Population of South Korea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of South Korea is 26,413,972 as of December 01, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Korea is projected at 51,305,186 or 51.305 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in South Korea is projected at 51,269,185 or 51.269 million people for the year 2020. South Korea ranks number 54th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. South Korea is ranked 21st among 51 countries in Asia.

South Korea's population peak will be 2024 with 51.35 mn people after South Korea's population will be decreased year by year. The South Korean population is projected to reach 51.15 million in 2030 and decrease further to 46.83 million in 2050 and 29.54 million by 2100. South Korea accounts for 0.65 percent of the world population. However, its global share declined by 0.87% in 1965 and is projected to decline at 0.27% by 2100.

South Korea was at 23rd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 67th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

South Korea population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	19,211,385	-	-	0.76
1951	19,452,636	241,251	1.26	0.75
1952	19,817,786	365,150	1.88	0.75
1953	20,293,202	475,416	2.40	0.76
1954	20,864,105	570,903	2.81	0.77
1955	21,514,570	650,465	3.12	0.78
1956	22,227,334	712,764	3.31	0.79
1957	22,984,010	756,676	3.40	0.80
1958	23,765,504	781,494	3.40	0.81
1959	24,552,840	787,336	3.31	0.82
1960	25,329,515	776,675	3.16	0.83
1961	26,084,031	754,516	2.98	0.84
1962	26,812,086	728,055	2.79	0.85
1963	27,517,544	705,458	2.63	0.86
1964	28,209,731	692,187	2.52	0.86
1965	28,895,558	685,827	2.43	0.87
1966	29,572,556	676,998	2.34	0.87
1967	30,236,697	664,141	2.25	0.87
1968	30,891,965	655,268	2.17	0.87
1969	31,543,835	651,870	2.11	0.87
1970	32,195,681	651,846	2.07	0.87
1971	32,850,720	655,039	2.03	0.87
1972	33,506,523	655,803	2.00	0.87
1973	34,154,087	647,564	1.93	0.87
1974	34,780,882	626,795	1.84	0.87
1975	35,378,661	597,779	1.72	0.87
1976	35,942,029	563,368	1.59	0.87
1977	36,475,413	533,384	1.48	0.86
1978	36,992,188	516,775	1.42	0.86
1979	37,511,315	519,127	1.40	0.86
1980	38,045,607	534,292	1.42	0.85
1981	38,602,289	556,682	1.46	0.85
1982	39,175,212	572,923	1.48	0.85
1983	39,747,794	572,582	1.46	0.85
1984	40,296,228	548,434	1.38	0.84
1985	40,804,402	508,174	1.26	0.84
1986	41,265,113	460,711	1.13	0.83
1987	41,686,560	421,447	1.02	0.83
1988	42,086,662	400,102	0.96	0.82
1989	42,491,198	404,536	0.96	0.81
1990	42,918,419	427,221	1.01	0.81
1991	43,373,151	454,732	1.06	0.80
1992	43,848,218	475,067	1.10	0.80
1993	44,335,028	486,810	1.11	0.79
1994	44,820,073	485,045	1.09	0.79
1995	45,292,522	472,449	1.05	0.79
1996	45,751,022	458,500	1.01	0.79
1997	46,196,054	445,032	0.97	0.78
1998	46,620,691	424,637	0.92	0.78
1999	47,016,957	396,266	0.85	0.78
2000	47,379,241	362,284	0.77	0.77
2001	47,706,224	326,983	0.69	0.77
2002	47,999,547	293,323	0.61	0.76
2003	48,260,897	261,350	0.54	0.76
2004	48,493,441	232,544	0.48	0.75
2005	48,701,073	207,632	0.43	0.74
2006	48,880,451	179,378	0.37	0.74
2007	49,034,810	154,359	0.32	0.73
2008	49,182,456	147,646	0.30	0.72
2009	49,347,461	165,005	0.34	0.72
2010	49,545,636	198,175	0.40	0.71
2011	49,786,159	240,523	0.49	0.71
2012	50,060,639	274,480	0.55	0.70
2013	50,345,717	285,078	0.57	0.70
2014	50,607,907	262,190	0.52	0.69
2015	50,823,093	215,186	0.43	0.69
2016	50,983,457	160,364	0.32	0.68
2017	51,096,415	112,958	0.22	0.68
2018	51,171,706	75,291	0.15	0.67
2019	51,225,308	53,602	0.10	0.66

