Australia vs South Korea statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 6th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Australia and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Australia and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Australia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	South Korea
1960	$18,607,682,977	$3,958,811,881
1961	$19,684,003,149	$2,417,628,737
1962	$19,923,683,188	$2,814,615,385
1963	$21,540,963,447	$3,988,461,538
1964	$23,801,123,808	$3,459,019,943
1965	$25,977,284,156	$3,120,861,499
1966	$27,308,964,369	$3,929,055,144
1967	$30,442,724,871	$4,855,892,446
1968	$32,714,085,234	$6,119,394,892
1969	$36,684,485,870	$7,678,698,838
1970	$41,334,726,614	$9,005,144,969
1971	$45,217,767,235	$9,903,571,249
1972	$52,042,056,075	$10,862,211,761
1973	$63,833,440,102	$13,876,472,208
1974	$88,965,364,775	$19,543,973,941
1975	$97,304,383,449	$21,784,297,521
1976	$105,060,616,985	$29,902,479,339
1977	$110,352,144,987	$38,446,487,603
1978	$118,492,761,338	$51,972,107,438
1979	$134,900,602,067	$66,946,900,826
1980	$149,987,743,733	$65,398,377,598
1981	$176,895,390,688	$72,933,533,012
1982	$194,041,708,044	$78,358,416,171
1983	$177,267,290,706	$87,760,553,262
1984	$193,525,337,526	$97,510,744,119
1985	$180,643,265,927	$101,296,177,099
1986	$182,481,113,598	$116,836,246,285
1987	$189,495,764,955	$147,948,709,376
1988	$236,161,314,544	$199,591,287,825
1989	$299,875,906,679	$246,928,837,311
1990	$311,426,665,220	$283,365,844,161
1991	$325,975,319,456	$330,647,042,837
1992	$325,525,379,567	$355,524,903,068
1993	$312,133,923,553	$392,665,710,525
1994	$322,806,641,301	$463,619,823,515
1995	$368,166,023,166	$566,581,003,128
1996	$401,341,880,621	$610,167,053,824
1997	$435,642,611,297	$569,755,022,973
1998	$399,674,421,759	$383,331,833,682
1999	$389,652,212,057	$497,514,040,642
2000	$416,167,815,093	$576,179,387,820
2001	$379,629,301,675	$547,656,279,895
2002	$395,788,696,012	$627,246,933,730
2003	$467,739,079,790	$702,714,855,194
2004	$614,659,980,083	$793,175,561,887
2005	$695,692,898,677	$934,901,071,333
2006	$748,417,562,770	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$855,007,458,585	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$1,056,112,427,190	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$928,762,122,698	$943,941,876,219
2010	$1,148,838,233,481	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$1,398,610,616,773	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$1,547,532,281,116	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$1,577,123,329,411	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$1,468,265,356,428	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$1,351,296,372,254	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$1,206,836,962,282	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$1,325,582,658,157	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$1,427,809,041,019	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$1,392,723,834,563	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$1,328,414,058,378	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$1,556,735,770,437	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$1,690,858,246,994	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$1,728,057,316,696	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$1,752,193,307,380	-

Australia and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	South Korea
1960	$1,811	$158.3
1961	$1,878	$93.8
1962	$1,855	$106.2
1963	$1,967	$146.3
1964	$2,131	$123.6
1965	$2,281	$108.7
1966	$2,344	$133.5
1967	$2,580	$161.2
1968	$2,724	$198.4
1969	$2,991	$243.4
1970	$3,305	$279.3
1971	$3,495	$301
1972	$3,949	$324
1973	$4,771	$407
1974	$6,483	$563
1975	$7,004	$617
1976	$7,487	$834
1977	$7,776	$1,056
1978	$8,253	$1,406
1979	$9,295	$1,784
1980	$10,209	$1,715
1981	$11,854	$1,883
1982	$12,779	$1,993
1983	$11,516	$2,199
1984	$12,422	$2,413
1985	$11,442	$2,482
1986	$11,392	$2,835
1987	$11,651	$3,555
1988	$14,285	$4,749
1989	$17,834	$5,817
1990	$18,249	$6,610
1991	$18,860	$7,637
1992	$18,624	$8,127
1993	$17,700	$8,885
1994	$18,130	$10,385
1995	$20,448	$12,565
1996	$22,022	$13,403
1997	$23,647	$12,398
1998	$21,479	$8,282
1999	$20,713	$10,672
2000	$21,870	$12,257
2001	$19,696	$11,561
2002	$20,302	$13,165
2003	$23,718	$14,673
2004	$30,837	$16,496
2005	$34,480	$19,403
2006	$36,596	$21,743
2007	$41,052	$24,086
2008	$49,701	$21,350
2009	$42,817	$19,144
2010	$52,145	$23,079
2011	$62,606	$25,098
2012	$68,073	$25,459
2013	$68,191	$27,180
2014	$62,544	$29,253
2015	$56,739	$28,737
2016	$49,888	$29,280
2017	$53,902	$31,601
2018	$57,196	$33,447
2019	$54,973	$31,902
2020	$51,792	$31,721
2021	$60,608	$35,126
2022	$64,997	$32,395
2023	$64,836	$33,121
2024	$64,407	-

