South Korea vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 105th vs. 60th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T) and Zimbabwe ranks 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

South Korea and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Zimbabwe
1960	$3,973,069,307	$1,053,528,036
1961	$2,427,244,761	$1,097,206,526
1962	$2,826,923,077	$1,118,172,226
1963	$4,007,692,308	$1,160,103,724
1964	$3,476,789,682	$1,217,759,447
1965	$3,141,131,708	$1,312,105,394
1966	$3,957,064,541	$1,282,403,936
1967	$4,895,076,718	$1,397,715,282
1968	$6,167,109,472	$1,480,355,355
1969	$7,743,940,189	$1,748,891,294
1970	$9,085,001,794	$1,885,168,339
1971	$10,005,257,131	$2,179,828,710
1972	$10,990,490,570	$2,679,096,597
1973	$14,067,523,813	$3,311,043,292
1974	$19,860,929,977	$3,984,194,614
1975	$22,126,033,058	$4,373,532,601
1976	$30,371,074,380	$4,320,576,877
1977	$39,064,462,810	$4,366,610,469
1978	$52,824,793,388	$4,353,822,343
1979	$68,083,884,298	$5,180,102,910
1980	$66,547,970,351	$6,682,278,300
1981	$74,287,368,087	$8,015,464,252
1982	$79,921,300,447	$8,544,060,905
1983	$89,621,208,322	$7,768,031,182
1984	$99,749,645,089	$6,355,369,172
1985	$103,764,281,281	$5,640,137,575
1986	$119,965,960,795	$6,220,698,247
1987	$152,240,393,646	$6,744,657,033
1988	$205,477,530,605	$7,818,774,177
1989	$254,236,243,100	$8,290,553,535
1990	$292,064,221,389	$8,788,301,546
1991	$340,851,946,804	$8,646,000,000
1992	$366,921,291,825	$6,755,000,000
1993	$405,705,302,846	$6,567,250,000
1994	$479,181,794,217	$6,894,250,000
1995	$586,286,469,401	$7,115,000,000
1996	$631,196,863,758	$8,557,500,000
1997	$589,202,526,424	$8,534,000,000
1998	$397,297,216,492	$6,405,250,000
1999	$515,697,079,289	$6,861,500,000
2000	$597,487,173,479	$6,693,250,000
2001	$567,564,806,235	$6,780,750,000
2002	$650,014,391,470	$6,345,250,000
2003	$728,516,494,684	$5,730,500,000
2004	$823,251,107,639	$5,808,500,000
2005	$971,740,329,984	$5,758,250,000
2006	$1,095,175,538,508	$5,446,750,000
2007	$1,220,911,904,593	$5,294,750,000
2008	$1,091,580,692,542	$4,418,000,000
2009	$983,065,242,417	$9,670,750,000
2010	$1,192,830,015,738	$12,047,750,000
2011	$1,307,103,477,219	$14,109,000,000
2012	$1,335,343,586,438	$17,123,500,000
2013	$1,434,669,686,502	$19,100,750,000
2014	$1,556,252,422,020	$19,505,500,000
2015	$1,539,212,301,136	$19,973,250,000
2016	$1,579,150,518,945	$20,559,250,000
2017	$1,710,196,756,713	$51,035,657,371
2018	$1,824,251,454,307	$34,141,666,667
2019	$1,751,045,752,055	$33,357,695,635
2020	$1,744,070,276,373	$31,980,334,561
2021	$1,942,313,560,966	$41,287,673,690
2022	$1,799,363,116,867	$40,757,561,709
2023	$1,844,800,934,392	$35,871,779,681
2024	$1,875,388,209,407	$41,539,411,516

