Somalia vs South Korea statistics compared

Somalia has a population of 19M (ranked 68/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Somalia's land area is 242,217 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 42nd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Somalia ranks 150/197 ($12B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Somalia ranks 192/197 ($630), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Somalia and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Somalia and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Somalia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Somalia	South Korea
1960	$180,459,937	$3,973,069,307
1961	$191,659,914	$2,427,244,761
1962	$203,531,928	$2,826,923,077
1963	$216,145,936	$4,007,692,308
1964	$229,529,913	$3,476,789,682
1965	$243,725,898	$3,141,131,708
1966	$257,375,897	$3,957,064,541
1967	$271,781,887	$4,895,076,718
1968	$286,719,885	$6,167,109,472
1969	$306,357,285	$7,743,940,189
1970	$347,985,394	$9,085,001,794
1971	$347,039,446	$10,005,257,131
1972	$447,883,941	$10,990,490,570
1973	$483,699,611	$14,067,523,813
1974	$572,504,036	$19,860,929,977
1975	$757,015,879	$22,126,033,058
1976	$871,344,245	$30,371,074,380
1977	$498,550,725	$39,064,462,810
1978	$564,571,823	$52,824,793,388
1979	$589,566,929	$68,083,884,298
1980	$602,515,548	$66,547,970,351
1981	$699,302,473	$74,287,368,087
1982	$774,578,932	$79,921,300,447
1983	$735,408,642	$89,621,208,322
1984	$787,434,542	$99,749,645,089
1985	$875,702,247	$103,764,281,281
1986	$916,590,786	$119,965,960,795
1987	$1,018,972,664	$152,240,393,646
1988	$1,051,596,967	$205,477,530,605
1989	$1,181,360,844	$254,236,243,100
1990	$1,031,282,081	$292,064,221,389
1991	$717,974,930	$340,851,946,804
1992	$709,297,579	$366,921,291,825
1993	$1,260,132,956	$405,705,302,846
1994	$1,481,205,098	$479,181,794,217
1995	$1,534,756,135	$586,286,469,401
1996	$1,792,234,297	$631,196,863,758
1997	$2,191,749,014	$589,202,526,424
1998	$2,962,047,564	$397,297,216,492
1999	$3,045,751,528	$515,697,079,289
2000	$3,412,797,450	$597,487,173,479
2001	$2,252,847,465	$567,564,806,235
2002	$2,192,684,135	$650,014,391,470
2003	$2,836,724,352	$728,516,494,684
2004	$3,859,592,813	$823,251,107,639
2005	$4,683,246,454	$971,740,329,984
2006	$5,026,743,282	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$5,430,713,729	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$5,913,620,293	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$2,948,594,552	$983,065,242,417
2010	$2,687,807,004	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$2,906,000,097	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$4,364,670,160	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$5,062,881,600	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$5,728,399,720	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$6,152,149,100	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$6,613,743,070	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$7,621,501,710	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$7,873,000,000	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$8,656,000,000	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$8,628,000,000	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$9,483,000,000	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$10,203,000,000	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$10,958,000,000	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$11,967,000,000	$1,875,388,209,407

Somalia and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Somalia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Somalia	South Korea
1960	$62.7	$158.8
1961	$64.9	$94.2
1962	$67.2	$106.6
1963	$69.5	$147
1964	$71.9	$124.2
1965	$74.4	$109.4
1966	$76.5	$134.4
1967	$78.7	$162.5
1968	$80.8	$200
1969	$84.1	$245.5
1970	$93.1	$281.8
1971	$90.4	$304
1972	$113.7	$328
1973	$119.6	$412
1974	$137.9	$572
1975	$177.8	$627
1976	$199.6	$847
1977	$111.2	$1,073
1978	$117.3	$1,429
1979	$108.2	$1,814
1980	$101.5	$1,746
1981	$116.9	$1,918
1982	$129	$2,032
1983	$118.6	$2,246
1984	$122.5	$2,469
1985	$130.8	$2,543
1986	$131.4	$2,911
1987	$141	$3,658
1988	$145.3	$4,889
1989	$166	$5,989
1990	$145.6	$6,813
1991	$105.4	$7,873
1992	$109.2	$8,387
1993	$188.6	$9,180
1994	$210.8	$10,734
1995	$210.7	$13,002
1996	$237.2	$13,865
1997	$280.1	$12,822
1998	$363	$8,583
1999	$359	$11,063
2000	$386	$12,710
2001	$244.9	$11,981
2002	$229.6	$13,643
2003	$286.3	$15,212
2004	$375	$17,122
2005	$440	$20,167
2006	$458	$22,610
2007	$480	$25,078
2008	$507	$22,252
2009	$246.5	$19,937
2010	$219.2	$24,071
2011	$235.3	$26,175
2012	$350	$26,601
2013	$393	$28,449
2014	$429	$30,667
2015	$446	$30,172
2016	$461	$30,832
2017	$511	$33,297
2018	$509	$35,364
2019	$540	$33,827
2020	$518	$33,646
2021	$549	$37,518
2022	$573	$34,822
2023	$597	$35,674
2024	$630	$36,239

