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The population of South Korea showed robust growth since the republic's establishment in 1948, and then dramatically slowed down with the effects of its economic growth. In the first official census, taken in 1949, the total population of South Korea was calculated at 20,188,641 people. The 1985 census total was 40,466,577.
With scant immigration, South Korea’s total population is expected to drop from 51.75 million in 2024 to 36.22 million, a level not seen since 1977, according to Statistics Korea. In a worst ...
South Korea's portion of the elderly population is projected to grow at the fastest pace in the world, from 14.9 percent in 2019 to 46.5 percent in 2067. [7] Consequently, this will lead to South Korea's population declining sharply within the next few decades to about 25–30 million, down from 51 million as of 2022.
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.
Elon Musk’s views on population have largely been at odds with those of the scientific community, who point out that fast population growth in Africa and South Asia will likely exacerbate ...
While South Korea’s declining birth rate has been making headlines in recent years, it’s a trend the military had seen coming and prepared for. ... The population isn’t buying in.
That same year, South Korea recorded more deaths than births, resulting in a population decline for the first time on record. [123] In March 2022, Yoon Suk Yeol, the candidate of conservative opposition People Power Party, won a close election over the Democratic Party candidate by the narrowest margin ever. Yoon was sworn in on May 10, 2022. [124]
As South Korea hits the world's lowest birth rate, a rural elementary school struggles to stay open amid a nationwide drop-off in school-age children.