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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	South Korea	Italy	South Korea
1960	50,199,700	25,012,374	-	-
1961	50,536,350	25,765,673	0.67%	3.01%
1962	50,879,450	26,513,030	0.68%	2.9%
1963	51,252,000	27,261,747	0.73%	2.82%
1964	51,675,350	27,984,155	0.83%	2.65%
1965	52,112,350	28,704,674	0.85%	2.57%
1966	52,519,000	29,435,571	0.78%	2.55%
1967	52,900,500	30,130,983	0.73%	2.36%
1968	53,235,750	30,838,302	0.63%	2.35%
1969	53,537,950	31,544,266	0.57%	2.29%
1970	53,821,850	32,240,827	0.53%	2.21%
1971	54,073,490	32,882,704	0.47%	1.99%
1972	54,381,345	33,505,406	0.57%	1.89%
1973	54,751,406	34,103,149	0.68%	1.78%
1974	55,110,868	34,692,266	0.66%	1.73%
1975	55,441,001	35,280,725	0.6%	1.7%
1976	55,718,260	35,848,523	0.5%	1.61%
1977	55,955,411	36,411,795	0.43%	1.57%
1978	56,155,143	36,969,185	0.36%	1.53%
1979	56,317,749	37,534,236	0.29%	1.53%
1980	56,433,883	38,123,775	0.21%	1.57%
1981	56,501,675	38,723,248	0.12%	1.57%
1982	56,543,548	39,326,352	0.07%	1.56%
1983	56,564,074	39,910,403	0.04%	1.49%
1984	56,576,718	40,405,956	0.02%	1.24%
1985	56,593,071	40,805,744	0.03%	0.99%
1986	56,596,155	41,213,674	0.005%	1%
1987	56,601,931	41,621,690	0.01%	0.99%
1988	56,629,288	42,031,247	0.05%	0.98%
1989	56,671,781	42,449,038	0.08%	0.99%
1990	56,719,240	42,869,283	0.08%	0.99%
1991	56,758,521	43,295,704	0.07%	0.99%
1992	56,797,087	43,747,962	0.07%	1.04%
1993	56,831,821	44,194,628	0.06%	1.02%
1994	56,843,400	44,641,540	0.02%	1.01%
1995	56,844,303	45,092,991	0.002%	1.01%
1996	56,860,281	45,524,681	0.03%	0.96%
1997	56,890,372	45,953,580	0.05%	0.94%
1998	56,906,744	46,286,503	0.03%	0.72%
1999	56,916,317	46,616,677	0.02%	0.71%
2000	56,942,108	47,008,111	0.05%	0.84%
2001	56,976,981	47,370,164	0.06%	0.77%
2002	57,089,824	47,644,736	0.2%	0.58%
2003	57,399,184	47,892,330	0.54%	0.52%
2004	57,828,179	48,082,519	0.75%	0.4%
2005	58,166,682	48,184,561	0.59%	0.21%
2006	58,399,861	48,438,292	0.4%	0.53%
2007	58,756,247	48,683,638	0.61%	0.51%
2008	59,211,181	49,054,708	0.77%	0.76%
2009	59,555,454	49,307,835	0.58%	0.52%
2010	59,819,407	49,554,112	0.44%	0.5%
2011	60,026,841	49,936,638	0.35%	0.77%
2012	60,191,247	50,199,853	0.27%	0.53%
2013	60,311,613	50,428,893	0.2%	0.46%
2014	60,320,707	50,746,659	0.02%	0.63%
2015	60,229,605	51,014,947	-0.15%	0.53%
2016	60,115,223	51,217,803	-0.19%	0.4%
2017	60,002,252	51,361,911	-0.19%	0.28%
2018	60,148,658	51,585,058	0.24%	0.43%
2019	59,729,081	51,764,822	-0.7%	0.35%
2020	59,438,851	51,836,239	-0.49%	0.14%
2021	59,133,173	51,769,539	-0.51%	-0.13%
2022	59,013,667	51,672,569	-0.2%	-0.19%
2023	58,993,475	51,712,619	-0.03%	0.08%
2024	58,986,023	51,751,065	-0.01%	0.07%
2025	58,790,597	51,700,480	-0.33%	-0.1%
2026	58,571,823	51,633,793	-0.37%	-0.13%
2027	58,335,864	51,552,198	-0.4%	-0.16%
2028	58,094,373	51,456,707	-0.41%	-0.19%
2029	57,851,042	51,347,230	-0.42%	-0.21%
2030	57,597,622	51,221,713	-0.44%	-0.24%
2031	57,333,277	51,081,220	-0.46%	-0.27%
2032	57,071,235	50,924,233	-0.46%	-0.31%
2033	56,812,747	50,747,132	-0.45%	-0.35%
2034	56,548,816	50,549,508	-0.46%	-0.39%
2035	56,279,536	50,333,286	-0.48%	-0.43%
2036	56,009,844	50,098,951	-0.48%	-0.47%
2037	55,737,477	49,845,669	-0.49%	-0.51%
2038	55,460,735	49,573,234	-0.5%	-0.55%
2039	55,177,508	49,283,770	-0.51%	-0.58%
2040	54,889,107	48,980,369	-0.52%	-0.62%
2041	54,601,628	48,661,905	-0.52%	-0.65%
2042	54,307,412	48,331,004	-0.54%	-0.68%
2043	53,997,106	47,990,085	-0.57%	-0.71%
2044	53,679,603	47,634,183	-0.59%	-0.74%
2045	53,357,669	47,263,526	-0.6%	-0.78%
2046	53,025,288	46,881,228	-0.62%	-0.81%
2047	52,680,150	46,482,133	-0.65%	-0.85%
2048	52,324,241	46,063,595	-0.68%	-0.9%
2049	51,959,050	45,626,805	-0.7%	-0.95%
2050	51,579,060	45,172,356	-0.73%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Italy increased by 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Italy lost -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2005 and is 25th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people with a rank change from 25th to 40th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.