Population in East Timor compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

East Timor and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	South Korea	East Timor	South Korea
1960	468,118	25,012,374	-	-
1961	475,291	25,765,673	1.53%	3.01%
1962	482,774	26,513,030	1.57%	2.9%
1963	490,564	27,261,747	1.61%	2.82%
1964	498,659	27,984,155	1.65%	2.65%
1965	507,034	28,704,674	1.68%	2.57%
1966	515,696	29,435,571	1.71%	2.55%
1967	524,648	30,130,983	1.74%	2.36%
1968	533,875	30,838,302	1.76%	2.35%
1969	543,356	31,544,266	1.78%	2.29%
1970	553,069	32,240,827	1.79%	2.21%
1971	562,966	32,882,704	1.79%	1.99%
1972	572,962	33,505,406	1.78%	1.89%
1973	582,855	34,103,149	1.73%	1.78%
1974	590,827	34,692,266	1.37%	1.73%
1975	598,158	35,280,725	1.24%	1.7%
1976	607,620	35,848,523	1.58%	1.61%
1977	618,315	36,411,795	1.76%	1.57%
1978	628,775	36,969,185	1.69%	1.53%
1979	638,719	37,534,236	1.58%	1.53%
1980	649,871	38,123,775	1.75%	1.57%
1981	660,493	38,723,248	1.63%	1.57%
1982	669,149	39,326,352	1.31%	1.56%
1983	677,707	39,910,403	1.28%	1.49%
1984	686,777	40,405,956	1.34%	1.24%
1985	696,665	40,805,744	1.44%	0.99%
1986	707,185	41,213,674	1.51%	1%
1987	718,476	41,621,690	1.6%	0.99%
1988	730,745	42,031,247	1.71%	0.98%
1989	744,856	42,449,038	1.93%	0.99%
1990	760,345	42,869,283	2.08%	0.99%
1991	778,278	43,295,704	2.36%	0.99%
1992	799,318	43,747,962	2.7%	1.04%
1993	821,437	44,194,628	2.77%	1.02%
1994	844,493	44,641,540	2.81%	1.01%
1995	868,146	45,092,991	2.8%	1.01%
1996	892,282	45,524,681	2.78%	0.96%
1997	917,184	45,953,580	2.79%	0.94%
1998	942,530	46,286,503	2.76%	0.72%
1999	834,697	46,616,677	-11.4%	0.71%
2000	745,088	47,008,111	-10.7%	0.84%
2001	812,249	47,370,164	9.01%	0.77%
2002	879,159	47,644,736	8.24%	0.58%
2003	916,878	47,892,330	4.29%	0.52%
2004	929,074	48,082,519	1.33%	0.4%
2005	948,311	48,184,561	2.07%	0.21%
2006	976,597	48,438,292	2.98%	0.53%
2007	1,004,889	48,683,638	2.9%	0.51%
2008	1,032,429	49,054,708	2.74%	0.76%
2009	1,058,782	49,307,835	2.55%	0.52%
2010	1,084,679	49,554,112	2.45%	0.5%
2011	1,110,207	49,936,638	2.35%	0.77%
2012	1,134,885	50,199,853	2.22%	0.53%
2013	1,158,695	50,428,893	2.1%	0.46%
2014	1,181,903	50,746,659	2%	0.63%
2015	1,205,131	51,014,947	1.97%	0.53%
2016	1,228,312	51,217,803	1.92%	0.4%
2017	1,251,703	51,361,911	1.9%	0.28%
2018	1,275,959	51,585,058	1.94%	0.43%
2019	1,300,945	51,764,822	1.96%	0.35%
2020	1,326,053	51,836,239	1.93%	0.14%
2021	1,350,139	51,769,539	1.82%	-0.13%
2022	1,369,295	51,672,569	1.42%	-0.19%
2023	1,384,286	51,712,619	1.09%	0.08%
2024	1,400,638	51,751,065	1.18%	0.07%
2025	1,418,519	51,700,480	1.28%	-0.1%
2026	1,436,934	51,633,793	1.3%	-0.13%
2027	1,456,334	51,552,198	1.35%	-0.16%
2028	1,476,850	51,456,707	1.41%	-0.19%
2029	1,498,119	51,347,230	1.44%	-0.21%
2030	1,519,802	51,221,713	1.45%	-0.24%
2031	1,540,659	51,081,220	1.37%	-0.27%
2032	1,559,710	50,924,233	1.24%	-0.31%
2033	1,578,114	50,747,132	1.18%	-0.35%
2034	1,597,444	50,549,508	1.22%	-0.39%
2035	1,618,799	50,333,286	1.34%	-0.43%
2036	1,639,721	50,098,951	1.29%	-0.47%
2037	1,659,327	49,845,669	1.2%	-0.51%
2038	1,678,953	49,573,234	1.18%	-0.55%
2039	1,698,891	49,283,770	1.19%	-0.58%
2040	1,718,249	48,980,369	1.14%	-0.62%
2041	1,736,476	48,661,905	1.06%	-0.65%
2042	1,755,847	48,331,004	1.12%	-0.68%
2043	1,776,066	47,990,085	1.15%	-0.71%
2044	1,793,758	47,634,183	1%	-0.74%
2045	1,809,637	47,263,526	0.89%	-0.78%
2046	1,825,551	46,881,228	0.88%	-0.81%
2047	1,841,558	46,482,133	0.88%	-0.85%
2048	1,858,311	46,063,595	0.91%	-0.9%
2049	1,873,846	45,626,805	0.84%	-0.95%
2050	1,889,246	45,172,356	0.82%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of East Timor increased by 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, East Timor gained 228,180 (a 18.9% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

East Timor was ranked 154th most populous country in 2005 and is 152nd 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) East Timor's population will grow by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.