# Population growth rate in South Korea

Population growth rate in South Korea was -0.13% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population_growth`
- Place id: `kr`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Exponential rate of change of the mid-year population from the previous year to the reported year, as a percentage. Includes births, deaths and migration.
- Note: Total change, not natural increase (births minus deaths). World Bank series.
- Source: World Bank, Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population-growth/south-korea
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population-growth/south-korea.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population_growth&place=kr

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | -0.13 |
| 2024 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | -0.19 |
| 2021 | -0.13 |
| 2020 | 0.14 |
| 2019 | 0.35 |
| 2018 | 0.43 |
| 2017 | 0.28 |
| 2016 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | 0.53 |
| 2014 | 0.63 |
| 2013 | 0.46 |
| 2012 | 0.53 |
| 2011 | 0.77 |
| 2010 | 0.5 |
| 2009 | 0.51 |
| 2008 | 0.76 |
| 2007 | 0.51 |
| 2006 | 0.53 |
| 2005 | 0.21 |
| 2004 | 0.4 |
| 2003 | 0.52 |
| 2002 | 0.58 |
| 2001 | 0.77 |
| 2000 | 0.84 |
| 1999 | 0.71 |
| 1998 | 0.72 |
| 1997 | 0.94 |
| 1996 | 0.95 |
| 1995 | 1.01 |
| 1994 | 1.01 |
| 1993 | 1.02 |
| 1992 | 1.04 |
| 1991 | 0.99 |
| 1990 | 0.99 |
| 1989 | 0.99 |
| 1988 | 0.98 |
| 1987 | 0.99 |
| 1986 | 0.99 |
| 1985 | 0.98 |
| 1984 | 1.23 |
| 1983 | 1.47 |
| 1982 | 1.55 |
| 1981 | 1.56 |
| 1980 | 1.56 |
| 1979 | 1.52 |
| 1978 | 1.52 |
| 1977 | 1.56 |
| 1976 | 1.6 |
| 1975 | 1.68 |
| 1974 | 1.71 |
| 1973 | 1.77 |
| 1972 | 1.88 |
| 1971 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.18 |
| 1969 | 2.26 |
| 1968 | 2.32 |
| 1967 | 2.34 |
| 1966 | 2.51 |
| 1965 | 2.54 |
| 1964 | 2.62 |
| 1963 | 2.78 |
| 1962 | 2.86 |
| 1961 | 2.97 |