24,707), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		114	23,802	615	24,531	176	24,707
Arab Emirate	Arab Emirate (Embassy)	0	6,000	59	6,059	0	6,059
	Dubai (Consulate general)	0	4,793	0	4,793	0	4,793
	Sum	0	10,793	59	10,852	0	10,852
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia (Embassy)	0	3,387	5	3,392	23	3,415
	Jeddah (Consulate general)	0	480	10	490	8	498
	Sum	0	3,867	15	3,882	31	3,913
Qatar		0	1,400	20	1,420	0	1,420
Kuwait		0	1,891	10	1,901	8	1,909
Algeria		0	1,045	0	1,045	1	1,046
Iraq		0	1,033	0	1,033	0	1,033
Egypt		0	905	44	949	21	970
Israel		37	452	187	676	17	693
Jordan		0	379	199	578	0	578
Morocco		56	794	12	862	30	892
Oman		0	339	0	339	0	339
Iran		0	364	27	391	65	456
Tunisia		0	133	35	168	3	171
Bahrain		0	193	0	193	0	193
Lebanon		3	118	7	128	0	128
Mauritania		18	52	0	70	0	70
Yemen		0	4	0	4	0	4
Libya		0	40	0	40	0	40
Syria		0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa Region

**2017 Africa Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 2,342), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 7,538, 816, 10,696, 157), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(10,853), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		2,342	7,538	816	10,696	157	10,853
Republic of South Africa		1,950	1,050	590	3,590	60	3,650
Kenya		2	1,144	37	1,183	38	1,221
Nigeria	Nigeria (Embassy)	0	79	0	79	0	79
	Lagos (Annex)	0	513	0	513	1	514
	Sum	0	592	0	592	1	593
Ghana		7	707	6	720	6	726
Tanzania		0	630	2	632	9	641
Uganda		10	382	21	413	0	413
Ethiopia		0	442	55	497	2	499
Cote d'Ivoire		0	231	0	231	8	239
Equatorial Guinea		0	214	0	214	0	214
Angola		17	116	0	133	0	133
Senegal		0	268	0	268	3	271
Rwanda		0	191	48	239	2	241
Democratic Republic of the Congo		0	185	0	185	0	185
Mozambique		0	182	0	182	2	184
Madagascar		0	190	45	235	0	235
Zambia		25	113	0	138	4	142
Botswana		140	0	0	140	5	145
Malawi		48	96	1	145	0	145
Zimbabwe		20	51	0	71	2	73
Cameroon		0	111	0	111	1	112
Sierra Leone		0	47	0	47	0	47
Gabon		75	13	0	88	2	90
Sudan		0	44	4	48	0	48
Togo		1	53	0	54	0	54
Burkina Faso		0	52	0	52	0	52
Guinea		0	77	0	77	0	77
South Sudan		0	15	0	15	0	15
Swaziland		0	67	0	67	5	72
Namibia		2	36	0	38	0	38
Gambia		0	41	0	41	0	41
Chad		0	18	0	18	0	18
Mauritius		41	0	0	41	0	41
Niger		0	22	1	23	0	23
Liberia		0	40	0	40	1	41
Mali		0	34	0	34	0	34
Guinea Bissau		0	12	0	12	0	12
Benin		0	20	0	20	0	20
Central African Republic		0	18	0	18	0	18
Republic of the Congo		0	4	0	4	0	4
Seychelles		0	8	0	8	0	8
Lesotho		0	7	0	7	0	7
Burundi		0	11	6	17	0	17
Comoros		4	0	0	4	0	4
Djibouti		0	4	0	4	0	4
Cape Verde		0	0	0	0	6	6
Eritrea		0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe		0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia		0	0	0	0	0	0

**2015 Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 1,080,559), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 1,115,353, 276,834, 2,472,746, 4,712,126), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(7,184,872), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		1,080,559	1,115,353	276,834	2,472,746	4,712,126	7,184,872
Northeast Asia	Janan	424,613	60,064	15,774	500,451	355,274	855,725
	China	5,572	305,657	58,120	369,349	2,216,644	2,585,993
	Sum	430,185	365,721	73,894	869,800	2,571,918	3,441,718
South Asia Pacific		83,730	330,014	37,632	451,376	59,257	510,633
North America	USA	426,838	297,714	99,562	824,114	1,414,875	2,238,989
	Canada	56,282	20,425	26,199	102,906	121,148	224,054
	Sum	483,120	318,139	125,761	927,020	1,536,023	2,463,043
Central and South America		52,024	14,348	975	67,347	37,896	105,243
Europe		28,032	55,122	37,162	120,316	506,773	627,089
Africa		3,344	7,223	893	11,460	123	11,583
Middle East		124	24,786	517	25,427	136	25,563

