# Net migration in South Korea

Net migration in South Korea was 87,800 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `kr`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/south-korea
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=kr

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 87,800 |
| 2022 | 87,800 |
| 2021 | -16,778 |
| 2020 | 112,631 |
| 2019 | 128,622 |
| 2018 | 118,220 |
| 2017 | 104,029 |
| 2016 | 91,568 |
| 2015 | 276,427 |
| 2014 | 308,037 |
| 2013 | 301,926 |
| 2012 | 281,866 |
| 2011 | 269,958 |
| 2010 | 52,042 |
| 2009 | 5,308 |
| 2008 | -19,630 |
| 2007 | -42,293 |
| 2006 | -28,434 |
| 2005 | -47,821 |
| 2004 | -42,549 |
| 2003 | -31,994 |
| 2002 | -18,105 |
| 2001 | -28,006 |
| 2000 | -84,960 |
| 1999 | -107,448 |
| 1998 | -98,044 |
| 1997 | -109,130 |
| 1996 | -115,705 |
| 1995 | -208,491 |
| 1994 | -208,309 |
| 1993 | -222,802 |
| 1992 | -265,849 |
| 1991 | -270,754 |
| 1990 | 79,294 |
| 1989 | 186,120 |
| 1988 | 192,534 |
| 1987 | 198,057 |
| 1986 | 189,782 |
| 1985 | 97,949 |
| 1984 | 101,394 |
| 1983 | 102,167 |
| 1982 | 48,638 |
| 1981 | 18,442 |
| 1980 | -148,341 |
| 1979 | -139,566 |
| 1978 | -85,721 |
| 1977 | -90,737 |
| 1976 | -92,314 |
| 1975 | -52,332 |
| 1974 | 27,005 |
| 1973 | 35,779 |
| 1972 | 25,382 |
| 1971 | -6,326 |
| 1970 | -27,999 |
| 1969 | -21,175 |
| 1968 | -16,868 |
| 1967 | -16,484 |
| 1966 | -16,688 |
| 1965 | -146,386 |
| 1964 | -102,284 |
| 1963 | -80,226 |
| 1962 | -94,606 |
| 1961 | -93,179 |
| 1960 | 47,245 |