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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Singapore	South Korea	Singapore	South Korea
1960	1,646,400	25,012,374	-	-
1961	1,702,400	25,765,673	3.4%	3.01%
1962	1,750,200	26,513,030	2.81%	2.9%
1963	1,795,000	27,261,747	2.56%	2.82%
1964	1,841,600	27,984,155	2.6%	2.65%
1965	1,886,900	28,704,674	2.46%	2.57%
1966	1,934,400	29,435,571	2.52%	2.55%
1967	1,977,600	30,130,983	2.23%	2.36%
1968	2,012,000	30,838,302	1.74%	2.35%
1969	2,042,500	31,544,266	1.52%	2.29%
1970	2,074,507	32,240,827	1.57%	2.21%
1971	2,112,900	32,882,704	1.85%	1.99%
1972	2,152,400	33,505,406	1.87%	1.89%
1973	2,193,000	34,103,149	1.89%	1.78%
1974	2,229,800	34,692,266	1.68%	1.73%
1975	2,262,600	35,280,725	1.47%	1.7%
1976	2,293,300	35,848,523	1.36%	1.61%
1977	2,325,300	36,411,795	1.4%	1.57%
1978	2,353,600	36,969,185	1.22%	1.53%
1979	2,383,500	37,534,236	1.27%	1.53%
1980	2,413,945	38,123,775	1.28%	1.57%
1981	2,532,835	38,723,248	4.93%	1.57%
1982	2,646,466	39,326,352	4.49%	1.56%
1983	2,681,061	39,910,403	1.31%	1.49%
1984	2,732,221	40,405,956	1.91%	1.24%
1985	2,735,957	40,805,744	0.14%	0.99%
1986	2,733,373	41,213,674	-0.09%	1%
1987	2,774,789	41,621,690	1.52%	0.99%
1988	2,846,108	42,031,247	2.57%	0.98%
1989	2,930,901	42,449,038	2.98%	0.99%
1990	3,047,132	42,869,283	3.97%	0.99%
1991	3,135,083	43,295,704	2.89%	0.99%
1992	3,230,698	43,747,962	3.05%	1.04%
1993	3,313,471	44,194,628	2.56%	1.02%
1994	3,419,048	44,641,540	3.19%	1.01%
1995	3,524,506	45,092,991	3.08%	1.01%
1996	3,670,704	45,524,681	4.15%	0.96%
1997	3,796,038	45,953,580	3.41%	0.94%
1998	3,927,213	46,286,503	3.46%	0.72%
1999	3,958,723	46,616,677	0.8%	0.71%
2000	4,027,887	47,008,111	1.75%	0.84%
2001	4,138,012	47,370,164	2.73%	0.77%
2002	4,175,950	47,644,736	0.92%	0.58%
2003	4,114,826	47,892,330	-1.46%	0.52%
2004	4,166,664	48,082,519	1.26%	0.4%
2005	4,265,762	48,184,561	2.38%	0.21%
2006	4,401,365	48,438,292	3.18%	0.53%
2007	4,588,599	48,683,638	4.25%	0.51%
2008	4,839,396	49,054,708	5.47%	0.76%
2009	4,987,573	49,307,835	3.06%	0.52%
2010	5,076,732	49,554,112	1.79%	0.5%
2011	5,183,688	49,936,638	2.11%	0.77%
2012	5,312,437	50,199,853	2.48%	0.53%
2013	5,399,162	50,428,893	1.63%	0.46%
2014	5,469,724	50,746,659	1.31%	0.63%
2015	5,535,002	51,014,947	1.19%	0.53%
2016	5,607,283	51,217,803	1.31%	0.4%
2017	5,612,253	51,361,911	0.09%	0.28%
2018	5,638,676	51,585,058	0.47%	0.43%
2019	5,703,569	51,764,822	1.15%	0.35%
2020	5,685,807	51,836,239	-0.31%	0.14%
2021	5,453,566	51,769,539	-4.08%	-0.13%
2022	5,637,022	51,672,569	3.36%	-0.19%
2023	5,917,648	51,712,619	4.98%	0.08%
2024	6,036,860	51,751,065	2.01%	0.07%
2025	6,076,565	51,700,480	0.66%	-0.1%
2026	6,112,792	51,633,793	0.6%	-0.13%
2027	6,147,775	51,552,198	0.57%	-0.16%
2028	6,182,764	51,456,707	0.57%	-0.19%
2029	6,214,576	51,347,230	0.51%	-0.21%
2030	6,242,825	51,221,713	0.45%	-0.24%
2031	6,270,800	51,081,220	0.45%	-0.27%
2032	6,298,559	50,924,233	0.44%	-0.31%
2033	6,325,401	50,747,132	0.43%	-0.35%
2034	6,349,852	50,549,508	0.39%	-0.39%
2035	6,368,948	50,333,286	0.3%	-0.43%
2036	6,383,048	50,098,951	0.22%	-0.47%
2037	6,394,813	49,845,669	0.18%	-0.51%
2038	6,404,994	49,573,234	0.16%	-0.55%
2039	6,411,057	49,283,770	0.09%	-0.58%
2040	6,411,962	48,980,369	0.01%	-0.62%
2041	6,408,383	48,661,905	-0.06%	-0.65%
2042	6,402,235	48,331,004	-0.1%	-0.68%
2043	6,394,872	47,990,085	-0.12%	-0.71%
2044	6,384,418	47,634,183	-0.16%	-0.74%
2045	6,372,013	47,263,526	-0.19%	-0.78%
2046	6,358,982	46,881,228	-0.2%	-0.81%
2047	6,343,000	46,482,133	-0.25%	-0.85%
2048	6,327,523	46,063,595	-0.24%	-0.9%
2049	6,312,515	45,626,805	-0.24%	-0.95%
2050	6,294,905	45,172,356	-0.28%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Singapore increased by 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Singapore gained 570,663 (a 10.3% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Singapore was ranked 119th most populous country in 2005 and is 113th 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) Singapore's population will grow by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people with a rank change from 113th to 118th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.