Palau vs South Korea statistics compared

Palau has a population of 17.7K (ranked 194/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Palau's land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 180th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Palau and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Palau and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Palau	South Korea
1960	-	$3,958,811,881
1961	-	$2,417,628,737
1962	-	$2,814,615,385
1963	-	$3,988,461,538
1964	-	$3,459,019,943
1965	-	$3,120,861,499
1966	-	$3,929,055,144
1967	-	$4,855,892,446
1968	-	$6,119,394,892
1969	-	$7,678,698,838
1970	$11,563,041	$9,005,144,969
1971	$12,706,874	$9,903,571,249
1972	$13,956,474	$10,862,211,761
1973	$15,331,889	$13,876,472,208
1974	$16,848,759	$19,543,973,941
1975	$18,521,112	$21,784,297,521
1976	$20,364,420	$29,902,479,339
1977	$22,308,104	$38,446,487,603
1978	$24,530,015	$51,972,107,438
1979	$27,004,251	$66,946,900,826
1980	$29,728,054	$65,398,377,598
1981	$32,726,594	$72,933,533,012
1982	$36,027,583	$78,358,416,171
1983	$39,661,530	$87,760,553,262
1984	$44,814,259	$97,510,744,119
1985	$51,030,637	$101,296,177,099
1986	$58,109,314	$116,836,246,285
1987	$66,169,905	$147,948,709,376
1988	$75,348,615	$199,591,287,825
1989	$85,800,543	$246,928,837,311
1990	$97,702,303	$283,365,844,161
1991	$106,555,300	$330,647,042,837
1992	$104,771,300	$355,524,903,068
1993	$96,455,700	$392,665,710,525
1994	$106,138,500	$463,619,823,515
1995	$121,018,500	$566,581,003,128
1996	$137,494,600	$610,167,053,824
1997	$143,860,800	$569,755,022,973
1998	$149,079,600	$383,331,833,682
1999	$144,206,500	$497,514,040,642
2000	$149,535,800	$576,179,387,820
2001	$159,453,500	$547,656,279,895
2002	$162,665,500	$627,246,933,730
2003	$154,559,900	$702,714,855,194
2004	$166,391,600	$793,175,561,887
2005	$191,048,400	$934,901,071,333
2006	$193,679,700	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$200,903,600	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$201,167,300	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$189,998,000	$943,941,876,219
2010	$188,174,300	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$198,873,900	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$215,762,400	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$225,345,700	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$243,156,500	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$278,824,800	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$298,323,500	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$285,600,000	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$288,546,300	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$281,941,600	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$258,990,800	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$235,752,900	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$255,591,100	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$281,849,100	$1,712,792,854,202

Palau and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Palau	South Korea
1960	-	$158.3
1961	-	$93.8
1962	-	$106.2
1963	-	$146.3
1964	-	$123.6
1965	-	$108.7
1966	-	$133.5
1967	-	$161.2
1968	-	$198.4
1969	-	$243.4
1970	$1,017	$279.3
1971	$1,081	$301
1972	$1,145	$324
1973	$1,221	$407
1974	$1,328	$563
1975	$1,464	$617
1976	$1,616	$834
1977	$1,781	$1,056
1978	$1,972	$1,406
1979	$2,189	$1,784
1980	$2,423	$1,715
1981	$2,639	$1,883
1982	$2,838	$1,993
1983	$3,049	$2,199
1984	$3,360	$2,413
1985	$3,728	$2,482
1986	$4,144	$2,835
1987	$4,616	$3,555
1988	$5,145	$4,749
1989	$5,741	$5,817
1990	$6,403	$6,610
1991	$6,824	$7,637
1992	$6,553	$8,127
1993	$5,892	$8,885
1994	$6,329	$10,385
1995	$7,038	$12,565
1996	$7,788	$13,403
1997	$7,945	$12,398
1998	$8,048	$8,282
1999	$7,630	$10,672
2000	$7,797	$12,257
2001	$8,240	$11,561
2002	$8,341	$13,165
2003	$7,862	$14,673
2004	$8,395	$16,496
2005	$9,640	$19,403
2006	$9,885	$21,743
2007	$10,408	$24,086
2008	$10,583	$21,350
2009	$10,155	$19,144
2010	$10,229	$23,079
2011	$11,001	$25,098
2012	$12,145	$25,459
2013	$12,769	$27,180
2014	$13,726	$29,253
2015	$15,691	$28,737
2016	$16,763	$29,280
2017	$16,034	$31,601
2018	$16,198	$33,447
2019	$15,841	$31,902
2020	$14,557	$31,721
2021	$13,257	$35,126
2022	$14,392	$32,395
2023	$15,899	$33,121

