What is the latest figure for South Korea Population, Fertility Rate, Live Births & Aging Ratio (Annual)?

Projected Population: Total stood at 51,609,121 persons in 2026. That is −0.1% from 2025.

South Korea Population, Fertility Rate, Live Births & Aging Ratio (Annual)

Name: South Korea Population, Fertility Rate, Live Births & Aging Ratio (Annual)
Creator: Statistics Korea (KOSTAT / 통계청 국가데이터처)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Annual demographic and vital statistics of South Korea compiled by Statistics Korea (KOSTAT): Projected Population (Total, Male, Female), Share of Elderly Population Aged 65+ (%), Total Fertility Rate (births per woman), Live Births, and Marriages.

Source: Statistics Korea (KOSTAT / 통계청 국가데이터처)Last updated: Oct 19, 2026, 16:40 UTCCurated by Bui Thanh Phuc

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Indicator	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971	1970	1969	1968	1967	1966	1965	1964	1963	1962	1961	1960
Projected Population: Total2	51,609,121	51,684,564	51,751,065	51,712,619	51,672,569	51,769,539	51,836,239	51,764,822	51,585,058	51,361,911	51,217,803	51,014,947	50,746,659	50,428,893	50,199,853	49,936,638	49,554,112	49,307,835	49,054,708	48,683,638	48,438,292	48,184,561	48,082,519	47,892,330	47,644,736	47,370,164	47,008,111	46,616,677	46,286,503	45,953,580	45,524,681	45,092,991	44,641,540	44,194,628	43,747,962	43,295,704	42,869,283	42,449,038	42,031,247	41,621,690	41,213,674	40,805,744	40,405,956	39,910,403	39,326,352	38,723,248	38,123,775	37,534,236	36,969,185	36,411,795	35,848,523	35,280,725	34,692,266	34,103,149	33,505,406	32,882,704	32,240,827	31,544,266	30,838,302	30,130,983	29,435,571	28,704,674	27,984,155	27,261,747	26,513,030	25,765,673	25,012,374
Projected Population: Male	25,795,052	25,837,903	25,876,776	25,859,888	25,818,686	25,870,941	25,925,697	25,948,706	25,857,689	25,736,793	25,670,949	25,585,894	25,445,077	25,285,319	25,187,380	25,069,867	24,881,114	24,774,341	24,671,648	24,491,190	24,369,561	24,243,234	24,210,740	24,120,872	23,991,377	23,854,971	23,666,769	23,457,837	23,295,727	23,148,092	22,924,512	22,705,329	22,472,496	22,242,554	22,013,655	21,783,914	21,568,181	21,357,389	21,155,226	20,959,980	20,771,997	20,575,600	20,375,175	20,129,120	19,837,392	19,535,680	19,235,736	18,929,361	18,637,254	18,349,416	18,058,503	17,765,828	17,514,223	17,234,877	16,955,438	16,648,884	16,308,607	15,940,965	15,576,098	15,205,393	14,829,861	14,452,831	14,081,950	13,708,120	13,320,983	12,936,583	12,550,691
Projected Population: Female	25,814,069	25,846,661	25,874,289	25,852,731	25,853,883	25,898,598	25,910,542	25,816,116	25,727,369	25,625,118	25,546,854	25,429,053	25,301,582	25,143,574	25,012,473	24,866,771	24,672,998	24,533,494	24,383,060	24,192,448	24,068,731	23,941,327	23,871,779	23,771,458	23,653,359	23,515,193	23,341,342	23,158,840	22,990,776	22,805,488	22,600,169	22,387,662	22,169,044	21,952,074	21,734,307	21,511,790	21,301,102	21,091,649	20,876,021	20,661,710	20,441,677	20,230,144	20,030,781	19,781,283	19,488,960	19,187,568	18,888,039	18,604,875	18,331,931	18,062,379	17,790,020	17,514,897	17,178,043	16,868,272	16,549,968	16,233,820	15,932,220	15,603,301	15,262,204	14,925,590	14,605,710	14,251,843	13,902,205	13,553,627	13,192,047	12,829,090	12,461,683
Share of Elderly Population (Aged 65 & Over)	21.6	20.3	19.2	18.2	17.4	16.6	15.7	14.9	14.3	13.8	13.2	12.8	12.4	11.9	11.5	11	10.8	10.5	10.2	9.8	9.3	9	8.6	8.2	7.9	7.5	7.2	6.9	6.6	6.4	6.1	5.9	5.7	5.5	5.4	5.2	5.1	4.8	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.1	4	4	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.1	3	3	3.1	3.1	3.1	3	3	3	2.9	2.9
Total Fertility Rate (Births per Woman)		0.8	0.75	0.72	0.78	0.81	0.84	0.92	0.98	1.05	1.17	1.24	1.21	1.19	1.3	1.24	1.23	1.15	1.19	1.26	1.13	1.09	1.16	1.19	1.18	1.31	1.48	1.43	1.46	1.54	1.57	1.63	1.66	1.65	1.76	1.71	1.57	1.56	1.55	1.53	1.58	1.66	1.74	2.06	2.39	2.57	2.82	2.9	2.64	2.99	3	3.43	3.77	4.07	4.12	4.54	4.53
Number of Live Births		254,341	238,317	230,028	249,186	260,562	272,337	302,676	326,822	357,771	406,243	438,420	435,435	436,455	484,550	471,265	470,171	444,849	465,892	496,822	451,759	438,707	476,958	495,036	496,911	559,934	640,089	620,668	641,594	675,394	691,226	715,020	721,185	715,826	730,678	709,275	649,738	639,431	633,092	623,831	636,019	655,489	674,793	769,155	848,312	867,409	862,835	862,669	750,728	825,339	796,331	874,030	922,823	965,521	952,780	1,024,773	1,006,645
Number of Marriages		240,326	222,412	193,657	191,690	192,507	213,502	239,159	257,622	264,455	281,635	302,828	305,507	322,807	327,073	329,087	326,104	309,759	327,715	343,559	330,634	314,304	308,598	302,503	304,877	318,407	332,090	360,407	373,500	388,960	434,911	398,484	393,121	402,593	419,774	416,872	399,312	410,708	410,129	390,276	390,229	384,686	385,188	412,984	387,468	406,795	403,031	353,824	343,013	303,156	285,910	283,226	259,604	259,112	244,780	239,457	295,137

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What is the latest figure for South Korea Population, Fertility Rate, Live Births & Aging Ratio (Annual)?: Projected Population: Total stood at 51,609,121 persons in 2026. That is −0.1% from 2025.
Is South Korea Population, Fertility Rate, Live Births & Aging Ratio (Annual) at a high or a low right now?: The reading of 51,609,121 persons is the lowest since 2018.
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