Afghanistan vs South Korea statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 40th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Afghanistan and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Afghanistan

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Afghanistan	South Korea
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
1986	-	$116,836,246,285
1987	-	$147,948,709,376
1988	-	$199,591,287,825
1989	-	$246,928,837,311
1990	-	$283,365,844,161
1991	-	$330,647,042,837
1992	-	$355,524,903,068
1993	-	$392,665,710,525
1994	-	$463,619,823,515
1995	-	$566,581,003,128
1996	-	$610,167,053,824
1997	-	$569,755,022,973
1998	-	$383,331,833,682
1999	-	$497,514,040,642
2000	$3,521,418,060	$576,179,387,820
2001	$2,813,571,754	$547,656,279,895
2002	$3,825,701,439	$627,246,933,730
2003	$4,520,946,819	$702,714,855,194
2004	$5,224,896,719	$793,175,561,887
2005	$6,203,256,539	$934,901,071,333
2006	$6,971,758,282	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$9,747,886,187	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$10,109,297,048	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$12,416,152,732	$943,941,876,219
2010	$15,856,668,556	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$17,805,098,206	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$19,907,329,778	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$20,146,416,758	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$20,497,128,556	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$19,134,221,645	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$18,116,572,395	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$18,753,456,498	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$18,053,222,687	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$18,799,444,490	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$19,955,929,052	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$14,259,995,441	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$14,497,243,872	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$17,152,234,637	$1,712,792,854,202

Afghanistan and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Afghanistan

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Afghanistan	South Korea
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
1986	-	$2,835
1987	-	$3,555
1988	-	$4,749
1989	-	$5,817
1990	-	$6,610
1991	-	$7,637
1992	-	$8,127
1993	-	$8,885
1994	-	$10,385
1995	-	$12,565
1996	-	$13,403
1997	-	$12,398
1998	-	$8,282
1999	-	$10,672
2000	$174.9	$12,257
2001	$138.7	$11,561
2002	$179	$13,165
2003	$198.9	$14,673
2004	$221.8	$16,496
2005	$254.2	$19,403
2006	$274.2	$21,743
2007	$376	$24,086
2008	$382	$21,350
2009	$452	$19,144
2010	$561	$23,079
2011	$607	$25,098
2012	$651	$25,459
2013	$637	$27,180
2014	$625	$29,253
2015	$566	$28,737
2016	$522	$29,280
2017	$525	$31,601
2018	$491	$33,447
2019	$497	$31,902
2020	$511	$31,721
2021	$356	$35,126
2022	$357	$32,395
2023	$414	$33,121

Afghanistan vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	South Korea
1950	28.2	22.2
1951	28.6	26.6
1952	29	36.6
1953	29.5	40.5
1954	29.7	46.1
1955	30.4	48.4
1956	30.8	50.2
1957	31.3	51.6
1958	31.8	51.8
1959	32.3	52.9
1960	32.8	53.8
1961	33.3	54.4
1962	33.8	55
1963	34.2	55
1964	34.7	55.3
1965	35.1	55.8
1966	35.6	55.4
1967	36	60.9
1968	36.5	60.9
1969	37	61.4
1970	37.5	62.2
1971	37.9	62.7
1972	38.4	63.2
1973	39	63.8
1974	39.5	64.2
1975	40	64.7
1976	40.5	65
1977	41.1	64.6
1978	40.1	65
1979	38.8	66.1
1980	39.3	64.8
1981	39.4	67.1
1982	36.1	67.1
1983	36.5	66.7
1984	31.5	68.1
1985	32.1	68.4
1986	38.4	69
1987	38.8	69.3
1988	43.2	70.2
1989	44.5	70.7
1990	45.1	71
1991	45.5	71.4
1992	46.6	72.2
1993	51	72.7
1994	51	72.9
1995	52.1	73.4
1996	52.8	74
1997	53.2	74.5
1998	52.5	75
1999	54.5	75.6
2000	55	76.2
2001	55.5	76.9
2002	56.2	77.2
2003	57.2	77.5
2004	57.8	78
2005	58.2	78.4
2006	58.6	79
2007	59	79.4
2008	59.7	80
2009	60.2	80.6
2010	60.7	80.7
2011	61.3	81.2
2012	61.7	81.3
2013	62.2	81.8
2014	62.3	82.4
2015	62.3	82.5
2016	62.6	82.9
2017	62.4	83.3
2018	62.4	83.3
2019	62.9	83.7
2020	61.5	83.7
2021	60.4	83.9
2022	65.6	82.7
2023	66	84.3
2024	66.3	84.4
2025	66.5	84.5

