Colombia vs South Korea statistics compared

Colombia has a population of 52.9M (ranked 28/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Colombia's land area is 428,380 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 26th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Colombia ranks 40/197 ($419B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Colombia ranks 97/197 ($7,914), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Colombia and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Colombia and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Colombia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Colombia	South Korea
1960	$4,031,152,977	$3,958,811,881
1961	$4,540,447,761	$2,417,628,737
1962	$4,955,538,219	$2,814,615,385
1963	$4,836,166,667	$3,988,461,538
1964	$5,973,366,667	$3,459,019,943
1965	$5,760,761,905	$3,120,861,499
1966	$5,428,518,519	$3,929,055,144
1967	$5,825,170,438	$4,855,892,446
1968	$5,960,212,869	$6,119,394,892
1969	$6,450,175,214	$7,678,698,838
1970	$7,198,360,460	$9,005,144,969
1971	$7,820,380,971	$9,903,571,249
1972	$8,671,358,733	$10,862,211,761
1973	$10,315,760,000	$13,876,472,208
1974	$12,370,029,584	$19,543,973,941
1975	$13,098,633,902	$21,784,297,521
1976	$15,341,403,660	$29,902,479,339
1977	$19,470,960,619	$38,446,487,603
1978	$23,263,511,958	$51,972,107,438
1979	$27,940,411,250	$66,946,900,826
1980	$33,400,735,644	$65,398,377,598
1981	$36,388,366,869	$72,933,533,012
1982	$38,968,039,722	$78,358,416,171
1983	$38,729,822,782	$87,760,553,262
1984	$38,253,120,738	$97,510,744,119
1985	$34,894,419,443	$101,296,177,099
1986	$34,942,489,684	$116,836,246,285
1987	$36,373,307,085	$147,948,709,376
1988	$39,212,550,050	$199,591,287,825
1989	$39,540,080,200	$246,928,837,311
1990	$47,844,090,710	$283,365,844,161
1991	$49,637,993,949	$330,647,042,837
1992	$58,394,443,378	$355,524,903,068
1993	$66,474,101,301	$392,665,710,525
1994	$81,705,497,617	$463,619,823,515
1995	$92,495,970,511	$566,581,003,128
1996	$97,153,389,011	$610,167,053,824
1997	$106,656,492,294	$569,755,022,973
1998	$98,486,358,581	$383,331,833,682
1999	$86,278,947,637	$497,514,040,642
2000	$99,875,074,951	$576,179,387,820
2001	$98,200,641,203	$547,656,279,895
2002	$97,945,812,803	$627,246,933,730
2003	$94,644,969,157	$702,714,855,194
2004	$117,092,416,666	$793,175,561,887
2005	$145,600,529,606	$934,901,071,333
2006	$161,792,958,905	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$206,229,540,926	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$242,504,150,473	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$232,468,663,110	$943,941,876,219
2010	$286,498,534,095	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$334,966,134,805	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$370,691,143,018	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$382,093,697,078	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$381,240,864,422	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$293,492,370,193	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$282,720,100,286	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$311,866,875,157	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$334,198,218,098	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$323,031,701,193	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$270,348,342,541	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$318,524,633,225	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$345,632,492,851	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$366,291,836,138	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$418,542,042,920	-

Colombia and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Colombia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Colombia	South Korea
1960	$258.3	$158.3
1961	$282.1	$93.8
1962	$298.5	$106.2
1963	$282.6	$146.3
1964	$339	$123.6
1965	$317	$108.7
1966	$290.3	$133.5
1967	$303	$161.2
1968	$302	$198.4
1969	$318	$243.4
1970	$346	$279.3
1971	$367	$301
1972	$397	$324
1973	$462	$407
1974	$542	$563
1975	$561	$617
1976	$643	$834
1977	$798	$1,056
1978	$932	$1,406
1979	$1,095	$1,784
1980	$1,280	$1,715
1981	$1,362	$1,883
1982	$1,425	$1,993
1983	$1,384	$2,199
1984	$1,336	$2,413
1985	$1,192	$2,482
1986	$1,169	$2,835
1987	$1,193	$3,555
1988	$1,260	$4,749
1989	$1,244	$5,817
1990	$1,475	$6,610
1991	$1,500	$7,637
1992	$1,730	$8,127
1993	$1,930	$8,885
1994	$2,326	$10,385
1995	$2,583	$12,565
1996	$2,664	$13,403
1997	$2,873	$12,398
1998	$2,606	$8,282
1999	$2,244	$10,672
2000	$2,555	$12,257
2001	$2,473	$11,561
2002	$2,429	$13,165
2003	$2,312	$14,673
2004	$2,819	$16,496
2005	$3,456	$19,403
2006	$3,790	$21,743
2007	$4,770	$24,086
2008	$5,542	$21,350
2009	$5,251	$19,144
2010	$6,398	$23,079
2011	$7,401	$25,098
2012	$8,109	$25,459
2013	$8,279	$27,180
2014	$8,187	$29,253
2015	$6,249	$28,737
2016	$5,960	$29,280
2017	$6,480	$31,601
2018	$6,817	$33,447
2019	$6,473	$31,902
2020	$5,340	$31,721
2021	$6,223	$35,126
2022	$6,680	$32,395
2023	$7,001	$33,121
2024	$7,914	-

