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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	South Korea	Nepal	South Korea
1960	10,123,658	25,012,374	-	-
1961	10,318,396	25,765,673	1.92%	3.01%
1962	10,521,116	26,513,030	1.96%	2.9%
1963	10,729,818	27,261,747	1.98%	2.82%
1964	10,946,392	27,984,155	2.02%	2.65%
1965	11,173,411	28,704,674	2.07%	2.57%
1966	11,408,710	29,435,571	2.11%	2.55%
1967	11,652,716	30,130,983	2.14%	2.36%
1968	11,906,266	30,838,302	2.18%	2.35%
1969	12,167,036	31,544,266	2.19%	2.29%
1970	12,436,190	32,240,827	2.21%	2.21%
1971	12,710,061	32,882,704	2.2%	1.99%
1972	12,989,099	33,505,406	2.2%	1.89%
1973	13,275,239	34,103,149	2.2%	1.78%
1974	13,568,435	34,692,266	2.21%	1.73%
1975	13,870,695	35,280,725	2.23%	1.7%
1976	14,177,649	35,848,523	2.21%	1.61%
1977	14,499,175	36,411,795	2.27%	1.57%
1978	14,839,695	36,969,185	2.35%	1.53%
1979	15,190,590	37,534,236	2.36%	1.53%
1980	15,553,105	38,123,775	2.39%	1.57%
1981	15,922,423	38,723,248	2.37%	1.57%
1982	16,297,987	39,326,352	2.36%	1.56%
1983	16,689,119	39,910,403	2.4%	1.49%
1984	17,085,242	40,405,956	2.37%	1.24%
1985	17,477,692	40,805,744	2.3%	0.99%
1986	17,868,124	41,213,674	2.23%	1%
1987	18,250,505	41,621,690	2.14%	0.99%
1988	18,638,661	42,031,247	2.13%	0.98%
1989	19,057,807	42,449,038	2.25%	0.99%
1990	19,524,573	42,869,283	2.45%	0.99%
1991	20,036,500	43,295,704	2.62%	0.99%
1992	20,609,707	43,747,962	2.86%	1.04%
1993	21,180,159	44,194,628	2.77%	1.02%
1994	21,717,479	44,641,540	2.54%	1.01%
1995	22,245,439	45,092,991	2.43%	1.01%
1996	22,741,862	45,524,681	2.23%	0.96%
1997	23,219,463	45,953,580	2.1%	0.94%
1998	23,680,357	46,286,503	1.98%	0.72%
1999	24,125,199	46,616,677	1.88%	0.71%
2000	24,546,509	47,008,111	1.75%	0.84%
2001	24,946,748	47,370,164	1.63%	0.77%
2002	25,328,981	47,644,736	1.53%	0.58%
2003	25,688,758	47,892,330	1.42%	0.52%
2004	26,016,656	48,082,519	1.28%	0.4%
2005	26,309,458	48,184,561	1.13%	0.21%
2006	26,565,425	48,438,292	0.97%	0.53%
2007	26,788,492	48,683,638	0.84%	0.51%
2008	26,990,037	49,054,708	0.75%	0.76%
2009	27,173,035	49,307,835	0.68%	0.52%
2010	27,341,952	49,554,112	0.62%	0.5%
2011	27,464,494	49,936,638	0.45%	0.77%
2012	27,534,915	50,199,853	0.26%	0.53%
2013	27,589,996	50,428,893	0.2%	0.46%
2014	27,672,370	50,746,659	0.3%	0.63%
2015	27,823,629	51,014,947	0.55%	0.53%
2016	27,955,462	51,217,803	0.47%	0.4%
2017	28,011,258	51,361,911	0.2%	0.28%
2018	28,079,689	51,585,058	0.24%	0.43%
2019	28,414,064	51,764,822	1.19%	0.35%
2020	28,966,574	51,836,239	1.94%	0.14%
2021	29,475,010	51,769,539	1.76%	-0.13%
2022	29,715,436	51,672,569	0.82%	-0.19%
2023	29,694,614	51,712,619	-0.07%	0.08%
2024	29,651,054	51,751,065	-0.15%	0.07%
2025	29,618,120	51,700,480	-0.11%	-0.1%
2026	29,629,406	51,633,793	0.04%	-0.13%
2027	29,727,164	51,552,198	0.33%	-0.16%
2028	29,947,588	51,456,707	0.74%	-0.19%
2029	30,232,115	51,347,230	0.95%	-0.21%
2030	30,509,999	51,221,713	0.92%	-0.24%
2031	30,780,916	51,081,220	0.89%	-0.27%
2032	31,045,411	50,924,233	0.86%	-0.31%
2033	31,304,035	50,747,132	0.83%	-0.35%
2034	31,555,068	50,549,508	0.8%	-0.39%
2035	31,798,003	50,333,286	0.77%	-0.43%
2036	32,033,714	50,098,951	0.74%	-0.47%
2037	32,262,286	49,845,669	0.71%	-0.51%
2038	32,484,801	49,573,234	0.69%	-0.55%
2039	32,700,695	49,283,770	0.66%	-0.58%
2040	32,909,540	48,980,369	0.64%	-0.62%
2041	33,112,254	48,661,905	0.62%	-0.65%
2042	33,309,062	48,331,004	0.59%	-0.68%
2043	33,499,440	47,990,085	0.57%	-0.71%
2044	33,683,331	47,634,183	0.55%	-0.74%
2045	33,861,058	47,263,526	0.53%	-0.78%
2046	34,032,994	46,881,228	0.51%	-0.81%
2047	34,197,261	46,482,133	0.48%	-0.85%
2048	34,352,077	46,063,595	0.45%	-0.9%
2049	34,500,201	45,626,805	0.43%	-0.95%
2050	34,642,021	45,172,356	0.41%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.