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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guyana	South Korea	Guyana	South Korea
1960	569,143	25,012,374	-	-
1961	582,568	25,765,673	2.36%	3.01%
1962	595,461	26,513,030	2.21%	2.9%
1963	608,537	27,261,747	2.2%	2.82%
1964	621,764	27,984,155	2.17%	2.65%
1965	635,128	28,704,674	2.15%	2.57%
1966	648,646	29,435,571	2.13%	2.55%
1967	662,311	30,130,983	2.11%	2.36%
1968	676,160	30,838,302	2.09%	2.35%
1969	690,223	31,544,266	2.08%	2.29%
1970	702,705	32,240,827	1.81%	2.21%
1971	712,662	32,882,704	1.42%	1.99%
1972	721,617	33,505,406	1.26%	1.89%
1973	730,138	34,103,149	1.18%	1.78%
1974	738,057	34,692,266	1.08%	1.73%
1975	745,393	35,280,725	0.99%	1.7%
1976	752,253	35,848,523	0.92%	1.61%
1977	758,654	36,411,795	0.85%	1.57%
1978	764,586	36,969,185	0.78%	1.53%
1979	770,062	37,534,236	0.72%	1.53%
1980	774,367	38,123,775	0.56%	1.57%
1981	776,453	38,723,248	0.27%	1.57%
1982	776,712	39,326,352	0.03%	1.56%
1983	775,891	39,910,403	-0.11%	1.49%
1984	774,111	40,405,956	-0.23%	1.24%
1985	771,477	40,805,744	-0.34%	0.99%
1986	768,098	41,213,674	-0.44%	1%
1987	764,120	41,621,690	-0.52%	0.99%
1988	759,663	42,031,247	-0.58%	0.98%
1989	754,865	42,449,038	-0.63%	0.99%
1990	749,894	42,869,283	-0.66%	0.99%
1991	747,861	43,295,704	-0.27%	0.99%
1992	749,911	43,747,962	0.27%	1.04%
1993	752,965	44,194,628	0.41%	1.02%
1994	755,822	44,641,540	0.38%	1.01%
1995	758,388	45,092,991	0.34%	1.01%
1996	760,526	45,524,681	0.28%	0.96%
1997	762,245	45,953,580	0.23%	0.94%
1998	763,586	46,286,503	0.18%	0.72%
1999	764,483	46,616,677	0.12%	0.71%
2000	764,832	47,008,111	0.05%	0.84%
2001	764,477	47,370,164	-0.05%	0.77%
2002	763,652	47,644,736	-0.11%	0.58%
2003	763,101	47,892,330	-0.07%	0.52%
2004	762,418	48,082,519	-0.09%	0.4%
2005	760,914	48,184,561	-0.2%	0.21%
2006	758,966	48,438,292	-0.26%	0.53%
2007	756,861	48,683,638	-0.28%	0.51%
2008	754,606	49,054,708	-0.3%	0.76%
2009	752,094	49,307,835	-0.33%	0.52%
2010	749,256	49,554,112	-0.38%	0.5%
2011	746,153	49,936,638	-0.41%	0.77%
2012	746,288	50,199,853	0.02%	0.53%
2013	750,021	50,428,893	0.5%	0.46%
2014	754,229	50,746,659	0.56%	0.63%
2015	758,781	51,014,947	0.6%	0.53%
2016	763,548	51,217,803	0.63%	0.4%
2017	768,479	51,361,911	0.65%	0.28%
2018	791,556	51,585,058	3%	0.43%
2019	807,665	51,764,822	2.04%	0.35%
2020	807,481	51,836,239	-0.02%	0.14%
2021	815,482	51,769,539	0.99%	-0.13%
2022	821,637	51,672,569	0.75%	-0.19%
2023	826,353	51,712,619	0.57%	0.08%
2024	831,087	51,751,065	0.57%	0.07%
2025	835,986	51,700,480	0.59%	-0.1%
2026	840,883	51,633,793	0.59%	-0.13%
2027	846,019	51,552,198	0.61%	-0.16%
2028	851,161	51,456,707	0.61%	-0.19%
2029	856,040	51,347,230	0.57%	-0.21%
2030	861,037	51,221,713	0.58%	-0.24%
2031	866,080	51,081,220	0.59%	-0.27%
2032	871,237	50,924,233	0.6%	-0.31%
2033	876,346	50,747,132	0.59%	-0.35%
2034	881,223	50,549,508	0.56%	-0.39%
2035	885,935	50,333,286	0.53%	-0.43%
2036	890,320	50,098,951	0.49%	-0.47%
2037	894,649	49,845,669	0.49%	-0.51%
2038	899,021	49,573,234	0.49%	-0.55%
2039	903,316	49,283,770	0.48%	-0.58%
2040	907,506	48,980,369	0.46%	-0.62%
2041	911,723	48,661,905	0.46%	-0.65%
2042	915,811	48,331,004	0.45%	-0.68%
2043	919,575	47,990,085	0.41%	-0.71%
2044	923,121	47,634,183	0.39%	-0.74%
2045	926,355	47,263,526	0.35%	-0.78%
2046	929,478	46,881,228	0.34%	-0.81%
2047	932,483	46,482,133	0.32%	-0.85%
2048	935,329	46,063,595	0.31%	-0.9%
2049	938,062	45,626,805	0.29%	-0.95%
2050	940,601	45,172,356	0.27%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd 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) Guyana's population will grow by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.