Asian Region

Japan

**2015 Japan - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 424,613), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 60,064, 15,774, 500,451, 355,274), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(855,725), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		424,613	60,064	15,774	500,451	355,274	855,725
Japan	Japan (Embassy)	95,139	36,740	8,111	139,990	0	139,990
	Kobe (Consulate general)	51,915	2,216	621	54,752	0	54,752
	Nagoya (Consulate general)	44,196	3,065	495	47,756	0	47,756
	Niigata (Consulate general)	7,278	1,273	275	9,679	0	9,679
	Saporo (Consulate general)	4,053	520	275	4,848	0	4,848
	Sendai (Consulate general)	8,259	1,154	266	9,679	0	9,679
	Osaka (Consulate general)	146,929	4,558	2,649	154,136	0	154,136
	Yokohama (Consulate general)	29,629	6,612	1,218	37,459	0	37,459
	Fukuoka (Consulate general)	19,784	3,167	1,559	24,510	0	24,510
	Hiroshima (Consulate general)	17,431	759	391	18,581	0	18,581

China

**2015 China - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 5,572), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 305,657, 58,120, 369,349, 2,216,644), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(2,585,993), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		5,572	305,657	58,120	369,349	2,216,644	2,585,993
China	China (Embassy)	0	76,250	23,237	99,487	182,794	282,281
	Guangzhou (Consulate general)	0	69,341	2,420	71,761	115,831	187,592
	Shanghai (Consulate general)	63	37,217	10,225	47,505	86,091	133,596
	Shenyang (Consulate general)	0	34,565	9,835	44,400	1,607,500	1,651,900
	Xian (Consulate general)	1	3,178	1,203	4,382	3,880	8,262
	Wuhan (Consulate general)	0	701	1,731	2,432	5,393	7,825
	Chengdu (Consulate general)	0	3,200	950	4,150	5,030	9,180
	Qingdao (Consulate general)	0	75,041	7,376	82,417	210,125	292,542
	Hong Kong (Consulate general)	5,508	6,164	1,143	12,815	0	12,815

South Asia Pacific

**2015 South Asia Pacific - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 83,730), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 330,014, 37,632, 451,376, 59,257), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(510,633), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		83,730	330,014	37,632	451,376	59,257	510,633
Australia	Australia (Embassy)	8,353	3,486	2,619	14,458	6,230	20,688
	Sydney (Consulate general)	47,158	19,690	9,602	76,450	35,167	111,617
	Melbourne (Annex)	8,792	3,671	2,328	14,791	6,557	21,348
	Sum	64,303	26,847	14,549	105,699	47,954	153,653
Vietnam	Vietnam (Embassy)	0	32,630	220	32,850	0	32,850
	Ho Chi Minh (Consulate general)	0	75,398	600	75,998	2	76,000
	Sum	0	108,028	820	108,848	2	108,850
Philippines		692	81,038	7,285	89,015	22	89,037
Indonesia		1,096	38,711	427	40,234	507	40,741
New Zealand	New Zealand (Embassy)	2,803	624	533	3,960	1,896	5,856
	Oakland (Annex)	11,646	2,587	2,219	16,452	7,866	24,318
	Sum	14,449	3,211	2,752	20,412	9,762	30,174
Thailand		120	16,573	2,950	19,643	57	19,700
Singapore		2,423	14,299	2,471	19,193	257	19,450
Malaysia		57	9,766	2,862	12,685	5	12,690
India	India (Embassy)	0	2,907	916	3,823	11	3,834
	Mumbai (Consulate general)	0	1,301	204	1,505	2	1,507
	Chennai (Consulate general)	0	4,302	535	4,837	0	4,837
	Sum	0	8,510	1,655	10,165	13	10,178
Cambodia		0	8,379	56	8,435	10	8,445
Taiwan		555	2,920	902	4,377	451	4,828
Myanmar		0	3,018	88	3,106	0	3,106
Mongol		0	2,401	268	2,669	32	2,701
Laos		6	1,849	35	1,890	0	1,890
Bangladesh		0	1,119	0	1,119	0	1,119
Fiji		0	480	280	760	146	906
Sri Lanka		0	796	98	894	0	984
Pakistan	Pakistan (Embassy)	0	521	90	611	0	611
	Karachi (Annex)	0	201	0	201	0	201
	Sum	0	722	90	812	0	812
Nepal		0	606	19	625	0	625
Papua New Guinea		2	161	0	163	9	172
Brunei		4	154	2	160	5	165
East Timor		0	122	4	126	1	127
Palau		0	96	19	115	1	115
Afghanistan		0	68	0	68	0	68
Vanuatu		6	34	0	40	3	43
Solomon Islands		0	19	0	19	15	34
Micronesia		1	27	0	28	4	32
Maldives		0	29	0	29	0	29
Marshal Islands		0	22	0	22	0	22
Tonga		16	0	0	16	2	18
Butane		0	8	0	8	0	8
Kiribati		0	1	0	1	0	1
Nauru		0	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa		0	0	0	0	0	0
Cook Islands		0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu		0	0	0	0	0	0

