In absolute terms, the population decline in predominantly rural regions was 97 669 people in the period of 2000-17. These population dynamics across different types of regions in Korea are in line with OECD trends (Figure 1.3). In almost all OECD countries, regions with predominantly rural population have seen a decrease in population in the aforementioned period (OECD, 2018p]). However, Korea’s predominantly rural regions are amongst the rural regions that have experienced the most dramatically decreases. According to the evidence, two out of five regions experienced population growth in the period of 2000-2017.