Botswana vs South Korea statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 47th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Botswana and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Botswana and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Botswana

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	South Korea
1960	$30,411,414	$3,958,811,881
1961	$32,902,613	$2,417,628,737
1962	$35,644,957	$2,814,615,385
1963	$38,091,843	$3,988,461,538
1964	$41,616,348	$3,459,019,943
1965	$45,788,696	$3,120,861,499
1966	$51,465,655	$3,929,055,144
1967	$58,642,354	$4,855,892,446
1968	$66,248,441	$6,119,394,892
1969	$77,361,547	$7,678,698,838
1970	$96,243,234	$9,005,144,969
1971	$127,448,614	$9,903,571,249
1972	$164,460,915	$10,862,211,761
1973	$244,124,164	$13,876,472,208
1974	$306,044,208	$19,543,973,941
1975	$355,168,572	$21,784,297,521
1976	$372,025,093	$29,902,479,339
1977	$451,624,780	$38,446,487,603
1978	$590,407,374	$51,972,107,438
1979	$819,870,259	$66,946,900,826
1980	$1,060,889,704	$65,398,377,598
1981	$1,073,812,830	$72,933,533,012
1982	$1,014,945,696	$78,358,416,171
1983	$1,172,230,397	$87,760,553,262
1984	$1,240,822,167	$97,510,744,119
1985	$1,114,783,343	$101,296,177,099
1986	$1,392,602,164	$116,836,246,285
1987	$1,965,226,890	$147,948,709,376
1988	$2,644,554,159	$199,591,287,825
1989	$3,083,822,112	$246,928,837,311
1990	$3,790,636,324	$283,365,844,161
1991	$3,942,876,703	$330,647,042,837
1992	$4,146,464,587	$355,524,903,068
1993	$4,160,129,175	$392,665,710,525
1994	$4,259,259,604	$463,619,823,515
1995	$4,730,599,122	$566,581,003,128
1996	$4,847,757,218	$610,167,053,824
1997	$5,020,265,627	$569,755,022,973
1998	$4,790,481,509	$383,331,833,682
1999	$5,484,263,347	$497,514,040,642
2000	$5,788,329,609	$576,179,387,820
2001	$5,489,608,300	$547,656,279,895
2002	$5,438,863,983	$627,246,933,730
2003	$7,511,582,173	$702,714,855,194
2004	$8,957,467,707	$793,175,561,887
2005	$9,918,907,108	$934,901,071,333
2006	$9,919,158,482	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$10,567,270,656	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$10,730,829,116	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$10,118,459,242	$943,941,876,219
2010	$12,637,273,429	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$15,110,643,612	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$13,907,464,500	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$14,271,738,933	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$15,470,088,501	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$13,530,748,845	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$15,082,637,184	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$16,105,155,857	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$17,031,943,186	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$16,725,908,149	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$14,960,251,611	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$18,750,182,235	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$20,321,150,598	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$19,411,266,967	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$19,400,774,882	-

Botswana and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	South Korea
1960	$58.9	$158.3
1961	$62.3	$93.8
1962	$66	$106.2
1963	$68.9	$146.3
1964	$73.5	$123.6
1965	$79.7	$108.7
1966	$89.1	$133.5
1967	$100.9	$161.2
1968	$113.4	$198.4
1969	$131.8	$243.4
1970	$163	$279.3
1971	$212.2	$301
1972	$264.2	$324
1973	$374	$407
1974	$446	$563
1975	$493	$617
1976	$490	$834
1977	$565	$1,056
1978	$695	$1,406
1979	$909	$1,784
1980	$1,132	$1,715
1981	$1,107	$1,883
1982	$1,006	$1,993
1983	$1,121	$2,199
1984	$1,145	$2,413
1985	$994	$2,482
1986	$1,200	$2,835
1987	$1,639	$3,555
1988	$2,141	$4,749
1989	$2,428	$5,817
1990	$2,903	$6,610
1991	$2,939	$7,637
1992	$3,005	$8,127
1993	$2,929	$8,885
1994	$2,917	$10,385
1995	$3,156	$12,565
1996	$3,156	$13,403
1997	$3,194	$12,398
1998	$2,981	$8,282
1999	$3,340	$10,672
2000	$3,451	$12,257
2001	$3,206	$11,561
2002	$3,117	$13,165
2003	$4,230	$14,673
2004	$4,957	$16,496
2005	$5,391	$19,403
2006	$5,292	$21,743
2007	$5,529	$24,086
2008	$5,503	$21,350
2009	$5,083	$19,144
2010	$6,216	$23,079
2011	$7,287	$25,098
2012	$6,596	$25,459
2013	$6,667	$27,180
2014	$7,122	$29,253
2015	$6,141	$28,737
2016	$6,749	$29,280
2017	$7,105	$31,601
2018	$7,408	$33,447
2019	$7,172	$31,902
2020	$6,323	$31,721
2021	$7,808	$35,126
2022	$8,329	$32,395
2023	$7,826	$33,121
2024	$7,695	-

