South Korea's population rose from 45.5M in 1996 to 51.7M in 2025.
South Korea · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
South Korea's population growth fell from 1.0 % in 1996 to -0.1 % in 2025.
South Korea's population density rose from 462.8 in 1994 to 529.8 in 2023.
South Korea's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.0 % in 1996 to 50.1 % in 2025.
South Korea's urbanisation rose from 78.8 % in 1996 to 81.2 % in 2025.
South Korea's urban population rose from 35.9M in 1996 to 42M in 2025.
South Korea's rural population rose from 9.67M in 1996 to 9.73M in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +3.7 %216th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +4.4 %216th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.4 %121st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.9 %3rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.5 yrs16th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts217th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.7 pts33rd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +1.1 pts36th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +1.4 pts185th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +1.8 pts41st of 217
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- Net migrationdown −13.5 %20th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.2 pts130th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +4.6 %108th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs14th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs6th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs26th of 217