North American Region

The United States of America

**2015 The United States of America - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 483,120), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 318,139, 125,761, 927,020, 1,536,023), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(2,463,043), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		483,120	318,139	125,761	927,020	1,536,023	2,463,043
USA	Los Angeles (Consulate general)	109,291	52,287	15,430	177,008	413,016	590,024
	New York (Consulate general)	56,100	67,752	20,347	144,199	209,280	353,479
	Chicago (Consulate general)	37,422	27,180	16,016	80,618	202,057	282,675
	San Francisco (Consulate general)	33,106	56,058	7,422	96,586	108,997	205,583
	Atlanta (Consulate general)	38,306	46,610	14,080	98,996	106,353	205,349
	USA (Embassy)	27,837	6,644	9,518	43,999	140,684	184,683
	Seattle (Consulate general)	71,311	11,270	3,144	85,725	87,162	172,887
	Houston (Consulate general)	40,175	16,568	8,460	65,203	78,955	144,158
	Honolulu (Consulate general)	3,016	956	805	4,777	42,132	46,909
	Boston (Consulate general)	7,701	10,283	3,934	21,918	19,071	40,989
	Hagatna (Branch)	1,711	2,010	348	4,069	2,230	6,299
	Anchorage (Branch)	862	96	58	1,016	4,938	5,954
	Sum	426,838	297,714	99,562	824,114	1,414,875	2,238,989
Canada	Toronto (Consulate general)	33,513	5,873	8,601	47,987	67,219	115,206
	Vancouver (Consulate general)	18,867	13,325	16,023	48,215	46,009	94,224
	Montreal (Consulate general)	3,471	932	1,316	5,719	5,968	11,687
	Canada (Embassy)	431	295	259	985	1,952	2,937
	Sum	56,282	20,425	26,199	102,906	121,148	224,054

Central and South America Region

**2015 Central and South America Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 52,024), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 14,348, 975, 67,347, 37,896), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(105,243), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		52,024	14,348	975	67,347	37,896	105,243
Brazil	Brazil (Embassy)	1,358	1,056	26	2,440	158	2,598
	Sao Paulo (Consulate general)	18,817	339	106	19,262	28,558	47,820
	Sum	20,175	1,395	132	21,702	28,716	50,418
Argentina		14,600	390	50	15,040	7,690	22,730
Mexico		2,486	7,480	569	10,535	949	11,484
Guatemala		4,492	670	0	5,162	0	5,162
Paraguay		4,510	413	27	4,950	140	5,090
Chile		2,373	243	39	2,655	70	2,725
Peru		299	857	22	1,178	20	1,198
Ecuador		566	466	33	1,065	15	1,080
Columbia		441	433	37	911	4	915
Bolivia		636	52	14	702	35	737
Nicaragua		240	427	13	680	23	703
Dominican Republic		386	99	7	492	45	537
Costa Rica		206	229	15	450	43	493
Panama		147	213	7	367	10	377
Venezuela		158	168	0	326	25	351
Uruguay		89	158	0	247	36	283
El Salvador		78	154	0	232	38	270
Honduras		16	215	0	231	18	249
Haiti		85	74	0	159	9	168
Jamaica		0	120	2	122	0	122
Suriname		16	28	0	44	10	54
Trinidad and Tobago		4	41	1	46	0	46
Belize		15	6	0	21	0	21
Cuba		2	16	2	20	0	20
Grenada		0	0	5	5	0	5
Saint Lucia		4	0	0	4	0	4
Barbados		0	1	0	1	0	1
Guyanese		0	0	0	0	0	0
Commonwealth of Dominica		0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahamas		0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis		0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda		0	0	0	0	0	0

European Region

**2015 European Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 28,032), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 55,122, 37,162, 120,316, 506,773), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(627,089), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		28,032	55,122	37,162	120,316	506,773	627,089
Uzbekistan		1	3,104	124	3,229	182,957	186,186
Russia	Russia (Embassy)	136	4,258	1,317	5,711	74,107	79,818
	Vladivostok (Consulate general)	101	275	130	506	40,559	41,065
	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Branch)	36	89	8	133	25,113	25,246
	Saint Petersburg (Consulate general)	19	735	157	911	7,000	7,911
	Irkutsk (Consulate general)	28	117	131	276	12,640	12,916
	Sum	320	5,474	1,743	7,537	159,419	166,956
Kazakhstan		134	1,973	106	2,213	105,400	107,613
United Kingdom		10,992	7,196	13,599	31,787	8,476	40,263
Germany	Germany (Embassy)	1,076	2,128	2,122	5,326	1,793	7,119
	Bonn (Annex)	2,575	3,015	1,843	7,433	3,503	10,936
	Frankfurt (Consulate general)	3,245	6,619	2,389	12,253	4,126	16,379
	Hamburg (Consulate general)	976	1,453	1,022	3,451	1,162	4,613
	Sum	7,872	13,215	7,376	28,463	10,584	39,047
Kyrgyz		86	382	624	1,092	17,617	18,709
France		2,577	5,006	6,400	13,983	1,017	15,000
Ukraine		23	330	39	392	12,711	13,103
Italia	Milano (Consulate general)	162	1,185	713	2,060	118	2,178
	Italia (Embassy)	240	883	672	1,795	175	1,970
	Sum	402	2,068	1,385	3,855	293	4,148
Spain	Spain (Embassy)	1,370	612	151	2,133	802	2,935
	Las Palmas (Annex)	479	31	5	515	258	773
	Sum	1,849	643	156	2,648	1,060	3,708
Turkey	Istanbul (Consulate general)	0	2,246	91	2,337	11	2,348
	Turkey (Embassy)	0	1,355	130	1,485	6	1,491
	Sum	0	3,601	221	3,822	17	3,839
Sweden		188	734	81	1,003	1,786	2,789
Netherlands		861	730	942	2,533	130	2,663
Austria		407	758	797	1,962	511	2,473
Switzerland		476	1,392	0	1,868	600	2,468
Ireland		239	359	1,644	2,242	94	2,336
Slovakia		433	1,123	1	1,557	0	1,557
Czech		183	1,224	145	1,552	1	1,553
Poland		131	997	307	1,435	0	1,435
Turkmenistan		0	377	0	377	1,048	1,425
Hungary		139	902	364	1,405	0	1,405
Belarus		7	36	87	130	1,265	1,395
Norway		210	490	137	837	284	1,121
Belgium		199	661	106	966	84	1,050
Tajikistan		0	98	11	109	634	743
Finland		100	142	280	522	33	555
Denmark		48	350	67	465	86	551
Romania		8	387	28	423	0	423
Armenia		0	6	1	7	350	357
Azerbaijan		0	283	25	308	34	342
Greece		6	257	6	269	54	323
Portugal		24	114	16	154	41	195
Bulgaria		50	126	12	188	3	191
Lithuania		8	18	130	156	0	156
Serbia		2	135	2	139	0	139
Moldova		0	3	11	14	116	130
Luxembourg		4	108	5	117	10	127
Malta		2	5	113	120	1	121
Georgia		0	74	4	78	22	100
Croatia		12	58	4	74	14	88
Albania		5	63	0	68	3	71
Latvia		0	31	19	50	1	51
Estonia		5	10	27	42	0	42
Slovenia		4	23	12	39	2	41
Kosovo		0	31	2	33	0	33
Cyprus		2	13	0	15	5	20
Iceland		4	1	3	8	7	15
Bosnia and Herzegovina		7	6	0	13	0	13
Macedonia		7	4	0	11	1	12
Montenegro		3	0	0	3	0	3
Monaco		0	1	0	1	1	2
San Marino		0	0	0	0	1	1
Liechtenstein		1	0	0	1	0	1
Andorra		1	0	0	1	0	1

