Bulgaria vs South Korea statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 101st vs. 105th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 67/197 ($113B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,596), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Bulgaria and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	South Korea
1960	-	$3,973,069,307
1961	-	$2,427,244,761
1962	-	$2,826,923,077
1963	-	$4,007,692,308
1964	-	$3,476,789,682
1965	-	$3,141,131,708
1966	-	$3,957,064,541
1967	-	$4,895,076,718
1968	-	$6,167,109,472
1969	-	$7,743,940,189
1970	-	$9,085,001,794
1971	-	$10,005,257,131
1972	-	$10,990,490,570
1973	-	$14,067,523,813
1974	-	$19,860,929,977
1975	-	$22,126,033,058
1976	-	$30,371,074,380
1977	-	$39,064,462,810
1978	-	$52,824,793,388
1979	-	$68,083,884,298
1980	$19,839,230,769	$66,547,970,351
1981	$19,870,000,000	$74,287,368,087
1982	$19,342,000,000	$79,921,300,447
1983	$16,563,666,667	$89,621,208,322
1984	$17,594,944,444	$99,749,645,089
1985	$17,155,421,053	$103,764,281,281
1986	$20,249,294,118	$119,965,960,795
1987	$28,101,000,000	$152,240,393,646
1988	$22,555,941,176	$205,477,530,605
1989	$21,988,444,444	$254,236,243,100
1990	$20,632,090,909	$292,064,221,389
1991	$7,628,738,475	$340,851,946,804
1992	$8,602,887,623	$366,921,291,825
1993	$10,832,064,942	$405,705,302,846
1994	$9,709,240,034	$479,181,794,217
1995	$18,991,484,420	$586,286,469,401
1996	$12,294,964,838	$631,196,863,758
1997	$11,316,127,379	$589,202,526,424
1998	$15,031,055,047	$397,297,216,492
1999	$13,637,098,579	$515,697,079,289
2000	$13,245,990,274	$597,487,173,479
2001	$14,183,446,026	$567,564,806,235
2002	$16,403,043,850	$650,014,391,470
2003	$21,144,957,990	$728,516,494,684
2004	$26,157,743,369	$823,251,107,639
2005	$29,868,657,858	$971,740,329,984
2006	$34,380,536,496	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$44,431,257,129	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$54,480,684,188	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$52,023,801,230	$983,065,242,417
2010	$50,689,051,382	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$57,681,293,007	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$54,297,052,002	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$55,819,262,375	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$57,080,897,012	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$50,765,918,159	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$53,929,397,039	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$59,167,647,388	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$66,097,226,262	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$68,507,731,354	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$70,486,877,546	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$84,374,613,233	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$90,506,153,294	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$102,199,231,385	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$113,343,355,780	$1,875,388,209,407

Bulgaria and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	South Korea
1960	-	$158.8
1961	-	$94.2
1962	-	$106.6
1963	-	$147
1964	-	$124.2
1965	-	$109.4
1966	-	$134.4
1967	-	$162.5
1968	-	$200
1969	-	$245.5
1970	-	$281.8
1971	-	$304
1972	-	$328
1973	-	$412
1974	-	$572
1975	-	$627
1976	-	$847
1977	-	$1,073
1978	-	$1,429
1979	-	$1,814
1980	$2,239	$1,746
1981	$2,235	$1,918
1982	$2,169	$2,032
1983	$1,853	$2,246
1984	$1,964	$2,469
1985	$1,915	$2,543
1986	$2,260	$2,911
1987	$3,132	$3,658
1988	$2,511	$4,889
1989	$2,477	$5,989
1990	$2,367	$6,813
1991	$884	$7,873
1992	$1,007	$8,387
1993	$1,279	$9,180
1994	$1,150	$10,734
1995	$2,259	$13,002
1996	$1,470	$13,865
1997	$1,361	$12,822
1998	$1,820	$8,583
1999	$1,661	$11,063
2000	$1,621	$12,710
2001	$1,771	$11,981
2002	$2,093	$13,643
2003	$2,719	$15,212
2004	$3,390	$17,122
2005	$3,900	$20,167
2006	$4,523	$22,610
2007	$5,889	$25,078
2008	$7,271	$22,252
2009	$6,988	$19,937
2010	$6,854	$24,071
2011	$7,850	$26,175
2012	$7,432	$26,601
2013	$7,796	$28,449
2014	$8,070	$30,667
2015	$7,269	$30,172
2016	$7,822	$30,832
2017	$8,697	$33,297
2018	$9,849	$35,364
2019	$10,354	$33,827
2020	$10,760	$33,646
2021	$12,966	$37,518
2022	$13,999	$34,822
2023	$15,853	$35,674
2024	$17,596	$36,239

