Colombia vs Korea: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Colombia
23.80 million
in 2025
Korea
26.41 million
in 2025
Colombia rank
16th
Korea rank
15th

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time

  • Colombia
  • Korea
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How they compare

Korea currently reports 26.41 million against 23.80 million in Colombia, a difference of 2.61 million.

That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.

Colombia ranks 16th and Korea ranks 15th of 121 countries.

Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Korea Difference Ahead
1960s 4.36 million 7.24 million 2.87 million Korea
1970s 7.01 million 13.00 million 5.99 million Korea
1980s 9.42 million 19.00 million 9.58 million Korea
1990s 12.25 million 23.19 million 10.94 million Korea
2000s 15.84 million 24.50 million 8.66 million Korea
2010s 20.09 million 25.44 million 5.35 million Korea
2020s 23.14 million 26.22 million 3.09 million Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Colombia or Korea?
Korea, at 26.41 million against 23.80 million in Colombia as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Colombia and Korea?
2.61 million, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Korea?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Colombia and Korea rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
Colombia ranks 16th and Korea ranks 15th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Source
World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
121 places, 7,986 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.