Middle East Region

**2015 Middle East Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 124), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 24,786, 517, 25,427, 136), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(25,563), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		124	24,786	517	25,427	136	25,563
Arab Emirate	Arab Emirate (Embassy)	0	5,452	53	5,505	0	5,505
	Dubai (Consulate general)	0	4,849	2	4,851	0	4,851
	Sum	0	10,301	55	10,356	0	10,356
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia (Embassy)	0	4,216	5	4,221	23	4,244
	Jeddah (Consulate general)	0	931	5	936	9	945
	Sum	0	5,147	10	5,157	32	5,189
Qatar		0	1,700	20	1,720	0	1,720
Kuwait		0	1,627	11	1,638	0	1,638
Algeria		0	1,192	2	1,194	0	1,194
Iraq		0	1,141	0	1,141	0	1,141
Egypt		0	895	17	912	21	933
Israel		29	540	190	759	20	779
Jordan		0	522	138	660	0	660
Morocco		75	476	10	561	4	565
Oman		0	339	1	340	0	340
Iran		0	259	9	268	52	320
Tunisia		0	219	49	268	3	271
Bahrain		0	163	0	163	0	163
Lebanon		0	119	5	124	4	128
Mauritania		20	55	0	75	0	75
Yemen		0	47	0	47	0	47
Libya		0	44	0	44	0	44
Syria		0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa Region

**2015 Africa Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Residential qualification(Region, Permenen residency, Total, 3,344), Korean nationality(General stayer, Studying abroad, Sum, 7,223, 893, 11,460, 123), Foreign nationality (with citizenship)(11,583), Total table containing information
Residential qualification		Korean nationality				Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Region		Permenen residency	General stayer	Studying abroad	Sum	Foreign nationality (with citizenship)	Total
Total		3,344	7,223	893	11,460	123	11,583
Republic of South Africa		1,977	1,394	719	4,090	35	4,125
Kenya		1,026	0	49	1,075	25	1,100
Nigeria	Nigeria (Embassy)	0	83	0	83	0	83
	Lagos (Annex)	0	812	0	812	0	812
	Sum	0	895	0	895	0	895
Ghana		7	828	4	839	4	843
Tanzania		0	478	3	481	5	486
Uganda		10	341	43	394	0	394
Ethiopia		0	371	1	372	8	380
Cote d'Ivoire		0	361	0	361	6	367
Equatorial Guinea		0	263	0	263	0	263
Angola		2	223	0	225	0	225
Senegal		0	188	33	221	2	223
Rwanda		0	200	20	220	2	222
Democratic Republic of the Congo		0	210	0	210	0	210
Mozambique		0	193	0	193	0	193
Madagascar		0	160	14	174	0	174
Zambia		25	119	1	145	4	149
Botswana		142	0	0	142	5	147
Malawi		49	81	1	131	4	135
Zimbabwe		30	68	0	98	2	100
Cameroon		0	98	0	98	0	98
Sierra Leone		0	86	0	86	0	86
Gabon		69	6	0	75	1	76
Sudan		0	70	3	73	1	74
Togo		0	74	0	74	0	74
Burkina Faso		0	61	0	61	0	61
Guinea		0	54	2	56	0	56
South Sudan		1	49	0	50	4	54
Swaziland		0	49	0	49	4	53
Namibia		2	35	0	37	5	42
Gambia		0	41	0	41	0	41
Chad		0	37	0	37	0	37
Mauritius		0	35	0	35	0	35
Niger		0	31	0	31	0	31
Liberia		0	29	0	29	0	29
Mali		0	21	0	21	0	21
Guinea Bissau		0	13	0	13	3	16
Benin		0	14	0	14	0	14
Central African Republic		0	12	0	12	0	12
Republic of the Congo		0	12	0	12	0	12
Seychelles		0	10	0	10	0	10
Lesotho		0	5	0	5	0	5
Burundi		0	5	0	5	0	5
Comoros		4	0	0	4	0	4
Djibouti		0	3	0	3	0	3
Cape Verde		0	0	0	0	3	3
Eritrea		0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe		0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia		0	0	0	0	0	0

