GDP

Korea

Korea — Population

KR desk: Korea first; United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, euro area, United Kingdom and Australia alongside.

51.68 million

−66,501 (−0.1%)

As of 2025 | people

Latest
51.68 million 2025
Previous year
51.75 million 2024
Min
25.01 million 1960
Max
51.84 million 2020
YearValue
202551.68 million
202451.75 million
202351.71 million
202251.67 million
202151.77 million
202051.84 million
201951.76 million
201851.59 million
201751.36 million
201651.22 million
201551.01 million
201450.75 million
201350.43 million
201250.20 million
201149.94 million
201049.55 million
200949.31 million
200849.05 million
200748.68 million
200648.44 million
200548.18 million
200448.08 million
200347.89 million
200247.64 million
#CountryPopulationChangeYear
2China1.41 billion−2.39 million (−0.2%)2025
3Euro area358.66 million+1.06 million (+0.3%)20254United States341.78 million+1.78 million (+0.5%)2025
13Japan123.37 million−608,637 (−0.5%)2025
23United Kingdom69.49 million+206,000 (+0.3%)202530Korea, Rep.51.68 million−66,501 (−0.1%)202556Australia27.61 million+420,125 (+1.5%)2025

What this population series is

Total population (SP.POP.TOTL) as published by the World Bank. It is the denominator behind the per-capita pages. Latest: 51.68 million in 2025.

From 1960 to 2025 (66 years): latest 51.68 million (2025), previous year 51.75 million (2024); low 25.01 million (1960), high 51.84 million (2020).

Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).