Belgium vs South Korea statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 136th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Belgium and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Belgium and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Belgium

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	South Korea
1960	$11,810,619,368	$3,958,811,881
1961	$12,561,701,694	$2,417,628,737
1962	$13,436,827,167	$2,814,615,385
1963	$14,445,805,381	$3,988,461,538
1964	$16,168,044,450	$3,459,019,943
1965	$17,597,783,297	$3,120,861,499
1966	$18,894,891,312	$3,929,055,144
1967	$20,252,508,995	$4,855,892,446
1968	$21,654,856,965	$6,119,394,892
1969	$24,019,653,475	$7,678,698,838
1970	$26,706,196,047	$9,005,144,969
1971	$29,821,661,870	$9,903,571,249
1972	$37,209,418,019	$10,862,211,761
1973	$47,743,801,490	$13,876,472,208
1974	$56,033,077,879	$19,543,973,941
1975	$65,678,189,097	$21,784,297,521
1976	$71,113,882,968	$29,902,479,339
1977	$82,839,905,459	$38,446,487,603
1978	$101,246,526,194	$51,972,107,438
1979	$116,315,456,797	$66,946,900,826
1980	$126,829,314,388	$65,398,377,598
1981	$104,730,018,470	$72,933,533,012
1982	$92,095,926,188	$78,358,416,171
1983	$87,184,239,053	$87,760,553,262
1984	$83,349,530,159	$97,510,744,119
1985	$86,268,264,148	$101,296,177,099
1986	$120,018,787,249	$116,836,246,285
1987	$149,394,404,106	$147,948,709,376
1988	$162,299,103,675	$199,591,287,825
1989	$164,221,056,511	$246,928,837,311
1990	$205,331,747,948	$283,365,844,161
1991	$210,510,999,409	$330,647,042,837
1992	$234,781,652,447	$355,524,903,068
1993	$224,721,795,709	$392,665,710,525
1994	$244,884,129,491	$463,619,823,515
1995	$288,025,588,396	$566,581,003,128
1996	$279,201,433,225	$610,167,053,824
1997	$252,708,051,421	$569,755,022,973
1998	$258,528,339,631	$383,331,833,682
1999	$258,245,733,221	$497,514,040,642
2000	$236,792,460,312	$576,179,387,820
2001	$236,746,141,604	$547,656,279,895
2002	$258,383,599,375	$627,246,933,730
2003	$318,082,528,507	$702,714,855,194
2004	$369,214,712,443	$793,175,561,887
2005	$385,714,762,230	$934,901,071,333
2006	$408,259,840,869	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$470,922,156,309	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$517,328,087,920	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$485,014,525,992	$943,941,876,219
2010	$481,556,503,720	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$527,196,649,049	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$498,414,364,945	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$524,097,026,599	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$537,987,419,164	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$461,044,767,545	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$474,271,566,740	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$500,908,767,352	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$542,638,913,428	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$536,726,344,405	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$529,694,473,502	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$598,522,422,242	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$593,614,574,326	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$644,655,275,112	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$664,564,181,487	-

Belgium and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	South Korea
1960	$1,290	$158.3
1961	$1,368	$93.8
1962	$1,457	$106.2
1963	$1,555	$146.3
1964	$1,724	$123.6
1965	$1,860	$108.7
1966	$1,983	$133.5
1967	$2,114	$161.2
1968	$2,251	$198.4
1969	$2,490	$243.4
1970	$2,766	$279.3
1971	$3,083	$301
1972	$3,832	$324
1973	$4,901	$407
1974	$5,734	$563
1975	$6,701	$617
1976	$7,243	$834
1977	$8,427	$1,056
1978	$10,290	$1,406
1979	$11,811	$1,784
1980	$12,864	$1,715
1981	$10,623	$1,883
1982	$9,344	$1,993
1983	$8,846	$2,199
1984	$8,457	$2,413
1985	$8,751	$2,482
1986	$12,170	$2,835
1987	$15,136	$3,555
1988	$16,391	$4,749
1989	$16,525	$5,817
1990	$20,600	$6,610
1991	$21,042	$7,637
1992	$23,373	$8,127
1993	$22,284	$8,885
1994	$24,209	$10,385
1995	$28,414	$12,565
1996	$27,490	$13,403
1997	$24,821	$12,398
1998	$25,338	$8,282
1999	$25,253	$10,672
2000	$23,099	$12,257
2001	$23,015	$11,561
2002	$25,006	$13,165
2003	$30,655	$14,673
2004	$35,429	$16,496
2005	$36,810	$19,403
2006	$38,705	$21,743
2007	$44,319	$24,086
2008	$48,303	$21,350
2009	$44,923	$19,144
2010	$44,197	$23,079
2011	$47,761	$25,098
2012	$44,874	$25,459
2013	$46,965	$27,180
2014	$47,996	$29,253
2015	$40,894	$28,737
2016	$41,855	$29,280
2017	$44,035	$31,601
2018	$47,487	$33,447
2019	$46,717	$31,902
2020	$45,906	$31,721
2021	$51,658	$35,126
2022	$50,822	$32,395
2023	$54,690	$33,121
2024	$55,955	-

