Germany vs South Korea statistics compared

Germany has a population of 83.5M (ranked 19/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Germany's land area is 134,916 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 63rd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Germany and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Germany and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Germany

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Germany	South Korea
1960	$84,619,845,881	$3,958,811,881
1961	$96,558,204,043	$2,417,628,737
1962	$105,895,435,234	$2,814,615,385
1963	$112,232,503,744	$3,988,461,538
1964	$123,330,404,665	$3,459,019,943
1965	$134,774,688,191	$3,120,861,499
1966	$143,304,275,684	$3,929,055,144
1967	$145,100,667,773	$4,855,892,446
1968	$156,527,292,653	$6,119,394,892
1969	$177,733,486,326	$7,678,698,838
1970	$216,629,229,947	$9,005,144,969
1971	$250,900,942,397	$9,903,571,249
1972	$300,899,944,795	$10,862,211,761
1973	$399,833,571,167	$13,876,472,208
1974	$446,934,971,657	$19,543,973,941
1975	$492,434,094,920	$21,784,297,521
1976	$521,658,712,133	$29,902,479,339
1977	$602,698,323,086	$38,446,487,603
1978	$743,182,891,918	$51,972,107,438
1979	$884,574,218,333	$66,946,900,826
1980	$953,772,499,462	$65,398,377,598
1981	$803,404,797,058	$72,933,533,012
1982	$779,421,633,755	$78,358,416,171
1983	$773,507,930,295	$87,760,553,262
1984	$727,767,760,979	$97,510,744,119
1985	$735,218,723,093	$101,296,177,099
1986	$1,050,092,624,516	$116,836,246,285
1987	$1,302,932,318,825	$147,948,709,376
1988	$1,406,367,016,372	$199,591,287,825
1989	$1,404,092,925,205	$246,928,837,311
1990	$1,778,162,195,860	$283,365,844,161
1991	$1,875,792,575,133	$330,647,042,837
1992	$2,141,377,582,968	$355,524,903,068
1993	$2,078,954,217,438	$392,665,710,525
1994	$2,215,282,632,277	$463,619,823,515
1995	$2,593,053,091,306	$566,581,003,128
1996	$2,506,576,553,158	$610,167,053,824
1997	$2,218,790,886,533	$569,755,022,973
1998	$2,247,760,364,566	$383,331,833,682
1999	$2,213,873,468,587	$497,514,040,642
2000	$1,966,980,701,145	$576,179,387,820
2001	$1,966,381,496,642	$547,656,279,895
2002	$2,102,350,798,306	$627,246,933,730
2003	$2,534,715,518,349	$702,714,855,194
2004	$2,852,317,768,062	$793,175,561,887
2005	$2,893,393,187,362	$934,901,071,333
2006	$3,046,308,753,671	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$3,484,056,680,855	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$3,808,786,022,313	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$3,479,800,820,863	$943,941,876,219
2010	$3,468,154,343,000	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$3,824,828,563,521	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$3,597,896,500,945	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$3,808,086,291,482	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$3,965,800,686,310	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$3,423,568,450,957	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$3,537,784,107,981	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$3,763,092,263,753	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$4,052,008,447,224	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$3,957,208,055,216	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$3,940,142,541,354	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$4,348,297,440,388	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$4,163,596,357,879	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$4,525,703,903,628	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$4,659,929,336,891	-