Botswana vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	South Korea
1950	46.2	22.2
1951	46.6	26.6
1952	47	36.6
1953	47.5	40.5
1954	48	46.1
1955	48.5	48.4
1956	49	50.2
1957	49.5	51.6
1958	50.1	51.8
1959	50.7	52.9
1960	51.2	53.8
1961	51.8	54.4
1962	52.3	55
1963	52.8	55
1964	53.4	55.3
1965	53.9	55.8
1966	54.4	55.4
1967	54.9	60.9
1968	55.4	60.9
1969	55.9	61.4
1970	56.4	62.2
1971	57.1	62.7
1972	57.7	63.2
1973	58.3	63.8
1974	58.9	64.2
1975	59.5	64.7
1976	60.2	65
1977	60.9	64.6
1978	61.5	65
1979	62	66.1
1980	62.5	64.8
1981	63	67.1
1982	63.4	67.1
1983	63.6	66.7
1984	63.7	68.1
1985	63.6	68.4
1986	63.4	69
1987	62.8	69.3
1988	61.7	70.2
1989	61.2	70.7
1990	60.1	71
1991	58.9	71.4
1992	58.2	72.2
1993	57.3	72.7
1994	56	72.9
1995	54.7	73.4
1996	54.3	74
1997	53.6	74.5
1998	53	75
1999	52.5	75.6
2000	52.3	76.2
2001	52.2	76.9
2002	52.4	77.2
2003	52.9	77.5
2004	53.6	78
2005	54.4	78.4
2006	55.1	79
2007	56.7	79.4
2008	57.7	80
2009	58.3	80.6
2010	59.1	80.7
2011	59.7	81.2
2012	60.4	81.3
2013	61.2	81.8
2014	62.2	82.4
2015	63.2	82.5
2016	64.3	82.9
2017	65.4	83.3
2018	66.4	83.3
2019	67.2	83.7
2020	67.6	83.7
2021	63.3	83.9
2022	68.7	82.7
2023	69.2	84.3
2024	69.3	84.4
2025	69.4	84.5

Botswana and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	South Korea
1960	516,165	25,012,374
1961	527,942	25,765,673
1962	540,186	26,513,030
1963	552,966	27,261,747
1964	566,266	27,984,155
1965	574,664	28,704,674
1966	577,866	29,435,571
1967	580,933	30,130,983
1968	583,966	30,838,302
1969	587,066	31,544,266
1970	590,334	32,240,827
1971	600,481	32,882,704
1972	622,407	33,505,406
1973	652,408	34,103,149
1974	685,448	34,692,266
1975	720,380	35,280,725
1976	758,508	35,848,523
1977	799,574	36,411,795
1978	849,239	36,969,185
1979	901,742	37,534,236
1980	937,485	38,123,775
1981	969,996	38,723,248
1982	1,009,269	39,326,352
1983	1,046,137	39,910,403
1984	1,083,660	40,405,956
1985	1,121,945	40,805,744
1986	1,160,650	41,213,674
1987	1,199,167	41,621,690
1988	1,235,476	42,031,247
1989	1,270,274	42,449,038
1990	1,305,696	42,869,283
1991	1,341,756	43,295,704
1992	1,380,033	43,747,962
1993	1,420,115	44,194,628
1994	1,460,023	44,641,540
1995	1,498,836	45,092,991
1996	1,535,914	45,524,681
1997	1,571,691	45,953,580
1998	1,606,899	46,286,503
1999	1,641,997	46,616,677
2000	1,677,382	47,008,111
2001	1,712,254	47,370,164
2002	1,744,763	47,644,736
2003	1,775,736	47,892,330
2004	1,807,146	48,082,519
2005	1,839,877	48,184,561
2006	1,874,516	48,438,292
2007	1,911,201	48,683,638
2008	1,949,970	49,054,708
2009	1,990,673	49,307,835
2010	2,033,111	49,554,112
2011	2,073,535	49,936,638
2012	2,108,617	50,199,853
2013	2,140,682	50,428,893
2014	2,172,044	50,746,659
2015	2,203,273	51,014,947
2016	2,234,776	51,217,803
2017	2,266,747	51,361,911
2018	2,299,141	51,585,058
2019	2,332,083	51,764,822
2020	2,365,894	51,836,239
2021	2,401,441	51,769,539
2022	2,439,892	51,672,569
2023	2,480,244	51,712,619
2024	2,521,139	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Botswana and South Korea

