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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	South Korea	Mexico	South Korea
1960	36,724,615	25,012,374	-	-
1961	37,890,118	25,765,673	3.17%	3.01%
1962	39,129,200	26,513,030	3.27%	2.9%
1963	40,424,065	27,261,747	3.31%	2.82%
1964	41,772,049	27,984,155	3.33%	2.65%
1965	43,174,477	28,704,674	3.36%	2.57%
1966	44,629,106	29,435,571	3.37%	2.55%
1967	46,129,608	30,130,983	3.36%	2.36%
1968	47,668,303	30,838,302	3.34%	2.35%
1969	49,233,194	31,544,266	3.28%	2.29%
1970	50,814,953	32,240,827	3.21%	2.21%
1971	52,412,558	32,882,704	3.14%	1.99%
1972	54,030,168	33,505,406	3.09%	1.89%
1973	55,667,284	34,103,149	3.03%	1.78%
1974	57,320,149	34,692,266	2.97%	1.73%
1975	58,982,400	35,280,725	2.9%	1.7%
1976	60,645,512	35,848,523	2.82%	1.61%
1977	62,308,493	36,411,795	2.74%	1.57%
1978	63,979,046	36,969,185	2.68%	1.53%
1979	65,648,865	37,534,236	2.61%	1.53%
1980	67,300,334	38,123,775	2.52%	1.57%
1981	68,892,108	38,723,248	2.37%	1.57%
1982	70,433,260	39,326,352	2.24%	1.56%
1983	71,971,240	39,910,403	2.18%	1.49%
1984	73,506,846	40,405,956	2.13%	1.24%
1985	75,043,414	40,805,744	2.09%	0.99%
1986	76,585,637	41,213,674	2.06%	1%
1987	78,136,651	41,621,690	2.03%	0.99%
1988	79,695,531	42,031,247	2%	0.98%
1989	81,247,182	42,449,038	1.95%	0.99%
1990	82,820,170	42,869,283	1.94%	0.99%
1991	84,430,572	43,295,704	1.94%	0.99%
1992	86,044,809	43,747,962	1.91%	1.04%
1993	87,653,807	44,194,628	1.87%	1.02%
1994	89,259,205	44,641,540	1.83%	1.01%
1995	90,862,455	45,092,991	1.8%	1.01%
1996	92,452,702	45,524,681	1.75%	0.96%
1997	94,021,207	45,953,580	1.7%	0.94%
1998	95,575,245	46,286,503	1.65%	0.72%
1999	97,115,707	46,616,677	1.61%	0.71%
2000	98,625,552	47,008,111	1.55%	0.84%
2001	100,099,099	47,370,164	1.49%	0.77%
2002	101,548,624	47,644,736	1.45%	0.58%
2003	102,978,515	47,892,330	1.41%	0.52%
2004	104,394,131	48,082,519	1.37%	0.4%
2005	105,811,504	48,184,561	1.36%	0.21%
2006	107,253,666	48,438,292	1.36%	0.53%
2007	108,774,360	48,683,638	1.42%	0.51%
2008	110,374,288	49,054,708	1.47%	0.76%
2009	111,999,721	49,307,835	1.47%	0.52%
2010	113,623,895	49,554,112	1.45%	0.5%
2011	115,243,504	49,936,638	1.43%	0.77%
2012	116,818,208	50,199,853	1.37%	0.53%
2013	118,343,573	50,428,893	1.31%	0.46%
2014	119,784,261	50,746,659	1.22%	0.63%
2015	121,072,306	51,014,947	1.08%	0.53%
2016	122,251,351	51,217,803	0.97%	0.4%
2017	123,400,057	51,361,911	0.94%	0.28%
2018	124,573,711	51,585,058	0.95%	0.43%
2019	125,762,982	51,764,822	0.95%	0.35%
2020	126,799,054	51,836,239	0.82%	0.14%
2021	127,648,148	51,769,539	0.67%	-0.13%
2022	128,613,117	51,672,569	0.76%	-0.19%
2023	129,739,759	51,712,619	0.88%	0.08%
2024	130,861,007	51,751,065	0.86%	0.07%
2025	131,946,905	51,700,480	0.83%	-0.1%
2026	132,997,664	51,633,793	0.8%	-0.13%
2027	134,017,711	51,552,198	0.77%	-0.16%
2028	135,008,697	51,456,707	0.74%	-0.19%
2029	135,970,893	51,347,230	0.71%	-0.21%
2030	136,904,747	51,221,713	0.69%	-0.24%
2031	137,811,068	51,081,220	0.66%	-0.27%
2032	138,690,189	50,924,233	0.64%	-0.31%
2033	139,542,087	50,747,132	0.61%	-0.35%
2034	140,362,026	50,549,508	0.59%	-0.39%
2035	141,150,818	50,333,286	0.56%	-0.43%
2036	141,909,168	50,098,951	0.54%	-0.47%
2037	142,637,546	49,845,669	0.51%	-0.51%
2038	143,336,222	49,573,234	0.49%	-0.55%
2039	143,998,296	49,283,770	0.46%	-0.58%
2040	144,624,328	48,980,369	0.43%	-0.62%
2041	145,217,780	48,661,905	0.41%	-0.65%
2042	145,777,459	48,331,004	0.39%	-0.68%
2043	146,300,011	47,990,085	0.36%	-0.71%
2044	146,787,722	47,634,183	0.33%	-0.74%
2045	147,240,096	47,263,526	0.31%	-0.78%
2046	147,654,160	46,881,228	0.28%	-0.81%
2047	148,030,153	46,482,133	0.25%	-0.85%
2048	148,372,233	46,063,595	0.23%	-0.9%
2049	148,677,894	45,626,805	0.21%	-0.95%
2050	148,946,272	45,172,356	0.18%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mexico increased by 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mexico gained 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2005 and is still 11th 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) Mexico's population will grow by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.