Afghanistan and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	South Korea
1960	9,035,043	25,012,374
1961	9,214,083	25,765,673
1962	9,404,406	26,513,030
1963	9,604,487	27,261,747
1964	9,814,318	27,984,155
1965	10,036,008	28,704,674
1966	10,266,395	29,435,571
1967	10,505,959	30,130,983
1968	10,756,922	30,838,302
1969	11,017,409	31,544,266
1970	11,290,128	32,240,827
1971	11,567,667	32,882,704
1972	11,853,696	33,505,406
1973	12,157,999	34,103,149
1974	12,469,127	34,692,266
1975	12,773,954	35,280,725
1976	13,059,851	35,848,523
1977	13,340,756	36,411,795
1978	13,611,441	36,969,185
1979	13,655,567	37,534,236
1980	13,169,311	38,123,775
1981	11,937,581	38,723,248
1982	10,991,378	39,326,352
1983	10,917,982	39,910,403
1984	11,190,221	40,405,956
1985	11,426,852	40,805,744
1986	11,420,074	41,213,674
1987	11,387,818	41,621,690
1988	11,523,298	42,031,247
1989	11,874,088	42,449,038
1990	12,045,660	42,869,283
1991	12,238,879	43,295,704
1992	13,278,974	43,747,962
1993	14,943,172	44,194,628
1994	16,250,794	44,641,540
1995	17,065,836	45,092,991
1996	17,763,266	45,524,681
1997	18,452,091	45,953,580
1998	19,159,996	46,286,503
1999	19,887,785	46,616,677
2000	20,130,327	47,008,111
2001	20,284,307	47,370,164
2002	21,378,117	47,644,736
2003	22,733,049	47,892,330
2004	23,560,654	48,082,519
2005	24,404,567	48,184,561
2006	25,424,094	48,438,292
2007	25,909,852	48,683,638
2008	26,482,622	49,054,708
2009	27,466,101	49,307,835
2010	28,284,089	49,554,112
2011	29,347,708	49,936,638
2012	30,560,034	50,199,853
2013	31,622,704	50,428,893
2014	32,792,523	50,746,659
2015	33,831,764	51,014,947
2016	34,700,612	51,217,803
2017	35,688,935	51,361,911
2018	36,743,039	51,585,058
2019	37,856,121	51,764,822
2020	39,068,979	51,836,239
2021	40,000,412	51,769,539
2022	40,578,842	51,672,569
2023	41,454,761	51,712,619
2024	42,647,492	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and South Korea

Fertility rate

Afghanistan

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	South Korea
1960	7.28	5.99
1961	7.28	5.8
1962	7.29	5.56
1963	7.3	5.33
1964	7.3	5.07
1965	7.31	4.89
1966	7.32	4.78
1967	7.34	4.62
1968	7.36	4.51
1969	7.39	4.45
1970	7.4	4.53
1971	7.43	4.54
1972	7.45	4.12
1973	7.49	4.07
1974	7.53	3.77
1975	7.54	3.43
1976	7.56	3
1977	7.59	2.99
1978	7.6	2.64
1979	7.61	2.9
1980	7.64	2.82
1981	7.62	2.57
1982	7.6	2.39
1983	7.57	2.06
1984	7.55	1.74
1985	7.55	1.66
1986	7.55	1.58
1987	7.55	1.53
1988	7.55	1.55
1989	7.56	1.56
1990	7.58	1.57
1991	7.63	1.71
1992	7.7	1.76
1993	7.76	1.65
1994	7.77	1.66
1995	7.77	1.63
1996	7.76	1.57
1997	7.73	1.54
1998	7.69	1.46
1999	7.64	1.43
2000	7.57	1.48
2001	7.45	1.31
2002	7.32	1.18
2003	7.17	1.19
2004	7.02	1.16
2005	6.86	1.09
2006	6.69	1.13
2007	6.51	1.26
2008	6.39	1.19
2009	6.3	1.15
2010	6.2	1.23
2011	6.09	1.24
2012	5.99	1.3
2013	5.88	1.19
2014	5.77	1.21
2015	5.65	1.24
2016	5.54	1.17
2017	5.43	1.05
2018	5.33	0.98
2019	5.24	0.92
2020	5.15	0.84
2021	5.04	0.81
2022	4.93	0.78
2023	4.84	0.72

Afghanistan and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Afghanistan

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Afghanistan	South Korea
1960	18.9	19.3
1961	18.9	19.2
1962	18.8	19.1
1963	18.7	19
1964	18.6	18.8
1965	18.6	18.6
1966	18.5	18.5
1967	18.4	18.6
1968	18.3	18.7
1969	18.2	18.8
1970	18.1	18.9
1971	17.9	19
1972	17.8	19.1
1973	17.7	19.3
1974	17.6	19.6
1975	17.5	19.9
1976	17.4	20.2
1977	17.3	20.7
1978	17.2	21.1
1979	17	21.6
1980	16.9	22.1
1981	16.8	22.5
1982	16.7	22.8
1983	16.6	23.3
1984	16.5	23.7
1985	16.4	24.2
1986	16.3	24.8
1987	16.3	25.3
1988	16.2	25.8
1989	16.1	26.3
1990	16.1	26.7
1991	16	27.2
1992	15.9	27.8
1993	15.8	28.3
1994	15.7	28.9
1995	15.6	29.4
1996	15.5	29.8
1997	15.3	30.2
1998	15.2	30.7
1999	15.1	31.2
2000	15	31.7
2001	14.9	32.3
2002	14.9	32.8
2003	14.9	33.4
2004	14.9	33.9
2005	15	34.5
2006	15.1	35.2
2007	15.2	35.8
2008	15.3	36.4
2009	15.5	37
2010	15.7	37.6
2011	15.9	38.2
2012	16	38.8
2013	16.2	39.5
2014	16.4	40.2
2015	16.6	40.8
2016	16.8	41.4
2017	17	41.9
2018	17.1	42.5
2019	17.3	43.1
2020	17.5	43.8
2021	17.6	44.4
2022	17.8	44.9
2023	18	45.5
2024	18.2	46.1

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