Bhutan vs South Korea statistics compared

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 132nd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 170/197 ($3.01B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,831), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Bhutan and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Bhutan

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Bhutan	South Korea
1960	-	$3,973,069,307
1961	-	$2,427,244,761
1962	-	$2,826,923,077
1963	-	$4,007,692,308
1964	-	$3,476,789,682
1965	-	$3,141,131,708
1966	-	$3,957,064,541
1967	-	$4,895,076,718
1968	-	$6,167,109,472
1969	-	$7,743,940,189
1970	$61,812,113	$9,085,001,794
1971	$66,289,450	$10,005,257,131
1972	$70,139,867	$10,990,490,570
1973	$78,900,289	$14,067,523,813
1974	$92,901,784	$19,860,929,977
1975	$86,820,762	$22,126,033,058
1976	$88,461,263	$30,371,074,380
1977	$97,884,434	$39,064,462,810
1978	$94,086,228	$52,824,793,388
1979	$105,377,995	$68,083,884,298
1980	$128,669,201	$66,547,970,351
1981	$139,174,178	$74,287,368,087
1982	$141,439,317	$79,921,300,447
1983	$156,704,290	$89,621,208,322
1984	$160,423,494	$99,749,645,089
1985	$163,288,815	$103,764,281,281
1986	$191,218,115	$119,965,960,795
1987	$242,742,766	$152,240,393,646
1988	$272,298,067	$205,477,530,605
1989	$264,798,626	$254,236,243,100
1990	$287,765,007	$292,064,221,389
1991	$240,294,286	$340,851,946,804
1992	$240,233,531	$366,921,291,825
1993	$225,973,693	$405,705,302,846
1994	$258,954,708	$479,181,794,217
1995	$290,490,984	$586,286,469,401
1996	$303,408,346	$631,196,863,758
1997	$352,229,077	$589,202,526,424
1998	$363,458,381	$397,297,216,492
1999	$399,311,200	$515,697,079,289
2000	$460,733,418	$597,487,173,479
2001	$496,110,226	$567,564,806,235
2002	$559,345,264	$650,014,391,470
2003	$651,935,430	$728,516,494,684
2004	$735,348,490	$823,251,107,639
2005	$860,391,000	$971,740,329,984
2006	$942,879,879	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$1,255,767,964	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$1,317,517,835	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$1,331,343,798	$983,065,242,417
2010	$1,708,880,730	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$1,977,728,659	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$1,973,387,228	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$1,943,696,952	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$2,089,079,571	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$2,187,815,803	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$2,357,504,761	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$2,591,358,009	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$2,583,335,722	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$2,735,683,570	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$2,457,604,334	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$2,768,802,960	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$2,898,227,744	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$3,012,896,789	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	-	$1,875,388,209,407

Bhutan and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Bhutan

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bhutan	South Korea
1960	-	$158.8
1961	-	$94.2
1962	-	$106.6
1963	-	$147
1964	-	$124.2
1965	-	$109.4
1966	-	$134.4
1967	-	$162.5
1968	-	$200
1969	-	$245.5
1970	$200.3	$281.8
1971	$207.7	$304
1972	$212.4	$328
1973	$230.9	$412
1974	$262.8	$572
1975	$237.4	$627
1976	$233.7	$847
1977	$249.9	$1,073
1978	$232.2	$1,429
1979	$251.4	$1,814
1980	$296.9	$1,746
1981	$311	$1,918
1982	$306	$2,032
1983	$328	$2,246
1984	$326	$2,469
1985	$321	$2,543
1986	$365	$2,911
1987	$449	$3,658
1988	$489	$4,889
1989	$462	$5,989
1990	$488	$6,813
1991	$401	$7,873
1992	$416	$8,387
1993	$407	$9,180
1994	$467	$10,734
1995	$530	$13,002
1996	$553	$13,865
1997	$630	$12,822
1998	$638	$8,583
1999	$685	$11,063
2000	$772	$12,710
2001	$812	$11,981
2002	$896	$13,643
2003	$1,022	$15,212
2004	$1,130	$17,122
2005	$1,300	$20,167
2006	$1,406	$22,610
2007	$1,850	$25,078
2008	$1,920	$22,252
2009	$1,918	$19,937
2010	$2,436	$24,071
2011	$2,788	$26,175
2012	$2,751	$26,601
2013	$2,680	$28,449
2014	$2,849	$30,667
2015	$2,954	$30,172
2016	$3,152	$30,832
2017	$3,435	$33,297
2018	$3,400	$35,364
2019	$3,577	$33,827
2020	$3,192	$33,646
2021	$3,571	$37,518
2022	$3,711	$34,822
2023	$3,831	$35,674
2024	-	$36,239

