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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	South Korea	Denmark	South Korea
1960	4,579,603	25,012,374	-	-
1961	4,611,687	25,765,673	0.7%	3.01%
1962	4,647,727	26,513,030	0.78%	2.9%
1963	4,684,483	27,261,747	0.79%	2.82%
1964	4,722,072	27,984,155	0.8%	2.65%
1965	4,759,012	28,704,674	0.78%	2.57%
1966	4,797,381	29,435,571	0.81%	2.55%
1967	4,835,354	30,130,983	0.79%	2.36%
1968	4,864,883	30,838,302	0.61%	2.35%
1969	4,891,860	31,544,266	0.55%	2.29%
1970	4,928,757	32,240,827	0.75%	2.21%
1971	4,963,126	32,882,704	0.7%	1.99%
1972	4,991,596	33,505,406	0.57%	1.89%
1973	5,021,861	34,103,149	0.61%	1.78%
1974	5,045,297	34,692,266	0.47%	1.73%
1975	5,059,862	35,280,725	0.29%	1.7%
1976	5,072,596	35,848,523	0.25%	1.61%
1977	5,088,419	36,411,795	0.31%	1.57%
1978	5,104,248	36,969,185	0.31%	1.53%
1979	5,116,801	37,534,236	0.25%	1.53%
1980	5,123,027	38,123,775	0.12%	1.57%
1981	5,121,572	38,723,248	-0.03%	1.57%
1982	5,117,810	39,326,352	-0.07%	1.56%
1983	5,114,297	39,910,403	-0.07%	1.49%
1984	5,111,619	40,405,956	-0.05%	1.24%
1985	5,113,691	40,805,744	0.04%	0.99%
1986	5,120,534	41,213,674	0.13%	1%
1987	5,127,024	41,621,690	0.13%	0.99%
1988	5,129,516	42,031,247	0.05%	0.98%
1989	5,132,594	42,449,038	0.06%	0.99%
1990	5,140,939	42,869,283	0.16%	0.99%
1991	5,154,298	43,295,704	0.26%	0.99%
1992	5,171,370	43,747,962	0.33%	1.04%
1993	5,188,628	44,194,628	0.33%	1.02%
1994	5,206,180	44,641,540	0.34%	1.01%
1995	5,233,373	45,092,991	0.52%	1.01%
1996	5,263,074	45,524,681	0.57%	0.96%
1997	5,284,991	45,953,580	0.42%	0.94%
1998	5,304,219	46,286,503	0.36%	0.72%
1999	5,321,799	46,616,677	0.33%	0.71%
2000	5,339,616	47,008,111	0.33%	0.84%
2001	5,358,783	47,370,164	0.36%	0.77%
2002	5,375,931	47,644,736	0.32%	0.58%
2003	5,390,574	47,892,330	0.27%	0.52%
2004	5,404,523	48,082,519	0.26%	0.4%
2005	5,419,432	48,184,561	0.28%	0.21%
2006	5,437,272	48,438,292	0.33%	0.53%
2007	5,461,438	48,683,638	0.44%	0.51%
2008	5,493,621	49,054,708	0.59%	0.76%
2009	5,523,095	49,307,835	0.54%	0.52%
2010	5,547,683	49,554,112	0.45%	0.5%
2011	5,570,572	49,936,638	0.41%	0.77%
2012	5,591,572	50,199,853	0.38%	0.53%
2013	5,614,932	50,428,893	0.42%	0.46%
2014	5,643,475	50,746,659	0.51%	0.63%
2015	5,683,483	51,014,947	0.71%	0.53%
2016	5,728,010	51,217,803	0.78%	0.4%
2017	5,764,980	51,361,911	0.65%	0.28%
2018	5,793,636	51,585,058	0.5%	0.43%
2019	5,814,422	51,764,822	0.36%	0.35%
2020	5,831,404	51,836,239	0.29%	0.14%
2021	5,856,733	51,769,539	0.43%	-0.13%
2022	5,903,037	51,672,569	0.79%	-0.19%
2023	5,946,952	51,712,619	0.74%	0.08%
2024	5,976,992	51,751,065	0.51%	0.07%
2025	6,002,090	51,700,480	0.42%	-0.1%
2026	6,023,091	51,633,793	0.35%	-0.13%
2027	6,041,010	51,552,198	0.3%	-0.16%
2028	6,056,755	51,456,707	0.26%	-0.19%
2029	6,070,186	51,347,230	0.22%	-0.21%
2030	6,081,559	51,221,713	0.19%	-0.24%
2031	6,091,513	51,081,220	0.16%	-0.27%
2032	6,099,943	50,924,233	0.14%	-0.31%
2033	6,107,156	50,747,132	0.12%	-0.35%
2034	6,113,785	50,549,508	0.11%	-0.39%
2035	6,119,365	50,333,286	0.09%	-0.43%
2036	6,123,874	50,098,951	0.07%	-0.47%
2037	6,127,386	49,845,669	0.06%	-0.51%
2038	6,130,437	49,573,234	0.05%	-0.55%
2039	6,132,752	49,283,770	0.04%	-0.58%
2040	6,134,223	48,980,369	0.02%	-0.62%
2041	6,135,120	48,661,905	0.01%	-0.65%
2042	6,135,315	48,331,004	0.003%	-0.68%
2043	6,135,244	47,990,085	-0.001%	-0.71%
2044	6,134,789	47,634,183	-0.007%	-0.74%
2045	6,134,218	47,263,526	-0.009%	-0.78%
2046	6,133,182	46,881,228	-0.02%	-0.81%
2047	6,131,427	46,482,133	-0.03%	-0.85%
2048	6,129,548	46,063,595	-0.03%	-0.9%
2049	6,127,293	45,626,805	-0.04%	-0.95%
2050	6,124,397	45,172,356	-0.05%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.