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
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| Current population |
618209
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51700480
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| Population rank | 166/197 | 31/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.007% | 0.63% |
| One net population change |
1.21 days
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13.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.25 hours
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2.26 minutes
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| One death every |
1.39 hours
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1.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.2 hours
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6.92 minutes
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| 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
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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.
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Population differences between Montenegro and South Korea
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| Life expectancy | 77.4 years | 84.5 years |
| Average age | 40.3 years | 44.8 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 46.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.1:51.9 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.74 births per woman | 0.72 births per woman |
| Population density | 120.1 ppl/mi² | 1,373 ppl/mi² |
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