Dem. Rep. Korea - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Dem. Rep. Korea was 24,346,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,346,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 10,946,480 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10,946,480
1961 11,219,880
1962 11,478,050
1963 11,734,690
1964 12,011,510
1965 12,323,350
1966 12,671,950
1967 13,048,500
1968 13,444,410
1969 13,847,250
1970 14,246,770
1971 14,642,730
1972 15,034,520
1973 15,411,300
1974 15,759,910
1975 16,072,090
1976 16,341,360
1977 16,572,790
1978 16,784,070
1979 17,000,250
1980 17,239,340
1981 17,508,440
1982 17,802,270
1983 18,111,490
1984 18,421,200
1985 18,720,890
1986 19,006,460
1987 19,282,370
1988 19,556,660
1989 19,841,110
1990 20,143,210
1991 20,466,180
1992 20,804,250
1993 21,145,050
1994 21,471,410
1995 21,770,900
1996 22,038,890
1997 22,278,720
1998 22,495,720
1999 22,698,670
2000 22,894,100
2001 23,083,420
2002 23,264,580
2003 23,436,550
2004 23,597,380
2005 23,745,940
2006 23,882,460
2007 24,008,610
2008 24,126,330
2009 24,238,180
2010 24,346,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Dem. Rep. Korea was 50.94 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 53.01 in 1960, while its lowest value was 50.93 in 1995.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 53.01
1961 52.88
1962 52.76
1963 52.65
1964 52.53
1965 52.41
1966 52.29
1967 52.16
1968 52.05
1969 51.94
1970 51.84
1971 51.75
1972 51.67
1973 51.60
1974 51.54
1975 51.49
1976 51.45
1977 51.42
1978 51.39
1979 51.36
1980 51.33
1981 51.30
1982 51.26
1983 51.23
1984 51.19
1985 51.15
1986 51.12
1987 51.09
1988 51.05
1989 51.03
1990 51.00
1991 50.97
1992 50.95
1993 50.94
1994 50.93
1995 50.93
1996 50.93
1997 50.95
1998 50.97
1999 50.99
2000 51.00
2001 51.00
2002 50.99
2003 50.98
2004 50.97
2005 50.97
2006 50.96
2007 50.96
2008 50.95
2009 50.95
2010 50.94

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population