Canada vs South Korea statistics compared

Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 4th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 20/197 ($54,340), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Canada and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Canada and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Canada

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Canada	South Korea
1960	$40,563,768,947	$3,973,069,307
1961	$41,038,192,838	$2,427,244,761
1962	$42,336,211,556	$2,826,923,077
1963	$45,140,337,827	$4,007,692,308
1964	$49,503,663,836	$3,476,789,682
1965	$54,649,410,479	$3,141,131,708
1966	$61,252,415,405	$3,957,064,541
1967	$65,856,924,424	$4,895,076,718
1968	$72,048,833,006	$6,167,109,472
1969	$79,405,011,125	$7,743,940,189
1970	$88,192,257,632	$9,085,001,794
1971	$99,606,454,744	$10,005,257,131
1972	$113,463,848,874	$10,990,490,570
1973	$131,764,343,566	$14,067,523,813
1974	$160,949,188,139	$19,860,929,977
1975	$174,419,757,177	$22,126,033,058
1976	$207,271,612,576	$30,371,074,380
1977	$212,325,176,305	$39,064,462,810
1978	$219,369,542,386	$52,824,793,388
1979	$243,891,124,296	$68,083,884,298
1980	$274,776,566,028	$66,547,970,351
1981	$307,246,642,756	$74,287,368,087
1982	$314,647,807,409	$79,921,300,447
1983	$341,866,277,183	$89,621,208,322
1984	$356,718,400,124	$99,749,645,089
1985	$366,186,012,450	$103,764,281,281
1986	$379,006,836,992	$119,965,960,795
1987	$433,134,238,311	$152,240,393,646
1988	$509,380,027,627	$205,477,530,605
1989	$567,211,993,243	$254,236,243,100
1990	$596,075,591,361	$292,064,221,389
1991	$612,527,712,316	$340,851,946,804
1992	$594,387,358,319	$366,921,291,825
1993	$579,053,561,739	$405,705,302,846
1994	$579,944,346,807	$479,181,794,217
1995	$605,961,090,061	$586,286,469,401
1996	$630,607,994,133	$631,196,863,758
1997	$654,986,999,856	$589,202,526,424
1998	$634,000,000,000	$397,297,216,492
1999	$678,412,196,271	$515,697,079,289
2000	$744,773,415,932	$597,487,173,479
2001	$738,981,792,355	$567,564,806,235
2002	$760,649,334,098	$650,014,391,470
2003	$895,540,646,635	$728,516,494,684
2004	$1,026,690,238,278	$823,251,107,639
2005	$1,173,108,598,779	$971,740,329,984
2006	$1,319,264,809,591	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$1,468,820,407,783	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$1,552,989,690,722	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$1,374,625,142,157	$983,065,242,417
2010	$1,617,343,367,486	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$1,793,326,630,175	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$1,828,366,481,522	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$1,846,597,421,835	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$1,805,749,878,440	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$1,556,508,816,217	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$1,527,994,741,907	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$1,649,265,644,244	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$1,725,329,192,783	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$1,743,725,183,673	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$1,655,684,730,000	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$2,022,378,748,423	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$2,190,411,080,134	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$2,173,339,670,064	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$2,243,636,826,634	$1,875,388,209,407

Canada and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Canada

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Canada	South Korea
1960	$2,265	$158.8
1961	$2,246	$94.2
1962	$2,274	$106.6
1963	$2,380	$147
1964	$2,562	$124.2
1965	$2,777	$109.4
1966	$3,055	$134.4
1967	$3,226	$162.5
1968	$3,473	$200
1969	$3,776	$245.5
1970	$4,136	$281.8
1971	$4,535	$304
1972	$5,107	$328
1973	$5,858	$412
1974	$7,057	$572
1975	$7,537	$627
1976	$8,839	$847
1977	$8,949	$1,073
1978	$9,154	$1,429
1979	$10,078	$1,814
1980	$11,208	$1,746
1981	$12,379	$1,918
1982	$12,527	$2,032
1983	$13,477	$2,246
1984	$13,930	$2,469
1985	$14,170	$2,543
1986	$14,521	$2,911
1987	$16,378	$3,658
1988	$19,013	$4,889
1989	$20,795	$5,989
1990	$21,526	$6,813
1991	$21,847	$7,873
1992	$20,950	$8,387
1993	$20,187	$9,180
1994	$19,998	$10,734
1995	$20,680	$13,002
1996	$21,297	$13,865
1997	$21,902	$12,822
1998	$21,025	$8,583
1999	$22,315	$11,063
2000	$24,271	$12,710
2001	$23,822	$11,981
2002	$24,256	$13,643
2003	$28,302	$15,212
2004	$32,146	$17,122
2005	$36,384	$20,167
2006	$40,504	$22,610
2007	$44,660	$25,078
2008	$46,710	$22,252
2009	$40,875	$19,937
2010	$47,561	$24,071
2011	$52,224	$26,175
2012	$52,670	$26,601
2013	$52,638	$28,449
2014	$50,961	$30,667
2015	$43,594	$30,172
2016	$42,314	$30,832
2017	$45,130	$33,297
2018	$46,539	$35,364
2019	$46,353	$33,827
2020	$43,538	$33,646
2021	$52,887	$37,518
2022	$56,257	$34,822
2023	$54,220	$35,674
2024	$54,340	$36,239

