South Korea · overseas Chinese reference

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Official reference (this country)

Registered foreigners with China nationality incl. Korean Chinese (MOJ year-end, annual)

Reference estimate: ~960 thousand (2024)
Source: Korea Ministry of Justice, immigration statistics

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Year-by-year (same definition, up to 30-year window)

Up to 30 calendar years ending in 2024; 15 year(s) on file for this definition (2010–2024). Most countries only publish census years or recent annual tables—not every calendar year is comparable. Verify gaps via source links.

Registered foreigners with China nationality incl. Korean Chinese (MOJ year-end, annual)

Data year	Reference value	Source
2010	~550k	Source
2011	~580k	Source
2012	~600k	Source
2013	~620k	Source
2014	~640k	Source
2015	~660k	Source
2016	~700k	Source
2017	~750k	Source
2018	~780k	Source
2019	~820k	Source
2020	~840 thousand	Source
2021	~850 thousand	Source
2022	~850 thousand	Source
2023	~940 thousand	Source
2024	~960 thousand	Source

Trend (by data year)

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Registered foreigners with China nationality incl. Korean Chinese (MOJ year-end, annual)

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