Germany and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Germany

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Germany	South Korea
1960	$1,162	$158.3
1961	$1,316	$93.8
1962	$1,431	$106.2
1963	$1,502	$146.3
1964	$1,637	$123.6
1965	$1,774	$108.7
1966	$1,871	$133.5
1967	$1,886	$161.2
1968	$2,025	$198.4
1969	$2,281	$243.4
1970	$2,771	$279.3
1971	$3,204	$301
1972	$3,824	$324
1973	$5,065	$407
1974	$5,660	$563
1975	$6,259	$617
1976	$6,659	$834
1977	$7,711	$1,056
1978	$9,517	$1,406
1979	$11,322	$1,784
1980	$12,183	$1,715
1981	$10,246	$1,883
1982	$9,950	$1,993
1983	$9,900	$2,199
1984	$9,347	$2,413
1985	$9,464	$2,482
1986	$13,511	$2,835
1987	$16,739	$3,555
1988	$17,997	$4,749
1989	$17,829	$5,817
1990	$22,386	$6,610
1991	$23,443	$7,637
1992	$26,560	$8,127
1993	$25,617	$8,885
1994	$27,202	$10,385
1995	$31,747	$12,565
1996	$30,600	$13,403
1997	$27,047	$12,398
1998	$27,396	$8,282
1999	$26,965	$10,672
2000	$23,926	$12,257
2001	$23,878	$11,561
2002	$25,487	$13,165
2003	$30,711	$14,673
2004	$34,567	$16,496
2005	$35,084	$19,403
2006	$36,980	$21,743
2007	$42,351	$24,086
2008	$46,386	$21,350
2009	$42,487	$19,144
2010	$42,410	$23,079
2011	$47,647	$25,098
2012	$44,736	$25,459
2013	$47,220	$27,180
2014	$48,971	$29,253
2015	$41,911	$28,737
2016	$42,961	$29,280
2017	$45,527	$31,601
2018	$48,875	$33,447
2019	$47,624	$31,902
2020	$47,380	$31,721
2021	$52,266	$35,126
2022	$49,686	$32,395
2023	$53,940	$33,121
2024	$55,800	-

Germany vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Germany

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Germany	South Korea
1950	66.8	22.2
1951	67.1	26.6
1952	67.5	36.6
1953	67.8	40.5
1954	68.1	46.1
1955	68.3	48.4
1956	68.6	50.2
1957	68.5	51.6
1958	69.2	51.8
1959	69.3	52.9
1960	69.3	53.8
1961	69.8	54.4
1962	70	55
1963	70.1	55
1964	70.6	55.3
1965	70.6	55.8
1966	70.7	55.4
1967	71	60.9
1968	70.6	60.9
1969	70.5	61.4
1970	70.7	62.2
1971	70.9	62.7
1972	71.1	63.2
1973	71.4	63.8
1974	71.7	64.2
1975	71.5	64.7
1976	72	65
1977	72.6	64.6
1978	72.6	65
1979	72.9	66.1
1980	73.1	64.8
1981	73.3	67.1
1982	73.6	67.1
1983	73.9	66.7
1984	74.4	68.1
1985	74.5	68.4
1986	74.7	69
1987	75.1	69.3
1988	75.3	70.2
1989	75.5	70.7
1990	75.3	71
1991	75.6	71.4
1992	76	72.2
1993	76.1	72.7
1994	76.4	72.9
1995	76.6	73.4
1996	76.8	74
1997	77.2	74.5
1998	77.6	75
1999	77.8	75.6
2000	78.1	76.2
2001	78.4	76.9
2002	78.5	77.2
2003	78.5	77.5
2004	79.1	78
2005	79.3	78.4
2006	79.6	79
2007	79.7	79.4
2008	79.8	80
2009	79.9	80.6
2010	80.1	80.7
2011	80.4	81.2
2012	80.5	81.3
2013	80.5	81.8
2014	80.9	82.4
2015	80.6	82.5
2016	80.8	82.9
2017	80.9	83.3
2018	80.9	83.3
2019	81.2	83.7
2020	81	83.7
2021	81.1	83.9
2022	80.6	82.7
2023	81.4	84.3
2024	81.5	84.4
2025	81.7	84.5

