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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Poland	South Korea	Poland	South Korea
1960	29,637,450	25,012,374	-	-
1961	29,964,000	25,765,673	1.1%	3.01%
1962	30,308,500	26,513,030	1.15%	2.9%
1963	30,712,000	27,261,747	1.33%	2.82%
1964	31,139,450	27,984,155	1.39%	2.65%
1965	31,444,950	28,704,674	0.98%	2.57%
1966	31,681,000	29,435,571	0.75%	2.55%
1967	31,987,155	30,130,983	0.97%	2.36%
1968	32,294,655	30,838,302	0.96%	2.35%
1969	32,548,300	31,544,266	0.79%	2.29%
1970	32,664,300	32,240,827	0.36%	2.21%
1971	32,783,500	32,882,704	0.36%	1.99%
1972	33,055,650	33,505,406	0.83%	1.89%
1973	33,357,200	34,103,149	0.91%	1.78%
1974	33,678,899	34,692,266	0.96%	1.73%
1975	34,015,199	35,280,725	1%	1.7%
1976	34,356,300	35,848,523	1%	1.61%
1977	34,689,050	36,411,795	0.97%	1.57%
1978	34,965,600	36,969,185	0.8%	1.53%
1979	35,247,217	37,534,236	0.81%	1.53%
1980	35,574,150	38,123,775	0.93%	1.57%
1981	35,898,587	38,723,248	0.91%	1.57%
1982	36,230,481	39,326,352	0.92%	1.56%
1983	36,571,808	39,910,403	0.94%	1.49%
1984	36,904,134	40,405,956	0.91%	1.24%
1985	37,201,885	40,805,744	0.81%	0.99%
1986	37,456,119	41,213,674	0.68%	1%
1987	37,668,045	41,621,690	0.57%	0.99%
1988	37,824,487	42,031,247	0.42%	0.98%
1989	37,961,529	42,449,038	0.36%	0.99%
1990	38,110,782	42,869,283	0.39%	0.99%
1991	38,246,193	43,295,704	0.36%	0.99%
1992	38,363,667	43,747,962	0.31%	1.04%
1993	38,461,408	44,194,628	0.25%	1.02%
1994	38,542,652	44,641,540	0.21%	1.01%
1995	38,594,998	45,092,991	0.14%	1.01%
1996	38,624,370	45,524,681	0.08%	0.96%
1997	38,649,660	45,953,580	0.07%	0.94%
1998	38,663,481	46,286,503	0.04%	0.72%
1999	38,660,271	46,616,677	-0.008%	0.71%
2000	38,258,629	47,008,111	-1.04%	0.84%
2001	38,248,076	47,370,164	-0.03%	0.77%
2002	38,230,364	47,644,736	-0.05%	0.58%
2003	38,204,570	47,892,330	-0.07%	0.52%
2004	38,182,222	48,082,519	-0.06%	0.4%
2005	38,165,445	48,184,561	-0.04%	0.21%
2006	38,141,267	48,438,292	-0.06%	0.53%
2007	38,120,560	48,683,638	-0.05%	0.51%
2008	38,125,759	49,054,708	0.01%	0.76%
2009	38,151,603	49,307,835	0.07%	0.52%
2010	38,042,794	49,554,112	-0.29%	0.5%
2011	38,063,255	49,936,638	0.05%	0.77%
2012	38,063,164	50,199,853	-0%	0.53%
2013	38,040,196	50,428,893	-0.06%	0.46%
2014	38,011,735	50,746,659	-0.07%	0.63%
2015	37,986,412	51,014,947	-0.07%	0.53%
2016	37,970,087	51,217,803	-0.04%	0.4%
2017	37,974,826	51,361,911	0.01%	0.28%
2018	37,974,750	51,585,058	-0%	0.43%
2019	37,965,475	51,764,822	-0.02%	0.35%
2020	37,515,748	51,836,239	-1.18%	0.14%
2021	36,981,559	51,769,539	-1.42%	-0.13%
2022	36,821,749	51,672,569	-0.43%	-0.19%
2023	36,687,353	51,712,619	-0.36%	0.08%
2024	36,554,707	51,751,065	-0.36%	0.07%
2025	36,176,920	51,700,480	-1.03%	-0.1%
2026	35,894,534	51,633,793	-0.78%	-0.13%
2027	35,753,988	51,552,198	-0.39%	-0.16%
2028	35,605,295	51,456,707	-0.42%	-0.19%
2029	35,447,860	51,347,230	-0.44%	-0.21%
2030	35,283,068	51,221,713	-0.46%	-0.24%
2031	35,111,838	51,081,220	-0.49%	-0.27%
2032	34,934,626	50,924,233	-0.5%	-0.31%
2033	34,753,118	50,747,132	-0.52%	-0.35%
2034	34,567,292	50,549,508	-0.53%	-0.39%
2035	34,377,478	50,333,286	-0.55%	-0.43%
2036	34,183,187	50,098,951	-0.57%	-0.47%
2037	33,984,777	49,845,669	-0.58%	-0.51%
2038	33,782,992	49,573,234	-0.59%	-0.55%
2039	33,577,269	49,283,770	-0.61%	-0.58%
2040	33,368,049	48,980,369	-0.62%	-0.62%
2041	33,156,329	48,661,905	-0.63%	-0.65%
2042	32,941,367	48,331,004	-0.65%	-0.68%
2043	32,722,775	47,990,085	-0.66%	-0.71%
2044	32,501,991	47,634,183	-0.67%	-0.74%
2045	32,278,695	47,263,526	-0.69%	-0.78%
2046	32,052,771	46,881,228	-0.7%	-0.81%
2047	31,824,481	46,482,133	-0.71%	-0.85%
2048	31,593,911	46,063,595	-0.72%	-0.9%
2049	31,360,713	45,626,805	-0.74%	-0.95%
2050	31,124,396	45,172,356	-0.75%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th 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) Poland's population will shrink by 14% to 31,124,396 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.