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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Russia	South Korea	Russia	South Korea
1960	119,897,000	25,012,374	-	-
1961	121,236,000	25,765,673	1.12%	3.01%
1962	122,591,000	26,513,030	1.12%	2.9%
1963	123,960,000	27,261,747	1.12%	2.82%
1964	125,345,000	27,984,155	1.12%	2.65%
1965	126,745,000	28,704,674	1.12%	2.57%
1966	127,468,000	29,435,571	0.57%	2.55%
1967	128,196,000	30,130,983	0.57%	2.36%
1968	128,928,000	30,838,302	0.57%	2.35%
1969	129,664,000	31,544,266	0.57%	2.29%
1970	130,404,000	32,240,827	0.57%	2.21%
1971	131,155,000	32,882,704	0.58%	1.99%
1972	131,909,000	33,505,406	0.57%	1.89%
1973	132,669,000	34,103,149	0.58%	1.78%
1974	133,432,000	34,692,266	0.58%	1.73%
1975	134,200,000	35,280,725	0.58%	1.7%
1976	135,147,000	35,848,523	0.71%	1.61%
1977	136,100,000	36,411,795	0.71%	1.57%
1978	137,060,000	36,969,185	0.71%	1.53%
1979	138,027,000	37,534,236	0.71%	1.53%
1980	139,010,000	38,123,775	0.71%	1.57%
1981	139,941,000	38,723,248	0.67%	1.57%
1982	140,823,000	39,326,352	0.63%	1.56%
1983	141,668,000	39,910,403	0.6%	1.49%
1984	142,745,000	40,405,956	0.76%	1.24%
1985	143,858,000	40,805,744	0.78%	0.99%
1986	144,894,000	41,213,674	0.72%	1%
1987	145,908,000	41,621,690	0.7%	0.99%
1988	146,857,000	42,031,247	0.65%	0.98%
1989	147,721,000	42,449,038	0.59%	0.99%
1990	147,969,406	42,869,283	0.17%	0.99%
1991	148,394,216	43,295,704	0.29%	0.99%
1992	148,538,197	43,747,962	0.1%	1.04%
1993	148,458,777	44,194,628	-0.05%	1.02%
1994	148,407,912	44,641,540	-0.03%	1.01%
1995	148,375,787	45,092,991	-0.02%	1.01%
1996	148,160,129	45,524,681	-0.15%	0.96%
1997	147,915,361	45,953,580	-0.17%	0.94%
1998	147,670,784	46,286,503	-0.17%	0.72%
1999	147,214,776	46,616,677	-0.31%	0.71%
2000	146,596,869	47,008,111	-0.42%	0.84%
2001	145,976,482	47,370,164	-0.42%	0.77%
2002	145,306,497	47,644,736	-0.46%	0.58%
2003	144,648,618	47,892,330	-0.45%	0.52%
2004	144,067,316	48,082,519	-0.4%	0.4%
2005	143,518,814	48,184,561	-0.38%	0.21%
2006	143,049,637	48,438,292	-0.33%	0.53%
2007	142,805,114	48,683,638	-0.17%	0.51%
2008	142,742,366	49,054,708	-0.04%	0.76%
2009	142,785,348	49,307,835	0.03%	0.52%
2010	142,849,468	49,554,112	0.04%	0.5%
2011	143,018,195	49,936,638	0.12%	0.77%
2012	143,378,447	50,199,853	0.25%	0.53%
2013	143,805,638	50,428,893	0.3%	0.46%
2014	144,237,223	50,746,659	0.3%	0.63%
2015	144,640,716	51,014,947	0.28%	0.53%
2016	145,015,460	51,217,803	0.26%	0.4%
2017	145,293,260	51,361,911	0.19%	0.28%
2018	145,398,106	51,585,058	0.07%	0.43%
2019	145,453,291	51,764,822	0.04%	0.35%
2020	145,245,148	51,836,239	-0.14%	0.14%
2021	144,746,762	51,769,539	-0.34%	-0.13%
2022	144,236,933	51,672,569	-0.35%	-0.19%
2023	143,826,130	51,712,619	-0.28%	0.08%
2024	143,533,851	51,751,065	-0.2%	0.07%
2025	142,718,132	51,700,480	-0.57%	-0.1%
2026	142,120,553	51,633,793	-0.42%	-0.13%
2027	141,773,330	51,552,198	-0.24%	-0.16%
2028	141,402,326	51,456,707	-0.26%	-0.19%
2029	141,021,009	51,347,230	-0.27%	-0.21%
2030	140,628,883	51,221,713	-0.28%	-0.24%
2031	140,218,596	51,081,220	-0.29%	-0.27%
2032	139,807,207	50,924,233	-0.29%	-0.31%
2033	139,414,947	50,747,132	-0.28%	-0.35%
2034	139,034,543	50,549,508	-0.27%	-0.39%
2035	138,666,694	50,333,286	-0.26%	-0.43%
2036	138,311,757	50,098,951	-0.26%	-0.47%
2037	137,968,177	49,845,669	-0.25%	-0.51%
2038	137,643,032	49,573,234	-0.24%	-0.55%
2039	137,336,299	49,283,770	-0.22%	-0.58%
2040	137,053,347	48,980,369	-0.21%	-0.62%
2041	136,795,588	48,661,905	-0.19%	-0.65%
2042	136,558,692	48,331,004	-0.17%	-0.68%
2043	136,335,849	47,990,085	-0.16%	-0.71%
2044	136,124,845	47,634,183	-0.15%	-0.74%
2045	135,933,758	47,263,526	-0.14%	-0.78%
2046	135,756,848	46,881,228	-0.13%	-0.81%
2047	135,574,181	46,482,133	-0.13%	-0.85%
2048	135,372,557	46,063,595	-0.15%	-0.9%
2049	135,156,911	45,626,805	-0.16%	-0.95%
2050	134,923,391	45,172,356	-0.17%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Russia increased by 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Russia lost -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Russia was ranked 9th most populous country in 2005 and is still 9th 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) Russia's population will shrink by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people with a rank change from 9th to 13th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.