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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Ukraine	South Korea	Ukraine
1960	25,012,374	42,824,093	-	-
1961	25,765,673	43,399,766	3.01%	1.34%
1962	26,513,030	43,943,674	2.9%	1.25%
1963	27,261,747	44,462,372	2.82%	1.18%
1964	27,984,155	44,951,156	2.65%	1.1%
1965	28,704,674	45,386,892	2.57%	0.97%
1966	29,435,571	45,802,519	2.55%	0.92%
1967	30,130,983	46,215,988	2.36%	0.9%
1968	30,838,302	46,614,325	2.35%	0.86%
1969	31,544,266	46,976,256	2.29%	0.78%
1970	32,240,827	47,261,306	2.21%	0.61%
1971	32,882,704	47,573,287	1.99%	0.66%
1972	33,505,406	47,946,893	1.89%	0.79%
1973	34,103,149	48,277,121	1.78%	0.69%
1974	34,692,266	48,576,570	1.73%	0.62%
1975	35,280,725	48,865,229	1.7%	0.59%
1976	35,848,523	49,120,842	1.61%	0.52%
1977	36,411,795	49,336,481	1.57%	0.44%
1978	36,969,185	49,521,243	1.53%	0.37%
1979	37,534,236	49,721,381	1.53%	0.4%
1980	38,123,775	49,955,152	1.57%	0.47%
1981	38,723,248	50,189,281	1.57%	0.47%
1982	39,326,352	50,402,724	1.56%	0.43%
1983	39,910,403	50,637,029	1.49%	0.46%
1984	40,405,956	50,887,599	1.24%	0.49%
1985	40,805,744	51,108,770	0.99%	0.43%
1986	41,213,674	51,318,745	1%	0.41%
1987	41,621,690	51,515,732	0.99%	0.38%
1988	42,031,247	51,724,853	0.98%	0.41%
1989	42,449,038	51,917,817	0.99%	0.37%
1990	42,869,283	52,054,092	0.99%	0.26%
1991	43,295,704	52,170,961	0.99%	0.22%
1992	43,747,962	52,323,671	1.04%	0.29%
1993	44,194,628	52,350,126	1.02%	0.05%
1994	44,641,540	52,075,998	1.01%	-0.52%
1995	45,092,991	51,665,539	1.01%	-0.79%
1996	45,524,681	51,226,109	0.96%	-0.85%
1997	45,953,580	50,786,885	0.94%	-0.86%
1998	46,286,503	50,379,731	0.72%	-0.8%
1999	46,616,677	49,976,446	0.71%	-0.8%
2000	47,008,111	49,556,660	0.84%	-0.84%
2001	47,370,164	49,106,855	0.77%	-0.91%
2002	47,644,736	48,677,281	0.58%	-0.87%
2003	47,892,330	48,315,136	0.52%	-0.74%
2004	48,082,519	47,979,507	0.4%	-0.69%
2005	48,184,561	47,585,556	0.21%	-0.82%
2006	48,438,292	47,278,694	0.53%	-0.64%
2007	48,683,638	47,062,798	0.51%	-0.46%
2008	49,054,708	46,819,175	0.76%	-0.52%
2009	49,307,835	46,623,731	0.52%	-0.42%
2010	49,554,112	46,456,003	0.5%	-0.36%
2011	49,936,638	46,307,853	0.77%	-0.32%
2012	50,199,853	46,210,056	0.53%	-0.21%
2013	50,428,893	46,126,770	0.46%	-0.18%
2014	50,746,659	45,972,380	0.63%	-0.33%
2015	51,014,947	45,784,896	0.53%	-0.41%
2016	51,217,803	45,616,832	0.4%	-0.37%
2017	51,361,911	45,436,041	0.28%	-0.4%
2018	51,585,058	45,208,907	0.43%	-0.5%
2019	51,764,822	44,957,458	0.35%	-0.56%
2020	51,836,239	44,680,014	0.14%	-0.62%
2021	51,769,539	44,298,640	-0.13%	-0.85%
2022	51,672,569	41,048,766	-0.19%	-7.34%
2023	51,712,619	37,732,836	0.08%	-8.08%
2024	51,751,065	37,860,221	0.07%	0.34%
2025	51,700,480	38,980,379	-0.1%	2.96%
2026	51,633,793	39,535,850	-0.13%	1.43%
2027	51,552,198	39,245,208	-0.16%	-0.74%
2028	51,456,707	38,952,086	-0.19%	-0.75%
2029	51,347,230	38,654,416	-0.21%	-0.76%
2030	51,221,713	38,353,848	-0.24%	-0.78%
2031	51,081,220	38,050,624	-0.27%	-0.79%
2032	50,924,233	37,746,688	-0.31%	-0.8%
2033	50,747,132	37,442,088	-0.35%	-0.81%
2034	50,549,508	37,135,839	-0.39%	-0.82%
2035	50,333,286	36,828,149	-0.43%	-0.83%
2036	50,098,951	36,519,767	-0.47%	-0.84%
2037	49,845,669	36,209,679	-0.51%	-0.85%
2038	49,573,234	35,897,705	-0.55%	-0.86%
2039	49,283,770	35,584,263	-0.58%	-0.87%
2040	48,980,369	35,270,911	-0.62%	-0.88%
2041	48,661,905	34,957,580	-0.65%	-0.89%
2042	48,331,004	34,641,778	-0.68%	-0.9%
2043	47,990,085	34,324,132	-0.71%	-0.92%
2044	47,634,183	34,004,074	-0.74%	-0.93%
2045	47,263,526	33,680,448	-0.78%	-0.95%
2046	46,881,228	33,351,499	-0.81%	-0.98%
2047	46,482,133	33,017,828	-0.85%	-1%
2048	46,063,595	32,680,968	-0.9%	-1.02%
2049	45,626,805	32,338,515	-0.95%	-1.05%
2050	45,172,356	31,990,136	-1%	-1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Korea increased by 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Korea gained 415,990 (a 0.81% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2006 and is 31st in 2026. Ukraine was ranked 27th in 2006 and ranked 40th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) South Korea's population will shrink by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people with a rank change from 31st to 48th. The population of Ukraine will decrease by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.