# Population in South Korea

Population in South Korea was 51.68 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `kr`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/south-korea
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/south-korea.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=kr

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