Population in South Korea compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

South Korea and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	UAE	South Korea	UAE
1960	25,012,374	131,334	-	-
1961	25,765,673	137,989	3.01%	5.07%
1962	26,513,030	144,946	2.9%	5.04%
1963	27,261,747	152,211	2.82%	5.01%
1964	27,984,155	159,692	2.65%	4.91%
1965	28,704,674	167,103	2.57%	4.64%
1966	29,435,571	173,976	2.55%	4.11%
1967	30,130,983	179,700	2.36%	3.29%
1968	30,838,302	199,416	2.35%	11%
1969	31,544,266	239,660	2.29%	20.2%
1970	32,240,827	286,536	2.21%	19.6%
1971	32,882,704	335,027	1.99%	16.9%
1972	33,505,406	385,014	1.89%	14.9%
1973	34,103,149	436,399	1.78%	13.3%
1974	34,692,266	489,087	1.73%	12.1%
1975	35,280,725	542,856	1.7%	11%
1976	35,848,523	615,866	1.61%	13.4%
1977	36,411,795	710,209	1.57%	15.3%
1978	36,969,185	809,274	1.53%	13.9%
1979	37,534,236	912,010	1.53%	12.7%
1980	38,123,775	1,015,700	1.57%	11.4%
1981	38,723,248	1,099,855	1.57%	8.29%
1982	39,326,352	1,166,370	1.56%	6.05%
1983	39,910,403	1,235,305	1.49%	5.91%
1984	40,405,956	1,305,996	1.24%	5.72%
1985	40,805,744	1,377,911	0.99%	5.51%
1986	41,213,674	1,467,383	1%	6.49%
1987	41,621,690	1,574,244	0.99%	7.28%
1988	42,031,247	1,681,788	0.98%	6.83%
1989	42,449,038	1,789,851	0.99%	6.43%
1990	42,869,283	1,898,220	0.99%	6.05%
1991	43,295,704	2,006,626	0.99%	5.71%
1992	43,747,962	2,114,730	1.04%	5.39%
1993	44,194,628	2,222,093	1.02%	5.08%
1994	44,641,540	2,328,188	1.01%	4.77%
1995	45,092,991	2,434,662	1.01%	4.57%
1996	45,524,681	2,597,564	0.96%	6.69%
1997	45,953,580	2,817,410	0.94%	8.46%
1998	46,286,503	3,040,421	0.72%	7.92%
1999	46,616,677	3,266,009	0.71%	7.42%
2000	47,008,111	3,493,575	0.84%	6.97%
2001	47,370,164	3,723,590	0.77%	6.58%
2002	47,644,736	3,956,826	0.58%	6.26%
2003	47,892,330	4,192,457	0.52%	5.96%
2004	48,082,519	4,428,967	0.4%	5.64%
2005	48,184,561	4,664,790	0.21%	5.32%
2006	48,438,292	5,009,100	0.53%	7.38%
2007	48,683,638	5,624,635	0.51%	12.3%
2008	49,054,708	6,302,664	0.76%	12.1%
2009	49,307,835	6,707,058	0.52%	6.42%
2010	49,554,112	6,869,838	0.5%	2.43%
2011	49,936,638	7,104,538	0.77%	3.42%
2012	50,199,853	7,391,448	0.53%	4.04%
2013	50,428,893	7,693,031	0.46%	4.08%
2014	50,746,659	8,059,440	0.63%	4.76%
2015	51,014,947	8,505,237	0.53%	5.53%
2016	51,217,803	8,935,095	0.4%	5.05%
2017	51,361,911	9,223,225	0.28%	3.22%
2018	51,585,058	9,346,701	0.43%	1.34%
2019	51,764,822	9,445,785	0.35%	1.06%
2020	51,836,239	9,401,038	0.14%	-0.47%
2021	51,769,539	9,575,152	-0.13%	1.85%
2022	51,672,569	10,074,977	-0.19%	5.22%
2023	51,712,619	10,483,751	0.08%	4.06%
2024	51,751,065	10,986,400	0.07%	4.79%
2025	51,700,480	11,304,093	-0.1%	2.89%
2026	51,633,793	11,531,926	-0.13%	2.02%
2027	51,552,198	11,712,175	-0.16%	1.56%
2028	51,456,707	11,868,257	-0.19%	1.33%
2029	51,347,230	12,010,111	-0.21%	1.2%
2030	51,221,713	12,145,577	-0.24%	1.13%
2031	51,081,220	12,281,573	-0.27%	1.12%
2032	50,924,233	12,421,758	-0.31%	1.14%
2033	50,747,132	12,565,679	-0.35%	1.16%
2034	50,549,508	12,712,942	-0.39%	1.17%
2035	50,333,286	12,863,015	-0.43%	1.18%
2036	50,098,951	13,015,458	-0.47%	1.19%
2037	49,845,669	13,169,969	-0.51%	1.19%
2038	49,573,234	13,326,337	-0.55%	1.19%
2039	49,283,770	13,484,193	-0.58%	1.18%
2040	48,980,369	13,643,197	-0.62%	1.18%
2041	48,661,905	13,803,349	-0.65%	1.17%
2042	48,331,004	13,964,553	-0.68%	1.17%
2043	47,990,085	14,126,724	-0.71%	1.16%
2044	47,634,183	14,289,828	-0.74%	1.15%
2045	47,263,526	14,453,775	-0.78%	1.15%
2046	46,881,228	14,619,554	-0.81%	1.15%
2047	46,482,133	14,788,991	-0.85%	1.16%
2048	46,063,595	14,961,419	-0.9%	1.17%
2049	45,626,805	15,135,496	-0.95%	1.16%
2050	45,172,356	15,310,628	-1%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Korea increased by 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Korea gained 415,990 (a 0.81% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2006 and is 31st in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.