Poland vs South Korea statistics compared

Poland has a population of 36.6M (ranked 42/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Poland's land area is 118,252 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 69th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Poland ranks 21/197 ($918B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,104), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Poland and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Poland and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Poland

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Poland	South Korea
1960	-	$3,973,069,307
1961	-	$2,427,244,761
1962	-	$2,826,923,077
1963	-	$4,007,692,308
1964	-	$3,476,789,682
1965	-	$3,141,131,708
1966	-	$3,957,064,541
1967	-	$4,895,076,718
1968	-	$6,167,109,472
1969	-	$7,743,940,189
1970	-	$9,085,001,794
1971	-	$10,005,257,131
1972	-	$10,990,490,570
1973	-	$14,067,523,813
1974	-	$19,860,929,977
1975	-	$22,126,033,058
1976	-	$30,371,074,380
1977	-	$39,064,462,810
1978	-	$52,824,793,388
1979	-	$68,083,884,298
1980	-	$66,547,970,351
1981	-	$74,287,368,087
1982	-	$79,921,300,447
1983	-	$89,621,208,322
1984	-	$99,749,645,089
1985	-	$103,764,281,281
1986	-	$119,965,960,795
1987	-	$152,240,393,646
1988	-	$205,477,530,605
1989	-	$254,236,243,100
1990	$65,977,748,211	$292,064,221,389
1991	$85,500,935,935	$340,851,946,804
1992	$94,337,050,693	$366,921,291,825
1993	$96,043,157,273	$405,705,302,846
1994	$110,803,635,288	$479,181,794,217
1995	$142,838,527,115	$586,286,469,401
1996	$160,813,026,223	$631,196,863,758
1997	$159,893,964,917	$589,202,526,424
1998	$175,282,269,667	$397,297,216,492
1999	$170,704,452,715	$515,697,079,289
2000	$172,953,527,033	$597,487,173,479
2001	$191,823,200,371	$567,564,806,235
2002	$199,694,463,256	$650,014,391,470
2003	$218,561,225,998	$728,516,494,684
2004	$256,268,656,145	$823,251,107,639
2005	$306,999,913,151	$971,740,329,984
2006	$345,897,630,736	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$429,715,132,138	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$535,612,030,672	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$440,891,472,247	$983,065,242,417
2010	$478,111,630,684	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$527,848,543,023	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$498,148,649,703	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$518,179,836,405	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$542,134,167,179	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$480,054,118,583	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$473,259,583,970	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$528,356,676,667	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$594,616,687,350	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$602,683,770,145	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$605,914,237,904	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$689,170,230,665	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$695,607,470,875	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$812,451,193,396	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$917,767,106,147	$1,875,388,209,407

Poland and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Poland

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Poland	South Korea
1960	-	$158.8
1961	-	$94.2
1962	-	$106.6
1963	-	$147
1964	-	$124.2
1965	-	$109.4
1966	-	$134.4
1967	-	$162.5
1968	-	$200
1969	-	$245.5
1970	-	$281.8
1971	-	$304
1972	-	$328
1973	-	$412
1974	-	$572
1975	-	$627
1976	-	$847
1977	-	$1,073
1978	-	$1,429
1979	-	$1,814
1980	-	$1,746
1981	-	$1,918
1982	-	$2,032
1983	-	$2,246
1984	-	$2,469
1985	-	$2,543
1986	-	$2,911
1987	-	$3,658
1988	-	$4,889
1989	-	$5,989
1990	$1,731	$6,813
1991	$2,236	$7,873
1992	$2,459	$8,387
1993	$2,497	$9,180
1994	$2,875	$10,734
1995	$3,701	$13,002
1996	$4,164	$13,865
1997	$4,137	$12,822
1998	$4,534	$8,583
1999	$4,416	$11,063
2000	$4,521	$12,710
2001	$5,015	$11,981
2002	$5,223	$13,643
2003	$5,721	$15,212
2004	$6,712	$17,122
2005	$8,044	$20,167
2006	$9,069	$22,610
2007	$11,273	$25,078
2008	$14,049	$22,252
2009	$11,556	$19,937
2010	$12,568	$24,071
2011	$13,868	$26,175
2012	$13,087	$26,601
2013	$13,622	$28,449
2014	$14,262	$30,667
2015	$12,638	$30,172
2016	$12,464	$30,832
2017	$13,913	$33,297
2018	$15,658	$35,364
2019	$15,875	$33,827
2020	$16,151	$33,646
2021	$18,636	$37,518
2022	$18,891	$34,822
2023	$22,145	$35,674
2024	$25,104	$36,239

