Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture - Demographics

Demographics

Ethnicity compositions:

• 2,184,000 (1997)
  • 57.4% Han
  • 39.7% Korean
  • 2.4% Manchu
  • 0.3% Hui
  • 0.1% other nationalities, including the Mongol
• Growth rate 0.4%.

Population density: 51 people per km² (132 per mi2).

Like on the Korean peninsula, Yanbian Koreans' most common surname is Kim. Many emigrated from Korea during the 19th century, and again during the Japanese Occupation.

The Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture has an index of urbanization standard (城市化水准) at 55.6%, 20 percentage points greater than the provincial average (31.3%) and 25 more than the national average (26.5%).