Norway vs South Korea statistics compared

Norway has a population of 5.57M (ranked 118/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Norway's land area is 140,645 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 62nd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Norway and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Norway and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Norway

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Norway	South Korea
1960	$5,197,398,721	$3,958,811,881
1961	$5,669,689,210	$2,417,628,737
1962	$6,107,076,929	$2,814,615,385
1963	$6,553,269,536	$3,988,461,538
1964	$7,206,522,122	$3,459,019,943
1965	$8,111,945,661	$3,120,861,499
1966	$8,753,940,267	$3,929,055,144
1967	$9,577,383,653	$4,855,892,446
1968	$10,227,087,165	$6,119,394,892
1969	$11,136,187,440	$7,678,698,838
1970	$12,814,123,115	$9,005,144,969
1971	$14,583,114,840	$9,903,571,249
1972	$17,358,610,850	$10,862,211,761
1973	$22,534,253,703	$13,876,472,208
1974	$27,145,693,810	$19,543,973,941
1975	$32,877,805,200	$21,784,297,521
1976	$35,942,270,686	$29,902,479,339
1977	$41,508,030,431	$38,446,487,603
1978	$46,522,900,254	$51,972,107,438
1979	$53,132,244,624	$66,946,900,826
1980	$64,439,382,896	$65,398,377,598
1981	$63,596,654,761	$72,933,533,012
1982	$62,647,195,538	$78,358,416,171
1983	$61,627,240,831	$87,760,553,262
1984	$62,057,955,033	$97,510,744,119
1985	$65,416,879,914	$101,296,177,099
1986	$78,693,118,044	$116,836,246,285
1987	$94,229,907,236	$147,948,709,376
1988	$101,900,260,856	$199,591,287,825
1989	$102,633,934,391	$246,928,837,311
1990	$119,791,843,060	$283,365,844,161
1991	$121,872,464,483	$330,647,042,837
1992	$130,838,040,068	$355,524,903,068
1993	$120,579,213,713	$392,665,710,525
1994	$127,131,319,429	$463,619,823,515
1995	$152,029,612,325	$566,581,003,128
1996	$163,520,109,151	$610,167,053,824
1997	$161,356,631,888	$569,755,022,973
1998	$154,230,295,158	$383,331,833,682
1999	$162,383,706,021	$497,514,040,642
2000	$171,457,201,936	$576,179,387,820
2001	$174,239,354,071	$547,656,279,895
2002	$195,914,852,576	$627,246,933,730
2003	$229,385,469,337	$702,714,855,194
2004	$265,268,662,473	$793,175,561,887
2005	$309,978,579,744	$934,901,071,333
2006	$346,915,160,682	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$402,643,260,488	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$464,917,553,191	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$387,976,400,617	$943,941,876,219
2010	$431,052,143,940	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$501,360,549,669	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$512,777,309,841	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$526,014,468,085	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$501,736,471,833	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$388,159,512,246	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$370,956,547,619	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$401,745,275,035	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$439,788,625,884	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$408,742,840,909	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$367,633,418,887	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$503,367,986,030	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$596,297,651,036	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$482,949,731,777	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$483,727,398,216	-

Norway and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Norway

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Norway	South Korea
1960	$1,451	$158.3
1961	$1,571	$93.8
1962	$1,678	$106.2
1963	$1,787	$146.3
1964	$1,951	$123.6
1965	$2,179	$108.7
1966	$2,333	$133.5
1967	$2,531	$161.2
1968	$2,680	$198.4
1969	$2,894	$243.4
1970	$3,306	$279.3
1971	$3,736	$301
1972	$4,414	$324
1973	$5,690	$407
1974	$6,812	$563
1975	$8,204	$617
1976	$8,927	$834
1977	$10,266	$1,056
1978	$11,463	$1,406
1979	$13,047	$1,784
1980	$15,772	$1,715
1981	$15,513	$1,883
1982	$15,225	$1,993
1983	$14,928	$2,199
1984	$14,989	$2,413
1985	$15,754	$2,482
1986	$18,883	$2,835
1987	$22,506	$3,555
1988	$24,207	$4,749
1989	$24,281	$5,817
1990	$28,243	$6,610
1991	$28,597	$7,637
1992	$30,524	$8,127
1993	$27,964	$8,885
1994	$29,316	$10,385
1995	$34,876	$12,565
1996	$37,322	$13,403
1997	$36,629	$12,398
1998	$34,803	$8,282
1999	$36,393	$10,672
2000	$38,178	$12,257
2001	$38,602	$11,561
2002	$43,171	$13,165
2003	$50,250	$14,673
2004	$57,769	$16,496
2005	$67,047	$19,403
2006	$74,434	$21,743
2007	$85,502	$24,086
2008	$97,504	$21,350
2009	$80,348	$19,144
2010	$88,163	$23,079
2011	$101,222	$25,098
2012	$102,176	$25,459
2013	$103,554	$27,180
2014	$97,667	$29,253
2015	$74,810	$28,737
2016	$70,867	$29,280
2017	$76,132	$31,601
2018	$82,793	$33,447
2019	$76,431	$31,902
2020	$68,340	$31,721
2021	$93,073	$35,126
2022	$109,270	$32,395
2023	$87,497	$33,121
2024	$86,810	-

