The latest officially reported population of Slovenia was 2,127,400 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovenia's population is 2,123,263 people compared to 51,633,793 in South Korea.
Population statistics:
- South Korea's population is 24.3 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- Slovenia is ranked the 147th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
- The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.03% for Slovenia vs 0.62% for South Korea.
- For the last 10 years, Slovenia has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
- Since 2006, the population of Slovenia has increased from 2.01M people to 2.12M (5.8% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.4M to 51.6M (6.6% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 17.3% of the population in Slovenia and 39% in South Korea.
Slovenia vs South Korea: live population counter
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| Current population |
2123263
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51633793
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| Population rank | 147/197 | 31/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.62% |
| One net population change |
1.26 hours
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13.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
31 minutes
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2.26 minutes
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| One death every |
24.3 minutes
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1.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.64 hours
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6.92 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +3,319 | +75,963 |
| Daily growth/decline | +19 | +105 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,939 | +38,446 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.33% | +0.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 148/197 | 161/197 |
Slovenia and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,584,720 | 25,012,374 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,594,131 | 25,765,673 | 0.59% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 1,603,649 | 26,513,030 | 0.6% | 2.9% |
| 1963 | 1,616,971 | 27,261,747 | 0.83% | 2.82% |
| 1964 | 1,632,114 | 27,984,155 | 0.94% | 2.65% |
| 1965 | 1,649,160 | 28,704,674 | 1.04% | 2.57% |
| 1966 | 1,669,905 | 29,435,571 | 1.26% | 2.55% |
| 1967 | 1,689,528 | 30,130,983 | 1.18% | 2.36% |
| 1968 | 1,704,546 | 30,838,302 | 0.89% | 2.35% |
| 1969 | 1,713,874 | 31,544,266 | 0.55% | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 1,724,891 | 32,240,827 | 0.64% | 2.21% |
| 1971 | 1,738,335 | 32,882,704 | 0.78% | 1.99% |
| 1972 | 1,752,233 | 33,505,406 | 0.8% | 1.89% |
| 1973 | 1,766,697 | 34,103,149 | 0.83% | 1.78% |
| 1974 | 1,776,132 | 34,692,266 | 0.53% | 1.73% |
| 1975 | 1,793,581 | 35,280,725 | 0.98% | 1.7% |
| 1976 | 1,820,249 | 35,848,523 | 1.49% | 1.61% |
| 1977 | 1,842,377 | 36,411,795 | 1.22% | 1.57% |
| 1978 | 1,862,548 | 36,969,185 | 1.09% | 1.53% |
| 1979 | 1,882,599 | 37,534,236 | 1.08% | 1.53% |
| 1980 | 1,901,315 | 38,123,775 | 0.99% | 1.57% |
| 1981 | 1,906,531 | 38,723,248 | 0.27% | 1.57% |
| 1982 | 1,910,334 | 39,326,352 | 0.2% | 1.56% |
| 1983 | 1,922,321 | 39,910,403 | 0.63% | 1.49% |
| 1984 | 1,932,154 | 40,405,956 | 0.51% | 1.24% |
| 1985 | 1,941,641 | 40,805,744 | 0.49% | 0.99% |
| 1986 | 1,965,964 | 41,213,674 | 1.25% | 1% |
| 1987 | 1,989,776 | 41,621,690 | 1.21% | 0.99% |
| 1988 | 1,995,196 | 42,031,247 | 0.27% | 0.98% |
| 1989 | 1,996,351 | 42,449,038 | 0.06% | 0.99% |
| 1990 | 1,998,161 | 42,869,283 | 0.09% | 0.99% |
| 1991 | 1,999,429 | 43,295,704 | 0.06% | 0.99% |
| 1992 | 1,996,498 | 43,747,962 | -0.15% | 1.04% |
| 1993 | 1,991,746 | 44,194,628 | -0.24% | 1.02% |
| 1994 | 1,989,443 | 44,641,540 | -0.12% | 1.01% |
| 1995 | 1,989,872 | 45,092,991 | 0.02% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 1,988,628 | 45,524,681 | -0.06% | 0.96% |
