South Korea vs Myanmar: Population

South Korea

51.75 million people

in 2023

Myanmar

54.13 million people

in 2023

South Korea rank

29th

Myanmar rank

27th

Population over time

Myanmar currently reports 54.13 million people against 51.75 million people in South Korea, a difference of 2.39 million people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Myanmar ahead.

South Korea ranks 29th and Myanmar ranks 27th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.