Norway vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Norway

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Norway	South Korea
1950	71.6	22.2
1951	72.5	26.6
1952	72.7	36.6
1953	73.1	40.5
1954	73.2	46.1
1955	73.4	48.4
1956	73.5	50.2
1957	73.4	51.6
1958	73.4	51.8
1959	73.6	52.9
1960	73.6	53.8
1961	73.6	54.4
1962	73.5	55
1963	73.1	55
1964	73.6	55.3
1965	73.7	55.8
1966	74	55.4
1967	74.1	60.9
1968	73.9	60.9
1969	73.7	61.4
1970	74.1	62.2
1971	74.2	62.7
1972	74.3	63.2
1973	74.4	63.8
1974	74.8	64.2
1975	74.8	64.7
1976	75	65
1977	75.4	64.6
1978	75.4	65
1979	75.4	66.1
1980	75.7	64.8
1981	75.9	67.1
1982	76	67.1
1983	76.1	66.7
1984	76.2	68.1
1985	75.9	68.4
1986	76.3	69
1987	76.1	69.3
1988	76.3	70.2
1989	76.5	70.7
1990	76.6	71
1991	77	71.4
1992	77.2	72.2
1993	77.2	72.7
1994	77.8	72.9
1995	77.8	73.4
1996	78.2	74
1997	78.2	74.5
1998	78.4	75
1999	78.4	75.6
2000	78.7	76.2
2001	78.9	76.9
2002	79	77.2
2003	79.5	77.5
2004	80	78
2005	80.2	78.4
2006	80.4	79
2007	80.5	79.4
2008	80.7	80
2009	80.9	80.6
2010	81	80.7
2011	81.2	81.2
2012	81.4	81.3
2013	81.7	81.8
2014	82.1	82.4
2015	82.3	82.5
2016	82.4	82.9
2017	82.6	83.3
2018	82.8	83.3
2019	83	83.7
2020	83.2	83.7
2021	83.2	83.9
2022	82.6	82.7
2023	83.3	84.3
2024	83.5	84.4
2025	83.6	84.5

Norway and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Norway

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Norway	South Korea
1960	3,581,239	25,012,374
1961	3,609,800	25,765,673
1962	3,638,918	26,513,030
1963	3,666,537	27,261,747
1964	3,694,339	27,984,155
1965	3,723,168	28,704,674
1966	3,753,012	29,435,571
1967	3,784,539	30,130,983
1968	3,816,486	30,838,302
1969	3,847,707	31,544,266
1970	3,875,763	32,240,827
1971	3,903,039	32,882,704
1972	3,933,004	33,505,406
1973	3,960,612	34,103,149
1974	3,985,258	34,692,266
1975	4,007,313	35,280,725
1976	4,026,152	35,848,523
1977	4,043,205	36,411,795
1978	4,058,671	36,969,185
1979	4,072,517	37,534,236
1980	4,085,620	38,123,775
1981	4,099,702	38,723,248
1982	4,114,787	39,326,352
1983	4,128,432	39,910,403
1984	4,140,099	40,405,956
1985	4,152,516	40,805,744
1986	4,167,354	41,213,674
1987	4,186,905	41,621,690
1988	4,209,488	42,031,247
1989	4,226,901	42,449,038
1990	4,241,473	42,869,283
1991	4,261,732	43,295,704
1992	4,286,401	43,747,962
1993	4,311,991	44,194,628
1994	4,336,613	44,641,540
1995	4,359,184	45,092,991
1996	4,381,336	45,524,681
1997	4,405,157	45,953,580
1998	4,431,464	46,286,503
1999	4,461,913	46,616,677
2000	4,490,967	47,008,111
2001	4,513,751	47,370,164
2002	4,538,159	47,644,736
2003	4,564,855	47,892,330
2004	4,591,910	48,082,519
2005	4,623,291	48,184,561
2006	4,660,677	48,438,292
2007	4,709,153	48,683,638
2008	4,768,212	49,054,708
2009	4,828,726	49,307,835
2010	4,889,252	49,554,112
2011	4,953,088	49,936,638
2012	5,018,573	50,199,853
2013	5,079,623	50,428,893
2014	5,137,232	50,746,659
2015	5,188,607	51,014,947
2016	5,234,519	51,217,803
2017	5,276,968	51,361,911
2018	5,311,916	51,585,058
2019	5,347,896	51,764,822
2020	5,379,475	51,836,239
2021	5,408,320	51,769,539
2022	5,457,127	51,672,569
2023	5,519,594	51,712,619
2024	5,572,272	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Norway and South Korea

