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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Indonesia	South Korea	Indonesia	South Korea
1960	88,296,070	25,012,374	-	-
1961	90,791,249	25,765,673	2.83%	3.01%
1962	93,375,850	26,513,030	2.85%	2.9%
1963	96,051,424	27,261,747	2.87%	2.82%
1964	98,833,749	27,984,155	2.9%	2.65%
1965	101,365,130	28,704,674	2.56%	2.57%
1966	103,792,754	29,435,571	2.39%	2.55%
1967	106,526,393	30,130,983	2.63%	2.36%
1968	109,450,006	30,838,302	2.74%	2.35%
1969	112,517,639	31,544,266	2.8%	2.29%
1970	115,657,495	32,240,827	2.79%	2.21%
1971	118,833,702	32,882,704	2.75%	1.99%
1972	122,039,841	33,505,406	2.7%	1.89%
1973	125,288,515	34,103,149	2.66%	1.78%
1974	128,555,045	34,692,266	2.61%	1.73%
1975	131,843,848	35,280,725	2.56%	1.7%
1976	135,173,655	35,848,523	2.53%	1.61%
1977	138,533,541	36,411,795	2.49%	1.57%
1978	141,953,163	36,969,185	2.47%	1.53%
1979	145,434,834	37,534,236	2.45%	1.53%
1980	148,950,540	38,123,775	2.42%	1.57%
1981	152,485,035	38,723,248	2.37%	1.57%
1982	156,052,152	39,326,352	2.34%	1.56%
1983	159,651,381	39,910,403	2.31%	1.49%
1984	163,251,124	40,405,956	2.25%	1.24%
1985	166,776,185	40,805,744	2.16%	0.99%
1986	170,175,065	41,213,674	2.04%	1%
1987	173,511,154	41,621,690	1.96%	0.99%
1988	176,855,065	42,031,247	1.93%	0.98%
1989	180,201,630	42,449,038	1.89%	0.99%
1990	183,501,098	42,869,283	1.83%	0.99%
1991	186,778,238	43,295,704	1.79%	0.99%
1992	190,043,744	43,747,962	1.75%	1.04%
1993	193,305,168	44,194,628	1.72%	1.02%
1994	196,591,828	44,641,540	1.7%	1.01%
1995	199,888,057	45,092,991	1.68%	1.01%
1996	203,204,348	45,524,681	1.66%	0.96%
1997	206,536,095	45,953,580	1.64%	0.94%
1998	209,826,788	46,286,503	1.59%	0.72%
1999	213,004,668	46,616,677	1.51%	0.71%
2000	216,077,790	47,008,111	1.44%	0.84%
2001	219,097,902	47,370,164	1.4%	0.77%
2002	222,088,495	47,644,736	1.36%	0.58%
2003	225,048,008	47,892,330	1.33%	0.52%
2004	227,926,649	48,082,519	1.28%	0.4%
2005	230,871,650	48,184,561	1.29%	0.21%
2006	233,951,652	48,438,292	1.33%	0.53%
2007	237,062,337	48,683,638	1.33%	0.51%
2008	240,157,903	49,054,708	1.31%	0.76%
2009	243,220,028	49,307,835	1.28%	0.52%
2010	246,305,322	49,554,112	1.27%	0.5%
2011	249,470,032	49,936,638	1.28%	0.77%
2012	252,698,525	50,199,853	1.29%	0.53%
2013	255,852,467	50,428,893	1.25%	0.46%
2014	258,877,399	50,746,659	1.18%	0.63%
2015	261,799,249	51,014,947	1.13%	0.53%
2016	264,627,418	51,217,803	1.08%	0.4%
2017	267,346,658	51,361,911	1.03%	0.28%
2018	269,951,846	51,585,058	0.97%	0.43%
2019	272,489,381	51,764,822	0.94%	0.35%
2020	274,814,866	51,836,239	0.85%	0.14%
2021	276,758,053	51,769,539	0.71%	-0.13%
2022	278,830,529	51,672,569	0.75%	-0.19%
2023	281,190,067	51,712,619	0.85%	0.08%
2024	283,487,931	51,751,065	0.82%	0.07%
2025	285,721,231	51,700,480	0.79%	-0.1%
2026	287,886,778	51,633,793	0.76%	-0.13%
2027	289,986,520	51,552,198	0.73%	-0.16%
2028	292,016,774	51,456,707	0.7%	-0.19%
2029	293,978,106	51,347,230	0.67%	-0.21%
2030	295,876,644	51,221,713	0.65%	-0.24%
2031	297,719,741	51,081,220	0.62%	-0.27%
2032	299,510,654	50,924,233	0.6%	-0.31%
2033	301,250,975	50,747,132	0.58%	-0.35%
2034	302,938,571	50,549,508	0.56%	-0.39%
2035	304,566,615	50,333,286	0.54%	-0.43%
2036	306,135,097	50,098,951	0.51%	-0.47%
2037	307,646,407	49,845,669	0.49%	-0.51%
2038	309,096,450	49,573,234	0.47%	-0.55%
2039	310,481,116	49,283,770	0.45%	-0.58%
2040	311,797,391	48,980,369	0.42%	-0.62%
2041	313,041,656	48,661,905	0.4%	-0.65%
2042	314,211,278	48,331,004	0.37%	-0.68%
2043	315,304,309	47,990,085	0.35%	-0.71%
2044	316,318,412	47,634,183	0.32%	-0.74%
2045	317,249,609	47,263,526	0.29%	-0.78%
2046	318,096,567	46,881,228	0.27%	-0.81%
2047	318,862,018	46,482,133	0.24%	-0.85%
2048	319,554,646	46,063,595	0.22%	-0.9%
2049	320,173,244	45,626,805	0.19%	-0.95%
2050	320,712,941	45,172,356	0.17%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Indonesia increased by 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Indonesia gained 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Indonesia was ranked 4th most populous country in 2005 and is still 4th 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) Indonesia's population will grow by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people with a rank change from 4th to 6th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.