Bhutan vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bhutan

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bhutan	South Korea
1950	35.3	22.2
1951	35.3	26.6
1952	35.4	36.6
1953	35.4	40.5
1954	35.4	46.1
1955	35.5	48.4
1956	35.6	50.2
1957	35.7	51.6
1958	35.9	51.8
1959	36.1	52.9
1960	36.4	53.8
1961	36.7	54.4
1962	37	55
1963	37.4	55
1964	37.8	55.3
1965	38.3	55.8
1966	38.8	55.4
1967	39.4	60.9
1968	40	60.9
1969	40.6	61.4
1970	41.2	62.2
1971	41.8	62.7
1972	42.5	63.2
1973	43.1	63.8
1974	43.8	64.2
1975	44.5	64.7
1976	45.2	65
1977	46	64.6
1978	46.7	65
1979	47.4	66.1
1980	48.2	64.8
1981	49	67.1
1982	49.8	67.1
1983	50.6	66.7
1984	51.3	68.1
1985	52	68.4
1986	52.8	69
1987	53.6	69.3
1988	54.4	70.2
1989	55.1	70.7
1990	55.8	71
1991	56.5	71.4
1992	57.2	72.2
1993	57.9	72.7
1994	58.4	72.9
1995	59.3	73.4
1996	60	74
1997	60.6	74.5
1998	61.3	75
1999	62	75.6
2000	61.8	76.2
2001	63.3	76.9
2002	64	77.2
2003	64.7	77.5
2004	65.3	78
2005	65.9	78.4
2006	66.5	79
2007	67.2	79.4
2008	67.7	80
2009	68.2	80.6
2010	68.8	80.7
2011	69.3	81.2
2012	69.8	81.3
2013	70.2	81.8
2014	70.5	82.4
2015	70.8	82.5
2016	71.1	82.9
2017	71.4	83.3
2018	71.7	83.3
2019	72	83.7
2020	72.3	83.7
2021	72.4	83.9
2022	72.8	82.7
2023	73	84.3
2024	73.3	84.4
2025	73.5	84.5
2026	73.8	84.6

Bhutan and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Bhutan

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Bhutan	South Korea
1960	224,084	25,012,374
1961	230,602	25,765,673
1962	237,636	26,513,030
1963	245,156	27,261,747
1964	252,987	27,984,155
1965	261,200	28,704,674
1966	269,820	29,435,571
1967	278,852	30,130,983
1968	288,311	30,838,302
1969	298,214	31,544,266
1970	308,528	32,240,827
1971	319,211	32,882,704
1972	330,264	33,505,406
1973	341,705	34,103,149
1974	353,538	34,692,266
1975	365,791	35,280,725
1976	378,490	35,848,523
1977	391,639	36,411,795
1978	405,243	36,969,185
1979	419,200	37,534,236
1980	433,404	38,123,775
1981	447,836	38,723,248
1982	462,485	39,326,352
1983	477,460	39,910,403
1984	492,784	40,405,956
1985	508,392	40,805,744
1986	524,324	41,213,674
1987	540,557	41,621,690
1988	556,986	42,031,247
1989	573,586	42,449,038
1990	589,287	42,869,283
1991	599,784	43,295,704
1992	577,774	43,747,962
1993	554,673	44,194,628
1994	554,497	44,641,540
1995	547,989	45,092,991
1996	548,784	45,524,681
1997	558,697	45,953,580
1998	569,435	46,286,503
1999	582,579	46,616,677
2000	596,863	47,008,111
2001	610,794	47,370,164
2002	624,409	47,644,736
2003	637,663	47,892,330
2004	650,544	48,082,519
2005	661,865	48,184,561
2006	670,799	48,438,292
2007	678,641	48,683,638
2008	686,351	49,054,708
2009	693,988	49,307,835
2010	701,632	49,554,112
2011	709,377	49,936,638
2012	717,279	50,199,853
2013	725,273	50,428,893
2014	733,139	50,746,659
2015	740,618	51,014,947
2016	747,866	51,217,803
2017	754,335	51,361,911
2018	759,759	51,585,058
2019	764,824	51,764,822
2020	770,006	51,836,239
2021	775,442	51,769,539
2022	780,914	51,672,569
2023	786,385	51,712,619
2024	791,524	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Bhutan and South Korea