Bulgaria vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	South Korea
1950	61.5	22.2
1951	60.7	26.6
1952	59.6	36.6
1953	64.2	40.5
1954	64.4	46.1
1955	64.8	48.4
1956	65.2	50.2
1957	66.6	51.6
1958	68.7	51.8
1959	66.6	52.9
1960	69.2	53.8
1961	70.2	54.4
1962	69.5	55
1963	70.3	55
1964	71.1	55.3
1965	71.3	55.8
1966	71.2	55.4
1967	70.4	60.9
1968	71.2	60.9
1969	70.5	61.4
1970	71.3	62.2
1971	70.9	62.7
1972	70.9	63.2
1973	71.3	63.8
1974	71.2	64.2
1975	71	64.7
1976	71.4	65
1977	70.8	64.6
1978	71.1	65
1979	71.2	66.1
1980	71.1	64.8
1981	71.5	67.1
1982	71.1	67.1
1983	71.2	66.7
1984	71.3	68.1
1985	71	68.4
1986	71.6	69
1987	71.3	69.3
1988	71.4	70.2
1989	71.5	70.7
1990	71.3	71
1991	71.2	71.4
1992	71.2	72.2
1993	71.2	72.7
1994	70.9	72.9
1995	71	73.4
1996	70.8	74
1997	70.3	74.5
1998	70.9	75
1999	71.6	75.6
2000	71.6	76.2
2001	71.9	76.9
2002	72.1	77.2
2003	72.4	77.5
2004	72.6	78
2005	72.6	78.4
2006	72.7	79
2007	73	79.4
2008	73.3	80
2009	73.7	80.6
2010	73.8	80.7
2011	74.2	81.2
2012	74.3	81.3
2013	74.8	81.8
2014	74.5	82.4
2015	74.6	82.5
2016	74.8	82.9
2017	74.8	83.3
2018	74.9	83.3
2019	75.1	83.7
2020	73.6	83.7
2021	71.4	83.9
2022	74	82.7
2023	75.6	84.3
2024	75.8	84.4
2025	76	84.5
2026	76.1	84.6

Bulgaria and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	South Korea
1960	7,867,374	25,012,374
1961	7,943,118	25,765,673
1962	8,012,946	26,513,030
1963	8,078,145	27,261,747
1964	8,144,340	27,984,155
1965	8,204,168	28,704,674
1966	8,258,057	29,435,571
1967	8,310,226	30,130,983
1968	8,369,603	30,838,302
1969	8,434,172	31,544,266
1970	8,489,574	32,240,827
1971	8,536,395	32,882,704
1972	8,576,200	33,505,406
1973	8,620,967	34,103,149
1974	8,678,745	34,692,266
1975	8,720,742	35,280,725
1976	8,758,599	35,848,523
1977	8,804,183	36,411,795
1978	8,814,032	36,969,185
1979	8,825,940	37,534,236
1980	8,861,535	38,123,775
1981	8,891,117	38,723,248
1982	8,917,457	39,326,352
1983	8,939,738	39,910,403
1984	8,960,679	40,405,956
1985	8,960,547	40,805,744
1986	8,958,171	41,213,674
1987	8,971,359	41,621,690
1988	8,981,446	42,031,247
1989	8,876,972	42,449,038
1990	8,718,289	42,869,283
1991	8,632,367	43,295,704
1992	8,540,164	43,747,962
1993	8,472,313	44,194,628
1994	8,443,591	44,641,540
1995	8,406,067	45,092,991
1996	8,362,826	45,524,681
1997	8,312,068	45,953,580
1998	8,256,786	46,286,503
1999	8,210,624	46,616,677
2000	8,170,172	47,008,111
2001	8,009,142	47,370,164
2002	7,837,161	47,644,736
2003	7,775,327	47,892,330
2004	7,716,860	48,082,519
2005	7,658,972	48,184,561
2006	7,601,022	48,438,292
2007	7,545,338	48,683,638
2008	7,492,561	49,054,708
2009	7,444,443	49,307,835
2010	7,395,599	49,554,112
2011	7,348,328	49,936,638
2012	7,305,888	50,199,853
2013	7,160,005	50,428,893
2014	7,073,572	50,746,659
2015	6,984,225	51,014,947
2016	6,894,139	51,217,803
2017	6,803,468	51,361,911
2018	6,710,798	51,585,058
2019	6,616,726	51,764,822
2020	6,550,696	51,836,239
2021	6,507,301	51,769,539
2022	6,465,097	51,672,569
2023	6,446,596	51,712,619
2024	6,441,421	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and South Korea

