Population of South Korea

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date05 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Net change

South Korea population projections

Year Population Growth Share (%)
1 Jan1 JulyNet Changerate (%)to World
202451,738,08651,717,590-40,992-0.0790.634
202551,697,09451,667,029-60,129-0.1160.628
202651,636,96551,600,388-73,154-0.1420.622
202751,563,81151,518,845-89,932-0.1750.616
202851,473,87951,423,430-100,898-0.1960.610
202951,372,98151,314,016-117,930-0.2300.603
203051,255,05151,188,584-132,935-0.2600.597
203151,122,11651,048,175-147,883-0.2900.591
203250,974,23350,891,289-165,888-0.3260.585
203350,808,34550,714,304-188,081-0.3710.579
203450,620,26450,516,809-206,910-0.4100.573
203550,413,35450,300,733-225,242-0.4480.566
203650,188,11250,066,543-243,137-0.4860.560
203749,944,97549,813,426-263,098-0.5280.553
203849,681,87749,541,158-281,439-0.5680.547
203949,400,43849,251,889-297,098-0.6030.540
204049,103,34048,948,687-309,307-0.6320.533
204148,794,03348,630,433-327,200-0.6730.527
204248,466,83348,299,745-334,177-0.6920.520
204348,132,65647,959,040-347,232-0.7240.514
204447,785,42447,603,366-364,115-0.7650.507
204547,421,30947,232,956-376,706-0.7980.500
204647,044,60346,850,899-387,409-0.8270.494
204746,657,19446,452,061-410,266-0.8830.487
204846,246,92846,033,793-426,269-0.9260.481
204945,820,65945,597,294-446,730-0.9800.474
205045,373,92945,143,134-461,591-1.0230.467
205144,912,33844,671,149-482,377-1.0800.460
205244,429,96144,178,842-502,239-1.1370.453
205343,927,72243,672,043-511,359-1.1710.447
205443,416,36343,157,452-517,822-1.2000.440
205542,898,54142,632,670-531,742-1.2470.433
205642,366,79942,095,098-543,403-1.2910.426
205741,823,39641,545,089-556,614-1.3400.419
205841,266,78240,984,543-564,478-1.3770.412
205940,702,30440,421,033-562,543-1.3920.406
206040,139,76139,857,228-565,067-1.4180.399
206139,574,69439,296,690-556,009-1.4150.392
206239,018,68538,739,045-559,281-1.4440.386
206338,459,40438,183,167-552,474-1.4470.380
206437,906,93037,632,823-548,215-1.4570.373
206537,358,71537,088,067-541,296-1.4600.367
206636,817,41936,550,313-534,213-1.4620.361
206736,283,20636,018,518-529,376-1.4700.355
206835,753,83035,493,421-520,818-1.4670.349
206935,233,01234,971,815-522,395-1.4940.344
207034,710,61734,452,987-515,260-1.4960.338
207134,195,35733,941,698-507,317-1.4950.333
207233,688,04033,438,135-499,809-1.4950.327
207333,188,23132,943,024-490,413-1.4890.322
207432,697,81832,455,482-484,672-1.4930.317
207532,213,14631,974,833-476,627-1.4910.312
207631,736,51931,501,188-470,662-1.4940.307
207731,265,85731,033,654-464,407-1.4960.302
207830,801,45030,572,950-457,000-1.4950.298
207930,344,45030,119,415-450,069-1.4940.293
208029,894,38129,671,508-445,746-1.5020.289
208129,448,63529,227,156-442,958-1.5160.284
208229,005,67728,788,346-434,662-1.5100.280
208328,571,01528,355,718-430,594-1.5190.276
208428,140,42127,928,602-423,638-1.5170.271
208527,716,78327,505,925-421,717-1.5330.267
208627,295,06627,086,569-416,995-1.5400.263
208726,878,07126,670,753-414,636-1.5550.259
208826,463,43526,258,922-409,026-1.5580.255
208926,054,40925,851,776-405,266-1.5680.252
209025,649,14325,449,094-400,097-1.5720.248
209125,249,04625,051,893-394,306-1.5740.244
209224,854,74024,660,821-387,839-1.5730.240
209324,466,90124,277,125-379,552-1.5630.237
209424,087,34923,902,073-370,551-1.5500.233
209523,716,79823,535,546-362,505-1.5400.230
209623,354,29323,179,092-350,402-1.5120.227
209723,003,89122,833,463-340,857-1.4930.224
209822,663,03422,496,481-333,107-1.4810.220
209922,329,92722,168,455-322,944-1.4570.217
210022,006,98321,848,791-316,384-1.4480.215

