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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Tanzania	South Korea	Tanzania
1960	25,012,374	9,901,419	-	-
1961	25,765,673	10,187,886	3.01%	2.89%
1962	26,513,030	10,487,756	2.9%	2.94%
1963	27,261,747	10,799,528	2.82%	2.97%
1964	27,984,155	11,127,826	2.65%	3.04%
1965	28,704,674	11,470,728	2.57%	3.08%
1966	29,435,571	11,827,459	2.55%	3.11%
1967	30,130,983	12,200,109	2.36%	3.15%
1968	30,838,302	12,602,076	2.35%	3.29%
1969	31,544,266	13,036,700	2.29%	3.45%
1970	32,240,827	13,492,677	2.21%	3.5%
1971	32,882,704	13,971,451	1.99%	3.55%
1972	33,505,406	14,479,308	1.89%	3.63%
1973	34,103,149	15,010,101	1.78%	3.67%
1974	34,692,266	15,561,630	1.73%	3.67%
1975	35,280,725	16,138,361	1.7%	3.71%
1976	35,848,523	16,736,211	1.61%	3.7%
1977	36,411,795	17,352,929	1.57%	3.68%
1978	36,969,185	17,976,566	1.53%	3.59%
1979	37,534,236	18,592,038	1.53%	3.42%
1980	38,123,775	19,189,769	1.57%	3.21%
1981	38,723,248	19,784,703	1.57%	3.1%
1982	39,326,352	20,398,571	1.56%	3.1%
1983	39,910,403	21,079,874	1.49%	3.34%
1984	40,405,956	21,779,066	1.24%	3.32%
1985	40,805,744	22,501,693	0.99%	3.32%
1986	41,213,674	23,258,959	1%	3.37%
1987	41,621,690	24,030,378	0.99%	3.32%
1988	42,031,247	24,769,686	0.98%	3.08%
1989	42,449,038	25,438,759	0.99%	2.7%
1990	42,869,283	26,110,207	0.99%	2.64%
1991	43,295,704	26,780,436	0.99%	2.57%
1992	43,747,962	27,457,588	1.04%	2.53%
1993	44,194,628	28,332,692	1.02%	3.19%
1994	44,641,540	29,442,356	1.01%	3.92%
1995	45,092,991	30,383,497	1.01%	3.2%
1996	45,524,681	30,945,762	0.96%	1.85%
1997	45,953,580	31,578,089	0.94%	2.04%
1998	46,286,503	32,420,458	0.72%	2.67%
1999	46,616,677	33,300,330	0.71%	2.71%
2000	47,008,111	34,260,139	0.84%	2.88%
2001	47,370,164	35,198,299	0.77%	2.74%
2002	47,644,736	36,121,304	0.58%	2.62%
2003	47,892,330	37,089,555	0.52%	2.68%
2004	48,082,519	38,109,668	0.4%	2.75%
2005	48,184,561	39,182,076	0.21%	2.81%
2006	48,438,292	40,294,902	0.53%	2.84%
2007	48,683,638	41,435,512	0.51%	2.83%
2008	49,054,708	42,570,728	0.76%	2.74%
2009	49,307,835	43,633,982	0.52%	2.5%
2010	49,554,112	44,758,488	0.5%	2.58%
2011	49,936,638	46,029,367	0.77%	2.84%
2012	50,199,853	47,374,260	0.53%	2.92%
2013	50,428,893	48,824,128	0.46%	3.06%
2014	50,746,659	50,351,512	0.63%	3.13%
2015	51,014,947	52,020,962	0.53%	3.32%
2016	51,217,803	53,824,013	0.4%	3.47%
2017	51,361,911	55,652,890	0.28%	3.4%
2018	51,585,058	57,437,145	0.43%	3.21%
2019	51,764,822	59,174,891	0.35%	3.03%
2020	51,836,239	60,972,798	0.14%	3.04%
2021	51,769,539	62,830,412	-0.13%	3.05%
2022	51,672,569	64,711,821	-0.19%	2.99%
2023	51,712,619	66,617,606	0.08%	2.95%
2024	51,751,065	68,560,157	0.07%	2.92%
2025	51,700,480	70,545,858	-0.1%	2.9%
2026	51,633,793	72,563,773	-0.13%	2.86%
2027	51,552,198	74,604,804	-0.16%	2.81%
2028	51,456,707	76,670,483	-0.19%	2.77%
2029	51,347,230	78,773,192	-0.21%	2.74%
2030	51,221,713	80,913,118	-0.24%	2.72%
2031	51,081,220	83,087,927	-0.27%	2.69%
2032	50,924,233	85,293,126	-0.31%	2.65%
2033	50,747,132	87,520,491	-0.35%	2.61%
2034	50,549,508	89,788,673	-0.39%	2.59%
2035	50,333,286	92,091,418	-0.43%	2.56%
2036	50,098,951	94,420,808	-0.47%	2.53%
2037	49,845,669	96,775,766	-0.51%	2.49%
2038	49,573,234	99,156,465	-0.55%	2.46%
2039	49,283,770	101,567,525	-0.58%	2.43%
2040	48,980,369	103,999,350	-0.62%	2.39%
2041	48,661,905	106,448,475	-0.65%	2.35%
2042	48,331,004	108,926,272	-0.68%	2.33%
2043	47,990,085	111,433,788	-0.71%	2.3%
2044	47,634,183	113,966,263	-0.74%	2.27%
2045	47,263,526	116,525,463	-0.78%	2.25%
2046	46,881,228	119,109,670	-0.81%	2.22%
2047	46,482,133	121,721,018	-0.85%	2.19%
2048	46,063,595	124,351,294	-0.9%	2.16%
2049	45,626,805	126,981,394	-0.95%	2.12%
2050	45,172,356	129,621,083	-1%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.