Samoa vs South Korea statistics compared

Samoa has a population of 218K (ranked 177/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Samoa's land area is 1,073 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 168th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Samoa ranks 185/197 ($1.18B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Samoa ranks 117/197 ($5,393), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Samoa and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Samoa and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Samoa

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Samoa	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	$45,208,338	$9,085,001,794
1971	$53,719,569	$10,005,257,131
1972	$62,566,116	$10,990,490,570
1973	$82,452,985	$14,067,523,813
1974	$93,549,611	$19,860,929,977
1975	$93,489,283	$22,126,033,058
1976	$85,003,078	$30,371,074,380
1977	$98,295,671	$39,064,462,810
1978	$108,223,444	$52,824,793,388
1979	$122,257,393	$68,083,884,298
1980	$125,747,038	$66,547,970,351
1981	$118,190,655	$74,287,368,087
1982	$121,221,652	$79,921,300,447
1983	$111,862,824	$89,621,208,322
1984	$109,200,934	$99,749,645,089
1985	$95,572,173	$103,764,281,281
1986	$100,947,849	$119,965,960,795
1987	$111,713,922	$152,240,393,646
1988	$133,016,065	$205,477,530,605
1989	$122,888,610	$254,236,243,100
1990	$125,766,270	$292,064,221,389
1991	$125,597,205	$340,851,946,804
1992	$132,303,041	$366,921,291,825
1993	$133,122,897	$405,705,302,846
1994	$221,098,107	$479,181,794,217
1995	$224,865,731	$586,286,469,401
1996	$249,907,869	$631,196,863,758
1997	$285,475,592	$589,202,526,424
1998	$269,485,244	$397,297,216,492
1999	$255,408,060	$515,697,079,289
2000	$258,856,140	$597,487,173,479
2001	$266,299,591	$567,564,806,235
2002	$281,790,134	$650,014,391,470
2003	$333,426,188	$728,516,494,684
2004	$407,747,565	$823,251,107,639
2005	$476,801,793	$971,740,329,984
2006	$499,923,758	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$573,548,460	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$641,346,192	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$628,006,115	$983,065,242,417
2010	$680,260,907	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$744,097,050	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$773,141,661	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$797,736,334	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$796,683,520	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$824,150,499	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$843,924,797	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$884,844,384	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$878,448,433	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$912,950,466	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$868,884,903	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$859,724,936	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$889,554,712	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$1,044,909,500	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$1,175,749,786	$1,875,388,209,407

Samoa and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Samoa

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Samoa	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	$322	$281.8
1971	$377	$304
1972	$433	$328
1973	$563	$412
1974	$626	$572
1975	$610	$627
1976	$541	$847
1977	$615	$1,073
1978	$671	$1,429
1979	$751	$1,814
1980	$765	$1,746
1981	$713	$1,918
1982	$728	$2,032
1983	$671	$2,246
1984	$655	$2,469
1985	$573	$2,543
1986	$604	$2,911
1987	$666	$3,658
1988	$790	$4,889
1989	$728	$5,989
1990	$744	$6,813
1991	$742	$7,873
1992	$777	$8,387
1993	$775	$9,180
1994	$1,277	$10,734
1995	$1,288	$13,002
1996	$1,419	$13,865
1997	$1,608	$12,822
1998	$1,506	$8,583
1999	$1,417	$11,063
2000	$1,425	$12,710
2001	$1,454	$11,981
2002	$1,528	$13,643
2003	$1,798	$15,212
2004	$2,189	$17,122
2005	$2,550	$20,167
2006	$2,663	$22,610
2007	$3,039	$25,078
2008	$3,374	$22,252
2009	$3,279	$19,937
2010	$3,524	$24,071
2011	$3,822	$26,175
2012	$3,935	$26,601
2013	$4,024	$28,449
2014	$3,983	$30,667
2015	$4,084	$30,172
2016	$4,147	$30,832
2017	$4,308	$33,297
2018	$4,232	$35,364
2019	$4,352	$33,827
2020	$4,100	$33,646
2021	$4,022	$37,518
2022	$4,132	$34,822
2023	$4,823	$35,674
2024	$5,393	$36,239

