North Korean defectors
Statistics
Table:
Status of North Korean defectors entering South Korea (2017)[54]

Criteria / Year
~1998
~2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

2015

2016

2017
Total

Male
831
565
510
474
626
424
515
573
608
662
591
795
404
369
305

251

299

188
8,993

Female
116
478
632
811
1,272
960
1,513
1,981
2,195
2,252
1,811
1,911
1,098
1,145
1,092

1,024

1,119

939
22,346

Total
947
1,043
1,142
1,285
1,898
1,384
2,028
2,554
2,803
2,914
2,402
2,706
1,502
1,514
1,397

1,275

1,418

1,127
31,339

Female Percentage
12%
46%
55%
63%
67%
69%
75%
78%
78%
77%
75%
70%
72%
76%
78%

80%

79%

83%
71%

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