Brunei vs South Korea statistics compared

Brunei has a population of 463K (ranked 170/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Brunei's land area is 2,035 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 165th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Brunei ranks 142/197 ($15.5B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Brunei ranks 35/197 ($33,418), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Brunei and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Brunei and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Brunei

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Brunei	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	$114,039,501	$3,120,861,499
1966	$132,757,528	$3,929,055,144
1967	$139,029,537	$4,855,892,446
1968	$160,818,236	$6,119,394,892
1969	$161,210,236	$7,678,698,838
1970	$179,078,929	$9,005,144,969
1971	$197,525,768	$9,903,571,249
1972	$270,822,782	$10,862,211,761
1973	$433,095,527	$13,876,472,208
1974	$2,319,576,214	$19,543,973,941
1975	$2,496,420,258	$21,784,297,521
1976	$3,054,765,590	$29,902,479,339
1977	$3,681,242,528	$38,446,487,603
1978	$4,100,423,674	$51,972,107,438
1979	$6,044,367,628	$66,946,900,826
1980	$10,795,432,294	$65,398,377,598
1981	$9,367,218,664	$72,933,533,012
1982	$8,932,198,186	$78,358,416,171
1983	$7,927,590,750	$87,760,553,262
1984	$7,632,788,075	$97,510,744,119
1985	$6,967,623,884	$101,296,177,099
1986	$4,190,280,003	$116,836,246,285
1987	$4,918,010,080	$147,948,709,376
1988	$4,535,130,305	$199,591,287,825
1989	$4,983,622,881	$246,928,837,311
1990	$6,039,881,087	$283,365,844,161
1991	$6,284,497,300	$330,647,042,837
1992	$6,327,966,445	$355,524,903,068
1993	$6,203,339,925	$392,665,710,525
1994	$6,467,782,521	$463,619,823,515
1995	$7,700,144,057	$566,581,003,128
1996	$7,663,377,277	$610,167,053,824
1997	$7,793,034,390	$569,755,022,973
1998	$5,550,846,025	$383,331,833,682
1999	$6,309,070,375	$497,514,040,642
2000	$6,570,999,060	$576,179,387,820
2001	$6,096,155,748	$547,656,279,895
2002	$6,333,082,879	$627,246,933,730
2003	$7,167,725,265	$702,714,855,194
2004	$8,619,178,799	$793,175,561,887
2005	$10,547,202,612	$934,901,071,333
2006	$12,644,616,446	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$13,432,029,496	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$15,926,456,492	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$11,912,904,529	$943,941,876,219
2010	$13,707,121,031	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$18,524,791,071	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$19,048,443,340	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$18,094,148,099	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$17,097,797,372	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$12,930,296,852	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$11,400,266,055	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$12,128,168,047	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$13,566,908,401	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$13,469,235,348	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$12,005,799,664	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$14,006,496,614	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$16,681,536,443	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$15,095,084,686	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$15,463,134,387	-

Brunei and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Brunei

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Brunei	South Korea
1960	-	$158.3
1961	-	$93.8
1962	-	$106.2
1963	-	$146.3
1964	-	$123.6
1965	$1,029	$108.7
1966	$1,146	$133.5
1967	$1,149	$161.2
1968	$1,274	$198.4
1969	$1,226	$243.4
1970	$1,325	$279.3
1971	$1,432	$301
1972	$1,905	$324
1973	$2,939	$407
1974	$15,195	$563
1975	$15,793	$617
1976	$18,671	$834
1977	$21,747	$1,056
1978	$23,447	$1,406
1979	$33,501	$1,784
1980	$58,005	$1,715
1981	$48,793	$1,883
1982	$45,075	$1,993
1983	$38,720	$2,199
1984	$36,061	$2,413
1985	$31,827	$2,482
1986	$18,501	$2,835
1987	$21,030	$3,555
1988	$18,825	$4,749
1989	$20,090	$5,817
1990	$23,659	$6,610
1991	$23,932	$7,637
1992	$23,451	$8,127
1993	$22,397	$8,885
1994	$22,767	$10,385
1995	$26,443	$12,565
1996	$25,692	$13,403
1997	$25,522	$12,398
1998	$17,769	$8,282
1999	$19,752	$10,672
2000	$20,130	$12,257
2001	$18,288	$11,561
2002	$18,621	$13,165
2003	$20,678	$14,673
2004	$24,423	$16,496
2005	$29,386	$19,403
2006	$34,675	$21,743
2007	$36,217	$24,086
2008	$42,157	$21,350
2009	$30,946	$19,144
2010	$34,938	$23,079
2011	$46,383	$25,098
2012	$46,969	$25,459
2013	$44,003	$27,180
2014	$41,027	$29,253
2015	$30,625	$28,737
2016	$26,663	$29,280
2017	$28,024	$31,601
2018	$30,988	$33,447
2019	$30,427	$31,902
2020	$26,834	$31,721
2021	$31,007	$35,126
2022	$36,633	$32,395
2023	$32,891	$33,121
2024	$33,418	-