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	South Korea
1960	2.31	5.99
1961	2.29	5.8
1962	2.24	5.56
1963	2.21	5.33
1964	2.19	5.07
1965	2.09	4.89
1966	2.03	4.78
1967	2.02	4.62
1968	2.27	4.51
1969	2.27	4.45
1970	2.17	4.53
1971	2.1	4.54
1972	2.03	4.12
1973	2.15	4.07
1974	2.29	3.77
1975	2.23	3.43
1976	2.24	3
1977	2.21	2.99
1978	2.15	2.64
1979	2.16	2.9
1980	2.05	2.82
1981	2	2.57
1982	2.01	2.39
1983	2.01	2.06
1984	2.01	1.74
1985	1.97	1.66
1986	2.02	1.58
1987	1.96	1.53
1988	1.97	1.55
1989	1.9	1.56
1990	1.82	1.57
1991	1.66	1.71
1992	1.55	1.76
1993	1.46	1.65
1994	1.37	1.66
1995	1.23	1.63
1996	1.23	1.57
1997	1.09	1.54
1998	1.11	1.46
1999	1.23	1.43
2000	1.26	1.48
2001	1.21	1.31
2002	1.23	1.18
2003	1.26	1.19
2004	1.33	1.16
2005	1.37	1.09
2006	1.44	1.13
2007	1.49	1.26
2008	1.56	1.19
2009	1.66	1.15
2010	1.57	1.23
2011	1.51	1.24
2012	1.5	1.3
2013	1.54	1.19
2014	1.62	1.21
2015	1.64	1.24
2016	1.67	1.17
2017	1.71	1.05
2018	1.73	0.98
2019	1.79	0.92
2020	1.77	0.84
2021	1.8	0.81
2022	1.78	0.78
2023	1.81	0.72

Bulgaria and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	South Korea
1960	30.4	19.3
1961	30.7	19.2
1962	31	19.1
1963	31.3	19
1964	31.6	18.8
1965	32	18.6
1966	32.3	18.5
1967	32.6	18.6
1968	32.8	18.7
1969	33	18.8
1970	33.2	18.9
1971	33.3	19
1972	33.5	19.1
1973	33.6	19.3
1974	33.6	19.6
1975	33.7	19.9
1976	33.8	20.2
1977	33.9	20.7
1978	34	21.1
1979	34.1	21.6
1980	34.2	22.1
1981	34.4	22.5
1982	34.6	22.8
1983	34.8	23.3
1984	35	23.7
1985	35.3	24.2
1986	35.6	24.8
1987	35.8	25.3
1988	35.9	25.8
1989	36.2	26.3
1990	36.6	26.7
1991	37	27.2
1992	37.4	27.8
1993	37.7	28.3
1994	38	28.9
1995	38.3	29.4
1996	38.6	29.8
1997	38.9	30.2
1998	39.1	30.7
1999	39.4	31.2
2000	39.7	31.7
2001	40	32.3
2002	40.3	32.8
2003	40.6	33.4
2004	40.8	33.9
2005	41.1	34.5
2006	41.3	35.2
2007	41.5	35.8
2008	41.7	36.4
2009	42	37
2010	42.3	37.6
2011	42.5	38.2
2012	42.8	38.8
2013	43	39.5
2014	43.3	40.2
2015	43.6	40.8
2016	43.8	41.4
2017	44.1	41.9
2018	44.3	42.5
2019	44.6	43.1
2020	44.9	43.8
2021	45	44.4
2022	45.2	44.9
2023	45.3	45.5
2024	45.5	46.1

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