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🇰🇷 Population Density of Republic of Korea

The current population density of Republic of Korea is 523.3726 people per square kilometer. A -0.06% decrease from 2022, when the population density was 523.6935 people/km². In the future, Republic of Korea's population density is projected to decrease to 243.6042 people/km², by the year 2100. A total increase of the population density of Republic of Korea by -53.45% from today's standard.

Historic Population Density of Republic of Korea (1950-2023)

Republic of Korea has seen an increase of population density since the 1950's. From 203.1878 people/km² to 523.3726 people/km², an increase of 157.58% in total.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
1950 203.1878 20,104,010
1951 203.318 20,116,892
1952 206.1123 20,393,370
1953 210.8527 20,862,396
1954 216.6185 21,432,886
1955 223.1083 22,075,008
1956 230.0664 22,763,457
1957 237.4503 23,494,049
1958 245.1598 24,256,851
1959 253.0356 25,036,097
1960 260.9334 25,817,529
1961 268.3588 26,552,225
1962 275.2541 27,234,470
1963 282.0399 27,905,873
1964 288.6092 28,555,856
1965 294.9113 29,179,407
1966 301.5698 29,838,219
1967 308.6686 30,540,596
1968 315.6325 31,229,630
1969 322.5293 31,912,015
1970 329.4942 32,601,143
1971 336.4399 33,288,369
1972 343.3982 33,976,851
1973 350.2998 34,659,713
1974 356.9665 35,319,338
1975 363.1454 35,930,694
1976 368.4578 36,456,320
1977 373.0562 36,911,298
1978 377.2878 37,329,984
1979 381.4107 37,737,918
1980 385.7827 38,170,501
1981 391.4567 38,731,905
1982 398.2437 39,403,422
1983 404.8164 40,053,748
1984 410.9878 40,664,361
1985 416.7319 41,232,709
1986 422.5535 41,808,708
1987 428.5826 42,405,253
1988 434.477 42,988,455
1989 440.3294 43,567,512
1990 445.9137 44,120,039
1991 449.6267 44,487,412
1992 451.8128 44,703,709
1993 454.1288 44,932,862
1994 456.4828 45,165,780
1995 458.7835 45,393,418
1996 461.4795 45,660,168
1997 464.5341 45,962,393
1998 467.4435 46,250,259
1999 470.1742 46,520,444
2000 472.8843 46,788,591
2001 475.6758 47,064,790
2002 478.2619 47,320,668
2003 480.476 47,539,738
2004 482.3715 47,727,285
2005 484.0117 47,889,573
2006 485.6265 48,049,347
2007 487.3574 48,220,601
2008 489.1567 48,398,626
2009 491.0708 48,588,019
2010 493.3451 48,813,042
2011 496.9516 49,169,878
2012 501.6442 49,634,185
2013 506.3342 50,098,229
2014 510.9815 50,558,043
2015 515.3917 50,994,401
2016 518.5812 51,309,984
2017 520.6193 51,511,638
2018 522.2896 51,676,900
2019 523.5725 51,803,830
2020 523.9854 51,844,690
2021 523.8384 51,830,139
2022 523.6935 51,815,810
2023 523.3726 51,784,059

Future Population Density of Republic of Korea (2023-2100)

Republic of Korea's positive trend in population density is set to decrease even further in the future. Where the population density will grow from 523.3726 people/km² to 243.6042 people/km². An additional increase decrease of -53.45% from 2023 to 2100.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
2023 523.3726 51,784,059
2024 522.9472 51,741,962
2025 522.4268 51,690,479
2026 521.8239 51,630,817
2027 521.126 51,561,768
2028 520.3221 51,482,230
2029 519.4153 51,392,506
2030 518.3814 51,290,214
2031 517.1988 51,173,200
2032 515.8562 51,040,364
2033 514.3413 50,890,473
2034 512.6358 50,721,724
2035 510.724 50,532,567
2036 508.6173 50,324,119
2037 506.3304 50,097,849
2038 503.8706 49,854,467
2039 501.2472 49,594,904
2040 498.4686 49,319,974
2041 495.5407 49,030,283
2042 492.4808 48,727,532
2043 489.2935 48,412,166
2044 485.9626 48,082,601
2045 482.4856 47,738,574
2046 478.8575 47,379,594
2047 475.0627 47,004,124
2048 471.0883 46,610,891
2049 466.9309 46,199,541
2050 462.5984 45,770,874
2051 458.1044 45,326,220
2052 453.4683 44,867,510
2053 448.6975 44,395,474
2054 443.8039 43,911,285
2055 438.8132 43,417,492
2056 433.7471 42,916,240
2057 428.631 42,410,033
2058 423.4822 41,900,604
2059 418.3101 41,388,859
2060 413.1369 40,877,006
2061 407.9855 40,367,312
2062 402.8584 39,860,020
2063 397.758 39,355,368
2064 392.685 38,853,435
2065 387.6408 38,354,346
2066 382.6282 37,858,378
2067 377.6505 37,365,875
2068 372.7165 36,877,691
2069 367.8294 36,394,147
2070 362.9833 35,914,652
2071 358.1795 35,439,357
2072 353.4317 34,969,593
2073 348.7407 34,505,456
2074 344.107 34,046,974
2075 339.5304 33,594,161
2076 335.0074 33,146,634
2077 330.537 32,704,324
2078 326.121 32,267,388
2079 321.7558 31,835,481
2080 317.4381 31,408,278
2081 313.1731 30,986,290
2082 308.963 30,569,730
2083 304.7995 30,157,775
2084 300.6817 29,750,352
2085 296.6078 29,347,263
2086 292.5779 28,948,532
2087 288.5951 28,554,468
2088 284.6576 28,164,879
2089 280.7724 27,780,463
2090 276.9515 27,402,411
2091 273.1996 27,031,192
2092 269.5237 26,667,488
2093 265.9377 26,312,671
2094 262.4444 25,967,032
2095 259.0512 25,631,307
2096 255.7623 25,305,887
2097 252.5736 24,990,390
2098 249.4859 24,684,886
2099 246.4969 24,389,144
2100 243.6042 24,102,932

Common Questions in Regards to Population Density

What is Population Density?

Population density is a measurement of population per unit of land area. The metric is mostly used in regards to human populations, while sometimes utilized for animal life forms and other organisms. On this page we make use of the population per square kilometer (people/km²) to illustrate the population density of Republic of Korea.

What useful information can be derived from Population Density?

The population density is a useful metric for understanding and visualize how populated a country, region or territory is, in general. It's also important to understand that most countries are highly populated in specific regions. While the population density only take people per square kilometers, spaced out evenly throughout the total area, into account.

How is Population Density calculated?

Population density indicates the number of people per unit of land area. In this case, the population density is calculated in square kilometers (km²) of Republic of Korea's area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in km²

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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