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Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 22.6 times bigger than Guinea-Bissau's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.

Guinea-Bissau vs South Korea: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau South Korea
Current population
2288306
51700480
Population rank 146/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.63%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
13.7 minutes
One birth every
8.13 minutes
2.26 minutes
One death every
34.6 minutes
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change -1,712 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +132 +105
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 159/197

Guinea-Bissau and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau South Korea Guinea-Bissau South Korea
1960 577,633 25,012,374 - -
1961 582,532 25,765,673 0.85% 3.01%
1962 589,474 26,513,030 1.19% 2.9%
1963 594,418 27,261,747 0.84% 2.82%
1964 588,543 27,984,155 -0.99% 2.65%
1965 575,005 28,704,674 -2.3% 2.57%
1966 566,908 29,435,571 -1.41% 2.55%
1967 569,011 30,130,983 0.37% 2.36%
1968 578,170 30,838,302 1.61% 2.35%
1969 581,610 31,544,266 0.59% 2.29%
1970 584,403 32,240,827 0.48% 2.21%
1971 586,221 32,882,704 0.31% 1.99%
1972 586,620 33,505,406 0.07% 1.89%
1973 592,808 34,103,149 1.05% 1.78%
1974 613,338 34,692,266 3.46% 1.73%
1975 650,966 35,280,725 6.13% 1.7%
1976 694,191 35,848,523 6.64% 1.61%
1977 741,789 36,411,795 6.86% 1.57%
1978 791,694 36,969,185 6.73% 1.53%
1979 819,867 37,534,236 3.56% 1.53%
1980 829,303 38,123,775 1.15% 1.57%
1981 842,432 38,723,248 1.58% 1.57%
1982 855,891 39,326,352 1.6% 1.56%
1983 869,592 39,910,403 1.6% 1.49%
1984 883,519 40,405,956 1.6% 1.24%
1985 897,697 40,805,744 1.6% 0.99%
1986 912,126 41,213,674 1.61% 1%
1987 926,862 41,621,690 1.62% 0.99%
1988 942,061 42,031,247 1.64% 0.98%
1989 957,789 42,449,038 1.67% 0.99%
1990 973,669 42,869,283 1.66% 0.99%
1991 994,639 43,295,704 2.15% 0.99%
1992 1,024,356 43,747,962 2.99% 1.04%
1993 1,058,745 44,194,628 3.36% 1.02%
1994 1,092,031 44,641,540 3.14% 1.01%
1995 1,119,949 45,092,991 2.56% 1.01%
1996 1,143,535 45,524,681 2.11% 0.96%
1997 1,165,545 45,953,580 1.92% 0.94%
1998 1,187,473 46,286,503 1.88% 0.72%
1999 1,210,206 46,616,677 1.91% 0.71%
2000 1,234,741 47,008,111 2.03% 0.84%
2001 1,261,273 47,370,164 2.15% 0.77%
2002 1,289,307 47,644,736 2.22% 0.58%
2003 1,318,806 47,892,330 2.29% 0.52%
2004 1,349,563 48,082,519 2.33% 0.4%
2005 1,381,585 48,184,561 2.37% 0.21%
2006 1,415,303 48,438,292 2.44% 0.53%
2007 1,450,986 48,683,638 2.52% 0.51%
2008 1,488,054 49,054,708 2.55% 0.76%
2009 1,526,377 49,307,835 2.58% 0.52%
2010 1,566,347 49,554,112 2.62% 0.5%
2011 1,608,076 49,936,638 2.66% 0.77%
2012 1,651,417 50,199,853 2.7% 0.53%
2013 1,695,973 50,428,893 2.7% 0.46%
2014 1,741,122 50,746,659 2.66% 0.63%
2015 1,786,457 51,014,947 2.6% 0.53%
2016 1,831,893 51,217,803 2.54% 0.4%
2017 1,877,072 51,361,911 2.47% 0.28%
2018 1,922,168 51,585,058 2.4% 0.43%
2019 1,967,696 51,764,822 2.37% 0.35%
2020 2,013,255 51,836,239 2.32% 0.14%
2021 2,058,841 51,769,539 2.26% -0.13%
2022 2,105,529 51,672,569 2.27% -0.19%
2023 2,153,339 51,712,619 2.27% 0.08%
2024 2,201,352 51,751,065 2.23% 0.07%
2025 2,249,512 51,700,480 2.19% -0.1%
2026 2,297,807 51,633,793 2.15% -0.13%
2027 2,346,190 51,552,198 2.11% -0.16%
2028 2,394,226 51,456,707 2.05% -0.19%
2029 2,441,574 51,347,230 1.98% -0.21%
2030 2,488,931 51,221,713 1.94% -0.24%
2031 2,536,893 51,081,220 1.93% -0.27%
2032 2,585,565 50,924,233 1.92% -0.31%
2033 2,634,701 50,747,132 1.9% -0.35%
2034 2,683,078 50,549,508 1.84% -0.39%
2035 2,730,136 50,333,286 1.75% -0.43%
2036 2,777,887 50,098,951 1.75% -0.47%
2037 2,826,159 49,845,669 1.74% -0.51%
2038 2,873,929 49,573,234 1.69% -0.55%
2039 2,921,973 49,283,770 1.67% -0.58%
2040 2,969,699 48,980,369 1.63% -0.62%
2041 3,016,537 48,661,905 1.58% -0.65%
2042 3,063,161 48,331,004 1.55% -0.68%
2043 3,109,927 47,990,085 1.53% -0.71%
2044 3,156,704 47,634,183 1.5% -0.74%
2045 3,204,242 47,263,526 1.51% -0.78%
2046 3,251,465 46,881,228 1.47% -0.81%
2047 3,298,563 46,482,133 1.45% -0.85%
2048 3,345,853 46,063,595 1.43% -0.9%
2049 3,392,557 45,626,805 1.4% -0.95%
2050 3,438,597 45,172,356 1.36% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

Biggest cities by population

Guinea-Bissau
City Population
Bissau 492K
Bafata 29.6K
South Korea
City Population
Seoul 9.67M
Busan 3.45M
Incheon 2.94M
Daegu 2.38M
Gwangju 1.49M
Daejeon 1.48M
Suwon 1.23M
Ulsan 1.13M
Yongin 1.08M
Goyang 1.06M

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