Cuba vs South Korea statistics compared

Cuba has a population of 11M (ranked 87/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Cuba's land area is 40,077 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 103rd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Cuba ranks 69/197 ($107B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Cuba ranks 86/197 ($9,605), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Cuba and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Cuba and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Cuba

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Cuba	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	$5,693,005,200	$9,085,001,794
1971	$6,914,658,400	$10,005,257,131
1972	$8,135,150,892	$10,990,490,570
1973	$9,987,709,650	$14,067,523,813
1974	$11,405,957,317	$19,860,929,977
1975	$13,027,415,244	$22,126,033,058
1976	$13,789,579,903	$30,371,074,380
1977	$14,206,158,675	$39,064,462,810
1978	$17,844,705,325	$52,824,793,388
1979	$19,584,443,288	$68,083,884,298
1980	$19,912,889,861	$66,547,970,351
1981	$20,150,254,096	$74,287,368,087
1982	$20,953,510,235	$79,921,300,447
1983	$22,204,940,512	$89,621,208,322
1984	$24,039,383,608	$99,749,645,089
1985	$22,920,490,774	$103,764,281,281
1986	$24,226,574,634	$119,965,960,795
1987	$25,213,935,012	$152,240,393,646
1988	$27,458,999,472	$205,477,530,605
1989	$27,023,468,666	$254,236,243,100
1990	$28,645,436,569	$292,064,221,389
1991	$24,316,556,026	$340,851,946,804
1992	$22,085,858,243	$366,921,291,825
1993	$22,367,254,865	$405,705,302,846
1994	$28,448,326,757	$479,181,794,217
1995	$30,429,803,651	$586,286,469,401
1996	$25,017,368,700	$631,196,863,758
1997	$25,365,908,100	$589,202,526,424
1998	$25,736,331,200	$397,297,216,492
1999	$28,364,615,200	$515,697,079,289
2000	$30,565,400,000	$597,487,173,479
2001	$31,682,400,000	$567,564,806,235
2002	$33,590,500,000	$650,014,391,470
2003	$35,901,200,000	$728,516,494,684
2004	$38,203,000,000	$823,251,107,639
2005	$42,643,836,100	$971,740,329,984
2006	$48,835,925,926	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$54,262,870,370	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$56,302,129,630	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$57,481,481,481	$983,065,242,417
2010	$59,562,962,963	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$68,990,000,000	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$73,141,000,000	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$77,148,000,000	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$80,656,100,000	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$87,132,800,000	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$91,370,407,900	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$96,850,649,700	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$100,050,036,100	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$103,427,600,000	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$107,352,000,000	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	-	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	-	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	-	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	-	$1,875,388,209,407

Cuba and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Cuba

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cuba	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	$645	$281.8
1971	$770	$304
1972	$892	$328
1973	$1,079	$412
1974	$1,217	$572
1975	$1,374	$627
1976	$1,441	$847
1977	$1,472	$1,073
1978	$1,837	$1,429
1979	$2,006	$1,814
1980	$2,031	$1,746
1981	$2,046	$1,918
1982	$2,114	$2,032
1983	$2,222	$2,246
1984	$2,386	$2,469
1985	$2,257	$2,543
1986	$2,365	$2,911
1987	$2,440	$3,658
1988	$2,632	$4,889
1989	$2,566	$5,989
1990	$2,694	$6,813
1991	$2,269	$7,873
1992	$2,048	$8,387
1993	$2,063	$9,180
1994	$2,613	$10,734
1995	$2,785	$13,002
1996	$2,282	$13,865
1997	$2,306	$12,822
1998	$2,332	$8,583
1999	$2,562	$11,063
2000	$2,751	$12,710
2001	$2,843	$11,981
2002	$3,005	$13,643
2003	$3,203	$15,212
2004	$3,399	$17,122
2005	$3,786	$20,167
2006	$4,330	$22,610
2007	$4,807	$25,078
2008	$4,986	$22,252
2009	$5,089	$19,937
2010	$5,272	$24,071
2011	$6,104	$26,175
2012	$6,471	$26,601
2013	$6,828	$28,449
2014	$7,147	$30,667
2015	$7,728	$30,172
2016	$8,111	$30,832
2017	$8,611	$33,297
2018	$8,911	$35,364
2019	$9,232	$33,827
2020	$9,605	$33,646
2021	-	$37,518
2022	-	$34,822
2023	-	$35,674
2024	-	$36,239

