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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Sudan	South Korea	Sudan
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 2006 to 2016, the population of South Korea increased by 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Korea gained 415,990 (a 0.81% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2006 and is 31st in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.