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Korea, South population evolution and future prospects

Related article: World population evolution - past, present, future

The chart bellow shows how the population of Korea, South has evolved from 1950 until now. It also contains the future prospects of Korea, South population. Data is groupped in several categories depending how the future projection was made: no change in evolution (the growth rate follows the trend of the last period), constant fertility, low fertility, medium fertility and high fertility. The data has been prepared by the United Nations Population Division. Please note that these numbers might be slightly different then those present in the country profiles.

Please click on the legend below the chart to show or hide projection categories.

Here's the raw data based on which the Korea, South population evolution and future prospects chart was generated:

Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility
1950 19,211,000
1951 19,305,000
1952 19,567,000
1953 19,979,000
1954 20,521,000
1955 21,169,000
1956 21,898,000
1957 22,681,000
1958 23,490,000
1959 24,296,000
1960 25,074,000
1961 25,809,000
1962 26,495,000
1963 27,143,000
1964 27,771,000
1965 28,393,000
1966 29,006,000
1967 29,607,000
1968 30,204,000
1969 30,812,000
1970 31,437,000
1971 32,088,000
1972 32,759,000
1973 33,435,000
1974 34,092,000
1975 34,713,000
1976 35,291,000
1977 35,832,000
1978 36,356,000
1979 36,890,000
1980 37,451,000
1981 38,046,000
1982 38,666,000
1983 39,295,000
1984 39,913,000
1985 40,502,000
1986 41,059,000
1987 41,586,000
1988 42,082,000
1989 42,544,000
1990 42,972,000
1991 43,364,000
1992 43,721,000
1993 44,049,000
1994 44,357,000
1995 44,653,000
1996 44,941,000
1997 45,221,000
1998 45,489,000
1999 45,742,000
2000 45,977,000
2001 46,193,000
2002 46,394,000
2003 46,592,000
2004 46,801,000
2005 47,033,000
2006 47,291,000
2007 47,573,000
2008 47,868,000
2009 48,165,000
2010 48,454,000
2011 48,733,000
2012 49,003,000
2013 49,263,000
2014 48,991,000 49,357,000 49,179,000 49,512,000 49,845,000
2015 49,061,000 49,540,000 49,302,000 49,750,000 50,198,000
2016 49,118,000 49,706,000 49,406,000 49,976,000 50,545,000
2017 49,157,000 49,854,000 49,490,000 50,188,000 50,886,000
2018 49,180,000 49,986,000 49,556,000 50,389,000 51,223,000
2019 49,186,000 50,108,000 49,606,000 50,582,000 51,558,000
2020 49,174,000 50,221,000 49,643,000 50,769,000 51,895,000
2021 49,146,000 50,326,000 49,668,000 50,951,000 52,233,000
2022 49,101,000 50,423,000 49,681,000 51,125,000 52,570,000
2023 49,039,000 50,510,000 49,684,000 51,293,000 52,902,000
2024 48,960,000 50,586,000 49,679,000 51,452,000 53,225,000
2025 48,862,000 50,649,000 49,667,000 51,602,000 53,537,000
2026 48,745,000 50,700,000 49,648,000 51,742,000 53,836,000
2027 48,610,000 50,737,000 49,623,000 51,872,000 54,122,000
2028 48,455,000 50,759,000 49,589,000 51,992,000 54,394,000
2029 48,277,000 50,765,000 49,546,000 52,098,000 54,650,000
2030 48,077,000 50,753,000 49,490,000 52,190,000 54,891,000
2031 47,852,000 50,722,000 49,422,000 52,268,000 55,115,000
2032 47,604,000 50,672,000 49,342,000 52,331,000 55,322,000
2033 47,333,000 50,604,000 49,248,000 52,378,000 55,513,000
2034 47,040,000 50,518,000 49,140,000 52,410,000 55,687,000
2035 46,724,000 50,415,000 49,017,000 52,426,000 55,846,000
2036 46,388,000 50,295,000 48,879,000 52,425,000 55,988,000
2037 46,030,000 50,158,000 48,725,000 52,408,000 56,116,000
2038 45,652,000 50,005,000 48,555,000 52,376,000 56,231,000
2039 45,255,000 49,836,000 48,370,000 52,330,000 56,336,000
2040 44,840,000 49,652,000 48,168,000 52,270,000 56,433,000
