[KS] Korean populations by province

james foley jimfoley5 at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 26 12:40:26 EDT 2010 

Dear Roland, 
                    the definitive work on the subject of South Korean demography is:
Kwon, Tai Hwan (1977) Demography of Korea: population change and its components, 1925-66 Seoul: Seoul National University Press

some of the data you are looking for can be found in - 'Appendices - basic tables pp279+'

Professor Kwon's book concentrates on the demographics of South Korea but examines population movement and change after liberation (post 1945) and during the Korean War (1950-3). Of course, he goes into some detail about the difficulties of demographic study because of Korea's division.
As far as I know, population data for North Korea became unavailable after c.1965 when the regime stopped issuing most basic statistics about their country. Whether this changed after North Korea began seeking aid from the international community I do not know. Perhaps UN agencies may have data on the DPRK's population. I know that the authorities did a census quite recently - perhaps last year if I remember correctly. 

Hope this helps - James Foley

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> I was wondering if anyone would have information on or know where I could find information on the populations of North and South Korea prior to the Korean War?  If this was broken down by province, it would even be better, but I realize that I may be asking for too much.
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