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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kazakhstan	South Korea	Kazakhstan	South Korea
1960	9,429,981	25,012,374	-	-
1961	9,742,085	25,765,673	3.31%	3.01%
1962	10,058,928	26,513,030	3.25%	2.9%
1963	10,377,466	27,261,747	3.17%	2.82%
1964	10,690,309	27,984,155	3.01%	2.65%
1965	10,993,183	28,704,674	2.83%	2.57%
1966	11,288,989	29,435,571	2.69%	2.55%
1967	11,584,428	30,130,983	2.62%	2.36%
1968	11,879,182	30,838,302	2.54%	2.35%
1969	12,156,212	31,544,266	2.33%	2.29%
1970	12,419,057	32,240,827	2.16%	2.21%
1971	12,684,813	32,882,704	2.14%	1.99%
1972	12,951,798	33,505,406	2.1%	1.89%
1973	13,208,121	34,103,149	1.98%	1.78%
1974	13,454,570	34,692,266	1.87%	1.73%
1975	13,700,843	35,280,725	1.83%	1.7%
1976	13,998,738	35,848,523	2.17%	1.61%
1977	14,353,265	36,411,795	2.53%	1.57%
1978	14,711,497	36,969,185	2.5%	1.53%
1979	14,978,696	37,534,236	1.82%	1.53%
1980	15,152,949	38,123,775	1.16%	1.57%
1981	15,323,082	38,723,248	1.12%	1.57%
1982	15,492,595	39,326,352	1.11%	1.56%
1983	15,665,551	39,910,403	1.12%	1.49%
1984	15,844,621	40,405,956	1.14%	1.24%
1985	16,031,090	40,805,744	1.18%	0.99%
1986	16,262,702	41,213,674	1.44%	1%
1987	16,527,715	41,621,690	1.63%	0.99%
1988	16,781,168	42,031,247	1.53%	0.98%
1989	16,997,013	42,449,038	1.29%	0.99%
1990	17,154,054	42,869,283	0.92%	0.99%
1991	17,278,600	43,295,704	0.73%	0.99%
1992	17,332,625	43,747,962	0.31%	1.04%
1993	17,274,487	44,194,628	-0.34%	1.02%
1994	17,043,771	44,641,540	-1.34%	1.01%
1995	16,730,536	45,092,991	-1.84%	1.01%
1996	16,416,027	45,524,681	-1.88%	0.96%
1997	16,043,251	45,953,580	-2.27%	0.94%
1998	15,647,785	46,286,503	-2.46%	0.72%
1999	15,455,874	46,616,677	-1.23%	0.71%
2000	15,501,103	47,008,111	0.29%	0.84%
2001	15,575,550	47,370,164	0.48%	0.77%
2002	15,656,677	47,644,736	0.52%	0.58%
2003	15,747,380	47,892,330	0.58%	0.52%
2004	15,850,159	48,082,519	0.65%	0.4%
2005	15,968,117	48,184,561	0.74%	0.21%
2006	16,103,716	48,438,292	0.85%	0.53%
2007	16,257,214	48,683,638	0.95%	0.51%
2008	16,426,525	49,054,708	1.04%	0.76%
2009	16,619,846	49,307,835	1.18%	0.52%
2010	16,836,810	49,554,112	1.31%	0.5%
2011	17,066,002	49,936,638	1.36%	0.77%
2012	17,306,106	50,199,853	1.41%	0.53%
2013	17,556,502	50,428,893	1.45%	0.46%
2014	17,816,285	50,746,659	1.48%	0.63%
2015	18,084,169	51,014,947	1.5%	0.53%
2016	18,363,600	51,217,803	1.55%	0.4%
2017	18,651,931	51,361,911	1.57%	0.28%
2018	18,932,727	51,585,058	1.51%	0.43%
2019	19,209,555	51,764,822	1.46%	0.35%
2020	19,482,117	51,836,239	1.42%	0.14%
2021	19,743,603	51,769,539	1.34%	-0.13%
2022	20,034,609	51,672,569	1.47%	-0.19%
2023	20,330,104	51,712,619	1.47%	0.08%
2024	20,592,571	51,751,065	1.29%	0.07%
2025	20,843,753	51,700,480	1.22%	-0.1%
2026	21,083,619	51,633,793	1.15%	-0.13%
2027	21,316,177	51,552,198	1.1%	-0.16%
2028	21,547,638	51,456,707	1.09%	-0.19%
2029	21,777,008	51,347,230	1.06%	-0.21%
2030	22,003,192	51,221,713	1.04%	-0.24%
2031	22,227,045	51,081,220	1.02%	-0.27%
2032	22,452,639	50,924,233	1.01%	-0.31%
2033	22,679,377	50,747,132	1.01%	-0.35%
2034	22,903,209	50,549,508	0.99%	-0.39%
2035	23,125,951	50,333,286	0.97%	-0.43%
2036	23,349,072	50,098,951	0.96%	-0.47%
2037	23,571,233	49,845,669	0.95%	-0.51%
2038	23,793,387	49,573,234	0.94%	-0.55%
2039	24,017,887	49,283,770	0.94%	-0.58%
2040	24,246,822	48,980,369	0.95%	-0.62%
2041	24,477,612	48,661,905	0.95%	-0.65%
2042	24,707,974	48,331,004	0.94%	-0.68%
2043	24,941,020	47,990,085	0.94%	-0.71%
2044	25,175,225	47,634,183	0.94%	-0.74%
2045	25,409,749	47,263,526	0.93%	-0.78%
2046	25,642,870	46,881,228	0.92%	-0.81%
2047	25,875,743	46,482,133	0.91%	-0.85%
2048	26,106,834	46,063,595	0.89%	-0.9%
2049	26,328,898	45,626,805	0.85%	-0.95%
2050	26,544,261	45,172,356	0.82%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,259,884 people (a 14% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kazakhstan gained 2,722,560 (a 14.8% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2006 and is 65th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 25.9% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.