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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Montenegro was 623,831 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Montenegro's population is 618,209 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 83.6 times bigger than Montenegro's.
  • Montenegro is ranked the 166th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 0.63% of the world: 0.007% for Montenegro vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Montenegro has had an average growth rate of +0.02% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Montenegro has increased from 614K people to 618K (0.64% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 33.2% of the population in Montenegro and 38.1% in South Korea.

Montenegro vs South Korea: live population counter

Montenegro South Korea
Current population
618209
51700480
Population rank 166/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.007% 0.63%
One net population change
1.21 days
13.7 minutes
One birth every
1.25 hours
2.26 minutes
One death every
1.39 hours
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
5.2 hours
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change -1,686 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +1 +105
Annual growth/decline +302 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +0.05% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 163/197 159/197

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

Montenegro
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Montenegro South Korea Montenegro South Korea
1960 480,579 25,012,374 - -
1961 491,140 25,765,673 2.2% 3.01%
1962 502,558 26,513,030 2.32% 2.9%
1963 513,409 27,261,747 2.16% 2.82%
1964 521,753 27,984,155 1.63% 2.65%
1965 526,327 28,704,674 0.88% 2.57%
1966 526,419 29,435,571 0.02% 2.55%
1967 522,796 30,130,983 -0.69% 2.36%
1968 517,481 30,838,302 -1.02% 2.35%
1969 513,340 31,544,266 -0.8% 2.29%
1970 512,407 32,240,827 -0.18% 2.21%
1971 515,449 32,882,704 0.59% 1.99%
1972 521,785 33,505,406 1.23% 1.89%
1973 530,220 34,103,149 1.62% 1.78%
1974 538,902 34,692,266 1.64% 1.73%
1975 546,487 35,280,725 1.41% 1.7%
1976 552,562 35,848,523 1.11% 1.61%
1977 557,576 36,411,795 0.91% 1.57%
1978 562,065 36,969,185 0.81% 1.53%
1979 566,888 37,534,236 0.86% 1.53%
1980 572,608 38,123,775 1.01% 1.57%
1981 579,445 38,723,248 1.19% 1.57%
1982 587,001 39,326,352 1.3% 1.56%
1983 594,506 39,910,403 1.28% 1.49%
1984 600,884 40,405,956 1.07% 1.24%
1985 605,398 40,805,744 0.75% 0.99%
1986 607,711 41,213,674 0.38% 1%
1987 608,144 41,621,690 0.07% 0.99%
1988 607,413 42,031,247 -0.12% 0.98%
1989 606,571 42,449,038 -0.14% 0.99%
1990 606,372 42,869,283 -0.03% 0.99%
1991 607,105 43,295,704 0.12% 0.99%
1992 608,516 43,747,962 0.23% 1.04%
1993 610,170 44,194,628 0.27% 1.02%
1994 611,389 44,641,540 0.2% 1.01%
1995 611,712 45,092,991 0.05% 1.01%
1996 611,003 45,524,681 -0.12% 0.96%
1997 609,520 45,953,580 -0.24% 0.94%
1998 607,662 46,286,503 -0.3% 0.72%
1999 606,001 46,616,677 -0.27% 0.71%
2000 604,950 47,008,111 -0.17% 0.84%
2001 607,389 47,370,164 0.4% 0.77%
2002 609,828 47,644,736 0.4% 0.58%
2003 612,267 47,892,330 0.4% 0.52%
2004 613,353 48,082,519 0.18% 0.4%
2005 614,261 48,184,561 0.15% 0.21%
2006 615,025 48,438,292 0.12% 0.53%
2007 615,875 48,683,638 0.14% 0.51%
2008 616,969 49,054,708 0.18% 0.76%
2009 618,294 49,307,835 0.21% 0.52%
2010 619,428 49,554,112 0.18% 0.5%
2011 620,345 49,936,638 0.15% 0.77%
2012 621,418 50,199,853 0.17% 0.53%
2013 622,587 50,428,893 0.19% 0.46%
2014 623,744 50,746,659 0.19% 0.63%
2015 624,651 51,014,947 0.15% 0.53%
2016 625,353 51,217,803 0.11% 0.4%
2017 625,982 51,361,911 0.1% 0.28%
2018 626,438 51,585,058 0.07% 0.43%
2019 626,753 51,764,822 0.05% 0.35%
2020 626,590 51,836,239 -0.03% 0.14%
2021 625,053 51,769,539 -0.25% -0.13%
2022 623,591 51,672,569 -0.23% -0.19%
2023 623,529 51,712,619 -0.01% 0.08%
2024 623,831 51,751,065 0.05% 0.07%
2025 618,209 51,700,480 -0.9% -0.1%
2026 611,868 51,633,793 -1.03% -0.13%
2027 608,570 51,552,198 -0.54% -0.16%
2028 605,281 51,456,707 -0.54% -0.19%
2029 601,917 51,347,230 -0.56% -0.21%
2030 598,501 51,221,713 -0.57% -0.24%
2031 595,047 51,081,220 -0.58% -0.27%
2032 591,507 50,924,233 -0.59% -0.31%
2033 587,900 50,747,132 -0.61% -0.35%
2034 584,230 50,549,508 -0.62% -0.39%
2035 580,502 50,333,286 -0.64% -0.43%
2036 576,713 50,098,951 -0.65% -0.47%
2037 572,889 49,845,669 -0.66% -0.51%
2038 569,027 49,573,234 -0.67% -0.55%
2039 565,147 49,283,770 -0.68% -0.58%
2040 561,254 48,980,369 -0.69% -0.62%
2041 557,345 48,661,905 -0.7% -0.65%
2042 553,430 48,331,004 -0.7% -0.68%
2043 549,485 47,990,085 -0.71% -0.71%
2044 545,508 47,634,183 -0.72% -0.74%
2045 541,510 47,263,526 -0.73% -0.78%
2046 537,487 46,881,228 -0.74% -0.81%
2047 533,411 46,482,133 -0.76% -0.85%
2048 529,311 46,063,595 -0.77% -0.9%
2049 525,208 45,626,805 -0.78% -0.95%
2050 521,056 45,172,356 -0.79% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Montenegro increased by 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Montenegro lost -6,442 (a 1.03% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Montenegro was ranked 162nd most populous country in 2005 and is 166th 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) Montenegro's population will shrink by 15.7% to 521,056 people with a rank change from 166th to 170th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

Biggest cities by population

Montenegro
City Population
Podgorica 151K
Ulcinj 19.9K
Cetinje 14K
Plav 13.8K
Bar 13.7K
Budva 13.3K
Berane 11.1K
Mojkovac 3.59K
Kotor 961
South Korea
City Population
Seoul 9.67M
Busan 3.45M
Incheon 2.94M
Daegu 2.38M
Gwangju 1.49M
Daejeon 1.48M
Suwon 1.23M
Ulsan 1.13M
Yongin 1.08M
Goyang 1.06M

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