Population in South Korea compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

South Korea and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Sri Lanka	South Korea	Sri Lanka
1960	25,012,374	9,661,389	-	-
1961	25,765,673	9,899,372	3.01%	2.46%
1962	26,513,030	10,143,754	2.9%	2.47%
1963	27,261,747	10,395,040	2.82%	2.48%
1964	27,984,155	10,653,397	2.65%	2.49%
1965	28,704,674	10,916,965	2.57%	2.47%
1966	29,435,571	11,183,928	2.55%	2.45%
1967	30,130,983	11,457,328	2.36%	2.44%
1968	30,838,302	11,736,088	2.35%	2.43%
1969	31,544,266	12,013,858	2.29%	2.37%
1970	32,240,827	12,287,110	2.21%	2.27%
1971	32,882,704	12,551,910	1.99%	2.16%
1972	33,505,406	12,809,205	1.89%	2.05%
1973	34,103,149	13,060,916	1.78%	1.97%
1974	34,692,266	13,305,693	1.73%	1.87%
1975	35,280,725	13,548,984	1.7%	1.83%
1976	35,848,523	13,796,770	1.61%	1.83%
1977	36,411,795	14,049,371	1.57%	1.83%
1978	36,969,185	14,310,128	1.53%	1.86%
1979	37,534,236	14,579,614	1.53%	1.88%
1980	38,123,775	14,847,974	1.57%	1.84%
1981	38,723,248	15,099,414	1.57%	1.69%
1982	39,326,352	15,286,567	1.56%	1.24%
1983	39,910,403	15,388,794	1.49%	0.67%
1984	40,405,956	15,441,860	1.24%	0.34%
1985	40,805,744	15,544,154	0.99%	0.66%
1986	41,213,674	15,731,256	1%	1.2%
1987	41,621,690	15,916,576	0.99%	1.18%
1988	42,031,247	16,078,621	0.98%	1.02%
1989	42,449,038	16,248,557	0.99%	1.06%
1990	42,869,283	16,352,458	0.99%	0.64%
1991	43,295,704	16,475,354	0.99%	0.75%
1992	43,747,962	16,739,284	1.04%	1.6%
1993	44,194,628	17,025,918	1.02%	1.71%
1994	44,641,540	17,275,773	1.01%	1.47%
1995	45,092,991	17,564,068	1.01%	1.67%
1996	45,524,681	17,905,018	0.96%	1.94%
1997	45,953,580	18,248,200	0.94%	1.92%
1998	46,286,503	18,596,003	0.72%	1.91%
1999	46,616,677	18,944,731	0.71%	1.88%
2000	47,008,111	19,293,054	0.84%	1.84%
2001	47,370,164	19,600,362	0.77%	1.59%
2002	47,644,736	19,805,752	0.58%	1.05%
2003	47,892,330	19,951,521	0.52%	0.74%
2004	48,082,519	20,087,605	0.4%	0.68%
2005	48,184,561	20,216,524	0.21%	0.64%
2006	48,438,292	20,352,411	0.53%	0.67%
2007	48,683,638	20,492,545	0.51%	0.69%
2008	49,054,708	20,629,378	0.76%	0.67%
2009	49,307,835	20,756,435	0.52%	0.62%
2010	49,554,112	20,879,089	0.5%	0.59%
2011	49,936,638	21,009,048	0.77%	0.62%
2012	50,199,853	21,169,458	0.53%	0.76%
2013	50,428,893	20,585,000	0.46%	-2.76%
2014	50,746,659	20,778,000	0.63%	0.94%
2015	51,014,947	20,970,000	0.53%	0.92%
2016	51,217,803	21,209,000	0.4%	1.14%
2017	51,361,911	21,453,000	0.28%	1.15%
2018	51,585,058	21,670,000	0.43%	1.01%
2019	51,764,822	21,803,000	0.35%	0.61%
2020	51,836,239	21,919,000	0.14%	0.53%
2021	51,769,539	22,156,000	-0.13%	1.08%
2022	51,672,569	22,181,000	-0.19%	0.11%
2023	51,712,619	22,037,000	0.08%	-0.65%
2024	51,751,065	21,916,000	0.07%	-0.55%
2025	51,700,480	22,035,440	-0.1%	0.54%
2026	51,633,793	22,148,172	-0.13%	0.51%
2027	51,552,198	22,255,601	-0.16%	0.49%
2028	51,456,707	22,357,682	-0.19%	0.46%
2029	51,347,230	22,453,922	-0.21%	0.43%
2030	51,221,713	22,546,245	-0.24%	0.41%
2031	51,081,220	22,635,106	-0.27%	0.39%
2032	50,924,233	22,720,118	-0.31%	0.38%
2033	50,747,132	22,802,043	-0.35%	0.36%
2034	50,549,508	22,879,527	-0.39%	0.34%
2035	50,333,286	22,952,739	-0.43%	0.32%
2036	50,098,951	23,022,027	-0.47%	0.3%
2037	49,845,669	23,088,877	-0.51%	0.29%
2038	49,573,234	23,152,480	-0.55%	0.28%
2039	49,283,770	23,211,633	-0.58%	0.26%
2040	48,980,369	23,265,986	-0.62%	0.23%
2041	48,661,905	23,315,260	-0.65%	0.21%
2042	48,331,004	23,359,578	-0.68%	0.19%
2043	47,990,085	23,398,752	-0.71%	0.17%
2044	47,634,183	23,433,096	-0.74%	0.15%
2045	47,263,526	23,464,943	-0.78%	0.14%
2046	46,881,228	23,492,738	-0.81%	0.12%
2047	46,482,133	23,512,629	-0.85%	0.08%
2048	46,063,595	23,525,953	-0.9%	0.06%
2049	45,626,805	23,533,940	-0.95%	0.03%
2050	45,172,356	23,538,230	-1%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.