The latest officially reported population of South Korea was 51,751,065 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current South Korea's population is 51,700,480 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 1.02 times bigger than South Korea's.
- South Korea is ranked the 31st most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
- The countries together account for 1.27% of the world: 0.63% for South Korea vs 0.64% for Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, South Korea has had an average growth rate of +0.24% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of South Korea has increased from 48.2M people to 51.7M (7.3% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
- Sudan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 137M people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.
South Korea vs Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
51700480
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52963918
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| Population rank | 31/197 | 29/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.63% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
13.7 minutes
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1.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.26 minutes
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18.7 seconds
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| One death every |
1.69 minutes
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1.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
6.92 minutes
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57.9 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +75,963 | -544,257 |
| Daily growth/decline | +105 | +1,113 |
| Annual growth/decline | +38,446 | +406,172 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.07% | +0.81% |
| Population growth rate rank | 159/197 | 118/197 |
South Korea and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 25,012,374 | 8,364,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 25,765,673 | 8,634,941 | 3.01% | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 26,513,030 | 8,919,028 | 2.9% | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 27,261,747 | 9,218,077 | 2.82% | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 27,984,155 | 9,531,109 | 2.65% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 28,704,674 | 9,858,030 | 2.57% | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 29,435,571 | 10,197,578 | 2.55% | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 30,130,983 | 10,550,597 | 2.36% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 30,838,302 | 10,917,999 | 2.35% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 31,544,266 | 11,298,936 | 2.29% | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 32,240,827 | 11,695,771 | 2.21% | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 32,882,704 | 12,105,539 | 1.99% | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 33,505,406 | 12,527,856 | 1.89% | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 34,103,149 | 13,049,315 | 1.78% | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 34,692,266 | 13,580,723 | 1.73% | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 35,280,725 | 14,064,798 | 1.7% | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 35,848,523 | 14,569,716 | 1.61% | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 36,411,795 | 15,086,614 | 1.57% | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 36,969,185 | 15,695,003 | 1.53% | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 37,534,236 | 16,355,352 | 1.53% | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 38,123,775 | 17,058,905 | 1.57% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 38,723,248 | 17,780,572 | 1.57% | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 39,326,352 | 18,486,645 | 1.56% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 39,910,403 | 19,109,770 | 1.49% | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 40,405,956 | 19,546,528 | 1.24% | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 40,805,744 | 19,905,872 | 0.99% | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 41,213,674 | 20,288,238 | 1% | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 41,621,690 | 20,704,904 | 0.99% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 42,031,247 | 21,138,431 | 0.98% | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 42,449,038 | 21,578,022 | 0.99% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 42,869,283 | 22,021,481 | 0.99% | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 43,295,704 | 22,470,676 | 0.99% | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 43,747,962 | 22,927,355 | 1.04% | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 44,194,628 | 23,445,592 | 1.02% | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 44,641,540 | 24,043,948 | 1.01% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 45,092,991 | 24,672,143 | 1.01% | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 45,524,681 | 25,231,528 | 0.96% | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 45,953,580 | 25,799,821 | 0.94% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 46,286,503 | 26,458,999 | 0.72% | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 46,616,677 | 27,130,613 | 0.71% | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 47,008,111 | 27,816,745 | 0.84% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 47,370,164 | 28,516,770 | 0.77% | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 47,644,736 | 29,228,727 | 0.58% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 47,892,330 | 29,896,035 | 0.52% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 48,082,519 | 30,556,637 | 0.4% | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 48,184,561 | 31,262,444 | 0.21% | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 48,438,292 | 31,992,435 | 0.53% | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 48,683,638 | 32,764,135 | 0.51% | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 49,054,708 | 33,623,980 | 0.76% | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 49,307,835 | 34,569,113 | 0.52% | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 49,554,112 | 35,414,399 | 0.5% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 49,936,638 | 36,140,806 | 0.77% | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 50,199,853 | 36,923,178 | 0.53% | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 50,428,893 | 37,785,849 | 0.46% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 50,746,659 | 38,823,318 | 0.63% | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 51,014,947 | 40,024,431 | 0.53% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 51,217,803 | 41,259,892 | 0.4% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 51,361,911 | 42,714,306 | 0.28% | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 51,585,058 | 44,230,596 | 0.43% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 51,764,822 | 45,548,175 | 0.35% | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 51,836,239 | 46,789,231 | 0.14% | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 51,769,539 | 48,066,924 | -0.13% | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 51,672,569 | 49,383,346 | -0.19% | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 51,712,619 | 50,042,791 | 0.08% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 51,751,065 | 50,448,963 | 0.07% | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 51,700,480 | 51,662,152 | -0.1% | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 51,633,793 | 53,282,718 | -0.13% | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 51,552,198 | 54,724,215 | -0.16% | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 51,456,707 | 55,993,833 | -0.19% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 51,347,230 | 57,275,443 | -0.21% | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 51,221,713 | 58,571,624 | -0.24% | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 51,081,220 | 59,872,936 | -0.27% | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 50,924,233 | 61,179,476 | -0.31% | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 50,747,132 | 62,497,205 | -0.35% | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 50,549,508 | 63,822,356 | -0.39% | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 50,333,286 | 65,148,317 | -0.43% | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 50,098,951 | 66,470,018 | -0.47% | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 49,845,669 | 67,791,240 | -0.51% | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 49,573,234 | 69,107,712 | -0.55% | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 49,283,770 | 70,416,631 | -0.58% | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 48,980,369 | 71,730,604 | -0.62% | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 48,661,905 | 73,056,213 | -0.65% | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 48,331,004 | 74,387,562 | -0.68% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 47,990,085 | 75,723,670 | -0.71% | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 47,634,183 | 77,066,454 | -0.74% | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 47,263,526 | 78,415,205 | -0.78% | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 46,881,228 | 79,767,271 | -0.81% | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 46,482,133 | 81,115,241 | -0.85% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 46,063,595 | 82,463,202 | -0.9% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 45,626,805 | 83,828,356 | -0.95% | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 45,172,356 | 85,206,384 | -1% | 1.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).
South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Seoul | 9.67M |
| Busan | 3.45M |
| Incheon | 2.94M |
| Daegu | 2.38M |
| Gwangju | 1.49M |
| Daejeon | 1.48M |
| Suwon | 1.23M |
| Ulsan | 1.13M |
| Yongin | 1.08M |
| Goyang | 1.06M |
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| City | Population |
| Khartoum | 5.34M |
| Omdurman | 2.81M |
| Khartoum North | 936K |
| Port Sudan | 580K |
| El-Obeid | 560K |
| Kassala | 536K |
| Kosti | 528K |
| Nyala | 493K |
| El-Gadarif | 355K |
| Al-Fashir | 286K |
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Population differences between South Korea and Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 84.5 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 44.8 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 46.1 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 0.72 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,373 ppl/mi² | 69.9 ppl/mi² |
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