Population in Bahrain compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bahrain and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	South Korea	Bahrain	South Korea
1960	165,477	25,012,374	-	-
1961	172,346	25,765,673	4.15%	3.01%
1962	179,349	26,513,030	4.06%	2.9%
1963	186,501	27,261,747	3.99%	2.82%
1964	193,816	27,984,155	3.92%	2.65%
1965	200,866	28,704,674	3.64%	2.57%
1966	207,543	29,435,571	3.32%	2.55%
1967	214,189	30,130,983	3.2%	2.36%
1968	219,337	30,838,302	2.4%	2.35%
1969	222,469	31,544,266	1.43%	2.29%
1970	224,809	32,240,827	1.05%	2.21%
1971	230,733	32,882,704	2.64%	1.99%
1972	242,113	33,505,406	4.93%	1.89%
1973	255,320	34,103,149	5.45%	1.78%
1974	269,038	34,692,266	5.37%	1.73%
1975	283,243	35,280,725	5.28%	1.7%
1976	297,863	35,848,523	5.16%	1.61%
1977	312,823	36,411,795	5.02%	1.57%
1978	328,046	36,969,185	4.87%	1.53%
1979	343,457	37,534,236	4.7%	1.53%
1980	358,978	38,123,775	4.52%	1.57%
1981	373,524	38,723,248	4.05%	1.57%
1982	386,983	39,326,352	3.6%	1.56%
1983	400,707	39,910,403	3.55%	1.49%
1984	415,154	40,405,956	3.61%	1.24%
1985	430,358	40,805,744	3.66%	0.99%
1986	446,286	41,213,674	3.7%	1%
1987	462,854	41,621,690	3.71%	0.99%
1988	479,929	42,031,247	3.69%	0.98%
1989	497,327	42,449,038	3.63%	0.99%
1990	514,797	42,869,283	3.51%	0.99%
1991	503,052	43,295,704	-2.28%	0.99%
1992	516,458	43,747,962	2.66%	1.04%
1993	530,225	44,194,628	2.67%	1.02%
1994	544,366	44,641,540	2.67%	1.01%
1995	558,879	45,092,991	2.67%	1.01%
1996	573,792	45,524,681	2.67%	0.96%
1997	589,115	45,953,580	2.67%	0.94%
1998	604,842	46,286,503	2.67%	0.72%
1999	620,989	46,616,677	2.67%	0.71%
2000	637,582	47,008,111	2.67%	0.84%
2001	661,316	47,370,164	3.72%	0.77%
2002	710,553	47,644,736	7.45%	0.58%
2003	764,517	47,892,330	7.59%	0.52%
2004	823,741	48,082,519	7.75%	0.4%
2005	888,822	48,184,561	7.9%	0.21%
2006	960,424	48,438,292	8.06%	0.53%
2007	1,039,295	48,683,638	8.21%	0.51%
2008	1,103,496	49,054,708	6.18%	0.76%
2009	1,178,415	49,307,835	6.79%	0.52%
2010	1,228,543	49,554,112	4.25%	0.5%
2011	1,195,020	49,936,638	-2.73%	0.77%
2012	1,208,964	50,199,853	1.17%	0.53%
2013	1,253,191	50,428,893	3.66%	0.46%
2014	1,314,562	50,746,659	4.9%	0.63%
2015	1,370,322	51,014,947	4.24%	0.53%
2016	1,423,726	51,217,803	3.9%	0.4%
2017	1,501,116	51,361,911	5.44%	0.28%
2018	1,503,091	51,585,058	0.13%	0.43%
2019	1,483,756	51,764,822	-1.29%	0.35%
2020	1,472,204	51,836,239	-0.78%	0.14%
2021	1,504,365	51,769,539	2.18%	-0.13%
2022	1,524,693	51,672,569	1.35%	-0.19%
2023	1,577,059	51,712,619	3.43%	0.08%
2024	1,588,670	51,751,065	0.74%	0.07%
2025	1,624,531	51,700,480	2.26%	-0.1%
2026	1,656,397	51,633,793	1.96%	-0.13%
2027	1,683,692	51,552,198	1.65%	-0.16%
2028	1,706,754	51,456,707	1.37%	-0.19%
2029	1,726,868	51,347,230	1.18%	-0.21%
2030	1,745,013	51,221,713	1.05%	-0.24%
2031	1,762,760	51,081,220	1.02%	-0.27%
2032	1,780,658	50,924,233	1.02%	-0.31%
2033	1,798,708	50,747,132	1.01%	-0.35%
2034	1,816,921	50,549,508	1.01%	-0.39%
2035	1,835,293	50,333,286	1.01%	-0.43%
2036	1,853,822	50,098,951	1.01%	-0.47%
2037	1,872,468	49,845,669	1.01%	-0.51%
2038	1,891,215	49,573,234	1%	-0.55%
2039	1,910,026	49,283,770	0.99%	-0.58%
2040	1,928,909	48,980,369	0.99%	-0.62%
2041	1,947,825	48,661,905	0.98%	-0.65%
2042	1,966,723	48,331,004	0.97%	-0.68%
2043	1,985,577	47,990,085	0.96%	-0.71%
2044	2,004,365	47,634,183	0.95%	-0.74%
2045	2,023,058	47,263,526	0.93%	-0.78%
2046	2,041,627	46,881,228	0.92%	-0.81%
2047	2,060,095	46,482,133	0.9%	-0.85%
2048	2,078,453	46,063,595	0.89%	-0.9%
2049	2,096,741	45,626,805	0.88%	-0.95%
2050	2,114,988	45,172,356	0.87%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bahrain increased by 481,500 people (a 54.2% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bahrain gained 279,806 (a 20.4% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 156th most populous country in 2005 and is 151st in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Bahrain's population will grow by 28.2% to 2,114,988 people with a rank change from 151st to 147th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.