A majority of the population of Seoul are Koreans. According to the data of 2007, Seoul demography features a population that has crossed 10,421,000. It was 10,356,000 in 2006. Thus the population in Seoul has increased by 0.63% from 2006. A small section of the people of Seoul belongs to the Japanese and Chinese community. There are some Vietnamese and Indians too in the city.
About an approximate of 2.2% of the Seoul Korea population are foreigners. Christianity and Buddhism are the two major religions that are followed by the Seoul population. Besides, some others follow Confucianism and Shamanism.
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Seoul demography shows that there are people from Central Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, New Zealand, Australia, United States, Ireland, South Africa, Canada and United Kingdom. The population has grown 110 times since Seoul became the capital of Korea. The sex ratio in the city is healthy with the number of women outnumbering the number of men. There are 5,173,266 women and 5,123,738 men in Seoul.
The district of Jung-gu has got the smallest population being inhabited by 134,420 people and the district of Nowon-gu has the largest population with 624,855 people. People belonging to about 90 different nations are presently residing in Seoul.
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