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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Syria	South Korea	Syria
1960	25,012,374	4,673,500	-	-
1961	25,765,673	4,815,466	3.01%	3.04%
1962	26,513,030	4,959,340	2.9%	2.99%
1963	27,261,747	5,110,467	2.82%	3.05%
1964	27,984,155	5,269,087	2.65%	3.1%
1965	28,704,674	5,435,267	2.57%	3.15%
1966	29,435,571	5,609,047	2.55%	3.2%
1967	30,130,983	5,790,198	2.36%	3.23%
1968	30,838,302	5,978,742	2.35%	3.26%
1969	31,544,266	6,175,166	2.29%	3.29%
1970	32,240,827	6,380,609	2.21%	3.33%
1971	32,882,704	6,598,094	1.99%	3.41%
1972	33,505,406	6,826,024	1.89%	3.45%
1973	34,103,149	7,060,321	1.78%	3.43%
1974	34,692,266	7,302,160	1.73%	3.43%
1975	35,280,725	7,554,364	1.7%	3.45%
1976	35,848,523	7,817,320	1.61%	3.48%
1977	36,411,795	8,090,501	1.57%	3.49%
1978	36,969,185	8,372,759	1.53%	3.49%
1979	37,534,236	8,661,909	1.53%	3.45%
1980	38,123,775	8,957,663	1.57%	3.41%
1981	38,723,248	9,260,189	1.57%	3.38%
1982	39,326,352	9,572,511	1.56%	3.37%
1983	39,910,403	9,904,809	1.49%	3.47%
1984	40,405,956	10,258,398	1.24%	3.57%
1985	40,805,744	10,625,672	0.99%	3.58%
1986	41,213,674	11,002,844	1%	3.55%
1987	41,621,690	11,388,923	0.99%	3.51%
1988	42,031,247	11,782,264	0.98%	3.45%
1989	42,449,038	12,179,060	0.99%	3.37%
1990	42,869,283	12,579,208	0.99%	3.29%
1991	43,295,704	12,980,821	0.99%	3.19%
1992	43,747,962	13,385,571	1.04%	3.12%
1993	44,194,628	13,795,686	1.02%	3.06%
1994	44,641,540	14,208,583	1.01%	2.99%
1995	45,092,991	14,616,801	1.01%	2.87%
1996	45,524,681	15,018,104	0.96%	2.75%
1997	45,953,580	15,417,542	0.94%	2.66%
1998	46,286,503	15,820,413	0.72%	2.61%
1999	46,616,677	16,228,061	0.71%	2.58%
2000	47,008,111	16,637,888	0.84%	2.53%
2001	47,370,164	17,051,338	0.77%	2.48%
2002	47,644,736	17,468,332	0.58%	2.45%
2003	47,892,330	17,889,296	0.52%	2.41%
2004	48,082,519	18,336,875	0.4%	2.5%
2005	48,184,561	18,814,091	0.21%	2.6%
2006	48,438,292	19,637,022	0.53%	4.37%
2007	48,683,638	20,884,125	0.51%	6.35%
2008	49,054,708	21,636,564	0.76%	3.6%
2009	49,307,835	21,976,969	0.52%	1.57%
2010	49,554,112	22,482,421	0.5%	2.3%
2011	49,936,638	22,878,098	0.77%	1.76%
2012	50,199,853	22,759,763	0.53%	-0.52%
2013	50,428,893	21,666,917	0.46%	-4.8%
2014	50,746,659	20,273,659	0.63%	-6.43%
2015	51,014,947	19,424,618	0.53%	-4.19%
2016	51,217,803	19,193,834	0.4%	-1.19%
2017	51,361,911	19,224,668	0.28%	0.16%
2018	51,585,058	19,577,845	0.43%	1.84%
2019	51,764,822	20,353,534	0.35%	3.96%
2020	51,836,239	21,049,429	0.14%	3.42%
2021	51,769,539	21,628,839	-0.13%	2.75%
2022	51,672,569	22,462,173	-0.19%	3.85%
2023	51,712,619	23,594,623	0.08%	5.04%
2024	51,751,065	24,672,760	0.07%	4.57%
2025	51,700,480	25,620,422	-0.1%	3.84%
2026	51,633,793	26,472,499	-0.13%	3.33%
2027	51,552,198	27,261,544	-0.16%	2.98%
2028	51,456,707	28,006,558	-0.19%	2.73%
2029	51,347,230	28,719,309	-0.21%	2.54%
2030	51,221,713	29,395,545	-0.24%	2.35%
2031	51,081,220	30,029,824	-0.27%	2.16%
2032	50,924,233	30,633,661	-0.31%	2.01%
2033	50,747,132	31,212,478	-0.35%	1.89%
2034	50,549,508	31,768,138	-0.39%	1.78%
2035	50,333,286	32,294,792	-0.43%	1.66%
2036	50,098,951	32,788,153	-0.47%	1.53%
2037	49,845,669	33,258,407	-0.51%	1.43%
2038	49,573,234	33,710,718	-0.55%	1.36%
2039	49,283,770	34,131,238	-0.58%	1.25%
2040	48,980,369	34,533,185	-0.62%	1.18%
2041	48,661,905	34,916,936	-0.65%	1.11%
2042	48,331,004	35,279,863	-0.68%	1.04%
2043	47,990,085	35,623,325	-0.71%	0.97%
2044	47,634,183	35,944,394	-0.74%	0.9%
2045	47,263,526	36,265,295	-0.78%	0.89%
2046	46,881,228	36,583,260	-0.81%	0.88%
2047	46,482,133	36,878,640	-0.85%	0.81%
2048	46,063,595	37,171,029	-0.9%	0.79%
2049	45,626,805	37,477,690	-0.95%	0.83%
2050	45,172,356	37,793,378	-1%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.