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 14/197 ($1.76T) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,604), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Australia and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Australia and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Australia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	South Korea
1960	$18,635,682,982	$3,973,069,307
1961	$19,713,123,154	$2,427,244,761
1962	$19,953,923,193	$2,826,923,077
1963	$21,573,443,452	$4,007,692,308
1964	$23,835,843,814	$3,476,789,682
1965	$26,014,244,162	$3,141,131,708
1966	$27,349,284,376	$3,957,064,541
1967	$30,487,524,878	$4,895,076,718
1968	$32,763,365,242	$6,167,109,472
1969	$36,738,245,878	$7,743,940,189
1970	$41,395,206,623	$9,085,001,794
1971	$45,283,847,245	$10,005,257,131
1972	$52,117,990,654	$10,990,490,570
1973	$63,923,126,201	$14,067,523,813
1974	$89,086,219,602	$19,860,929,977
1975	$97,440,939,506	$22,126,033,058
1976	$105,209,354,856	$30,371,074,380
1977	$110,504,702,914	$39,064,462,810
1978	$118,660,813,780	$52,824,793,388
1979	$135,093,718,051	$68,083,884,298
1980	$150,200,557,103	$66,547,970,351
1981	$177,151,979,566	$74,287,368,087
1982	$194,323,071,831	$79,921,300,447
1983	$177,523,719,680	$89,621,208,322
1984	$193,749,932,078	$99,749,645,089
1985	$180,861,108,959	$103,764,281,281
1986	$182,707,050,923	$119,965,960,795
1987	$189,726,707,253	$152,240,393,646
1988	$236,461,079,970	$205,477,530,605
1989	$300,264,309,002	$254,236,243,100
1990	$311,840,666,465	$292,064,221,389
1991	$326,416,407,861	$340,851,946,804
1992	$325,982,966,981	$366,921,291,825
1993	$312,568,858,910	$405,705,302,846
1994	$323,269,456,935	$479,181,794,217
1995	$368,725,126,225	$586,286,469,401
1996	$401,962,517,479	$631,196,863,758
1997	$436,321,902,767	$589,202,526,424
1998	$400,361,527,505	$397,297,216,492
1999	$390,347,787,943	$515,697,079,289
2000	$416,901,962,163	$597,487,173,479
2001	$380,360,222,861	$567,564,806,235
2002	$396,436,967,263	$650,014,391,470
2003	$468,517,181,130	$728,516,494,684
2004	$615,643,050,221	$823,251,107,639
2005	$696,811,489,613	$971,740,329,984
2006	$749,708,370,333	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$856,603,595,823	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$1,058,448,244,064	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$931,761,689,771	$983,065,242,417
2010	$1,152,566,632,022	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$1,402,939,868,653	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$1,552,728,401,402	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$1,583,737,461,925	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$1,474,677,007,566	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$1,356,805,839,936	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$1,211,588,128,418	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$1,330,890,554,614	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$1,433,144,978,762	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$1,398,349,602,956	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$1,333,336,461,648	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$1,560,617,493,203	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$1,695,627,535,476	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$1,734,451,264,656	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$1,757,022,451,653	$1,875,388,209,407

Australia and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	South Korea
1960	$1,813	$158.8
1961	$1,880	$94.2
1962	$1,858	$106.6
1963	$1,970	$147
1964	$2,134	$124.2
1965	$2,284	$109.4
1966	$2,347	$134.4
1967	$2,584	$162.5
1968	$2,728	$200
1969	$2,996	$245.5
1970	$3,310	$281.8
1971	$3,500	$304
1972	$3,955	$328
1973	$4,778	$412
1974	$6,492	$572
1975	$7,014	$627
1976	$7,497	$847
1977	$7,786	$1,073
1978	$8,264	$1,429
1979	$9,308	$1,814
1980	$10,223	$1,746
1981	$11,871	$1,918
1982	$12,798	$2,032
1983	$11,532	$2,246
1984	$12,436	$2,469
1985	$11,455	$2,543
1986	$11,406	$2,911
1987	$11,666	$3,658
1988	$14,303	$4,889
1989	$17,858	$5,989
1990	$18,274	$6,813
1991	$18,885	$7,873
1992	$18,650	$8,387
1993	$17,725	$9,180
1994	$18,156	$10,734
1995	$20,479	$13,002
1996	$22,056	$13,865
1997	$23,683	$12,822
1998	$21,516	$8,583
1999	$20,750	$11,063
2000	$21,909	$12,710
2001	$19,734	$11,981
2002	$20,335	$13,643
2003	$23,758	$15,212
2004	$30,886	$17,122
2005	$34,535	$20,167
2006	$36,659	$22,610
2007	$41,128	$25,078
2008	$49,811	$22,252
2009	$42,955	$19,937
2010	$52,314	$24,071
2011	$62,799	$26,175
2012	$68,301	$26,601
2013	$68,477	$28,449
2014	$62,817	$30,667
2015	$56,970	$30,172
2016	$50,084	$30,832
2017	$54,118	$33,297
2018	$57,410	$35,364
2019	$55,195	$33,827
2020	$51,983	$33,646
2021	$60,759	$37,518
2022	$65,170	$34,822
2023	$65,058	$35,674
2024	$64,604	$36,239

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
2026	84.3	84.6

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	26,018,721	51,672,569
2023	26,659,922	51,712,619
2024	27,196,812	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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