Statistics Korea Urban Classification of Statistics Korea and
Statistics Korea 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 Regal Classification - Over 60% of the population in urban area - More than 60% of households engaged in commercial, industrial and urban industries Set of Basic Area with a population density of KOSTAT Classification 3, 000 or more, or an urban land use rate of 50% or more 2
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 miscellaneous site land
Urban Classification of Statistics Korea 4
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, 000 만족 Rural not contiguous • A grid cell outside urban centers and urban clusters. 5
Urban Classification of EU Commission Urban Center Urban Cluster Grid Extraction (over 1, 500) Merge & Evaluation (over 50, 000) Define Urban Center Grid Extraction (over 300) Merge & Evaluation (over 5, 000) Define Urban Cluster ※ except urban center 6
Urban Classification of EU Commission Type Urban Center Population Urban Center 38, 698, 451 Urban Cluster 4, 967, 167 Rural 5, 571, 432 Count of Cluster Ave Pop 77 Count of Grid Ave Pop 3, 360 502, 577 11, 517 Urban Cluster Rural 280 2, 189 17, 740 - 2, 269 102, 248 - Total 49, 237, 050 357 54 107, 797 7
Comparing EU methodology with Statistics Korea EU Commission Statistics Korea 8
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 9
Comparing EU methodology with KOSTAT Population Comparing 25 20 15 Million 10 5 0 Capital area Kangwon area Youngnam area Chungcheong area Statistics Korea EU Commission(Urban Center & Urban Cluster) Capital area Kangwon area Youngnam area Honam·Jeju area Chungcheong area Honam·Jeju area Statistics Korea 21, 908, 262 800, 612 10, 116, 022 3, 617, 493 3, 643, 421 EU Commission 23, 142, 889 1, 043, 358 11, 015, 399 4, 220, 914 4, 243, 058 (Urban Center & Urban Cluster) 10
Statistics Korea Thank you. wrshin@korea. kr 11
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