Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Asia · Eastern Asia
Republic of Korea is recorded at 51.72m people in 2024, with total annual change of -40,992 under the WPP medium variant.
Republic of Korea observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 240,982 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -357,948 |
| Natural change | -116,966 |
| Net migration | +75,963 |
| Total change | -40,992 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | -40,992 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -140,892 since 2020 |
| Projected 2100 | 21.85m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Republic of Korea 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 5.68m, ages 15-64 36.58m, ages 65+ 9.49m.
Republic of Korea 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 3.53m, ages 15-64 23.69m, ages 65+ 17.91m.
Republic of Korea 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.88m, ages 15-64 10.09m, ages 65+ 9.88m.
Stage since 2021.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2017.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51.72m | -40,992 | 241.0k | 357.9k | 0.73 |
| 2030 | 51.19m | -132,935 | 258.0k | 437.9k | 0.81 |
| 2050 | 45.14m | -461,591 | 211.3k | 688.9k | 1.03 |
| 2080 | 29.67m | -445,746 | 153.8k | 602.4k | 1.21 |
| 2100 | 21.85m | -316,384 | 119.2k | 435.1k | 1.30 |