Bangladesh vs South Korea statistics compared

Bangladesh has a population of 174M (ranked 8/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Bangladesh's land area is 50,186 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 94th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Bangladesh ranks 36/197 ($450B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Bangladesh ranks 146/197 ($2,593), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Bangladesh and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Bangladesh and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Bangladesh

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Bangladesh	South Korea
1960	$4,274,894,083	$3,958,811,881
1961	$4,817,580,375	$2,417,628,737
1962	$5,081,413,542	$2,814,615,385
1963	$5,319,458,563	$3,988,461,538
1964	$5,386,054,833	$3,459,019,943
1965	$5,906,636,792	$3,120,861,499
1966	$6,439,687,854	$3,929,055,144
1967	$7,253,575,688	$4,855,892,446
1968	$7,483,685,771	$6,119,394,892
1969	$8,471,006,438	$7,678,698,838
1970	$8,992,722,167	$9,005,144,969
1971	$8,751,843,188	$9,903,571,249
1972	$6,288,245,867	$10,862,211,761
1973	$8,086,725,729	$13,876,472,208
1974	$12,512,460,520	$19,543,973,941
1975	$19,448,348,073	$21,784,297,521
1976	$10,117,113,333	$29,902,479,339
1977	$9,651,149,302	$38,446,487,603
1978	$13,281,767,143	$51,972,107,438
1979	$15,565,480,322	$66,946,900,826
1980	$18,138,049,096	$65,398,377,598
1981	$20,249,694,002	$72,933,533,012
1982	$18,525,399,202	$78,358,416,171
1983	$17,609,048,822	$87,760,553,262
1984	$18,920,840,000	$97,510,744,119
1985	$22,278,423,077	$101,296,177,099
1986	$21,774,033,333	$116,836,246,285
1987	$24,298,032,258	$147,948,709,376
1988	$26,579,005,558	$199,591,287,825
1989	$28,781,715,189	$246,928,837,311
1990	$31,598,340,778	$283,365,844,161
1991	$30,957,483,950	$330,647,042,837
1992	$31,708,874,594	$355,524,903,068
1993	$33,166,519,418	$392,665,710,525
1994	$33,768,660,883	$463,619,823,515
1995	$37,939,748,769	$566,581,003,128
1996	$46,438,484,108	$610,167,053,824
1997	$48,244,309,133	$569,755,022,973
1998	$49,984,559,471	$383,331,833,682
1999	$51,270,569,884	$497,514,040,642
2000	$53,369,787,319	$576,179,387,820
2001	$53,991,289,844	$547,656,279,895
2002	$54,724,081,491	$627,246,933,730
2003	$60,158,929,188	$702,714,855,194
2004	$65,108,544,250	$793,175,561,887
2005	$69,476,001,239	$934,901,071,333
2006	$71,795,736,172	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$79,611,644,975	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$91,636,997,371	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$102,475,158,191	$943,941,876,219
2010	$115,275,540,051	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$128,607,482,310	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$133,310,747,603	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$149,998,957,434	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$172,886,611,654	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$195,146,608,978	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$265,224,515,675	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$293,732,446,625	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$321,362,752,442	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$351,231,654,604	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$373,979,442,362	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$416,271,647,911	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$460,131,689,083	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$437,415,333,018	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$450,119,424,622	-

Bangladesh and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Bangladesh

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bangladesh	South Korea
1960	$82.5	$158.3
1961	$90.4	$93.8
1962	$92.6	$106.2
1963	$94.1	$146.3
1964	$92.6	$123.6
1965	$98.6	$108.7
1966	$104.4	$133.5
1967	$114.2	$161.2
1968	$114.4	$198.4
1969	$125.9	$243.4
1970	$130.2	$279.3
1971	$124.5	$301
1972	$87.8	$324
1973	$109.7	$407
1974	$165	$563
1975	$249.8	$617
1976	$126.7	$834
1977	$117.9	$1,056
1978	$158.3	$1,406
1979	$181.1	$1,784
1980	$206.1	$1,715
1981	$224.2	$1,883
1982	$199.6	$1,993
1983	$184.7	$2,199
1984	$193.4	$2,413
1985	$222.2	$2,482
1986	$212.1	$2,835
1987	$231.5	$3,555
1988	$247.9	$4,749
1989	$263	$5,817
1990	$283.1	$6,610
1991	$272.1	$7,637
1992	$273.5	$8,127
1993	$280.8	$8,885
1994	$280.6	$10,385
1995	$309	$12,565
1996	$372	$13,403
1997	$379	$12,398
1998	$386	$8,282
1999	$388	$10,672
2000	$397	$12,257
2001	$395	$11,561
2002	$394	$13,165
2003	$427	$14,673
2004	$456	$16,496
2005	$480	$19,403
2006	$490	$21,743
2007	$538	$24,086
2008	$613	$21,350
2009	$679	$19,144
2010	$757	$23,079
2011	$837	$25,098
2012	$860	$25,459
2013	$958	$27,180
2014	$1,094	$29,253
2015	$1,224	$28,737
2016	$1,649	$29,280
2017	$1,811	$31,601
2018	$1,965	$33,447
2019	$2,130	$31,902
2020	$2,249	$31,721
2021	$2,483	$35,126
2022	$2,716	$32,395
2023	$2,551	$33,121
2024	$2,593	-

