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South Korea: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
51.6 millionpeople
Change on 2024
−0.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.1%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203151.1Forecast
203051.1Forecast
202951.2Forecast
202851.3Forecast
202751.4Forecast
202651.5Forecast
202551.6
202451.7
202351.7
202251.6
202151.7
202051.8
201951.8
201851.6
201751.4
201651.2

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Cha et al.1911–2015
  • IER, Hitotsubashi University1911–2016
  • Maddison Project Database1911–2022
  • Penn World Table1953–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1970–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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