South Korea and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Zimbabwe
1960	$158.8	$276.6
1961	$94.2	$279.2
1962	$106.6	$275.7
1963	$147	$277.1
1964	$124.2	$281.9
1965	$109.4	$294.3
1966	$134.4	$278.7
1967	$162.5	$294.4
1968	$200	$302
1969	$245.5	$346
1970	$281.8	$361
1971	$304	$406
1972	$328	$483
1973	$412	$579
1974	$572	$674
1975	$627	$717
1976	$847	$687
1977	$1,073	$677
1978	$1,429	$665
1979	$1,814	$779
1980	$1,746	$949
1981	$1,918	$1,069
1982	$2,032	$1,096
1983	$2,246	$959
1984	$2,469	$757
1985	$2,543	$649
1986	$2,911	$693
1987	$3,658	$726
1988	$4,889	$816
1989	$5,989	$840
1990	$6,813	$867
1991	$7,873	$831
1992	$8,387	$631
1993	$9,180	$605
1994	$10,734	$634
1995	$13,002	$648
1996	$13,865	$767
1997	$12,822	$751
1998	$8,583	$552
1999	$11,063	$582
2000	$12,710	$563
2001	$11,981	$566
2002	$13,643	$525
2003	$15,212	$468
2004	$17,122	$470
2005	$20,167	$461
2006	$22,610	$431
2007	$25,078	$414
2008	$22,252	$341
2009	$19,937	$736
2010	$24,071	$902
2011	$26,175	$1,038
2012	$26,601	$1,239
2013	$28,449	$1,363
2014	$30,667	$1,373
2015	$30,172	$1,387
2016	$30,832	$1,408
2017	$33,297	$3,445
2018	$35,364	$2,271
2019	$33,827	$2,184
2020	$33,646	$2,060
2021	$37,518	$2,614
2022	$34,822	$2,536
2023	$35,674	$2,195
2024	$36,239	$2,497

South Korea vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Zimbabwe
1950	22.2	49.4
1951	26.6	49.8
1952	36.6	50.2
1953	40.5	50.6
1954	46.1	51
1955	48.4	51.4
1956	50.2	51.8
1957	51.6	52.2
1958	51.8	52.6
1959	52.9	53
1960	53.8	53.5
1961	54.4	54
1962	55	54.5
1963	55	54.9
1964	55.3	55.4
1965	55.8	55.9
1966	55.4	56.4
1967	60.9	56.8
1968	60.9	57.1
1969	61.4	57.5
1970	62.2	57.8
1971	62.7	58
1972	63.2	58.2
1973	63.8	58.1
1974	64.2	58.2
1975	64.7	58.2
1976	65	57.6
1977	64.6	57
1978	65	54.7
1979	66.1	54.9
1980	64.8	59.1
1981	67.1	59.4
1982	67.1	59.9
1983	66.7	60
1984	68.1	60.6
1985	68.4	60.9
1986	69	61
1987	69.3	60.7
1988	70.2	60.2
1989	70.7	59.4
1990	71	58.3
1991	71.4	57
1992	72.2	55.6
1993	72.7	54
1994	72.9	52.5
1995	73.4	51.1
1996	74	49
1997	74.5	48.5
1998	75	47.6
1999	75.6	46.4
2000	76.2	46
2001	76.9	44.5
2002	77.2	45.9
2003	77.5	45.4
2004	78	46
2005	78.4	46.6
2006	79	47.1
2007	79.4	47.6
2008	80	48.5
2009	80.6	49.7
2010	80.7	51.9
2011	81.2	53.9
2012	81.3	55.4
2013	81.8	56.8
2014	82.4	58.1
2015	82.5	59
2016	82.9	59.8
2017	83.3	60.3
2018	83.3	60.9
2019	83.7	61.1
2020	83.7	61.5
2021	83.9	60.1
2022	82.7	62.4
2023	84.3	62.8
2024	84.4	63.1
2025	84.5	63.3
2026	84.6	63.6

South Korea and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Zimbabwe
1960	25,012,374	3,809,389
1961	25,765,673	3,930,401
1962	26,513,030	4,055,959
1963	27,261,747	4,185,877
1964	27,984,155	4,320,006
1965	28,704,674	4,458,462
1966	29,435,571	4,601,217
1967	30,130,983	4,748,307
1968	30,838,302	4,900,440
1969	31,544,266	5,058,181
1970	32,240,827	5,215,918
1971	32,882,704	5,374,712
1972	33,505,406	5,542,445
1973	34,103,149	5,720,404
1974	34,692,266	5,908,328
1975	35,280,725	6,098,658
1976	35,848,523	6,287,105
1977	36,411,795	6,449,512
1978	36,969,185	6,543,575
1979	37,534,236	6,647,556
1980	38,123,775	7,041,303
1981	38,723,248	7,498,635
1982	39,326,352	7,796,496
1983	39,910,403	8,098,404
1984	40,405,956	8,391,488
1985	40,805,744	8,686,813
1986	41,213,674	8,982,578
1987	41,621,690	9,284,644
1988	42,031,247	9,583,094
1989	42,449,038	9,864,798
1990	42,869,283	10,137,281
1991	43,295,704	10,404,816
1992	43,747,962	10,702,700
1993	44,194,628	10,860,288
1994	44,641,540	10,873,148
1995	45,092,991	10,974,599
1996	45,524,681	11,158,360
1997	45,953,580	11,369,827
1998	46,286,503	11,594,297
1999	46,616,677	11,783,458
2000	47,008,111	11,892,055
2001	47,370,164	11,971,901
2002	47,644,736	12,087,653
2003	47,892,330	12,232,323
2004	48,082,519	12,365,896
2005	48,184,561	12,483,432
2006	48,438,292	12,636,445
2007	48,683,638	12,804,058
2008	49,054,708	12,959,149
2009	49,307,835	13,142,790
2010	49,554,112	13,356,548
2011	49,936,638	13,595,424
2012	50,199,853	13,817,887
2013	50,428,893	14,013,808
2014	50,746,659	14,207,359
2015	51,014,947	14,399,013
2016	51,217,803	14,600,294
2017	51,361,911	14,812,482
2018	51,585,058	15,034,452
2019	51,764,822	15,271,368
2020	51,836,239	15,526,888
2021	51,769,539	15,797,210
2022	51,672,569	16,069,056
2023	51,712,619	16,340,822
2024	51,751,065	16,634,373