Bangladesh vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bangladesh

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bangladesh	South Korea
1950	37.4	22.2
1951	38.1	26.6
1952	38.8	36.6
1953	39.4	40.5
1954	40.4	46.1
1955	41.1	48.4
1956	41.6	50.2
1957	42.6	51.6
1958	43.1	51.8
1959	43.7	52.9
1960	44	53.8
1961	44.9	54.4
1962	45.8	55
1963	45.7	55
1964	46.8	55.3
1965	46	55.8
1966	47.6	55.4
1967	48.1	60.9
1968	48.4	60.9
1969	48.7	61.4
1970	42.7	62.2
1971	26.5	62.7
1972	49.6	63.2
1973	49.9	63.8
1974	49.6	64.2
1975	50.6	64.7
1976	51	65
1977	51.3	64.6
1978	51.6	65
1979	52	66.1
1980	52.3	64.8
1981	52.6	67.1
1982	53	67.1
1983	53.4	66.7
1984	53.8	68.1
1985	53.9	68.4
1986	54.6	69
1987	54.9	69.3
1988	55.2	70.2
1989	55.5	70.7
1990	55.8	71
1991	53.8	71.4
1992	56.6	72.2
1993	57.1	72.7
1994	57.6	72.9
1995	58.2	73.4
1996	58.9	74
1997	59.7	74.5
1998	60.4	75
1999	61.2	75.6
2000	62	76.2
2001	62.8	76.9
2002	63.6	77.2
2003	64.3	77.5
2004	64.9	78
2005	65.5	78.4
2006	66	79
2007	66.5	79.4
2008	67	80
2009	67.5	80.6
2010	68	80.7
2011	68.5	81.2
2012	69	81.3
2013	69.5	81.8
2014	70	82.4
2015	70.5	82.5
2016	71.1	82.9
2017	71.6	83.3
2018	72.1	83.3
2019	72.6	83.7
2020	71.4	83.7
2021	71.1	83.9
2022	74.3	82.7
2023	74.7	84.3
2024	74.9	84.4
2025	75.2	84.5

Bangladesh and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Bangladesh

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Bangladesh	South Korea
1960	51,828,660	25,012,374
1961	53,310,348	25,765,673
1962	54,881,146	26,513,030
1963	56,504,402	27,261,747
1964	58,178,374	27,984,155
1965	59,902,519	28,704,674
1966	61,669,806	29,435,571
1967	63,510,929	30,130,983
1968	65,408,276	30,838,302
1969	67,294,133	31,544,266
1970	69,058,894	32,240,827
1971	70,276,758	32,882,704
1972	71,641,519	33,505,406
1973	73,722,294	34,103,149
1974	75,839,348	34,692,266
1975	77,854,351	35,280,725
1976	79,855,318	35,848,523
1977	81,867,264	36,411,795
1978	83,889,655	36,969,185
1979	85,935,072	37,534,236
1980	88,016,432	38,123,775
1981	90,303,105	38,723,248
1982	92,814,507	39,326,352
1983	95,335,155	39,910,403
1984	97,814,966	40,405,956
1985	100,253,825	40,805,744
1986	102,635,572	41,213,674
1987	104,959,291	41,621,690
1988	107,216,008	42,031,247
1989	109,433,799	42,449,038
1990	111,633,717	42,869,283
1991	113,787,109	43,295,704
1992	115,952,192	43,747,962
1993	118,132,360	44,194,628
1994	120,343,179	44,641,540
1995	122,600,370	45,092,991
1996	124,862,179	45,524,681
1997	127,198,069	45,953,580
1998	129,622,332	46,286,503
1999	132,108,065	46,616,677
2000	134,544,304	47,008,111
2001	136,805,810	47,370,164
2002	138,933,658	47,644,736
2003	140,970,351	47,892,330
2004	142,902,856	48,082,519
2005	144,715,786	48,184,561
2006	146,405,973	48,438,292
2007	147,989,278	48,683,638
2008	149,474,264	49,054,708
2009	150,873,714	49,307,835
2010	152,201,981	49,554,112
2011	153,591,076	49,936,638
2012	155,070,101	50,199,853
2013	156,532,141	50,428,893
2014	157,964,929	50,746,659
2015	159,383,179	51,014,947
2016	160,811,932	51,217,803
2017	162,186,147	51,361,911
2018	163,523,103	51,585,058
2019	164,913,055	51,764,822
2020	166,298,024	51,836,239
2021	167,658,854	51,769,539
2022	169,384,897	51,672,569
2023	171,466,990	51,712,619
2024	173,562,364	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Bangladesh and South Korea

