Multicultural marriages make up 8.9 percent of South Korea's marriages

5 November 2026

South Korea's Ministry of Data and Statistics has released its 2025 report on multicultural population dynamics.
It counted 21,399 multicultural marriages, those involving a foreign national or a naturalized citizen, down 0.2% from 2024.
That is 8.9% of all marriages in the country, and the first fall in three years.
Births to multicultural families dropped 0.5% to 13,347, while divorces among such couples rose 1.4% to 8,104.
Among foreign-origin wives, Vietnamese were the largest group at 25.3%, followed by Chinese and Thai; among husbands, Americans led at 6.8%.