San Marino vs South Korea Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
San Marino vs South Korea

Table

Year	Median age
	San Marino	South Korea
1960	31	19.3
1961	30.9	19.2
1962	30.8	19.1
1963	30.8	19
1964	30.9	18.8
1965	30.9	18.6
1966	30.9	18.5
1967	30.9	18.6
1968	30.9	18.7
1969	30.9	18.8
1970	30.8	18.9
1971	30.8	19
1972	31	19.1
1973	31.2	19.3
1974	31.3	19.6
1975	31.5	19.9
1976	31.7	20.2
1977	32	20.7
1978	32.3	21.1
1979	32.5	21.6
1980	32.7	22.1
1981	33	22.5
1982	33.3	22.8
1983	33.6	23.3
1984	33.9	23.7
1985	34.2	24.2
1986	34.5	24.8
1987	34.8	25.3
1988	35.1	25.8
1989	35.5	26.3
1990	35.8	26.7
1991	36.1	27.2
1992	36.5	27.8
1993	36.8	28.3
1994	37.2	28.9
1995	37.4	29.4
1996	37.7	29.8
1997	37.9	30.2
1998	38.1	30.7
1999	38.4	31.2
2000	38.7	31.7
2001	39	32.3
2002	39.3	32.8
2003	39.7	33.4
2004	40.1	33.9
2005	40.4	34.5
2006	40.8	35.2
2007	41.2	35.8
2008	41.6	36.4
2009	42	37
2010	42.4	37.6
2011	42.8	38.2
2012	43.3	38.8
2013	43.7	39.5
2014	44	40.2
2015	44.5	40.8
2016	44.9	41.4
2017	45.3	41.9
2018	45.8	42.5
2019	46.3	43.1
2020	46.8	43.8
2021	47.2	44.4
2022	47.7	44.9
2023	48.3	45.5
2024	49	46.1
2025	49.6	46.6
2026	50.1	47.2
2027	50.5	47.8
2028	50.9	48.3
2029	51.3	48.9
2030	51.7	49.5
2031	52.1	50
2032	52.4	50.6
2033	52.6	51.1
2034	52.8	51.6
2035	53	52.2
2036	53.1	52.6
2037	53.3	53.1
2038	53.3	53.5
2039	53.3	53.9
2040	53.3	54.3
2041	53.2	54.7
2042	53.1	55
2043	52.9	55.4
2044	52.8	55.7
2045	52.6	56
2046	52.4	56.3
2047	52.2	56.7
2048	52.1	57
2049	51.9	57.4
2050	51.8	57.7

In 1960, the median age in San Marino was 31 years compared to 19.3 years in South Korea. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 49 years in San Marino and to 46.1 years in South Korea.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in San Marino is expected to increased to around 51.8 years by 2050 compared to 57.7 years in South Korea. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	San Marino		South Korea
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	1.63%	1.64%	1.27%	1.21%
5-9	2.02%	1.98%	1.88%	1.79%
10-14	2.58%	2.42%	2.27%	2.15%
15-19	2.68%	2.42%	2.3%	2.16%
20-24	2.71%	2.48%	2.87%	2.62%
25-29	2.59%	2.41%	3.62%	3.22%
30-34	2.35%	2.44%	3.72%	3.23%
35-39	2.53%	2.62%	3.35%	3.04%
40-44	3.02%	3.19%	3.98%	3.76%
45-49	3.79%	4.1%	3.8%	3.66%
50-54	4.32%	4.42%	4.32%	4.23%
55-59	4.47%	4.69%	4.07%	4.08%
60-64	4.09%	4.02%	4.03%	4.11%
65-69	3.04%	3.04%	3.27%	3.49%
70-74	2.5%	2.65%	2.1%	2.39%
75-79	2.08%	2.36%	1.48%	1.83%
80+	2.77%	3.96%	1.59%	3.13%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. San Marino has low demographic potential with 32.3% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 34.3% and similar potential in South Korea.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	San Marino			South Korea
