Korea vs Middle income: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Korea
51.1%
in 2025
Middle income
24.1%
in 2025
Korea rank
12th
Middle income rank
12th
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time
- Korea
- Middle income
How they compare
Korea currently reports 51.1% against 24.1% in Middle income, a difference of 27.0%.
That makes Korea's figure about 2.1 times Middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 12th and Middle income ranks 12th of 121 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.4% | 10.6% | 14.8% | Korea |
| 1970s | 37.1% | 11.9% | 25.2% | Korea |
| 1980s | 46.9% | 13.4% | 33.5% | Korea |
| 1990s | 51.7% | 15.5% | 36.3% | Korea |
| 2000s | 50.9% | 18.4% | 32.5% | Korea |
| 2010s | 50.1% | 21.0% | 29.1% | Korea |
| 2020s | 50.7% | 23.4% | 27.3% | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Korea or Middle income?
- Korea, at 51.1% against 24.1% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Korea and Middle income?
- 27.0%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Korea and Middle income rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
- Korea ranks 12th and Middle income ranks 12th of 121 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.