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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Spain	South Korea	Spain
1960	25,012,374	30,455,000	-	-
1961	25,765,673	30,739,250	3.01%	0.93%
1962	26,513,030	31,023,366	2.9%	0.92%
1963	27,261,747	31,296,651	2.82%	0.88%
1964	27,984,155	31,609,195	2.65%	1%
1965	28,704,674	31,954,292	2.57%	1.09%
1966	29,435,571	32,283,194	2.55%	1.03%
1967	30,130,983	32,682,947	2.36%	1.24%
1968	30,838,302	33,113,134	2.35%	1.32%
1969	31,544,266	33,441,054	2.29%	0.99%
1970	32,240,827	33,814,531	2.21%	1.12%
1971	32,882,704	34,224,490	1.99%	1.21%
1972	33,505,406	34,604,469	1.89%	1.11%
1973	34,103,149	34,988,947	1.78%	1.11%
1974	34,692,266	35,373,335	1.73%	1.1%
1975	35,280,725	35,757,900	1.7%	1.09%
1976	35,848,523	36,137,812	1.61%	1.06%
1977	36,411,795	36,511,638	1.57%	1.03%
1978	36,969,185	36,864,898	1.53%	0.97%
1979	37,534,236	37,191,330	1.53%	0.89%
1980	38,123,775	37,491,165	1.57%	0.81%
1981	38,723,248	37,758,631	1.57%	0.71%
1982	39,326,352	37,986,012	1.56%	0.6%
1983	39,910,403	38,171,525	1.49%	0.49%
1984	40,405,956	38,330,364	1.24%	0.42%
1985	40,805,744	38,469,512	0.99%	0.36%
1986	41,213,674	38,584,624	1%	0.3%
1987	41,621,690	38,684,815	0.99%	0.26%
1988	42,031,247	38,766,939	0.98%	0.21%
1989	42,449,038	38,827,764	0.99%	0.16%
1990	42,869,283	38,867,322	0.99%	0.1%
1991	43,295,704	38,966,376	0.99%	0.25%
1992	43,747,962	39,157,685	1.04%	0.49%
1993	44,194,628	39,361,262	1.02%	0.52%
1994	44,641,540	39,549,108	1.01%	0.48%
1995	45,092,991	39,724,050	1.01%	0.44%
1996	45,524,681	39,889,852	0.96%	0.42%
1997	45,953,580	40,057,389	0.94%	0.42%
1998	46,286,503	40,223,509	0.72%	0.41%
1999	46,616,677	40,386,875	0.71%	0.41%
2000	47,008,111	40,567,864	0.84%	0.45%
2001	47,370,164	40,850,412	0.77%	0.7%
2002	47,644,736	41,431,558	0.58%	1.42%
2003	47,892,330	42,187,645	0.52%	1.82%
2004	48,082,519	42,921,895	0.4%	1.74%
2005	48,184,561	43,653,155	0.21%	1.7%
2006	48,438,292	44,397,319	0.53%	1.7%
2007	48,683,638	45,226,803	0.51%	1.87%
2008	49,054,708	45,954,106	0.76%	1.61%
2009	49,307,835	46,362,946	0.52%	0.89%
2010	49,554,112	46,576,897	0.5%	0.46%
2011	49,936,638	46,742,697	0.77%	0.36%
2012	50,199,853	46,773,055	0.53%	0.06%
2013	50,428,893	46,604,197	0.46%	-0.36%
2014	50,746,659	46,460,733	0.63%	-0.31%
2015	51,014,947	46,422,303	0.53%	-0.08%
2016	51,217,803	46,458,139	0.4%	0.08%
2017	51,361,911	46,571,232	0.28%	0.24%
2018	51,585,058	46,782,011	0.43%	0.45%
2019	51,764,822	47,118,501	0.35%	0.72%
2020	51,836,239	47,359,424	0.14%	0.51%
2021	51,769,539	47,443,821	-0.13%	0.18%
2022	51,672,569	47,786,102	-0.19%	0.72%
2023	51,712,619	48,347,910	0.08%	1.18%
2024	51,751,065	48,807,137	0.07%	0.95%
2025	51,700,480	48,786,181	-0.1%	-0.04%
2026	51,633,793	48,746,279	-0.13%	-0.08%
2027	51,552,198	48,696,847	-0.16%	-0.1%
2028	51,456,707	48,642,132	-0.19%	-0.11%
2029	51,347,230	48,578,166	-0.21%	-0.13%
2030	51,221,713	48,501,513	-0.24%	-0.16%
2031	51,081,220	48,412,854	-0.27%	-0.18%
2032	50,924,233	48,321,195	-0.31%	-0.19%
2033	50,747,132	48,230,054	-0.35%	-0.19%
2034	50,549,508	48,136,421	-0.39%	-0.19%
2035	50,333,286	48,036,650	-0.43%	-0.21%
2036	50,098,951	47,929,957	-0.47%	-0.22%
2037	49,845,669	47,819,257	-0.51%	-0.23%
2038	49,573,234	47,706,580	-0.55%	-0.24%
2039	49,283,770	47,588,878	-0.58%	-0.25%
2040	48,980,369	47,463,597	-0.62%	-0.26%
2041	48,661,905	47,332,618	-0.65%	-0.28%
2042	48,331,004	47,194,588	-0.68%	-0.29%
2043	47,990,085	47,052,293	-0.71%	-0.3%
2044	47,634,183	46,902,636	-0.74%	-0.32%
2045	47,263,526	46,738,565	-0.78%	-0.35%
2046	46,881,228	46,564,383	-0.81%	-0.37%
2047	46,482,133	46,381,681	-0.85%	-0.39%
2048	46,063,595	46,190,642	-0.9%	-0.41%
2049	45,626,805	45,985,428	-0.95%	-0.44%
2050	45,172,356	45,769,362	-1%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) South Korea's population will shrink by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people with a rank change from 31st to 48th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.