Belgium vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	South Korea
1950	66.3	22.2
1951	66.7	26.6
1952	68	36.6
1953	68.4	40.5
1954	68.6	46.1
1955	68.5	48.4
1956	68.8	50.2
1957	69.2	51.6
1958	69.9	51.8
1959	70.3	52.9
1960	69.6	53.8
1961	70.5	54.4
1962	70.2	55
1963	70	55
1964	70.7	55.3
1965	70.6	55.8
1966	70.6	55.4
1967	70.9	60.9
1968	70.6	60.9
1969	70.7	61.4
1970	70.9	62.2
1971	71.1	62.7
1972	71.4	63.2
1973	71.6	63.8
1974	72	64.2
1975	72	64.7
1976	72.1	65
1977	72.8	64.6
1978	72.7	65
1979	73.2	66.1
1980	73.2	64.8
1981	73.7	67.1
1982	73.9	67.1
1983	73.9	66.7
1984	74.4	68.1
1985	74.5	68.4
1986	74.7	69
1987	75.3	69.3
1988	75.6	70.2
1989	75.6	70.7
1990	76.1	71
1991	76.2	71.4
1992	76.4	72.2
1993	76.4	72.7
1994	76.7	72.9
1995	76.8	73.4
1996	77.2	74
1997	77.4	74.5
1998	77.5	75
1999	77.6	75.6
2000	77.8	76.2
2001	78.1	76.9
2002	78.2	77.2
2003	78.3	77.5
2004	79	78
2005	79.1	78.4
2006	79.4	79
2007	79.5	79.4
2008	79.6	80
2009	79.8	80.6
2010	80	80.7
2011	80.4	81.2
2012	80.3	81.3
2013	80.5	81.8
2014	81.1	82.4
2015	80.9	82.5
2016	81.3	82.9
2017	81.4	83.3
2018	81.5	83.3
2019	81.8	83.7
2020	80.8	83.7
2021	81.7	83.9
2022	81.2	82.7
2023	82.1	84.3
2024	82.3	84.4
2025	82.4	84.5

Belgium and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	South Korea
1960	9,153,489	25,012,374
1961	9,183,948	25,765,673
1962	9,220,578	26,513,030
1963	9,289,770	27,261,747
1964	9,378,113	27,984,155
1965	9,463,667	28,704,674
1966	9,527,807	29,435,571
1967	9,580,991	30,130,983
1968	9,618,756	30,838,302
1969	9,646,032	31,544,266
1970	9,655,549	32,240,827
1971	9,673,162	32,882,704
1972	9,711,115	33,505,406
1973	9,741,720	34,103,149
1974	9,772,419	34,692,266
1975	9,800,700	35,280,725
1976	9,818,227	35,848,523
1977	9,830,358	36,411,795
1978	9,839,534	36,969,185
1979	9,848,382	37,534,236
1980	9,859,242	38,123,775
1981	9,858,982	38,723,248
1982	9,856,303	39,326,352
1983	9,855,520	39,910,403
1984	9,855,372	40,405,956
1985	9,858,308	40,805,744
1986	9,861,823	41,213,674
1987	9,870,234	41,621,690
1988	9,901,664	42,031,247
1989	9,937,697	42,449,038
1990	9,967,379	42,869,283
1991	10,004,486	43,295,704
1992	10,045,158	43,747,962
1993	10,084,475	44,194,628
1994	10,115,603	44,641,540
1995	10,136,811	45,092,991
1996	10,156,637	45,524,681
1997	10,181,245	45,953,580
1998	10,203,008	46,286,503
1999	10,226,419	46,616,677
2000	10,251,250	47,008,111
2001	10,286,570	47,370,164
2002	10,332,785	47,644,736
2003	10,376,133	47,892,330
2004	10,421,137	48,082,519
2005	10,478,617	48,184,561
2006	10,547,958	48,438,292
2007	10,625,700	48,683,638
2008	10,709,973	49,054,708
2009	10,796,493	49,307,835
2010	10,895,586	49,554,112
2011	11,038,264	49,936,638
2012	11,106,932	50,199,853
2013	11,159,407	50,428,893
2014	11,209,057	50,746,659
2015	11,274,196	51,014,947
2016	11,331,422	51,217,803
2017	11,375,158	51,361,911
2018	11,427,054	51,585,058
2019	11,488,980	51,764,822
2020	11,538,604	51,836,239
2021	11,586,195	51,769,539
2022	11,680,210	51,672,569
2023	11,787,423	51,712,619
2024	11,876,844	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Belgium and South Korea