Canada vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Canada

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Canada	South Korea
1950	68.2	22.2
1951	68.5	26.6
1952	68.7	36.6
1953	69.1	40.5
1954	69.9	46.1
1955	70	48.4
1956	70	50.2
1957	69.9	51.6
1958	70.6	51.8
1959	70.6	52.9
1960	71	53.8
1961	71.2	54.4
1962	71.2	55
1963	71.3	55
1964	71.6	55.3
1965	71.7	55.8
1966	71.9	55.4
1967	72.1	60.9
1968	72.2	60.9
1969	72.4	61.4
1970	72.6	62.2
1971	72.9	62.7
1972	72.8	63.2
1973	73.1	63.8
1974	73.1	64.2
1975	73.4	64.7
1976	73.9	65
1977	74.2	64.6
1978	74.5	65
1979	74.8	66.1
1980	75.1	64.8
1981	75.5	67.1
1982	75.7	67.1
1983	76.1	66.7
1984	76.4	68.1
1985	76.3	68.4
1986	76.5	69
1987	76.8	69.3
1988	76.9	70.2
1989	77.1	70.7
1990	77.4	71
1991	77.6	71.4
1992	77.9	72.2
1993	77.7	72.7
1994	77.9	72.9
1995	78	73.4
1996	78.3	74
1997	78.5	74.5
1998	78.7	75
1999	78.9	75.6
2000	79.2	76.2
2001	79.4	76.9
2002	79.6	77.2
2003	79.7	77.5
2004	80	78
2005	80.1	78.4
2006	80.5	79
2007	80.5	79.4
2008	80.7	80
2009	81.1	80.6
2010	81.3	80.7
2011	81.5	81.2
2012	81.7	81.3
2013	81.8	81.8
2014	81.8	82.4
2015	81.9	82.5
2016	82	82.9
2017	81.9	83.3
2018	81.9	83.3
2019	82.3	83.7
2020	81.7	83.7
2021	82	83.9
2022	81.2	82.7
2023	82.6	84.3
2024	82.7	84.4
2025	82.9	84.5
2026	83.1	84.6

Canada and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Canada

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Canada	South Korea
1960	17,909,356	25,012,374
1961	18,271,000	25,765,673
1962	18,614,000	26,513,030
1963	18,964,000	27,261,747
1964	19,325,000	27,984,155
1965	19,678,000	28,704,674
1966	20,048,000	29,435,571
1967	20,412,000	30,130,983
1968	20,744,000	30,838,302
1969	21,028,000	31,544,266
1970	21,324,000	32,240,827
1971	21,962,032	32,882,704
1972	22,218,463	33,505,406
1973	22,491,777	34,103,149
1974	22,807,969	34,692,266
1975	23,143,275	35,280,725
1976	23,449,808	35,848,523
1977	23,725,843	36,411,795
1978	23,963,203	36,969,185
1979	24,201,544	37,534,236
1980	24,515,667	38,123,775
1981	24,819,915	38,723,248
1982	25,116,942	39,326,352
1983	25,366,451	39,910,403
1984	25,607,053	40,405,956
1985	25,842,116	40,805,744
1986	26,100,278	41,213,674
1987	26,446,601	41,621,690
1988	26,791,747	42,031,247
1989	27,276,781	42,449,038
1990	27,691,138	42,869,283
1991	28,037,420	43,295,704
1992	28,371,264	43,747,962
1993	28,684,764	44,194,628
1994	29,000,663	44,641,540
1995	29,302,311	45,092,991
1996	29,610,218	45,524,681
1997	29,905,948	45,953,580
1998	30,155,173	46,286,503
1999	30,401,286	46,616,677
2000	30,685,730	47,008,111
2001	31,020,855	47,370,164
2002	31,359,199	47,644,736
2003	31,642,461	47,892,330
2004	31,938,807	48,082,519
2005	32,242,732	48,184,561
2006	32,571,193	48,438,292
2007	32,888,886	48,683,638
2008	33,247,298	49,054,708
2009	33,630,069	49,307,835
2010	34,005,902	49,554,112
2011	34,339,221	49,936,638
2012	34,713,395	50,199,853
2013	35,080,992	50,428,893
2014	35,434,066	50,746,659
2015	35,704,498	51,014,947
2016	36,110,803	51,217,803
2017	36,545,075	51,361,911
2018	37,072,620	51,585,058
2019	37,618,495	51,764,822
2020	38,028,638	51,836,239
2021	38,239,864	51,769,539
2022	38,935,934	51,672,569
2023	40,083,484	51,712,619
2024	41,288,599	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Canada and South Korea

