Population growth rate rose 99.7% to -0.011% in South Korea in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, population growth rate in South Korea reached an all time high of 8.10% in 1946 and an all time low of -3.96% in 2023. When compared to South Korea's main peers, population growth rate in China amounted to -0.126%, 0.035% in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, -0.636% in Japan and 0.178% in Vietnam in 2024.
South Korea has been ranked 135th within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of population growth rate, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population Growth Rate | Unit | 2080 | 2081 | 2082 | 2083 | 2084 | 2085 | 2086 | 2087 | 2088 | 2089 | 2090 | 2091 | 2092 | 2093 | 2094 | 2095 | 2096 | 2097 | 2098 | 2099 | 2100 |
| Cambodia | % | -0.872% | -1.00% | -1.12% | -1.26% | -1.39% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | -15.9% | -16.0% | -16.1% | -16.3% | -16.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | -4.62% | -4.69% | -4.73% | -4.78% | -4.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | -5.80% | -5.83% | -5.85% | -5.88% | -5.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | -3.25% | -3.37% | -3.48% | -3.60% | -3.73% | ||||||||||||||||
| North Korea | % | -6.38% | -6.42% | -6.44% | -6.45% | -6.44% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | -2.74% | -2.79% | -2.83% | -2.88% | -2.91% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | -15.5% | -15.4% | -15.2% | -15.0% | -14.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | -8.72% | -8.66% | -8.63% | -8.58% | -8.54% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | -1.43% | -1.45% | -1.49% | -1.51% | -1.56% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | -4.62% | -4.68% | -4.74% | -4.82% | -4.93% |
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