Population of South Korea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	05 Feb 2025

The current population of South Korea is 51,678,097 as of April 26, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Korea is projected at 51,667,029, or 51.67 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in South Korea is projected at 51,717,590, or 51.72 million people, for the year 2024.

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
2024	51,738,086	51,717,590	-40,992	-0.079	0.634
2025	51,697,094	51,667,029	-60,129	-0.116	0.628
2026	51,636,965	51,600,388	-73,154	-0.142	0.622
2027	51,563,811	51,518,845	-89,932	-0.175	0.616
2028	51,473,879	51,423,430	-100,898	-0.196	0.610
2029	51,372,981	51,314,016	-117,930	-0.230	0.603
2030	51,255,051	51,188,584	-132,935	-0.260	0.597
2031	51,122,116	51,048,175	-147,883	-0.290	0.591
2032	50,974,233	50,891,289	-165,888	-0.326	0.585
2033	50,808,345	50,714,304	-188,081	-0.371	0.579
2034	50,620,264	50,516,809	-206,910	-0.410	0.573
2035	50,413,354	50,300,733	-225,242	-0.448	0.566
2036	50,188,112	50,066,543	-243,137	-0.486	0.560
2037	49,944,975	49,813,426	-263,098	-0.528	0.553
2038	49,681,877	49,541,158	-281,439	-0.568	0.547
2039	49,400,438	49,251,889	-297,098	-0.603	0.540
2040	49,103,340	48,948,687	-309,307	-0.632	0.533
2041	48,794,033	48,630,433	-327,200	-0.673	0.527
2042	48,466,833	48,299,745	-334,177	-0.692	0.520
2043	48,132,656	47,959,040	-347,232	-0.724	0.514
2044	47,785,424	47,603,366	-364,115	-0.765	0.507
2045	47,421,309	47,232,956	-376,706	-0.798	0.500
2046	47,044,603	46,850,899	-387,409	-0.827	0.494
2047	46,657,194	46,452,061	-410,266	-0.883	0.487
2048	46,246,928	46,033,793	-426,269	-0.926	0.481
2049	45,820,659	45,597,294	-446,730	-0.980	0.474
2050	45,373,929	45,143,134	-461,591	-1.023	0.467
2051	44,912,338	44,671,149	-482,377	-1.080	0.460
2052	44,429,961	44,178,842	-502,239	-1.137	0.453
2053	43,927,722	43,672,043	-511,359	-1.171	0.447
2054	43,416,363	43,157,452	-517,822	-1.200	0.440
2055	42,898,541	42,632,670	-531,742	-1.247	0.433
2056	42,366,799	42,095,098	-543,403	-1.291	0.426
2057	41,823,396	41,545,089	-556,614	-1.340	0.419
2058	41,266,782	40,984,543	-564,478	-1.377	0.412
2059	40,702,304	40,421,033	-562,543	-1.392	0.406
2060	40,139,761	39,857,228	-565,067	-1.418	0.399
2061	39,574,694	39,296,690	-556,009	-1.415	0.392
2062	39,018,685	38,739,045	-559,281	-1.444	0.386
2063	38,459,404	38,183,167	-552,474	-1.447	0.380
2064	37,906,930	37,632,823	-548,215	-1.457	0.373
2065	37,358,715	37,088,067	-541,296	-1.460	0.367
2066	36,817,419	36,550,313	-534,213	-1.462	0.361
2067	36,283,206	36,018,518	-529,376	-1.470	0.355
2068	35,753,830	35,493,421	-520,818	-1.467	0.349
2069	35,233,012	34,971,815	-522,395	-1.494	0.344
2070	34,710,617	34,452,987	-515,260	-1.496	0.338
2071	34,195,357	33,941,698	-507,317	-1.495	0.333
2072	33,688,040	33,438,135	-499,809	-1.495	0.327
2073	33,188,231	32,943,024	-490,413	-1.489	0.322
2074	32,697,818	32,455,482	-484,672	-1.493	0.317
2075	32,213,146	31,974,833	-476,627	-1.491	0.312
2076	31,736,519	31,501,188	-470,662	-1.494	0.307
2077	31,265,857	31,033,654	-464,407	-1.496	0.302
2078	30,801,450	30,572,950	-457,000	-1.495	0.298
2079	30,344,450	30,119,415	-450,069	-1.494	0.293
2080	29,894,381	29,671,508	-445,746	-1.502	0.289
2081	29,448,635	29,227,156	-442,958	-1.516	0.284
2082	29,005,677	28,788,346	-434,662	-1.510	0.280
2083	28,571,015	28,355,718	-430,594	-1.519	0.276
2084	28,140,421	27,928,602	-423,638	-1.517	0.271
2085	27,716,783	27,505,925	-421,717	-1.533	0.267
2086	27,295,066	27,086,569	-416,995	-1.540	0.263
2087	26,878,071	26,670,753	-414,636	-1.555	0.259
2088	26,463,435	26,258,922	-409,026	-1.558	0.255
2089	26,054,409	25,851,776	-405,266	-1.568	0.252
2090	25,649,143	25,449,094	-400,097	-1.572	0.248
2091	25,249,046	25,051,893	-394,306	-1.574	0.244
2092	24,854,740	24,660,821	-387,839	-1.573	0.240
2093	24,466,901	24,277,125	-379,552	-1.563	0.237
2094	24,087,349	23,902,073	-370,551	-1.550	0.233
2095	23,716,798	23,535,546	-362,505	-1.540	0.230
2096	23,354,293	23,179,092	-350,402	-1.512	0.227
2097	23,003,891	22,833,463	-340,857	-1.493	0.224
2098	22,663,034	22,496,481	-333,107	-1.481	0.220
2099	22,329,927	22,168,455	-322,944	-1.457	0.217
2100	22,006,983	21,848,791	-316,384	-1.448	0.215

South Korea population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	19,757,089	19,757,321	465	0.002	0.792
1951	19,757,554	19,868,990	222,872	1.122	0.783
1952	19,980,426	20,229,879	498,907	2.466	0.783
1953	20,479,333	20,775,325	591,984	2.850	0.789
1954	21,071,317	21,415,573	688,512	3.215	0.797
1955	21,759,829	22,125,103	730,547	3.302	0.807
1956	22,490,376	22,874,434	768,116	3.358	0.818
1957	23,258,492	23,660,791	804,599	3.401	0.829
1958	24,063,091	24,473,927	821,672	3.358	0.841
1959	24,884,763	25,298,233	826,940	3.269	0.853
1960	25,711,703	26,115,379	807,353	3.092	0.866
1961	26,519,056	26,852,951	667,790	2.487	0.876
1962	27,186,846	27,509,237	644,782	2.344	0.881
1963	27,831,628	28,145,540	627,824	2.231	0.882
1964	28,459,452	28,744,977	571,050	1.987	0.881
1965	29,030,502	29,284,338	507,671	1.734	0.878
1966	29,538,173	29,845,941	615,535	2.062	0.877
1967	30,153,708	30,495,728	684,040	2.243	0.878
1968	30,837,748	31,175,290	675,084	2.166	0.879
1969	31,512,832	31,852,761	679,858	2.134	0.880
1970	32,192,690	32,542,197	699,014	2.148	0.881
1971	32,891,704	33,239,853	696,298	2.095	0.882
1972	33,588,002	33,936,465	696,927	2.054	0.883
1973	34,284,929	34,625,849	681,841	1.969	0.883
1974	34,966,770	35,287,837	642,134	1.820	0.883
1975	35,608,904	35,875,743	533,677	1.488	0.881
1976	36,142,581	36,379,925	474,688	1.305	0.878
1977	36,617,269	36,843,637	452,736	1.229	0.874
1978	37,070,005	37,281,935	423,860	1.137	0.869
1979	37,493,865	37,710,899	434,068	1.151	0.863
1980	37,927,933	38,141,107	426,347	1.118	0.858
1981	38,354,280	38,689,189	669,818	1.731	0.854
1982	39,024,098	39,356,154	664,113	1.687	0.853
1983	39,688,211	40,000,941	625,460	1.564	0.852
1984	40,313,671	40,598,300	569,259	1.402	0.849
1985	40,882,930	41,148,963	532,066	1.293	0.845
1986	41,414,996	41,718,505	607,017	1.455	0.841
1987	42,022,013	42,322,092	600,157	1.418	0.838
1988	42,622,170	42,922,977	601,614	1.402	0.835
1989	43,223,784	43,524,767	601,966	1.383	0.832
1990	43,825,750	44,081,427	511,354	1.160	0.827
1991	44,337,104	44,439,150	204,092	0.459	0.820
1992	44,541,196	44,653,695	224,998	0.504	0.811
1993	44,766,194	44,887,724	243,059	0.541	0.803
1994	45,009,253	45,130,840	243,175	0.539	0.795
1995	45,252,428	45,368,425	231,995	0.511	0.788
1996	45,484,423	45,638,700	308,553	0.676	0.781
1997	45,792,976	45,941,537	297,121	0.647	0.775
1998	46,090,097	46,230,878	281,561	0.609	0.770
1999	46,371,658	46,500,383	257,450	0.554	0.764
2000	46,629,108	46,766,661	275,106	0.588	0.758
2001	46,904,214	47,043,468	278,508	0.592	0.752
2002	47,182,722	47,299,120	232,797	0.492	0.746
2003	47,415,519	47,514,160	197,283	0.415	0.740
2004	47,612,802	47,697,075	168,547	0.353	0.733
2005	47,781,349	47,851,644	140,590	0.294	0.726
2006	47,921,939	48,006,518	169,157	0.352	0.720
2007	48,091,096	48,178,118	174,045	0.361	0.713
2008	48,265,141	48,356,493	182,704	0.378	0.707
2009	48,447,845	48,546,687	197,683	0.407	0.700
2010	48,645,528	48,769,332	247,609	0.508	0.695
2011	48,893,137	49,127,643	469,013	0.955	0.691
2012	49,362,150	49,599,579	474,859	0.957	0.689
2013	49,837,009	50,071,164	468,311	0.935	0.687
2014	50,305,320	50,539,056	467,471	0.925	0.685
2015	50,772,791	50,983,912	422,241	0.828	0.682
2016	51,195,032	51,297,839	205,614	0.401	0.679
2017	51,400,646	51,486,270	171,249	0.333	0.673
2018	51,571,895	51,640,894	137,998	0.267	0.668
2019	51,709,893	51,767,846	115,906	0.224	0.663
2020	51,825,799	51,858,482	65,365	0.126	0.658
2021	51,891,164	51,848,397	-85,533	-0.165	0.652
2022	51,805,631	51,782,512	-46,239	-0.089	0.646
2023	51,759,392	51,748,739	-21,306	-0.041	0.640