Fertility rate

Belgium

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	South Korea
1960	2.54	5.99
1961	2.63	5.8
1962	2.59	5.56
1963	2.68	5.33
1964	2.71	5.07
1965	2.61	4.89
1966	2.52	4.78
1967	2.41	4.62
1968	2.31	4.51
1969	2.27	4.45
1970	2.25	4.53
1971	2.21	4.54
1972	2.09	4.12
1973	1.95	4.07
1974	1.83	3.77
1975	1.74	3.43
1976	1.73	3
1977	1.71	2.99
1978	1.69	2.64
1979	1.69	2.9
1980	1.68	2.82
1981	1.66	2.57
1982	1.61	2.39
1983	1.57	2.06
1984	1.54	1.74
1985	1.51	1.66
1986	1.54	1.58
1987	1.54	1.53
1988	1.57	1.55
1989	1.58	1.56
1990	1.62	1.57
1991	1.66	1.71
1992	1.65	1.76
1993	1.61	1.65
1994	1.56	1.66
1995	1.56	1.63
1996	1.59	1.57
1997	1.6	1.54
1998	1.6	1.46
1999	1.62	1.43
2000	1.67	1.48
2001	1.67	1.31
2002	1.65	1.18
2003	1.67	1.19
2004	1.72	1.16
2005	1.76	1.09
2006	1.8	1.13
2007	1.82	1.26
2008	1.85	1.19
2009	1.84	1.15
2010	1.86	1.23
2011	1.81	1.24
2012	1.8	1.3
2013	1.76	1.19
2014	1.74	1.21
2015	1.7	1.24
2016	1.68	1.17
2017	1.65	1.05
2018	1.62	0.98
2019	1.6	0.92
2020	1.55	0.84
2021	1.6	0.81
2022	1.53	0.78
2023	1.47	0.72

Belgium and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	South Korea
1960	34.9	19.3
1961	34.9	19.2
1962	34.9	19.1
1963	34.9	19
1964	34.8	18.8
1965	34.8	18.6
1966	34.7	18.5
1967	34.7	18.6
1968	34.7	18.7
1969	34.6	18.8
1970	34.5	18.9
1971	34.4	19
1972	34.3	19.1
1973	34.3	19.3
1974	34.3	19.6
1975	34.2	19.9
1976	34.1	20.2
1977	34.1	20.7
1978	34.1	21.1
1979	34.1	21.6
1980	34.2	22.1
1981	34.3	22.5
1982	34.5	22.8
1983	34.8	23.3
1984	35	23.7
1985	35.2	24.2
1986	35.4	24.8
1987	35.6	25.3
1988	35.9	25.8
1989	36.1	26.3
1990	36.3	26.7
1991	36.5	27.2
1992	36.7	27.8
1993	37	28.3
1994	37.2	28.9
1995	37.5	29.4
1996	37.8	29.8
1997	38.1	30.2
1998	38.3	30.7
1999	38.6	31.2
2000	38.9	31.7
2001	39.2	32.3
2002	39.4	32.8
2003	39.7	33.4
2004	40	33.9
2005	40.2	34.5
2006	40.4	35.2
2007	40.6	35.8
2008	40.7	36.4
2009	40.8	37
2010	40.8	37.6
2011	40.9	38.2
2012	41.1	38.8
2013	41.2	39.5
2014	41.3	40.2
2015	41.4	40.8
2016	41.4	41.4
2017	41.6	41.9
2018	41.7	42.5
2019	41.8	43.1
2020	41.9	43.8
2021	42	44.4
2022	42.2	44.9
2023	42.4	45.5
2024	42.7	46.1

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