Finland vs South Korea statistics compared

Finland has a population of 5.62M (ranked 116/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Finland's land area is 117,360 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 70th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Finland ranks 47/197 ($299B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Finland ranks 23/197 ($53,150), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Finland and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Finland and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Finland

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Finland	South Korea
1960	$5,279,481,824	$3,973,069,307
1961	$5,984,433,774	$2,427,244,761
1962	$6,407,796,043	$2,826,923,077
1963	$6,958,916,548	$4,007,692,308
1964	$7,848,987,793	$3,476,789,682
1965	$8,680,393,839	$3,141,131,708
1966	$9,306,142,172	$3,957,064,541
1967	$9,468,272,357	$4,895,076,718
1968	$8,916,565,041	$6,167,109,472
1969	$10,177,524,839	$7,743,940,189
1970	$11,358,529,162	$9,085,001,794
1971	$12,528,522,307	$10,005,257,131
1972	$14,744,499,570	$10,990,490,570
1973	$19,474,098,335	$14,067,523,813
1974	$24,851,036,710	$19,860,929,977
1975	$29,475,251,333	$22,126,033,058
1976	$31,852,352,670	$30,371,074,380
1977	$33,502,784,418	$39,064,462,810
1978	$36,259,392,058	$52,824,793,388
1979	$44,469,218,440	$68,083,884,298
1980	$53,649,984,061	$66,547,970,351
1981	$52,440,066,134	$74,287,368,087
1982	$52,784,013,815	$79,921,300,447
1983	$50,956,447,481	$89,621,208,322
1984	$52,870,993,273	$99,749,645,089
1985	$55,856,676,899	$103,764,281,281
1986	$73,511,611,541	$119,965,960,795
1987	$91,564,993,913	$152,240,393,646
1988	$109,039,090,263	$205,477,530,605
1989	$118,991,270,611	$254,236,243,100
1990	$141,446,120,355	$292,064,221,389
1991	$127,794,441,994	$340,851,946,804
1992	$112,537,828,511	$366,921,291,825
1993	$89,112,105,756	$405,705,302,846
1994	$103,182,697,780	$479,181,794,217
1995	$134,060,457,516	$586,286,469,401
1996	$131,991,975,149	$631,196,863,758
1997	$126,862,902,302	$589,202,526,424
1998	$133,990,876,725	$397,297,216,492
1999	$135,234,241,918	$515,697,079,289
2000	$125,967,821,111	$597,487,173,479
2001	$129,519,672,869	$567,564,806,235
2002	$140,360,963,812	$650,014,391,470
2003	$171,612,867,736	$728,516,494,684
2004	$197,458,297,640	$823,251,107,639
2005	$204,859,368,791	$971,740,329,984
2006	$217,044,068,234	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$256,360,251,538	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$285,698,662,071	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$253,480,783,439	$983,065,242,417
2010	$249,429,613,683	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$275,126,915,516	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$257,443,384,493	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$270,268,036,626	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$273,478,528,955	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$233,210,733,506	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$238,777,818,793	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$253,846,138,440	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$273,869,255,596	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$267,014,821,129	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$270,000,311,606	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$294,223,210,496	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$280,253,099,309	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$295,021,982,463	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$298,696,961,298	$1,875,388,209,407

Finland and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Finland

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Finland	South Korea
1960	$1,192	$158.8
1961	$1,341	$94.2
1962	$1,427	$106.6
1963	$1,538	$147
1964	$1,726	$124.2
1965	$1,902	$109.4
1966	$2,032	$134.4
1967	$2,056	$162.5
1968	$1,927	$200
1969	$2,201	$245.5
1970	$2,466	$281.8
1971	$2,716	$304
1972	$3,178	$328
1973	$4,174	$412
1974	$5,298	$572
1975	$6,256	$627
1976	$6,740	$847
1977	$7,070	$1,073
1978	$7,629	$1,429
1979	$9,333	$1,814
1980	$11,225	$1,746
1981	$10,925	$1,918
1982	$10,935	$2,032
1983	$10,494	$2,246
1984	$10,830	$2,469
1985	$11,394	$2,543
1986	$14,947	$2,911
1987	$18,565	$3,658
1988	$22,044	$4,889
1989	$23,969	$5,989
1990	$28,366	$6,813
1991	$25,489	$7,873
1992	$22,320	$8,387
1993	$17,589	$9,180
1994	$20,278	$10,734
1995	$26,246	$13,002
1996	$25,757	$13,865
1997	$24,682	$12,822
1998	$26,000	$8,583
1999	$26,180	$11,063
2000	$24,336	$12,710
2001	$24,965	$11,981
2002	$26,989	$13,643
2003	$32,920	$15,212
2004	$37,768	$17,122
2005	$39,050	$20,167
2006	$41,214	$22,610
2007	$48,473	$25,078
2008	$53,769	$22,252
2009	$47,478	$19,937
2010	$46,506	$24,071
2011	$51,060	$26,175
2012	$47,552	$26,601
2013	$49,691	$28,449
2014	$50,074	$30,667
2015	$42,560	$30,172
2016	$43,451	$30,832
2017	$46,085	$33,297
2018	$49,654	$35,364
2019	$48,358	$33,827
2020	$48,829	$33,646
2021	$53,099	$37,518
2022	$50,441	$34,822
2023	$52,834	$35,674
2024	$53,150	$36,239

