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Multicultural marriages made up 8.9% of South Korea weddings in 2025
South Korea recorded 21,399 multicultural marriages in 2025, 51 fewer than in 2024.
These marriages made up 8.9% of all marriages in the country.
Most involved a foreign wife, who accounted for 71.4% of multicultural marriages; foreign husbands accounted for 18.9%, and naturalized citizens for 9.7%.
Vietnamese women were the largest group of foreign wives, at 25.3%, followed by Chinese and Thai women.
Husbands were older than their wives in 75.2% of these marriages, and in 36.1% they were at least 10 years older.
Divorces among multicultural couples rose to 8,104, up 1.4% from 2024.
Births in multicultural families fell to 13,347, a 0.5% decline; the figures describe changes in marriage, divorce and births in 2025.
South Korea recorded 21,399 multicultural marriages in 2025, equal to 8.9 percent of all marriages.
The total was down 0.2 percent, or 51 marriages, from 2024.
Marriages involving foreign wives made up 71.4 percent of multicultural marriages.
Vietnamese wives were the largest group among foreign wives, accounting for 25.3 percent of multicultural marriages.
Divorces among multicultural couples rose 1.4 percent to 8,104, while births to multicultural families fell 0.5 percent to 13,347.
- Who
- Couples in South Korea’s multicultural marriages.
- What
- There were 21,399 multicultural marriages in 2025, accounting for 8.9 percent of all marriages.
- When
- In 2025; the data were reported on Nov. 5, 2026.
- Where
- South Korea.
- Why
- Not stated.
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South Korea recorded 21,450 multicultural marriages.
The country recorded 21,399 multicultural marriages, down 0.2 percent from the previous year.
The figures were reported by Yonhap and Kyodo.
- Multicultural marriages in 2025
- 21,399
- Share of all marriages
- 8.9%
- Change from 2024
- Down 0.2%, or 51 marriages
- Marriages involving foreign wives
- 71.4%
- Divorces among multicultural couples
- 8,104
- Births to multicultural families
- 13,347