Urban Classification of Statistics Korea and Comparing with EU Methodology Wooram Shin (wrshin@korea) Deputy Director Statistics Korea

Urban Classification of KOREA City with a population of 50,000 or more - Over 60% of the population in urban area - More than 60% of households engaged in commercial, industrial and urban industries Regal Classification Set of Basic Area with a population density of 3,000 or more, or an urban land use rate of 50% or more KOSTAT Classification

Urban Classification of Statistics Korea Population Land Use Population density, over 3,000/㎢ Land use for City, over 50% farm building site railroad site park rice paddy factory lot dike sports park orchard school site river playground ranch parking lot ditch site for religious use forest land lot for gas station reservoir historic site well storage lot fish farm cemetery salt field road water supply site miscellaneous land

Urban Classification of Statistics Korea

Urban Classification of EU Commission Urban Center A cluster of contiguous grid cells of 1 ㎢ with a density of at least 1,500 inhabitants per ㎢ and a minimum population of 50,000 contiguous Urban Cluster A cluster of contiguous grid cells of 1 ㎢ with a density of at least 300 inhabitants per ㎢ and a minimum population of 5,000만족 not contiguous Rural A grid cell outside urban centers and urban clusters.

Urban Classification of EU Commission Grid Extraction(over 1,500) Merge & Evaluation (over 50,000) Define Urban Center Urban Center Grid Extraction(over 300) ※ except urban center Merge & Evaluation (over 5,000) Define Urban Cluster Urban Cluster

Urban Classification of EU Commission Type Population Count of Cluster Count of Grid Ave Pop Urban Center 38,698,451 77 3,360 502,577 11,517 4,967,167 280 2,189 17,740 2,269 Rural 5,571,432 - 102,248 54 Total 49,237,050 357 107,797 Urban Center Urban Cluster Rural

Comparing EU methodology with Statistics Korea EU Commission Statistics Korea

EU & KOSTAT matching rate Comparing EU methodology with Statistics Korea KOSTAT urban classification method is 99.3% matched with EU methodology - Inclusion or intersection is considered to be a match EU & KOSTAT matching rate Count 1:1 147 1:2 58 1:3 22 1:4 14 Over 1:5 53

EU Commission (Urban Center & Urban Cluster) Comparing EU methodology with KOSTAT Population Comparing Capital area Kangwon area Youngnam area Chungcheong area Honam·Jeju area Statistics Korea 21,908,262 800,612 10,116,022 3,617,493 3,643,421 EU Commission (Urban Center & Urban Cluster) 23,142,889 1,043,358 11,015,399 4,220,914 4,243,058

Statistics Korea Thank you. wrshin@korea.kr