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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	South Korea	Canada	South Korea
1960	17,909,356	25,012,374	-	-
1961	18,271,000	25,765,673	2.02%	3.01%
1962	18,614,000	26,513,030	1.88%	2.9%
1963	18,964,000	27,261,747	1.88%	2.82%
1964	19,325,000	27,984,155	1.9%	2.65%
1965	19,678,000	28,704,674	1.83%	2.57%
1966	20,048,000	29,435,571	1.88%	2.55%
1967	20,412,000	30,130,983	1.82%	2.36%
1968	20,744,000	30,838,302	1.63%	2.35%
1969	21,028,000	31,544,266	1.37%	2.29%
1970	21,324,000	32,240,827	1.41%	2.21%
1971	21,962,032	32,882,704	2.99%	1.99%
1972	22,218,463	33,505,406	1.17%	1.89%
1973	22,491,777	34,103,149	1.23%	1.78%
1974	22,807,969	34,692,266	1.41%	1.73%
1975	23,143,275	35,280,725	1.47%	1.7%
1976	23,449,808	35,848,523	1.32%	1.61%
1977	23,725,843	36,411,795	1.18%	1.57%
1978	23,963,203	36,969,185	1%	1.53%
1979	24,201,544	37,534,236	0.99%	1.53%
1980	24,515,667	38,123,775	1.3%	1.57%
1981	24,819,915	38,723,248	1.24%	1.57%
1982	25,116,942	39,326,352	1.2%	1.56%
1983	25,366,451	39,910,403	0.99%	1.49%
1984	25,607,053	40,405,956	0.95%	1.24%
1985	25,842,116	40,805,744	0.92%	0.99%
1986	26,100,278	41,213,674	1%	1%
1987	26,446,601	41,621,690	1.33%	0.99%
1988	26,791,747	42,031,247	1.31%	0.98%
1989	27,276,781	42,449,038	1.81%	0.99%
1990	27,691,138	42,869,283	1.52%	0.99%
1991	28,037,420	43,295,704	1.25%	0.99%
1992	28,371,264	43,747,962	1.19%	1.04%
1993	28,684,764	44,194,628	1.1%	1.02%
1994	29,000,663	44,641,540	1.1%	1.01%
1995	29,302,311	45,092,991	1.04%	1.01%
1996	29,610,218	45,524,681	1.05%	0.96%
1997	29,905,948	45,953,580	1%	0.94%
1998	30,155,173	46,286,503	0.83%	0.72%
1999	30,401,286	46,616,677	0.82%	0.71%
2000	30,685,730	47,008,111	0.94%	0.84%
2001	31,020,855	47,370,164	1.09%	0.77%
2002	31,359,199	47,644,736	1.09%	0.58%
2003	31,642,461	47,892,330	0.9%	0.52%
2004	31,938,807	48,082,519	0.94%	0.4%
2005	32,242,732	48,184,561	0.95%	0.21%
2006	32,571,193	48,438,292	1.02%	0.53%
2007	32,888,886	48,683,638	0.98%	0.51%
2008	33,247,298	49,054,708	1.09%	0.76%
2009	33,630,069	49,307,835	1.15%	0.52%
2010	34,005,902	49,554,112	1.12%	0.5%
2011	34,339,221	49,936,638	0.98%	0.77%
2012	34,713,395	50,199,853	1.09%	0.53%
2013	35,080,992	50,428,893	1.06%	0.46%
2014	35,434,066	50,746,659	1.01%	0.63%
2015	35,704,498	51,014,947	0.76%	0.53%
2016	36,110,803	51,217,803	1.14%	0.4%
2017	36,545,075	51,361,911	1.2%	0.28%
2018	37,072,620	51,585,058	1.44%	0.43%
2019	37,618,495	51,764,822	1.47%	0.35%
2020	38,028,638	51,836,239	1.09%	0.14%
2021	38,239,864	51,769,539	0.56%	-0.13%
2022	38,935,934	51,672,569	1.82%	-0.19%
2023	40,083,484	51,712,619	2.95%	0.08%
2024	41,288,599	51,751,065	3.01%	0.07%
2025	41,687,850	51,700,480	0.97%	-0.1%
2026	42,042,113	51,633,793	0.85%	-0.13%
2027	42,368,857	51,552,198	0.78%	-0.16%
2028	42,683,927	51,456,707	0.74%	-0.19%
2029	42,986,030	51,347,230	0.71%	-0.21%
2030	43,276,190	51,221,713	0.68%	-0.24%
2031	43,559,839	51,081,220	0.66%	-0.27%
2032	43,833,228	50,924,233	0.63%	-0.31%
2033	44,089,067	50,747,132	0.58%	-0.35%
2034	44,336,794	50,549,508	0.56%	-0.39%
2035	44,574,481	50,333,286	0.54%	-0.43%
2036	44,802,196	50,098,951	0.51%	-0.47%
2037	45,029,252	49,845,669	0.51%	-0.51%
2038	45,250,482	49,573,234	0.49%	-0.55%
2039	45,461,809	49,283,770	0.47%	-0.58%
2040	45,661,339	48,980,369	0.44%	-0.62%
2041	45,855,081	48,661,905	0.42%	-0.65%
2042	46,046,286	48,331,004	0.42%	-0.68%
2043	46,232,447	47,990,085	0.4%	-0.71%
2044	46,413,908	47,634,183	0.39%	-0.74%
2045	46,594,973	47,263,526	0.39%	-0.78%
2046	46,768,120	46,881,228	0.37%	-0.81%
2047	46,930,946	46,482,133	0.35%	-0.85%
2048	47,092,745	46,063,595	0.34%	-0.9%
2049	47,246,217	45,626,805	0.33%	-0.95%
2050	47,396,788	45,172,356	0.32%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Canada increased by 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Canada gained 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2005 and is 38th 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) Canada's population will grow by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.