Fertility rate

Norway

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	South Korea
1960	2.85	5.99
1961	2.94	5.8
1962	2.91	5.56
1963	2.93	5.33
1964	2.98	5.07
1965	2.94	4.89
1966	2.9	4.78
1967	2.81	4.62
1968	2.75	4.51
1969	2.7	4.45
1970	2.5	4.53
1971	2.49	4.54
1972	2.38	4.12
1973	2.23	4.07
1974	2.13	3.77
1975	1.98	3.43
1976	1.86	3
1977	1.75	2.99
1978	1.77	2.64
1979	1.75	2.9
1980	1.72	2.82
1981	1.7	2.57
1982	1.71	2.39
1983	1.66	2.06
1984	1.66	1.74
1985	1.68	1.66
1986	1.71	1.58
1987	1.74	1.53
1988	1.84	1.55
1989	1.89	1.56
1990	1.93	1.57
1991	1.92	1.71
1992	1.88	1.76
1993	1.86	1.65
1994	1.87	1.66
1995	1.87	1.63
1996	1.89	1.57
1997	1.86	1.54
1998	1.81	1.46
1999	1.85	1.43
2000	1.85	1.48
2001	1.78	1.31
2002	1.75	1.18
2003	1.8	1.19
2004	1.83	1.16
2005	1.84	1.09
2006	1.9	1.13
2007	1.9	1.26
2008	1.96	1.19
2009	1.98	1.15
2010	1.95	1.23
2011	1.88	1.24
2012	1.85	1.3
2013	1.78	1.19
2014	1.75	1.21
2015	1.72	1.24
2016	1.71	1.17
2017	1.62	1.05
2018	1.56	0.98
2019	1.53	0.92
2020	1.48	0.84
2021	1.55	0.81
2022	1.41	0.78
2023	1.4	0.72

Norway and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Norway

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Norway	South Korea
1960	34.3	19.3
1961	34.4	19.2
1962	34.4	19.1
1963	34.3	19
1964	34.2	18.8
1965	34.1	18.6
1966	33.9	18.5
1967	33.7	18.6
1968	33.5	18.7
1969	33.2	18.8
1970	32.9	18.9
1971	32.7	19
1972	32.5	19.1
1973	32.4	19.3
1974	32.4	19.6
1975	32.5	19.9
1976	32.6	20.2
1977	32.7	20.7
1978	32.9	21.1
1979	33.1	21.6
1980	33.3	22.1
1981	33.6	22.5
1982	33.9	22.8
1983	34.1	23.3
1984	34.4	23.7
1985	34.6	24.2
1986	34.8	24.8
1987	34.9	25.3
1988	35.1	25.8
1989	35.2	26.3
1990	35.4	26.7
1991	35.5	27.2
1992	35.7	27.8
1993	35.8	28.3
1994	35.9	28.9
1995	36.1	29.4
1996	36.2	29.8
1997	36.4	30.2
1998	36.5	30.7
1999	36.7	31.2
2000	36.9	31.7
2001	37.1	32.3
2002	37.3	32.8
2003	37.5	33.4
2004	37.7	33.9
2005	37.9	34.5
2006	38.1	35.2
2007	38.3	35.8
2008	38.4	36.4
2009	38.5	37
2010	38.6	37.6
2011	38.7	38.2
2012	38.8	38.8
2013	38.9	39.5
2014	39	40.2
2015	39.2	40.8
2016	39.3	41.4
2017	39.4	41.9
2018	39.6	42.5
2019	39.8	43.1
2020	40	43.8
2021	40.3	44.4
2022	40.4	44.9
2023	40.5	45.5
2024	40.7	46.1

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