**2013 Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

By Regio(Permanent Resident, General Sojourner), Korean Nationals(Interna-tional Student, Sum), Foreign Nationality (Citizen), Total table containing information
By Regio		Korean Nationals				Foreign Nationality (Citizen)	Total
By Regio		Permanent Resident	General Sojourner	Interna-tional Student	Sum	Foreign Nationality (Citizen)	Total
Total		1,122,161	1,191,758	296,757	2,610,676	4,401,816	7,012,492
Northeast Asia	Japan	442,790	82,376	21,764	546,930	345,774	892,704
	China	3,211	297,405	49,913	350,529	2,223,399	2,573,928
	Subtotal	446,001	379,781	71,677	897,459	2,569,173	3,466,632
South Asia Pacific		75,823	286,149	66,974	428,946	56,890	485,836
North America	U.S.A.	465,916	396,825	102,574	965,315	1,126,117	2,091,432
	Canada	57,017	19,545	18,441	95,003	110,990	205,993
	Subtotal	522,933	416,370	121,015	1,060,318	1,237,107	2,297,425
Central and South America		49,180	23,609	1,288	74,077	37,079	111,156
Europe		25,846	54,493	34,175	114,514	501,333	615,847
Africa		2,348	7,077	1,020	10,445	103	10,548
Middle East		30	24,279	608	24,917	131	25,048

**2011 Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Permanent Residents (D), Subtotal (C=A+B), General Stayers (A), Total, 2,796,024), Number of Overseas Koreans(Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), Students Studying Abroad (B), 1,148,891, 1,647,133, 1,317,554, 329,579, 2,236,819) table containing information
Qualification Region		Number of Overseas Koreans
		Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
		Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
Total		2,796,024	1,148,891	1,647,133	1,317,554	329,579	2,236,819
Asia	Subtotal	1,361,698	520,252	841,446	680,133	161,313	1,089,359
	Japan	578,135	461,627	116,508	96,146	20,362	462,508
	China	369,026	4,161	364,865	307,142	57,723	295,221
	Others	414,537	54,464	360,073	276,845	83,228	331,630
America	Subtotal	1,290,496	603,402	687,094	559,920	127,174	1,032,397
	The United States of America	1,082,708	464,154	618,554	512,938	105,616	866,166
	Canada	128,826	85,951	42,875	22,084	20,791	103,061
	Central and South America	78,962	53,297	25,665	24,898	767	63,170
Europe	Subtotal	116,763	23,644	93,119	53,899	39,220	93,411
	Common Wealth of Independent States	12,137	420	11,717	9,303	2,414	9,710
	Europe	104,626	23,224	81,402	44,596	36,806	83,701
Middle East		16,163	20	16,143	15,509	634	12,930
Africa		10,883	1,573	9,310	8,072	1,238	8,706

Asian Region

Japan

**2011 Japan - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Subtotal (C=A+B)), Number of Overseas Koreans(Permanent Residents (D), Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), General Stayers (A), Students Studying Abroad (B)) table containing information
Qualification Region	Number of Overseas Koreans
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
Whole Japan	578,135	461,627	116,508	96,146	20,362	462,508
Japan (Embassy)	167,544	97,489	70,055	58,810	11,245	134,035
Osaka (Consulate General)	175,827	160,877	14,950	12,598	2,352	140,662
Kobe (Consulate General)	62,250	58,593	3,657	2,960	697	49,800
Nagoya (Consulate General)	55,768	50,696	5,072	4,320	752	44,614
Yokohama (Consulate General)	40,635	30,053	10,582	8,681	1,901	32,508
Fukuoka (Consulate General)	26,998	22,414	4,584	2,724	1,860	21,598
Hiroshima (Consulate General)	21,741	20,264	1,477	1,030	447	17,393
Niigata (Consulate General)	10,438	8,237	2,201	1,891	310	8,350
Sendai (Consulate Generals)	11,575	8,669	2,906	2,404	502	9,260
Sapporo (Consulate Generals)	5,359	4,335	1,024	728	296	4,287