Cuba vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cuba

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cuba	South Korea
1950	59	22.2
1951	59.4	26.6
1952	59.8	36.6
1953	60.2	40.5
1954	60.7	46.1
1955	61.2	48.4
1956	61.5	50.2
1957	61.9	51.6
1958	62.3	51.8
1959	62.8	52.9
1960	63.3	53.8
1961	63.7	54.4
1962	64.4	55
1963	64.3	55
1964	65.3	55.3
1965	65.6	55.8
1966	66.1	55.4
1967	66.5	60.9
1968	66.9	60.9
1969	67.4	61.4
1970	67.9	62.2
1971	68.4	62.7
1972	68.9	63.2
1973	69.3	63.8
1974	69.9	64.2
1975	70.4	64.7
1976	70.9	65
1977	71.4	64.6
1978	71.9	65
1979	72.3	66.1
1980	72.6	64.8
1981	73	67.1
1982	73.4	67.1
1983	73.6	66.7
1984	73.6	68.1
1985	73.5	68.4
1986	73.6	69
1987	73.6	69.3
1988	73.7	70.2
1989	73.7	70.7
1990	73.8	71
1991	73.8	71.4
1992	73.8	72.2
1993	73.9	72.7
1994	74.1	72.9
1995	74.3	73.4
1996	74.7	74
1997	75.1	74.5
1998	75.4	75
1999	75.7	75.6
2000	75.9	76.2
2001	76.4	76.9
2002	76.8	77.2
2003	77.4	77.5
2004	77.3	78
2005	77.5	78.4
2006	77.4	79
2007	77.6	79.4
2008	77.6	80
2009	77.6	80.6
2010	77.9	80.7
2011	78.1	81.2
2012	78.2	81.3
2013	78	81.8
2014	77.8	82.4
2015	77.7	82.5
2016	77.6	82.9
2017	77.3	83.3
2018	77.4	83.3
2019	77.4	83.7
2020	77.4	83.7
2021	73.2	83.9
2022	77.6	82.7
2023	78.1	84.3
2024	78.3	84.4
2025	78.4	84.5
2026	78.6	84.6

Cuba and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Cuba

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Cuba	South Korea
1960	7,238,081	25,012,374
1961	7,387,117	25,765,673
1962	7,541,098	26,513,030
1963	7,701,660	27,261,747
1964	7,866,020	27,984,155
1965	8,030,797	28,704,674
1966	8,193,450	29,435,571
1967	8,352,625	30,130,983
1968	8,509,522	30,838,302
1969	8,666,640	31,544,266
1970	8,824,382	32,240,827
1971	8,979,085	32,882,704
1972	9,123,891	33,505,406
1973	9,255,328	34,103,149
1974	9,374,183	34,692,266
1975	9,479,726	35,280,725
1976	9,571,242	35,848,523
1977	9,648,440	36,411,795
1978	9,711,980	36,969,185
1979	9,763,355	37,534,236
1980	9,804,796	38,123,775
1981	9,849,320	38,723,248
1982	9,912,681	39,326,352
1983	9,991,026	39,910,403
1984	10,073,299	40,405,956
1985	10,157,228	40,805,744
1986	10,244,247	41,213,674
1987	10,335,342	41,621,690
1988	10,432,585	42,031,247
1989	10,533,243	42,449,038
1990	10,631,799	42,869,283
1991	10,717,640	43,295,704
1992	10,785,801	43,747,962
1993	10,841,031	44,194,628
1994	10,886,021	44,641,540
1995	10,925,362	45,092,991
1996	10,962,010	45,524,681
1997	10,997,934	45,953,580
1998	11,034,712	46,286,503
1999	11,072,230	46,616,677
2000	11,109,109	47,008,111
2001	11,144,132	47,370,164
2002	11,177,418	47,644,736
2003	11,209,383	47,892,330
2004	11,238,756	48,082,519
2005	11,262,554	48,184,561
2006	11,278,550	48,438,292
2007	11,287,272	48,683,638
2008	11,291,762	49,054,708
2009	11,294,719	49,307,835
2010	11,297,409	49,554,112
2011	11,301,571	49,936,638
2012	11,303,175	50,199,853
2013	11,298,167	50,428,893
2014	11,285,775	50,746,659
2015	11,275,065	51,014,947
2016	11,265,612	51,217,803
2017	11,247,829	51,361,911
2018	11,227,118	51,585,058
2019	11,202,846	51,764,822
2020	11,176,354	51,836,239
2021	11,122,168	51,769,539
2022	11,059,820	51,672,569
2023	11,019,931	51,712,619
2024	10,979,783	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Cuba and South Korea