Brunei vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Brunei

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Brunei	South Korea
1950	50.6	22.2
1951	51.5	26.6
1952	52.4	36.6
1953	53.3	40.5
1954	54.2	46.1
1955	55	48.4
1956	55.7	50.2
1957	56.5	51.6
1958	57.3	51.8
1959	58	52.9
1960	58.7	53.8
1961	59.4	54.4
1962	58.8	55
1963	60.6	55
1964	61.3	55.3
1965	61.7	55.8
1966	62.4	55.4
1967	62.9	60.9
1968	63.5	60.9
1969	64	61.4
1970	64.5	62.2
1971	65	62.7
1972	65.4	63.2
1973	66	63.8
1974	66.4	64.2
1975	67	64.7
1976	67.4	65
1977	67.8	64.6
1978	68.3	65
1979	68.6	66.1
1980	69	64.8
1981	69.3	67.1
1982	69.7	67.1
1983	70	66.7
1984	70.2	68.1
1985	70.5	68.4
1986	70.8	69
1987	71	69.3
1988	71.2	70.2
1989	71.4	70.7
1990	71.6	71
1991	71.9	71.4
1992	72.1	72.2
1993	72.3	72.7
1994	72.6	72.9
1995	72.8	73.4
1996	73.1	74
1997	73.3	74.5
1998	73.6	75
1999	73.8	75.6
2000	74	76.2
2001	74.2	76.9
2002	74.4	77.2
2003	74.5	77.5
2004	74.6	78
2005	74.7	78.4
2006	74.8	79
2007	74.8	79.4
2008	74.8	80
2009	74.8	80.6
2010	74.8	80.7
2011	74.8	81.2
2012	74.8	81.3
2013	74.9	81.8
2014	74.9	82.4
2015	74.9	82.5
2016	74.9	82.9
2017	74.9	83.3
2018	75	83.3
2019	75	83.7
2020	75.1	83.7
2021	74.9	83.9
2022	72.9	82.7
2023	75.3	84.3
2024	75.5	84.4
2025	75.7	84.5

Brunei and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Brunei

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Brunei	South Korea
1960	88,347	25,012,374
1961	92,517	25,765,673
1962	96,719	26,513,030
1963	101,159	27,261,747
1964	105,922	27,984,155
1965	110,838	28,704,674
1966	115,874	29,435,571
1967	121,017	30,130,983
1968	126,222	30,838,302
1969	131,446	31,544,266
1970	135,138	32,240,827
1971	137,921	32,882,704
1972	142,189	33,505,406
1973	147,369	34,103,149
1974	152,656	34,692,266
1975	158,070	35,280,725
1976	163,607	35,848,523
1977	169,277	36,411,795
1978	174,884	36,969,185
1979	180,422	37,534,236
1980	186,111	38,123,775
1981	191,977	38,723,248
1982	198,165	39,326,352
1983	204,741	39,910,403
1984	211,661	40,405,956
1985	218,919	40,805,744
1986	226,495	41,213,674
1987	233,860	41,621,690
1988	240,913	42,031,247
1989	248,064	42,449,038
1990	255,292	42,869,283
1991	262,596	43,295,704
1992	269,839	43,747,962
1993	276,971	44,194,628
1994	284,091	44,641,540
1995	291,195	45,092,991
1996	298,276	45,524,681
1997	305,341	45,953,580
1998	312,385	46,286,503
1999	319,411	46,616,677
2000	326,424	47,008,111
2001	333,345	47,370,164
2002	340,099	47,644,736
2003	346,637	47,892,330
2004	352,911	48,082,519
2005	358,916	48,184,561
2006	364,663	48,438,292
2007	370,873	48,683,638
2008	377,793	49,054,708
2009	384,952	49,307,835
2010	392,332	49,554,112
2011	399,389	49,936,638
2012	405,557	50,199,853
2013	411,202	50,428,893
2014	416,750	50,746,659
2015	422,212	51,014,947
2016	427,564	51,217,803
2017	432,772	51,361,911
2018	437,810	51,585,058
2019	442,680	51,764,822
2020	447,404	51,836,239
2021	451,721	51,769,539
2022	455,370	51,672,569
2023	458,949	51,712,619
2024	462,721	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Brunei and South Korea

