Age structure
0-14 years:17.21%(male 12,566,314 /female 11,896,416)15-24 years:9.41%(male 6,840,759 /female 6,530,991)25-54 years:44.21%(male 30,868,831 /female 31,960,407)55-64 years:14.51%(male 8,907,031 /female 11,709,921)65 years and over:14.66%(male 6,565,308 /female 14,276,798)(2018 est.)
0-14 years:13.03%(male 3,448,627 /female 3,251,786)15-24 years:12.19%(male 3,295,814 /female 2,970,439)25-54 years:45.13%(male 11,986,760 /female 11,220,268)55-64 years:15.09%(male 3,825,127 /female 3,935,700)65 years and over:14.55%(male 3,202,232 /female 4,281,344)(2018 est.)
Birth rate
10.7 births/1,000 population(2018 est.)
8.3 births/1,000 population(2018 est.)
Languages
Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1%
(2010 est.)
note: data represent native language spoken
Korean, English (widely taught in elementary, junior high, and high school)
Life expectancy at birth
71.30
82.50
Major urban areas - population
12.41 million MOSCOW (capital), 5.383 million Saint Petersburg, 1.636 million Novosibirsk, 1.482 million Yekaterinburg, 1.264 million Nizhniy Novgorod, 1.164 million Samara
(2018)
9.963 million SEOUL (capital), 3.467 million Busan, 2.763 million Incheon, 2.221 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.558 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.518 million Gwangju (Kwangju)
(2018)
Median age
total:39.8 yearsmale:36.9 yearsfemale:42.7 years(2018 est.)
total:42.3 yearsmale:40.6 yearsfemale:44 years(2018 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
24.6 years
(2009 est.)
31 years
(2014 est.)
Net migration rate
1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
2.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population(2018 est.)
Population distribution
population is heavily concentrated in the westernmost fifth of the country extending from the Baltic Sea, south to the Caspian Sea, and eastward parallel to the Kazakh border; elsewhere, sizeable pockets are isolated and generally found in the south
with approximately 70% of the country considered mountainous, the country's population is primarily concentrated in the lowland areas, where density is quite high; Gyeonggi Province in the northwest, which surrounds the capital of Seoul and contains the port of Incheon, is the most densely populated province; Gangwon in the northeast is the least populated
Population growth rate
-0.11%(2018 est.)
0.44%(2018 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.61 children born/woman(2018 est.)
1.27 children born/woman(2018 est.)
Urbanization
rate of urbanization:
0.18% annual rate of change
(2015-20 est.)
rate of urbanization:
0.3% annual rate of change
(2015-20 est.)