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The current population of the Republic of Korea is 50,664,995 as of Thursday, April 20, 2017, based on the latest United Nations estimates. South Korea population is equivalent to 0.67% of the total world population. South Korea ranks number 27 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in South Korea is 522 per Km2 (1,351 people per mi2). The total land area is 97,235 Km2 (37,543 sq. miles)
The population of South Korea has grown rapidly since the republic's establishment in 1948. In the first official census, taken in 1949, the total population of South Korea was calculated at 20,188,641 people. The 1985 census total was 40,466,577. Population growth was slow, averaging about 1.1 percent annually during the period from 1949 to 1955, when the population registered at 21.5 million.