Table 1.

A comparison of basic information between urban and rural populations for 2016.

	Area (km2)	Population (1000 Persons)	Population Density (Persons/km2)	Physicians per 1000 Population
Whole country	100,339	51,218	510	2.74
Urban	16,071	35,696	2221	2.93
Rural	84,269	15,520	184	2.29

Urban: Capital city (Seoul), the metropolitan area around the capital (Gyeonggi-do) and six metropolitan cities (Incheon, Daejeon, Gwangju, Daegu, Ulsan, and Busan); Rural: Other provinces (Gangwon-do, Chungcheongbuk-do, Chungcheongnam-do, Jeollabuk-do, Jeollanam-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, and Jeju-do).