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POPULATION South Korea 2021

Lower population in South Korea

South Korea ended 2021 with a population of 51,736,000 people, which represents a decrease of 100,000 people compared to 2020.

South Korea ranks No. 28 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.

The female population is greater, with 25,902,500 women, representing 50.06% of the total, compared to 25,842,376 or 49.94% men.

South Korea has a high population density, with 515 people per square km and it was in position 183th in our ranking of density population in 2021.

In this page we show you the progression of the population in South Korea. You can see the population in other countries in population and see all the information about South Korea in South Korean economy.

South Korea - Population

Date	Density	Male	Female	Population
2021	515	25,842,376	25,902,500	51,736,000
2020	516	25,897,329	25,938,911	51,836,000
2019	516	25,874,966	25,889,856	51,765,000
2018	514	25,802,041	25,783,018	51,585,000
2017	512	25,706,975	25,654,936	51,362,000
2016	510	25,651,599	25,566,204	51,218,000
2015	509	25,548,338	25,466,609	51,015,000
2014	506	25,390,519	25,356,139	50,747,000
2013	503	25,204,806	25,224,087	50,429,000
2012	501	25,062,652	25,137,200	50,200,000
2011	499	24,902,531	25,034,107	49,937,000
2010	495	24,701,859	24,852,253	49,554,000
2009	494	24,592,587	24,715,248	49,308,000
2008	491	24,483,738	24,570,971	49,055,000
2007	488	24,315,489	24,368,149	48,684,000
2006	486	24,209,494	24,228,799	48,438,000
2005	484	24,102,905	24,081,655	48,185,000
2004	483	24,076,910	24,005,609	48,083,000
2003	481	24,006,936	23,885,395	47,892,000
2002	478	23,906,741	23,737,995	47,645,000
2001	476	23,792,460	23,577,705	47,370,000
2000	474	23,622,809	23,385,302	47,008,000
1999	470	23,426,381	23,190,296	46,617,000
1998	466	23,260,500	23,026,003	46,287,000
1997	463	23,094,304	22,859,276	45,954,000
1996	459	22,879,247	22,645,433	45,525,000
1995	454	22,660,743	22,432,247	45,093,000
1994	450	22,430,682	22,210,858	44,642,000
1993	445	22,201,921	21,992,707	44,195,000
1992	441	21,974,750	21,773,212	43,748,000
1991	436	21,746,739	21,548,966	43,296,000
1990	432	21,522,813	21,346,470	42,869,000
1989	428	21,294,208	21,154,831	42,449,000
1988	423	21,068,803	20,962,445	42,031,000
1987	419	20,849,213	20,772,477	41,622,000
1986	415	20,631,098	20,582,576	41,214,000
1985	411	20,420,276	20,385,468	40,806,000
1984	407	20,223,186	20,182,770	40,406,000
1983	402	19,980,571	19,929,832	39,910,000
1982	396	19,695,035	19,631,317	39,326,000
1981	390	19,400,705	19,322,543	38,723,000
1980	384	19,112,458	19,011,317	38,124,000
1979	378	18,832,769	18,701,467	37,534,236
1978	372	18,564,755	18,404,430	36,969,185
1977	367	18,299,620	18,112,175	36,411,795
1976	361	18,030,838	17,817,685	35,848,523
1975	355	17,754,217	17,526,507	35,280,725
1974	350	17,456,750	17,235,516	34,692,266
1973	344	17,155,860	16,947,289	34,103,149
1972	338	16,852,495	16,652,912	33,505,406
1971	331	16,537,381	16,345,322	32,882,704
1970	325	16,217,206	16,023,621	32,240,827
1969	318	15,873,294	15,670,972	31,544,266
1968	311	15,524,621	15,313,681	30,838,302
1967	304	15,174,605	14,956,378	30,130,983
1966	297	14,829,724	14,605,847	29,435,571
1965	289	14,457,525	14,247,148	28,704,674
1964	282	14,079,553	13,904,602	27,984,155
1963	275	13,697,823	13,563,924	27,261,747
1962	267	13,302,628	13,210,403	26,513,030
1961	260	12,910,139	12,855,534	25,765,673
1960	252	12,523,036	12,489,338	25,012,374

South Korea - Population