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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Austria was 9,177,982 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Austria's population is 9,164,347 people compared to 51,633,793 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 5.63 times bigger than Austria's.
  • Austria is ranked the 99th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 0.73% of the world: 0.11% for Austria vs 0.62% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Austria has had an average growth rate of +0.72% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2006, the population of Austria has increased from 8.27M people to 9.16M (10.8% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.4M to 51.6M (6.6% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 13.1% of the population in Austria and 39% in South Korea.

Austria vs South Korea: live population counter

Austria South Korea
Current population
9164347
51633793
Population rank 99/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.11% 0.62%
One net population change
11.4 minutes
13.7 minutes
One birth every
6.77 minutes
2.26 minutes
One death every
5.87 minutes
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
59.6 minutes
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change +8,813 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +127 +105
Annual growth/decline +46,221 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +0.51% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 132/197 161/197

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

Austria
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Austria South Korea Austria South Korea
1960 7,047,539 25,012,374 - -
1961 7,086,299 25,765,673 0.55% 3.01%
1962 7,129,864 26,513,030 0.61% 2.9%
1963 7,175,811 27,261,747 0.64% 2.82%
1964 7,223,801 27,984,155 0.67% 2.65%
1965 7,270,889 28,704,674 0.65% 2.57%
1966 7,322,066 29,435,571 0.7% 2.55%
1967 7,376,998 30,130,983 0.75% 2.36%
1968 7,415,403 30,838,302 0.52% 2.35%
1969 7,441,055 31,544,266 0.35% 2.29%
1970 7,467,086 32,240,827 0.35% 2.21%
1971 7,500,482 32,882,704 0.45% 1.99%
1972 7,544,201 33,505,406 0.58% 1.89%
1973 7,586,115 34,103,149 0.56% 1.78%
1974 7,599,038 34,692,266 0.17% 1.73%
1975 7,578,903 35,280,725 -0.26% 1.7%
1976 7,565,525 35,848,523 -0.18% 1.61%
1977 7,568,430 36,411,795 0.04% 1.57%
1978 7,562,305 36,969,185 -0.08% 1.53%
1979 7,549,425 37,534,236 -0.17% 1.53%
1980 7,549,433 38,123,775 0% 1.57%
1981 7,568,710 38,723,248 0.26% 1.57%
1982 7,574,140 39,326,352 0.07% 1.56%
1983 7,561,910 39,910,403 -0.16% 1.49%
1984 7,561,434 40,405,956 -0.006% 1.24%
1985 7,564,985 40,805,744 0.05% 0.99%
1986 7,569,794 41,213,674 0.06% 1%
1987 7,574,586 41,621,690 0.06% 0.99%
1988 7,585,317 42,031,247 0.14% 0.98%
1989 7,619,567 42,449,038 0.45% 0.99%
1990 7,677,850 42,869,283 0.76% 0.99%
1991 7,754,891 43,295,704 1% 0.99%
1992 7,840,709 43,747,962 1.11% 1.04%
1993 7,905,633 44,194,628 0.83% 1.02%
1994 7,936,118 44,641,540 0.39% 1.01%
1995 7,948,278 45,092,991 0.15% 1.01%
1996 7,959,017 45,524,681 0.14% 0.96%
1997 7,968,041 45,953,580 0.11% 0.94%
1998 7,976,789 46,286,503 0.11% 0.72%
1999 7,992,324 46,616,677 0.19% 0.71%
2000 8,011,566 47,008,111 0.24% 0.84%
2001 8,042,293 47,370,164 0.38% 0.77%
2002 8,081,957 47,644,736 0.49% 0.58%
2003 8,121,423 47,892,330 0.49% 0.52%
2004 8,171,966 48,082,519 0.62% 0.4%
2005 8,227,829 48,184,561 0.68% 0.21%
2006 8,268,641 48,438,292 0.5% 0.53%
2007 8,295,487 48,683,638 0.32% 0.51%
2008 8,321,496 49,054,708 0.31% 0.76%
2009 8,343,323 49,307,835 0.26% 0.52%
2010 8,363,404 49,554,112 0.24% 0.5%
2011 8,391,643 49,936,638 0.34% 0.77%
2012 8,429,991 50,199,853 0.46% 0.53%
2013 8,479,823 50,428,893 0.59% 0.46%
2014 8,546,356 50,746,659 0.78% 0.63%
2015 8,642,699 51,014,947 1.13% 0.53%
2016 8,736,668 51,217,803 1.09% 0.4%
2017 8,797,566 51,361,911 0.7% 0.28%
2018 8,840,521 51,585,058 0.49% 0.43%
2019 8,879,920 51,764,822 0.45% 0.35%
2020 8,916,864 51,836,239 0.42% 0.14%
2021 8,955,797 51,769,539 0.44% -0.13%
2022 9,041,851 51,672,569 0.96% -0.19%
2023 9,131,761 51,712,619 0.99% 0.08%
2024 9,177,982 51,751,065 0.51% 0.07%
2025 9,170,698 51,700,480 -0.08% -0.1%
2026 9,164,347 51,633,793 -0.07% -0.13%
2027 9,158,537 51,552,198 -0.06% -0.16%
2028 9,153,285 51,456,707 -0.06% -0.19%
2029 9,146,737 51,347,230 -0.07% -0.21%
2030 9,137,256 51,221,713 -0.1% -0.24%
2031 9,125,926 51,081,220 -0.12% -0.27%
2032 9,113,265 50,924,233 -0.14% -0.31%
2033 9,100,164 50,747,132 -0.14% -0.35%
2034 9,086,003 50,549,508 -0.16% -0.39%
2035 9,070,703 50,333,286 -0.17% -0.43%
2036 9,055,647 50,098,951 -0.17% -0.47%
2037 9,038,995 49,845,669 -0.18% -0.51%
2038 9,022,606 49,573,234 -0.18% -0.55%
2039 9,006,886 49,283,770 -0.17% -0.58%
2040 8,990,060 48,980,369 -0.19% -0.62%
2041 8,973,446 48,661,905 -0.18% -0.65%
2042 8,956,456 48,331,004 -0.19% -0.68%
2043 8,938,855 47,990,085 -0.2% -0.71%
2044 8,920,058 47,634,183 -0.21% -0.74%
2045 8,900,167 47,263,526 -0.22% -0.78%
2046 8,879,512 46,881,228 -0.23% -0.81%
2047 8,857,072 46,482,133 -0.25% -0.85%
2048 8,832,859 46,063,595 -0.27% -0.9%
2049 8,806,607 45,626,805 -0.3% -0.95%
2050 8,779,015 45,172,356 -0.31% -1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Austria increased by 468,027 people (a 5.66% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Austria gained 427,679 (a 4.9% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2006 and is 99th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Austria's population will shrink by 4.2% to 8,779,015 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

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