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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	South Korea	Liberia	South Korea
1960	1,139,522	25,012,374	-	-
1961	1,167,717	25,765,673	2.47%	3.01%
1962	1,197,039	26,513,030	2.51%	2.9%
1963	1,227,414	27,261,747	2.54%	2.82%
1964	1,258,745	27,984,155	2.55%	2.65%
1965	1,291,156	28,704,674	2.57%	2.57%
1966	1,324,383	29,435,571	2.57%	2.55%
1967	1,358,435	30,130,983	2.57%	2.36%
1968	1,393,530	30,838,302	2.58%	2.35%
1969	1,429,605	31,544,266	2.59%	2.29%
1970	1,466,676	32,240,827	2.59%	2.21%
1971	1,504,077	32,882,704	2.55%	1.99%
1972	1,542,670	33,505,406	2.57%	1.89%
1973	1,583,588	34,103,149	2.65%	1.78%
1974	1,626,362	34,692,266	2.7%	1.73%
1975	1,670,913	35,280,725	2.74%	1.7%
1976	1,717,060	35,848,523	2.76%	1.61%
1977	1,766,019	36,411,795	2.85%	1.57%
1978	1,818,247	36,969,185	2.96%	1.53%
1979	1,872,713	37,534,236	3%	1.53%
1980	1,929,253	38,123,775	3.02%	1.57%
1981	1,986,867	38,723,248	2.99%	1.57%
1982	2,045,073	39,326,352	2.93%	1.56%
1983	2,107,113	39,910,403	3.03%	1.49%
1984	2,173,312	40,405,956	3.14%	1.24%
1985	2,240,539	40,805,744	3.09%	0.99%
1986	2,308,511	41,213,674	3.03%	1%
1987	2,377,229	41,621,690	2.98%	0.99%
1988	2,446,941	42,031,247	2.93%	0.98%
1989	2,517,858	42,449,038	2.9%	0.99%
1990	2,223,667	42,869,283	-11.7%	0.99%
1991	1,956,518	43,295,704	-12%	0.99%
1992	2,072,461	43,747,962	5.93%	1.04%
1993	2,155,126	44,194,628	3.99%	1.02%
1994	2,149,928	44,641,540	-0.24%	1.01%
1995	2,169,162	45,092,991	0.89%	1.01%
1996	2,232,289	45,524,681	2.91%	0.96%
1997	2,412,989	45,953,580	8.09%	0.94%
1998	2,670,124	46,286,503	10.7%	0.72%
1999	2,821,684	46,616,677	5.68%	0.71%
2000	2,928,117	47,008,111	3.77%	0.84%
2001	3,015,338	47,370,164	2.98%	0.77%
2002	3,094,782	47,644,736	2.63%	0.58%
2003	3,119,532	47,892,330	0.8%	0.52%
2004	3,156,892	48,082,519	1.2%	0.4%
2005	3,301,015	48,184,561	4.57%	0.21%
2006	3,490,787	48,438,292	5.75%	0.53%
2007	3,669,050	48,683,638	5.11%	0.51%
2008	3,821,003	49,054,708	4.14%	0.76%
2009	3,943,028	49,307,835	3.19%	0.52%
2010	4,058,890	49,554,112	2.94%	0.5%
2011	4,221,178	49,936,638	4%	0.77%
2012	4,373,043	50,199,853	3.6%	0.53%
2013	4,470,239	50,428,893	2.22%	0.46%
2014	4,564,293	50,746,659	2.1%	0.63%
2015	4,659,431	51,014,947	2.08%	0.53%
2016	4,755,608	51,217,803	2.06%	0.4%
2017	4,848,925	51,361,911	1.96%	0.28%
2018	4,944,726	51,585,058	1.98%	0.43%
2019	5,043,721	51,764,822	2%	0.35%
2020	5,149,463	51,836,239	2.1%	0.14%
2021	5,259,323	51,769,539	2.13%	-0.13%
2022	5,373,294	51,672,569	2.17%	-0.19%
2023	5,493,031	51,712,619	2.23%	0.08%
2024	5,612,817	51,751,065	2.18%	0.07%
2025	5,731,211	51,700,480	2.11%	-0.1%
2026	5,853,958	51,633,793	2.14%	-0.13%
2027	5,986,805	51,552,198	2.27%	-0.16%
2028	6,118,769	51,456,707	2.2%	-0.19%
2029	6,245,093	51,347,230	2.06%	-0.21%
2030	6,366,293	51,221,713	1.94%	-0.24%
2031	6,486,749	51,081,220	1.89%	-0.27%
2032	6,614,257	50,924,233	1.97%	-0.31%
2033	6,744,927	50,747,132	1.98%	-0.35%
2034	6,873,688	50,549,508	1.91%	-0.39%
2035	7,003,567	50,333,286	1.89%	-0.43%
2036	7,142,326	50,098,951	1.98%	-0.47%
2037	7,278,759	49,845,669	1.91%	-0.51%
2038	7,408,720	49,573,234	1.79%	-0.55%
2039	7,545,510	49,283,770	1.85%	-0.58%
2040	7,681,693	48,980,369	1.8%	-0.62%
2041	7,817,089	48,661,905	1.76%	-0.65%
2042	7,954,182	48,331,004	1.75%	-0.68%
2043	8,077,173	47,990,085	1.55%	-0.71%
2044	8,194,136	47,634,183	1.45%	-0.74%
2045	8,310,657	47,263,526	1.42%	-0.78%
2046	8,428,924	46,881,228	1.42%	-0.81%
2047	8,552,033	46,482,133	1.46%	-0.85%
2048	8,673,963	46,063,595	1.43%	-0.9%
2049	8,795,838	45,626,805	1.41%	-0.95%
2050	8,910,539	45,172,356	1.3%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.