Population of South Korea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	19 Feb 2024

The current population of South Korea is 51,738,597 as of July 27, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Korea is projected at 51,741,963, or 51.74 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in South Korea is projected at 51,784,059, or 51.78 million people for the year 2023.

South Korea ranks 29th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. South Korea is ranked 13th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

South Korea population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	51,829,025	51,815,810	-26,431	-0.051	0.65
2023	51,802,594	51,784,059	-37,070	-0.072	0.64
2024	51,765,524	51,741,963	-47,123	-0.091	0.64
2025	51,718,401	51,690,479	-55,844	-0.108	0.63
2026	51,662,557	51,630,817	-63,479	-0.123	0.62
2027	51,599,078	51,561,768	-74,620	-0.145	0.62
2028	51,524,458	51,482,230	-84,457	-0.164	0.61
2029	51,440,001	51,392,505	-94,991	-0.185	0.61
2030	51,345,010	51,290,214	-109,592	-0.214	0.60
2031	51,235,418	51,173,200	-124,437	-0.243	0.59
2032	51,110,981	51,040,363	-141,235	-0.277	0.59
2033	50,969,746	50,890,473	-158,547	-0.312	0.58
2034	50,811,199	50,721,724	-178,950	-0.353	0.58
2035	50,632,249	50,532,567	-199,363	-0.395	0.57
2036	50,432,886	50,324,119	-217,534	-0.432	0.56
2037	50,215,352	50,097,849	-235,005	-0.469	0.56
2038	49,980,347	49,854,467	-251,760	-0.505	0.55
2039	49,728,587	49,594,904	-267,367	-0.539	0.54
2040	49,461,220	49,319,974	-282,492	-0.573	0.54
2041	49,178,728	49,030,283	-296,889	-0.606	0.53
2042	48,881,839	48,727,532	-308,614	-0.633	0.52
2043	48,573,225	48,412,166	-322,117	-0.665	0.52
2044	48,251,108	48,082,601	-337,013	-0.701	0.51
2045	47,914,095	47,738,573	-351,043	-0.735	0.50
2046	47,563,052	47,379,594	-366,915	-0.774	0.50
2047	47,196,137	47,004,124	-384,025	-0.817	0.49
2048	46,812,112	46,610,891	-402,442	-0.863	0.48
2049	46,409,670	46,199,541	-420,259	-0.910	0.48
2050	45,989,411	45,770,874	-437,075	-0.955	0.47
2051	45,552,336	45,326,220	-452,232	-0.998	0.46
2052	45,100,104	44,867,510	-465,189	-1.037	0.46
2053	44,634,915	44,395,474	-478,883	-1.079	0.45
2054	44,156,032	43,911,285	-489,493	-1.115	0.44
2055	43,666,539	43,417,493	-498,093	-1.147	0.44
2056	43,168,446	42,916,240	-504,413	-1.175	0.43
2057	42,664,033	42,410,033	-507,999	-1.198	0.43
2058	42,156,034	41,900,604	-510,860	-1.219	0.42
2059	41,645,174	41,388,859	-512,631	-1.239	0.41
2060	41,132,543	40,877,006	-511,074	-1.250	0.41
2061	40,621,469	40,367,312	-508,314	-1.259	0.40
2062	40,113,155	39,860,020	-506,271	-1.270	0.39
2063	39,606,884	39,355,368	-503,031	-1.278	0.39
2064	39,103,853	38,853,435	-500,837	-1.289	0.38
2065	38,603,016	38,354,346	-497,340	-1.297	0.38
2066	38,105,676	37,858,378	-494,597	-1.306	0.37
2067	37,611,079	37,365,875	-490,408	-1.312	0.36
2068	37,120,671	36,877,691	-485,960	-1.318	0.36
2069	36,634,711	36,394,147	-481,128	-1.322	0.35
2070	36,153,583	35,914,652	-477,862	-1.331	0.35
2071	35,675,721	35,439,357	-472,727	-1.334	0.34
2072	35,202,994	34,969,593	-466,802	-1.335	0.34
2073	34,736,192	34,505,456	-461,472	-1.337	0.33
2074	34,274,720	34,046,974	-455,492	-1.338	0.33
2075	33,819,228	33,594,161	-450,134	-1.340	0.32
2076	33,369,094	33,146,634	-444,920	-1.342	0.32
2077	32,924,174	32,704,324	-439,700	-1.344	0.31
2078	32,484,474	32,267,388	-434,173	-1.346	0.31
2079	32,050,301	31,835,481	-429,641	-1.350	0.31
2080	31,620,660	31,408,278	-424,765	-1.352	0.30
2081	31,195,895	30,986,290	-419,209	-1.353	0.30
2082	30,776,686	30,569,730	-413,912	-1.354	0.29
2083	30,362,774	30,157,775	-409,997	-1.360	0.29
2084	29,952,777	29,750,352	-404,851	-1.361	0.29
2085	29,547,926	29,347,263	-401,326	-1.368	0.28
2086	29,146,600	28,948,532	-396,137	-1.368	0.28
2087	28,750,463	28,554,468	-391,989	-1.373	0.27
2088	28,358,474	28,164,879	-387,189	-1.375	0.27
2089	27,971,285	27,780,463	-381,644	-1.374	0.27
2090	27,589,641	27,402,411	-374,459	-1.367	0.26
2091	27,215,182	27,031,192	-367,981	-1.361	0.26
2092	26,847,201	26,667,488	-359,426	-1.348	0.26
2093	26,487,775	26,312,671	-350,209	-1.331	0.25
2094	26,137,566	25,967,032	-341,068	-1.313	0.25
2095	25,796,498	25,631,307	-330,381	-1.289	0.25
2096	25,466,117	25,305,887	-320,461	-1.266	0.24
2097	25,145,656	24,990,390	-310,532	-1.243	0.24
2098	24,835,124	24,684,886	-300,476	-1.217	0.24
2099	24,534,648	24,389,144	-291,007	-1.193	0.24
2100	24,243,641	24,102,932	-281,418	-1.168	0.23