Somalia vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Somalia

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Somalia	South Korea
1950	41.5	22.2
1951	41.7	26.6
1952	41.9	36.6
1953	42.1	40.5
1954	42.3	46.1
1955	42.5	48.4
1956	42.7	50.2
1957	42.9	51.6
1958	43.1	51.8
1959	43.3	52.9
1960	43.5	53.8
1961	43.7	54.4
1962	44	55
1963	44.2	55
1964	44.4	55.3
1965	44.6	55.8
1966	44.8	55.4
1967	45.1	60.9
1968	45.3	60.9
1969	45.5	61.4
1970	45.6	62.2
1971	45.8	62.7
1972	46	63.2
1973	46.2	63.8
1974	44.3	64.2
1975	44.5	64.7
1976	44.7	65
1977	47	64.6
1978	47	65
1979	47.4	66.1
1980	47.6	64.8
1981	47.8	67.1
1982	48	67.1
1983	48.2	66.7
1984	48.4	68.1
1985	48.3	68.4
1986	48.4	69
1987	49	69.3
1988	43.9	70.2
1989	46.6	70.7
1990	46.9	71
1991	25.4	71.4
1992	25	72.2
1993	50.6	72.7
1994	50.3	72.9
1995	50.6	73.4
1996	50.5	74
1997	50.3	74.5
1998	50.8	75
1999	50.6	75.6
2000	50.7	76.2
2001	50.8	76.9
2002	50.8	77.2
2003	50.7	77.5
2004	50.7	78
2005	50.9	78.4
2006	50.9	79
2007	50.9	79.4
2008	51.5	80
2009	52.1	80.6
2010	48.9	80.7
2011	32.5	81.2
2012	49.1	81.3
2013	54	81.8
2014	54.4	82.4
2015	55.1	82.5
2016	55.3	82.9
2017	52.2	83.3
2018	54.8	83.3
2019	57.2	83.7
2020	57.1	83.7
2021	55.7	83.9
2022	53.9	82.7
2023	58.8	84.3
2024	59	84.4
2025	59.1	84.5
2026	59.3	84.6

Somalia and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Somalia

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Somalia	South Korea
1960	2,876,331	25,012,374
1961	2,952,054	25,765,673
1962	3,030,091	26,513,030
1963	3,110,361	27,261,747
1964	3,192,796	27,984,155
1965	3,277,874	28,704,674
1966	3,365,106	29,435,571
1967	3,454,537	30,130,983
1968	3,546,590	30,838,302
1969	3,641,015	31,544,266
1970	3,738,448	32,240,827
1971	3,837,691	32,882,704
1972	3,939,436	33,505,406
1973	4,045,592	34,103,149
1974	4,151,842	34,692,266
1975	4,257,535	35,280,725
1976	4,365,812	35,848,523
1977	4,484,050	36,411,795
1978	4,814,892	36,969,185
1979	5,449,117	37,534,236
1980	5,936,154	38,123,775
1981	5,982,849	38,723,248
1982	6,003,840	39,326,352
1983	6,198,430	39,910,403
1984	6,428,389	40,405,956
1985	6,693,289	40,805,744
1986	6,974,788	41,213,674
1987	7,228,302	41,621,690
1988	7,235,360	42,031,247
1989	7,114,817	42,449,038
1990	7,082,811	42,869,283
1991	6,813,760	43,295,704
1992	6,495,107	43,747,962
1993	6,681,399	44,194,628
1994	7,026,797	44,641,540
1995	7,285,007	45,092,991
1996	7,554,474	45,524,681
1997	7,824,525	45,953,580
1998	8,155,417	46,286,503
1999	8,492,059	46,616,677
2000	8,838,713	47,008,111
2001	9,198,493	47,370,164
2002	9,550,063	47,644,736
2003	9,909,157	47,892,330
2004	10,280,998	48,082,519
2005	10,644,228	48,184,561
2006	10,975,502	48,438,292
2007	11,322,582	48,683,638
2008	11,663,084	49,054,708
2009	11,961,201	49,307,835
2010	12,261,756	49,554,112
2011	12,348,830	49,936,638
2012	12,461,160	50,199,853
2013	12,869,594	50,428,893
2014	13,339,491	50,746,659
2015	13,806,963	51,014,947
2016	14,348,740	51,217,803
2017	14,916,629	51,361,911
2018	15,452,487	51,585,058
2019	16,030,971	51,764,822
2020	16,651,191	51,836,239
2021	17,271,431	51,769,539
2022	17,801,897	51,672,569
2023	18,358,615	51,712,619
2024	19,009,151	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Somalia and South Korea

