South Korea — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2030 · 231 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

The population reading for South Korea was 51.63M people in 2025. The previous reading was 51.67M people in 2024; the period change was −0.08%.

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  • Annual data, 1800–2030
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
203051.17M people
202951.27M people
202851.37M people
202751.47M people
202651.57M people
15 earlier values
202551.63M people
202451.67M people
202351.69M people
202251.63M people
202151.74M people
202051.84M people
201951.76M people
201851.58M people
201751.36M people
201651.22M people
201551.01M people
201450.75M people
201350.43M people
201250.20M people
201149.94M people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.