Samoa vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Samoa

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Samoa	South Korea
1950	49.2	22.2
1951	49.8	26.6
1952	50.4	36.6
1953	51	40.5
1954	51.6	46.1
1955	52.2	48.4
1956	52.8	50.2
1957	53.4	51.6
1958	54	51.8
1959	54.6	52.9
1960	55.2	53.8
1961	55.7	54.4
1962	56.3	55
1963	56.9	55
1964	54	55.3
1965	57.9	55.8
1966	58.2	55.4
1967	58.9	60.9
1968	59.4	60.9
1969	59.9	61.4
1970	60.4	62.2
1971	60.9	62.7
1972	61.4	63.2
1973	61.9	63.8
1974	62.3	64.2
1975	62.8	64.7
1976	63.3	65
1977	63.7	64.6
1978	64.1	65
1979	64.5	66.1
1980	65	64.8
1981	65.3	67.1
1982	65.6	67.1
1983	66	66.7
1984	66.3	68.1
1985	66.6	68.4
1986	66.8	69
1987	67	69.3
1988	67.3	70.2
1989	67.6	70.7
1990	67.8	71
1991	68	71.4
1992	68.5	72.2
1993	68.8	72.7
1994	69.2	72.9
1995	69.5	73.4
1996	69.8	74
1997	70	74.5
1998	70.3	75
1999	70.6	75.6
2000	70.8	76.2
2001	71	76.9
2002	71.2	77.2
2003	71.4	77.5
2004	71.5	78
2005	71.5	78.4
2006	71.6	79
2007	71.6	79.4
2008	71.5	80
2009	69.5	80.6
2010	71.5	80.7
2011	71.4	81.2
2012	71.2	81.3
2013	71.2	81.8
2014	71.1	82.4
2015	71.1	82.5
2016	71	82.9
2017	71	83.3
2018	71.1	83.3
2019	70.3	83.7
2020	70.7	83.7
2021	71.1	83.9
2022	71.6	82.7
2023	71.7	84.3
2024	71.8	84.4
2025	71.9	84.5
2026	72.1	84.6

Samoa and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Samoa

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Samoa	South Korea
1960	112,490	25,012,374
1961	115,496	25,765,673
1962	118,597	26,513,030
1963	121,764	27,261,747
1964	124,894	27,984,155
1965	127,978	28,704,674
1966	131,073	29,435,571
1967	133,764	30,130,983
1968	136,020	30,838,302
1969	138,233	31,544,266
1970	140,400	32,240,827
1971	142,503	32,882,704
1972	144,538	33,505,406
1973	146,516	34,103,149
1974	149,431	34,692,266
1975	153,344	35,280,725
1976	157,113	35,848,523
1977	159,753	36,411,795
1978	161,375	36,969,185
1979	162,882	37,534,236
1980	164,322	38,123,775
1981	165,678	38,723,248
1982	166,484	39,326,352
1983	166,714	39,910,403
1984	166,796	40,405,956
1985	166,849	40,805,744
1986	167,061	41,213,674
1987	167,661	41,621,690
1988	168,346	42,031,247
1989	168,768	42,449,038
1990	169,042	42,869,283
1991	169,368	43,295,704
1992	170,331	43,747,962
1993	171,774	44,194,628
1994	173,159	44,641,540
1995	174,571	45,092,991
1996	176,071	45,524,681
1997	177,547	45,953,580
1998	178,905	46,286,503
1999	180,275	46,616,677
2000	181,685	47,008,111
2001	183,166	47,370,164
2002	184,471	47,644,736
2003	185,430	47,892,330
2004	186,249	48,082,519
2005	186,978	48,184,561
2006	187,709	48,438,292
2007	188,753	48,683,638
2008	190,107	49,054,708
2009	191,513	49,307,835
2010	193,023	49,554,112
2011	194,713	49,936,638
2012	196,498	50,199,853
2013	198,268	50,428,893
2014	200,037	50,746,659
2015	201,782	51,014,947
2016	203,499	51,217,803
2017	205,415	51,361,911
2018	207,582	51,585,058
2019	209,780	51,764,822
2020	211,944	51,836,239
2021	213,779	51,769,539
2022	215,261	51,672,569
2023	216,663	51,712,619
2024	218,019	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Samoa and South Korea