China

**2011 China - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Subtotal (C=A+B)), Number of Overseas Koreans(Permanent Residents (D), Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), General Stayers (A), Students Studying Abroad (B)) table containing information
Qualification Region	Number of Overseas Koreans
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
Whole China	369,026	4,161	364,865	307,142	57,723	295,221
China (Embassy)	120,600	0	120,600	95,800	24,800	96,480
Guangzhou (Consulate General)	46,535	12	46,523	41,504	5,019	37,228
Qingdao (Consulate General)	88,800	0	88,800	80,800	8,000	71,040
Shanghai (Consulate General)	40,116	41	40,075	33,371	6,704	32,093
Shenyang (Consulate General)	52,034	0	52,034	41,948	10,086	41,627
Chengdu (Consulate General)	4,688	0	4,688	3,691	997	3,750
Xian(Consulate General)	1,346	0	1,346	631	715	1,077
Wuhan (Consulate General)	1,300	0	1,300	493	807	1,040
Hong Kong (Consulate General)	13,607	4,108	9,499	8,904	595	10,886

Other Regions (Exclusive of Japan, China)

**2011 Other Regions (Exclusive of Japan, China) - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Subtotal (C=A+B)), Number of Overseas Koreans(Permanent Residents (D), Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), General Stayers (A), Students Studying Abroad (B)) table containing information
Qualification Region	Number of Overseas Koreans
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
Total	414,537	54,464	360,073	276,845	83,228	331,630
Whole Australia	102,408	42,741	59,667	26,111	33,556	81,926
Australia (Embassy)	24,496	9,566	14,930	5,495	9,435	19,597
Sydney (Consulate General)	77,912	33,175	44,737	20,616	24,121	62,330
Whole New Zealand	20,494	8,436	12,058	5,739	6,319	16,395
New Zealand (Embassy)	5,382	2,284	3,098	1,512	1,586	4,306
Oakland (Annex)	15,112	6,152	8,960	4,227	4,733	12,090
Whole India	9,860	0	9,860	6,526	3,334	7,888
India (Embassy)	7,145	0	7,145	4,934	2,211	5,716
Mumbai (Consulate General)	2,715	0	2,715	1,592	1,123	2,172
Whole Vietnam	83,638	0	83,638	81,126	2,512	66,910
Vietnam (Embassy)	7,640	0	7,640	7,340	300	6,112
Ho Chi Minh (Consulate General)	75,998	0	75,998	73,786	2,212	60,798
Whole Pakistan	605	1	604	599	5	484
Pakistan (Embassy)	407	0	407	405	2	326
Karachi (Annex)	198	1	197	194	3	158
The Philippines	96,606	757	95,849	66,304	29,545	77,285
Indonesia	36,039	211	35,828	35,549	279	28,831
Thailand	17,447	114	17,333	16,833	500	13,958
Singapore	16,544	1,878	14,666	12,133	2,533	13,235
Taiwan	3,548	283	3,265	2,579	686	2,838
East Timor	57	0	57	57	0	46
Malaysia	14,403	38	14,365	11,628	2,737	11,522
Bangladesh	1,095	0	1,095	901	194	876
Sri Lanka	948	0	948	738	210	758
Afghanistan	135	0	135	135	0	108
Myanmar	1,408	0	1,408	1,394	14	1,126
Maldives	19	0	19	19	0	15
Mongolia	2,238	0	2,238	2,124	114	1,790
Fiji	780	0	780	373	407	624
Cambodia	4,260	0	4,260	4,182	78	3,408
Nepal	574	0	574	569	5	459
Papua New Guinea	198	0	198	198	0	158
Laos	833	0	833	685	148	666
Palau	104	0	104	75	29	83
Brunei	115	4	111	108	3	92
The Marshall Islands	26	0	26	21	5	21
The Solomon Islands	18	0	18	18	0	14
Tonga	26	1	25	17	8	21
Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	56	0	56	56	0	45
Micronesia	47	0	47	45	2	38
Kiribati	1	0	1	1	0	1
Butane	7	0	7	2	5	6

North American Region

The United States of America

**2011 The United States of America - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Subtotal (C=A+B)), Number of Overseas Koreans(Permanent Residents (D), Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), General Stayers (A), Students Studying Abroad (B)) table containing information
Qualification Region	Number of Overseas Koreans
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
The United States of America Overall	1,082,708	464,154	618,554	512,938	105,616	866,166
the United States of America (Embassy)	77,132	34,736	42,396	33,727	8,669	61,706
Los Angeles (Consulate General)	247,074	110,510	136,564	120,207	16,357	197,659
New York (Consulate General)	181,400	52,500	128,900	101,800	27,100	145,120
Chicago (Consulate General)	100,027	41,765	58,262	46,618	11,644	80,022
San Francisco (Consulate General)	104,649	19,957	84,692	78,690	6,002	83,719
Seattle (Consulate General)	97,941	87,259	10,682	7,515	3,167	78,353
Houston (Consulate General)	110,700	63,900	46,800	34,000	12,800	88,560
Atlanta (Consulate General)	127,127	36,315	90,812	76,502	14,310	101,702
Boston (Consulate General)	16,114	4,646	11,468	7,188	4,280	12,891
Honolulu (Consulate General)	11,609	7,947	3,662	2,859	803	9,287
Hagatna (Consulate General)	5,278	1,447	3,831	3,397	434	4,222
Anchorage (Consulate General)	3,657	3,172	485	435	50	2,926

