Overview
Survey Name
- Internal Migration Statistics
Survey Type
- Administrative Statistics
Type of Statistics
- Designated Statistics (Approval No. 101015)
Purpose
- To understand residents' migration periodically to establish population policies and provide basic data for balanced regional development
Frequency
- Monthly
History
- 1962: Surveyed residents’ migration by resident registers in accordance with the establishment of the Resident Registration Act
- 1968: Expanded report items according to the amendment of the Resident Registration Act in order to understand in-migration, out-migration and causes of migration
- 1970: Began surveying migration in Seoul, Busan, 9 provinces and 5 cities (Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon and Jeonju)
- 1971: Published the first issue of「Annual Report on Internal Migration Statistics」(June)
- 1976: Approved as general statistics (No. 10115)
- 1979: Expanded the scope of survey to 6 cities by including Masan
- 1981: Incheon-si in Gyeonggi-do separated as Incheon Metropolitan City and Daegu-si in Gyeongsangbuk-do separated as Daegu Metropolitan City
- 1986: Gwangju-si of Jeollanam-do separated as Gwangju Metropolitan City
- 1987: Added 8 cities to the major cities (Suwon, Seongnam, Anyang, Bucheon, Cheongju, Mokpo, Pohang and Ulsan) to survey migration in 5 metropolitan cities, 9 provinces and 11 cities
- 1989: Daejeon-si in Chungcheongnam-do separated as Daejeon Metropolitan City and added Cheonan as the major city
- 1994: Began the computerization of resident registration management (1st of July)
- Discontinued out-migration notification system
- 1995: Changed data collection method from manually to by computers
- Expanded the scope of data collection by Si, Gun and Gu and by age group (age group of 5 years)
- 1996: Included migration data by Si, Gun and Gu and by age group (of 5 years) in the「Annual Report on 1995 Internal Migration Statistics」
- 1999: Changed method to acquire basic data from acquisition by province to acquisition by
nationwide unit in the Central Residents’ Computing Network Center (Jan.)
- Produced and announced Internal Migration Statistics by quarter
- Converted from general statistics to designated statistics (Dec.)
- 2000: Produced and announced Internal Migration Statistics monthly
- 2008: Changed the Korean survey title, compiled and announced the number of migration reports when releasing annual data (from 2001 data)
- 2009 ~ the present: Released Internal Migration Statistics monthly
- 2014: Released Internal Migration Statistics quarterly
Data Provision
Method of Publication and URL
- Press releases, reports, data uploading on https://kosis.kr, online publications
Publication Frequency
- Monthly
Publication Title
- Annual Report on the Internal Migration Statistics for 2020
