Ethiopia vs South Korea statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 25th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Ethiopia and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	South Korea
1960	$1,610,511,694	$3,958,811,881
1961	$1,680,859,514	$2,417,628,737
1962	$1,747,566,307	$2,814,615,385
1963	$1,825,058,828	$3,988,461,538
1964	$1,984,129,186	$3,459,019,943
1965	$2,159,998,591	$3,120,861,499
1966	$2,324,466,416	$3,929,055,144
1967	$2,461,762,003	$4,855,892,446
1968	$2,619,948,865	$6,119,394,892
1969	$2,768,987,372	$7,678,698,838
1970	$3,045,354,455	$9,005,144,969
1971	$3,224,280,835	$9,903,571,249
1972	$3,520,252,938	$10,862,211,761
1973	$4,070,570,550	$13,876,472,208
1974	$4,577,209,966	$19,543,973,941
1975	$4,577,047,854	$21,784,297,521
1976	$4,943,806,093	$29,902,479,339
1977	$5,651,840,585	$38,446,487,603
1978	$6,014,961,435	$51,972,107,438
1979	$6,586,048,398	$66,946,900,826
1980	$7,012,585,454	$65,398,377,598
1981	$7,507,663,567	$72,933,533,012
1982	$7,899,988,841	$78,358,416,171
1983	$8,781,664,427	$87,760,553,262
1984	$8,298,309,581	$97,510,744,119
1985	$9,717,392,687	$101,296,177,099
1986	$10,094,328,898	$116,836,246,285
1987	$10,790,001,558	$147,948,709,376
1988	$11,181,119,718	$199,591,287,825
1989	$11,762,932,007	$246,928,837,311
1990	$12,478,943,895	$283,365,844,161
1991	$13,799,799,324	$330,647,042,837
1992	$10,754,799,037	$355,524,903,068
1993	$9,051,043,870	$392,665,710,525
1994	$7,100,806,754	$463,619,823,515
1995	$7,855,205,207	$566,581,003,128
1996	$8,761,215,548	$610,167,053,824
1997	$8,803,539,988	$569,755,022,973
1998	$8,013,274,132	$383,331,833,682
1999	$7,892,973,532	$497,514,040,642
2000	$8,242,349,618	$576,179,387,820
2001	$8,231,326,016	$547,656,279,895
2002	$7,850,809,498	$627,246,933,730
2003	$8,623,691,300	$702,714,855,194
2004	$10,131,187,261	$793,175,561,887
2005	$12,401,139,454	$934,901,071,333
2006	$15,280,861,835	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$19,707,616,773	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$27,066,912,635	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$32,437,389,116	$943,941,876,219
2010	$29,933,790,334	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$31,952,763,089	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$43,310,721,414	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$47,648,276,605	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$55,612,228,234	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$64,589,328,551	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$74,296,766,562	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$81,770,885,148	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$84,269,180,857	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$95,912,620,248	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$107,657,732,424	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$111,261,888,669	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$126,772,707,851	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	-	$1,712,792,854,202

Ethiopia and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	South Korea
1960	$75.3	$158.3
1961	$76.7	$93.8
1962	$77.8	$106.2
1963	$79.2	$146.3
1964	$83.8	$123.6
1965	$88.9	$108.7
1966	$93.2	$133.5
1967	$96.1	$161.2
1968	$99.5	$198.4
1969	$102.3	$243.4
1970	$109.4	$279.3
1971	$112.7	$301
1972	$119.8	$324
1973	$134.9	$407
1974	$147.9	$563
1975	$144.3	$617
1976	$152	$834
1977	$170.4	$1,056
1978	$178.3	$1,406
1979	$192.4	$1,784
1980	$203.7	$1,715
1981	$212.7	$1,883
1982	$215.3	$1,993
1983	$232.7	$2,199
1984	$214.2	$2,413
1985	$243.9	$2,482
1986	$246	$2,835
1987	$254.1	$3,555
1988	$253.2	$4,749
1989	$256.4	$5,817
1990	$262.1	$6,610
1991	$277.6	$7,637
1992	$207.4	$8,127
1993	$168.5	$8,885
1994	$127.7	$10,385
1995	$136.5	$12,565
1996	$147.3	$13,403
1997	$143.4	$12,398
1998	$126.5	$8,282
1999	$120.7	$10,672
2000	$122.3	$12,257
2001	$118.5	$11,561
2002	$109.6	$13,165
2003	$116.8	$14,673
2004	$133.2	$16,496
2005	$158.2	$19,403
2006	$189.3	$21,743
2007	$237.1	$24,086
2008	$316	$21,350
2009	$369	$19,144
2010	$331	$23,079
2011	$343	$25,098
2012	$452	$25,459
2013	$484	$27,180
2014	$550	$29,253
2015	$622	$28,737
2016	$696	$29,280
2017	$746	$31,601
2018	$748	$33,447
2019	$829	$31,902
2020	$905	$31,721
2021	$911	$35,126
2022	$1,011	$32,395
2023	-	$33,121

