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China vs South Korea: World population growth

China
-1.7%
in 2100
South Korea
-1.4%
in 2100
China rank
234th
South Korea rank
232nd

World population growth over time

  • China
  • South Korea
-2024170019002100

How they compare

South Korea currently reports -1.4% against -1.7% in China, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was South Korea ahead.

China ranks 234th and South Korea ranks 232nd of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
World population growth
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 38,302 data points, 1700–2100
Last refreshed

Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.