Palau vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Palau	South Korea
1950	52.7	22.2
1951	52.9	26.6
1952	53.1	36.6
1953	53.3	40.5
1954	53.5	46.1
1955	53.7	48.4
1956	53.9	50.2
1957	54.1	51.6
1958	54.4	51.8
1959	54.6	52.9
1960	54.9	53.8
1961	55.1	54.4
1962	55.4	55
1963	55.6	55
1964	55.8	55.3
1965	55.9	55.8
1966	56.2	55.4
1967	56.5	60.9
1968	56.9	60.9
1969	57.3	61.4
1970	57.7	62.2
1971	58.1	62.7
1972	58.6	63.2
1973	59	63.8
1974	59.5	64.2
1975	60	64.7
1976	60.5	65
1977	60.9	64.6
1978	61.3	65
1979	61.6	66.1
1980	61.9	64.8
1981	62.1	67.1
1982	62.3	67.1
1983	62.5	66.7
1984	62.6	68.1
1985	62.7	68.4
1986	62.8	69
1987	62.8	69.3
1988	62.8	70.2
1989	62.8	70.7
1990	62.8	71
1991	62.8	71.4
1992	62.9	72.2
1993	63	72.7
1994	63.1	72.9
1995	63.3	73.4
1996	63.5	74
1997	63.7	74.5
1998	64	75
1999	64.2	75.6
2000	64.5	76.2
2001	64.8	76.9
2002	65.1	77.2
2003	65.4	77.5
2004	65.8	78
2005	66.2	78.4
2006	66.6	79
2007	67.1	79.4
2008	67.6	80
2009	68	80.6
2010	68.3	80.7
2011	68.6	81.2
2012	68.9	81.3
2013	69	81.8
2014	69.1	82.4
2015	69.1	82.5
2016	69	82.9
2017	69	83.3
2018	69	83.3
2019	69	83.7
2020	68.7	83.7
2021	68.6	83.9
2022	68.9	82.7
2023	69.3	84.3
2024	69.4	84.4
2025	69.5	84.5

Palau and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Palau	South Korea
1960	9,328	25,012,374
1961	9,555	25,765,673
1962	9,793	26,513,030
1963	10,037	27,261,747
1964	10,292	27,984,155
1965	10,547	28,704,674
1966	10,805	29,435,571
1967	10,988	30,130,983
1968	11,080	30,838,302
1969	11,159	31,544,266
1970	11,368	32,240,827
1971	11,759	32,882,704
1972	12,194	33,505,406
1973	12,552	34,103,149
1974	12,687	34,692,266
1975	12,655	35,280,725
1976	12,598	35,848,523
1977	12,525	36,411,795
1978	12,440	36,969,185
1979	12,337	37,534,236
1980	12,271	38,123,775
1981	12,402	38,723,248
1982	12,694	39,326,352
1983	13,006	39,910,403
1984	13,337	40,405,956
1985	13,688	40,805,744
1986	14,024	41,213,674
1987	14,334	41,621,690
1988	14,645	42,031,247
1989	14,945	42,449,038
1990	15,259	42,869,283
1991	15,614	43,295,704
1992	15,989	43,747,962
1993	16,372	44,194,628
1994	16,770	44,641,540
1995	17,195	45,092,991
1996	17,654	45,524,681
1997	18,108	45,953,580
1998	18,524	46,286,503
1999	18,901	46,616,677
2000	19,178	47,008,111
2001	19,352	47,370,164
2002	19,503	47,644,736
2003	19,659	47,892,330
2004	19,820	48,082,519
2005	19,819	48,184,561
2006	19,593	48,438,292
2007	19,302	48,683,638
2008	19,009	49,054,708
2009	18,709	49,307,835
2010	18,396	49,554,112
2011	18,078	49,936,638
2012	17,765	50,199,853
2013	17,648	50,428,893
2014	17,715	50,746,659
2015	17,770	51,014,947
2016	17,797	51,217,803
2017	17,812	51,361,911
2018	17,814	51,585,058
2019	17,798	51,764,822
2020	17,792	51,836,239
2021	17,783	51,769,539
2022	17,759	51,672,569
2023	17,727	51,712,619
2024	17,695	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Palau and South Korea

