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Male population — South Korea

Male population in South Korea in 2025 — 25,783,559 people. Ranked 29 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 104.8%.

2025 25.78M people −0.18% vs 2024
World rank 29of 217
Period maximum 25.89M people2020
Period minimum 12.59M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — South Korea, 1960–202510M15M20M25M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 12,587,784 people1962: 13,357,422 people1964: 14,124,764 people1966: 14,872,206 people1968: 15,564,634 people1970: 16,256,729 people1972: 16,914,521 people1974: 17,553,266 people1976: 18,162,195 people1978: 18,713,813 people1980: 19,285,387 people1982: 19,879,262 people1984: 20,417,687 people1986: 20,841,605 people1988: 21,301,793 people1990: 21,781,913 people1992: 22,258,117 people1994: 22,747,545 people1996: 23,227,749 people1998: 23,626,023 people2000: 24,010,410 people2002: 24,306,978 people2004: 24,492,190 people2006: 24,636,227 people2008: 24,923,739 people2010: 25,153,809 people2012: 25,372,267 people2014: 25,517,037 people2016: 25,658,061 people2018: 25,808,281 people2020: 25,892,321 people2022: 25,785,791 people2024: 25,830,846 people2025: 25,783,559 people
Change over the period: +13.2M (+104.83%) Average annual rate: 1.11 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea

South Korea 25.78M people
World 4.13B people
East Asia & Pacific 1.21B people
Eastern Asia computed 821M people
High-income countries computed 690M people
Male population — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 25.78M −47,287 −0.18%
2024 25.83M +17,017 +0.07%
2023 25.81M +28,038 +0.11%
2022 25.79M −51,084 −0.2%
2021 25.84M −55,446 −0.21%
2020 25.89M +11,073 +0.04%
2019 25.88M +72,967 +0.28%
2018 25.81M +94,994 +0.37%
2017 25.71M +55,226 +0.22%
2016 25.66M +65,750 +0.26%
2015 25.59M +75,274 +0.29%
2014 25.52M +95,011 +0.37%
2013 25.42M +49,759 +0.2%
2012 25.37M +66,301 +0.26%
2011 25.31M +152,157 +0.6%
2010 25.15M +112,189 +0.45%
2009 25.04M +117,881 +0.47%
2008 24.92M +176,353 +0.71%
2007 24.75M +111,159 +0.45%
2006 24.64M +111,455 +0.45%
2005 24.52M +32,582 +0.13%
2004 24.49M +78,485 +0.32%
2003 24.41M +106,727 +0.44%
2002 24.31M +118,891 +0.49%
2001 24.19M +177,677 +0.74%
2000 24.01M +208,167 +0.87%
1999 23.8M +176,220 +0.75%
1998 23.63M +175,112 +0.75%
1997 23.45M +223,162 +0.96%
1996 23.23M +231,446 +1.01%
1995 23M +248,758 +1.09%
1994 22.75M +246,467 +1.1%
1993 22.5M +242,961 +1.09%
1992 22.26M +241,323 +1.1%
1991 22.02M +234,881 +1.08%
1990 21.78M +240,939 +1.12%
1989 21.54M +239,181 +1.12%
1988 21.3M +231,734 +1.1%
1987 21.07M +228,454 +1.1%
1986 20.84M +219,738 +1.07%
1985 20.62M +204,180 +1%
1984 20.42M +248,281 +1.23%
1983 20.17M +290,144 +1.46%
1982 19.88M +297,254 +1.52%
1981 19.58M +296,621 +1.54%
1980 19.29M +292,894 +1.54%
1979 18.99M +278,680 +1.49%
1978 18.71M +274,390 +1.49%
1977 18.44M +277,228 +1.53%
1976 18.16M +291,132 +1.63%
1975 17.87M +317,797 +1.81%
1974 17.55M +319,137 +1.85%
1973 17.23M +319,608 +1.89%
1972 16.91M +330,142 +1.99%
1971 16.58M +327,650 +2.02%
1970 16.26M +343,987 +2.16%
1969 15.91M +348,108 +2.24%
1968 15.56M +349,000 +2.29%
1967 15.22M +343,428 +2.31%
1966 14.87M +371,326 +2.56%
1965 14.5M +376,116 +2.66%
1964 14.12M +377,535 +2.75%
1963 13.75M +389,807 +2.92%
1962 13.36M +386,441 +2.98%
1961 12.97M +383,197 +3.04%
1960 12.59M — —

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CN China 716M JP Japan 60.15M KR South Korea 25.78M KP North Korea 13.15M HK Hong Kong 3.38M MN Mongolia 1.78M MO Macao 315,701
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About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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