Canada

**2011 Canada - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Subtotal (C=A+B)), Number of Overseas Koreans(Permanent Residents (D), Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), General Stayers (A), Students Studying Abroad (B)) table containing information
Qualification Region	Number of Overseas Koreans
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
Whole Canada	128,826	85,951	42,875	22,084	20,791	103,061
Canada (Embassy)	1,861	702	1,159	927	232	1,489
Toronto (Consulate General)	51,649	34,833	16,816	6,941	9,875	41,319
Vancouver (Consulate General)	69,932	46,474	23,458	13,558	9,900	55,946
Montreal (Consulate General)	5,384	3,942	1,442	658	784	4,307

Central and South America Region

**2011 Central and South America Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Subtotal (C=A+B)), Number of Overseas Koreans(Permanent Residents (D), Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), General Stayers (A), Students Studying Abroad (B)) table containing information
Qualification Region	Number of Overseas Koreans
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
Total	78,962	53,297	25,665	24,898	767	63,170
Whole Brazil	25,819	23,794	2,025	1,876	149	20,655
Brazil (Embassy)	766	334	432	429	3	613
Sao Paulo (Consulate General)	25,053	23,460	1,593	1,447	146	20,042
Argentina	14,934	14,340	594	590	4	11,947
Mexico	10,924	1,607	9,317	8,929	388	8,739
Paraguay	4,706	4,641	65	49	16	3,765
Guatemala	12,918	3,101	9,817	9,765	52	10,334
Chile	2,462	2,336	126	119	7	1,970
Peru	1,281	342	939	909	30	1,025
Ecuador	1,297	1,115	182	178	4	1,038
Bolivia	627	577	50	5	45	502
Dominica	452	132	320	314	6	362
Honduras	271	0	271	271	0	217
Columbia	882	378	504	469	35	706
Costa Rica	494	235	259	237	22	395
Panama	294	64	230	225	5	235
El Salvador	232	60	172	172	0	186
Venezuela	264	168	96	95	1	211
Surinam	51	21	30	30	0	41
Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nicaragua	550	184	366	363	3	440
Uruguay	145	87	58	58	0	116
Jamaica	122	0	122	122	0	98
Haiti	125	62	63	63	0	100
Trinidad and Tobago	71	14	57	57	0	57
Saint Lucia	6	5	1	1	0	5
Barbados	1	0	1	1	0	1
Belize	34	34	0	0	0	27

European Region

**2011 European Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Subtotal (C=A+B)), Number of Overseas Koreans(Permanent Residents (D), Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), General Stayers (A), Students Studying Abroad (B)) table containing information
Qualification Region	Number of Overseas Koreans
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
Total	116,763	23,644	93,119	53,899	39,220	93,410
Common Wealth of Independent States	12,137	420	11,717	9,303	2,414	9,710
Whole Russia	5,936	253	5,683	3,733	1,950	4,749
Russia (Embassy)	4,147	47	4,100	2,700	1,400	3,318
Vladivostok (Consulate General)	558	94	464	344	120	446
Saint Petersburg (Consulate General)	890	80	810	510	300	712
Irkutsk (Consulate General)	238	0	238	117	121	190
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Branch)	103	32	71	62	9	82
Uzbekistan	2,300	0	2,300	2,150	150	1,840
Kazakhstan	1,895	109	1,786	1,716	70	1,516
Kirghiz	931	29	902	829	73	745
Ukraine	342	23	319	278	41	274
Turkmenistan	284	0	284	284	0	227
Tajikistan	108	0	108	107	1	86
Belarus	78	6	72	18	54	62
Moldova	10	0	10	6	4	8
Georgia	32	0	32	27	5	26
Azerbaijan	213	0	213	147	66	170
Armenia	8	0	8	8	0	6
Whole Germany	23,704	6,414	17,290	11,315	5,975	18,963
Germany (Embassy)	4,746	827	3,919	2,498	1,421	3,797
Bonn (Annex)	6,743	2,361	4,382	2,293	2,089	5,394
Frankfort (Consulate General)	9,374	2,341	7,033	5,434	1,599	7,499
Hamburg (Consulate General)	2,841	885	1,956	1,090	866	2,273
Whole Spain	3,151	2,108	1,043	827	216	2,521
Spain (Embassy)	2,328	1,466	862	656	206	1,862
Las Palmas (Annex)	823	642	181	171	10	658
Whole Italy	3,920	470	3,450	1,538	1,912	3,136
Italy (Embassy)	2,053	201	1,852	957	895	1,642
Milano (Consulate General)	1,867	269	1,598	581	1,017	1,494
Whole Turkey	2,820	8	2,812	2,757	55	2,256
Turkey (Embassy)	355	8	347	324	23	284
Istanbul (Consulate General)	2,465	0	2,465	2,433	32	1,972
The United Kingdom	42,990	9,170	33,820	14,820	19,000	34,392
France	11,898	2,268	9,630	3,305	6,325	9,518
Austria	1,948	248	1,700	952	748	1,558
Switzerland	1,934	349	1,585	1,585	0	1,547
Netherlands	1,663	614	1,049	796	253	1,330
Sweden	922	0	922	811	111	738
Poland	1,156	52	1,104	856	248	925
Belgium	751	200	551	469	82	601
Hungary	1,295	159	1,136	857	279	1,036
Norway	392	144	248	193	55	314
Denmark	214	43	171	120	51	171
Greece	267	6	261	253	8	214
Rumania	463	6	457	364	93	370
Ireland	1,006	139	867	198	669	805
Czech	1,331	85	1,246	934	312	1,065
Portugal	151	25	126	111	15	121
Finland	348	66	282	145	137	278
Bulgaria	102	0	102	75	27	82
Luxembourg	40	1	39	36	3	32
Albania	58	1	57	57	0	46
Lithuania	72	8	64	15	49	58
Croatia	42	7	35	35	0	34
Serbia	79	0	79	75	4	63
Kosovo	15	0	15	15	0	12
Montenegro	3	3	0	0	0	2
Slovenia	25	5	20	10	10	20
Cypress	14	0	14	14	0	11
Iceland	12	6	6	0	6	10
Latvia	59	0	59	59	0	47
Macedonia	9	0	9	9	0	7
Slovakia	1,587	606	981	978	3	1,270
Malta	160	2	158	5	153	128
Bosnia·Hercegovina	6	6	0	0	0	5
Estonia	15	5	10	3	7	12
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	4	0	4	4	0	3

