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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mozambique was 34,631,766 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mozambique's population is 36,441,519 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 1.42 times bigger than Mozambique's.
  • Mozambique is ranked the 43rd most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 1.07% of the world: 0.44% for Mozambique vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Mozambique has had an average growth rate of +2.99% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mozambique has increased from 20.3M people to 36.4M (79.5% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • Mozambique is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 104M people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.

Mozambique vs South Korea: live population counter

Mozambique South Korea
Current population
36441519
51700480
Population rank 43/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.44% 0.63%
One net population change
31.6 seconds
13.7 minutes
One birth every
25 seconds
2.26 minutes
One death every
2.23 minutes
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
13.5 minutes
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change -38,940 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +2,730 +105
Annual growth/decline +996,606 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +2.96% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 17/197 159/197

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

Mozambique
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mozambique South Korea Mozambique South Korea
1960 6,713,695 25,012,374 - -
1961 6,834,936 25,765,673 1.81% 3.01%
1962 6,969,364 26,513,030 1.97% 2.9%
1963 7,109,828 27,261,747 2.02% 2.82%
1964 7,255,061 27,984,155 2.04% 2.65%
1965 7,406,421 28,704,674 2.09% 2.57%
1966 7,562,990 29,435,571 2.11% 2.55%
1967 7,724,550 30,130,983 2.14% 2.36%
1968 7,892,613 30,838,302 2.18% 2.35%
1969 8,066,951 31,544,266 2.21% 2.29%
1970 8,250,506 32,240,827 2.28% 2.21%
1971 8,456,317 32,882,704 2.49% 1.99%
1972 8,692,935 33,505,406 2.8% 1.89%
1973 8,954,242 34,103,149 3.01% 1.78%
1974 9,236,093 34,692,266 3.15% 1.73%
1975 9,540,817 35,280,725 3.3% 1.7%
1976 9,867,209 35,848,523 3.42% 1.61%
1977 10,224,975 36,411,795 3.63% 1.57%
1978 10,618,250 36,969,185 3.85% 1.53%
1979 11,028,809 37,534,236 3.87% 1.53%
1980 11,336,221 38,123,775 2.79% 1.57%
1981 11,568,127 38,723,248 2.05% 1.57%
1982 11,824,370 39,326,352 2.22% 1.56%
1983 12,073,822 39,910,403 2.11% 1.49%
1984 12,315,954 40,405,956 2.01% 1.24%
1985 12,548,949 40,805,744 1.89% 0.99%
1986 12,770,578 41,213,674 1.77% 1%
1987 12,822,574 41,621,690 0.41% 0.99%
1988 12,800,558 42,031,247 -0.17% 0.98%
1989 12,906,842 42,449,038 0.83% 0.99%
1990 13,094,537 42,869,283 1.45% 0.99%
1991 13,352,090 43,295,704 1.97% 0.99%
1992 13,613,316 43,747,962 1.96% 1.04%
1993 14,051,192 44,194,628 3.22% 1.02%
1994 15,033,853 44,641,540 6.99% 1.01%
1995 15,960,530 45,092,991 6.16% 1.01%
1996 16,492,480 45,524,681 3.33% 0.96%
1997 16,949,982 45,953,580 2.77% 0.94%
1998 17,340,464 46,286,503 2.3% 0.72%
1999 17,734,506 46,616,677 2.27% 0.71%
2000 18,129,653 47,008,111 2.23% 0.84%
2001 18,537,729 47,370,164 2.25% 0.77%
2002 18,958,338 47,644,736 2.27% 0.58%
2003 19,392,475 47,892,330 2.29% 0.52%
2004 19,840,313 48,082,519 2.31% 0.4%
2005 20,304,569 48,184,561 2.34% 0.21%
2006 20,787,087 48,438,292 2.38% 0.53%
2007 21,287,635 48,683,638 2.41% 0.51%
2008 21,819,036 49,054,708 2.5% 0.76%
2009 22,391,745 49,307,835 2.62% 0.52%
2010 22,999,235 49,554,112 2.71% 0.5%
2011 23,649,039 49,936,638 2.83% 0.77%
2012 24,337,846 50,199,853 2.91% 0.53%
2013 25,051,611 50,428,893 2.93% 0.46%
2014 25,788,475 50,746,659 2.94% 0.63%
2015 26,547,572 51,014,947 2.94% 0.53%
2016 27,337,105 51,217,803 2.97% 0.4%
2017 28,166,393 51,361,911 3.03% 0.28%
2018 29,018,644 51,585,058 3.03% 0.43%
2019 29,884,380 51,764,822 2.98% 0.35%
2020 30,783,688 51,836,239 3.01% 0.14%
2021 31,707,800 51,769,539 3% -0.13%
2022 32,656,246 51,672,569 2.99% -0.19%
2023 33,635,160 51,712,619 3% 0.08%
2024 34,631,766 51,751,065 2.96% 0.07%
2025 35,631,656 51,700,480 2.89% -0.1%
2026 36,639,853 51,633,793 2.83% -0.13%
2027 37,668,656 51,552,198 2.81% -0.16%
2028 38,714,097 51,456,707 2.78% -0.19%
2029 39,774,947 51,347,230 2.74% -0.21%
2030 40,846,749 51,221,713 2.69% -0.24%
2031 41,931,250 51,081,220 2.66% -0.27%
2032 43,032,887 50,924,233 2.63% -0.31%
2033 44,144,533 50,747,132 2.58% -0.35%
2034 45,273,522 50,549,508 2.56% -0.39%
2035 46,411,774 50,333,286 2.51% -0.43%
2036 47,548,671 50,098,951 2.45% -0.47%
2037 48,684,563 49,845,669 2.39% -0.51%
2038 49,822,039 49,573,234 2.34% -0.55%
2039 50,971,124 49,283,770 2.31% -0.58%
2040 52,124,215 48,980,369 2.26% -0.62%
2041 53,271,004 48,661,905 2.2% -0.65%
2042 54,423,407 48,331,004 2.16% -0.68%
2043 55,574,711 47,990,085 2.12% -0.71%
2044 56,716,585 47,634,183 2.05% -0.74%
2045 57,851,787 47,263,526 2% -0.78%
2046 58,981,102 46,881,228 1.95% -0.81%
2047 60,117,587 46,482,133 1.93% -0.85%
2048 61,254,584 46,063,595 1.89% -0.9%
2049 62,397,018 45,626,805 1.87% -0.95%
2050 63,530,955 45,172,356 1.82% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mozambique gained 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2005 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. 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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