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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)
With a population of some 25 million people, the metropolitan area of Seoul is one of the largest in the world. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a nation in eastern Asia with a long history of conflict that occupies the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. Liberated from Japan in 1945 at the end of World War II, South Korea was invaded by communist forces in North Korea a few years later. Aid requested by the United Nations helped end the three-year war and support the south on its way to democracy.