Fertility rate

Samoa

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Samoa	South Korea
1960	7.78	5.99
1961	7.77	5.8
1962	7.76	5.56
1963	7.73	5.33
1964	7.7	5.07
1965	7.65	4.89
1966	7.6	4.78
1967	7.55	4.62
1968	7.5	4.51
1969	7.43	4.45
1970	7.34	4.53
1971	7.22	4.54
1972	7.07	4.12
1973	6.91	4.07
1974	6.75	3.77
1975	6.61	3.43
1976	6.47	3
1977	6.31	2.99
1978	6.15	2.64
1979	5.99	2.9
1980	5.86	2.82
1981	5.75	2.57
1982	5.68	2.39
1983	5.62	2.06
1984	5.55	1.74
1985	5.49	1.66
1986	5.42	1.58
1987	5.32	1.53
1988	5.21	1.55
1989	5.11	1.56
1990	5.01	1.57
1991	4.91	1.71
1992	4.87	1.76
1993	4.83	1.65
1994	4.79	1.66
1995	4.77	1.63
1996	4.74	1.57
1997	4.7	1.54
1998	4.64	1.46
1999	4.57	1.43
2000	4.52	1.48
2001	4.48	1.31
2002	4.44	1.18
2003	4.39	1.19
2004	4.34	1.16
2005	4.32	1.09
2006	4.32	1.13
2007	4.36	1.26
2008	4.42	1.19
2009	4.47	1.15
2010	4.52	1.23
2011	4.56	1.24
2012	4.55	1.3
2013	4.49	1.19
2014	4.42	1.21
2015	4.34	1.24
2016	4.26	1.17
2017	4.2	1.05
2018	4.14	0.98
2019	4.06	0.92
2020	4	0.84
2021	3.94	0.81
2022	3.88	0.78
2023	3.83	0.72

Samoa and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Samoa

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Samoa	South Korea
1960	15	19.3
1961	14.9	19.2
1962	14.8	19.1
1963	14.6	19
1964	14.6	18.8
1965	14.5	18.6
1966	14.5	18.5
1967	14.5	18.6
1968	14.5	18.7
1969	14.5	18.8
1970	14.6	18.9
1971	14.7	19
1972	14.8	19.1
1973	14.9	19.3
1974	15	19.6
1975	15.3	19.9
1976	15.5	20.2
1977	15.8	20.7
1978	16	21.1
1979	16.2	21.6
1980	16.4	22.1
1981	16.6	22.5
1982	16.8	22.8
1983	17.1	23.3
1984	17.4	23.7
1985	17.6	24.2
1986	17.8	24.8
1987	18	25.3
1988	18.2	25.8
1989	18.3	26.3
1990	18.4	26.7
1991	18.5	27.2
1992	18.7	27.8
1993	19	28.3
1994	19.3	28.9
1995	19.6	29.4
1996	19.7	29.8
1997	19.8	30.2
1998	19.9	30.7
1999	19.9	31.2
2000	19.8	31.7
2001	19.7	32.3
2002	19.7	32.8
2003	19.9	33.4
2004	20.1	33.9
2005	20.3	34.5
2006	20.4	35.2
2007	20.6	35.8
2008	20.7	36.4
2009	20.8	37
2010	20.8	37.6
2011	20.8	38.2
2012	20.8	38.8
2013	21	39.5
2014	21.1	40.2
2015	21.2	40.8
2016	21.3	41.4
2017	21.4	41.9
2018	21.4	42.5
2019	21.5	43.1
2020	21.4	43.8
2021	21.4	44.4
2022	21.1	44.9
2023	21	45.5
2024	20.9	46.1

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