Fertility rate

Bhutan

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	South Korea
1960	6.7	5.99
1961	6.7	5.8
1962	6.69	5.56
1963	6.69	5.33
1964	6.68	5.07
1965	6.68	4.89
1966	6.67	4.78
1967	6.67	4.62
1968	6.66	4.51
1969	6.66	4.45
1970	6.65	4.53
1971	6.64	4.54
1972	6.64	4.12
1973	6.63	4.07
1974	6.62	3.77
1975	6.62	3.43
1976	6.62	3
1977	6.61	2.99
1978	6.58	2.64
1979	6.55	2.9
1980	6.51	2.82
1981	6.46	2.57
1982	6.4	2.39
1983	6.34	2.06
1984	6.26	1.74
1985	6.18	1.66
1986	6.1	1.58
1987	6	1.53
1988	5.88	1.55
1989	5.76	1.56
1990	5.6	1.57
1991	5.45	1.71
1992	5.27	1.76
1993	5.07	1.65
1994	4.87	1.66
1995	4.62	1.63
1996	4.37	1.57
1997	4.09	1.54
1998	3.85	1.46
1999	3.61	1.43
2000	3.38	1.48
2001	3.19	1.31
2002	3.01	1.18
2003	2.87	1.19
2004	2.78	1.16
2005	2.73	1.09
2006	2.66	1.13
2007	2.59	1.26
2008	2.48	1.19
2009	2.36	1.15
2010	2.25	1.23
2011	2.15	1.24
2012	2.07	1.3
2013	2	1.19
2014	1.92	1.21
2015	1.84	1.24
2016	1.74	1.17
2017	1.62	1.05
2018	1.52	0.98
2019	1.45	0.92
2020	1.5	0.84
2021	1.49	0.81
2022	1.48	0.78
2023	1.46	0.72

Bhutan and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Bhutan

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bhutan	South Korea
1960	18.8	19.3
1961	18.9	19.2
1962	18.9	19.1
1963	19	19
1964	19.1	18.8
1965	19.1	18.6
1966	19.2	18.5
1967	19.3	18.6
1968	19.3	18.7
1969	19.3	18.8
1970	19.3	18.9
1971	19.3	19
1972	19.3	19.1
1973	19.2	19.3
1974	19.2	19.6
1975	19.1	19.9
1976	19.1	20.2
1977	19	20.7
1978	19	21.1
1979	18.9	21.6
1980	18.9	22.1
1981	18.8	22.5
1982	18.7	22.8
1983	18.7	23.3
1984	18.6	23.7
1985	18.6	24.2
1986	18.5	24.8
1987	18.5	25.3
1988	18.5	25.8
1989	18.5	26.3
1990	18.6	26.7
1991	18.6	27.2
1992	18.6	27.8
1993	18.7	28.3
1994	18.8	28.9
1995	18.9	29.4
1996	19.1	29.8
1997	19.3	30.2
1998	19.5	30.7
1999	19.8	31.2
2000	20	31.7
2001	20.4	32.3
2002	20.8	32.8
2003	21.3	33.4
2004	21.8	33.9
2005	22.2	34.5
2006	22.6	35.2
2007	22.9	35.8
2008	23.3	36.4
2009	23.7	37
2010	24	37.6
2011	24.4	38.2
2012	24.7	38.8
2013	25.1	39.5
2014	25.6	40.2
2015	26	40.8
2016	26.4	41.4
2017	26.9	41.9
2018	27.5	42.5
2019	28	43.1
2020	28.6	43.8
2021	29.2	44.4
2022	29.8	44.9
2023	30.4	45.5
2024	30.9	46.1

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