Colombia vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Colombia

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Colombia	South Korea
1950	48.3	22.2
1951	49	26.6
1952	49.8	36.6
1953	50.6	40.5
1954	51.3	46.1
1955	51.9	48.4
1956	52.5	50.2
1957	54.1	51.6
1958	54.7	51.8
1959	55.9	52.9
1960	56.6	53.8
1961	57.2	54.4
1962	57.7	55
1963	58.3	55
1964	58.8	55.3
1965	59.2	55.8
1966	59.7	55.4
1967	60.1	60.9
1968	60.6	60.9
1969	61	61.4
1970	61.5	62.2
1971	62	62.7
1972	62.5	63.2
1973	63	63.8
1974	63.5	64.2
1975	64	64.7
1976	64.6	65
1977	65.2	64.6
1978	65.8	65
1979	66.2	66.1
1980	66.7	64.8
1981	67.2	67.1
1982	67.9	67.1
1983	68.1	66.7
1984	68.3	68.1
1985	65.4	68.4
1986	68.3	69
1987	68.2	69.3
1988	68.3	70.2
1989	68.6	70.7
1990	68.7	71
1991	68.8	71.4
1992	68.8	72.2
1993	69.1	72.7
1994	69.4	72.9
1995	69.8	73.4
1996	70.2	74
1997	70.6	74.5
1998	70.9	75
1999	70.9	75.6
2000	70.9	76.2
2001	71.2	76.9
2002	71.5	77.2
2003	72.3	77.5
2004	72.8	78
2005	73.2	78.4
2006	73.5	79
2007	73.8	79.4
2008	74.2	80
2009	74.5	80.6
2010	74.9	80.7
2011	75.2	81.2
2012	75.6	81.3
2013	75.8	81.8
2014	75.9	82.4
2015	76.1	82.5
2016	76.2	82.9
2017	76.4	83.3
2018	76.6	83.3
2019	76.8	83.7
2020	74.8	83.7
2021	72.7	83.9
2022	76.5	82.7
2023	77.7	84.3
2024	77.9	84.4
2025	78.1	84.5

Colombia and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Colombia

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Colombia	South Korea
1960	15,606,209	25,012,374
1961	16,095,203	25,765,673
1962	16,599,029	26,513,030
1963	17,113,823	27,261,747
1964	17,637,411	27,984,155
1965	18,169,050	28,704,674
1966	18,702,688	29,435,571
1967	19,235,618	30,130,983
1968	19,766,796	30,838,302
1969	20,291,942	31,544,266
1970	20,811,782	32,240,827
1971	21,319,096	32,882,704
1972	21,819,563	33,505,406
1973	22,325,374	34,103,149
1974	22,833,469	34,692,266
1975	23,344,644	35,280,725
1976	23,858,810	35,848,523
1977	24,393,494	36,411,795
1978	24,950,337	36,969,185
1979	25,515,626	37,534,236
1980	26,104,498	38,123,775
1981	26,713,267	38,723,248
1982	27,338,331	39,326,352
1983	27,988,173	39,910,403
1984	28,642,690	40,405,956
1985	29,268,470	40,805,744
1986	29,879,112	41,213,674
1987	30,499,467	41,621,690
1988	31,130,524	42,031,247
1989	31,776,279	42,449,038
1990	32,440,069	42,869,283
1991	33,098,372	43,295,704
1992	33,760,571	43,747,962
1993	34,441,473	44,194,628
1994	35,127,410	44,641,540
1995	35,804,662	45,092,991
1996	36,462,745	45,524,681
1997	37,121,149	45,953,580
1998	37,792,165	46,286,503
1999	38,454,863	46,616,677
2000	39,089,934	47,008,111
2001	39,709,262	47,370,164
2002	40,324,680	47,644,736
2003	40,937,429	47,892,330
2004	41,543,171	48,082,519
2005	42,128,977	48,184,561
2006	42,691,084	48,438,292
2007	43,235,374	48,683,638
2008	43,758,808	49,054,708
2009	44,271,541	49,307,835
2010	44,777,319	49,554,112
2011	45,259,614	49,936,638
2012	45,715,810	50,199,853
2013	46,151,584	50,428,893
2014	46,565,429	50,746,659
2015	46,969,940	51,014,947
2016	47,437,512	51,217,803
2017	48,131,078	51,361,911
2018	49,024,465	51,585,058
2019	49,907,985	51,764,822
2020	50,629,997	51,836,239
2021	51,188,173	51,769,539
2022	51,737,944	51,672,569
2023	52,321,152	51,712,619
2024	52,886,363	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Colombia and South Korea

