Population of South Korea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	02 Sep 2024

The current population of South Korea is 51,705,765 as of October 14, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of South Korea is projected at 51,717,590, or 51.72 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in South Korea is projected at 51,748,739, or 51.75 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
2024	51,738,086	51,717,590	-40,992	-0.079	0.63
2025	51,697,094	51,667,029	-60,129	-0.116	0.63
2026	51,636,965	51,600,388	-73,154	-0.142	0.62
2027	51,563,811	51,518,845	-89,932	-0.175	0.62
2028	51,473,879	51,423,430	-100,898	-0.196	0.61
2029	51,372,981	51,314,016	-117,930	-0.230	0.60
2030	51,255,051	51,188,584	-132,935	-0.260	0.60
2031	51,122,116	51,048,175	-147,883	-0.290	0.59
2032	50,974,233	50,891,289	-165,888	-0.326	0.59
2033	50,808,345	50,714,304	-188,081	-0.371	0.58
2034	50,620,264	50,516,809	-206,910	-0.410	0.57
2035	50,413,354	50,300,733	-225,242	-0.448	0.57
2036	50,188,112	50,066,543	-243,137	-0.486	0.56
2037	49,944,975	49,813,426	-263,098	-0.528	0.55
2038	49,681,877	49,541,158	-281,439	-0.568	0.55
2039	49,400,438	49,251,889	-297,098	-0.603	0.54
2040	49,103,340	48,948,687	-309,307	-0.632	0.53
2041	48,794,033	48,630,433	-327,200	-0.673	0.53
2042	48,466,833	48,299,745	-334,177	-0.692	0.52
2043	48,132,656	47,959,040	-347,232	-0.724	0.51
2044	47,785,424	47,603,366	-364,115	-0.765	0.51
2045	47,421,309	47,232,956	-376,706	-0.798	0.50
2046	47,044,603	46,850,899	-387,409	-0.827	0.49
2047	46,657,194	46,452,061	-410,266	-0.883	0.49
2048	46,246,928	46,033,793	-426,269	-0.926	0.48
2049	45,820,659	45,597,294	-446,730	-0.980	0.47
2050	45,373,929	45,143,134	-461,591	-1.023	0.47
2051	44,912,338	44,671,149	-482,377	-1.080	0.46
2052	44,429,961	44,178,842	-502,239	-1.137	0.45
2053	43,927,722	43,672,043	-511,359	-1.171	0.45
2054	43,416,363	43,157,452	-517,822	-1.200	0.44
2055	42,898,541	42,632,670	-531,742	-1.247	0.43
2056	42,366,799	42,095,098	-543,403	-1.291	0.43
2057	41,823,396	41,545,089	-556,614	-1.340	0.42
2058	41,266,782	40,984,543	-564,478	-1.377	0.41
2059	40,702,304	40,421,033	-562,543	-1.392	0.41
2060	40,139,761	39,857,228	-565,067	-1.418	0.40
2061	39,574,694	39,296,690	-556,009	-1.415	0.39
2062	39,018,685	38,739,045	-559,281	-1.444	0.39
2063	38,459,404	38,183,167	-552,474	-1.447	0.38
2064	37,906,930	37,632,823	-548,215	-1.457	0.37
2065	37,358,715	37,088,067	-541,296	-1.460	0.37
2066	36,817,419	36,550,313	-534,213	-1.462	0.36
2067	36,283,206	36,018,518	-529,376	-1.470	0.36
2068	35,753,830	35,493,421	-520,818	-1.467	0.35
2069	35,233,012	34,971,815	-522,395	-1.494	0.34
2070	34,710,617	34,452,987	-515,260	-1.496	0.34
2071	34,195,357	33,941,698	-507,317	-1.495	0.33
2072	33,688,040	33,438,135	-499,809	-1.495	0.33
2073	33,188,231	32,943,024	-490,413	-1.489	0.32
2074	32,697,818	32,455,482	-484,672	-1.493	0.32
2075	32,213,146	31,974,833	-476,627	-1.491	0.31
2076	31,736,519	31,501,188	-470,662	-1.494	0.31
2077	31,265,857	31,033,654	-464,407	-1.496	0.30
2078	30,801,450	30,572,950	-457,000	-1.495	0.30
2079	30,344,450	30,119,415	-450,069	-1.494	0.29
2080	29,894,381	29,671,508	-445,746	-1.502	0.29
2081	29,448,635	29,227,156	-442,958	-1.516	0.28
2082	29,005,677	28,788,346	-434,662	-1.510	0.28
2083	28,571,015	28,355,718	-430,594	-1.519	0.28
2084	28,140,421	27,928,602	-423,638	-1.517	0.27
2085	27,716,783	27,505,925	-421,717	-1.533	0.27
2086	27,295,066	27,086,569	-416,995	-1.540	0.26
2087	26,878,071	26,670,753	-414,636	-1.555	0.26
2088	26,463,435	26,258,922	-409,026	-1.558	0.26
2089	26,054,409	25,851,776	-405,266	-1.568	0.25
2090	25,649,143	25,449,094	-400,097	-1.572	0.25
2091	25,249,046	25,051,893	-394,306	-1.574	0.24
2092	24,854,740	24,660,821	-387,839	-1.573	0.24
2093	24,466,901	24,277,125	-379,552	-1.563	0.24