Fertility rate

Botswana

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	South Korea
1960	6.6	5.99
1961	6.56	5.8
1962	6.54	5.56
1963	6.58	5.33
1964	6.61	5.07
1965	6.6	4.89
1966	6.61	4.78
1967	6.6	4.62
1968	6.58	4.51
1969	6.56	4.45
1970	6.55	4.53
1971	6.54	4.54
1972	6.56	4.12
1973	6.59	4.07
1974	6.61	3.77
1975	6.61	3.43
1976	6.6	3
1977	6.54	2.99
1978	6.48	2.64
1979	6.4	2.9
1980	6.29	2.82
1981	6.16	2.57
1982	5.97	2.39
1983	5.79	2.06
1984	5.63	1.74
1985	5.48	1.66
1986	5.33	1.58
1987	5.1	1.53
1988	4.88	1.55
1989	4.67	1.56
1990	4.51	1.57
1991	4.37	1.71
1992	4.26	1.76
1993	4.15	1.65
1994	4.02	1.66
1995	3.79	1.63
1996	3.57	1.57
1997	3.43	1.54
1998	3.36	1.46
1999	3.31	1.43
2000	3.29	1.48
2001	3.25	1.31
2002	3.18	1.18
2003	3.11	1.19
2004	3.06	1.16
2005	3.08	1.09
2006	3.11	1.13
2007	3.13	1.26
2008	3.13	1.19
2009	3.13	1.15
2010	3.14	1.23
2011	3.1	1.24
2012	3.07	1.3
2013	3.05	1.19
2014	3.03	1.21
2015	3.01	1.24
2016	2.99	1.17
2017	2.97	1.05
2018	2.94	0.98
2019	2.91	0.92
2020	2.86	0.84
2021	2.83	0.81
2022	2.79	0.78
2023	2.73	0.72

Botswana and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	South Korea
1960	17.7	19.3
1961	17.4	19.2
1962	17.1	19.1
1963	16.8	19
1964	16.6	18.8
1965	16.4	18.6
1966	16.2	18.5
1967	15.9	18.6
1968	15.7	18.7
1969	15.6	18.8
1970	15.4	18.9
1971	15.3	19
1972	15.4	19.1
1973	15.6	19.3
1974	15.8	19.6
1975	16	19.9
1976	16.2	20.2
1977	16.4	20.7
1978	16.6	21.1
1979	16.9	21.6
1980	16.8	22.1
1981	16.8	22.5
1982	16.8	22.8
1983	16.8	23.3
1984	16.8	23.7
1985	16.8	24.2
1986	16.9	24.8
1987	16.9	25.3
1988	17	25.8
1989	17.1	26.3
1990	17.3	26.7
1991	17.4	27.2
1992	17.6	27.8
1993	17.8	28.3
1994	18	28.9
1995	18.3	29.4
1996	18.6	29.8
1997	18.8	30.2
1998	19.1	30.7
1999	19.4	31.2
2000	19.7	31.7
2001	20	32.3
2002	20.3	32.8
2003	20.6	33.4
2004	20.9	33.9
2005	21.2	34.5
2006	21.5	35.2
2007	21.7	35.8
2008	22	36.4
2009	22.2	37
2010	22.5	37.6
2011	22.7	38.2
2012	22.8	38.8
2013	22.7	39.5
2014	22.7	40.2
2015	22.7	40.8
2016	22.7	41.4
2017	22.8	41.9
2018	22.9	42.5
2019	23.1	43.1
2020	23.3	43.8
2021	23.4	44.4
2022	23.6	44.9
2023	23.9	45.5
2024	24.2	46.1

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