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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Yemen	South Korea	Yemen
1960	25,012,374	5,532,301	-	-
1961	25,765,673	5,655,232	3.01%	2.22%
1962	26,513,030	5,782,221	2.9%	2.25%
1963	27,261,747	5,911,135	2.82%	2.23%
1964	27,984,155	6,048,006	2.65%	2.32%
1965	28,704,674	6,195,593	2.57%	2.44%
1966	29,435,571	6,351,494	2.55%	2.52%
1967	30,130,983	6,516,444	2.36%	2.6%
1968	30,838,302	6,690,524	2.35%	2.67%
1969	31,544,266	6,875,859	2.29%	2.77%
1970	32,240,827	7,065,279	2.21%	2.75%
1971	32,882,704	7,257,462	1.99%	2.72%
1972	33,505,406	7,460,068	1.89%	2.79%
1973	34,103,149	7,672,796	1.78%	2.85%
1974	34,692,266	7,896,783	1.73%	2.92%
1975	35,280,725	8,133,598	1.7%	3%
1976	35,848,523	8,384,113	1.61%	3.08%
1977	36,411,795	8,648,222	1.57%	3.15%
1978	36,969,185	8,926,586	1.53%	3.22%
1979	37,534,236	9,224,194	1.53%	3.33%
1980	38,123,775	9,543,358	1.57%	3.46%
1981	38,723,248	9,882,362	1.57%	3.55%
1982	39,326,352	10,241,006	1.56%	3.63%
1983	39,910,403	10,621,499	1.49%	3.72%
1984	40,405,956	11,025,597	1.24%	3.8%
1985	40,805,744	11,453,825	0.99%	3.88%
1986	41,213,674	11,901,040	1%	3.9%
1987	41,621,690	12,369,912	0.99%	3.94%
1988	42,031,247	12,859,708	0.98%	3.96%
1989	42,449,038	13,364,174	0.99%	3.92%
1990	42,869,283	13,887,862	0.99%	3.92%
1991	43,295,704	14,430,201	0.99%	3.91%
1992	43,747,962	14,989,494	1.04%	3.88%
1993	44,194,628	15,563,914	1.02%	3.83%
1994	44,641,540	16,149,147	1.01%	3.76%
1995	45,092,991	16,740,058	1.01%	3.66%
1996	45,524,681	17,313,177	0.96%	3.42%
1997	45,953,580	17,873,936	0.94%	3.24%
1998	46,286,503	18,446,013	0.72%	3.2%
1999	46,616,677	19,029,420	0.71%	3.16%
2000	47,008,111	19,624,141	0.84%	3.13%
2001	47,370,164	20,226,147	0.77%	3.07%
2002	47,644,736	20,835,086	0.58%	3.01%
2003	47,892,330	21,456,379	0.52%	2.98%
2004	48,082,519	22,095,167	0.4%	2.98%
2005	48,184,561	22,790,085	0.21%	3.15%
2006	48,438,292	23,543,083	0.53%	3.3%
2007	48,683,638	24,318,082	0.51%	3.29%
2008	49,054,708	25,111,941	0.76%	3.26%
2009	49,307,835	25,927,724	0.52%	3.25%
2010	49,554,112	26,754,387	0.5%	3.19%
2011	49,936,638	27,582,897	0.77%	3.1%
2012	50,199,853	28,433,647	0.53%	3.08%
2013	50,428,893	29,312,952	0.46%	3.09%
2014	50,746,659	30,226,309	0.63%	3.12%
2015	51,014,947	31,159,379	0.53%	3.09%
2016	51,217,803	32,109,010	0.4%	3.05%
2017	51,361,911	33,090,921	0.28%	3.06%
2018	51,585,058	34,085,182	0.43%	3%
2019	51,764,822	35,111,408	0.35%	3.01%
2020	51,836,239	36,134,863	0.14%	2.91%
2021	51,769,539	37,140,230	-0.13%	2.78%
2022	51,672,569	38,222,876	-0.19%	2.92%
2023	51,712,619	39,390,799	0.08%	3.06%
2024	51,751,065	40,583,164	0.07%	3.03%
2025	51,700,480	41,773,871	-0.1%	2.93%
2026	51,633,793	42,961,650	-0.13%	2.84%
2027	51,552,198	44,145,620	-0.16%	2.76%
2028	51,456,707	45,323,685	-0.19%	2.67%
2029	51,347,230	46,497,573	-0.21%	2.59%
2030	51,221,713	47,667,649	-0.24%	2.52%
2031	51,081,220	48,827,503	-0.27%	2.43%
2032	50,924,233	49,979,089	-0.31%	2.36%
2033	50,747,132	51,129,867	-0.35%	2.3%
2034	50,549,508	52,279,989	-0.39%	2.25%
2035	50,333,286	53,429,308	-0.43%	2.2%
2036	50,098,951	54,578,046	-0.47%	2.15%
2037	49,845,669	55,724,259	-0.51%	2.1%
2038	49,573,234	56,872,152	-0.55%	2.06%
2039	49,283,770	58,024,713	-0.58%	2.03%
2040	48,980,369	59,181,514	-0.62%	1.99%
2041	48,661,905	60,345,667	-0.65%	1.97%
2042	48,331,004	61,517,965	-0.68%	1.94%
2043	47,990,085	62,696,517	-0.71%	1.92%
2044	47,634,183	63,880,172	-0.74%	1.89%
2045	47,263,526	65,066,344	-0.78%	1.86%
2046	46,881,228	66,253,578	-0.81%	1.82%
2047	46,482,133	67,438,796	-0.85%	1.79%
2048	46,063,595	68,620,844	-0.9%	1.75%
2049	45,626,805	69,799,794	-0.95%	1.72%
2050	45,172,356	70,976,389	-1%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.