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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Suriname	South Korea	Suriname
1960	25,012,374	263,918	-	-
1961	25,765,673	272,791	3.01%	3.36%
1962	26,513,030	283,912	2.9%	4.08%
1963	27,261,747	297,034	2.82%	4.62%
1964	27,984,155	309,041	2.65%	4.04%
1965	28,704,674	320,000	2.57%	3.55%
1966	29,435,571	331,135	2.55%	3.48%
1967	30,130,983	342,679	2.36%	3.49%
1968	30,838,302	354,616	2.35%	3.48%
1969	31,544,266	366,906	2.29%	3.47%
1970	32,240,827	379,442	2.21%	3.42%
1971	32,882,704	391,932	1.99%	3.29%
1972	33,505,406	397,413	1.89%	1.4%
1973	34,103,149	395,772	1.78%	-0.41%
1974	34,692,266	393,676	1.73%	-0.53%
1975	35,280,725	391,170	1.7%	-0.64%
1976	35,848,523	388,289	1.61%	-0.74%
1977	36,411,795	385,067	1.57%	-0.83%
1978	36,969,185	381,502	1.53%	-0.93%
1979	37,534,236	377,602	1.53%	-1.02%
1980	38,123,775	375,377	1.57%	-0.59%
1981	38,723,248	375,459	1.57%	0.02%
1982	39,326,352	376,555	1.56%	0.29%
1983	39,910,403	378,746	1.49%	0.58%
1984	40,405,956	382,193	1.24%	0.91%
1985	40,805,744	386,972	0.99%	1.25%
1986	41,213,674	392,330	1%	1.38%
1987	41,621,690	396,911	0.99%	1.17%
1988	42,031,247	402,227	0.98%	1.34%
1989	42,449,038	408,409	0.99%	1.54%
1990	42,869,283	412,493	0.99%	1%
1991	43,295,704	415,013	0.99%	0.61%
1992	43,747,962	417,589	1.04%	0.62%
1993	44,194,628	419,352	1.02%	0.42%
1994	44,641,540	422,375	1.01%	0.72%
1995	45,092,991	429,606	1.01%	1.71%
1996	45,524,681	438,830	0.96%	2.15%
1997	45,953,580	448,067	0.94%	2.1%
1998	46,286,503	457,406	0.72%	2.08%
1999	46,616,677	466,916	0.71%	2.08%
2000	47,008,111	476,643	0.84%	2.08%
2001	47,370,164	486,560	0.77%	2.08%
2002	47,644,736	496,551	0.58%	2.05%
2003	47,892,330	506,414	0.52%	1.99%
2004	48,082,519	513,923	0.4%	1.48%
2005	48,184,561	519,313	0.21%	1.05%
2006	48,438,292	524,997	0.53%	1.09%
2007	48,683,638	531,016	0.51%	1.15%
2008	49,054,708	537,245	0.76%	1.17%
2009	49,307,835	543,568	0.52%	1.18%
2010	49,554,112	549,923	0.5%	1.17%
2011	49,936,638	556,269	0.77%	1.15%
2012	50,199,853	562,633	0.53%	1.14%
2013	50,428,893	569,020	0.46%	1.14%
2014	50,746,659	575,373	0.63%	1.12%
2015	51,014,947	581,627	0.53%	1.09%
2016	51,217,803	587,757	0.4%	1.05%
2017	51,361,911	593,713	0.28%	1.01%
2018	51,585,058	599,513	0.43%	0.98%
2019	51,764,822	605,768	0.35%	1.04%
2020	51,836,239	612,317	0.14%	1.08%
2021	51,769,539	617,896	-0.13%	0.91%
2022	51,672,569	623,164	-0.19%	0.85%
2023	51,712,619	628,886	0.08%	0.92%
2024	51,751,065	634,431	0.07%	0.88%
2025	51,700,480	639,852	-0.1%	0.85%
2026	51,633,793	645,257	-0.13%	0.84%
2027	51,552,198	650,564	-0.16%	0.82%
2028	51,456,707	655,783	-0.19%	0.8%
2029	51,347,230	660,793	-0.21%	0.76%
2030	51,221,713	665,650	-0.24%	0.74%
2031	51,081,220	670,421	-0.27%	0.72%
2032	50,924,233	675,070	-0.31%	0.69%
2033	50,747,132	679,573	-0.35%	0.67%
2034	50,549,508	683,911	-0.39%	0.64%
2035	50,333,286	688,189	-0.43%	0.63%
2036	50,098,951	692,343	-0.47%	0.6%
2037	49,845,669	696,213	-0.51%	0.56%
2038	49,573,234	699,908	-0.55%	0.53%
2039	49,283,770	703,569	-0.58%	0.52%
2040	48,980,369	707,156	-0.62%	0.51%
2041	48,661,905	710,619	-0.65%	0.49%
2042	48,331,004	713,900	-0.68%	0.46%
2043	47,990,085	716,999	-0.71%	0.43%
2044	47,634,183	719,920	-0.74%	0.41%
2045	47,263,526	722,759	-0.78%	0.39%
2046	46,881,228	725,322	-0.81%	0.35%
2047	46,482,133	727,726	-0.85%	0.33%
2048	46,063,595	730,038	-0.9%	0.32%
2049	45,626,805	732,021	-0.95%	0.27%
2050	45,172,356	733,898	-1%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.