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The population of Korea is estimated by the United Nations to be 0.0 million in 2021.
The population of Korea grew at N/A% in the last year and is ranked the 13th most populated country in Asia-Pacific, ahead of Afghanistan.
Population data for Korea has been rated as Grade A - As Good as it Gets. The primary reasons being that Korea last conducted a national census in 2019 and 100% of births in Korea are recorded.
Korea last conducted a national census in 2019 and 100% of births are recorded.
Korea's data quality ranks 14th out of 150 countries in the World Economics Global Population Data Quality Ratings. In the Asia-Pacific region, Korea ranks 9th for the region.
It is important to have good quality population data as this impacts other key indicators such as GDP per capita. See the World Economics Wealth Indicators for re-estimated wealth levels for Korea.