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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	South Korea	India	South Korea
1960	435,990,338	25,012,374	-	-
1961	446,564,729	25,765,673	2.43%	3.01%
1962	457,283,090	26,513,030	2.4%	2.9%
1963	468,138,575	27,261,747	2.37%	2.82%
1964	479,229,598	27,984,155	2.37%	2.65%
1965	490,140,146	28,704,674	2.28%	2.57%
1966	500,740,247	29,435,571	2.16%	2.55%
1967	511,606,372	30,130,983	2.17%	2.36%
1968	522,716,889	30,838,302	2.17%	2.35%
1969	533,880,544	31,544,266	2.14%	2.29%
1970	545,864,268	32,240,827	2.24%	2.21%
1971	558,096,387	32,882,704	2.24%	1.99%
1972	570,482,142	33,505,406	2.22%	1.89%
1973	583,465,598	34,103,149	2.28%	1.78%
1974	597,041,391	34,692,266	2.33%	1.73%
1975	611,309,535	35,280,725	2.39%	1.7%
1976	625,861,883	35,848,523	2.38%	1.61%
1977	640,801,103	36,411,795	2.39%	1.57%
1978	655,728,229	36,969,185	2.33%	1.53%
1979	671,155,747	37,534,236	2.35%	1.53%
1980	687,354,025	38,123,775	2.41%	1.57%
1981	703,696,250	38,723,248	2.38%	1.57%
1982	720,313,473	39,326,352	2.36%	1.56%
1983	737,372,681	39,910,403	2.37%	1.49%
1984	754,875,449	40,405,956	2.37%	1.24%
1985	772,647,793	40,805,744	2.35%	0.99%
1986	790,689,978	41,213,674	2.34%	1%
1987	808,931,270	41,621,690	2.31%	0.99%
1988	827,342,990	42,031,247	2.28%	0.98%
1989	846,039,529	42,449,038	2.26%	0.99%
1990	864,972,221	42,869,283	2.24%	0.99%
1991	883,927,600	43,295,704	2.19%	0.99%
1992	902,957,070	43,747,962	2.15%	1.04%
1993	922,118,387	44,194,628	2.12%	1.02%
1994	941,163,767	44,641,540	2.07%	1.01%
1995	960,301,044	45,092,991	2.03%	1.01%
1996	979,678,458	45,524,681	2.02%	0.96%
1997	999,133,762	45,953,580	1.99%	0.94%
1998	1,018,665,080	46,286,503	1.95%	0.72%
1999	1,038,225,823	46,616,677	1.92%	0.71%
2000	1,057,922,733	47,008,111	1.9%	0.84%
2001	1,077,898,575	47,370,164	1.89%	0.77%
2002	1,097,600,380	47,644,736	1.83%	0.58%
2003	1,116,803,006	47,892,330	1.75%	0.52%
2004	1,135,991,513	48,082,519	1.72%	0.4%
2005	1,154,676,322	48,184,561	1.64%	0.21%
2006	1,172,878,890	48,438,292	1.58%	0.53%
2007	1,190,676,021	48,683,638	1.52%	0.51%
2008	1,207,930,964	49,054,708	1.45%	0.76%
2009	1,225,524,753	49,307,835	1.46%	0.52%
2010	1,243,481,564	49,554,112	1.47%	0.5%
2011	1,261,224,954	49,936,638	1.43%	0.77%
2012	1,278,674,502	50,199,853	1.38%	0.53%
2013	1,295,829,511	50,428,893	1.34%	0.46%
2014	1,312,277,191	50,746,659	1.27%	0.63%
2015	1,328,024,498	51,014,947	1.2%	0.53%
2016	1,343,944,296	51,217,803	1.2%	0.4%
2017	1,359,657,400	51,361,911	1.17%	0.28%
2018	1,374,659,064	51,585,058	1.1%	0.43%
2019	1,389,030,312	51,764,822	1.05%	0.35%
2020	1,402,617,695	51,836,239	0.98%	0.14%
2021	1,414,203,896	51,769,539	0.83%	-0.13%
2022	1,425,423,212	51,672,569	0.79%	-0.19%
2023	1,438,069,596	51,712,619	0.89%	0.08%
2024	1,450,935,791	51,751,065	0.89%	0.07%
2025	1,463,865,531	51,700,480	0.89%	-0.1%
2026	1,476,625,576	51,633,793	0.87%	-0.13%
2027	1,489,164,679	51,552,198	0.85%	-0.16%
2028	1,501,432,748	51,456,707	0.82%	-0.19%
2029	1,513,423,737	51,347,230	0.8%	-0.21%
2030	1,525,138,852	51,221,713	0.77%	-0.24%
2031	1,536,540,604	51,081,220	0.75%	-0.27%
2032	1,547,607,126	50,924,233	0.72%	-0.31%
2033	1,558,324,087	50,747,132	0.69%	-0.35%
2034	1,568,688,356	50,549,508	0.67%	-0.39%
2035	1,578,694,799	50,333,286	0.64%	-0.43%
2036	1,588,325,366	50,098,951	0.61%	-0.47%
2037	1,597,537,009	49,845,669	0.58%	-0.51%
2038	1,606,300,646	49,573,234	0.55%	-0.55%
2039	1,614,639,243	49,283,770	0.52%	-0.58%
2040	1,622,580,052	48,980,369	0.49%	-0.62%
2041	1,630,119,374	48,661,905	0.46%	-0.65%
2042	1,637,235,363	48,331,004	0.44%	-0.68%
2043	1,643,915,269	47,990,085	0.41%	-0.71%
2044	1,650,186,610	47,634,183	0.38%	-0.74%
2045	1,656,067,585	47,263,526	0.36%	-0.78%
2046	1,661,548,400	46,881,228	0.33%	-0.81%
2047	1,666,628,151	46,482,133	0.31%	-0.85%
2048	1,671,309,727	46,063,595	0.28%	-0.9%
2049	1,675,619,893	45,626,805	0.26%	-0.95%
2050	1,679,589,268	45,172,356	0.24%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.