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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Vatican	South Korea	Vatican
1960	25,012,374	-	-	-
1961	25,765,673	-	3.01%	-
1962	26,513,030	-	2.9%	-
1963	27,261,747	-	2.82%	-
1964	27,984,155	-	2.65%	-
1965	28,704,674	-	2.57%	-
1966	29,435,571	-	2.55%	-
1967	30,130,983	-	2.36%	-
1968	30,838,302	-	2.35%	-
1969	31,544,266	-	2.29%	-
1970	32,240,827	-	2.21%	-
1971	32,882,704	-	1.99%	-
1972	33,505,406	-	1.89%	-
1973	34,103,149	-	1.78%	-
1974	34,692,266	-	1.73%	-
1975	35,280,725	-	1.7%	-
1976	35,848,523	-	1.61%	-
1977	36,411,795	-	1.57%	-
1978	36,969,185	-	1.53%	-
1979	37,534,236	-	1.53%	-
1980	38,123,775	-	1.57%	-
1981	38,723,248	-	1.57%	-
1982	39,326,352	-	1.56%	-
1983	39,910,403	-	1.49%	-
1984	40,405,956	-	1.24%	-
1985	40,805,744	-	0.99%	-
1986	41,213,674	-	1%	-
1987	41,621,690	-	0.99%	-
1988	42,031,247	-	0.98%	-
1989	42,449,038	-	0.99%	-
1990	42,869,283	-	0.99%	-
1991	43,295,704	-	0.99%	-
1992	43,747,962	-	1.04%	-
1993	44,194,628	-	1.02%	-
1994	44,641,540	-	1.01%	-
1995	45,092,991	-	1.01%	-
1996	45,524,681	-	0.96%	-
1997	45,953,580	-	0.94%	-
1998	46,286,503	-	0.72%	-
1999	46,616,677	-	0.71%	-
2000	47,008,111	880	0.84%	-
2001	47,370,164	890	0.77%	1.14%
2002	47,644,736	900	0.58%	1.12%
2003	47,892,330	911	0.52%	1.22%
2004	48,082,519	921	0.4%	1.1%
2005	48,184,561	921	0.21%	0%
2006	48,438,292	932	0.53%	1.19%
2007	48,683,638	821	0.51%	-11.9%
2008	49,054,708	824	0.76%	0.37%
2009	49,307,835	826	0.52%	0.24%
2010	49,554,112	829	0.5%	0.36%
2011	49,936,638	832	0.77%	0.36%
2012	50,199,853	836	0.53%	0.48%
2013	50,428,893	839	0.46%	0.36%
2014	50,746,659	842	0.63%	0.36%
2015	51,014,947	1,000	0.53%	18.8%
2016	51,217,803	-	0.4%	0%
2017	51,361,911	1,000	0.28%	0%
2018	51,585,058	-	0.43%	0%
2019	51,764,822	1,000	0.35%	0%
2020	51,836,239	987	0.14%	-1.29%
2021	51,769,539	970	-0.13%	-1.68%
2022	51,672,569	944	-0.19%	-2.66%
2023	51,712,619	922	0.08%	-2.34%
2024	51,751,065	933	0.07%	1.2%
2025	51,700,480	939	-0.1%	0.59%
2026	51,633,793	952	-0.13%	1.37%
2027	51,552,198	974	-0.16%	2.32%
2028	51,456,707	985	-0.19%	1.13%
2029	51,347,230	983	-0.21%	-0.19%
2030	51,221,713	976	-0.24%	-0.75%
2031	51,081,220	968	-0.27%	-0.75%
2032	50,924,233	968	-0.31%	0%
2033	50,747,132	988	-0.35%	2.09%
2034	50,549,508	992	-0.39%	0.37%
2035	50,333,286	1,000	-0.43%	0.74%
2036	50,098,951	998	-0.47%	-0.18%
2037	49,845,669	1,003	-0.51%	0.55%
2038	49,573,234	1,022	-0.55%	1.83%
2039	49,283,770	1,060	-0.58%	3.78%
2040	48,980,369	1,095	-0.62%	3.3%
2041	48,661,905	1,127	-0.65%	2.86%
2042	48,331,004	1,149	-0.68%	1.96%
2043	47,990,085	1,169	-0.71%	1.76%
2044	47,634,183	1,186	-0.74%	1.42%
2045	47,263,526	1,209	-0.78%	2.02%
2046	46,881,228	1,224	-0.81%	1.22%
2047	46,482,133	1,248	-0.85%	1.95%
2048	46,063,595	1,272	-0.9%	1.92%
2049	45,626,805	1,296	-0.95%	1.88%
2050	45,172,356	1,325	-1%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.