Korea’s population density increased from approx- imately 210 persons/km² in 1949 to 470 persons/km² in 2010. Except for Bangladesh and some city states, Korea has one of the highest population densities in the world. Until 1966, both the Greater Seoul Metro- politan area and the Honam area had higher popula- tion densities than the national average, but currently only the Greater Seoul Metropolitan area exceeds the national average. The population density of the Great-