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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Venezuela	South Korea	Venezuela
1960	25,012,374	8,160,090	-	-
1961	25,765,673	8,455,915	3.01%	3.63%
1962	26,513,030	8,756,870	2.9%	3.56%
1963	27,261,747	9,064,021	2.82%	3.51%
1964	27,984,155	9,377,712	2.65%	3.46%
1965	28,704,674	9,697,790	2.57%	3.41%
1966	29,435,571	10,024,854	2.55%	3.37%
1967	30,130,983	10,358,513	2.36%	3.33%
1968	30,838,302	10,697,530	2.35%	3.27%
1969	31,544,266	11,040,280	2.29%	3.2%
1970	32,240,827	11,387,790	2.21%	3.15%
1971	32,882,704	11,741,008	1.99%	3.1%
1972	33,505,406	12,099,180	1.89%	3.05%
1973	34,103,149	12,463,537	1.78%	3.01%
1974	34,692,266	12,835,351	1.73%	2.98%
1975	35,280,725	13,215,892	1.7%	2.96%
1976	35,848,523	13,606,284	1.61%	2.95%
1977	36,411,795	14,006,812	1.57%	2.94%
1978	36,969,185	14,416,684	1.53%	2.93%
1979	37,534,236	14,834,552	1.53%	2.9%
1980	38,123,775	15,258,218	1.57%	2.86%
1981	38,723,248	15,687,297	1.57%	2.81%
1982	39,326,352	16,121,874	1.56%	2.77%
1983	39,910,403	16,562,205	1.49%	2.73%
1984	40,405,956	17,008,841	1.24%	2.7%
1985	40,805,744	17,461,434	0.99%	2.66%
1986	41,213,674	17,923,536	1%	2.65%
1987	41,621,690	18,394,963	0.99%	2.63%
1988	42,031,247	18,871,020	0.98%	2.59%
1989	42,449,038	19,348,921	0.99%	2.53%
1990	42,869,283	19,827,010	0.99%	2.47%
1991	43,295,704	20,304,896	0.99%	2.41%
1992	43,747,962	20,780,948	1.04%	2.34%
1993	44,194,628	21,254,520	1.02%	2.28%
1994	44,641,540	21,725,188	1.01%	2.21%
1995	45,092,991	22,193,821	1.01%	2.16%
1996	45,524,681	22,662,113	0.96%	2.11%
1997	45,953,580	23,131,685	0.94%	2.07%
1998	46,286,503	23,601,337	0.72%	2.03%
1999	46,616,677	24,066,593	0.71%	1.97%
2000	47,008,111	24,526,708	0.84%	1.91%
2001	47,370,164	24,979,922	0.77%	1.85%
2002	47,644,736	25,435,671	0.58%	1.82%
2003	47,892,330	25,892,703	0.52%	1.8%
2004	48,082,519	26,340,838	0.4%	1.73%
2005	48,184,561	26,785,804	0.21%	1.69%
2006	48,438,292	27,224,686	0.53%	1.64%
2007	48,683,638	27,649,363	0.51%	1.56%
2008	49,054,708	28,053,696	0.76%	1.46%
2009	49,307,835	28,438,298	0.52%	1.37%
2010	49,554,112	28,813,101	0.5%	1.32%
2011	49,936,638	29,185,212	0.77%	1.29%
2012	50,199,853	29,553,826	0.53%	1.26%
2013	50,428,893	29,912,198	0.46%	1.21%
2014	50,746,659	30,254,079	0.63%	1.14%
2015	51,014,947	30,573,972	0.53%	1.06%
2016	51,217,803	30,765,720	0.4%	0.63%
2017	51,361,911	30,565,323	0.28%	-0.65%
2018	51,585,058	29,807,592	0.43%	-2.48%
2019	51,764,822	28,938,098	0.35%	-2.92%
2020	51,836,239	28,444,077	0.14%	-1.71%
2021	51,769,539	28,237,826	-0.13%	-0.73%
2022	51,672,569	28,213,017	-0.19%	-0.09%
2023	51,712,619	28,300,854	0.08%	0.31%
2024	51,751,065	28,405,543	0.07%	0.37%
2025	51,700,480	28,516,898	-0.1%	0.39%
2026	51,633,793	28,633,718	-0.13%	0.41%
2027	51,552,198	28,758,565	-0.16%	0.44%
2028	51,456,707	28,885,166	-0.19%	0.44%
2029	51,347,230	29,014,444	-0.21%	0.45%
2030	51,221,713	29,151,809	-0.24%	0.47%
2031	51,081,220	29,295,744	-0.27%	0.49%
2032	50,924,233	29,442,534	-0.31%	0.5%
2033	50,747,132	29,587,099	-0.35%	0.49%
2034	50,549,508	29,735,159	-0.39%	0.5%
2035	50,333,286	29,883,329	-0.43%	0.5%
2036	50,098,951	30,020,167	-0.47%	0.46%
2037	49,845,669	30,146,546	-0.51%	0.42%
2038	49,573,234	30,268,328	-0.55%	0.4%
2039	49,283,770	30,386,284	-0.58%	0.39%
2040	48,980,369	30,495,445	-0.62%	0.36%
2041	48,661,905	30,590,207	-0.65%	0.31%
2042	48,331,004	30,674,532	-0.68%	0.28%
2043	47,990,085	30,749,671	-0.71%	0.24%
2044	47,634,183	30,813,805	-0.74%	0.21%
2045	47,263,526	30,871,490	-0.78%	0.19%
2046	46,881,228	30,923,463	-0.81%	0.17%
2047	46,482,133	30,974,366	-0.85%	0.16%
2048	46,063,595	31,021,600	-0.9%	0.15%
2049	45,626,805	31,059,954	-0.95%	0.12%
2050	45,172,356	31,094,884	-1%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.