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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Portugal	South Korea	Portugal	South Korea
1960	8,857,716	25,012,374	-	-
1961	8,929,316	25,765,673	0.81%	3.01%
1962	8,993,985	26,513,030	0.72%	2.9%
1963	9,030,355	27,261,747	0.4%	2.82%
1964	9,035,365	27,984,155	0.06%	2.65%
1965	8,998,595	28,704,674	-0.41%	2.57%
1966	8,930,990	29,435,571	-0.75%	2.55%
1967	8,874,520	30,130,983	-0.63%	2.36%
1968	8,836,650	30,838,302	-0.43%	2.35%
1969	8,757,705	31,544,266	-0.89%	2.29%
1970	8,680,431	32,240,827	-0.88%	2.21%
1971	8,643,756	32,882,704	-0.42%	1.99%
1972	8,630,430	33,505,406	-0.15%	1.89%
1973	8,633,100	34,103,149	0.03%	1.78%
1974	8,754,365	34,692,266	1.4%	1.73%
1975	9,093,470	35,280,725	3.87%	1.7%
1976	9,355,810	35,848,523	2.88%	1.61%
1977	9,455,675	36,411,795	1.07%	1.57%
1978	9,558,250	36,969,185	1.08%	1.53%
1979	9,661,265	37,534,236	1.08%	1.53%
1980	9,766,312	38,123,775	1.09%	1.57%
1981	9,851,362	38,723,248	0.87%	1.57%
1982	9,911,771	39,326,352	0.61%	1.56%
1983	9,957,865	39,910,403	0.47%	1.49%
1984	9,996,232	40,405,956	0.39%	1.24%
1985	10,023,613	40,805,744	0.27%	0.99%
1986	10,032,734	41,213,674	0.09%	1%
1987	10,030,031	41,621,690	-0.03%	0.99%
1988	10,019,610	42,031,247	-0.1%	0.98%
1989	10,005,000	42,449,038	-0.15%	0.99%
1990	9,983,218	42,869,283	-0.22%	0.99%
1991	9,960,235	43,295,704	-0.23%	0.99%
1992	9,952,494	43,747,962	-0.08%	1.04%
1993	9,964,675	44,194,628	0.12%	1.02%
1994	9,991,525	44,641,540	0.27%	1.01%
1995	10,026,176	45,092,991	0.35%	1.01%
1996	10,063,945	45,524,681	0.38%	0.96%
1997	10,108,977	45,953,580	0.45%	0.94%
1998	10,160,196	46,286,503	0.51%	0.72%
1999	10,217,828	46,616,677	0.57%	0.71%
2000	10,289,898	47,008,111	0.71%	0.84%
2001	10,362,722	47,370,164	0.71%	0.77%
2002	10,419,631	47,644,736	0.55%	0.58%
2003	10,458,821	47,892,330	0.38%	0.52%
2004	10,483,861	48,082,519	0.24%	0.4%
2005	10,503,330	48,184,561	0.19%	0.21%
2006	10,522,288	48,438,292	0.18%	0.53%
2007	10,542,964	48,683,638	0.2%	0.51%
2008	10,558,177	49,054,708	0.14%	0.76%
2009	10,568,247	49,307,835	0.1%	0.52%
2010	10,573,100	49,554,112	0.05%	0.5%
2011	10,557,560	49,936,638	-0.15%	0.77%
2012	10,514,844	50,199,853	-0.4%	0.53%
2013	10,457,295	50,428,893	-0.55%	0.46%
2014	10,401,062	50,746,659	-0.54%	0.63%
2015	10,358,076	51,014,947	-0.41%	0.53%
2016	10,325,452	51,217,803	-0.31%	0.4%
2017	10,300,300	51,361,911	-0.24%	0.28%
2018	10,283,822	51,585,058	-0.16%	0.43%
2019	10,286,263	51,764,822	0.02%	0.35%
2020	10,297,081	51,836,239	0.11%	0.14%
2021	10,361,831	51,769,539	0.63%	-0.13%
2022	10,434,332	51,672,569	0.7%	-0.19%
2023	10,578,174	51,712,619	1.38%	0.08%
2024	10,701,636	51,751,065	1.17%	0.07%
2025	10,687,819	51,700,480	-0.13%	-0.1%
2026	10,670,917	51,633,793	-0.16%	-0.13%
2027	10,653,073	51,552,198	-0.17%	-0.16%
2028	10,632,868	51,456,707	-0.19%	-0.19%
2029	10,611,484	51,347,230	-0.2%	-0.21%
2030	10,591,436	51,221,713	-0.19%	-0.24%
2031	10,571,418	51,081,220	-0.19%	-0.27%
2032	10,549,456	50,924,233	-0.21%	-0.31%
2033	10,526,482	50,747,132	-0.22%	-0.35%
2034	10,502,882	50,549,508	-0.22%	-0.39%
2035	10,478,843	50,333,286	-0.23%	-0.43%
2036	10,454,630	50,098,951	-0.23%	-0.47%
2037	10,430,128	49,845,669	-0.23%	-0.51%
2038	10,404,947	49,573,234	-0.24%	-0.55%
2039	10,377,968	49,283,770	-0.26%	-0.58%
2040	10,349,515	48,980,369	-0.27%	-0.62%
2041	10,321,577	48,661,905	-0.27%	-0.65%
2042	10,294,106	48,331,004	-0.27%	-0.68%
2043	10,264,596	47,990,085	-0.29%	-0.71%
2044	10,233,543	47,634,183	-0.3%	-0.74%
2045	10,201,832	47,263,526	-0.31%	-0.78%
2046	10,168,932	46,881,228	-0.32%	-0.81%
2047	10,135,159	46,482,133	-0.33%	-0.85%
2048	10,101,419	46,063,595	-0.33%	-0.9%
2049	10,066,064	45,626,805	-0.35%	-0.95%
2050	10,029,252	45,172,356	-0.37%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Portugal decreased by 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Portugal gained 329,743 (a 3.18% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Portugal was ranked 76th most populous country in 2005 and is 92nd 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) Portugal's population will shrink by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people with a rank change from 92nd to 97th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.