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	54.1%	38.6%	15.6%	80%	74.3%	5.63%
1961	53.8%	38.5%	15.3%	81.6%	75.8%	5.75%
1962	53.2%	38.2%	15%	83.4%	77.5%	5.89%
1963	52.4%	37.7%	14.6%	85.1%	79.1%	6.02%
1964	51.4%	37.1%	14.3%	86.5%	80.4%	6.08%
1965	50.7%	36.7%	14%	87.3%	81.2%	6.13%
1966	51%	37%	14%	87.7%	81.6%	6.15%
1967	51.7%	37.7%	14%	87.4%	81.2%	6.16%
1968	52.6%	38.6%	14%	86.5%	80.3%	6.18%
1969	53.4%	39.3%	14%	85.3%	79.1%	6.16%
1970	53.9%	39.9%	14.1%	83.5%	77.3%	6.16%
1971	54.2%	40.1%	14.1%	81.7%	75.5%	6.22%
1972	54.3%	40%	14.3%	80.1%	73.8%	6.27%
1973	54.1%	39.6%	14.4%	78%	71.7%	6.28%
1974	53.7%	39.1%	14.7%	75.6%	69.3%	6.28%
1975	53.4%	38.5%	14.9%	72.8%	66.6%	6.23%
1976	52.9%	37.7%	15.2%	69.8%	63.7%	6.19%
1977	51.9%	36.2%	15.6%	67.1%	61%	6.16%
1978	50.8%	34.7%	16.1%	64.7%	58.6%	6.14%
1979	49.8%	33.5%	16.3%	62.7%	56.5%	6.14%
1980	48.5%	32.2%	16.3%	60.9%	54.8%	6.16%
1981	47.1%	30.9%	16.2%	59.4%	53.1%	6.23%
1982	45.8%	29.7%	16.1%	58%	51.7%	6.34%
1983	44.9%	28.5%	16.3%	56.5%	50.1%	6.39%
1984	44.3%	27.5%	16.7%	54.6%	48.2%	6.41%
1985	44%	26.7%	17.3%	52.5%	46.1%	6.47%
1986	43.7%	25.9%	17.8%	50.5%	43.9%	6.58%
1987	43.5%	25.1%	18.4%	48.6%	41.9%	6.68%
1988	43.1%	24.4%	18.7%	47%	40.2%	6.8%
1989	42.6%	23.6%	19%	45.6%	38.6%	6.93%
1990	42.4%	23%	19.4%	44.3%	37.3%	7.05%
1991	42.3%	22.4%	19.8%	43.3%	36.1%	7.21%
1992	42.2%	21.9%	20.2%	42.6%	35.2%	7.4%
1993	42%	21.5%	20.5%	42%	34.4%	7.62%
1994	42%	21.3%	20.7%	41.4%	33.5%	7.86%
1995	42.3%	21.2%	21.1%	40.6%	32.5%	8.11%
1996	42.8%	21.3%	21.5%	39.9%	31.5%	8.35%
1997	43%	21.3%	21.7%	39.3%	30.6%	8.65%
1998	43.3%	21.3%	22%	38.9%	30%	8.99%
1999	43.5%	21.3%	22.2%	38.8%	29.5%	9.38%
2000	43.8%	21.5%	22.3%	39%	29.2%	9.86%
2001	44.2%	21.7%	22.6%	39.3%	28.9%	10.4%
2002	44.7%	21.8%	22.8%	39.4%	28.5%	10.9%
2003	45.2%	22%	23.1%	39.5%	28.1%	11.4%
2004	45.6%	22.2%	23.4%	39.5%	27.5%	12%
2005	46%	22.3%	23.7%	39.4%	26.8%	12.5%
2006	46.4%	22.4%	24%	39.1%	26%	13.1%
2007	46.9%	22.5%	24.3%	38.8%	25.1%	13.7%
2008	47.4%	22.6%	24.7%	38.4%	24.2%	14.2%
2009	47.8%	22.7%	25.1%	38%	23.4%	14.6%
2010	48.2%	22.8%	25.4%	37.7%	22.6%	15.1%
2011	48.6%	22.7%	25.8%	37.3%	21.7%	15.6%
2012	48.9%	22.6%	26.3%	36.8%	20.8%	16%
2013	49.5%	22.6%	26.8%	36.5%	20%	16.5%
2014	49.9%	22.6%	27.3%	36.5%	19.4%	17.1%
2015	50.2%	22.4%	27.8%	36.5%	18.8%	17.7%
2016	50.2%	22%	28.1%	36.5%	18.2%	18.2%
2017	50%	21.5%	28.5%	36.8%	17.8%	19%
2018	50%	21%	29%	37.3%	17.5%	19.8%
2019	50%	20.5%	29.5%	37.9%	17.1%	20.8%
2020	50%	20.1%	29.9%	38.8%	16.8%	22%
2021	50.6%	19.9%	30.7%	39.8%	16.5%	23.3%
2022	51.7%	19.8%	31.9%	40.6%	16.1%	24.6%
2023	52.4%	19.3%	33%	41.5%	15.5%	25.9%
2024	53.1%	18.8%	34.3%	42.5%	15.1%	27.5%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in San Marino increased from 45.6% to 53.1% between 2004 and 2024.

