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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	South Korea	Zambia	South Korea	Zambia
1960	25,012,374	3,153,729	-	-
1961	25,765,673	3,254,086	3.01%	3.18%
1962	26,513,030	3,358,099	2.9%	3.2%
1963	27,261,747	3,465,907	2.82%	3.21%
1964	27,984,155	3,577,017	2.65%	3.21%
1965	28,704,674	3,692,086	2.57%	3.22%
1966	29,435,571	3,812,003	2.55%	3.25%
1967	30,130,983	3,936,343	2.36%	3.26%
1968	30,838,302	4,065,593	2.35%	3.28%
1969	31,544,266	4,197,116	2.29%	3.24%
1970	32,240,827	4,321,718	2.21%	2.97%
1971	32,882,704	4,442,525	1.99%	2.8%
1972	33,505,406	4,569,309	1.89%	2.85%
1973	34,103,149	4,702,693	1.78%	2.92%
1974	34,692,266	4,842,746	1.73%	2.98%
1975	35,280,725	4,990,086	1.7%	3.04%
1976	35,848,523	5,143,842	1.61%	3.08%
1977	36,411,795	5,302,480	1.57%	3.08%
1978	36,969,185	5,465,374	1.53%	3.07%
1979	37,534,236	5,631,728	1.53%	3.04%
1980	38,123,775	5,802,833	1.57%	3.04%
1981	38,723,248	5,983,289	1.57%	3.11%
1982	39,326,352	6,178,637	1.56%	3.26%
1983	39,910,403	6,381,038	1.49%	3.28%
1984	40,405,956	6,580,490	1.24%	3.13%
1985	40,805,744	6,780,953	0.99%	3.05%
1986	41,213,674	6,986,471	1%	3.03%
1987	41,621,690	7,191,282	0.99%	2.93%
1988	42,031,247	7,391,440	0.98%	2.78%
1989	42,449,038	7,589,216	0.99%	2.68%
1990	42,869,283	7,786,169	0.99%	2.6%
1991	43,295,704	7,981,650	0.99%	2.51%
1992	43,747,962	8,176,680	1.04%	2.44%
1993	44,194,628	8,373,921	1.02%	2.41%
1994	44,641,540	8,576,269	1.01%	2.42%
1995	45,092,991	8,785,763	1.01%	2.44%
1996	45,524,681	9,004,053	0.96%	2.48%
1997	45,953,580	9,237,063	0.94%	2.59%
1998	46,286,503	9,482,408	0.72%	2.66%
1999	46,616,677	9,740,005	0.71%	2.72%
2000	47,008,111	10,017,631	0.84%	2.85%
2001	47,370,164	10,325,185	0.77%	3.07%
2002	47,644,736	10,647,949	0.58%	3.13%
2003	47,892,330	10,983,595	0.52%	3.15%
2004	48,082,519	11,338,198	0.4%	3.23%
2005	48,184,561	11,718,819	0.21%	3.36%
2006	48,438,292	12,129,553	0.53%	3.5%
2007	48,683,638	12,565,085	0.51%	3.59%
2008	49,054,708	13,021,324	0.76%	3.63%
2009	49,307,835	13,490,389	0.52%	3.6%
2010	49,554,112	13,965,594	0.5%	3.52%
2011	49,936,638	14,437,796	0.77%	3.38%
2012	50,199,853	14,913,629	0.53%	3.3%
2013	50,428,893	15,398,997	0.46%	3.25%
2014	50,746,659	15,895,315	0.63%	3.22%
2015	51,014,947	16,399,089	0.53%	3.17%
2016	51,217,803	16,914,423	0.4%	3.14%
2017	51,361,911	17,441,320	0.28%	3.12%
2018	51,585,058	17,973,569	0.43%	3.05%
2019	51,764,822	18,513,839	0.35%	3.01%
2020	51,836,239	19,059,395	0.14%	2.95%
2021	51,769,539	19,603,607	-0.13%	2.86%
2022	51,672,569	20,152,938	-0.19%	2.8%
2023	51,712,619	20,723,965	0.08%	2.83%
2024	51,751,065	21,314,956	0.07%	2.85%
2025	51,700,480	21,913,869	-0.1%	2.81%
2026	51,633,793	22,521,905	-0.13%	2.77%
2027	51,552,198	23,138,716	-0.16%	2.74%
2028	51,456,707	23,761,368	-0.19%	2.69%
2029	51,347,230	24,389,681	-0.21%	2.64%
2030	51,221,713	25,024,887	-0.24%	2.6%
2031	51,081,220	25,666,496	-0.27%	2.56%
2032	50,924,233	26,311,946	-0.31%	2.51%
2033	50,747,132	26,960,073	-0.35%	2.46%
2034	50,549,508	27,611,621	-0.39%	2.42%
2035	50,333,286	28,266,887	-0.43%	2.37%
2036	50,098,951	28,925,103	-0.47%	2.33%
2037	49,845,669	29,583,482	-0.51%	2.28%
2038	49,573,234	30,240,549	-0.55%	2.22%
2039	49,283,770	30,895,586	-0.58%	2.17%
2040	48,980,369	31,550,394	-0.62%	2.12%
2041	48,661,905	32,204,340	-0.65%	2.07%
2042	48,331,004	32,856,596	-0.68%	2.03%
2043	47,990,085	33,510,500	-0.71%	1.99%
2044	47,634,183	34,165,920	-0.74%	1.96%
2045	47,263,526	34,821,101	-0.78%	1.92%
2046	46,881,228	35,475,795	-0.81%	1.88%
2047	46,482,133	36,129,270	-0.85%	1.84%
2048	46,063,595	36,782,260	-0.9%	1.81%
2049	45,626,805	37,434,667	-0.95%	1.77%
2050	45,172,356	38,083,369	-1%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of South Korea increased by 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, South Korea gained 685,533 (a 1.34% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

South Korea was ranked 25th most populous country in 2005 and is 31st in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.