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Population in Algeria compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 1.08 times bigger than Algeria's.
  • Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 1.2% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.

Algeria vs South Korea: live population counter

Algeria South Korea
Current population
47911682
51700480
Population rank 33/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.58% 0.63%
One net population change
48.5 seconds
13.7 minutes
One birth every
34.8 seconds
2.26 minutes
One death every
2.45 minutes
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
16.8 minutes
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change -31,240 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +1,781 +105
Annual growth/decline +650,089 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +1.41% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 76/197 159/197

Algeria and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Algeria
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Algeria South Korea Algeria South Korea
1960 11,424,922 25,012,374 - -
1961 11,628,883 25,765,673 1.79% 3.01%
1962 11,800,771 26,513,030 1.48% 2.9%
1963 11,982,118 27,261,747 1.54% 2.82%
1964 12,179,813 27,984,155 1.65% 2.65%
1965 12,365,976 28,704,674 1.53% 2.57%
1966 12,590,069 29,435,571 1.81% 2.55%
1967 12,876,118 30,130,983 2.27% 2.36%
1968 13,172,614 30,838,302 2.3% 2.35%
1969 13,475,960 31,544,266 2.3% 2.29%
1970 13,783,719 32,240,827 2.28% 2.21%
1971 14,098,936 32,882,704 2.29% 1.99%
1972 14,427,072 33,505,406 2.33% 1.89%
1973 14,771,147 34,103,149 2.38% 1.78%
1974 15,133,502 34,692,266 2.45% 1.73%
1975 15,678,596 35,280,725 3.6% 1.7%
1976 16,409,170 35,848,523 4.66% 1.61%
1977 17,015,994 36,411,795 3.7% 1.57%
1978 17,506,974 36,969,185 2.89% 1.53%
1979 18,036,655 37,534,236 3.03% 1.53%
1980 18,607,174 38,123,775 3.16% 1.57%
1981 19,220,704 38,723,248 3.3% 1.57%
1982 19,872,348 39,326,352 3.39% 1.56%
1983 20,558,115 39,910,403 3.45% 1.49%
1984 21,271,969 40,405,956 3.47% 1.24%
1985 22,008,544 40,805,744 3.46% 0.99%
1986 22,745,499 41,213,674 3.35% 1%
1987 23,443,624 41,621,690 3.07% 0.99%
1988 24,109,536 42,031,247 2.84% 0.98%
1989 24,754,485 42,449,038 2.68% 0.99%
1990 25,375,810 42,869,283 2.51% 0.99%
1991 25,987,928 43,295,704 2.41% 0.99%
1992 26,628,568 43,747,962 2.47% 1.04%
1993 27,277,048 44,194,628 2.44% 1.02%
1994 27,887,279 44,641,540 2.24% 1.01%
1995 28,470,191 45,092,991 2.09% 1.01%
1996 29,033,044 45,524,681 1.98% 0.96%
1997 29,579,301 45,953,580 1.88% 0.94%
1998 30,054,133 46,286,503 1.61% 0.72%
1999 30,474,354 46,616,677 1.4% 0.71%
2000 30,903,893 47,008,111 1.41% 0.84%
2001 31,331,221 47,370,164 1.38% 0.77%
2002 31,750,835 47,644,736 1.34% 0.58%
2003 32,175,818 47,892,330 1.34% 0.52%
2004 32,628,286 48,082,519 1.41% 0.4%
2005 33,109,249 48,184,561 1.47% 0.21%
2006 33,623,506 48,438,292 1.55% 0.53%
2007 34,189,416 48,683,638 1.68% 0.51%
2008 34,816,961 49,054,708 1.84% 0.76%
2009 35,490,445 49,307,835 1.93% 0.52%
2010 36,188,236 49,554,112 1.97% 0.5%
2011 36,903,376 49,936,638 1.98% 0.77%
2012 37,646,166 50,199,853 2.01% 0.53%
2013 38,414,171 50,428,893 2.04% 0.46%
2014 39,205,031 50,746,659 2.06% 0.63%
2015 40,019,529 51,014,947 2.08% 0.53%
2016 40,850,721 51,217,803 2.08% 0.4%
2017 41,689,299 51,361,911 2.05% 0.28%
2018 42,505,035 51,585,058 1.96% 0.43%
2019 43,294,546 51,764,822 1.86% 0.35%
2020 44,042,091 51,836,239 1.73% 0.14%
2021 44,761,099 51,769,539 1.63% -0.13%
2022 45,477,389 51,672,569 1.6% -0.19%
2023 46,164,219 51,712,619 1.51% 0.08%
2024 46,814,308 51,751,065 1.41% 0.07%
2025 47,435,316 51,700,480 1.33% -0.1%
2026 48,028,344 51,633,793 1.25% -0.13%
2027 48,593,419 51,552,198 1.18% -0.16%
2028 49,135,532 51,456,707 1.12% -0.19%
2029 49,655,386 51,347,230 1.06% -0.21%
2030 50,154,168 51,221,713 1% -0.24%
2031 50,637,369 51,081,220 0.96% -0.27%
2032 51,113,505 50,924,233 0.94% -0.31%
2033 51,584,249 50,747,132 0.92% -0.35%
2034 52,048,009 50,549,508 0.9% -0.39%
2035 52,516,794 50,333,286 0.9% -0.43%
2036 52,986,277 50,098,951 0.89% -0.47%
2037 53,452,788 49,845,669 0.88% -0.51%
2038 53,921,847 49,573,234 0.88% -0.55%
2039 54,396,263 49,283,770 0.88% -0.58%
2040 54,873,482 48,980,369 0.88% -0.62%
2041 55,351,998 48,661,905 0.87% -0.65%
2042 55,834,554 48,331,004 0.87% -0.68%
2043 56,319,606 47,990,085 0.87% -0.71%
2044 56,806,185 47,634,183 0.86% -0.74%
2045 57,290,162 47,263,526 0.85% -0.78%
2046 57,767,681 46,881,228 0.83% -0.81%
2047 58,234,183 46,482,133 0.81% -0.85%
2048 58,690,893 46,063,595 0.78% -0.9%
2049 59,136,165 45,626,805 0.76% -0.95%
2050 59,565,558 45,172,356 0.73% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

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