Poland vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Poland

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Poland	South Korea
1950	58.3	22.2
1951	58.9	26.6
1952	59.7	36.6
1953	61.3	40.5
1954	62.3	46.1
1955	63.1	48.4
1956	63.4	50.2
1957	64.4	51.6
1958	64.9	51.8
1959	66.4	52.9
1960	67.1	53.8
1961	67.8	54.4
1962	68	55
1963	68.3	55
1964	68.9	55.3
1965	69.4	55.8
1966	69.7	55.4
1967	69.9	60.9
1968	69.8	60.9
1969	69.8	61.4
1970	69.6	62.2
1971	69.8	62.7
1972	70.1	63.2
1973	70.7	63.8
1974	70.7	64.2
1975	70.6	64.7
1976	70.4	65
1977	70.3	64.6
1978	70.4	65
1979	70.2	66.1
1980	70.5	64.8
1981	70.6	67.1
1982	70.9	67.1
1983	70.8	66.7
1984	70.6	68.1
1985	70.5	68.4
1986	70.6	69
1987	70.8	69.3
1988	70.8	70.2
1989	70.8	70.7
1990	70.6	71
1991	70.7	71.4
1992	70.9	72.2
1993	71.3	72.7
1994	71.7	72.9
1995	72	73.4
1996	72.3	74
1997	72.6	74.5
1998	72.8	75
1999	73.2	75.6
2000	73.6	76.2
2001	74.2	76.9
2002	74.5	77.2
2003	74.8	77.5
2004	74.9	78
2005	75.1	78.4
2006	75.3	79
2007	75.4	79.4
2008	75.6	80
2009	75.9	80.6
2010	76.3	80.7
2011	76.6	81.2
2012	76.8	81.3
2013	77.1	81.8
2014	77.3	82.4
2015	77.6	82.5
2016	77.6	82.9
2017	77.7	83.3
2018	77.6	83.3
2019	77.9	83.7
2020	76.6	83.7
2021	75.6	83.9
2022	77.9	82.7
2023	78.6	84.3
2024	78.8	84.4
2025	79	84.5
2026	79.2	84.6

Poland and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Poland

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Poland	South Korea
1960	29,637,450	25,012,374
1961	29,964,000	25,765,673
1962	30,308,500	26,513,030
1963	30,712,000	27,261,747
1964	31,139,450	27,984,155
1965	31,444,950	28,704,674
1966	31,681,000	29,435,571
1967	31,987,155	30,130,983
1968	32,294,655	30,838,302
1969	32,548,300	31,544,266
1970	32,664,300	32,240,827
1971	32,783,500	32,882,704
1972	33,055,650	33,505,406
1973	33,357,200	34,103,149
1974	33,678,899	34,692,266
1975	34,015,199	35,280,725
1976	34,356,300	35,848,523
1977	34,689,050	36,411,795
1978	34,965,600	36,969,185
1979	35,247,217	37,534,236
1980	35,574,150	38,123,775
1981	35,898,587	38,723,248
1982	36,230,481	39,326,352
1983	36,571,808	39,910,403
1984	36,904,134	40,405,956
1985	37,201,885	40,805,744
1986	37,456,119	41,213,674
1987	37,668,045	41,621,690
1988	37,824,487	42,031,247
1989	37,961,529	42,449,038
1990	38,110,782	42,869,283
1991	38,246,193	43,295,704
1992	38,363,667	43,747,962
1993	38,461,408	44,194,628
1994	38,542,652	44,641,540
1995	38,594,998	45,092,991
1996	38,624,370	45,524,681
1997	38,649,660	45,953,580
1998	38,663,481	46,286,503
1999	38,660,271	46,616,677
2000	38,258,629	47,008,111
2001	38,248,076	47,370,164
2002	38,230,364	47,644,736
2003	38,204,570	47,892,330
2004	38,182,222	48,082,519
2005	38,165,445	48,184,561
2006	38,141,267	48,438,292
2007	38,120,560	48,683,638
2008	38,125,759	49,054,708
2009	38,151,603	49,307,835
2010	38,042,794	49,554,112
2011	38,063,255	49,936,638
2012	38,063,164	50,199,853
2013	38,040,196	50,428,893
2014	38,011,735	50,746,659
2015	37,986,412	51,014,947
2016	37,970,087	51,217,803
2017	37,974,826	51,361,911
2018	37,974,750	51,585,058
2019	37,965,475	51,764,822
2020	37,515,748	51,836,239
2021	36,981,559	51,769,539
2022	36,821,749	51,672,569
2023	36,687,353	51,712,619
2024	36,559,233	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Poland and South Korea