Fertility rate

Canada

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Canada	South Korea
1960	3.81	5.99
1961	3.75	5.8
1962	3.68	5.56
1963	3.61	5.33
1964	3.46	5.07
1965	3.12	4.89
1966	2.75	4.78
1967	2.53	4.62
1968	2.39	4.51
1969	2.33	4.45
1970	2.26	4.53
1971	2.14	4.54
1972	1.98	4.12
1973	1.89	4.07
1974	1.84	3.77
1975	1.82	3.43
1976	1.8	3
1977	1.78	2.99
1978	1.77	2.64
1979	1.75	2.9
1980	1.74	2.82
1981	1.7	2.57
1982	1.69	2.39
1983	1.68	2.06
1984	1.65	1.74
1985	1.67	1.66
1986	1.68	1.58
1987	1.68	1.53
1988	1.68	1.55
1989	1.77	1.56
1990	1.83	1.57
1991	1.72	1.71
1992	1.71	1.76
1993	1.69	1.65
1994	1.69	1.66
1995	1.67	1.63
1996	1.63	1.57
1997	1.57	1.54
1998	1.56	1.46
1999	1.55	1.43
2000	1.51	1.48
2001	1.54	1.31
2002	1.52	1.18
2003	1.55	1.19
2004	1.56	1.16
2005	1.58	1.09
2006	1.63	1.13
2007	1.67	1.26
2008	1.7	1.19
2009	1.69	1.15
2010	1.65	1.23
2011	1.63	1.24
2012	1.63	1.3
2013	1.61	1.19
2014	1.61	1.21
2015	1.6	1.24
2016	1.59	1.17
2017	1.55	1.05
2018	1.51	0.98
2019	1.47	0.92
2020	1.41	0.84
2021	1.44	0.81
2022	1.33	0.78
2023	1.26	0.72

Canada and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Canada

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Canada	South Korea
1960	26.4	19.3
1961	26.3	19.2
1962	26	19.1
1963	25.8	19
1964	25.6	18.8
1965	25.5	18.6
1966	25.5	18.5
1967	25.5	18.6
1968	25.7	18.7
1969	25.8	18.8
1970	26	18.9
1971	26.3	19
1972	26.6	19.1
1973	26.9	19.3
1974	27.2	19.6
1975	27.4	19.9
1976	27.7	20.2
1977	28.1	20.7
1978	28.5	21.1
1979	28.8	21.6
1980	29.2	22.1
1981	29.5	22.5
1982	29.8	22.8
1983	30.2	23.3
1984	30.6	23.7
1985	31	24.2
1986	31.4	24.8
1987	31.8	25.3
1988	32.2	25.8
1989	32.5	26.3
1990	32.9	26.7
1991	33.2	27.2
1992	33.6	27.8
1993	33.9	28.3
1994	34.3	28.9
1995	34.7	29.4
1996	35.1	29.8
1997	35.5	30.2
1998	36	30.7
1999	36.4	31.2
2000	36.7	31.7
2001	37.1	32.3
2002	37.4	32.8
2003	37.8	33.4
2004	38.1	33.9
2005	38.5	34.5
2006	38.8	35.2
2007	39.1	35.8
2008	39.3	36.4
2009	39.5	37
2010	39.7	37.6
2011	39.9	38.2
2012	40.1	38.8
2013	40.3	39.5
2014	40.5	40.2
2015	40.6	40.8
2016	40.7	41.4
2017	40.8	41.9
2018	40.8	42.5
2019	40.8	43.1
2020	40.9	43.8
2021	41.1	44.4
2022	41.3	44.9
2023	41.4	45.5
2024	41.5	46.1

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