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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Angola was 37,885,849 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Angola's population is 39,983,997 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 1.29 times bigger than Angola's.
  • Angola is ranked the 39th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 1.11% of the world: 0.48% for Angola vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Angola has had an average growth rate of +3.42% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Angola has increased from 19.3M people to 40M (107.3% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • Angola is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 150M 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.

Angola vs South Korea: live population counter

Angola South Korea
Current population
39983997
51700480
Population rank 39/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.48% 0.63%
One net population change
27.8 seconds
13.7 minutes
One birth every
22.8 seconds
2.26 minutes
One death every
2.07 minutes
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
3.33 hours
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change -2,629 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +3,112 +105
Annual growth/decline +1,135,943 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +3.09% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 13/197 159/197

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

Angola
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Angola South Korea Angola South Korea
1960 5,231,654 25,012,374 - -
1961 5,301,583 25,765,673 1.34% 3.01%
1962 5,354,310 26,513,030 0.99% 2.9%
1963 5,408,320 27,261,747 1.01% 2.82%
1964 5,464,187 27,984,155 1.03% 2.65%
1965 5,521,981 28,704,674 1.06% 2.57%
1966 5,581,386 29,435,571 1.08% 2.55%
1967 5,641,807 30,130,983 1.08% 2.36%
1968 5,702,699 30,838,302 1.08% 2.35%
1969 5,763,685 31,544,266 1.07% 2.29%
1970 5,852,788 32,240,827 1.55% 2.21%
1971 5,991,102 32,882,704 2.36% 1.99%
1972 6,174,262 33,505,406 3.06% 1.89%
1973 6,388,528 34,103,149 3.47% 1.78%
1974 6,613,367 34,692,266 3.52% 1.73%
1975 6,842,947 35,280,725 3.47% 1.7%
1976 7,074,664 35,848,523 3.39% 1.61%
1977 7,317,829 36,411,795 3.44% 1.57%
1978 7,576,734 36,969,185 3.54% 1.53%
1979 7,847,207 37,534,236 3.57% 1.53%
1980 8,133,872 38,123,775 3.65% 1.57%
1981 8,435,607 38,723,248 3.71% 1.57%
1982 8,751,648 39,326,352 3.75% 1.56%
1983 9,082,983 39,910,403 3.79% 1.49%
1984 9,425,917 40,405,956 3.78% 1.24%
1985 9,779,120 40,805,744 3.75% 0.99%
1986 10,139,450 41,213,674 3.68% 1%
1987 10,497,858 41,621,690 3.53% 0.99%
1988 10,861,291 42,031,247 3.46% 0.98%
1989 11,238,562 42,449,038 3.47% 0.99%
1990 11,626,360 42,869,283 3.45% 0.99%
1991 12,023,529 43,295,704 3.42% 0.99%
1992 12,423,712 43,747,962 3.33% 1.04%
1993 12,827,135 44,194,628 3.25% 1.02%
1994 13,249,764 44,641,540 3.29% 1.01%
1995 13,699,778 45,092,991 3.4% 1.01%
1996 14,170,973 45,524,681 3.44% 0.96%
1997 14,660,413 45,953,580 3.45% 0.94%
1998 15,159,370 46,286,503 3.4% 0.72%
1999 15,667,235 46,616,677 3.35% 0.71%
2000 16,194,869 47,008,111 3.37% 0.84%
2001 16,747,208 47,370,164 3.41% 0.77%
2002 17,327,699 47,644,736 3.47% 0.58%
2003 17,943,712 47,892,330 3.56% 0.52%
2004 18,600,423 48,082,519 3.66% 0.4%
2005 19,291,161 48,184,561 3.71% 0.21%
2006 20,015,279 48,438,292 3.75% 0.53%
2007 20,778,561 48,683,638 3.81% 0.51%
2008 21,578,655 49,054,708 3.85% 0.76%
2009 22,414,773 49,307,835 3.87% 0.52%
2010 23,294,825 49,554,112 3.93% 0.5%
2011 24,218,352 49,936,638 3.96% 0.77%
2012 25,177,394 50,199,853 3.96% 0.53%
2013 26,165,620 50,428,893 3.93% 0.46%
2014 27,160,769 50,746,659 3.8% 0.63%
2015 28,157,798 51,014,947 3.67% 0.53%
2016 29,183,070 51,217,803 3.64% 0.4%
2017 30,234,839 51,361,911 3.6% 0.28%
2018 31,297,155 51,585,058 3.51% 0.43%
2019 32,375,632 51,764,822 3.45% 0.35%
2020 33,451,132 51,836,239 3.32% 0.14%
2021 34,532,429 51,769,539 3.23% -0.13%
2022 35,635,029 51,672,569 3.19% -0.19%
2023 36,749,906 51,712,619 3.13% 0.08%
2024 37,885,849 51,751,065 3.09% 0.07%
2025 39,040,029 51,700,480 3.05% -0.1%
2026 40,215,174 51,633,793 3.01% -0.13%
2027 41,415,119 51,552,198 2.98% -0.16%
2028 42,641,677 51,456,707 2.96% -0.19%
2029 43,891,847 51,347,230 2.93% -0.21%
2030 45,160,453 51,221,713 2.89% -0.24%
2031 46,449,962 51,081,220 2.86% -0.27%
2032 47,759,505 50,924,233 2.82% -0.31%
2033 49,091,470 50,747,132 2.79% -0.35%
2034 50,447,449 50,549,508 2.76% -0.39%
2035 51,821,711 50,333,286 2.72% -0.43%
2036 53,215,935 50,098,951 2.69% -0.47%
2037 54,625,858 49,845,669 2.65% -0.51%
2038 56,053,776 49,573,234 2.61% -0.55%
2039 57,501,906 49,283,770 2.58% -0.58%
2040 58,965,319 48,980,369 2.54% -0.62%
2041 60,441,178 48,661,905 2.5% -0.65%
2042 61,927,899 48,331,004 2.46% -0.68%
2043 63,430,872 47,990,085 2.43% -0.71%
2044 64,945,294 47,634,183 2.39% -0.74%
2045 66,464,320 47,263,526 2.34% -0.78%
2046 68,000,587 46,881,228 2.31% -0.81%
2047 69,554,157 46,482,133 2.28% -0.85%
2048 71,118,776 46,063,595 2.25% -0.9%
2049 72,701,379 45,626,805 2.23% -0.95%
2050 74,295,387 45,172,356 2.19% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th 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) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

Biggest cities by population

Angola
City Population
Luanda 2.49M
Huambo 844K
Cabinda 739K
Benguela 562K
Lobito 436K
Luena 357K
N'zeto 47.8K
Ambriz 22.7K
South Korea
City Population
Seoul 9.67M
Busan 3.45M
Incheon 2.94M
Daegu 2.38M
Gwangju 1.49M
Daejeon 1.48M
Suwon 1.23M
Ulsan 1.13M
Yongin 1.08M
Goyang 1.06M

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