Population in the Philippines compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Philippines and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Philippines	South Korea	Philippines	South Korea
1960	27,891,897	25,012,374	-	-
1961	28,792,621	25,765,673	3.23%	3.01%
1962	29,723,536	26,513,030	3.23%	2.9%
1963	30,674,731	27,261,747	3.2%	2.82%
1964	31,643,032	27,984,155	3.16%	2.65%
1965	32,625,316	28,704,674	3.1%	2.57%
1966	33,617,170	29,435,571	3.04%	2.55%
1967	34,621,320	30,130,983	2.99%	2.36%
1968	35,638,342	30,838,302	2.94%	2.35%
1969	36,660,799	31,544,266	2.87%	2.29%
1970	37,622,204	32,240,827	2.62%	2.21%
1971	38,518,659	32,882,704	2.38%	1.99%
1972	39,408,560	33,505,406	2.31%	1.89%
1973	40,294,130	34,103,149	2.25%	1.78%
1974	41,174,341	34,692,266	2.18%	1.73%
1975	42,120,826	35,280,725	2.3%	1.7%
1976	43,201,488	35,848,523	2.57%	1.61%
1977	44,367,962	36,411,795	2.7%	1.57%
1978	45,575,281	36,969,185	2.72%	1.53%
1979	46,807,103	37,534,236	2.7%	1.53%
1980	48,043,740	38,123,775	2.64%	1.57%
1981	49,311,727	38,723,248	2.64%	1.57%
1982	50,695,707	39,326,352	2.81%	1.56%
1983	52,194,620	39,910,403	2.96%	1.49%
1984	53,726,181	40,405,956	2.93%	1.24%
1985	55,213,006	40,805,744	2.77%	0.99%
1986	56,645,077	41,213,674	2.59%	1%
1987	58,157,496	41,621,690	2.67%	0.99%
1988	59,739,052	42,031,247	2.72%	0.98%
1989	61,265,260	42,449,038	2.55%	0.99%
1990	62,854,666	42,869,283	2.59%	0.99%
1991	64,382,249	43,295,704	2.43%	0.99%
1992	65,926,125	43,747,962	2.4%	1.04%
1993	67,530,621	44,194,628	2.43%	1.02%
1994	69,019,291	44,641,540	2.2%	1.01%
1995	70,546,246	45,092,991	2.21%	1.01%
1996	72,190,242	45,524,681	2.33%	0.96%
1997	73,908,810	45,953,580	2.38%	0.94%
1998	75,791,024	46,286,503	2.55%	0.72%
1999	77,753,257	46,616,677	2.59%	0.71%
2000	79,625,397	47,008,111	2.41%	0.84%
2001	81,401,488	47,370,164	2.23%	0.77%
2002	83,068,889	47,644,736	2.05%	0.58%
2003	84,731,835	47,892,330	2%	0.52%
2004	86,394,504	48,082,519	1.96%	0.4%
2005	88,015,962	48,184,561	1.88%	0.21%
2006	89,508,986	48,438,292	1.7%	0.53%
2007	91,075,184	48,683,638	1.75%	0.51%
2008	92,699,095	49,054,708	1.78%	0.76%
2009	94,384,250	49,307,835	1.82%	0.52%
2010	96,337,125	49,554,112	2.07%	0.5%
2011	98,248,614	49,936,638	1.98%	0.77%
2012	100,175,512	50,199,853	1.96%	0.53%
2013	102,076,336	50,428,893	1.9%	0.46%
2014	103,767,130	50,746,659	1.66%	0.63%
2015	105,312,992	51,014,947	1.49%	0.53%
2016	106,735,719	51,217,803	1.35%	0.4%
2017	108,119,693	51,361,911	1.3%	0.28%
2018	109,465,287	51,585,058	1.24%	0.43%
2019	110,804,683	51,764,822	1.22%	0.35%
2020	112,081,264	51,836,239	1.15%	0.14%
2021	113,100,950	51,769,539	0.91%	-0.13%
2022	113,964,338	51,672,569	0.76%	-0.19%
2023	114,891,199	51,712,619	0.81%	0.08%
2024	115,843,670	51,751,065	0.83%	0.07%
2025	116,786,968	51,700,480	0.81%	-0.1%
2026	117,724,479	51,633,793	0.8%	-0.13%
2027	118,656,426	51,552,198	0.79%	-0.16%
2028	119,583,984	51,456,707	0.78%	-0.19%
2029	120,502,132	51,347,230	0.77%	-0.21%
2030	121,408,897	51,221,713	0.75%	-0.24%
2031	122,301,606	51,081,220	0.74%	-0.27%
2032	123,180,341	50,924,233	0.72%	-0.31%
2033	124,049,036	50,747,132	0.71%	-0.35%
2034	124,904,124	50,549,508	0.69%	-0.39%
2035	125,740,977	50,333,286	0.67%	-0.43%
2036	126,558,232	50,098,951	0.65%	-0.47%
2037	127,352,607	49,845,669	0.63%	-0.51%
2038	128,118,535	49,573,234	0.6%	-0.55%
2039	128,850,047	49,283,770	0.57%	-0.58%
2040	129,546,666	48,980,369	0.54%	-0.62%
2041	130,209,810	48,661,905	0.51%	-0.65%
2042	130,837,005	48,331,004	0.48%	-0.68%
2043	131,427,404	47,990,085	0.45%	-0.71%
2044	131,979,673	47,634,183	0.42%	-0.74%
2045	132,492,038	47,263,526	0.39%	-0.78%
2046	132,962,001	46,881,228	0.35%	-0.81%
2047	133,385,290	46,482,133	0.32%	-0.85%
2048	133,759,436	46,063,595	0.28%	-0.9%
2049	134,089,011	45,626,805	0.25%	-0.95%
2050	134,373,439	45,172,356	0.21%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Philippines increased by 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Philippines gained 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

The Philippines was ranked 12th most populous country in 2005 and is 14th 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) the Philippines' population will grow by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.