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South Korea

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "Republic of Korea".[1]

Capital
Population
51,684,564 in 2025[3]
Land area
97,600 km²[4]
Total area
100,295 km²[5] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land border
North Korea[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names

Parts of South Korea

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202551.7M

25,012,374 in 1960, 51,684,564 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196025,012,374
196125,765,673
196226,513,030
196327,261,747
196427,984,155
196528,704,674
196629,435,571
196730,130,983
196830,838,302
196931,544,266
197032,240,827
197132,882,704
197233,505,406
197334,103,149
197434,692,266
197535,280,725
197635,848,523
197736,411,795
197836,969,185
197937,534,236
198038,123,775
198138,723,248
198239,326,352
198339,910,403
198440,405,956
198540,805,744
198641,213,674
198741,621,690
198842,031,247
198942,449,038
199042,869,283
199143,295,704
199243,747,962
199344,194,628
199444,641,540
199545,092,991
199645,524,681
199745,953,580
199846,286,503
199946,616,677
200047,008,111
200147,370,164
200247,644,736
200347,892,330
200448,082,519
200548,184,561
200648,438,292
200748,683,638
200849,054,708
200949,307,835
201049,554,112
201149,936,638
201250,199,853
201350,428,893
201450,746,659
201551,014,947
201651,217,803
201751,361,911
201851,585,058
201951,764,822
202051,836,239
202151,769,539
202251,672,569
202351,712,619
202451,751,065
202551,684,564

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
KR[15]
ISO alpha-3
KOR[16]
ISO numeric
410[17]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), capital: Seoul (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  5. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), area (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  6. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), official language: Korean (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), official language: Korean Sign Language (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  8. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), currency: won (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), continent: Asia (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), official name (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), official name (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), official name (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), official name (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  15. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: South Korea (Q884), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564777958) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of South Korea.svg, Public domain, Original: Government of the Republic of Korea Vector: Great Brightstar and others, via Wikimedia Commons.