South Korean Population Comparison to Its Asian Neighbors

Pop. 2000 (in 1000s) People Rank
China 1,328,319 1
USA 271,275 2
Indonesia 227,272 3
Japan 128,554 4
Vietnam 81,465 5
Philippines 79,284 6
Thailand 64,387 7
South Korea 46,341 8
North Korea 25,842 9
Taiwan 22,797 10
Malaysia 22,261 11
Hong Kong 6,180 12
Singapore 3,096 13
Mongolia 2,856 14
Macau 488 15
Population Growth Rate Rate Rank
Mongolia 2.7% 1
Malaysia 2.4% 2
Philippines 2.1% 3
Vietnam 2.1% 4
North Korea 1.9% 5
Indonesia 1.8% 6
China 1.6% 7
Thailand 1.4% 8
Singapore 1.3% 9
Taiwan 1.1% 10
Macau 1.0% 11
South Korea 0.8% 12
USA 0.8% 13
Hong Kong 0.6% 14
Japan 0.4% 15
Pop. Density (sq mi) People Rank
Macau 73,196 1
Hong Kong 14,586 2
Singapore 11,277 3
Taiwan 1,487 4
South Korea 1,134 5
Japan 850 6
Philippines 568 7
Vietnam 531 8
North Korea 469 9
China 311 10
Thailand 286 11
Indonesia 261 12
Malaysia 141 13
USA 70 14
Mongolia 4 15
Pop. Double Time (years) Years Rank
Japan 174 1
Hong Kong 116 2
South Korea 87 3
USA 87 4
Macau 70 5
Taiwan 63 6
Singapore 54 7
Thailand 50 8
China 44 9
Indonesia 39 10
North Korea 37 11
Philippines 33 12
Vietnam 33 13
Malaysia 29 14
Mongolia 26 15

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