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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	South Korea	Colombia	South Korea
1960	15,606,209	25,012,374	-	-
1961	16,095,203	25,765,673	3.13%	3.01%
1962	16,599,029	26,513,030	3.13%	2.9%
1963	17,113,823	27,261,747	3.1%	2.82%
1964	17,637,411	27,984,155	3.06%	2.65%
1965	18,169,050	28,704,674	3.01%	2.57%
1966	18,702,688	29,435,571	2.94%	2.55%
1967	19,235,618	30,130,983	2.85%	2.36%
1968	19,766,796	30,838,302	2.76%	2.35%
1969	20,291,942	31,544,266	2.66%	2.29%
1970	20,811,782	32,240,827	2.56%	2.21%
1971	21,319,096	32,882,704	2.44%	1.99%
1972	21,819,563	33,505,406	2.35%	1.89%
1973	22,325,374	34,103,149	2.32%	1.78%
1974	22,833,469	34,692,266	2.28%	1.73%
1975	23,344,644	35,280,725	2.24%	1.7%
1976	23,858,810	35,848,523	2.2%	1.61%
1977	24,393,494	36,411,795	2.24%	1.57%
1978	24,950,337	36,969,185	2.28%	1.53%
1979	25,515,626	37,534,236	2.27%	1.53%
1980	26,104,498	38,123,775	2.31%	1.57%
1981	26,713,267	38,723,248	2.33%	1.57%
1982	27,338,331	39,326,352	2.34%	1.56%
1983	27,988,173	39,910,403	2.38%	1.49%
1984	28,642,690	40,405,956	2.34%	1.24%
1985	29,268,470	40,805,744	2.18%	0.99%
1986	29,879,112	41,213,674	2.09%	1%
1987	30,499,467	41,621,690	2.08%	0.99%
1988	31,130,524	42,031,247	2.07%	0.98%
1989	31,776,279	42,449,038	2.07%	0.99%
1990	32,440,069	42,869,283	2.09%	0.99%
1991	33,098,372	43,295,704	2.03%	0.99%
1992	33,760,571	43,747,962	2%	1.04%
1993	34,441,473	44,194,628	2.02%	1.02%
1994	35,127,410	44,641,540	1.99%	1.01%
1995	35,804,662	45,092,991	1.93%	1.01%
1996	36,462,745	45,524,681	1.84%	0.96%
1997	37,121,149	45,953,580	1.81%	0.94%
1998	37,792,165	46,286,503	1.81%	0.72%
1999	38,454,863	46,616,677	1.75%	0.71%
2000	39,089,934	47,008,111	1.65%	0.84%
2001	39,709,262	47,370,164	1.58%	0.77%
2002	40,324,680	47,644,736	1.55%	0.58%
2003	40,937,429	47,892,330	1.52%	0.52%
2004	41,543,171	48,082,519	1.48%	0.4%
2005	42,128,977	48,184,561	1.41%	0.21%
2006	42,691,084	48,438,292	1.33%	0.53%
2007	43,235,374	48,683,638	1.27%	0.51%
2008	43,758,808	49,054,708	1.21%	0.76%
2009	44,271,541	49,307,835	1.17%	0.52%
2010	44,777,319	49,554,112	1.14%	0.5%
2011	45,259,614	49,936,638	1.08%	0.77%
2012	45,715,810	50,199,853	1.01%	0.53%
2013	46,151,584	50,428,893	0.95%	0.46%
2014	46,565,429	50,746,659	0.9%	0.63%
2015	46,969,940	51,014,947	0.87%	0.53%
2016	47,437,512	51,217,803	1%	0.4%
2017	48,131,078	51,361,911	1.46%	0.28%
2018	49,024,465	51,585,058	1.86%	0.43%
2019	49,907,985	51,764,822	1.8%	0.35%
2020	50,629,997	51,836,239	1.45%	0.14%
2021	51,188,173	51,769,539	1.1%	-0.13%
2022	51,737,944	51,672,569	1.07%	-0.19%
2023	52,321,152	51,712,619	1.13%	0.08%
2024	52,886,363	51,751,065	1.08%	0.07%
2025	53,425,632	51,700,480	1.02%	-0.1%
2026	53,936,234	51,633,793	0.96%	-0.13%
2027	54,422,275	51,552,198	0.9%	-0.16%
2028	54,885,123	51,456,707	0.85%	-0.19%
2029	55,322,627	51,347,230	0.8%	-0.21%
2030	55,736,477	51,221,713	0.75%	-0.24%
2031	56,125,966	51,081,220	0.7%	-0.27%
2032	56,490,496	50,924,233	0.65%	-0.31%
2033	56,832,264	50,747,132	0.61%	-0.35%
2034	57,151,619	50,549,508	0.56%	-0.39%
2035	57,445,755	50,333,286	0.51%	-0.43%
2036	57,716,869	50,098,951	0.47%	-0.47%
2037	57,965,300	49,845,669	0.43%	-0.51%
2038	58,190,082	49,573,234	0.39%	-0.55%
2039	58,394,310	49,283,770	0.35%	-0.58%
2040	58,576,452	48,980,369	0.31%	-0.62%
2041	58,736,886	48,661,905	0.27%	-0.65%
2042	58,878,126	48,331,004	0.24%	-0.68%
2043	59,000,362	47,990,085	0.21%	-0.71%
2044	59,104,592	47,634,183	0.18%	-0.74%
2045	59,190,826	47,263,526	0.15%	-0.78%
2046	59,259,758	46,881,228	0.12%	-0.81%
2047	59,313,132	46,482,133	0.09%	-0.85%
2048	59,351,262	46,063,595	0.06%	-0.9%
2049	59,375,012	45,626,805	0.04%	-0.95%
2050	59,385,355	45,172,356	0.02%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.