Fertility rate

Somalia

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Somalia	South Korea
1960	7.25	5.99
1961	7.25	5.8
1962	7.26	5.56
1963	7.26	5.33
1964	7.26	5.07
1965	7.26	4.89
1966	7.26	4.78
1967	7.25	4.62
1968	7.23	4.51
1969	7.21	4.45
1970	7.18	4.53
1971	7.15	4.54
1972	7.12	4.12
1973	7.09	4.07
1974	7.06	3.77
1975	7.03	3.43
1976	7.02	3
1977	7	2.99
1978	7.13	2.64
1979	7.16	2.9
1980	7.18	2.82
1981	7.23	2.57
1982	7.25	2.39
1983	7.28	2.06
1984	7.3	1.74
1985	7.33	1.66
1986	7.35	1.58
1987	7.37	1.53
1988	7.4	1.55
1989	7.42	1.56
1990	7.44	1.57
1991	7.47	1.71
1992	7.5	1.76
1993	7.53	1.65
1994	7.54	1.66
1995	7.58	1.63
1996	7.62	1.57
1997	7.66	1.54
1998	7.66	1.46
1999	7.66	1.43
2000	7.65	1.48
2001	7.64	1.31
2002	7.63	1.18
2003	7.6	1.19
2004	7.57	1.16
2005	7.53	1.09
2006	7.49	1.13
2007	7.46	1.26
2008	7.42	1.19
2009	7.38	1.15
2010	7.32	1.23
2011	7.27	1.24
2012	7.21	1.3
2013	7.14	1.19
2014	7.06	1.21
2015	6.98	1.24
2016	6.88	1.17
2017	6.77	1.05
2018	6.66	0.98
2019	6.56	0.92
2020	6.45	0.84
2021	6.35	0.81
2022	6.26	0.78
2023	6.13	0.72

Somalia and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Somalia

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Somalia	South Korea
1960	18.1	19.3
1961	17.9	19.2
1962	17.8	19.1
1963	17.7	19
1964	17.6	18.8
1965	17.5	18.6
1966	17.5	18.5
1967	17.5	18.6
1968	17.5	18.7
1969	17.5	18.8
1970	17.5	18.9
1971	17.6	19
1972	17.6	19.1
1973	17.6	19.3
1974	17.7	19.6
1975	17.7	19.9
1976	17.7	20.2
1977	17.7	20.7
1978	17.7	21.1
1979	17.6	21.6
1980	17.6	22.1
1981	17.5	22.5
1982	17.4	22.8
1983	17.4	23.3
1984	17.3	23.7
1985	17.2	24.2
1986	17.1	24.8
1987	17	25.3
1988	16.8	25.8
1989	16.7	26.3
1990	16.5	26.7
1991	16.5	27.2
1992	16.7	27.8
1993	16.8	28.3
1994	16.7	28.9
1995	16.6	29.4
1996	16.5	29.8
1997	16.4	30.2
1998	16.4	30.7
1999	16.3	31.2
2000	16.3	31.7
2001	16.2	32.3
2002	16.2	32.8
2003	16.1	33.4
2004	16	33.9
2005	15.9	34.5
2006	15.7	35.2
2007	15.6	35.8
2008	15.6	36.4
2009	15.6	37
2010	15.7	37.6
2011	15.8	38.2
2012	16	38.8
2013	16	39.5
2014	16	40.2
2015	16.1	40.8
2016	16.1	41.4
2017	16.2	41.9
2018	16.2	42.5
2019	16.3	43.1
2020	16.3	43.8
2021	16.4	44.4
2022	16.5	44.9
2023	16.5	45.5
2024	16.6	46.1

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