Ethiopia vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	South Korea
1950	35.5	22.2
1951	35.9	26.6
1952	36.2	36.6
1953	36.6	40.5
1954	37	46.1
1955	37.3	48.4
1956	37.8	50.2
1957	32.2	51.6
1958	32.6	51.8
1959	39.2	52.9
1960	39.6	53.8
1961	40.2	54.4
1962	40.5	55
1963	41	55
1964	41.3	55.3
1965	41.4	55.8
1966	39.3	55.4
1967	41.9	60.9
1968	42.1	60.9
1969	42.1	61.4
1970	42.1	62.2
1971	42.2	62.7
1972	41	63.2
1973	41.1	63.8
1974	39.1	64.2
1975	38.9	64.7
1976	41.3	65
1977	41.4	64.6
1978	41.5	65
1979	42.4	66.1
1980	42.8	64.8
1981	43.1	67.1
1982	43.4	67.1
1983	36.3	66.7
1984	36.7	68.1
1985	37.7	68.4
1986	38.4	69
1987	45.9	69.3
1988	45.7	70.2
1989	45.6	70.7
1990	45.1	71
1991	46.7	71.4
1992	47.3	72.2
1993	47.7	72.7
1994	47.9	72.9
1995	48.2	73.4
1996	48.7	74
1997	49.2	74.5
1998	49.8	75
1999	49.5	75.6
2000	50.9	76.2
2001	51.4	76.9
2002	52.1	77.2
2003	52.9	77.5
2004	53.7	78
2005	54.4	78.4
2006	55.4	79
2007	56.6	79.4
2008	57.7	80
2009	58.7	80.6
2010	59.7	80.7
2011	60.6	81.2
2012	61.4	81.3
2013	62.2	81.8
2014	62.9	82.4
2015	63.6	82.5
2016	64.2	82.9
2017	64.8	83.3
2018	65.3	83.3
2019	65.7	83.7
2020	66	83.7
2021	65.3	83.9
2022	66.9	82.7
2023	67.3	84.3
2024	67.6	84.4
2025	67.9	84.5

Ethiopia and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	South Korea
1960	21,376,693	25,012,374
1961	21,906,102	25,765,673
1962	22,465,126	26,513,030
1963	23,051,637	27,261,747
1964	23,666,548	27,984,155
1965	24,310,612	28,704,674
1966	24,952,689	29,435,571
1967	25,620,276	30,130,983
1968	26,337,930	30,838,302
1969	27,072,571	31,544,266
1970	27,829,128	32,240,827
1971	28,600,106	32,882,704
1972	29,374,608	33,505,406
1973	30,166,785	34,103,149
1974	30,957,273	34,692,266
1975	31,723,252	35,280,725
1976	32,534,418	35,848,523
1977	33,167,272	36,411,795
1978	33,734,592	36,969,185
1979	34,238,652	37,534,236
1980	34,428,514	38,123,775
1981	35,304,012	38,723,248
1982	36,701,290	39,326,352
1983	37,740,817	39,910,403
1984	38,735,722	40,405,956
1985	39,842,136	40,805,744
1986	41,037,656	41,213,674
1987	42,460,039	41,621,690
1988	44,150,825	42,031,247
1989	45,879,690	42,449,038
1990	47,609,755	42,869,283
1991	49,717,198	43,295,704
1992	51,853,747	43,747,962
1993	53,708,891	44,194,628
1994	55,611,508	44,641,540
1995	57,537,335	45,092,991
1996	59,467,635	45,524,681
1997	61,404,539	45,953,580
1998	63,363,524	46,286,503
1999	65,374,561	46,616,677
2000	67,411,494	47,008,111
2001	69,487,762	47,370,164
2002	71,635,517	47,644,736
2003	73,832,663	47,892,330
2004	76,077,206	48,082,519
2005	78,367,470	48,184,561
2006	80,703,490	48,438,292
2007	83,103,217	48,683,638
2008	85,543,668	49,054,708
2009	88,007,636	49,307,835
2010	90,538,514	49,554,112
2011	93,149,970	49,936,638
2012	95,798,767	50,199,853
2013	98,438,751	50,428,893
2014	101,115,610	50,746,659
2015	103,867,135	51,014,947
2016	106,718,162	51,217,803
2017	109,666,481	51,361,911
2018	112,664,152	51,585,058
2019	115,737,383	51,764,822
2020	118,917,671	51,836,239
2021	122,138,588	51,769,539
2022	125,384,287	51,672,569
2023	128,691,692	51,712,619
2024	132,059,767	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and South Korea

