Demographics of South Korea

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date14 Apr 2024

There are 25.81 million males and 25.94 million females in South Korea. The percentage of the male population is 49.88%, compared to 50.12% of the female population. South Korea has 129k more females than males. The sex ratio in South Korea in 2024 will be 99.502 males per 100 females. South Korea is in the 141st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

South Korea population

Year Population Growth (%)
195020,104,010-0.56
195522,075,0083.02
196025,817,5293.02
196529,179,4072.11
197032,601,1432.11
197535,930,6941.61
198038,170,5011.18
198541,232,7091.32
199044,120,0391.19
199545,393,4180.49
200046,788,5910.59
200547,889,5730.32
201048,813,0420.52
201550,994,4010.81
202051,844,690-0.05
202151,830,139-0.00
202251,815,810-0.05
202351,784,059-0.07
202451,741,963-0.09
  • Total
  • Crude

South Korea death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950988,622802,70649.29740.026
1955351,891943,02715.96342.778
1960326,8081,082,16412.66341.930
1965294,5091,021,63010.07434.947
1970261,598978,2098.02029.990
1975255,831871,2917.11924.244
1980267,925850,1827.00722.236
1985247,294711,2476.00617.273
1990234,766691,7305.32615.692
1995241,909695,8815.31615.293
2000236,180585,8415.04512.514
2005244,811432,5555.1119.031
2010256,016453,0375.2489.287
2015278,713425,5055.4808.367
2020321,110294,2396.1945.676
2021334,677289,0066.4605.579
2022342,113285,6866.6055.515
2023354,920287,8486.8565.560
2024367,715290,5947.1095.618
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of South Korea

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19504,102,42415,108,96121.354
19555,251,88516,279,44624.392
19607,022,05818,318,86027.710
19659,351,71319,555,35832.351
197013,110,50219,098,81240.704
197516,997,15518,389,35248.033
198021,582,19116,468,23356.720
198526,474,83114,333,73864.876
199031,696,10311,227,02873.844
199535,441,3199,857,29278.239
200037,729,4279,656,88579.621
200539,622,0109,086,48781.345
201040,601,6148,951,24181.936
201541,301,8519,291,81181.634
202041,934,1109,572,86581.414
202142,063,7159,602,94081.414
202242,193,4089,623,82281.427
202342,323,5699,635,53981.456
202442,454,8469,638,20781.498
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  • Gender ratio

South Korea population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 749,618 709,188 1,458,805 2.82 105.701
05-09 983,122 934,080 1,917,201 3.71 105.250
10-14 1,172,412 1,110,064 2,282,477 4.41 105.617
15-19 1,169,605 1,097,324 2,266,929 4.38 106.587
20-24 1,420,252 1,312,185 2,732,437 5.28 108.236
25-29 1,831,537 1,643,756 3,475,294 6.72 111.424
30-34 1,911,910 1,670,978 3,582,889 6.92 114.419
35-39 1,738,098 1,573,847 3,311,945 6.40 110.436
40-44 2,068,157 1,945,616 4,013,773 7.76 106.298
45-49 1,969,575 1,892,147 3,861,722 7.46 104.092
50-54 2,235,921 2,186,467 4,422,388 8.55 102.262
55-59 2,102,713 2,114,050 4,216,764 8.15 99.464
60-64 2,079,244 2,128,450 4,207,694 8.13 97.688
65-69 1,686,988 1,799,846 3,486,834 6.74 93.730
70-74 1,089,178 1,235,170 2,324,349 4.49 88.180
75-79 762,375 950,229 1,712,604 3.31 80.231
80-84 516,667 803,583 1,320,249 2.55 64.295
85-89 239,702 512,434 752,136 1.45 46.777
90-94 68,040 237,845 305,885 0.59 28.607
95-99 10,487 68,204 78,692 0.15 15.376
100+ 857 10,040 10,896 0.02 8.536
Total 25,806,458 25,935,503 51,741,963 99.502