Population in the Bahamas compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Bahamas and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	South Korea	Bahamas	South Korea
1960	116,317	25,012,374	-	-
1961	122,197	25,765,673	5.06%	3.01%
1962	128,493	26,513,030	5.15%	2.9%
1963	135,087	27,261,747	5.13%	2.82%
1964	141,528	27,984,155	4.77%	2.65%
1965	147,952	28,704,674	4.54%	2.57%
1966	154,874	29,435,571	4.68%	2.55%
1967	162,267	30,130,983	4.77%	2.36%
1968	170,089	30,838,302	4.82%	2.35%
1969	177,981	31,544,266	4.64%	2.29%
1970	184,982	32,240,827	3.93%	2.21%
1971	190,857	32,882,704	3.18%	1.99%
1972	196,055	33,505,406	2.72%	1.89%
1973	200,791	34,103,149	2.42%	1.78%
1974	205,342	34,692,266	2.27%	1.73%
1975	209,886	35,280,725	2.21%	1.7%
1976	214,501	35,848,523	2.2%	1.61%
1977	219,157	36,411,795	2.17%	1.57%
1978	223,761	36,969,185	2.1%	1.53%
1979	228,230	37,534,236	2%	1.53%
1980	232,526	38,123,775	1.88%	1.57%
1981	236,614	38,723,248	1.76%	1.57%
1982	240,614	39,326,352	1.69%	1.56%
1983	244,698	39,910,403	1.7%	1.49%
1984	248,863	40,405,956	1.7%	1.24%
1985	253,154	40,805,744	1.72%	0.99%
1986	257,536	41,213,674	1.73%	1%
1987	261,935	41,621,690	1.71%	0.99%
1988	266,448	42,031,247	1.72%	0.98%
1989	271,178	42,449,038	1.78%	0.99%
1990	275,945	42,869,283	1.76%	0.99%
1991	280,731	43,295,704	1.73%	0.99%
1992	285,927	43,747,962	1.85%	1.04%
1993	291,339	44,194,628	1.89%	1.02%
1994	296,509	44,641,540	1.77%	1.01%
1995	301,461	45,092,991	1.67%	1.01%
1996	306,268	45,524,681	1.59%	0.96%
1997	310,904	45,953,580	1.51%	0.94%
1998	315,368	46,286,503	1.44%	0.72%
1999	319,614	46,616,677	1.35%	0.71%
2000	323,835	47,008,111	1.32%	0.84%
2001	327,836	47,370,164	1.24%	0.77%
2002	331,614	47,644,736	1.15%	0.58%
2003	335,618	47,892,330	1.21%	0.52%
2004	339,782	48,082,519	1.24%	0.4%
2005	343,894	48,184,561	1.21%	0.21%
2006	348,375	48,438,292	1.3%	0.53%
2007	353,334	48,683,638	1.42%	0.51%
2008	358,120	49,054,708	1.35%	0.76%
2009	362,810	49,307,835	1.31%	0.52%
2010	367,478	49,554,112	1.29%	0.5%
2011	371,729	49,936,638	1.16%	0.77%
2012	375,469	50,199,853	1.01%	0.53%
2013	378,953	50,428,893	0.93%	0.46%
2014	382,298	50,746,659	0.88%	0.63%
2015	385,346	51,014,947	0.8%	0.53%
2016	388,055	51,217,803	0.7%	0.4%
2017	390,485	51,361,911	0.63%	0.28%
2018	392,717	51,585,058	0.57%	0.43%
2019	394,675	51,764,822	0.5%	0.35%
2020	395,863	51,836,239	0.3%	0.14%
2021	396,373	51,769,539	0.13%	-0.13%
2022	397,538	51,672,569	0.29%	-0.19%
2023	399,440	51,712,619	0.48%	0.08%
2024	401,283	51,751,065	0.46%	0.07%
2025	403,042	51,700,480	0.44%	-0.1%
2026	404,635	51,633,793	0.4%	-0.13%
2027	406,126	51,552,198	0.37%	-0.16%
2028	407,560	51,456,707	0.35%	-0.19%
2029	408,950	51,347,230	0.34%	-0.21%
2030	410,269	51,221,713	0.32%	-0.24%
2031	411,543	51,081,220	0.31%	-0.27%
2032	412,724	50,924,233	0.29%	-0.31%
2033	413,846	50,747,132	0.27%	-0.35%
2034	414,942	50,549,508	0.26%	-0.39%
2035	415,982	50,333,286	0.25%	-0.43%
2036	416,939	50,098,951	0.23%	-0.47%
2037	417,847	49,845,669	0.22%	-0.51%
2038	418,753	49,573,234	0.22%	-0.55%
2039	419,595	49,283,770	0.2%	-0.58%
2040	420,348	48,980,369	0.18%	-0.62%
2041	421,079	48,661,905	0.17%	-0.65%
2042	421,746	48,331,004	0.16%	-0.68%
2043	422,343	47,990,085	0.14%	-0.71%
2044	422,831	47,634,183	0.12%	-0.74%
2045	423,269	47,263,526	0.1%	-0.78%
2046	423,679	46,881,228	0.1%	-0.81%
2047	423,952	46,482,133	0.06%	-0.85%
2048	424,123	46,063,595	0.04%	-0.9%
2049	424,251	45,626,805	0.03%	-0.95%
2050	424,273	45,172,356	0.005%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Bahamas increased by 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Bahamas gained 16,596 (a 4.28% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2006 and is 172nd in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Bahamas' population will grow by 4.85% to 424,273 people with a rank change from 172nd to 174th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.