This study analyzed the status change and characteristics of chestnut cultivation in Korea, focused on the cultivator and cultivation area size of chestnut tree. As a result, these cultivators were distributed to Kyungnam, Chunnam, Chungnam province mainly, and mean age and mean career of cultivators in Kyungnam, Chunnam was more than those in Chungnam. Also, age of chestnut tree and its cultivator will be old intensively in Kyungnam and Chunnam, and cultivators and area of chestnut tree will be decreased. So, it is needed to pursue the alternative to that older.