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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	South Korea	Bhutan	South Korea
1960	224,084	25,012,374	-	-
1961	230,602	25,765,673	2.91%	3.01%
1962	237,636	26,513,030	3.05%	2.9%
1963	245,156	27,261,747	3.16%	2.82%
1964	252,987	27,984,155	3.19%	2.65%
1965	261,200	28,704,674	3.25%	2.57%
1966	269,820	29,435,571	3.3%	2.55%
1967	278,852	30,130,983	3.35%	2.36%
1968	288,311	30,838,302	3.39%	2.35%
1969	298,214	31,544,266	3.43%	2.29%
1970	308,528	32,240,827	3.46%	2.21%
1971	319,211	32,882,704	3.46%	1.99%
1972	330,264	33,505,406	3.46%	1.89%
1973	341,705	34,103,149	3.46%	1.78%
1974	353,538	34,692,266	3.46%	1.73%
1975	365,791	35,280,725	3.47%	1.7%
1976	378,490	35,848,523	3.47%	1.61%
1977	391,639	36,411,795	3.47%	1.57%
1978	405,243	36,969,185	3.47%	1.53%
1979	419,200	37,534,236	3.44%	1.53%
1980	433,404	38,123,775	3.39%	1.57%
1981	447,836	38,723,248	3.33%	1.57%
1982	462,485	39,326,352	3.27%	1.56%
1983	477,460	39,910,403	3.24%	1.49%
1984	492,784	40,405,956	3.21%	1.24%
1985	508,392	40,805,744	3.17%	0.99%
1986	524,324	41,213,674	3.13%	1%
1987	540,557	41,621,690	3.1%	0.99%
1988	556,986	42,031,247	3.04%	0.98%
1989	573,586	42,449,038	2.98%	0.99%
1990	589,287	42,869,283	2.74%	0.99%
1991	599,784	43,295,704	1.78%	0.99%
1992	577,774	43,747,962	-3.67%	1.04%
1993	554,673	44,194,628	-4%	1.02%
1994	554,497	44,641,540	-0.03%	1.01%
1995	547,989	45,092,991	-1.17%	1.01%
1996	548,784	45,524,681	0.15%	0.96%
1997	558,697	45,953,580	1.81%	0.94%
1998	569,435	46,286,503	1.92%	0.72%
1999	582,579	46,616,677	2.31%	0.71%
2000	596,863	47,008,111	2.45%	0.84%
2001	610,794	47,370,164	2.33%	0.77%
2002	624,409	47,644,736	2.23%	0.58%
2003	637,663	47,892,330	2.12%	0.52%
2004	650,544	48,082,519	2.02%	0.4%
2005	661,865	48,184,561	1.74%	0.21%
2006	670,799	48,438,292	1.35%	0.53%
2007	678,641	48,683,638	1.17%	0.51%
2008	686,351	49,054,708	1.14%	0.76%
2009	693,988	49,307,835	1.11%	0.52%
2010	701,632	49,554,112	1.1%	0.5%
2011	709,377	49,936,638	1.1%	0.77%
2012	717,279	50,199,853	1.11%	0.53%
2013	725,273	50,428,893	1.11%	0.46%
2014	733,139	50,746,659	1.08%	0.63%
2015	740,618	51,014,947	1.02%	0.53%
2016	747,866	51,217,803	0.98%	0.4%
2017	754,335	51,361,911	0.86%	0.28%
2018	759,759	51,585,058	0.72%	0.43%
2019	764,824	51,764,822	0.67%	0.35%
2020	770,006	51,836,239	0.68%	0.14%
2021	775,442	51,769,539	0.71%	-0.13%
2022	780,914	51,672,569	0.71%	-0.19%
2023	786,385	51,712,619	0.7%	0.08%
2024	791,524	51,751,065	0.65%	0.07%
2025	796,681	51,700,480	0.65%	-0.1%
2026	802,211	51,633,793	0.69%	-0.13%
2027	807,265	51,552,198	0.63%	-0.16%
2028	811,835	51,456,707	0.57%	-0.19%
2029	816,265	51,347,230	0.55%	-0.21%
2030	820,693	51,221,713	0.54%	-0.24%
2031	825,464	51,081,220	0.58%	-0.27%
2032	830,347	50,924,233	0.59%	-0.31%
2033	834,984	50,747,132	0.56%	-0.35%
2034	839,045	50,549,508	0.49%	-0.39%
2035	843,199	50,333,286	0.5%	-0.43%
2036	847,699	50,098,951	0.53%	-0.47%
2037	851,844	49,845,669	0.49%	-0.51%
2038	855,558	49,573,234	0.44%	-0.55%
2039	858,918	49,283,770	0.39%	-0.58%
2040	862,126	48,980,369	0.37%	-0.62%
2041	865,152	48,661,905	0.35%	-0.65%
2042	868,152	48,331,004	0.35%	-0.68%
2043	871,100	47,990,085	0.34%	-0.71%
2044	873,733	47,634,183	0.3%	-0.74%
2045	876,178	47,263,526	0.28%	-0.78%
2046	878,161	46,881,228	0.23%	-0.81%
2047	879,450	46,482,133	0.15%	-0.85%
2048	880,488	46,063,595	0.12%	-0.9%
2049	881,433	45,626,805	0.11%	-0.95%
2050	882,337	45,172,356	0.1%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd 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) Bhutan's population will grow by 10.1% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.