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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Turkey	South Korea	Turkey
1960	25,012,374	28,329,898	-	-
1961	25,765,673	29,119,238	3.01%	2.79%
1962	26,513,030	29,916,147	2.9%	2.74%
1963	27,261,747	30,726,841	2.82%	2.71%
1964	27,984,155	31,543,072	2.65%	2.66%
1965	28,704,674	32,345,220	2.57%	2.54%
1966	29,435,571	33,177,672	2.55%	2.57%
1967	30,130,983	34,050,421	2.36%	2.63%
1968	30,838,302	34,921,684	2.35%	2.56%
1969	31,544,266	35,787,774	2.29%	2.48%
1970	32,240,827	36,638,465	2.21%	2.38%
1971	32,882,704	37,518,611	1.99%	2.4%
1972	33,505,406	38,430,221	1.89%	2.43%
1973	34,103,149	39,329,533	1.78%	2.34%
1974	34,692,266	40,210,234	1.73%	2.24%
1975	35,280,725	41,053,126	1.7%	2.1%
1976	35,848,523	41,899,984	1.61%	2.06%
1977	36,411,795	42,773,298	1.57%	2.08%
1978	36,969,185	43,645,306	1.53%	2.04%
1979	37,534,236	44,510,429	1.53%	1.98%
1980	38,123,775	45,408,815	1.57%	2.02%
1981	38,723,248	46,321,190	1.57%	2.01%
1982	39,326,352	47,322,096	1.56%	2.16%
1983	39,910,403	48,447,410	1.49%	2.38%
1984	40,405,956	49,574,069	1.24%	2.33%
1985	40,805,744	50,687,115	0.99%	2.25%
1986	41,213,674	51,777,772	1%	2.15%
1987	41,621,690	52,843,670	0.99%	2.06%
1988	42,031,247	53,909,626	0.98%	2.02%
1989	42,449,038	54,976,723	0.99%	1.98%
1990	42,869,283	56,015,628	0.99%	1.89%
1991	43,295,704	57,009,887	0.99%	1.77%
1992	43,747,962	57,990,118	1.04%	1.72%
1993	44,194,628	58,999,167	1.02%	1.74%
1994	44,641,540	60,033,836	1.01%	1.75%
1995	45,092,991	61,024,503	1.01%	1.65%
1996	45,524,681	61,951,134	0.96%	1.52%
1997	45,953,580	62,852,966	0.94%	1.46%
1998	46,286,503	63,734,383	0.72%	1.4%
1999	46,616,677	64,591,923	0.71%	1.35%
2000	47,008,111	65,425,961	0.84%	1.29%
2001	47,370,164	66,245,128	0.77%	1.25%
2002	47,644,736	67,048,795	0.58%	1.21%
2003	47,892,330	67,831,730	0.52%	1.17%
2004	48,082,519	68,592,617	0.4%	1.12%
2005	48,184,561	69,329,557	0.21%	1.07%
2006	48,438,292	70,045,349	0.53%	1.03%
2007	48,683,638	70,158,112	0.51%	0.16%
2008	49,054,708	71,051,678	0.76%	1.27%
2009	49,307,835	72,039,206	0.52%	1.39%
2010	49,554,112	73,142,150	0.5%	1.53%
2011	49,936,638	74,223,629	0.77%	1.48%
2012	50,199,853	75,175,827	0.53%	1.28%
2013	50,428,893	76,147,624	0.46%	1.29%
2014	50,746,659	77,181,884	0.63%	1.36%
2015	51,014,947	78,218,479	0.53%	1.34%
2016	51,217,803	79,277,962	0.4%	1.35%
2017	51,361,911	80,312,698	0.28%	1.31%
2018	51,585,058	81,407,204	0.43%	1.36%
2019	51,764,822	82,579,440	0.35%	1.44%
2020	51,836,239	83,384,680	0.14%	0.98%
2021	51,769,539	84,147,318	-0.13%	0.91%
2022	51,672,569	84,979,913	-0.19%	0.99%
2023	51,712,619	85,325,965	0.08%	0.41%
2024	51,751,065	85,518,661	0.07%	0.23%
2025	51,700,480	85,725,557	-0.1%	0.24%
2026	51,633,793	85,960,835	-0.13%	0.27%
2027	51,552,198	86,227,115	-0.16%	0.31%
2028	51,456,707	86,502,744	-0.19%	0.32%
2029	51,347,230	86,771,652	-0.21%	0.31%
2030	51,221,713	87,037,680	-0.24%	0.31%
2031	51,081,220	87,297,191	-0.27%	0.3%
2032	50,924,233	87,537,075	-0.31%	0.27%
2033	50,747,132	87,762,403	-0.35%	0.26%
2034	50,549,508	87,974,138	-0.39%	0.24%
2035	50,333,286	88,172,739	-0.43%	0.23%
2036	50,098,951	88,364,318	-0.47%	0.22%
2037	49,845,669	88,545,669	-0.51%	0.21%
2038	49,573,234	88,707,268	-0.55%	0.18%
2039	49,283,770	88,849,956	-0.58%	0.16%
2040	48,980,369	88,975,510	-0.62%	0.14%
2041	48,661,905	89,083,304	-0.65%	0.12%
2042	48,331,004	89,177,769	-0.68%	0.11%
2043	47,990,085	89,254,147	-0.71%	0.09%
2044	47,634,183	89,311,458	-0.74%	0.06%
2045	47,263,526	89,349,806	-0.78%	0.04%
2046	46,881,228	89,375,429	-0.81%	0.03%
2047	46,482,133	89,383,765	-0.85%	0.009%
2048	46,063,595	89,361,174	-0.9%	-0.03%
2049	45,626,805	89,306,566	-0.95%	-0.06%
2050	45,172,356	89,218,346	-1%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.