South Korea vs Vietnam statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 105th vs. 67th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

South Korea and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Vietnam
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	$9,005,144,969	-
1971	$9,903,571,249	-
1972	$10,862,211,761	-
1973	$13,876,472,208	-
1974	$19,543,973,941	-
1975	$21,784,297,521	-
1976	$29,902,479,339	-
1977	$38,446,487,603	-
1978	$51,972,107,438	-
1979	$66,946,900,826	-
1980	$65,398,377,598	-
1981	$72,933,533,012	-
1982	$78,358,416,171	-
1983	$87,760,553,262	-
1984	$97,510,744,119	-
1985	$101,296,177,099	$14,094,687,821
1986	$116,836,246,285	$26,336,616,250
1987	$147,948,709,376	$36,658,108,850
1988	$199,591,287,825	$25,423,812,649
1989	$246,928,837,311	$6,293,304,975
1990	$283,365,844,161	$6,471,740,806
1991	$330,647,042,837	$9,613,369,520
1992	$355,524,903,068	$9,866,990,236
1993	$392,665,710,525	$13,180,953,598
1994	$463,619,823,515	$16,286,433,533
1995	$566,581,003,128	$20,736,164,459
1996	$610,167,053,824	$24,657,470,575
1997	$569,755,022,973	$26,843,700,442
1998	$383,331,833,682	$27,209,602,050
1999	$497,514,040,642	$28,683,659,007
2000	$576,179,387,820	$31,172,518,403
2001	$547,656,279,895	$32,685,198,809
2002	$627,246,933,730	$35,064,105,501
2003	$702,714,855,194	$39,552,513,232
2004	$793,175,561,887	$45,427,854,693
2005	$934,901,071,333	$57,633,255,738
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$66,371,664,817
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$77,414,425,532
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$99,130,304,099
2009	$943,941,876,219	$106,014,659,565
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$147,201,173,197
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$172,595,049,184
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$195,590,661,129
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$213,708,811,665
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$233,451,469,643
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$239,258,328,382
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$257,096,001,178
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$281,353,605,987
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$310,106,478,395
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$334,365,270,497
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$346,615,738,538
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$366,474,752,771
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$413,445,230,669
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$433,857,681,378
2024	-	$476,388,230,307

South Korea and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Vietnam
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	$279.3	-
1971	$301	-
1972	$324	-
1973	$407	-
1974	$563	-
1975	$617	-
1976	$834	-
1977	$1,056	-
1978	$1,406	-
1979	$1,784	-
1980	$1,715	-
1981	$1,883	-
1982	$1,993	-
1983	$2,199	-
1984	$2,413	-
1985	$2,482	$238.6
1986	$2,835	$436
1987	$3,555	$595
1988	$4,749	$405
1989	$5,817	$98.1
1990	$6,610	$98.8
1991	$7,637	$143.7
1992	$8,127	$144.5
1993	$8,885	$189.4
1994	$10,385	$229.9
1995	$12,565	$287.8
1996	$13,403	$337
1997	$12,398	$362
1998	$8,282	$361
1999	$10,672	$376
2000	$12,257	$404
2001	$11,561	$419
2002	$13,165	$445
2003	$14,673	$497
2004	$16,496	$565
2005	$19,403	$711
2006	$21,743	$808
2007	$24,086	$926
2008	$21,350	$1,164
2009	$19,144	$1,226
2010	$23,079	$1,683
2011	$25,098	$1,951
2012	$25,459	$2,185
2013	$27,180	$2,360
2014	$29,253	$2,546
2015	$28,737	$2,578
2016	$29,280	$2,735
2017	$31,601	$2,956
2018	$33,447	$3,222
2019	$31,902	$3,441
2020	$31,721	$3,534
2021	$35,126	$3,704
2022	$32,395	$4,148
2023	$33,121	$4,323
2024	-	$4,717