Fertility rate

Colombia

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Colombia	South Korea
1960	6.74	5.99
1961	6.71	5.8
1962	6.66	5.56
1963	6.58	5.33
1964	6.48	5.07
1965	6.33	4.89
1966	6.16	4.78
1967	5.96	4.62
1968	5.74	4.51
1969	5.51	4.45
1970	5.28	4.53
1971	5.06	4.54
1972	4.86	4.12
1973	4.68	4.07
1974	4.53	3.77
1975	4.4	3.43
1976	4.29	3
1977	4.16	2.99
1978	4	2.64
1979	3.89	2.9
1980	3.8	2.82
1981	3.71	2.57
1982	3.62	2.39
1983	3.5	2.06
1984	3.35	1.74
1985	3.23	1.66
1986	3.15	1.58
1987	3.09	1.53
1988	3.04	1.55
1989	3.01	1.56
1990	3	1.57
1991	2.98	1.71
1992	2.98	1.76
1993	2.98	1.65
1994	2.94	1.66
1995	2.85	1.63
1996	2.77	1.57
1997	2.74	1.54
1998	2.72	1.46
1999	2.64	1.43
2000	2.57	1.48
2001	2.52	1.31
2002	2.49	1.18
2003	2.45	1.19
2004	2.38	1.16
2005	2.31	1.09
2006	2.24	1.13
2007	2.19	1.26
2008	2.15	1.19
2009	2.1	1.15
2010	2.01	1.23
2011	1.94	1.24
2012	1.9	1.3
2013	1.86	1.19
2014	1.82	1.21
2015	1.77	1.24
2016	1.72	1.17
2017	1.72	1.05
2018	1.72	0.98
2019	1.71	0.92
2020	1.69	0.84
2021	1.68	0.81
2022	1.66	0.78
2023	1.65	0.72

Colombia and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Colombia

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Colombia	South Korea
1960	16.6	19.3
1961	16.5	19.2
1962	16.4	19.1
1963	16.4	19
1964	16.3	18.8
1965	16.3	18.6
1966	16.4	18.5
1967	16.4	18.6
1968	16.5	18.7
1969	16.6	18.8
1970	16.8	18.9
1971	16.9	19
1972	17.1	19.1
1973	17.3	19.3
1974	17.6	19.6
1975	17.8	19.9
1976	18	20.2
1977	18.2	20.7
1978	18.5	21.1
1979	18.7	21.6
1980	19	22.1
1981	19.2	22.5
1982	19.5	22.8
1983	19.8	23.3
1984	20.1	23.7
1985	20.4	24.2
1986	20.7	24.8
1987	21	25.3
1988	21.3	25.8
1989	21.6	26.3
1990	21.8	26.7
1991	22.1	27.2
1992	22.3	27.8
1993	22.5	28.3
1994	22.8	28.9
1995	23	29.4
1996	23.2	29.8
1997	23.5	30.2
1998	23.7	30.7
1999	23.9	31.2
2000	24.2	31.7
2001	24.5	32.3
2002	24.7	32.8
2003	25	33.4
2004	25.3	33.9
2005	25.6	34.5
2006	26	35.2
2007	26.4	35.8
2008	26.7	36.4
2009	27.1	37
2010	27.5	37.6
2011	27.9	38.2
2012	28.3	38.8
2013	28.7	39.5
2014	29.2	40.2
2015	29.6	40.8
2016	30	41.4
2017	30.4	41.9
2018	30.7	42.5
2019	31.1	43.1
2020	31.5	43.8
2021	31.9	44.4
2022	32.2	44.9
2023	32.7	45.5
2024	33.1	46.1

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