In South Korea, the ratio of dependent people increased from 39.5% to 42.5% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	San Marino	South Korea
1960	64.9%	55.6%
1961	65%	55.1%
1962	65.3%	54.5%
1963	65.6%	54%
1964	66.1%	53.6%
1965	66.4%	53.4%
1966	66.2%	53.3%
1967	65.9%	53.4%
1968	65.5%	53.6%
1969	65.2%	54%
1970	65%	54.5%
1971	64.8%	55%
1972	64.8%	55.5%
1973	64.9%	56.2%
1974	65%	56.9%
1975	65.2%	57.9%
1976	65.4%	58.9%
1977	65.8%	59.8%
1978	66.3%	60.7%
1979	66.8%	61.5%
1980	67.3%	62.1%
1981	68%	62.8%
1982	68.6%	63.3%
1983	69%	63.9%
1984	69.3%	64.7%
1985	69.4%	65.6%
1986	69.6%	66.4%
1987	69.7%	67.3%
1988	69.9%	68%
1989	70.1%	68.7%
1990	70.2%	69.3%
1991	70.3%	69.8%
1992	70.3%	70.1%
1993	70.4%	70.4%
1994	70.4%	70.7%
1995	70.3%	71.1%
1996	70%	71.5%
1997	69.9%	71.8%
1998	69.8%	72%
1999	69.7%	72%
2000	69.6%	71.9%
2001	69.3%	71.8%
2002	69.1%	71.7%
2003	68.9%	71.7%
2004	68.7%	71.7%
2005	68.5%	71.8%
2006	68.3%	71.9%
2007	68.1%	72%
2008	67.9%	72.2%
2009	67.7%	72.4%
2010	67.5%	72.6%
2011	67.3%	72.9%
2012	67.1%	73.1%
2013	66.9%	73.2%
2014	66.7%	73.3%
2015	66.6%	73.3%
2016	66.6%	73.3%
2017	66.7%	73.1%
2018	66.7%	72.8%
2019	66.7%	72.5%
2020	66.7%	72.1%
2021	66.4%	71.5%
2022	65.9%	71.1%
2023	65.6%	70.7%
2024	65.3%	70.2%
2025	65%	69.5%
2026	64.7%	68.7%
2027	64.3%	68.1%
2028	63.7%	67.6%
2029	63%	67%
2030	62.4%	66.5%
2031	61.6%	65.9%
2032	60.8%	65.3%
2033	60%	64.5%
2034	59.2%	63.7%
2035	58.4%	62.8%
2036	57.7%	61.8%
2037	57%	60.9%
2038	56.2%	60%
2039	55.4%	59.2%
2040	54.7%	58.4%
2041	53.9%	57.8%
2042	53.3%	57.2%
2043	52.8%	56.6%
2044	52.4%	56%
2045	52%	55.3%
2046	51.8%	54.6%
2047	51.7%	53.9%
2048	51.5%	53.3%
2049	51.4%	52.9%
2050	51.5%	52.5%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 68.7% to 65.3% in San Marino and from 71.7% to 70.2% in South Korea.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	San Marino	South Korea
1960	25%	41.3%
1961	25%	41.8%
1962	25%	42.3%
1963	24.8%	42.7%
1964	24.5%	43.1%
1965	24.3%	43.3%
1966	24.5%	43.5%
1967	24.9%	43.3%
1968	25.3%	43.1%
1969	25.6%	42.7%
1970	25.9%	42.1%
1971	26%	41.5%
1972	25.9%	41%
1973	25.7%	40.3%
1974	25.4%	39.5%
1975	25.1%	38.5%
1976	24.7%	37.5%
1977	23.9%	36.5%
1978	23%	35.6%
1979	22.4%	34.8%
1980	21.7%	34%
1981	21%	33.3%
1982	20.3%	32.7%
1983	19.7%	32%
1984	19.1%	31.2%
1985	18.6%	30.2%
1986	18%	29.2%
1987	17.5%	28.2%
1988	17%	27.3%
1989	16.5%	26.5%
1990	16.1%	25.8%
1991	15.8%	25.2%
1992	15.4%	24.7%
1993	15.2%	24.2%
1994	15%	23.7%
1995	14.9%	23.1%
1996	14.9%	22.5%
1997	14.9%	22%
1998	14.9%	21.6%
1999	14.9%	21.2%
2000	14.9%	21%
2001	15%	20.8%
2002	15.1%	20.5%
2003	15.2%	20.1%
2004	15.2%	19.7%
2005	15.3%	19.2%
2006	15.3%	18.7%
