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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	South Korea	Niger	South Korea
1960	3,505,050	25,012,374	-	-
1961	3,608,162	25,765,673	2.94%	3.01%
1962	3,714,520	26,513,030	2.95%	2.9%
1963	3,823,873	27,261,747	2.94%	2.82%
1964	3,935,814	27,984,155	2.93%	2.65%
1965	4,049,695	28,704,674	2.89%	2.57%
1966	4,165,544	29,435,571	2.86%	2.55%
1967	4,283,590	30,130,983	2.83%	2.36%
1968	4,403,637	30,838,302	2.8%	2.35%
1969	4,525,725	31,544,266	2.77%	2.29%
1970	4,650,275	32,240,827	2.75%	2.21%
1971	4,776,225	32,882,704	2.71%	1.99%
1972	4,904,845	33,505,406	2.69%	1.89%
1973	5,037,865	34,103,149	2.71%	1.78%
1974	5,174,953	34,692,266	2.72%	1.73%
1975	5,317,019	35,280,725	2.75%	1.7%
1976	5,464,962	35,848,523	2.78%	1.61%
1977	5,619,716	36,411,795	2.83%	1.57%
1978	5,782,932	36,969,185	2.9%	1.53%
1979	5,955,556	37,534,236	2.99%	1.53%
1980	6,135,971	38,123,775	3.03%	1.57%
1981	6,322,006	38,723,248	3.03%	1.57%
1982	6,512,732	39,326,352	3.02%	1.56%
1983	6,708,644	39,910,403	3.01%	1.49%
1984	6,909,971	40,405,956	3%	1.24%
1985	7,118,457	40,805,744	3.02%	0.99%
1986	7,335,811	41,213,674	3.05%	1%
1987	7,561,150	41,621,690	3.07%	0.99%
1988	7,793,748	42,031,247	3.08%	0.98%
1989	8,034,780	42,449,038	3.09%	0.99%
1990	8,286,059	42,869,283	3.13%	0.99%
1991	8,546,900	43,295,704	3.15%	0.99%
1992	8,817,633	43,747,962	3.17%	1.04%
1993	9,100,789	44,194,628	3.21%	1.02%
1994	9,398,258	44,641,540	3.27%	1.01%
1995	9,714,529	45,092,991	3.37%	1.01%
1996	10,044,852	45,524,681	3.4%	0.96%
1997	10,383,969	45,953,580	3.38%	0.94%
1998	10,741,413	46,286,503	3.44%	0.72%
1999	11,117,411	46,616,677	3.5%	0.71%
2000	11,509,630	47,008,111	3.53%	0.84%
2001	11,920,647	47,370,164	3.57%	0.77%
2002	12,349,144	47,644,736	3.59%	0.58%
2003	12,796,984	47,892,330	3.63%	0.52%
2004	13,265,836	48,082,519	3.66%	0.4%
2005	13,756,192	48,184,561	3.7%	0.21%
2006	14,268,581	48,438,292	3.72%	0.53%
2007	14,803,610	48,683,638	3.75%	0.51%
2008	15,361,915	49,054,708	3.77%	0.76%
2009	15,943,675	49,307,835	3.79%	0.52%
2010	16,548,835	49,554,112	3.8%	0.5%
2011	17,176,283	49,936,638	3.79%	0.77%
2012	17,836,769	50,199,853	3.85%	0.53%
2013	18,519,898	50,428,893	3.83%	0.46%
2014	19,215,909	50,746,659	3.76%	0.63%
2015	19,939,498	51,014,947	3.77%	0.53%
2016	20,685,753	51,217,803	3.74%	0.4%
2017	21,435,446	51,361,911	3.62%	0.28%
2018	22,188,069	51,585,058	3.51%	0.43%
2019	22,947,757	51,764,822	3.42%	0.35%
2020	23,717,613	51,836,239	3.35%	0.14%
2021	24,502,140	51,769,539	3.31%	-0.13%
2022	25,311,973	51,672,569	3.31%	-0.19%
2023	26,159,867	51,712,619	3.35%	0.08%
2024	27,032,412	51,751,065	3.34%	0.07%
2025	27,917,825	51,700,480	3.28%	-0.1%
2026	28,814,872	51,633,793	3.21%	-0.13%
2027	29,723,688	51,552,198	3.15%	-0.16%
2028	30,643,561	51,456,707	3.09%	-0.19%
2029	31,575,091	51,347,230	3.04%	-0.21%
2030	32,518,069	51,221,713	2.99%	-0.24%
2031	33,469,616	51,081,220	2.93%	-0.27%
2032	34,428,638	50,924,233	2.87%	-0.31%
2033	35,397,029	50,747,132	2.81%	-0.35%
2034	36,372,374	50,549,508	2.76%	-0.39%
2035	37,353,462	50,333,286	2.7%	-0.43%
2036	38,340,142	50,098,951	2.64%	-0.47%
2037	39,330,372	49,845,669	2.58%	-0.51%
2038	40,323,460	49,573,234	2.52%	-0.55%
2039	41,318,407	49,283,770	2.47%	-0.58%
2040	42,316,733	48,980,369	2.42%	-0.62%
2041	43,319,236	48,661,905	2.37%	-0.65%
2042	44,326,115	48,331,004	2.32%	-0.68%
2043	45,337,248	47,990,085	2.28%	-0.71%
2044	46,353,160	47,634,183	2.24%	-0.74%
2045	47,374,113	47,263,526	2.2%	-0.78%
2046	48,397,993	46,881,228	2.16%	-0.81%
2047	49,423,853	46,482,133	2.12%	-0.85%
2048	50,452,202	46,063,595	2.08%	-0.9%
2049	51,482,559	45,626,805	2.04%	-0.95%
2050	52,513,870	45,172,356	2%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Niger increased by 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Niger gained 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Niger was ranked 65th most populous country in 2005 and is 53rd 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) Niger's population will grow by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people with a rank change from 53rd to 38th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.