Fertility rates in South Korea and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

South Korea

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Zimbabwe
1960	5.99	7.2
1961	5.8	7.21
1962	5.56	7.23
1963	5.33	7.23
1964	5.07	7.23
1965	4.89	7.23
1966	4.78	7.2
1967	4.62	7.16
1968	4.51	7.11
1969	4.45	7.04
1970	4.53	6.98
1971	4.54	6.94
1972	4.12	6.94
1973	4.07	6.94
1974	3.77	6.88
1975	3.43	6.83
1976	3	6.77
1977	2.99	6.71
1978	2.64	6.66
1979	2.9	6.59
1980	2.82	6.52
1981	2.57	6.45
1982	2.39	6.33
1983	2.06	6.2
1984	1.74	6.04
1985	1.66	5.87
1986	1.58	5.69
1987	1.53	5.5
1988	1.55	5.28
1989	1.56	5.07
1990	1.57	4.88
1991	1.71	4.72
1992	1.76	4.57
1993	1.65	4.39
1994	1.66	4.28
1995	1.63	4.15
1996	1.57	4.11
1997	1.54	4.08
1998	1.46	4.07
1999	1.43	4.06
2000	1.48	4.01
2001	1.31	3.98
2002	1.18	3.93
2003	1.19	3.86
2004	1.16	3.78
2005	1.09	3.69
2006	1.13	3.64
2007	1.26	3.68
2008	1.19	3.78
2009	1.15	3.95
2010	1.23	4.04
2011	1.24	4.13
2012	1.3	4.13
2013	1.19	4.11
2014	1.21	4.01
2015	1.24	3.91
2016	1.17	3.83
2017	1.05	3.77
2018	0.98	3.74
2019	0.92	3.75
2020	0.84	3.75
2021	0.81	3.77
2022	0.78	3.77
2023	0.72	3.72

South Korea and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Zimbabwe
1960	19.3	16.4
1961	19.2	16.2
1962	19.1	16
1963	19	15.8
1964	18.8	15.7
1965	18.6	15.7
1966	18.5	15.7
1967	18.6	15.7
1968	18.7	15.7
1969	18.8	15.7
1970	18.9	15.7
1971	19	15.8
1972	19.1	15.8
1973	19.3	15.8
1974	19.6	15.9
1975	19.9	15.9
1976	20.2	15.8
1977	20.7	15.8
1978	21.1	15.7
1979	21.6	15.6
1980	22.1	15.6
1981	22.5	15.7
1982	22.8	15.8
1983	23.3	15.8
1984	23.7	15.8
1985	24.2	15.9
1986	24.8	15.9
1987	25.3	15.9
1988	25.8	15.9
1989	26.3	16.1
1990	26.7	16.3
1991	27.2	16.5
1992	27.8	16.4
1993	28.3	16.3
1994	28.9	16.4
1995	29.4	16.6
1996	29.8	16.9
1997	30.2	17.2
1998	30.7	17.5
1999	31.2	17.7
2000	31.7	17.8
2001	32.3	18
2002	32.8	18.1
2003	33.4	18.2
2004	33.9	18.3
2005	34.5	18.3
2006	35.2	18.5
2007	35.8	18.5
2008	36.4	18.5
2009	37	18.4
2010	37.6	18.3
2011	38.2	18.2
2012	38.8	18.1
2013	39.5	18
2014	40.2	18
2015	40.8	18
2016	41.4	18
2017	41.9	18.1
2018	42.5	18.2
2019	43.1	18.3
2020	43.8	18.5
2021	44.4	18.6
2022	44.9	18.7
2023	45.5	18.9
2024	46.1	19

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