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	South Korea
1960	6.51	5.99
1961	6.53	5.8
1962	6.56	5.56
1963	6.59	5.33
1964	6.61	5.07
1965	6.63	4.89
1966	6.66	4.78
1967	6.68	4.62
1968	6.7	4.51
1969	6.72	4.45
1970	6.78	4.53
1971	6.84	4.54
1972	6.9	4.12
1973	6.96	4.07
1974	7.02	3.77
1975	7.08	3.43
1976	7.13	3
1977	7.19	2.99
1978	7.23	2.64
1979	7.25	2.9
1980	7.29	2.82
1981	7.31	2.57
1982	7.34	2.39
1983	7.35	2.06
1984	7.36	1.74
1985	7.34	1.66
1986	7.32	1.58
1987	7.29	1.53
1988	7.26	1.55
1989	7.23	1.56
1990	7.2	1.57
1991	7.16	1.71
1992	7.13	1.76
1993	7.09	1.65
1994	7.05	1.66
1995	7	1.63
1996	6.93	1.57
1997	6.87	1.54
1998	6.79	1.46
1999	6.72	1.43
2000	6.65	1.48
2001	6.58	1.31
2002	6.5	1.18
2003	6.4	1.19
2004	6.3	1.16
2005	6.19	1.09
2006	6.05	1.13
2007	5.89	1.26
2008	5.7	1.19
2009	5.49	1.15
2010	5.28	1.23
2011	5.08	1.24
2012	4.89	1.3
2013	4.71	1.19
2014	4.61	1.21
2015	4.53	1.24
2016	4.47	1.17
2017	4.4	1.05
2018	4.37	0.98
2019	4.35	0.92
2020	4.27	0.84
2021	4.18	0.81
2022	4.08	0.78
2023	3.99	0.72

Ethiopia and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	South Korea
1960	18.6	19.3
1961	18.6	19.2
1962	18.6	19.1
1963	18.6	19
1964	18.6	18.8
1965	18.6	18.6
1966	18.5	18.5
1967	18.5	18.6
1968	18.4	18.7
1969	18.3	18.8
1970	18.1	18.9
1971	17.9	19
1972	17.7	19.1
1973	17.6	19.3
1974	17.5	19.6
1975	17.3	19.9
1976	17.2	20.2
1977	17.1	20.7
1978	17	21.1
1979	16.9	21.6
1980	16.8	22.1
1981	16.8	22.5
1982	16.7	22.8
1983	16.7	23.3
1984	16.8	23.7
1985	16.9	24.2
1986	16.9	24.8
1987	16.9	25.3
1988	16.9	25.8
1989	16.9	26.3
1990	16.9	26.7
1991	16.9	27.2
1992	16.9	27.8
1993	16.8	28.3
1994	16.7	28.9
1995	16.6	29.4
1996	16.5	29.8
1997	16.4	30.2
1998	16.3	30.7
1999	16.2	31.2
2000	16.2	31.7
2001	16.1	32.3
2002	16.1	32.8
2003	16.1	33.4
2004	16.2	33.9
2005	16.2	34.5
2006	16.3	35.2
2007	16.4	35.8
2008	16.5	36.4
2009	16.7	37
2010	16.9	37.6
2011	17.1	38.2
2012	17.4	38.8
2013	17.6	39.5
2014	17.9	40.2
2015	18.1	40.8
2016	18.3	41.4
2017	18.6	41.9
2018	18.8	42.5
2019	19	43.1
2020	19.2	43.8
2021	19.4	44.4
2022	19.6	44.9
2023	19.7	45.5
2024	19.9	46.1

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