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South Korea vs Spain: Population

South Korea
51.75 million people
in 2023
Spain
47.91 million people
in 2023
South Korea rank
29th
Spain rank
32nd

Population over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 51.75 million people against 47.91 million people in Spain, a difference of 3.84 million people.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Spain ahead.

South Korea ranks 29th and Spain ranks 32nd of 238 countries.

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About this data

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