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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	South Korea	Belarus	South Korea
1960	8,198,000	25,012,374	-	-
1961	8,271,216	25,765,673	0.89%	3.01%
1962	8,351,928	26,513,030	0.98%	2.9%
1963	8,437,232	27,261,747	1.02%	2.82%
1964	8,524,224	27,984,155	1.03%	2.65%
1965	8,610,000	28,704,674	1.01%	2.57%
1966	8,696,496	29,435,571	1%	2.55%
1967	8,785,648	30,130,983	1.03%	2.36%
1968	8,874,552	30,838,302	1.01%	2.35%
1969	8,960,304	31,544,266	0.97%	2.29%
1970	9,040,000	32,240,827	0.89%	2.21%
1971	9,115,576	32,882,704	0.84%	1.99%
1972	9,188,968	33,505,406	0.81%	1.89%
1973	9,257,272	34,103,149	0.74%	1.78%
1974	9,317,584	34,692,266	0.65%	1.73%
1975	9,367,000	35,280,725	0.53%	1.7%
1976	9,411,000	35,848,523	0.47%	1.61%
1977	9,463,000	36,411,795	0.55%	1.57%
1978	9,525,000	36,969,185	0.66%	1.53%
1979	9,584,000	37,534,236	0.62%	1.53%
1980	9,643,000	38,123,775	0.62%	1.57%
1981	9,710,000	38,723,248	0.69%	1.57%
1982	9,776,000	39,326,352	0.68%	1.56%
1983	9,843,000	39,910,403	0.69%	1.49%
1984	9,910,000	40,405,956	0.68%	1.24%
1985	9,975,000	40,805,744	0.66%	0.99%
1986	10,043,000	41,213,674	0.68%	1%
1987	10,111,000	41,621,690	0.68%	0.99%
1988	10,140,000	42,031,247	0.29%	0.98%
1989	10,170,000	42,449,038	0.3%	0.99%
1990	10,189,348	42,869,283	0.19%	0.99%
1991	10,194,050	43,295,704	0.05%	0.99%
1992	10,216,470	43,747,962	0.22%	1.04%
1993	10,239,050	44,194,628	0.22%	1.02%
1994	10,226,955	44,641,540	-0.12%	1.01%
1995	10,193,831	45,092,991	-0.32%	1.01%
1996	10,159,569	45,524,681	-0.34%	0.96%
1997	10,117,433	45,953,580	-0.41%	0.94%
1998	10,071,963	46,286,503	-0.45%	0.72%
1999	10,026,738	46,616,677	-0.45%	0.71%
2000	9,979,610	47,008,111	-0.47%	0.84%
2001	9,928,549	47,370,164	-0.51%	0.77%
2002	9,865,548	47,644,736	-0.63%	0.58%
2003	9,796,749	47,892,330	-0.7%	0.52%
2004	9,730,146	48,082,519	-0.68%	0.4%
2005	9,663,915	48,184,561	-0.68%	0.21%
2006	9,604,924	48,438,292	-0.61%	0.53%
2007	9,560,953	48,683,638	-0.46%	0.51%
2008	9,527,985	49,054,708	-0.34%	0.76%
2009	9,504,583	49,307,835	-0.25%	0.52%
2010	9,483,836	49,554,112	-0.22%	0.5%
2011	9,461,643	49,936,638	-0.23%	0.77%
2012	9,446,836	50,199,853	-0.16%	0.53%
2013	9,443,211	50,428,893	-0.04%	0.46%
2014	9,448,515	50,746,659	0.06%	0.63%
2015	9,461,076	51,014,947	0.13%	0.53%
2016	9,469,379	51,217,803	0.09%	0.4%
2017	9,458,989	51,361,911	-0.11%	0.28%
2018	9,438,785	51,585,058	-0.21%	0.43%
2019	9,419,758	51,764,822	-0.2%	0.35%
2020	9,379,952	51,836,239	-0.42%	0.14%
2021	9,302,585	51,769,539	-0.82%	-0.13%
2022	9,228,071	51,672,569	-0.8%	-0.19%
2023	9,178,298	51,712,619	-0.54%	0.08%
2024	9,132,629	51,751,065	-0.5%	0.07%
2025	9,073,036	51,700,480	-0.65%	-0.1%
2026	9,011,944	51,633,793	-0.67%	-0.13%
2027	8,950,041	51,552,198	-0.69%	-0.16%
2028	8,887,762	51,456,707	-0.7%	-0.19%
2029	8,824,424	51,347,230	-0.71%	-0.21%
2030	8,760,466	51,221,713	-0.72%	-0.24%
2031	8,696,768	51,081,220	-0.73%	-0.27%
2032	8,633,068	50,924,233	-0.73%	-0.31%
2033	8,569,172	50,747,132	-0.74%	-0.35%
2034	8,505,555	50,549,508	-0.74%	-0.39%
2035	8,442,461	50,333,286	-0.74%	-0.43%
2036	8,379,897	50,098,951	-0.74%	-0.47%
2037	8,317,831	49,845,669	-0.74%	-0.51%
2038	8,255,917	49,573,234	-0.74%	-0.55%
2039	8,193,893	49,283,770	-0.75%	-0.58%
2040	8,132,083	48,980,369	-0.75%	-0.62%
2041	8,070,545	48,661,905	-0.76%	-0.65%
2042	8,009,602	48,331,004	-0.76%	-0.68%
2043	7,949,312	47,990,085	-0.75%	-0.71%
2044	7,889,014	47,634,183	-0.76%	-0.74%
2045	7,828,555	47,263,526	-0.77%	-0.78%
2046	7,767,902	46,881,228	-0.77%	-0.81%
2047	7,706,676	46,482,133	-0.79%	-0.85%
2048	7,644,179	46,063,595	-0.81%	-0.9%
2049	7,580,508	45,626,805	-0.83%	-0.95%
2050	7,516,034	45,172,356	-0.85%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.