Finland vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Finland

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Finland	South Korea
1950	64.2	22.2
1951	65.6	26.6
1952	66.5	36.6
1953	66.6	40.5
1954	67.5	46.1
1955	67.3	48.4
1956	68	50.2
1957	67.5	51.6
1958	68.6	51.8
1959	68.8	52.9
1960	69	53.8
1961	69	54.4
1962	68.7	55
1963	69.2	55
1964	69.4	55.3
1965	69.1	55.8
1966	69.6	55.4
1967	69.8	60.9
1968	69.8	60.9
1969	69.6	61.4
1970	70.3	62.2
1971	70.1	62.7
1972	70.9	63.2
1973	71.4	63.8
1974	71.3	64.2
1975	71.8	64.7
1976	72	65
1977	72.5	64.6
1978	73.1	65
1979	73.4	66.1
1980	73.6	64.8
1981	74	67.1
1982	74.5	67.1
1983	74.4	66.7
1984	74.7	68.1
1985	74.4	68.4
1986	74.8	69
1987	74.8	69.3
1988	74.8	70.2
1989	75	70.7
1990	75	71
1991	75.4	71.4
1992	75.6	72.2
1993	75.9	72.7
1994	76.6	72.9
1995	76.6	73.4
1996	76.9	74
1997	77.1	74.5
1998	77.3	75
1999	77.5	75.6
2000	77.7	76.2
2001	78.1	76.9
2002	78.3	77.2
2003	78.5	77.5
2004	78.8	78
2005	79	78.4
2006	79.4	79
2007	79.4	79.4
2008	79.7	80
2009	79.8	80.6
2010	80	80.7
2011	80.4	81.2
2012	80.5	81.3
2013	80.9	81.8
2014	81.1	82.4
2015	81.4	82.5
2016	81.3	82.9
2017	81.5	83.3
2018	81.6	83.3
2019	81.9	83.7
2020	81.8	83.7
2021	81.8	83.9
2022	81.2	82.7
2023	81.9	84.3
2024	82.1	84.4
2025	82.2	84.5
2026	82.4	84.6

Finland and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Finland

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Finland	South Korea
1960	4,429,634	25,012,374
1961	4,461,005	25,765,673
1962	4,491,443	26,513,030
1963	4,523,309	27,261,747
1964	4,548,543	27,984,155
1965	4,563,732	28,704,674
1966	4,580,869	29,435,571
1967	4,605,744	30,130,983
1968	4,626,469	30,838,302
1969	4,623,785	31,544,266
1970	4,606,307	32,240,827
1971	4,612,124	32,882,704
1972	4,639,657	33,505,406
1973	4,666,081	34,103,149
1974	4,690,574	34,692,266
1975	4,711,440	35,280,725
1976	4,725,664	35,848,523
1977	4,738,902	36,411,795
1978	4,752,528	36,969,185
1979	4,764,690	37,534,236
1980	4,779,535	38,123,775
1981	4,799,964	38,723,248
1982	4,826,933	39,326,352
1983	4,855,787	39,910,403
1984	4,881,803	40,405,956
1985	4,902,206	40,805,744
1986	4,918,154	41,213,674
1987	4,932,123	41,621,690
1988	4,946,481	42,031,247
1989	4,964,371	42,449,038
1990	4,986,431	42,869,283
1991	5,013,740	43,295,704
1992	5,041,992	43,747,962
1993	5,066,447	44,194,628
1994	5,088,333	44,641,540
1995	5,107,790	45,092,991
1996	5,124,573	45,524,681
1997	5,139,835	45,953,580
1998	5,153,498	46,286,503
1999	5,165,474	46,616,677
2000	5,176,209	47,008,111
2001	5,188,008	47,370,164
2002	5,200,598	47,644,736
2003	5,213,014	47,892,330
2004	5,228,172	48,082,519
2005	5,246,096	48,184,561
2006	5,266,268	48,438,292
2007	5,288,720	48,683,638
2008	5,313,399	49,054,708
2009	5,338,871	49,307,835
2010	5,363,352	49,554,112
2011	5,388,272	49,936,638
2012	5,413,971	50,199,853
2013	5,438,972	50,428,893
2014	5,461,512	50,746,659
2015	5,479,531	51,014,947
2016	5,495,303	51,217,803
2017	5,508,214	51,361,911
2018	5,515,525	51,585,058
2019	5,521,606	51,764,822
2020	5,529,543	51,836,239
2021	5,541,017	51,769,539
2022	5,556,106	51,672,569
2023	5,583,911	51,712,619
2024	5,619,911	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Finland and South Korea

