Korean immigrants
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 7,184,872 (2015) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 China |
2,585,993 |
 United States |
2,238,989 |
 Japan |
855,725 |
 Canada |
224,054 |
 Uzbekistan |
186,186 |
 Russia |
166,956 |
 Australia |
153,653 |
 Vietnam |
108,850 |
 Kazakhstan |
107,613 |
 Philippines |
89,037 |
 Brazil |
50,418 |
 Indonesia |
40,741 |
 United Kingdom |
40,263 |
 Germany |
39,047 |
 New Zealand |
30,174 |
 Argentina |
22,730 |
 Thailand |
19,700 |
 Singapore |
19,450 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
18,709 |
 France |
15,000 |
 Ukraine |
13,103 |
 Malaysia |
12,690 |
 Mexico |
11,800 |
 United Arab Emirates |
10,356 |
 India |
10,178 |
 Cambodia |
8,445 |
 Paraguay |
5,205 |
| Languages | |
| Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and many others. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Korean people | |
| Korean diaspora | |
| Hangul | 재외국민/해외국민/동포/교포 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | /// |
| Revised Romanization | dongpo / gyopo |
| McCune–Reischauer | tongp'o / kyop'o |
The Korean diaspora (South Korea: Hangul: 재외국민; RR: Jaeoe gugmin; lit. Overseas national or Hangul: 한국계 교민; Hanja: 韓國系 僑民; RR: Hanguggye gyomin; lit. Korean immigrants; North Korea: Hangul: 해외국민; RR: Haeoe gugmin; lit. Overseas nation or Hangul: 한국계 동포; Hanja: 韓國系 同胞; RR: Hanguggye dongpo; lit. Korean compatriots) consists of roughly seven million people, both descendants of early emigrants from the Korean Peninsula, as well as more recent emigres from Korea. Nearly four-fifths of expatriate Koreans live in just three countries: China, the United States, and Japan. Other countries with greater than 0.5% Korean minorities include Canada, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Australia, Vietnam, and Philippines. All these figures include both permanent migrants and sojourners.
There are currently a number of official and unofficial appellations used by the authorities of the two Korean states as well as a number of Korean institutions for Korean nationals, expatriates and descendants living abroad. Thus, there is no single name for the Korean diaspora. Historically used term gyopo (교포, also spelled kyopo, meaning "nationals") has come to have negative connotations as referring to people who, as a result of living as sojourners outside the "home country", have lost touch with their Korean roots. As a result, others prefer to use the term dongpo (동포, meaning "brethren" or "people of the same ancestry"). Dongpo has a more transnational implication, emphasising links among various overseas Korean groups, while gyopo has more of a purely national connotation referring to the Korean state. Another recently popularized term is gyomin (교민, meaning "immigrants"), although it is usually reserved for Korean-born citizens that have moved abroad in search of work, and as such is rarely used as a term to refer to the entire diaspora.
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