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Registered foreigners are counted across 192 nationalities.

Haiti

People registered with Haiti nationality number 151, which is less than 0.1% of all registered foreigners and ranks 98 in size. Compared with 10 in 2015, 10 years earlier, that is an increase of about 1410%. They live in 34 districts, and the largest counts are Gyeongsangnam-do Geoje-si with 31, Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si with 27, and Gyeonggi-do Dongducheon-si with 20. The index of dissimilarity (D) from Koreans is 0.806, the isolation index is 0, and interaction with Koreans is 0.946. The highest location quotient (LQ) is in Gyeonggi-do Dongducheon-si at 78.3, where this nationality is 0% of the foreigners in that district. The continent of origin is Latin America. The largest age group is 25-29 at 29.6%, and men are 72.3%. This value alone is based on staying foreigners. Estimated mother tongues are Haitian at 99.4% and American Sign Language at 0.6%.

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook on Immigration and Foreign Policy 2025 (registered foreigners by nationality, registered foreigners by nationality and district, registered foreigners by status of stay), staying foreigners by nationality and age

The index of dissimilarity, the isolation index, and the location quotient are calculated from the open dataset.

Table 1.Key indicators and benchmarks, 2025Unit: people, organizations, index
2025
IndicatorsHaitiAll registered foreignersRelative to total
Registered foreigners1511,604,920under 0.1% of the total
Districts of residence3425013.6% of the total
Index of dissimilarity (D)0.8060.280rank 5 of 107
Isolation index0.00010.045rank 54 of 107
Interaction with Koreans0.9460.955rank 95 of 107
ContinentLatin America5,017 (0.3% of the total)3.0% of those from Latin America

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality), segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals; 0 means the two distributions match and 1 means complete separation. Isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. In the All registered foreigners column the three indices treat all registered foreigners as one group and use the same formulas. In the Relative to total column, rank 1 is the highest value among nationalities with 100 or more registered foreigners that year; in the continent row that column gives this nationality's share of all registered foreigners from the continent.

Figure 1.Haiti nationals among registered foreigners, 2006–2025Unit: 10,000 persons

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year.

Note: The vertical scale resets to the size of the selected nationality.

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YearHaitiVietnam
2006252,157
2007267,197
2008379,848
2009386,166
2010498,225
20118110,564
201210114,211
20134113,843
20144122,571
201510128,042
201612137,769
201719151,385
201822170,707
201929187,334
202030181,415
202133178,928
2022188196,883
2023176227,930
2024146261,581
2025151293,907
Table 2.Haiti nationality, top 10 districts, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
RankDistrictHaiti NationalityShare of local foreigners
1Gyeongsangnam-do Geoje-si310.2
2Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si270.1
3Gyeonggi-do Dongducheon-si200.4
4Chungcheongnam-do Asan-si100.0
5Seoul Jungnang-gu70.1
6Ulsan Dong-gu60.1
7Seoul Dongdaemun-gu50.0
8Gyeonggi-do Gimpo-si40.0
9Gyeonggi-do Osan-si40.0
10Gyeonggi-do Hwaseong-si30.0

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by district and nationality).

Note: Nationwide, Haiti nationals make up 0.0% of all registered foreigners, so an area whose share is above that holds relatively many of them.

Table 3.10 districts with the highest location quotient, 2025Unit: people, ratio, %
2025
RankDistrictHaiti NationalityLocation quotient (LQ)Share of local foreigners
1Gyeonggi-do Dongducheon-si2078.30.0
2Gyeongsangnam-do Geoje-si3145.40.0
3Jeollanam-do Yeongam-gun320.30.0
4Gyeonggi-do Pyeongtaek-si2715.00.0
5Ulsan Dong-gu613.60.0
6Chungcheongnam-do Asan-si109.40.0
7Seoul Jungnang-gu76.30.0
8Jeollanam-do Haenam-gun15.40.0
9Gyeonggi-do Osan-si45.40.0
10Seoul Dongdaemun-gu54.90.0

Source: Location quotient from the open dataset.

Note: the location quotient is the local share divided by the national share; above 1.5 counts as over-representation.

Table 4.By status of stay Haiti nationality, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Visa categoryPersonsShare
Other(G1)13992.1
Other statuses(ETC)42.6
Student(D2)21.3
Residential(F2)21.3
General Trainee(D4)10.7
Arts & Entertainment(E6)10.7
Specially Designated Activities(E7)10.7
Marriage Migration(F6)10.7

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The rows of this table add to 151, the whole of the Haiti nationality.

Table 5.Age and sex, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Age groupTotalMaleFemaleShare
0-4178910.7
5-95323.1
10-142111.3
15-192111.3
20-244132.5
25-2947371029.6
30-343021918.9
35-392016412.6
40-44141048.8
45-49131218.2
50-543301.9
55-590000.0
60+2201.3

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Only this table counts all foreign residents, so it totals 159 rather than the 151 registered foreigners

Figure 2.Composition by age and sex, 2025Unit: %
2025

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Note: The bar length is the share each cell holds within the whole nationality. This figure alone uses staying foreigners, so its total differs from registered foreigners.

Figure 3.Change in status-of-stay composition, 2008–2025Unit: %

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The share each status holds within this nationality in that year. The five largest statuses in 2025 are drawn.

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Year
20080.00.066.70.00.0
20090.00.066.70.00.0
20100.00.050.00.00.0
20110.00.050.00.00.0
20120.00.050.00.00.0
20130.00.050.00.00.0
20140.00.050.00.00.0
201510.00.060.00.010.0
20168.30.058.30.016.7
201721.10.052.60.05.3
201836.40.027.30.04.5
201972.40.06.90.06.9
202076.76.73.30.03.3
202172.76.19.10.03.0
202294.12.11.10.50.5
202394.31.70.61.10.0
202494.52.10.71.40.7
202592.12.61.31.30.7
Figure 4.Residential segregation and exposure over time, 2022–2025Unit: index
Indicators

Source: Segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals, isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. The three run on different ranges, so they are selected one at a time.

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YearIndex of dissimilarity (D)Isolation indexInteraction with Koreans
20220.8560.0000.960
20230.8460.0000.948
20240.8410.0000.947
20250.8060.0000.946
Table 6.Haiti nationality, mother-tongue compositionUnit: %
First languageShare
Haitian99.4
American Sign Language0.6

Source: Ethnologue 24th edition, first-language shares by country.

Note: the estimated demand on the language page is this share multiplied by the registered foreign population of each nationality. Shares below 0.5% are not listed, and a person who speaks more than one language is not distinguished.

Figure 5.By province, Haiti nationality, 2025Unit: persons
2025

Count range

    Note: The boundaries are shapes simplified for display and are drawn as pen lines. The fill values are the provincial totals from the yearbook and do not depend on the shapes.

    Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality and district), summed to the province level.

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    ProvinceHaiti NationalityShare of national
    Gyeonggi-do6442.4
    Gyeongsangnam-do3422.5
    Seoul138.6
    Chungcheongnam-do106.6
    Ulsan96.0
    Jeollanam-do53.3
    Jeollabuk-do53.3
    Daejeon32.0
    Chungcheongbuk-do32.0
    Incheon21.3
    Gyeongsangbuk-do10.7
    Gwangju10.7
    Busan10.7