Fertility rate

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Palau	South Korea
1960	7.19	5.99
1961	7.17	5.8
1962	7.15	5.56
1963	7.12	5.33
1964	7.08	5.07
1965	7.01	4.89
1966	6.93	4.78
1967	6.84	4.62
1968	6.71	4.51
1969	6.58	4.45
1970	6.39	4.53
1971	6.16	4.54
1972	5.9	4.12
1973	5.59	4.07
1974	5.26	3.77
1975	4.9	3.43
1976	4.53	3
1977	4.09	2.99
1978	3.74	2.64
1979	3.49	2.9
1980	3.35	2.82
1981	3.28	2.57
1982	3.22	2.39
1983	3.14	2.06
1984	3.08	1.74
1985	3.01	1.66
1986	2.98	1.58
1987	2.93	1.53
1988	2.91	1.55
1989	2.92	1.56
1990	2.88	1.57
1991	2.74	1.71
1992	2.71	1.76
1993	2.73	1.65
1994	2.66	1.66
1995	2.55	1.63
1996	2.39	1.57
1997	2.19	1.54
1998	2.01	1.46
1999	1.91	1.43
2000	1.82	1.48
2001	1.87	1.31
2002	1.92	1.18
2003	1.96	1.19
2004	1.99	1.16
2005	2.02	1.09
2006	2	1.13
2007	1.97	1.26
2008	1.95	1.19
2009	1.94	1.15
2010	1.94	1.23
2011	1.97	1.24
2012	2.01	1.3
2013	2.05	1.19
2014	2.03	1.21
2015	2	1.24
2016	2.06	1.17
2017	2.02	1.05
2018	1.97	0.98
2019	1.98	0.92
2020	1.97	0.84
2021	1.95	0.81
2022	1.93	0.78
2023	1.91	0.72

Palau and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Palau	South Korea
1960	16.7	19.3
1961	16.1	19.2
1962	15.5	19.1
1963	15.1	19
1964	15	18.8
1965	14.9	18.6
1966	14.9	18.5
1967	15.2	18.6
1968	15.7	18.7
1969	16.1	18.8
1970	16.5	18.9
1971	16.6	19
1972	16.6	19.1
1973	16.8	19.3
1974	17.1	19.6
1975	17.4	19.9
1976	17.8	20.2
1977	18.1	20.7
1978	18.3	21.1
1979	18.6	21.6
1980	18.9	22.1
1981	19.3	22.5
1982	19.9	22.8
1983	20.5	23.3
1984	21.1	23.7
1985	21.6	24.2
1986	22.2	24.8
1987	23.1	25.3
1988	24	25.8
1989	24.9	26.3
1990	25.6	26.7
1991	26	27.2
1992	26.4	27.8
1993	26.9	28.3
1994	27.4	28.9
1995	27.8	29.4
1996	28.3	29.8
1997	28.8	30.2
1998	29.4	30.7
1999	30.2	31.2
2000	30.8	31.7
2001	31.2	32.3
2002	31.5	32.8
2003	31.8	33.4
2004	32	33.9
2005	32.3	34.5
2006	32.7	35.2
2007	33.1	35.8
2008	33.5	36.4
2009	33.9	37
2010	34.2	37.6
2011	34.6	38.2
2012	35	38.8
2013	35.3	39.5
2014	35.6	40.2
2015	36	40.8
2016	36.3	41.4
2017	36.7	41.9
2018	37	42.5
2019	37.4	43.1
2020	37.8	43.8
2021	38.1	44.4
2022	38.5	44.9
2023	38.8	45.5
2024	39.2	46.1

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