Fertility rate

Cuba

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cuba	South Korea
1960	4.13	5.99
1961	4.26	5.8
1962	4.42	5.56
1963	4.56	5.33
1964	4.53	5.07
1965	4.5	4.89
1966	4.4	4.78
1967	4.29	4.62
1968	4.19	4.51
1969	4.12	4.45
1970	3.98	4.53
1971	3.8	4.54
1972	3.61	4.12
1973	3.4	4.07
1974	3.16	3.77
1975	2.82	3.43
1976	2.51	3
1977	2.21	2.99
1978	1.88	2.64
1979	1.77	2.9
1980	1.64	2.82
1981	1.59	2.57
1982	1.78	2.39
1983	1.8	2.06
1984	1.77	1.74
1985	1.77	1.66
1986	1.78	1.58
1987	1.8	1.53
1988	1.85	1.55
1989	1.83	1.56
1990	1.81	1.57
1991	1.66	1.71
1992	1.56	1.76
1993	1.49	1.65
1994	1.47	1.66
1995	1.48	1.63
1996	1.46	1.57
1997	1.59	1.54
1998	1.62	1.46
1999	1.64	1.43
2000	1.61	1.48
2001	1.6	1.31
2002	1.65	1.18
2003	1.63	1.19
2004	1.55	1.16
2005	1.49	1.09
2006	1.4	1.13
2007	1.44	1.26
2008	1.58	1.19
2009	1.68	1.15
2010	1.67	1.23
2011	1.73	1.24
2012	1.67	1.3
2013	1.68	1.19
2014	1.66	1.21
2015	1.69	1.24
2016	1.6	1.17
2017	1.59	1.05
2018	1.61	0.98
2019	1.54	0.92
2020	1.49	0.84
2021	1.43	0.81
2022	1.41	0.78
2023	1.44	0.72

Cuba and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Cuba

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cuba	South Korea
1960	22.5	19.3
1961	22.5	19.2
1962	22.4	19.1
1963	22.3	19
1964	22.2	18.8
1965	22.1	18.6
1966	22	18.5
1967	21.9	18.6
1968	21.9	18.7
1969	21.8	18.8
1970	21.8	18.9
1971	21.9	19
1972	21.9	19.1
1973	22.1	19.3
1974	22.2	19.6
1975	22.5	19.9
1976	22.7	20.2
1977	23	20.7
1978	23.4	21.1
1979	23.7	21.6
1980	24.1	22.1
1981	24.5	22.5
1982	24.8	22.8
1983	25.1	23.3
1984	25.5	23.7
1985	25.9	24.2
1986	26.3	24.8
1987	26.7	25.3
1988	27.1	25.8
1989	27.5	26.3
1990	27.9	26.7
1991	28.3	27.2
1992	28.7	27.8
1993	29.2	28.3
1994	29.7	28.9
1995	30.3	29.4
1996	30.9	29.8
1997	31.4	30.2
1998	32	30.7
1999	32.5	31.2
2000	33.1	31.7
2001	33.6	32.3
2002	34.2	32.8
2003	34.7	33.4
2004	35.2	33.9
2005	35.7	34.5
2006	36.2	35.2
2007	36.8	35.8
2008	37.3	36.4
2009	37.7	37
2010	38.2	37.6
2011	38.6	38.2
2012	39.1	38.8
2013	39.7	39.5
2014	40.2	40.2
2015	40.6	40.8
2016	40.9	41.4
2017	41.3	41.9
2018	41.6	42.5
2019	41.9	43.1
2020	42.1	43.8
2021	42.3	44.4
2022	42.5	44.9
2023	42.8	45.5
2024	43.1	46.1

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