South Korea · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for South Korea (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of South Korea? Answer: Current population of South Korea is: 52 629 969*^[1], area 98480 km², population density 534.42 p/km². Capital of South Korea is Seoul. Continent: Asia.

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South Korea · Population 1950-2100

South Korea · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in South Korea as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the South Korea population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current South Korea population

52 629 969

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 150.229 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 60.846 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 102.265 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

South Korea population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 575 / day = 23.96 / hour = 0.399 / minute = 0.0067 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 1420 / day = 59.2 / hour = 0.987 / minute = 0.0168 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 845 / day = 35.2 / hour = 0.587 / minute = 0.0098 / seconds.

Current South Korea population by age and sex for 2026-08-14*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 208 806	⇐+11.5%	1 083 908
5-9	1 150 019	⇐+4.4%	1 101 063
10-14	745 593	⇐+1.7%	732 972
15-19	909 273	⇐+0.2%	907 573
20-24	1 898 249	⇐+6%	1 790 368
25-29	1 868 711	⇐+21.2%	1 542 352
30-34	1 561 400	⇐+20.3%	1 297 779
35-39	1 762 434	⇐+4.8%	1 682 508
40-44	1 841 392	⇐+3.2%	1 784 973
45-49	2 142 664	+0%⇒	2 142 913
50-54	2 170 949	+1%⇒	2 191 908
55-59	2 505 115	+2.2%⇒	2 561 066
60-64	2 273 337	+5.8%⇒	2 404 190
65-69	1 427 864	+7.1%⇒	1 529 294
70-74	1 008 213	+9.8%⇒	1 107 456
75-79	741 161	+28.8%⇒	954 299
80-84	569 230	+50.7%⇒	858 101
85-89	258 123	+103.9%⇒	526 235
90-94	70 556	+233.7%⇒	235 476
95-99	15 904	+276.1%⇒	59 815
100+	1 021	+458.9%⇒	5 706

Sources: [1]

Population for cities or regions in South Korea (44)

Ansan Ansan-si Gyeonggi-do
Anyang Anyang-si Gyeonggi-do
Asan Chungcheongnam-do
Bucheon Bucheon-si Gyeonggi-do
♥ Busan Busan
Changwon Gyeongsangnam-do
Cheonan Chungcheongnam-do
Cheongju Cheongju-si Chungcheongbuk-do
Chuncheon Gangwon-do
♥ Daegu Daegu
♥ Daejeon Daejeon
Geoje Gyeongsangnam-do
Gimhae Gyeongsangnam-do
Gimpo Gyeonggi-do
Goyang Goyang-si Gyeonggi-do
Gumi Gyeongsangbuk-do
Gunpo Gyeonggi-do
Gunsan Jeollabuk-do
♥ Gwangju Gwangju
Gwangmyeong Gyeonggi-do
Gyeongju Gyeongsangbuk-do
Gyeongsan Gyeongsan-si Gyeongsangbuk-do
Hwaseong Hwaseong-si Gyeonggi-do
Iksan Jeollabuk-do
♥ Incheon Incheon
Jeju Jeju-si Jeju-do
Jeonju Jeollabuk-do
Jinju Gyeongsangnam-do
Mokpo Jeollanam-do
Namyangju Gyeonggi-do
Paju Gyeonggi-do
Pohang Gyeongsangbuk-do
Pyeongtaek Gyeonggi-do
Seongnam Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do
♥ Seoul Seoul
Siheung Gyeonggi-do
Suncheon Jeollanam-do
Suwon Suwon-si Gyeonggi-do
Uijeongbu Uijeongbu-si Gyeonggi-do
Ulsan Ulsan
Wonju Gangwon-do
Yangsan Gyeongsangnam-do
Yeosu Jeollanam-do
Yongin Gyeonggi-do

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).