Immigrant-Origin Children
As of 2024 there are about 295,304 children of foreign residents. KIRD shows their population by age band (early childhood, elementary, secondary), the districts and towns where they are most numerous, household composition, and provincial settlement typology.
295,304
Children (2024)
0–18
Age range
2011–2024
Coverage
Source: MOJ immigration yearbooks, MOU, MOIS
In Korean policy 'multicultural' is a narrow legal category for marriage between a Korean and a foreign spouse and their children, and the label has been criticized for stigmatizing those children. KIRD avoids 'multicultural' as an umbrella term and disaggregates by nationality, generation, and region to show immigrant-origin children — and the shift from short-term labor toward long-term settlement and a second generation.