Population growth in South Korea in 2025 — -0.13%. Ranked 182 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 3.1 pp.
1961–2025 · % per year
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.13 | −0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 0.07 | −0 pp |
| 2023 | 0.08 | +0.26 pp |
| 2022 | -0.19 | −0.06 pp |
| 2021 | -0.13 | −0.27 pp |
| 2020 | 0.14 | −0.21 pp |
| 2019 | 0.35 | −0.09 pp |
| 2018 | 0.43 | +0.15 pp |
| 2017 | 0.28 | −0.12 pp |
| 2016 | 0.4 | −0.13 pp |
| 2015 | 0.53 | −0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 0.63 | +0.17 pp |
| 2013 | 0.46 | −0.07 pp |
| 2012 | 0.53 | −0.24 pp |
| 2011 | 0.77 | +0.27 pp |
| 2010 | 0.5 | −0.02 pp |
| 2009 | 0.51 | −0.24 pp |
| 2008 | 0.76 | +0.25 pp |
| 2007 | 0.51 | −0.02 pp |
| 2006 | 0.53 | +0.31 pp |
| 2005 | 0.21 | −0.18 pp |
| 2004 | 0.4 | −0.12 pp |
| 2003 | 0.52 | −0.06 pp |
| 2002 | 0.58 | −0.19 pp |
| 2001 | 0.77 | −0.07 pp |
| 2000 | 0.84 | +0.13 pp |
| 1999 | 0.71 | −0.01 pp |
| 1998 | 0.72 | −0.22 pp |
| 1997 | 0.94 | −0.02 pp |
| 1996 | 0.95 | −0.05 pp |
| 1995 | 1.01 | +0 pp |
| 1994 | 1.01 | −0.01 pp |
| 1993 | 1.02 | −0.02 pp |
| 1992 | 1.04 | +0.05 pp |
| 1991 | 0.99 | +0 pp |
| 1990 | 0.99 | −0 pp |
| 1989 | 0.99 | +0.01 pp |
| 1988 | 0.98 | −0.01 pp |
| 1987 | 0.99 | −0.01 pp |
| 1986 | 0.99 | +0.01 pp |
| 1985 | 0.98 | −0.25 pp |
| 1984 | 1.23 | −0.24 pp |
| 1983 | 1.47 | −0.07 pp |
| 1982 | 1.55 | −0.01 pp |
| 1981 | 1.56 | +0 pp |
| 1980 | 1.56 | +0.04 pp |
| 1979 | 1.52 | −0 pp |
| 1978 | 1.52 | −0.04 pp |
| 1977 | 1.56 | −0.04 pp |
| 1976 | 1.6 | −0.09 pp |
| 1975 | 1.68 | −0.03 pp |
| 1974 | 1.71 | −0.06 pp |
| 1973 | 1.77 | −0.11 pp |
| 1972 | 1.88 | −0.1 pp |
| 1971 | 1.97 | −0.21 pp |
| 1970 | 2.18 | −0.08 pp |
| 1969 | 2.26 | −0.06 pp |
| 1968 | 2.32 | −0.01 pp |
| 1967 | 2.34 | −0.18 pp |
| 1966 | 2.51 | −0.03 pp |
| 1965 | 2.54 | −0.07 pp |
| 1964 | 2.62 | −0.17 pp |
| 1963 | 2.78 | −0.07 pp |
| 1962 | 2.86 | −0.11 pp |
| 1961 | 2.97 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Mongolia
1.25
North Korea
0.27
South Korea
-0.13
Macao
-0.16
China
-0.17
Hong Kong
-0.34
Japan
-0.49
The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
Resident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Demography Total fertility rateHow many children one woman would bear on average if current age-specific fertility held.
Demography Net migrationThe difference between the number of arrivals and departures over a five-year period.
Demography Crude birth rateLive births per 1,000 people of population per year.