South Korea population estimates

Year Population Growth Share (%)
1 Jan1 JulyNet Changerate (%)to World
195019,757,08919,757,3214650.0020.792
195119,757,55419,868,990222,8721.1220.783
195219,980,42620,229,879498,9072.4660.783
195320,479,33320,775,325591,9842.8500.789
195421,071,31721,415,573688,5123.2150.797
195521,759,82922,125,103730,5473.3020.807
195622,490,37622,874,434768,1163.3580.818
195723,258,49223,660,791804,5993.4010.829
195824,063,09124,473,927821,6723.3580.841
195924,884,76325,298,233826,9403.2690.853
196025,711,70326,115,379807,3533.0920.866
196126,519,05626,852,951667,7902.4870.876
196227,186,84627,509,237644,7822.3440.881
196327,831,62828,145,540627,8242.2310.882
196428,459,45228,744,977571,0501.9870.881
196529,030,50229,284,338507,6711.7340.878
196629,538,17329,845,941615,5352.0620.877
196730,153,70830,495,728684,0402.2430.878
196830,837,74831,175,290675,0842.1660.879
196931,512,83231,852,761679,8582.1340.880
197032,192,69032,542,197699,0142.1480.881
197132,891,70433,239,853696,2982.0950.882
197233,588,00233,936,465696,9272.0540.883
197334,284,92934,625,849681,8411.9690.883
197434,966,77035,287,837642,1341.8200.883
197535,608,90435,875,743533,6771.4880.881
197636,142,58136,379,925474,6881.3050.878
197736,617,26936,843,637452,7361.2290.874
197837,070,00537,281,935423,8601.1370.869
197937,493,86537,710,899434,0681.1510.863
198037,927,93338,141,107426,3471.1180.858
198138,354,28038,689,189669,8181.7310.854
198239,024,09839,356,154664,1131.6870.853
198339,688,21140,000,941625,4601.5640.852
198440,313,67140,598,300569,2591.4020.849
198540,882,93041,148,963532,0661.2930.845
198641,414,99641,718,505607,0171.4550.841
198742,022,01342,322,092600,1571.4180.838
198842,622,17042,922,977601,6141.4020.835
198943,223,78443,524,767601,9661.3830.832
199043,825,75044,081,427511,3541.1600.827
199144,337,10444,439,150204,0920.4590.820
199244,541,19644,653,695224,9980.5040.811
199344,766,19444,887,724243,0590.5410.803
199445,009,25345,130,840243,1750.5390.795
199545,252,42845,368,425231,9950.5110.788
199645,484,42345,638,700308,5530.6760.781
199745,792,97645,941,537297,1210.6470.775
199846,090,09746,230,878281,5610.6090.770
199946,371,65846,500,383257,4500.5540.764
200046,629,10846,766,661275,1060.5880.758
200146,904,21447,043,468278,5080.5920.752
200247,182,72247,299,120232,7970.4920.746
200347,415,51947,514,160197,2830.4150.740
200447,612,80247,697,075168,5470.3530.733
200547,781,34947,851,644140,5900.2940.726
200647,921,93948,006,518169,1570.3520.720
200748,091,09648,178,118174,0450.3610.713
200848,265,14148,356,493182,7040.3780.707
200948,447,84548,546,687197,6830.4070.700
201048,645,52848,769,332247,6090.5080.695
201148,893,13749,127,643469,0130.9550.691
201249,362,15049,599,579474,8590.9570.689
201349,837,00950,071,164468,3110.9350.687
201450,305,32050,539,056467,4710.9250.685
201550,772,79150,983,912422,2410.8280.682
201651,195,03251,297,839205,6140.4010.679
201751,400,64651,486,270171,2490.3330.673
201851,571,89551,640,894137,9980.2670.668
201951,709,89351,767,846115,9060.2240.663
202051,825,79951,858,48265,3650.1260.658
202151,891,16451,848,397-85,533-0.1650.652
202251,805,63151,782,512-46,239-0.0890.646
202351,759,39251,748,739-21,306-0.0410.640