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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	South Korea	Nauru	South Korea
1960	4,607	25,012,374	-	-
1961	4,774	25,765,673	3.62%	3.01%
1962	4,979	26,513,030	4.29%	2.9%
1963	5,226	27,261,747	4.96%	2.82%
1964	5,515	27,984,155	5.53%	2.65%
1965	5,832	28,704,674	5.75%	2.57%
1966	6,043	29,435,571	3.62%	2.55%
1967	6,135	30,130,983	1.52%	2.36%
1968	6,328	30,838,302	3.15%	2.35%
1969	6,581	31,544,266	4%	2.29%
1970	6,710	32,240,827	1.96%	2.21%
1971	6,762	32,882,704	0.77%	1.99%
1972	6,812	33,505,406	0.74%	1.89%
1973	6,866	34,103,149	0.79%	1.78%
1974	6,923	34,692,266	0.83%	1.73%
1975	6,987	35,280,725	0.92%	1.7%
1976	7,064	35,848,523	1.1%	1.61%
1977	7,163	36,411,795	1.4%	1.57%
1978	7,298	36,969,185	1.88%	1.53%
1979	7,468	37,534,236	2.33%	1.53%
1980	7,649	38,123,775	2.42%	1.57%
1981	7,839	38,723,248	2.48%	1.57%
1982	8,040	39,326,352	2.56%	1.56%
1983	8,216	39,910,403	2.19%	1.49%
1984	8,377	40,405,956	1.96%	1.24%
1985	8,551	40,805,744	2.08%	0.99%
1986	8,742	41,213,674	2.23%	1%
1987	8,946	41,621,690	2.33%	0.99%
1988	9,165	42,031,247	2.45%	0.98%
1989	9,390	42,449,038	2.45%	0.99%
1990	9,622	42,869,283	2.47%	0.99%
1991	9,850	43,295,704	2.37%	0.99%
1992	10,021	43,747,962	1.74%	1.04%
1993	10,102	44,194,628	0.81%	1.02%
1994	10,137	44,641,540	0.35%	1.01%
1995	10,165	45,092,991	0.28%	1.01%
1996	10,183	45,524,681	0.18%	0.96%
1997	10,197	45,953,580	0.14%	0.94%
1998	10,198	46,286,503	0.01%	0.72%
1999	10,187	46,616,677	-0.11%	0.71%
2000	10,168	47,008,111	-0.19%	0.84%
2001	10,130	47,370,164	-0.37%	0.77%
2002	10,082	47,644,736	-0.47%	0.58%
2003	10,059	47,892,330	-0.23%	0.52%
2004	10,060	48,082,519	0.01%	0.4%
2005	10,049	48,184,561	-0.11%	0.21%
2006	10,034	48,438,292	-0.15%	0.53%
2007	10,020	48,683,638	-0.14%	0.51%
2008	10,009	49,054,708	-0.11%	0.76%
2009	10,016	49,307,835	0.07%	0.52%
2010	10,043	49,554,112	0.27%	0.5%
2011	10,098	49,936,638	0.55%	0.77%
2012	10,267	50,199,853	1.67%	0.53%
2013	10,517	50,428,893	2.43%	0.46%
2014	10,742	50,746,659	2.14%	0.63%
2015	10,954	51,014,947	1.97%	0.53%
2016	11,150	51,217,803	1.79%	0.4%
2017	11,324	51,361,911	1.56%	0.28%
2018	11,477	51,585,058	1.35%	0.43%
2019	11,587	51,764,822	0.96%	0.35%
2020	11,643	51,836,239	0.48%	0.14%
2021	11,709	51,769,539	0.57%	-0.13%
2022	11,801	51,672,569	0.79%	-0.19%
2023	11,875	51,712,619	0.63%	0.08%
2024	11,947	51,751,065	0.61%	0.07%
2025	12,030	51,700,480	0.7%	-0.1%
2026	12,103	51,633,793	0.61%	-0.13%
2027	12,196	51,552,198	0.77%	-0.16%
2028	12,296	51,456,707	0.82%	-0.19%
2029	12,403	51,347,230	0.87%	-0.21%
2030	12,519	51,221,713	0.94%	-0.24%
2031	12,645	51,081,220	1%	-0.27%
2032	12,785	50,924,233	1.11%	-0.31%
2033	12,921	50,747,132	1.06%	-0.35%
2034	13,071	50,549,508	1.16%	-0.39%
2035	13,230	50,333,286	1.22%	-0.43%
2036	13,391	50,098,951	1.21%	-0.47%
2037	13,541	49,845,669	1.12%	-0.51%
2038	13,697	49,573,234	1.16%	-0.55%
2039	13,857	49,283,770	1.17%	-0.58%
2040	14,041	48,980,369	1.33%	-0.62%
2041	14,220	48,661,905	1.27%	-0.65%
2042	14,402	48,331,004	1.28%	-0.68%
2043	14,579	47,990,085	1.23%	-0.71%
2044	14,754	47,634,183	1.2%	-0.74%
2045	14,920	47,263,526	1.13%	-0.78%
2046	15,098	46,881,228	1.19%	-0.81%
2047	15,268	46,482,133	1.12%	-0.85%
2048	15,431	46,063,595	1.07%	-0.9%
2049	15,595	45,626,805	1.06%	-0.95%
2050	15,751	45,172,356	1%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th 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) Nauru's population will grow by 30.3% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.