2007	15.3%	18.1%
2008	15.4%	17.5%
2009	15.4%	16.9%
2010	15.4%	16.4%
2011	15.3%	15.8%
2012	15.2%	15.2%
2013	15.1%	14.7%
2014	15.1%	14.2%
2015	14.9%	13.8%
2016	14.7%	13.4%
2017	14.4%	13%
2018	14%	12.7%
2019	13.7%	12.4%
2020	13.4%	12.1%
2021	13.2%	11.8%
2022	13%	11.4%
2023	12.7%	11%
2024	12.3%	10.6%
2025	11.9%	10.2%
2026	11.4%	9.82%
2027	11.1%	9.42%
2028	10.8%	9.06%
2029	10.5%	8.75%
2030	10.3%	8.43%
2031	10.1%	8.15%
2032	10%	7.94%
2033	9.97%	7.79%
2034	9.92%	7.7%
2035	9.9%	7.66%
2036	9.92%	7.65%
2037	9.98%	7.66%
2038	10.1%	7.68%
2039	10.2%	7.71%
2040	10.4%	7.73%
2041	10.6%	7.75%
2042	10.7%	7.76%
2043	10.9%	7.77%
2044	11%	7.78%
2045	11.2%	7.79%
2046	11.3%	7.8%
2047	11.4%	7.81%
2048	11.5%	7.82%
2049	11.6%	7.82%
2050	11.7%	7.83%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 12.3% in San Marino and 10.6% in South Korea. Birth rates in San Marino compared to South Korea .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	San Marino	South Korea
1960	10.1%	3.13%
1961	9.95%	3.17%
1962	9.79%	3.21%
1963	9.61%	3.25%
1964	9.44%	3.26%
1965	9.31%	3.27%
1966	9.27%	3.27%
1967	9.23%	3.29%
1968	9.18%	3.31%
1969	9.16%	3.32%
1970	9.13%	3.36%
1971	9.13%	3.42%
1972	9.24%	3.48%
1973	9.37%	3.53%
1974	9.53%	3.57%
1975	9.74%	3.61%
1976	9.93%	3.64%
1977	10.3%	3.69%
1978	10.7%	3.73%
1979	10.9%	3.77%
1980	11%	3.83%
1981	11%	3.91%
1982	11.1%	4.01%
1983	11.3%	4.09%
1984	11.6%	4.15%
1985	12%	4.24%
1986	12.4%	4.37%
1987	12.8%	4.49%
1988	13.1%	4.62%
1989	13.3%	4.76%
1990	13.6%	4.89%
1991	13.9%	5.03%
1992	14.2%	5.19%
1993	14.4%	5.37%
1994	14.6%	5.56%
1995	14.8%	5.76%
1996	15%	5.97%
1997	15.2%	6.21%
1998	15.3%	6.47%
1999	15.4%	6.76%
2000	15.5%	7.09%
2001	15.6%	7.44%
2002	15.8%	7.82%
2003	15.9%	8.2%
2004	16.1%	8.6%
2005	16.2%	9%
2006	16.4%	9.42%
2007	16.6%	9.86%
2008	16.8%	10.2%
2009	17%	10.6%
2010	17.2%	11%
2011	17.4%	11.4%
2012	17.7%	11.7%
2013	18%	12.1%
2014	18.2%	12.5%
2015	18.5%	13%
2016	18.7%	13.4%
2017	19%	13.9%
2018	19.3%	14.5%
2019	19.7%	15.1%
2020	19.9%	15.8%
2021	20.4%	16.7%
2022	21%	17.5%
2023	21.7%	18.3%
2024	22.4%	19.3%
2025	23.2%	20.3%
2026	23.8%	21.4%
2027	24.6%	22.5%
2028	25.5%	23.4%
2029	26.4%	24.2%
2030	27.3%	25.1%
2031	28.3%	25.9%
2032	29.2%	26.8%
2033	30.1%	27.7%
2034	30.9%	28.6%
2035	31.7%	29.6%
2036	32.4%	30.5%
2037	33%	31.4%
2038	33.7%	32.3%
2039	34.4%	33.1%
2040	34.9%	33.8%
2041	35.5%	34.4%
2042	36%	35%
2043	36.3%	35.6%
2044	36.6%	36.2%
2045	36.8%	36.9%
2046	36.9%	37.6%
2047	36.9%	38.3%
2048	37%	38.9%
2049	36.9%	39.3%
2050	36.8%	39.7%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 22.4% in San Marino and 19.3% in South Korea. Life expectancy in San Marino compared to South Korea .