610,000 People Moved Last Month... Gyeonggi Residents Surge While Seoul Population Declines

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyunjung] Last month, population movement slightly increased compared to the same period last year, with a significant rise in net inflow to Gyeonggi-do. Among all metropolitan cities and provinces nationwide, Seoul experienced the largest outflow of people.

According to the "Domestic Population Movement in April" released by Statistics Korea on the 27th, the number of movers last month was 614,000, an increase of 27,000 (4.6%) compared to the same month last year. The population movement rate, which indicates the number of movers per 100 registered residents, was 14.6%, up 0.7 percentage points from a year ago.

By metropolitan city and province, a significant portion of the moving population was absorbed by the Gyeonggi region. Net migration, calculated by subtracting outflows from inflows, showed net inflows in Gyeonggi (20,454), Gwangju (388), Sejong (210), and Jeju (91). In particular, Gyeonggi's net migration population nearly doubled compared to the previous year (12,130). Since Sejong, a newly established city, began compiling migration statistics in January 2012, it has never experienced a net outflow of population. On the other hand, 13 metropolitan cities and provinces including Seoul (-7,117), Incheon (-1,951), and Daegu (-1,719) recorded net outflows.

The net migration rates showed net inflows in Gyeonggi (1.9%), Sejong (0.7%), and Gwangju (0.3%), and net outflows in Jeonnam (-1.1%), Seoul and Daegu (-0.9%).

Among total movers, 69.5% moved within the same metropolitan city or province, while 30.5% moved between different metropolitan cities and provinces. Compared to the same month last year, intra-metropolitan moves increased by 7.4%, whereas inter-metropolitan moves decreased by 1.3%.

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