Shrinking Korea
This is the text version of the interactive 3D documentary. 한국어
Contents · Chapter 2 Why it happened
Everyone to Seoul
Share living in the Seoul region: 28.7% → 50.8%
Half the country in one place
As jobs and universities gathered in and around Seoul (the capital region), so did people. The share of people living there grew from 28.7% in 1970 to 50.8% in 2024. Half the population now lives on about 12% of the land.
Why?When people crowd together, homes get more expensive and the race for good jobs gets tougher. Researchers see this competition as one of the reasons people put off marriage and children.
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