What is the population of South Korea, and how many people are in South Korea

As of March 2021, South Korea has a total population of about 52 million.

South Korea is a country with a high population density, with a population density of about 506 people per square kilometer in 2015, making it one of the most densely populated countries in the world. The population is very unevenly distributed in South Korea, with the majority of the population living in cities and the urbanization rate. In 2015, the total population of the metropolitan area, including Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, was 25.14 million.

According to statistics, South Korea's population will grow slightly from the current 52 million to 52.23 million in 2028, and then continue to decrease to 39 million in 2067. North Korea's population peaks in 2038 and decreases to 26 million in 2067. The total population of South Korea and North Korea is 77 million this year, peaking in 2032 and decreasing to 65 million in 2038.

From 2015 to 2020, the average life expectancy of North Korean residents was 72 years, which is lower than that of South Korea.

As of December 31, 2020, the registered population of South Korea was 10,000, a decrease of 20,838 from the same period last year. In 2020, the number of births in South Korea was 10,000, a decrease of about 10 percentage points compared to 2019. 2020 also saw the number of births in South Korea fall below the 300,000 mark for the first time.

According to the statistics of 17 provinces and cities, only 5 regions saw population growth last year. The population of the metropolitan area, including Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, and Incheon, is 10,000, accounting for the total population of the country.

Extended information: 1. Reasons for the negative population growth in South Korea.

As more and more young people choose not to marry, the number of single-person households in South Korea increased by more than 570,000 year-on-year in 2020, and the number of single-person households exceeded 9 million for the first time, accounting for the total number of households. In addition, the proportion of two-person households married without children has also continued to rise, with single-person families and two-person families accounting for more than 60% of the total.

South Korea's social structure still has a negative view of unmarried childbearing, and many people do not want to marry and do not have the courage to choose not to have children out of wedlock, so the increase in single-person families will directly lead to a decrease in the birth rate.

2. The impact of negative population growth in South Korea.

A sharp decline in population will lead to a fiscal cliff. First of all, there will be a sharp reduction in tax revenues, and in the long run, investment related to the national economy and people's livelihood, such as social insurance, social welfare, and infrastructure construction, will be stretched.

In addition, if the number of newborns continues to decrease, the available labor force in Korea will be very limited in the future. Human resources may become a scarce resource in the future, and South Korea's economic growth will fall into the dilemma of lack of momentum.

In 2020, South Korea's population totaled 10,000, a decrease of more than 20,000 from 2019.

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