What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Syrian Arab Republic?

1.02 million people, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Syrian Arab Republic?

133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of vs Syrian Arab Republic: Urban and rural population projected to 2050

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

6.20 million people

in 2050

Syrian Arab Republic

7.22 million people

in 2050

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank

65th

Syrian Arab Republic rank

63rd

Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Syrian Arab Republic

How they compare

Syrian Arab Republic currently reports 7.22 million people against 6.20 million people in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, a difference of 1.02 million people.

That makes Syrian Arab Republic's figure about 1.2 times Korea, Democratic People's Republic of's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 65th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 63rd of 238 countries.

Across the 43 decades both report, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of averaged higher in 37 and Syrian Arab Republic in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	Syrian Arab Republic	Difference	Ahead
1000s	899,997 people	1.06 million people	156,233 people	Syrian Arab Republic
1100s	1.08 million people	1.12 million people	35,280 people	Syrian Arab Republic
1200s	1.44 million people	1.17 million people	265,610 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1300s	1.08 million people	1.23 million people	153,530 people	Syrian Arab Republic
1400s	1.26 million people	986,516 people	273,114 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1500s	1.44 million people	1.06 million people	381,550 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1600s	1.80 million people	1.23 million people	561,120 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1700s	2.23 million people	1.24 million people	990,750 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1710s	2.45 million people	1.25 million people	1.21 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1720s	2.58 million people	1.25 million people	1.33 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1730s	2.71 million people	1.26 million people	1.45 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1740s	2.85 million people	1.26 million people	1.59 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1750s	2.99 million people	1.27 million people	1.73 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1760s	3.15 million people	1.27 million people	1.87 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1770s	3.30 million people	1.28 million people	2.03 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1780s	3.47 million people	1.28 million people	2.19 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1790s	3.63 million people	1.28 million people	2.35 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1800s	3.81 million people	1.28 million people	2.53 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1810s	3.99 million people	1.28 million people	2.71 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1820s	4.18 million people	1.28 million people	2.90 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1830s	4.22 million people	1.32 million people	2.90 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1840s	4.21 million people	1.35 million people	2.86 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1850s	4.19 million people	1.38 million people	2.81 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1860s	4.17 million people	1.41 million people	2.76 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1870s	4.13 million people	1.44 million people	2.70 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1880s	4.09 million people	1.59 million people	2.50 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1890s	4.06 million people	1.74 million people	2.32 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1900s	4.01 million people	1.67 million people	2.34 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1910s	3.95 million people	1.59 million people	2.36 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1920s	5.01 million people	1.51 million people	3.50 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1930s	5.79 million people	1.42 million people	4.37 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1940s	6.64 million people	2.11 million people	4.52 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1950s	8.41 million people	2.51 million people	5.90 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1960s	6.92 million people	3.14 million people	3.78 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1970s	7.33 million people	4.10 million people	3.23 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1980s	8.28 million people	5.48 million people	2.81 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1990s	9.20 million people	7.19 million people	2.01 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2000s	9.78 million people	8.83 million people	952,311 people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2010s	9.88 million people	6.29 million people	3.59 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2020s	9.52 million people	6.89 million people	2.63 million people	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
2030s	8.59 million people	8.59 million people	3,919 people	Syrian Arab Republic
2040s	7.14 million people	8.29 million people	1.15 million people	Syrian Arab Republic
2050s	6.20 million people	7.22 million people	1.02 million people	Syrian Arab Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of or Syrian Arab Republic?: Syrian Arab Republic, at 7.22 million people against 6.20 million people in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of as of 2050.
What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Syrian Arab Republic?: 1.02 million people, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Syrian Arab Republic?: 133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
How do Korea, Democratic People's Republic of and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 65th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 63rd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 30,401 data points, 1000–2050
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.