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 169/197 ($3.02B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Bhutan and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Bhutan

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Bhutan	South Korea
1960	-	$3,958,811,881
1961	-	$2,417,628,737
1962	-	$2,814,615,385
1963	-	$3,988,461,538
1964	-	$3,459,019,943
1965	-	$3,120,861,499
1966	-	$3,929,055,144
1967	-	$4,855,892,446
1968	-	$6,119,394,892
1969	-	$7,678,698,838
1970	$61,812,113	$9,005,144,969
1971	$66,289,450	$9,903,571,249
1972	$70,139,867	$10,862,211,761
1973	$78,900,289	$13,876,472,208
1974	$92,901,784	$19,543,973,941
1975	$86,820,762	$21,784,297,521
1976	$88,461,263	$29,902,479,339
1977	$97,884,434	$38,446,487,603
1978	$94,086,228	$51,972,107,438
1979	$105,377,995	$66,946,900,826
1980	$128,669,201	$65,398,377,598
1981	$139,174,178	$72,933,533,012
1982	$141,439,317	$78,358,416,171
1983	$156,704,290	$87,760,553,262
1984	$160,423,494	$97,510,744,119
1985	$163,288,815	$101,296,177,099
1986	$191,218,115	$116,836,246,285
1987	$242,742,766	$147,948,709,376
1988	$272,298,067	$199,591,287,825
1989	$264,798,626	$246,928,837,311
1990	$287,765,007	$283,365,844,161
1991	$240,294,286	$330,647,042,837
1992	$240,233,531	$355,524,903,068
1993	$225,973,693	$392,665,710,525
1994	$258,954,708	$463,619,823,515
1995	$290,490,984	$566,581,003,128
1996	$303,408,346	$610,167,053,824
1997	$352,229,077	$569,755,022,973
1998	$363,458,381	$383,331,833,682
1999	$399,311,200	$497,514,040,642
2000	$460,733,418	$576,179,387,820
2001	$496,110,226	$547,656,279,895
2002	$559,345,264	$627,246,933,730
2003	$651,935,430	$702,714,855,194
2004	$735,348,490	$793,175,561,887
2005	$860,391,000	$934,901,071,333
2006	$942,879,879	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$1,255,767,964	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$1,317,517,835	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$1,331,343,798	$943,941,876,219
2010	$1,708,880,730	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$1,977,728,659	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$1,973,387,228	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$1,943,696,952	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$2,089,079,571	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$2,187,815,803	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$2,357,504,761	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$2,591,358,009	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$2,583,335,722	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$2,735,683,570	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$2,457,604,334	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$2,768,802,960	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$2,898,227,744	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$3,019,253,885	$1,712,792,854,202

Bhutan and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Bhutan

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bhutan	South Korea
1960	-	$158.3
1961	-	$93.8
1962	-	$106.2
1963	-	$146.3
1964	-	$123.6
1965	-	$108.7
1966	-	$133.5
1967	-	$161.2
1968	-	$198.4
1969	-	$243.4
1970	$200.3	$279.3
1971	$207.7	$301
1972	$212.4	$324
1973	$230.9	$407
1974	$262.8	$563
1975	$237.4	$617
1976	$233.7	$834
1977	$249.9	$1,056
1978	$232.2	$1,406
1979	$251.4	$1,784
1980	$296.9	$1,715
1981	$311	$1,883
1982	$306	$1,993
1983	$328	$2,199
1984	$326	$2,413
1985	$321	$2,482
1986	$365	$2,835
1987	$449	$3,555
1988	$489	$4,749
1989	$462	$5,817
1990	$488	$6,610
1991	$401	$7,637
1992	$416	$8,127
1993	$407	$8,885
1994	$467	$10,385
1995	$530	$12,565
1996	$553	$13,403
1997	$630	$12,398
1998	$638	$8,282
1999	$685	$10,672
2000	$772	$12,257
2001	$812	$11,561
2002	$896	$13,165
2003	$1,022	$14,673
2004	$1,130	$16,496
2005	$1,300	$19,403
2006	$1,406	$21,743
2007	$1,850	$24,086
2008	$1,920	$21,350
2009	$1,918	$19,144
2010	$2,436	$23,079
2011	$2,788	$25,098
2012	$2,751	$25,459
2013	$2,680	$27,180
2014	$2,849	$29,253
2015	$2,954	$28,737
2016	$3,152	$29,280
2017	$3,435	$31,601
2018	$3,400	$33,447
2019	$3,577	$31,902
2020	$3,192	$31,721
2021	$3,571	$35,126
2022	$3,711	$32,395
2023	$3,839	$33,121

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

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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