South Korea population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	20,160,299	20,104,010	-112,578	-0.560	0.80
1951	20,047,721	20,116,892	138,341	0.688	0.79
1952	20,186,062	20,393,370	414,615	2.033	0.79
1953	20,600,677	20,862,396	523,438	2.509	0.79
1954	21,124,115	21,432,886	617,541	2.881	0.80
1955	21,741,656	22,075,008	666,705	3.020	0.80
1956	22,408,361	22,763,457	710,191	3.120	0.81
1957	23,118,552	23,494,049	750,993	3.197	0.82
1958	23,869,545	24,256,851	774,611	3.194	0.83
1959	24,644,156	25,036,097	783,882	3.131	0.84
1960	25,428,038	25,817,529	778,982	3.017	0.86
1961	26,207,020	26,552,225	690,409	2.600	0.87
1962	26,897,429	27,234,470	674,083	2.475	0.87
1963	27,571,512	27,905,873	668,722	2.396	0.87
1964	28,240,234	28,555,856	631,244	2.211	0.87
1965	28,871,478	29,179,407	615,857	2.111	0.87
1966	29,487,335	29,838,219	701,769	2.352	0.88
1967	30,189,104	30,540,596	702,984	2.302	0.88
1968	30,892,088	31,229,630	675,085	2.162	0.88
1969	31,567,173	31,912,015	689,684	2.161	0.88
1970	32,256,857	32,601,143	688,571	2.112	0.88
1971	32,945,428	33,288,369	685,882	2.060	0.88
1972	33,631,310	33,976,851	691,083	2.034	0.88
1973	34,322,393	34,659,713	674,640	1.947	0.88
1974	34,997,033	35,319,338	644,610	1.825	0.88
1975	35,641,643	35,930,694	578,101	1.609	0.88
1976	36,219,744	36,456,320	473,152	1.298	0.88
1977	36,692,896	36,911,298	436,804	1.183	0.88
1978	37,129,700	37,329,984	400,568	1.073	0.87
1979	37,530,268	37,737,918	415,301	1.100	0.86
1980	37,945,569	38,170,501	449,864	1.179	0.86
1981	38,395,433	38,731,905	672,944	1.737	0.86
1982	39,068,377	39,403,422	670,090	1.701	0.86
1983	39,738,467	40,053,748	630,562	1.574	0.85
1984	40,369,029	40,664,361	590,664	1.453	0.85
1985	40,959,693	41,232,709	546,032	1.324	0.85
1986	41,505,725	41,808,708	605,966	1.449	0.84
1987	42,111,691	42,405,253	587,124	1.385	0.84
1988	42,698,815	42,988,455	579,280	1.348	0.84
1989	43,278,095	43,567,512	578,835	1.329	0.83
1990	43,856,930	44,120,039	526,217	1.193	0.83
1991	44,383,147	44,487,412	208,531	0.469	0.82
1992	44,591,678	44,703,709	224,062	0.501	0.81
1993	44,815,740	44,932,861	234,243	0.521	0.81
1994	45,049,983	45,165,780	231,594	0.513	0.80
1995	45,281,577	45,393,418	223,681	0.493	0.79
1996	45,505,258	45,660,168	309,819	0.679	0.78
1997	45,815,077	45,962,393	294,632	0.641	0.78
1998	46,109,709	46,250,259	281,100	0.608	0.77
1999	46,390,809	46,520,444	259,269	0.557	0.77
2000	46,650,078	46,788,591	277,026	0.592	0.76
2001	46,927,104	47,064,790	275,372	0.585	0.76
2002	47,202,476	47,320,668	236,384	0.500	0.75
2003	47,438,860	47,539,738	201,757	0.424	0.74
2004	47,640,617	47,727,285	173,337	0.363	0.74
2005	47,813,954	47,889,573	151,237	0.316	0.73
2006	47,965,191	48,049,347	168,312	0.350	0.72
2007	48,133,503	48,220,601	174,196	0.361	0.72
2008	48,307,699	48,398,626	181,855	0.376	0.71
2009	48,489,554	48,588,019	196,930	0.405	0.70
2010	48,686,484	48,813,042	253,116	0.519	0.70
2011	48,939,600	49,169,878	460,555	0.937	0.70
2012	49,400,155	49,634,185	468,060	0.943	0.69
2013	49,868,215	50,098,229	460,028	0.918	0.69
2014	50,328,243	50,558,043	459,599	0.909	0.69
2015	50,787,842	50,994,401	413,118	0.810	0.69
2016	51,200,960	51,309,984	218,048	0.425	0.68
2017	51,419,008	51,511,639	185,261	0.360	0.68
2018	51,604,269	51,676,900	145,262	0.281	0.67
2019	51,749,531	51,803,829	108,597	0.210	0.67
2020	51,858,128	51,844,690	-26,875	-0.052	0.66
2021	51,831,253	51,830,139	-2,228	-0.004	0.66