South Korea vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Vietnam
1950	22.2	48
1951	26.6	48.7
1952	36.6	49.4
1953	40.5	50
1954	46.1	52
1955	48.4	54.8
1956	50.2	55.5
1957	51.6	56.2
1958	51.8	56.8
1959	52.9	57.4
1960	53.8	58
1961	54.4	58.5
1962	55	58.2
1963	55	56.9
1964	55.3	57.5
1965	55.8	57
1966	55.4	56.9
1967	60.9	56.7
1968	60.9	52.7
1969	61.4	54.8
1970	62.2	54.9
1971	62.7	55.6
1972	63.2	51.9
1973	63.8	55.7
1974	64.2	54.8
1975	64.7	61.9
1976	65	63.7
1977	64.6	64.1
1978	65	64.5
1979	66.1	65
1980	64.8	65.3
1981	67.1	65.8
1982	67.1	66.2
1983	66.7	66.5
1984	68.1	66.9
1985	68.4	67.2
1986	69	67.6
1987	69.3	68
1988	70.2	68.6
1989	70.7	68.8
1990	71	69
1991	71.4	69.3
1992	72.2	69.6
1993	72.7	70
1994	72.9	70.4
1995	73.4	70.9
1996	74	71.3
1997	74.5	71.7
1998	75	72.3
1999	75.6	72.6
2000	76.2	72.7
2001	76.9	73
2002	77.2	73.1
2003	77.5	73.2
2004	78	73.1
2005	78.4	73.2
2006	79	73.3
2007	79.4	73.4
2008	80	73.5
2009	80.6	73.5
2010	80.7	73.6
2011	81.2	73.7
2012	81.3	73.8
2013	81.8	73.8
2014	82.4	73.9
2015	82.5	74
2016	82.9	74
2017	83.3	74
2018	83.3	74.1
2019	83.7	74.2
2020	83.7	75.4
2021	83.9	74.1
2022	82.7	74.5
2023	84.3	74.6
2024	84.4	74.7
2025	84.5	74.9

South Korea and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Vietnam
1960	25,012,374	32,531,933
1961	25,765,673	33,409,059
1962	26,513,030	34,288,560
1963	27,261,747	35,249,101
1964	27,984,155	36,201,563
1965	28,704,674	37,129,656
1966	29,435,571	38,024,836
1967	30,130,983	38,895,080
1968	30,838,302	39,734,609
1969	31,544,266	40,582,096
1970	32,240,827	41,475,230
1971	32,882,704	42,449,276
1972	33,505,406	43,429,168
1973	34,103,149	44,409,861
1974	34,692,266	45,413,537
1975	35,280,725	46,482,903
1976	35,848,523	47,684,931
1977	36,411,795	48,954,872
1978	36,969,185	50,249,552
1979	37,534,236	51,378,211
1980	38,123,775	52,490,101
1981	38,723,248	53,738,141
1982	39,326,352	55,011,289
1983	39,910,403	56,337,921
1984	40,405,956	57,706,067
1985	40,805,744	59,060,622
1986	41,213,674	60,347,048
1987	41,621,690	61,584,651
1988	42,031,247	62,843,228
1989	42,449,038	64,147,348
1990	42,869,283	65,504,552
1991	43,295,704	66,891,775
1992	43,747,962	68,260,337
1993	44,194,628	69,586,384
1994	44,641,540	70,854,391
1995	45,092,991	72,049,940
1996	45,524,681	73,156,447
1997	45,953,580	74,226,889
1998	46,286,503	75,299,660
1999	46,616,677	76,287,452
2000	47,008,111	77,154,011
2001	47,370,164	77,969,361
2002	47,644,736	78,772,224
2003	47,892,330	79,563,777
2004	48,082,519	80,338,971
2005	48,184,561	81,088,313
2006	48,438,292	82,167,897
2007	48,683,638	83,633,375
2008	49,054,708	85,175,788
2009	49,307,835	86,460,018
2010	49,554,112	87,455,152
2011	49,936,638	88,468,314
2012	50,199,853	89,510,356
2013	50,428,893	90,573,104
2014	50,746,659	91,679,578
2015	51,014,947	92,823,254
2016	51,217,803	94,000,117
2017	51,361,911	95,176,977
2018	51,585,058	96,237,319
2019	51,764,822	97,173,776
2020	51,836,239	98,079,191
2021	51,769,539	98,935,098
2022	51,672,569	99,680,655
2023	51,712,619	100,352,192
2024	51,751,065	100,987,686

