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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Taiwan	South Korea	Taiwan
1960	25,012,374	-	-	-
1961	25,765,673	11,030,385	3.01%	-
1962	26,513,030	11,392,513	2.9%	3.28%
1963	27,261,747	11,762,101	2.82%	3.24%
1964	27,984,155	12,137,143	2.65%	3.19%
1965	28,704,674	12,511,863	2.57%	3.09%
1966	29,435,571	12,874,153	2.55%	2.9%
1967	30,130,983	13,210,344	2.36%	2.61%
1968	30,838,302	13,548,537	2.35%	2.56%
1969	31,544,266	14,068,984	2.29%	3.84%
1970	32,240,827	14,582,944	2.21%	3.65%
1971	32,882,704	14,913,564	1.99%	2.27%
1972	33,505,406	15,220,495	1.89%	2.06%
1973	34,103,149	15,505,121	1.78%	1.87%
1974	34,692,266	15,784,817	1.73%	1.8%
1975	35,280,725	16,075,128	1.7%	1.84%
1976	35,848,523	16,401,413	1.61%	2.03%
1977	36,411,795	16,730,895	1.57%	2.01%
1978	36,969,185	17,042,272	1.53%	1.86%
1979	37,534,236	17,372,779	1.53%	1.94%
1980	38,123,775	17,704,538	1.57%	1.91%
1981	38,723,248	18,029,982	1.57%	1.84%
1982	39,326,352	18,354,855	1.56%	1.8%
1983	39,910,403	18,653,146	1.49%	1.63%
1984	40,405,956	18,929,866	1.24%	1.48%
1985	40,805,744	19,191,510	0.99%	1.38%
1986	41,213,674	19,411,454	1%	1.15%
1987	41,621,690	19,617,046	0.99%	1.06%
1988	42,031,247	19,839,704	0.98%	1.14%
1989	42,449,038	20,055,492	0.99%	1.09%
1990	42,869,283	20,278,946	0.99%	1.11%
1991	43,295,704	20,503,568	0.99%	1.11%
1992	43,747,962	20,704,227	1.04%	0.98%
1993	44,194,628	20,899,019	1.02%	0.94%
1994	44,641,540	21,086,645	1.01%	0.9%
1995	45,092,991	21,267,653	1.01%	0.86%
1996	45,524,681	21,441,432	0.96%	0.82%
1997	45,953,580	21,634,124	0.94%	0.9%
1998	46,286,503	21,835,703	0.72%	0.93%
1999	46,616,677	22,010,489	0.71%	0.8%
2000	47,008,111	22,184,530	0.84%	0.79%
2001	47,370,164	22,341,120	0.77%	0.71%
2002	47,644,736	22,463,172	0.58%	0.55%
2003	47,892,330	22,562,663	0.52%	0.44%
2004	48,082,519	22,646,836	0.4%	0.37%
2005	48,184,561	22,729,753	0.21%	0.37%
2006	48,438,292	22,823,455	0.53%	0.41%
2007	48,683,638	22,917,444	0.51%	0.41%
2008	49,054,708	22,997,696	0.76%	0.35%
2009	49,307,835	23,078,402	0.52%	0.35%
2010	49,554,112	23,140,948	0.5%	0.27%
2011	49,936,638	23,193,518	0.77%	0.23%
2012	50,199,853	23,270,367	0.53%	0.33%
2013	50,428,893	23,344,670	0.46%	0.32%
2014	50,746,659	23,403,635	0.63%	0.25%
2015	51,014,947	23,462,914	0.53%	0.25%
2016	51,217,803	23,515,945	0.4%	0.23%
2017	51,361,911	23,555,522	0.28%	0.17%
2018	51,585,058	23,580,080	0.43%	0.1%
2019	51,764,822	23,596,027	0.35%	0.07%
2020	51,836,239	23,582,179	0.14%	-0.06%
2021	51,769,539	23,468,275	-0.13%	-0.48%
2022	51,672,569	23,319,977	-0.19%	-0.63%
2023	51,712,619	23,342,541	0.08%	0.1%
2024	51,751,065	23,410,331	0.07%	0.29%
2025	51,700,480	23,308,308	-0.1%	-0.44%
2026	51,633,793	23,205,944	-0.13%	-0.44%
2027	51,552,198	23,102,120	-0.16%	-0.45%
2028	51,456,707	22,996,693	-0.19%	-0.46%
2029	51,347,230	22,890,335	-0.21%	-0.46%
2030	51,221,713	22,781,040	-0.24%	-0.48%
2031	51,081,220	22,667,327	-0.27%	-0.5%
2032	50,924,233	22,549,689	-0.31%	-0.52%
2033	50,747,132	22,428,721	-0.35%	-0.54%
2034	50,549,508	22,302,402	-0.39%	-0.56%
2035	50,333,286	22,170,689	-0.43%	-0.59%
2036	50,098,951	22,034,775	-0.47%	-0.61%
2037	49,845,669	21,893,029	-0.51%	-0.64%
2038	49,573,234	21,746,001	-0.55%	-0.67%
2039	49,283,770	21,594,236	-0.58%	-0.7%
2040	48,980,369	21,436,947	-0.62%	-0.73%
2041	48,661,905	21,274,187	-0.65%	-0.76%
2042	48,331,004	21,105,682	-0.68%	-0.79%
2043	47,990,085	20,932,105	-0.71%	-0.82%
2044	47,634,183	20,754,623	-0.74%	-0.85%
2045	47,263,526	20,571,741	-0.78%	-0.88%
2046	46,881,228	20,384,903	-0.81%	-0.91%
2047	46,482,133	20,194,425	-0.85%	-0.93%
2048	46,063,595	19,999,753	-0.9%	-0.96%
2049	45,626,805	19,801,293	-0.95%	-0.99%
2050	45,172,356	19,598,997	-1%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.