Countries With The Most Koreans Outside of Korea

By Number of Koreans
1. China 2.6M
2. United States 2.1M
3. Japan 893K
4. Canada 206K
5. Russia 176K
6. Uzbekistan 174K
7. Australia 157K
8. Kazakhstan 105K
9. Philippines 88K
10. Vietnam 86K

These 10 countries make up 93% of all Koreans outside of Korea


By Korean % of the Total Country Population
1. Japan 0.70%
2. New Zealand 0.67%
3. Australia 0.66%
4. United States 0.66%
5. Kazakhstan 0.61%
6. Canada 0.58%
7. Uzbekistan 0.57%
8. Singapore 0.37%
9. Kyrgyzstan 0.31%
10. China 0.19%


Approximately 88% of Koreans worldwide live in Korea and 12% percent of Koreans live outside of Korea.