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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Pakistan	South Korea	Pakistan	South Korea
1960	45,709,310	25,012,374	-	-
1961	46,921,277	25,765,673	2.65%	3.01%
1962	48,156,128	26,513,030	2.63%	2.9%
1963	49,447,776	27,261,747	2.68%	2.82%
1964	50,799,999	27,984,155	2.73%	2.65%
1965	52,209,010	28,704,674	2.77%	2.57%
1966	53,678,667	29,435,571	2.81%	2.55%
1967	55,214,768	30,130,983	2.86%	2.36%
1968	56,810,507	30,838,302	2.89%	2.35%
1969	58,460,939	31,544,266	2.91%	2.29%
1970	60,166,719	32,240,827	2.92%	2.21%
1971	61,847,899	32,882,704	2.79%	1.99%
1972	63,583,194	33,505,406	2.81%	1.89%
1973	65,461,912	34,103,149	2.95%	1.78%
1974	67,415,487	34,692,266	2.98%	1.73%
1975	69,461,175	35,280,725	3.03%	1.7%
1976	71,620,254	35,848,523	3.11%	1.61%
1977	73,901,827	36,411,795	3.19%	1.57%
1978	76,307,379	36,969,185	3.26%	1.53%
1979	78,997,039	37,534,236	3.52%	1.53%
1980	82,291,010	38,123,775	4.17%	1.57%
1981	85,802,049	38,723,248	4.27%	1.57%
1982	89,089,246	39,326,352	3.83%	1.56%
1983	92,227,711	39,910,403	3.52%	1.49%
1984	95,164,936	40,405,956	3.18%	1.24%
1985	98,229,285	40,805,744	3.22%	0.99%
1986	101,606,764	41,213,674	3.44%	1%
1987	105,130,717	41,621,690	3.47%	0.99%
1988	108,724,739	42,031,247	3.42%	0.98%
1989	112,336,629	42,449,038	3.32%	0.99%
1990	116,155,576	42,869,283	3.4%	0.99%
1991	120,060,406	43,295,704	3.36%	0.99%
1992	123,546,848	43,747,962	2.9%	1.04%
1993	127,020,117	44,194,628	2.81%	1.02%
1994	130,748,083	44,641,540	2.93%	1.01%
1995	134,582,253	45,092,991	2.93%	1.01%
1996	138,557,092	45,524,681	2.95%	0.96%
1997	142,531,804	45,953,580	2.87%	0.94%
1998	146,522,356	46,286,503	2.8%	0.72%
1999	150,565,377	46,616,677	2.76%	0.71%
2000	154,879,127	47,008,111	2.87%	0.84%
2001	159,270,907	47,370,164	2.84%	0.77%
2002	163,222,549	47,644,736	2.48%	0.58%
2003	167,110,248	47,892,330	2.38%	0.52%
2004	171,286,000	48,082,519	2.5%	0.4%
2005	175,453,212	48,184,561	2.43%	0.21%
2006	179,682,690	48,438,292	2.41%	0.53%
2007	184,493,231	48,683,638	2.68%	0.51%
2008	189,499,113	49,054,708	2.71%	0.76%
2009	194,376,534	49,307,835	2.57%	0.52%
2010	199,239,047	49,554,112	2.5%	0.5%
2011	203,746,065	49,936,638	2.26%	0.77%
2012	207,667,125	50,199,853	1.92%	0.53%
2013	211,073,978	50,428,893	1.64%	0.46%
2014	214,264,647	50,746,659	1.51%	0.63%
2015	217,290,883	51,014,947	1.41%	0.53%
2016	220,138,869	51,217,803	1.31%	0.4%
2017	223,273,967	51,361,911	1.42%	0.28%
2018	226,928,892	51,585,058	1.64%	0.43%
2019	230,800,899	51,764,822	1.71%	0.35%
2020	235,001,746	51,836,239	1.82%	0.14%
2021	239,477,801	51,769,539	1.9%	-0.13%
2022	243,700,667	51,672,569	1.76%	-0.19%
2023	247,504,495	51,712,619	1.56%	0.08%
2024	251,269,164	51,751,065	1.52%	0.07%
2025	255,219,564	51,700,480	1.57%	-0.1%
2026	259,299,796	51,633,793	1.6%	-0.13%
2027	263,515,827	51,552,198	1.63%	-0.16%
2028	267,881,923	51,456,707	1.66%	-0.19%
2029	272,337,520	51,347,230	1.66%	-0.21%
2030	276,883,261	51,221,713	1.67%	-0.24%
2031	281,528,070	51,081,220	1.68%	-0.27%
2032	286,241,141	50,924,233	1.67%	-0.31%
2033	291,012,268	50,747,132	1.67%	-0.35%
2034	295,820,153	50,549,508	1.65%	-0.39%
2035	300,643,518	50,333,286	1.63%	-0.43%
2036	305,491,504	50,098,951	1.61%	-0.47%
2037	310,353,293	49,845,669	1.59%	-0.51%
2038	315,227,709	49,573,234	1.57%	-0.55%
2039	320,105,882	49,283,770	1.55%	-0.58%
2040	324,937,703	48,980,369	1.51%	-0.62%
2041	329,746,478	48,661,905	1.48%	-0.65%
2042	334,551,874	48,331,004	1.46%	-0.68%
2043	339,334,851	47,990,085	1.43%	-0.71%
2044	344,095,467	47,634,183	1.4%	-0.74%
2045	348,837,732	47,263,526	1.38%	-0.78%
2046	353,552,859	46,881,228	1.35%	-0.81%
2047	358,207,159	46,482,133	1.32%	-0.85%
2048	362,796,532	46,063,595	1.28%	-0.9%
2049	367,344,429	45,626,805	1.25%	-0.95%
2050	371,863,804	45,172,356	1.23%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Pakistan increased by 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Pakistan gained 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2006 and is 5th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.