2041 44,407,000 49,453,000 47,950,000 52,196,000 56,524,000
2042 43,958,000 49,241,000 47,715,000 52,110,000 56,608,000
2043 43,494,000 49,014,000 47,465,000 52,011,000 56,688,000
2044 43,015,000 48,773,000 47,199,000 51,901,000 56,765,000
2045 42,523,000 48,518,000 46,917,000 51,780,000 56,841,000
2046 42,018,000 48,250,000 46,621,000 51,650,000 56,917,000
2047 41,502,000 47,969,000 46,309,000 51,510,000 56,992,000
2048 40,976,000 47,675,000 45,983,000 51,361,000 57,068,000
2049 40,441,000 47,368,000 45,644,000 51,202,000 57,142,000
2050 39,900,000 47,048,000 45,291,000 51,034,000 57,215,000
2051 39,352,000 46,716,000 44,925,000 50,858,000 57,287,000
2052 38,800,000 46,373,000 44,547,000 50,673,000 57,357,000
2053 38,244,000 46,018,000 44,158,000 50,481,000 57,426,000
2054 37,686,000 45,652,000 43,760,000 50,282,000 57,492,000
2055 37,126,000 45,277,000 43,352,000 50,075,000 57,555,000
2056 36,566,000 44,892,000 42,937,000 49,863,000 57,614,000
2057 36,006,000 44,498,000 42,514,000 49,644,000 57,670,000
2058 35,446,000 44,096,000 42,086,000 49,420,000 57,722,000
2059 34,889,000 43,687,000 41,653,000 49,191,000 57,771,000
2060 34,333,000 43,272,000 41,216,000 48,959,000 57,816,000
2061 33,780,000 42,850,000 40,776,000 48,723,000 57,857,000
2062 33,230,000 42,423,000 40,335,000 48,484,000 57,895,000
2063 32,683,000 41,992,000 39,891,000 48,242,000 57,931,000
2064 32,141,000 41,556,000 39,446,000 47,998,000 57,964,000
2065 31,603,000 41,118,000 39,000,000 47,752,000 57,995,000
2066 31,070,000 40,676,000 38,554,000 47,505,000 58,025,000
2067 30,542,000 40,232,000 38,107,000 47,257,000 58,054,000
2068 30,020,000 39,787,000 37,661,000 47,007,000 58,084,000
2069 29,503,000 39,340,000 37,214,000 46,758,000 58,116,000
2070 28,993,000 38,894,000 36,768,000 46,509,000 58,150,000
2071 28,489,000 38,447,000 36,322,000 46,260,000 58,188,000
2072 27,992,000 38,000,000 35,877,000 46,011,000 58,231,000
2073 27,501,000 37,555,000 35,433,000 45,765,000 58,279,000
2074 27,017,000 37,111,000 34,990,000 45,520,000 58,335,000
2075 26,541,000 36,669,000 34,549,000 45,279,000 58,400,000
2076 26,071,000 36,230,000 34,110,000 45,041,000 58,475,000
2077 25,609,000 35,794,000 33,674,000 44,807,000 58,559,000
2078 25,154,000 35,360,000 33,239,000 44,576,000 58,655,000
2079 24,707,000 34,928,000 32,806,000 44,349,000 58,760,000
2080 24,267,000 34,497,000 32,375,000 44,126,000 58,876,000
2081 23,835,000 34,069,000 31,945,000 43,906,000 59,003,000
2082 23,411,000 33,642,000 31,517,000 43,689,000 59,140,000
2083 22,995,000 33,218,000 31,092,000 43,477,000 59,288,000
2084 22,587,000 32,798,000 30,671,000 43,271,000 59,447,000
2085 22,187,000 32,381,000 30,254,000 43,069,000 59,616,000
2086 21,796,000 31,968,000 29,841,000 42,874,000 59,797,000
2087 21,413,000 31,559,000 29,434,000 42,684,000 59,987,000
2088 21,038,000 31,154,000 29,031,000 42,499,000 60,187,000
2089 20,671,000 30,751,000 28,632,000 42,318,000 60,393,000
2090 20,312,000 30,350,000 28,236,000 42,140,000 60,604,000
2091 19,960,000 29,950,000 27,844,000 41,965,000 60,820,000
2092 19,616,000 29,553,000 27,456,000 41,793,000 61,041,000
2093 19,278,000 29,159,000 27,072,000 41,624,000 61,265,000
2094 18,948,000 28,768,000 26,694,000 41,459,000 61,494,000
2095 18,624,000 28,380,000 26,321,000 41,298,000 61,727,000
2096 18,306,000 27,998,000 25,956,000 41,141,000 61,964,000
2097 17,993,000 27,619,000 25,596,000 40,988,000 62,205,000
2098 17,686,000 27,246,000 25,244,000 40,839,000 62,448,000
2099 17,383,000 26,876,000 24,898,000 40,692,000 62,692,000
2100 17,084,000 26,511,000 24,559,000 40,548,000 62,937,000
Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility