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Population / South Korea
Population & Society

South Korea Population

Current and historical population data for South Korea, including latest value (51.75 m), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Korea
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00
Economy Data Rating
South Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
86 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.9 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.7 / 20
External stability 12.1 / 15
Financial robustness 11.7 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.7 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2024 2015– 2024
2015 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

South Korea · total population by country.

2015–2024
51.75 m people
51.71 m people
51.57 m people
25 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024
population rate reference line

Countries by population

full ranking
Country Rate Class
India 1.45 bn high
China 1.41 bn high
United States 340.11 m high
Indonesia 283.49 m high
Pakistan 251.27 m high
Nigeria 232.68 m medium
Brazil 212 m medium
Bangladesh 173.56 m medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Japan 123.98 m
China 1.41 bn
India 1.45 bn
United States 340.11 m
Germany 83.52 m

Related indicators

internal links
GDP per Capita NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Nominal GDP NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
Urban Population SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Life Expectancy SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Fertility Rate SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.POP.TOTL

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00

South Korea Snapshot

country profile
Population 51.75 m
GDP 1875.39 bn
Debt/GDP 48.55%
Inflation 2.32%
Unemployment 2.68%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group High income

South Korea Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Population for South Korea. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south korea population rate, population data south korea, south korea population statistics, south korea people.