Korea’s population tops 50m
Sept. 7, 2016
[THE INVESTOR] South Korea’s total population amounted to 51.07 million in 2015, up 2.7 percent, or 1.36 million, from five years earlier, a national census showed on Sept. 7.The census carried out every five years showed the country’s population grew an average of 0.5 percent annually from 2010 through 2015, Statistical Korea said. In 2010, the population came to 49.71 million.The annual gain has been steady at 0.5 percent on average since 1995, the agency said.Out of the total, the number of S