North Korea
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
50,000
Immigrant Population
0.2%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
46,000
Emigrant Population
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Korean Immigrants in the United States in 2007
Koreans were the seventh largest immigrant group in the United States in 2007, numbering 1 million.
North Korea: Understanding Migration to and from a Closed Country
North Korea’s refugee outflows, labor exports, and tightly managed inter-Korean exchanges reveal a closed state cautiously testing migration and economic openings.
The Foreign Born from Korea in the United States in 2000
Korean immigrants in the United States were likely to be naturalized than immigrants overall as of 2000.
Cross-Border Human Flows in Northeast Asia
Post-Cold War migration in Northeast Asia, driven by Chinese economic pressures and North Korean hardship, is reshaping host societies and regional policy frameworks.