South Korea Population

• The current population of the Republic of Korea is 51,166,104 as of Thursday, July 5, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• South Korea population is equivalent to 0.67% of the total world population.
• South Korea ranks number 27 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in South Korea is 526 per Km2 (1,363 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 97,230 Km2 (37,541 sq. miles)
• 81.6 % of the population is urban (41,740,471 people in 2018)
• The median age in South Korea is 41.3 years.

Population of South Korea (2018 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	South Korea Global Rank
2018	51,164,435	0.36 %	182,223	40,000	41.3	1.25	526	81.1 %	41,740,471	0.67 %	7,632,819,325	27
2017	50,982,212	0.37 %	190,293	40,000	41.3	1.25	524	81.4 %	41,511,797	0.68 %	7,550,262,101	27
2016	50,791,919	0.39 %	198,257	40,000	41.3	1.25	522	81.3 %	41,275,898	0.68 %	7,466,964,280	27
2015	50,593,662	0.42 %	208,161	33,927	40.8	1.23	520	81.1 %	41,031,163	0.69 %	7,383,008,820	27
2010	49,552,855	0.34 %	168,872	-31,307	38.0	1.17	510	80.1 %	39,701,200	0.71 %	6,958,169,159	26
2005	48,708,497	0.55 %	264,437	16,258	34.8	1.21	501	78.5 %	38,259,141	0.74 %	6,542,159,383	25
2000	47,386,312	0.91 %	417,540	31,868	31.9	1.50	487	77.3 %	36,607,487	0.77 %	6,145,006,989	24
1995	45,298,611	1.08 %	475,096	14,301	29.3	1.68	466	77.1 %	34,936,193	0.79 %	5,751,474,416	24
1990	42,923,131	1.02 %	422,912	34,125	26.9	1.57	441	73.9 %	31,732,377	0.81 %	5,330,943,460	24
1985	40,808,569	1.41 %	551,629	18,607	24.3	2.23	420	64.4 %	26,275,888	0.84 %	4,873,781,796	23
1980	38,050,424	1.46 %	532,783	-33,029	22.1	2.92	391	55.8 %	21,242,246	0.85 %	4,458,411,534	23
1975	35,386,507	1.90 %	635,439	-41,981	19.9	4.00	364	47.1 %	16,673,688	0.87 %	4,079,087,198	23
1970	32,209,314	2.19 %	660,449	-9,729	19.0	4.65	331	39.7 %	12,796,196	0.87 %	3,700,577,650	24
1965	28,907,071	2.67 %	713,231	0	18.9	5.65	297	31.8 %	9,185,316	0.87 %	3,339,592,688	24
1960	25,340,918	3.31 %	761,917	83,858	18.6	6.33	261	27.4 %	6,948,101	0.84 %	3,033,212,527	24
1955	21,531,331	2.31 %	463,989	0	18.9	5.65	221	24.0 %	5,163,411	0.78 %	2,772,242,535	24

South Korea Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	South Korea Global Rank
2020	51,506,975	0.36 %	182,663	40,000	43.4	1.32	530	81.9 %	42,185,366	0.66 %	7,795,482,309	28
2025	52,219,340	0.28 %	142,473	40,000	45.6	1.40	537	82.8 %	43,232,042	0.64 %	8,185,613,757	29
2030	52,701,817	0.18 %	96,495	40,000	47.8	1.46	542	83.7 %	44,113,850	0.62 %	8,551,198,644	32
2035	52,805,846	0.04 %	20,806	40,000	49.7	1.52	543	84.7 %	44,726,201	0.59 %	8,892,701,940	32
2040	52,409,408	-0.15 %	-79,288	40,000	51.1	1.57	539	85.9 %	45,010,625	0.57 %	9,210,337,004	37
2045	51,586,184	-0.32 %	-164,645	40,000	52.6	1.60	531	87.2 %	44,985,253	0.54 %	9,504,209,572	38
2050	50,456,832	-0.44 %	-225,870	40,000	53.9	1.63	519	88.6 %	44,708,783	0.52 %	9,771,822,753	41