2094	24,087,349	23,902,073	-370,551	-1.550	0.23
2095	23,716,798	23,535,546	-362,505	-1.540	0.23
2096	23,354,293	23,179,092	-350,402	-1.512	0.23
2097	23,003,891	22,833,463	-340,857	-1.493	0.22
2098	22,663,034	22,496,481	-333,107	-1.481	0.22
2099	22,329,927	22,168,455	-322,944	-1.457	0.22
2100	22,006,983	21,848,791	-316,384	-1.448	0.21

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	0.79
1951	19,757,554	19,868,990	222,872	1.122	0.78
1952	19,980,426	20,229,879	498,907	2.466	0.78
1953	20,479,333	20,775,325	591,984	2.850	0.79
1954	21,071,317	21,415,573	688,512	3.215	0.80
1955	21,759,829	22,125,103	730,547	3.302	0.81
1956	22,490,376	22,874,434	768,116	3.358	0.82
1957	23,258,492	23,660,791	804,599	3.401	0.83
1958	24,063,091	24,473,927	821,672	3.358	0.84
1959	24,884,763	25,298,233	826,940	3.269	0.85
1960	25,711,703	26,115,379	807,353	3.092	0.87
1961	26,519,056	26,852,951	667,790	2.487	0.88
1962	27,186,846	27,509,237	644,782	2.344	0.88
1963	27,831,628	28,145,540	627,824	2.231	0.88
1964	28,459,452	28,744,977	571,050	1.987	0.88
1965	29,030,502	29,284,338	507,671	1.734	0.88
1966	29,538,173	29,845,941	615,535	2.062	0.88
1967	30,153,708	30,495,728	684,040	2.243	0.88
1968	30,837,748	31,175,290	675,084	2.166	0.88
1969	31,512,832	31,852,761	679,858	2.134	0.88
1970	32,192,690	32,542,197	699,014	2.148	0.88
1971	32,891,704	33,239,853	696,298	2.095	0.88
1972	33,588,002	33,936,465	696,927	2.054	0.88
1973	34,284,929	34,625,849	681,841	1.969	0.88
1974	34,966,770	35,287,837	642,134	1.820	0.88
1975	35,608,904	35,875,743	533,677	1.488	0.88
1976	36,142,581	36,379,925	474,688	1.305	0.88
1977	36,617,269	36,843,637	452,736	1.229	0.87
1978	37,070,005	37,281,935	423,860	1.137	0.87
1979	37,493,865	37,710,899	434,068	1.151	0.86
1980	37,927,933	38,141,107	426,347	1.118	0.86
1981	38,354,280	38,689,189	669,818	1.731	0.85
1982	39,024,098	39,356,154	664,113	1.687	0.85
1983	39,688,211	40,000,941	625,460	1.564	0.85
1984	40,313,671	40,598,300	569,259	1.402	0.85
1985	40,882,930	41,148,963	532,066	1.293	0.85
1986	41,414,996	41,718,505	607,017	1.455	0.84
1987	42,022,013	42,322,092	600,157	1.418	0.84
1988	42,622,170	42,922,977	601,614	1.402	0.83
1989	43,223,784	43,524,767	601,966	1.383	0.83
1990	43,825,750	44,081,427	511,354	1.160	0.83
1991	44,337,104	44,439,150	204,092	0.459	0.82
1992	44,541,196	44,653,695	224,998	0.504	0.81
1993	44,766,194	44,887,724	243,059	0.541	0.80
1994	45,009,253	45,130,840	243,175	0.539	0.80
1995	45,252,428	45,368,425	231,995	0.511	0.79
1996	45,484,423	45,638,700	308,553	0.676	0.78
1997	45,792,976	45,941,537	297,121	0.647	0.78
1998	46,090,097	46,230,878	281,561	0.609	0.77
1999	46,371,658	46,500,383	257,450	0.554	0.76
2000	46,629,108	46,766,661	275,106	0.588	0.76
2001	46,904,214	47,043,468	278,508	0.592	0.75
2002	47,182,722	47,299,120	232,797	0.492	0.75
2003	47,415,519	47,514,160	197,283	0.415	0.74
2004	47,612,802	47,697,075	168,547	0.353	0.73
2005	47,781,349	47,851,644	140,590	0.294	0.73
2006	47,921,939	48,006,518	169,157	0.352	0.72
2007	48,091,096	48,178,118	174,045	0.361	0.71
2008	48,265,141	48,356,493	182,704	0.378	0.71
2009	48,447,845	48,546,687	197,683	0.407	0.70
2010	48,645,528	48,769,332	247,609	0.508	0.69
2011	48,893,137	49,127,643	469,013	0.955	0.69
2012	49,362,150	49,599,579	474,859	0.957	0.69
2013	49,837,009	50,071,164	468,311	0.935	0.69
2014	50,305,320	50,539,056	467,471	0.925	0.68
2015	50,772,791	50,983,912	422,241	0.828	0.68
2016	51,195,032	51,297,839	205,614	0.401	0.68
2017	51,400,646	51,486,270	171,249	0.333	0.67
2018	51,571,895	51,640,894	137,998	0.267	0.67
2019	51,709,893	51,767,846	115,906	0.224	0.66
2020	51,825,799	51,858,482	65,365	0.126	0.66
2021	51,891,164	51,848,397	-85,533	-0.165	0.65
2022	51,805,631	51,782,512	-46,239	-0.089	0.65
2023	51,759,392	51,748,739	-21,306	-0.041	0.64