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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Vanuatu	South Korea	Vanuatu
1960	25,012,374	64,431	-	-
1961	25,765,673	66,264	3.01%	2.84%
1962	26,513,030	68,174	2.9%	2.88%
1963	27,261,747	70,159	2.82%	2.91%
1964	27,984,155	72,219	2.65%	2.94%
1965	28,704,674	74,358	2.57%	2.96%
1966	29,435,571	76,590	2.55%	3%
1967	30,130,983	78,921	2.36%	3.04%
1968	30,838,302	81,314	2.35%	3.03%
1969	31,544,266	83,755	2.29%	3%
1970	32,240,827	86,266	2.21%	3%
1971	32,882,704	88,862	1.99%	3.01%
1972	33,505,406	91,562	1.89%	3.04%
1973	34,103,149	94,362	1.78%	3.06%
1974	34,692,266	97,260	1.73%	3.07%
1975	35,280,725	100,269	1.7%	3.09%
1976	35,848,523	103,388	1.61%	3.11%
1977	36,411,795	106,618	1.57%	3.12%
1978	36,969,185	109,963	1.53%	3.14%
1979	37,534,236	113,040	1.53%	2.8%
1980	38,123,775	115,660	1.57%	2.32%
1981	38,723,248	118,249	1.57%	2.24%
1982	39,326,352	121,035	1.56%	2.36%
1983	39,910,403	123,998	1.49%	2.45%
1984	40,405,956	127,109	1.24%	2.51%
1985	40,805,744	130,356	0.99%	2.55%
1986	41,213,674	133,720	1%	2.58%
1987	41,621,690	137,187	0.99%	2.59%
1988	42,031,247	140,756	0.98%	2.6%
1989	42,449,038	144,393	0.99%	2.58%
1990	42,869,283	148,063	0.99%	2.54%
1991	43,295,704	151,793	0.99%	2.52%
1992	43,747,962	155,608	1.04%	2.51%
1993	44,194,628	159,463	1.02%	2.48%
1994	44,641,540	163,314	1.01%	2.41%
1995	45,092,991	167,137	1.01%	2.34%
1996	45,524,681	170,911	0.96%	2.26%
1997	45,953,580	174,626	0.94%	2.17%
1998	46,286,503	178,313	0.72%	2.11%
1999	46,616,677	182,048	0.71%	2.09%
2000	47,008,111	186,281	0.84%	2.33%
2001	47,370,164	191,031	0.77%	2.55%
2002	47,644,736	195,863	0.58%	2.53%
2003	47,892,330	200,746	0.52%	2.49%
2004	48,082,519	205,711	0.4%	2.47%
2005	48,184,561	210,760	0.21%	2.45%
2006	48,438,292	215,923	0.53%	2.45%
2007	48,683,638	221,276	0.51%	2.48%
2008	49,054,708	226,896	0.76%	2.54%
2009	49,307,835	232,731	0.52%	2.57%
2010	49,554,112	238,248	0.5%	2.37%
2011	49,936,638	243,474	0.77%	2.19%
2012	50,199,853	248,883	0.53%	2.22%
2013	50,428,893	254,482	0.46%	2.25%
2014	50,746,659	260,240	0.63%	2.26%
2015	51,014,947	266,101	0.53%	2.25%
2016	51,217,803	272,087	0.4%	2.25%
2017	51,361,911	278,507	0.28%	2.36%
2018	51,585,058	285,259	0.43%	2.42%
2019	51,764,822	291,985	0.35%	2.36%
2020	51,836,239	298,858	0.14%	2.35%
2021	51,769,539	305,868	-0.13%	2.35%
2022	51,672,569	313,046	-0.19%	2.35%
2023	51,712,619	320,409	0.08%	2.35%
2024	51,751,065	327,777	0.07%	2.3%
2025	51,700,480	335,169	-0.1%	2.26%
2026	51,633,793	342,565	-0.13%	2.21%
2027	51,552,198	349,970	-0.16%	2.16%
2028	51,456,707	357,397	-0.19%	2.12%
2029	51,347,230	364,883	-0.21%	2.09%
2030	51,221,713	372,429	-0.24%	2.07%
2031	51,081,220	380,015	-0.27%	2.04%
2032	50,924,233	387,657	-0.31%	2.01%
2033	50,747,132	395,366	-0.35%	1.99%
2034	50,549,508	403,188	-0.39%	1.98%
2035	50,333,286	411,061	-0.43%	1.95%
2036	50,098,951	419,006	-0.47%	1.93%
2037	49,845,669	427,031	-0.51%	1.92%
2038	49,573,234	435,150	-0.55%	1.9%
2039	49,283,770	443,311	-0.58%	1.88%
2040	48,980,369	451,509	-0.62%	1.85%
2041	48,661,905	459,733	-0.65%	1.82%
2042	48,331,004	468,003	-0.68%	1.8%
2043	47,990,085	476,308	-0.71%	1.77%
2044	47,634,183	484,636	-0.74%	1.75%
2045	47,263,526	492,989	-0.78%	1.72%
2046	46,881,228	501,316	-0.81%	1.69%
2047	46,482,133	509,621	-0.85%	1.66%
2048	46,063,595	517,889	-0.9%	1.62%
2049	45,626,805	526,138	-0.95%	1.59%
2050	45,172,356	534,374	-1%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of South Korea increased by 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, South Korea gained 415,990 (a 0.81% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2006 and is 31st in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.