Fertility rate

Bangladesh

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bangladesh	South Korea
1960	6.74	5.99
1961	6.78	5.8
1962	6.81	5.56
1963	6.8	5.33
1964	6.79	5.07
1965	6.77	4.89
1966	6.77	4.78
1967	6.79	4.62
1968	6.79	4.51
1969	6.81	4.45
1970	6.84	4.53
1971	6.83	4.54
1972	6.82	4.12
1973	6.8	4.07
1974	6.78	3.77
1975	6.73	3.43
1976	6.66	3
1977	6.58	2.99
1978	6.51	2.64
1979	6.42	2.9
1980	6.33	2.82
1981	6.24	2.57
1982	6.12	2.39
1983	5.91	2.06
1984	5.73	1.74
1985	5.54	1.66
1986	5.3	1.58
1987	5.08	1.53
1988	4.85	1.55
1989	4.7	1.56
1990	4.51	1.57
1991	4.26	1.71
1992	4.03	1.76
1993	3.83	1.65
1994	3.74	1.66
1995	3.59	1.63
1996	3.51	1.57
1997	3.5	1.54
1998	3.43	1.46
1999	3.36	1.43
2000	3.28	1.48
2001	3.2	1.31
2002	3.13	1.18
2003	3.03	1.19
2004	2.94	1.16
2005	2.85	1.09
2006	2.76	1.13
2007	2.67	1.26
2008	2.58	1.19
2009	2.48	1.15
2010	2.38	1.23
2011	2.31	1.24
2012	2.26	1.3
2013	2.25	1.19
2014	2.23	1.21
2015	2.23	1.24
2016	2.23	1.17
2017	2.21	1.05
2018	2.19	0.98
2019	2.18	0.92
2020	2.17	0.84
2021	2.17	0.81
2022	2.18	0.78
2023	2.16	0.72

Bangladesh and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Bangladesh

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bangladesh	South Korea
1960	19	19.3
1961	18.9	19.2
1962	18.8	19.1
1963	18.7	19
1964	18.6	18.8
1965	18.5	18.6
1966	18.4	18.5
1967	18.3	18.6
1968	18.2	18.7
1969	18	18.8
1970	17.9	18.9
1971	17.8	19
1972	17.7	19.1
1973	17.6	19.3
1974	17.5	19.6
1975	17.5	19.9
1976	17.5	20.2
1977	17.5	20.7
1978	17.6	21.1
1979	17.6	21.6
1980	17.6	22.1
1981	17.6	22.5
1982	17.6	22.8
1983	17.7	23.3
1984	17.7	23.7
1985	17.8	24.2
1986	17.9	24.8
1987	18	25.3
1988	18.2	25.8
1989	18.4	26.3
1990	18.5	26.7
1991	18.7	27.2
1992	18.9	27.8
1993	19.1	28.3
1994	19.3	28.9
1995	19.5	29.4
1996	19.7	29.8
1997	19.9	30.2
1998	20.2	30.7
1999	20.4	31.2
2000	20.7	31.7
2001	21	32.3
2002	21.2	32.8
2003	21.4	33.4
2004	21.6	33.9
2005	21.8	34.5
2006	22	35.2
2007	22.2	35.8
2008	22.4	36.4
2009	22.7	37
2010	22.9	37.6
2011	23.2	38.2
2012	23.5	38.8
2013	23.8	39.5
2014	24.2	40.2
2015	24.5	40.8
2016	24.8	41.4
2017	25	41.9
2018	25.2	42.5
2019	25.4	43.1
2020	25.6	43.8
2021	25.8	44.4
2022	26	44.9
2023	26.4	45.5
2024	26.7	46.1

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