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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	United Kingdom	South Korea	United Kingdom
1960	25,012,374	52,400,000	-	-
1961	25,765,673	52,800,000	3.01%	0.76%
1962	26,513,030	53,250,000	2.9%	0.85%
1963	27,261,747	53,650,000	2.82%	0.75%
1964	27,984,155	54,000,000	2.65%	0.65%
1965	28,704,674	54,348,050	2.57%	0.64%
1966	29,435,571	54,648,500	2.55%	0.55%
1967	30,130,983	54,943,600	2.36%	0.54%
1968	30,838,302	55,211,700	2.35%	0.49%
1969	31,544,266	55,441,750	2.29%	0.42%
1970	32,240,827	55,663,250	2.21%	0.4%
1971	32,882,704	55,896,223	1.99%	0.42%
1972	33,505,406	56,086,065	1.89%	0.34%
1973	34,103,149	56,194,527	1.78%	0.19%
1974	34,692,266	56,229,974	1.73%	0.06%
1975	35,280,725	56,225,800	1.7%	-0.007%
1976	35,848,523	56,211,968	1.61%	-0.02%
1977	36,411,795	56,193,492	1.57%	-0.03%
1978	36,969,185	56,196,504	1.53%	0.005%
1979	37,534,236	56,246,951	1.53%	0.09%
1980	38,123,775	56,314,216	1.57%	0.12%
1981	38,723,248	56,333,829	1.57%	0.03%
1982	39,326,352	56,313,641	1.56%	-0.04%
1983	39,910,403	56,332,848	1.49%	0.03%
1984	40,405,956	56,422,072	1.24%	0.16%
1985	40,805,744	56,550,268	0.99%	0.23%
1986	41,213,674	56,681,396	1%	0.23%
1987	41,621,690	56,802,050	0.99%	0.21%
1988	42,031,247	56,928,327	0.98%	0.22%
1989	42,449,038	57,076,711	0.99%	0.26%
1990	42,869,283	57,247,586	0.99%	0.3%
1991	43,295,704	57,424,897	0.99%	0.31%
1992	43,747,962	57,580,402	1.04%	0.27%
1993	44,194,628	57,718,614	1.02%	0.24%
1994	44,641,540	57,865,745	1.01%	0.25%
1995	45,092,991	58,019,030	1.01%	0.26%
1996	45,524,681	58,166,950	0.96%	0.25%
1997	45,953,580	58,316,954	0.94%	0.26%
1998	46,286,503	58,487,141	0.72%	0.29%
1999	46,616,677	58,682,466	0.71%	0.33%
2000	47,008,111	58,892,514	0.84%	0.36%
2001	47,370,164	59,119,673	0.77%	0.39%
2002	47,644,736	59,370,479	0.58%	0.42%
2003	47,892,330	59,647,577	0.52%	0.47%
2004	48,082,519	59,987,905	0.4%	0.57%
2005	48,184,561	60,401,206	0.21%	0.69%
2006	48,438,292	60,846,820	0.53%	0.74%
2007	48,683,638	61,322,463	0.51%	0.78%
2008	49,054,708	61,806,995	0.76%	0.79%
2009	49,307,835	62,276,270	0.52%	0.76%
2010	49,554,112	62,766,365	0.5%	0.79%
2011	49,936,638	63,258,810	0.77%	0.78%
2012	50,199,853	63,711,000	0.53%	0.71%
2013	50,428,893	64,139,000	0.46%	0.67%
2014	50,746,659	64,620,000	0.63%	0.75%
2015	51,014,947	65,088,000	0.53%	0.72%
2016	51,217,803	65,607,000	0.4%	0.8%
2017	51,361,911	65,966,000	0.28%	0.55%
2018	51,585,058	66,289,000	0.43%	0.49%
2019	51,764,822	66,631,000	0.35%	0.52%
2020	51,836,239	66,744,000	0.14%	0.17%
2021	51,769,539	66,984,000	-0.13%	0.36%
2022	51,672,569	67,604,000	-0.19%	0.93%
2023	51,712,619	68,492,000	0.08%	1.31%
2024	51,751,065	69,226,000	0.07%	1.07%
2025	51,700,480	69,639,673	-0.1%	0.6%
2026	51,633,793	70,020,350	-0.13%	0.55%
2027	51,552,198	70,382,853	-0.16%	0.52%
2028	51,456,707	70,732,699	-0.19%	0.5%
2029	51,347,230	71,061,482	-0.21%	0.46%
2030	51,221,713	71,377,535	-0.24%	0.44%
2031	51,081,220	71,678,351	-0.27%	0.42%
2032	50,924,233	71,959,934	-0.31%	0.39%
2033	50,747,132	72,234,509	-0.35%	0.38%
2034	50,549,508	72,497,650	-0.39%	0.36%
2035	50,333,286	72,749,096	-0.43%	0.35%
2036	50,098,951	72,990,847	-0.47%	0.33%
2037	49,845,669	73,218,850	-0.51%	0.31%
2038	49,573,234	73,441,349	-0.55%	0.3%
2039	49,283,770	73,658,392	-0.58%	0.3%
2040	48,980,369	73,868,334	-0.62%	0.29%
2041	48,661,905	74,074,316	-0.65%	0.28%
2042	48,331,004	74,275,779	-0.68%	0.27%
2043	47,990,085	74,475,035	-0.71%	0.27%
2044	47,634,183	74,667,284	-0.74%	0.26%
2045	47,263,526	74,848,605	-0.78%	0.24%
2046	46,881,228	75,020,949	-0.81%	0.23%
2047	46,482,133	75,184,478	-0.85%	0.22%
2048	46,063,595	75,337,543	-0.9%	0.2%
2049	45,626,805	75,476,141	-0.95%	0.18%
2050	45,172,356	75,600,588	-1%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Korea increased by 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Korea gained 415,990 (a 0.81% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2006 and is 31st in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.