Population 51,684,564
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Korea, Rep. 2025 · 51.68M
0 12.96M 25.92M 38.88M 51.84M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 25,012,374 1961: 25,765,673 1962: 26,513,030 1963: 27,261,747 1964: 27,984,155 1965: 28,704,674 1966: 29,435,571 1967: 30,130,983 1968: 30,838,302 1969: 31,544,266 1970: 32,240,827 1971: 32,882,704 1972: 33,505,406 1973: 34,103,149 1974: 34,692,266 1975: 35,280,725 1976: 35,848,523 1977: 36,411,795 1978: 36,969,185 1979: 37,534,236 1980: 38,123,775 1981: 38,723,248 1982: 39,326,352 1983: 39,910,403 1984: 40,405,956 1985: 40,805,744 1986: 41,213,674 1987: 41,621,690 1988: 42,031,247 1989: 42,449,038 1990: 42,869,283 1991: 43,295,704 1992: 43,747,962 1993: 44,194,628 1994: 44,641,540 1995: 45,092,991 1996: 45,524,681 1997: 45,953,580 1998: 46,286,503 1999: 46,616,677 2000: 47,008,111 2001: 47,370,164 2002: 47,644,736 2003: 47,892,330 2004: 48,082,519 2005: 48,184,561 2006: 48,438,292 2007: 48,683,638 2008: 49,054,708 2009: 49,307,835 2010: 49,554,112 2011: 49,936,638 2012: 50,199,853 2013: 50,428,893 2014: 50,746,659 2015: 51,014,947 2016: 51,217,803 2017: 51,361,911 2018: 51,585,058 2019: 51,764,822 2020: 51,836,239 2021: 51,769,539 2022: 51,672,569 2023: 51,712,619 2024: 51,751,065 2025: 51,684,564 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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