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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	South Sudan	South Korea	South Sudan
1960	25,012,374	2,931,559	-	-
1961	25,765,673	2,976,724	3.01%	1.54%
1962	26,513,030	3,024,308	2.9%	1.6%
1963	27,261,747	3,072,669	2.82%	1.6%
1964	27,984,155	3,129,918	2.65%	1.86%
1965	28,704,674	3,189,835	2.57%	1.91%
1966	29,435,571	3,236,423	2.55%	1.46%
1967	30,130,983	3,277,648	2.36%	1.27%
1968	30,838,302	3,321,528	2.35%	1.34%
1969	31,544,266	3,365,533	2.29%	1.32%
1970	32,240,827	3,409,614	2.21%	1.31%
1971	32,882,704	3,468,646	1.99%	1.73%
1972	33,505,406	3,542,497	1.89%	2.13%
1973	34,103,149	3,627,383	1.78%	2.4%
1974	34,692,266	3,723,259	1.73%	2.64%
1975	35,280,725	3,821,494	1.7%	2.64%
1976	35,848,523	3,921,910	1.61%	2.63%
1977	36,411,795	4,024,032	1.57%	2.6%
1978	36,969,185	4,127,657	1.53%	2.58%
1979	37,534,236	4,232,605	1.53%	2.54%
1980	38,123,775	4,339,030	1.57%	2.51%
1981	38,723,248	4,447,272	1.57%	2.49%
1982	39,326,352	4,557,686	1.56%	2.48%
1983	39,910,403	4,661,574	1.49%	2.28%
1984	40,405,956	4,750,627	1.24%	1.91%
1985	40,805,744	4,834,296	0.99%	1.76%
1986	41,213,674	4,921,240	1%	1.8%
1987	41,621,690	4,962,395	0.99%	0.84%
1988	42,031,247	4,848,029	0.98%	-2.3%
1989	42,449,038	4,713,229	0.99%	-2.78%
1990	42,869,283	4,737,633	0.99%	0.52%
1991	43,295,704	4,836,677	0.99%	2.09%
1992	43,747,962	4,909,749	1.04%	1.51%
1993	44,194,628	4,956,002	1.02%	0.94%
1994	44,641,540	5,071,184	1.01%	2.32%
1995	45,092,991	5,225,836	1.01%	3.05%
1996	45,524,681	5,356,925	0.96%	2.51%
1997	45,953,580	5,509,136	0.94%	2.84%
1998	46,286,503	5,620,068	0.72%	2.01%
1999	46,616,677	5,771,628	0.71%	2.7%
2000	47,008,111	6,032,267	0.84%	4.52%
2001	47,370,164	6,308,391	0.77%	4.58%
2002	47,644,736	6,596,806	0.58%	4.57%
2003	47,892,330	6,903,127	0.52%	4.64%
2004	48,082,519	7,233,041	0.4%	4.78%
2005	48,184,561	7,590,143	0.21%	4.94%
2006	48,438,292	7,976,526	0.53%	5.09%
2007	48,683,638	8,388,788	0.51%	5.17%
2008	49,054,708	8,817,647	0.76%	5.11%
2009	49,307,835	9,243,556	0.52%	4.83%
2010	49,554,112	9,745,953	0.5%	5.44%
2011	49,936,638	10,288,109	0.77%	5.56%
2012	50,199,853	10,756,240	0.53%	4.55%
2013	50,428,893	11,166,275	0.46%	3.81%
2014	50,746,659	11,235,073	0.63%	0.62%
2015	51,014,947	11,107,561	0.53%	-1.13%
2016	51,217,803	10,830,102	0.4%	-2.5%
2017	51,361,911	10,259,154	0.28%	-5.27%
2018	51,585,058	10,122,977	0.43%	-1.33%
2019	51,764,822	10,423,384	0.35%	2.97%
2020	51,836,239	10,698,467	0.14%	2.64%
2021	51,769,539	10,865,780	-0.13%	1.56%
2022	51,672,569	11,021,177	-0.19%	1.43%
2023	51,712,619	11,483,374	0.08%	4.19%
2024	51,751,065	11,943,408	0.07%	4.01%
2025	51,700,480	12,188,793	-0.1%	2.05%
2026	51,633,793	12,436,036	-0.13%	2.03%
2027	51,552,198	12,687,301	-0.16%	2.02%
2028	51,456,707	12,941,503	-0.19%	2%
2029	51,347,230	13,198,080	-0.21%	1.98%
2030	51,221,713	13,457,446	-0.24%	1.97%
2031	51,081,220	13,725,413	-0.27%	1.99%
2032	50,924,233	13,996,343	-0.31%	1.97%
2033	50,747,132	14,261,762	-0.35%	1.9%
2034	50,549,508	14,527,550	-0.39%	1.86%
2035	50,333,286	14,798,602	-0.43%	1.87%
2036	50,098,951	15,070,098	-0.47%	1.83%
2037	49,845,669	15,335,700	-0.51%	1.76%
2038	49,573,234	15,595,968	-0.55%	1.7%
2039	49,283,770	15,850,696	-0.58%	1.63%
2040	48,980,369	16,101,470	-0.62%	1.58%
2041	48,661,905	16,350,149	-0.65%	1.54%
2042	48,331,004	16,593,361	-0.68%	1.49%
2043	47,990,085	16,829,209	-0.71%	1.42%
2044	47,634,183	17,060,176	-0.74%	1.37%
2045	47,263,526	17,286,412	-0.78%	1.33%
2046	46,881,228	17,509,693	-0.81%	1.29%
2047	46,482,133	17,728,331	-0.85%	1.25%
2048	46,063,595	17,938,437	-0.9%	1.19%
2049	45,626,805	18,142,893	-0.95%	1.14%
2050	45,172,356	18,341,968	-1%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Korea increased by 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Korea gained 415,990 (a 0.81% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2006 and is 31st in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) South Korea's population will shrink by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people with a rank change from 31st to 48th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.