Australia vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	South Korea
1950	69	22.2
1951	68.7	26.6
1952	69.1	36.6
1953	69.7	40.5
1954	69.9	46.1
1955	70.2	48.4
1956	70	50.2
1957	70.3	51.6
1958	70.9	51.8
1959	70.4	52.9
1960	70.9	53.8
1961	71.1	54.4
1962	70.9	55
1963	71	55
1964	70.6	55.3
1965	70.8	55.8
1966	70.7	55.4
1967	71	60.9
1968	70.7	60.9
1969	71.1	61.4
1970	70.7	62.2
1971	71.5	62.7
1972	71.8	63.2
1973	72.1	63.8
1974	71.8	64.2
1975	72.8	64.7
1976	72.8	65
1977	73.5	64.6
1978	73.7	65
1979	74.3	66.1
1980	74.6	64.8
1981	74.8	67.1
1982	74.7	67.1
1983	75.4	66.7
1984	75.5	68.1
1985	75.4	68.4
1986	76.1	69
1987	76.1	69.3
1988	76.3	70.2
1989	76.2	70.7
1990	77	71
1991	77.5	71.4
1992	77.5	72.2
1993	78	72.7
1994	77.9	72.9
1995	78.3	73.4
1996	78.3	74
1997	78.6	74.5
1998	79	75
1999	79.3	75.6
2000	79.6	76.2
2001	80	76.9
2002	80.1	77.2
2003	80.4	77.5
2004	80.7	78
2005	81.1	78.4
2006	81.3	79
2007	81.2	79.4
2008	81.4	80
2009	81.7	80.6
2010	82	80.7
2011	82.1	81.2
2012	82.3	81.3
2013	82.6	81.8
2014	82.5	82.4
2015	82.6	82.5
2016	82.8	82.9
2017	82.7	83.3
2018	83.3	83.3
2019	83.2	83.7
2020	83.7	83.7
2021	83.6	83.9
2022	82.8	82.7
2023	83.9	84.3
2024	84.1	84.4
2025	84.2	84.5

Australia and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	South Korea
1960	10,276,477	25,012,374
1961	10,483,000	25,765,673
1962	10,742,000	26,513,030
1963	10,950,000	27,261,747
1964	11,167,000	27,984,155
1965	11,388,000	28,704,674
1966	11,651,000	29,435,571
1967	11,799,000	30,130,983
1968	12,009,000	30,838,302
1969	12,263,000	31,544,266
1970	12,507,000	32,240,827
1971	12,937,000	32,882,704
1972	13,177,000	33,505,406
1973	13,380,000	34,103,149
1974	13,723,000	34,692,266
1975	13,893,000	35,280,725
1976	14,033,000	35,848,523
1977	14,192,000	36,411,795
1978	14,358,000	36,969,185
1979	14,514,000	37,534,236
1980	14,692,000	38,123,775
1981	14,923,260	38,723,248
1982	15,184,247	39,326,352
1983	15,393,472	39,910,403
1984	15,579,391	40,405,956
1985	15,788,312	40,805,744
1986	16,018,350	41,213,674
1987	16,263,874	41,621,690
1988	16,532,164	42,031,247
1989	16,814,416	42,449,038
1990	17,065,128	42,869,283
1991	17,284,036	43,295,704
1992	17,478,635	43,747,962
1993	17,634,808	44,194,628
1994	17,805,468	44,641,540
1995	18,004,882	45,092,991
1996	18,224,767	45,524,681
1997	18,423,037	45,953,580
1998	18,607,584	46,286,503
1999	18,812,264	46,616,677
2000	19,028,802	47,008,111
2001	19,274,701	47,370,164
2002	19,495,210	47,644,736
2003	19,720,737	47,892,330
2004	19,932,722	48,082,519
2005	20,176,844	48,184,561
2006	20,450,966	48,438,292
2007	20,827,622	48,683,638
2008	21,249,199	49,054,708
2009	21,691,653	49,307,835
2010	22,031,750	49,554,112
2011	22,340,024	49,936,638
2012	22,733,465	50,199,853
2013	23,128,129	50,428,893
2014	23,475,686	50,746,659
2015	23,815,995	51,014,947
2016	24,190,907	51,217,803
2017	24,592,588	51,361,911
2018	24,963,258	51,585,058
2019	25,334,826	51,764,822
2020	25,649,248	51,836,239
2021	25,685,412	51,769,539
2022	26,014,399	51,672,569
2023	26,652,777	51,712,619
2024	27,204,809	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Australia and South Korea

