South Korean cities with the highest foreign-population share
South Korean municipalities ranked by the same-period share of registered foreign residents.
음성군, South Korea is first in the current published ranking at 16.24 %; compare its source date and geographic grain before using the result.
- Items compared
- 30
- Countries represented
- 1
- Last checked
- 2026-08-03
Source-backed answers
Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.
| Original rank | City or place | Source and scope | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 음성군, South Korea | 16.24 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 2 | Ansan-si, South Korea | 13.4 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 3 | 포천시, South Korea | 11.97 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 4 | Anseong, South Korea | 10.66 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 5 | 진천군, South Korea | 10.41 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 6 | Asan, South Korea | 9.82 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 7 | junggu, South Korea | 9.03 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 8 | 함안군, South Korea | 9.01 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 9 | 고령군, South Korea | 8.87 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 10 | 종로구, South Korea | 8.58 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 11 | 경산시, South Korea | 8.47 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 12 | Gyeongju, South Korea | 8.27 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 13 | 시흥시, South Korea | 8.19 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 14 | goseonggun, South Korea | 8.12 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 15 | 안성시, South Korea | 7.86 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 16 | donggu, South Korea | 7.45 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 17 | Osan, South Korea | 7.44 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 18 | 거제시, South Korea | 7.14 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 19 | 성주군, South Korea | 7.11 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 20 | Tangjin, South Korea | 7.11 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 21 | 금산군, South Korea | 7.09 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 22 | 아산시, South Korea | 7.05 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 23 | 논산시, South Korea | 6.97 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 24 | Hwaseong-si, South Korea | 6.93 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 25 | junggu, South Korea | 6.8 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 26 | Gimpo-si, South Korea | 6.7 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 27 | Miryang, South Korea | 6.68 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 28 | Boryeong, South Korea | 6.65 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 29 | 창녕군, South Korea | 6.6 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 30 | 용산구, South Korea | 6.48 % | 2026-07-22 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
What the numbers say
- 음성군, South Korea leads at 16.24 %.
- 용산구, South Korea sits at the other end with 6.48 %.
- The middle of this ranking is 7.86 %, across 30 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 9.76 %.
What this measures
Every row is a published foreign-resident share observation measured in %, ranked highest first. The values were observed in 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value.
- Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
- A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
- Rows
- 30 places
- Geographic grain
- city
- Observation period
- 2025-12-31
- Last checked
- 2026-08-03
- With an official source link
- 30 of 30
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). South Korean cities with the highest foreign-population share [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/south-korea-highest-foreign-population-share/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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title = {South Korean cities with the highest foreign-population share},
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date = {2026-09-12},
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note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
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