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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	South Korea	Kiribati	South Korea
1960	47,157	25,012,374	-	-
1961	48,323	25,765,673	2.47%	3.01%
1962	49,538	26,513,030	2.51%	2.9%
1963	50,791	27,261,747	2.53%	2.82%
1964	52,088	27,984,155	2.55%	2.65%
1965	53,439	28,704,674	2.59%	2.57%
1966	54,425	29,435,571	1.85%	2.55%
1967	54,996	30,130,983	1.05%	2.36%
1968	55,529	30,838,302	0.97%	2.35%
1969	56,360	31,544,266	1.5%	2.29%
1970	57,510	32,240,827	2.04%	2.21%
1971	58,652	32,882,704	1.99%	1.99%
1972	59,778	33,505,406	1.92%	1.89%
1973	60,824	34,103,149	1.75%	1.78%
1974	61,219	34,692,266	0.65%	1.73%
1975	60,987	35,280,725	-0.38%	1.7%
1976	60,661	35,848,523	-0.53%	1.61%
1977	60,267	36,411,795	-0.65%	1.57%
1978	59,864	36,969,185	-0.67%	1.53%
1979	60,172	37,534,236	0.51%	1.53%
1980	61,148	38,123,775	1.62%	1.57%
1981	62,121	38,723,248	1.59%	1.57%
1982	63,134	39,326,352	1.63%	1.56%
1983	64,169	39,910,403	1.64%	1.49%
1984	65,228	40,405,956	1.65%	1.24%
1985	66,496	40,805,744	1.94%	0.99%
1986	68,059	41,213,674	2.35%	1%
1987	69,733	41,621,690	2.46%	0.99%
1988	71,427	42,031,247	2.43%	0.98%
1989	73,147	42,449,038	2.41%	0.99%
1990	74,855	42,869,283	2.34%	0.99%
1991	76,367	43,295,704	2.02%	0.99%
1992	77,641	43,747,962	1.67%	1.04%
1993	78,841	44,194,628	1.55%	1.02%
1994	80,021	44,641,540	1.5%	1.01%
1995	81,234	45,092,991	1.52%	1.01%
1996	82,623	45,524,681	1.71%	0.96%
1997	84,147	45,953,580	1.84%	0.94%
1998	85,657	46,286,503	1.79%	0.72%
1999	87,126	46,616,677	1.71%	0.71%
2000	88,613	47,008,111	1.71%	0.84%
2001	90,335	47,370,164	1.94%	0.77%
2002	92,264	47,644,736	2.14%	0.58%
2003	94,175	47,892,330	2.07%	0.52%
2004	96,085	48,082,519	2.03%	0.4%
2005	98,035	48,184,561	2.03%	0.21%
2006	100,017	48,438,292	2.02%	0.53%
2007	102,068	48,683,638	2.05%	0.51%
2008	104,222	49,054,708	2.11%	0.76%
2009	106,467	49,307,835	2.15%	0.52%
2010	108,704	49,554,112	2.1%	0.5%
2011	110,647	49,936,638	1.79%	0.77%
2012	112,284	50,199,853	1.48%	0.53%
2013	113,838	50,428,893	1.38%	0.46%
2014	115,326	50,746,659	1.31%	0.63%
2015	116,815	51,014,947	1.29%	0.53%
2016	118,478	51,217,803	1.42%	0.4%
2017	120,275	51,361,911	1.52%	0.28%
2018	122,084	51,585,058	1.5%	0.43%
2019	123,921	51,764,822	1.5%	0.35%
2020	126,099	51,836,239	1.76%	0.14%
2021	128,377	51,769,539	1.81%	-0.13%
2022	130,469	51,672,569	1.63%	-0.19%
2023	132,530	51,712,619	1.58%	0.08%
2024	134,518	51,751,065	1.5%	0.07%
2025	136,501	51,700,480	1.47%	-0.1%
2026	138,451	51,633,793	1.43%	-0.13%
2027	140,405	51,552,198	1.41%	-0.16%
2028	142,335	51,456,707	1.37%	-0.19%
2029	144,231	51,347,230	1.33%	-0.21%
2030	146,130	51,221,713	1.32%	-0.24%
2031	148,028	51,081,220	1.3%	-0.27%
2032	149,915	50,924,233	1.27%	-0.31%
2033	151,768	50,747,132	1.24%	-0.35%
2034	153,602	50,549,508	1.21%	-0.39%
2035	155,447	50,333,286	1.2%	-0.43%
2036	157,316	50,098,951	1.2%	-0.47%
2037	159,188	49,845,669	1.19%	-0.51%
2038	161,050	49,573,234	1.17%	-0.55%
2039	162,895	49,283,770	1.15%	-0.58%
2040	164,711	48,980,369	1.11%	-0.62%
2041	166,508	48,661,905	1.09%	-0.65%
2042	168,325	48,331,004	1.09%	-0.68%
2043	170,182	47,990,085	1.1%	-0.71%
2044	172,012	47,634,183	1.08%	-0.74%
2045	173,818	47,263,526	1.05%	-0.78%
2046	175,629	46,881,228	1.04%	-0.81%
2047	177,392	46,482,133	1%	-0.85%
2048	179,152	46,063,595	0.99%	-0.9%
2049	180,915	45,626,805	0.98%	-0.95%
2050	182,629	45,172,356	0.95%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,461 people (a 18.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kiribati gained 19,994 (a 16.9% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2006 and is 180th 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) Kiribati's population will grow by 31.9% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.