South Korea population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	51,269,185	43,877	0.09	0.66
2021	51,305,186	36,001	0.07	0.65
2022	51,329,899	24,713	0.05	0.65
2023	51,343,980	14,081	0.03	0.64
2024	51,347,175	3,195	0.01	0.63
2025	51,339,377	-7,798	-0.02	0.63
2026	51,321,227	-18,150	-0.04	0.62
2027	51,293,510	-27,717	-0.05	0.62
2028	51,256,265	-37,245	-0.07	0.61
2029	51,209,254	-47,011	-0.09	0.60
2030	51,152,046	-57,208	-0.11	0.60
2031	51,084,909	-67,137	-0.13	0.59
2032	51,007,253	-77,656	-0.15	0.59
2033	50,916,671	-90,582	-0.18	0.58
2034	50,810,028	-106,643	-0.21	0.58
2035	50,685,006	-125,022	-0.25	0.57
2036	50,540,728	-144,278	-0.28	0.56
2037	50,377,614	-163,114	-0.32	0.56
2038	50,196,300	-181,314	-0.36	0.55
2039	49,998,017	-198,283	-0.40	0.55
2040	49,783,734	-214,283	-0.43	0.54
2041	49,553,535	-230,199	-0.46	0.54
2042	49,307,320	-246,215	-0.50	0.53
2043	49,045,760	-261,560	-0.53	0.52
2044	48,769,679	-276,081	-0.56	0.52
2045	48,479,724	-289,955	-0.59	0.51
2046	48,176,633	-303,091	-0.63	0.51
2047	47,860,605	-316,028	-0.66	0.50
2048	47,531,238	-329,367	-0.69	0.49
2049	47,187,767	-343,471	-0.72	0.49
2050	46,829,925	-357,842	-0.76	0.48
2051	46,458,186	-371,739	-0.79	0.47
2052	46,073,699	-384,487	-0.83	0.47
2053	45,677,635	-396,064	-0.86	0.46
2054	45,271,492	-406,143	-0.89	0.46
2055	44,856,758	-414,734	-0.92	0.45
2056	44,434,277	-422,481	-0.94	0.44
2057	44,005,213	-429,064	-0.97	0.44
2058	43,571,760	-433,453	-0.99	0.43
2059	43,136,511	-435,249	-1.00	0.43
2060	42,701,600	-434,911	-1.01	0.42
2061	42,268,276	-433,324	-1.01	0.41
2062	41,837,220	-431,056	-1.02	0.41
2063	41,409,289	-427,931	-1.02	0.40
2064	40,985,106	-424,183	-1.02	0.40
2065	40,565,207	-419,899	-1.02	0.39
2066	40,150,358	-414,849	-1.02	0.39
2067	39,741,082	-409,276	-1.02	0.38
2068	39,337,352	-403,730	-1.02	0.38
2069	38,938,893	-398,459	-1.01	0.37
2070	38,545,558	-393,335	-1.01	0.37
2071	38,157,491	-388,067	-1.01	0.36
2072	37,775,031	-382,460	-1.00	0.36
2073	37,398,372	-376,659	-1.00	0.36
2074	37,027,738	-370,634	-0.99	0.35
2075	36,663,305	-364,433	-0.98	0.35
2076	36,305,158	-358,147	-0.98	0.34
2077	35,953,305	-351,853	-0.97	0.34
2078	35,607,661	-345,644	-0.96	0.33
2079	35,268,076	-339,585	-0.95	0.33
2080	34,934,427	-333,649	-0.95	0.33
2081	34,606,701	-327,726	-0.94	0.32
2082	34,284,914	-321,787	-0.93	0.32
2083	33,969,003	-315,911	-0.92	0.32
2084	33,658,896	-310,107	-0.91	0.31
2085	33,354,518	-304,378	-0.90	0.31
2086	33,056,035	-298,483	-0.89	0.31
2087	32,763,469	-292,566	-0.89	0.30
2088	32,476,535	-286,934	-0.88	0.30
2089	32,194,814	-281,721	-0.87	0.30
2090	31,918,148	-276,666	-0.86	0.30
2091	31,646,670	-271,478	-0.85	0.29
2092	31,380,851	-265,819	-0.84	0.29
2093	31,121,336	-259,515	-0.83	0.29
2094	30,868,896	-252,440	-0.81	0.28
2095	30,624,269	-244,627	-0.79	0.28
2096	30,388,197	-236,072	-0.77	0.28
2097	30,161,339	-226,858	-0.75	0.28
2098	29,944,307	-217,032	-0.72	0.28
2099	29,737,679	-206,628	-0.69	0.27
2100	29,541,953	-195,726	-0.66	0.27