Resident Registration Population Data Expanded and Opened at Tong and Ban Units

16 Types of Data Opened at the Smallest Administrative Unit

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] In the future, population status data by Tong and Ban units of resident registration will be available for anyone to use through the Public Data Portal.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 25th that, as part of opening data by neighborhood commercial districts to realize the Digital Platform Government, it will officially expand the opening of population status data by Tong and Ban units of resident registration starting tomorrow through the "2022 National Key Data Opening Project (overall agency: Ministry of the Interior and Safety, specialized agency: National Information Society Agency)."

Until now, population status data of resident registration was provided at the Eup, Myeon, and Dong levels, which cover a wide area, making it insufficient for use in business startups such as commercial district analysis.

Through this project, 16 types of data including resident registration population and household status, population status by age, and other resident registration population statuses will be densely expanded and opened from the existing Eup, Myeon, and Dong units to the smallest administrative units, Tong and Ban.

Additionally, newly added population and household status data by road name will be opened, enabling analysis of population and household status based on road names.

Furthermore, regional population movement status will also be newly opened, allowing dynamic population movement trends and time series analysis such as the status of in-migrants within the region and out-migrants outside the region, moving beyond the existing static population status provision.

Meanwhile, resident registration population status data will be opened via Open API instead of the existing file data.

Choi Hoon, Director of Local Autonomy and Decentralization at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, said, “By actively utilizing the highly valuable resident registration population status data in both public and private sectors, it is expected to lead to the development of various public and private services, ultimately helping to improve the quality of life of the people.” He added, “We will continue to promote the discovery of new items with high usability to expand the opening of resident registration population status public data.”

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