South Korea is a highly developed country located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, in the region known as East Asia. After the formation of the country, the population has gradually moved into the urban areas and abandoning the rural areas. As of 2016, which is the latest relevant data, the urban population in South Korea accounts for approximately 83% of the total population, or 82.59 to be more specific, which makes it a country that is right up there with the countries that have the biggest percentages of urban population in the world.