| 1997 | 1,985,956 | 45,953,580 | -0.13% | 0.94% |
| 1998 | 1,981,629 | 46,286,503 | -0.22% | 0.72% |
| 1999 | 1,983,045 | 46,616,677 | 0.07% | 0.71% |
| 2000 | 1,988,925 | 47,008,111 | 0.3% | 0.84% |
| 2001 | 1,992,060 | 47,370,164 | 0.16% | 0.77% |
| 2002 | 1,994,530 | 47,644,736 | 0.12% | 0.58% |
| 2003 | 1,995,733 | 47,892,330 | 0.06% | 0.52% |
| 2004 | 1,997,012 | 48,082,519 | 0.06% | 0.4% |
| 2005 | 2,000,474 | 48,184,561 | 0.17% | 0.21% |
| 2006 | 2,006,868 | 48,438,292 | 0.32% | 0.53% |
| 2007 | 2,018,122 | 48,683,638 | 0.56% | 0.51% |
| 2008 | 2,021,316 | 49,054,708 | 0.16% | 0.76% |
| 2009 | 2,039,669 | 49,307,835 | 0.91% | 0.52% |
| 2010 | 2,048,583 | 49,554,112 | 0.44% | 0.5% |
| 2011 | 2,052,843 | 49,936,638 | 0.21% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 2,057,159 | 50,199,853 | 0.21% | 0.53% |
| 2013 | 2,059,953 | 50,428,893 | 0.14% | 0.46% |
| 2014 | 2,061,980 | 50,746,659 | 0.1% | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 2,063,531 | 51,014,947 | 0.08% | 0.53% |
| 2016 | 2,065,042 | 51,217,803 | 0.07% | 0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,066,388 | 51,361,911 | 0.07% | 0.28% |
| 2018 | 2,073,894 | 51,585,058 | 0.36% | 0.43% |
| 2019 | 2,088,385 | 51,764,822 | 0.7% | 0.35% |
| 2020 | 2,102,419 | 51,836,239 | 0.67% | 0.14% |
| 2021 | 2,108,079 | 51,769,539 | 0.27% | -0.13% |
| 2022 | 2,112,076 | 51,672,569 | 0.19% | -0.19% |
| 2023 | 2,120,461 | 51,712,619 | 0.4% | 0.08% |
| 2024 | 2,127,400 | 51,751,065 | 0.33% | 0.07% |
| 2025 | 2,125,771 | 51,700,480 | -0.08% | -0.1% |
| 2026 | 2,123,263 | 51,633,793 | -0.12% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 2,120,217 | 51,552,198 | -0.14% | -0.16% |
| 2028 | 2,116,494 | 51,456,707 | -0.18% | -0.19% |
| 2029 | 2,112,173 | 51,347,230 | -0.2% | -0.21% |
| 2030 | 2,107,590 | 51,221,713 | -0.22% | -0.24% |
| 2031 | 2,102,682 | 51,081,220 | -0.23% | -0.27% |
| 2032 | 2,097,639 | 50,924,233 | -0.24% | -0.31% |
| 2033 | 2,092,539 | 50,747,132 | -0.24% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 2,087,474 | 50,549,508 | -0.24% | -0.39% |
| 2035 | 2,082,359 | 50,333,286 | -0.25% | -0.43% |
| 2036 | 2,076,980 | 50,098,951 | -0.26% | -0.47% |
| 2037 | 2,071,332 | 49,845,669 | -0.27% | -0.51% |
| 2038 | 2,065,836 | 49,573,234 | -0.27% | -0.55% |
| 2039 | 2,060,512 | 49,283,770 | -0.26% | -0.58% |
| 2040 | 2,055,171 | 48,980,369 | -0.26% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 2,049,707 | 48,661,905 | -0.27% | -0.65% |
| 2042 | 2,043,776 | 48,331,004 | -0.29% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 2,037,534 | 47,990,085 | -0.31% | -0.71% |
| 2044 | 2,031,130 | 47,634,183 | -0.31% | -0.74% |
| 2045 | 2,024,576 | 47,263,526 | -0.32% | -0.78% |
| 2046 | 2,017,955 | 46,881,228 | -0.33% | -0.81% |
| 2047 | 2,011,220 | 46,482,133 | -0.33% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 2,004,390 | 46,063,595 | -0.34% | -0.9% |
| 2049 | 1,997,296 | 45,626,805 | -0.35% | -0.95% |
| 2050 | 1,989,697 | 45,172,356 | -0.38% | -1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Slovenia increased by 58,174 people (a 2.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Slovenia gained 58,221 (a 2.82% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).
Slovenia was ranked 141st most populous country in 2006 and is 147th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Slovenia's population will shrink by 6.29% to 1,989,697 people and will still be ranked 147th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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Population differences between Slovenia and South Korea
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| Life expectancy | 82.1 years | 84.6 years |
| Average age | 44 years | 44.8 years |
| Median age | 45.3 years | 46.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 0.72 births per woman |
| Population density | 273.7 ppl/mi² | 1,373 ppl/mi² |
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