Middle East Region

**2011 Middle East Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Subtotal (C=A+B)), Number of Overseas Koreans(Permanent Residents (D), Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), General Stayers (A), Students Studying Abroad (B)) table containing information
Qualification Region	Number of Overseas Koreans
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
Total	16,163	20	16,143	15,509	634	12,930
Whole Saudi Arabia	2,778	0	2,778	2,713	65	2,222
Saudi Arabia (Embassy)	2,150	0	2,150	2,147	3	1,720
Jedda (Consulate General)	628	0	628	566	62	502
The United Arab Emirates Overall	5,602	0	5,602	5,579	23	4,482
The United Arab Emirates (Embassy)	1,977	0	1,977	1,963	14	1,582
Dubai (Consulate General)	3,625	0	3,625	3,616	9	2,900
Libya	111	0	111	111	0	89
Iran	363	0	363	343	20	290
Egypt	974	0	974	909	65	779
Israel	640	19	621	492	129	512
Qatar	2,179	0	2,179	2,067	112	1,743
Kuwait	1,000	0	1,000	994	6	800
Morocco	369	0	369	367	2	295
Jordan	592	0	592	544	48	474
Oman	468	0	468	387	81	374
Bahrain	278	0	278	278	0	222
Mauritania	43	0	43	43	0	34
Lebanon	76	1	75	71	4	61
Yemen	107	0	107	86	21	86
Syria	162	0	162	121	41	130
Iraq	113	0	113	113	0	90
Palestine	13	0	13	13	0	10
Sudan	99	0	99	95	4	79
Tunisia	196	0	196	183	13	157

Africa Region

**2011 Africa Region - Information on Status of Overseas People**
Explanation

Qualification Region(Total (E=C+D), Subtotal (C=A+B)), Number of Overseas Koreans(Permanent Residents (D), Stayers, Expected Number of Voters (E×80%), General Stayers (A), Students Studying Abroad (B)) table containing information
Qualification Region	Number of Overseas Koreans
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Stayers			Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
	Total (E=C+D)	Permanent Residents (D)	Subtotal (C=A+B)	General Stayers (A)	Students Studying Abroad (B)	Expected Number of Voters (E×80%)
Total	10,883	1,573	9,310	8,072	1,238	8,706
Whole Nigeria	692	0	692	692	0	554
Nigeria(Embassy)	71	0	71	71	0	57
Lagos (Annex)	621	0	621	621	0	497
South Africa	4,060	1,227	2,833	1,879	954	3,248
Ghana	687	4	683	671	12	550
Kenya	805	0	805	762	43	644
Cote d'Ivoire,	139	0	139	139	0	111
Tan Zania	464	0	464	325	139	371
Uganda	263	0	263	257	6	210
Botswana	133	133	0	0	0	106
Senegal	212	0	212	212	0	170
Ethiopia	255	0	255	243	12	204
Madagascar	209	0	209	156	53	167
Cameroon	174	0	174	170	4	139
Gabon	91	90	1	1	0	73
Togo	88	3	85	84	1	70
Zimbabwe	109	36	73	73	0	87
Malawi	121	39	82	82	0	97
Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	145	2	143	143	0	116
Zambia	77	23	54	54	0	62
Guinea	64	0	64	64	0	51
Algeria	1,181	0	1,181	1,181	0	945
Burkina Faso	72	0	72	72	0	58
Sierra Leone	60	0	60	60	0	48
Gambia	24	0	24	24	0	19
Mozambique	78	4	74	74	0	62
Angola	277	5	272	272	0	222
Swaziland	14	0	14	14	0	11
Liberia	45	0	45	45	0	36
The Republic of Congo	25	0	25	25	0	20
Guinea-Bissau	10	0	10	10	0	8
Mali	28	0	28	28	0	22
Central Africa	20	0	20	20	0	16
Chad	29	0	29	29	0	23
Burundi	8	0	8	8	0	6
Rwanda	88	0	88	78	10	70
Benin	15	0	15	15	0	12
Namibia	19	2	17	17	0	15
Equatorial Guinea	36	5	31	31	0	29
Cape Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger	26	0	26	22	4	21
Mauritius	11	0	11	11	0	9
Seychelles	6	0	6	6	0	5
Djibouti	20	0	20	20	0	16
Comoros	3	0	3	3	0	2