Fertility rate

Brunei

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Brunei	South Korea
1960	7.32	5.99
1961	7.19	5.8
1962	7.03	5.56
1963	6.89	5.33
1964	6.77	5.07
1965	6.65	4.89
1966	6.51	4.78
1967	6.37	4.62
1968	6.2	4.51
1969	6.01	4.45
1970	5.8	4.53
1971	5.62	4.54
1972	5.5	4.12
1973	5.36	4.07
1974	5.18	3.77
1975	4.99	3.43
1976	4.78	3
1977	4.58	2.99
1978	4.39	2.64
1979	4.22	2.9
1980	4.07	2.82
1981	3.94	2.57
1982	3.84	2.39
1983	3.75	2.06
1984	3.68	1.74
1985	3.61	1.66
1986	3.55	1.58
1987	3.49	1.53
1988	3.44	1.55
1989	3.36	1.56
1990	3.29	1.57
1991	3.21	1.71
1992	3.11	1.76
1993	3.01	1.65
1994	2.9	1.66
1995	2.79	1.63
1996	2.68	1.57
1997	2.6	1.54
1998	2.53	1.46
1999	2.46	1.43
2000	2.4	1.48
2001	2.34	1.31
2002	2.26	1.18
2003	2.19	1.19
2004	2.1	1.16
2005	2.02	1.09
2006	1.97	1.13
2007	1.93	1.26
2008	1.92	1.19
2009	1.92	1.15
2010	1.94	1.23
2011	1.96	1.24
2012	1.97	1.3
2013	1.98	1.19
2014	1.97	1.21
2015	1.95	1.24
2016	1.92	1.17
2017	1.88	1.05
2018	1.85	0.98
2019	1.82	0.92
2020	1.8	0.84
2021	1.78	0.81
2022	1.76	0.78
2023	1.75	0.72

Brunei and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Brunei

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Brunei	South Korea
1960	18.8	19.3
1961	18.1	19.2
1962	17.5	19.1
1963	17.1	19
1964	17	18.8
1965	17	18.6
1966	17.2	18.5
1967	17.3	18.6
1968	17.5	18.7
1969	17.7	18.8
1970	17.8	18.9
1971	17.9	19
1972	18	19.1
1973	18.2	19.3
1974	18.3	19.6
1975	18.6	19.9
1976	18.8	20.2
1977	19.1	20.7
1978	19.4	21.1
1979	19.6	21.6
1980	20	22.1
1981	20.3	22.5
1982	20.6	22.8
1983	21	23.3
1984	21.3	23.7
1985	21.7	24.2
1986	22	24.8
1987	22.3	25.3
1988	22.6	25.8
1989	22.8	26.3
1990	23.1	26.7
1991	23.4	27.2
1992	23.6	27.8
1993	23.8	28.3
1994	24.1	28.9
1995	24.4	29.4
1996	24.7	29.8
1997	24.9	30.2
1998	25.2	30.7
1999	25.5	31.2
2000	25.8	31.7
2001	26.1	32.3
2002	26.4	32.8
2003	26.8	33.4
2004	27.1	33.9
2005	27.5	34.5
2006	27.9	35.2
2007	28.1	35.8
2008	28	36.4
2009	28	37
2010	28	37.6
2011	28.1	38.2
2012	28.4	38.8
2013	28.8	39.5
2014	29.1	40.2
2015	29.5	40.8
2016	29.8	41.4
2017	30.2	41.9
2018	30.6	42.5
2019	31	43.1
2020	31.4	43.8
2021	31.8	44.4
2022	32.3	44.9
2023	32.8	45.5
2024	33.2	46.1

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