Fertility rate

Finland

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Finland	South Korea
1960	2.72	5.99
1961	2.72	5.8
1962	2.68	5.56
1963	2.68	5.33
1964	2.59	5.07
1965	2.48	4.89
1966	2.41	4.78
1967	2.32	4.62
1968	2.14	4.51
1969	1.93	4.45
1970	1.83	4.53
1971	1.68	4.54
1972	1.58	4.12
1973	1.49	4.07
1974	1.61	3.77
1975	1.68	3.43
1976	1.7	3
1977	1.68	2.99
1978	1.64	2.64
1979	1.64	2.9
1980	1.63	2.82
1981	1.64	2.57
1982	1.71	2.39
1983	1.74	2.06
1984	1.69	1.74
1985	1.64	1.66
1986	1.6	1.58
1987	1.59	1.53
1988	1.69	1.55
1989	1.71	1.56
1990	1.78	1.57
1991	1.79	1.71
1992	1.85	1.76
1993	1.81	1.65
1994	1.85	1.66
1995	1.81	1.63
1996	1.78	1.57
1997	1.75	1.54
1998	1.7	1.46
1999	1.73	1.43
2000	1.73	1.48
2001	1.73	1.31
2002	1.72	1.18
2003	1.76	1.19
2004	1.8	1.16
2005	1.8	1.09
2006	1.84	1.13
2007	1.83	1.26
2008	1.85	1.19
2009	1.86	1.15
2010	1.87	1.23
2011	1.83	1.24
2012	1.8	1.3
2013	1.75	1.19
2014	1.71	1.21
2015	1.65	1.24
2016	1.57	1.17
2017	1.49	1.05
2018	1.41	0.98
2019	1.35	0.92
2020	1.37	0.84
2021	1.46	0.81
2022	1.32	0.78
2023	1.26	0.72

Finland and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Finland

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Finland	South Korea
1960	28.4	19.3
1961	28.4	19.2
1962	28.5	19.1
1963	28.5	19
1964	28.6	18.8
1965	28.7	18.6
1966	28.8	18.5
1967	28.9	18.6
1968	29	18.7
1969	29.3	18.8
1970	29.6	18.9
1971	29.9	19
1972	30.1	19.1
1973	30.2	19.3
1974	30.4	19.6
1975	30.7	19.9
1976	31.2	20.2
1977	31.7	20.7
1978	32.1	21.1
1979	32.4	21.6
1980	32.8	22.1
1981	33.2	22.5
1982	33.5	22.8
1983	33.9	23.3
1984	34.3	23.7
1985	34.7	24.2
1986	35.1	24.8
1987	35.4	25.3
1988	35.8	25.8
1989	36.1	26.3
1990	36.4	26.7
1991	36.7	27.2
1992	37	27.8
1993	37.2	28.3
1994	37.5	28.9
1995	37.8	29.4
1996	38.1	29.8
1997	38.4	30.2
1998	38.7	30.7
1999	39	31.2
2000	39.4	31.7
2001	39.7	32.3
2002	40	32.8
2003	40.3	33.4
2004	40.6	33.9
2005	40.9	34.5
2006	41.2	35.2
2007	41.4	35.8
2008	41.6	36.4
2009	41.8	37
2010	41.9	37.6
2011	42.1	38.2
2012	42.2	38.8
2013	42.3	39.5
2014	42.4	40.2
2015	42.5	40.8
2016	42.6	41.4
2017	42.7	41.9
2018	42.8	42.5
2019	43	43.1
2020	43.2	43.8
2021	43.3	44.4
2022	43.5	44.9
2023	43.8	45.5
2024	44	46.1

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