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Total population of South Korea 2022

Total population in South Korea from 2012 to 2022 (in million inhabitants)

The data displays the total population of South Korea from 2012 to 2015, with projections up until 2022. In 2015, the total population of South Korea was about 51.02 million people.

Population of South Korea South Korea, also called Republic of Korea, has one of the highest population densities worldwide, i.e. a very high number of inhabitants per square kilometer. However, this does not equal bad standard of living; on the Human Development Index, which ranks countries by their level of living standards using key factors, such as unemployment rate, literacy rate, fertility and mortality rates, etc.

2012 50.2
2013 50.43
2014 50.75
2015 51.02
2016 51.25
2017 51.45
2018 51.66
2019 51.87
2020 52.09
2021 52.3
2022 52.51