Fertility rates in South Korea and Vietnam

Fertility rate

South Korea

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Vietnam
1960	5.99	6.27
1961	5.8	5.48
1962	5.56	6.26
1963	5.33	6.39
1964	5.07	6.29
1965	4.89	6.16
1966	4.78	5.97
1967	4.62	5.88
1968	4.51	6.03
1969	4.45	6.01
1970	4.53	6.02
1971	4.54	6.07
1972	4.12	6.1
1973	4.07	6.11
1974	3.77	5.78
1975	3.43	5.62
1976	3	5.46
1977	2.99	5.29
1978	2.64	5.1
1979	2.9	4.94
1980	2.82	4.8
1981	2.57	4.67
1982	2.39	4.59
1983	2.06	4.52
1984	1.74	4.41
1985	1.66	4.21
1986	1.58	3.96
1987	1.53	3.72
1988	1.55	3.62
1989	1.56	3.64
1990	1.57	3.6
1991	1.71	3.52
1992	1.76	3.35
1993	1.65	3.17
1994	1.66	2.94
1995	1.63	2.7
1996	1.57	2.47
1997	1.54	2.27
1998	1.46	2.1
1999	1.43	2
2000	1.48	2.03
2001	1.31	2.02
2002	1.18	2.01
2003	1.19	2
2004	1.16	1.97
2005	1.09	1.89
2006	1.13	1.87
2007	1.26	1.91
2008	1.19	1.93
2009	1.15	1.92
2010	1.23	1.91
2011	1.24	1.93
2012	1.3	1.97
2013	1.19	1.98
2014	1.21	2.09
2015	1.24	2.1
2016	1.17	2
2017	1.05	1.99
2018	0.98	1.88
2019	0.92	1.94
2020	0.84	1.96
2021	0.81	1.94
2022	0.78	1.93
2023	0.72	1.91

South Korea and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Vietnam
1960	19.3	21.2
1961	19.2	20.7
1962	19.1	20.2
1963	19	19.7
1964	18.8	19.2
1965	18.6	18.9
1966	18.5	18.7
1967	18.6	18.5
1968	18.7	18.4
1969	18.8	18.4
1970	18.9	18.4
1971	19	18.4
1972	19.1	18.5
1973	19.3	18.5
1974	19.6	18.6
1975	19.9	18.7
1976	20.2	18.8
1977	20.7	19
1978	21.1	19.1
1979	21.6	19.3
1980	22.1	19.4
1981	22.5	19.5
1982	22.8	19.6
1983	23.3	19.7
1984	23.7	19.8
1985	24.2	19.9
1986	24.8	20
1987	25.3	20.1
1988	25.8	20.2
1989	26.3	20.4
1990	26.7	20.5
1991	27.2	20.7
1992	27.8	20.9
1993	28.3	21.1
1994	28.9	21.4
1995	29.4	21.7
1996	29.8	22
1997	30.2	22.4
1998	30.7	22.9
1999	31.2	23.3
2000	31.7	23.7
2001	32.3	24.2
2002	32.8	24.6
2003	33.4	25
2004	33.9	25.4
2005	34.5	25.8
2006	35.2	26.3
2007	35.8	26.9
2008	36.4	27.4
2009	37	27.9
2010	37.6	28.3
2011	38.2	28.7
2012	38.8	29
2013	39.5	29.4
2014	40.2	29.8
2015	40.8	30.2
2016	41.4	30.5
2017	41.9	30.8
2018	42.5	31.2
2019	43.1	31.6
2020	43.8	32.1
2021	44.4	32.5
2022	44.9	33
2023	45.5	33.4
2024	46.1	33.9

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