Fertility rate

Australia

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	South Korea
1960	3.45	5.99
1961	3.54	5.8
1962	3.44	5.56
1963	3.33	5.33
1964	3.15	5.07
1965	2.98	4.89
1966	2.88	4.78
1967	2.85	4.62
1968	2.89	4.51
1969	2.89	4.45
1970	2.86	4.53
1971	2.96	4.54
1972	2.74	4.12
1973	2.49	4.07
1974	2.4	3.77
1975	2.15	3.43
1976	2.06	3
1977	2.01	2.99
1978	1.95	2.64
1979	1.91	2.9
1980	1.89	2.82
1981	1.94	2.57
1982	1.93	2.39
1983	1.92	2.06
1984	1.84	1.74
1985	1.92	1.66
1986	1.87	1.58
1987	1.85	1.53
1988	1.83	1.55
1989	1.84	1.56
1990	1.9	1.57
1991	1.85	1.71
1992	1.89	1.76
1993	1.86	1.65
1994	1.84	1.66
1995	1.82	1.63
1996	1.8	1.57
1997	1.78	1.54
1998	1.76	1.46
1999	1.76	1.43
2000	1.76	1.48
2001	1.74	1.31
2002	1.76	1.18
2003	1.75	1.19
2004	1.77	1.16
2005	1.81	1.09
2006	1.91	1.13
2007	1.96	1.26
2008	1.98	1.19
2009	1.97	1.15
2010	1.93	1.23
2011	1.93	1.24
2012	1.92	1.3
2013	1.86	1.19
2014	1.83	1.21
2015	1.81	1.24
2016	1.75	1.17
2017	1.74	1.05
2018	1.74	0.98
2019	1.66	0.92
2020	1.58	0.84
2021	1.7	0.81
2022	1.63	0.78
2023	1.5	0.72

Australia and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Australia

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	South Korea
1960	29.5	19.3
1961	29.3	19.2
1962	29.1	19.1
1963	28.8	19
1964	28.6	18.8
1965	28.3	18.6
1966	28.1	18.5
1967	28	18.6
1968	27.9	18.7
1969	27.8	18.8
1970	27.7	18.9
1971	27.7	19
1972	27.7	19.1
1973	27.8	19.3
1974	28	19.6
1975	28.1	19.9
1976	28.4	20.2
1977	28.6	20.7
1978	28.9	21.1
1979	29.1	21.6
1980	29.4	22.1
1981	29.6	22.5
1982	29.9	22.8
1983	30.2	23.3
1984	30.5	23.7
1985	30.8	24.2
1986	31.1	24.8
1987	31.3	25.3
1988	31.6	25.8
1989	31.8	26.3
1990	32.1	26.7
1991	32.4	27.2
1992	32.7	27.8
1993	33	28.3
1994	33.3	28.9
1995	33.6	29.4
1996	34	29.8
1997	34.3	30.2
1998	34.7	30.7
1999	35.1	31.2
2000	35.4	31.7
2001	35.6	32.3
2002	35.8	32.8
2003	36.1	33.4
2004	36.3	33.9
2005	36.5	34.5
2006	36.7	35.2
2007	36.8	35.8
2008	36.8	36.4
2009	36.9	37
2010	37	37.6
2011	37.1	38.2
2012	37.2	38.8
2013	37.2	39.5
2014	37.3	40.2
2015	37.3	40.8
2016	37.3	41.4
2017	37.4	41.9
2018	37.4	42.5
2019	37.6	43.1
2020	38	43.8
2021	38.3	44.4
2022	38.5	44.9
2023	38.8	45.5
2024	39	46.1

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