Fertility rate

Poland

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Poland	South Korea
1960	2.98	5.99
1961	2.83	5.8
1962	2.72	5.56
1963	2.7	5.33
1964	2.57	5.07
1965	2.52	4.89
1966	2.34	4.78
1967	2.33	4.62
1968	2.24	4.51
1969	2.2	4.45
1970	2.2	4.53
1971	2.25	4.54
1972	2.24	4.12
1973	2.26	4.07
1974	2.26	3.77
1975	2.27	3.43
1976	2.3	3
1977	2.23	2.99
1978	2.21	2.64
1979	2.28	2.9
1980	2.28	2.82
1981	2.24	2.57
1982	2.34	2.39
1983	2.42	2.06
1984	2.37	1.74
1985	2.33	1.66
1986	2.22	1.58
1987	2.15	1.53
1988	2.13	1.55
1989	2.08	1.56
1990	2.06	1.57
1991	2.07	1.71
1992	1.95	1.76
1993	1.87	1.65
1994	1.81	1.66
1995	1.62	1.63
1996	1.59	1.57
1997	1.51	1.54
1998	1.44	1.46
1999	1.37	1.43
2000	1.37	1.48
2001	1.31	1.31
2002	1.25	1.18
2003	1.22	1.19
2004	1.23	1.16
2005	1.24	1.09
2006	1.27	1.13
2007	1.31	1.26
2008	1.39	1.19
2009	1.4	1.15
2010	1.41	1.23
2011	1.33	1.24
2012	1.33	1.3
2013	1.29	1.19
2014	1.32	1.21
2015	1.32	1.24
2016	1.39	1.17
2017	1.48	1.05
2018	1.46	0.98
2019	1.44	0.92
2020	1.39	0.84
2021	1.33	0.81
2022	1.29	0.78
2023	1.16	0.72

Poland and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Poland

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Poland	South Korea
1960	26.6	19.3
1961	26.8	19.2
1962	26.9	19.1
1963	27.1	19
1964	27.3	18.8
1965	27.5	18.6
1966	27.7	18.5
1967	27.8	18.6
1968	28	18.7
1969	28.1	18.8
1970	28.2	18.9
1971	28.4	19
1972	28.5	19.1
1973	28.5	19.3
1974	28.6	19.6
1975	28.6	19.9
1976	28.7	20.2
1977	28.9	20.7
1978	29.1	21.1
1979	29.3	21.6
1980	29.5	22.1
1981	29.8	22.5
1982	30.1	22.8
1983	30.3	23.3
1984	30.6	23.7
1985	30.8	24.2
1986	31.1	24.8
1987	31.4	25.3
1988	31.7	25.8
1989	32.1	26.3
1990	32.4	26.7
1991	32.6	27.2
1992	32.9	27.8
1993	33.2	28.3
1994	33.5	28.9
1995	33.9	29.4
1996	34.2	29.8
1997	34.4	30.2
1998	34.7	30.7
1999	35	31.2
2000	35.2	31.7
2001	35.5	32.3
2002	35.8	32.8
2003	36	33.4
2004	36.3	33.9
2005	36.6	34.5
2006	36.9	35.2
2007	37.2	35.8
2008	37.5	36.4
2009	37.8	37
2010	38.1	37.6
2011	38.2	38.2
2012	38.4	38.8
2013	38.7	39.5
2014	39	40.2
2015	39.3	40.8
2016	39.7	41.4
2017	40	41.9
2018	40.4	42.5
2019	40.8	43.1
2020	41.1	43.8
2021	41.5	44.4
2022	41.9	44.9
2023	42.4	45.5
2024	42.9	46.1

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