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Table 1-1: Total population, population by the major three age groups (under 15, 15-64, and 65 and over), and age composition: Medium-fertility (medium-mortality) projection
Year Population (thousands) Percentage
Total 0`14 15`64 65 + 0`14 15`64 65 +
2015 127,095 15,945 77,282 33,868 12.5 60.8 26.6
2016 126,838 15,771 76,482 34,585 12.4 60.3 27.3
2017 126,532 15,587 75,782 35,163 12.3 59.9 27.8
2018 126,177 15,413 75,158 35,606 12.2 59.6 28.2
2019 125,773 15,235 74,622 35,916 12.1 59.3 28.6
2020 125,325 15,075 74,058 36,192 12.0 59.1 28.9
2021 124,836 14,900 73,550 36,386 11.9 58.9 29.1
2022 124,310 14,702 73,130 36,479 11.8 58.8 29.3
2023 123,751 14,484 72,683 36,584 11.7 58.7 29.6
2024 123,161 14,276 72,181 36,704 11.6 58.6 29.8
2025 122,544 14,073 71,701 36,771 11.5 58.5 30.0
2026 121,903 13,867 71,231 36,805 11.4 58.4 30.2
2027 121,240 13,684 70,716 36,840 11.3 58.3 30.4
2028 120,555 13,502 70,147 36,905 11.2 58.2 30.6
2029 119,850 13,353 69,507 36,990 11.1 58.0 30.9
2030 119,125 13,212 68,754 37,160 11.1 57.7 31.2
2031 118,380 13,028 68,353 37,000 11.0 57.7 31.3
2032 117,616 12,862 67,557 37,197 10.9 57.4 31.6
2033 116,833 12,713 66,738 37,383 10.9 57.1 32.0
2034 116,033 12,579 65,861 37,592 10.8 56.8 32.4
2035 115,216 12,457 64,942 37,817 10.8 56.4 32.8
2036 114,383 12,344 63,954 38,084 10.8 55.9 33.3
2037 113,535 12,239 62,905 38,391 10.8 55.4 33.8
2038 112,674 12,137 61,813 38,724 10.8 54.9 34.4
2039 111,801 12,037 60,748 39,016 10.8 54.3 34.9
2040 110,919 11,936 59,777 39,206 10.8 53.9 35.3
2041 110,028 11,833 58,877 39,318 10.8 53.5 35.7
2042 109,131 11,726 58,053 39,352 10.7 53.2 36.1
2043 108,229 11,616 57,268 39,346 10.7 52.9 36.4
2044 107,326 11,501 56,539 39,285 10.7 52.7 36.6
2045 106,421 11,384 55,845 39,192 10.7 52.5 36.8
2046 105,518 11,264 55,207 39,046 10.7 52.3 37.0
2047 104,616 11,142 54,580 38,894 10.7 52.2 37.2
2048 103,716 11,019 53,948 38,749 10.6 52.0 37.4
2049 102,819 10,894 53,331 38,594 10.6 51.9 37.5
2050 101,923 10,767 52,750 38,406 10.6 51.8 37.7
2051 101,029 10,639 52,213 38,177 10.5 51.7 37.8
2052 100,135 10,511 51,690 37,934 10.5 51.6 37.9
2053 99,240 10,381 51,193 37,665 10.5 51.6 38.0
2054 98,342 10,252 50,726 37,365 10.4 51.6 38.0
2055 97,441 10,123 50,276 37,042 10.4 51.6 38.0
2056 96,534 9,996 49,836 36,703 10.4 51.6 38.0
2057 95,622 9,870 49,380 36,372 10.3 51.6 38.0
2058 94,702 9,747 48,927 36,029 10.3 51.7 38.0
2059 93,775 9,626 48,438 35,711 10.3 51.7 38.1
2060 92,840 9,508 47,928 35,403 10.2 51.6 38.1
2061 91,897 9,394 47,422 35,081 10.2 51.6 38.2
2062 90,949 9,284 46,899 34,766 10.2 51.6 38.2
2063 89,994 9,177 46,362 34,456 10.2 51.5 38.3
2064 89,036 9,074 45,831 34,132 10.2 51.5 38.3
2065 88,077 8,975 45,291 33,810 10.2 51.4 38.4
Current population as of October 1 of each year. Indices for 2015 are based on the jump-off population from the 2015 Population Census by the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Unknown age and nationality population is included after being prorated to each age and nationality population.)