Germany and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Germany

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Germany	South Korea
1960	72,814,900	25,012,374
1961	73,377,632	25,765,673
1962	74,025,784	26,513,030
1963	74,714,353	27,261,747
1964	75,318,337	27,984,155
1965	75,963,695	28,704,674
1966	76,600,311	29,435,571
1967	76,951,336	30,130,983
1968	77,294,314	30,838,302
1969	77,909,682	31,544,266
1970	78,169,289	32,240,827
1971	78,312,842	32,882,704
1972	78,688,452	33,505,406
1973	78,936,666	34,103,149
1974	78,967,433	34,692,266
1975	78,673,554	35,280,725
1976	78,336,950	35,848,523
1977	78,159,814	36,411,795
1978	78,091,820	36,969,185
1979	78,126,350	37,534,236
1980	78,288,576	38,123,775
1981	78,407,907	38,723,248
1982	78,333,366	39,326,352
1983	78,128,282	39,910,403
1984	77,858,685	40,405,956
1985	77,684,873	40,805,744
1986	77,720,436	41,213,674
1987	77,839,920	41,621,690
1988	78,144,619	42,031,247
1989	78,751,283	42,449,038
1990	79,433,029	42,869,283
1991	80,013,896	43,295,704
1992	80,624,598	43,747,962
1993	81,156,363	44,194,628
1994	81,438,348	44,641,540
1995	81,678,051	45,092,991
1996	81,914,831	45,524,681
1997	82,034,771	45,953,580
1998	82,047,195	46,286,503
1999	82,100,243	46,616,677
2000	82,211,508	47,008,111
2001	82,349,925	47,370,164
2002	82,488,495	47,644,736
2003	82,534,176	47,892,330
2004	82,516,260	48,082,519
2005	82,469,422	48,184,561
2006	82,376,451	48,438,292
2007	82,266,372	48,683,638
2008	82,110,097	49,054,708
2009	81,902,307	49,307,835
2010	81,776,930	49,554,112
2011	80,274,983	49,936,638
2012	80,425,823	50,199,853
2013	80,645,605	50,428,893
2014	80,982,500	50,746,659
2015	81,686,611	51,014,947
2016	82,348,669	51,217,803
2017	82,657,002	51,361,911
2018	82,905,782	51,585,058
2019	83,092,962	51,764,822
2020	83,160,871	51,836,239
2021	83,196,078	51,769,539
2022	83,797,985	51,672,569
2023	83,901,923	51,712,619
2024	83,510,950	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Germany and South Korea

Fertility rate

Germany

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Germany	South Korea
1960	2.37	5.99
1961	2.45	5.8
1962	2.44	5.56
1963	2.51	5.33
1964	2.54	5.07
1965	2.5	4.89
1966	2.53	4.78
1967	2.48	4.62
1968	2.38	4.51
1969	2.21	4.45
1970	2.03	4.53
1971	1.92	4.54
1972	1.71	4.12
1973	1.54	4.07
1974	1.51	3.77
1975	1.45	3.43
1976	1.45	3
1977	1.4	2.99
1978	1.38	2.64
1979	1.38	2.9
1980	1.44	2.82
1981	1.43	2.57
1982	1.41	2.39
1983	1.33	2.06
1984	1.29	1.74
1985	1.37	1.66
1986	1.43	1.58
1987	1.43	1.53
1988	1.46	1.55
1989	1.42	1.56
1990	1.45	1.57
1991	1.33	1.71
1992	1.29	1.76
1993	1.28	1.65
1994	1.24	1.66
1995	1.25	1.63
1996	1.3	1.57
1997	1.35	1.54
1998	1.36	1.46
1999	1.36	1.43
2000	1.38	1.48
2001	1.35	1.31
2002	1.34	1.18
2003	1.34	1.19
2004	1.36	1.16
2005	1.34	1.09
2006	1.33	1.13
2007	1.37	1.26
2008	1.38	1.19
2009	1.36	1.15
2010	1.39	1.23
2011	1.39	1.24
2012	1.41	1.3
2013	1.42	1.19
2014	1.47	1.21
2015	1.5	1.24
2016	1.6	1.17
2017	1.57	1.05
2018	1.57	0.98
2019	1.54	0.92
2020	1.53	0.84
2021	1.58	0.81
2022	1.46	0.78
2023	1.39	0.72

Germany and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Germany

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Germany	South Korea
1960	34.7	19.3
1961	34.7	19.2
1962	34.7	19.1
1963	34.6	19
1964	34.5	18.8
1965	34.4	18.6
1966	34.4	18.5
1967	34.3	18.6
1968	34.2	18.7
1969	34.1	18.8
1970	34.3	18.9
1971	34.4	19
1972	34.6	19.1
1973	34.7	19.3
1974	35	19.6
1975	35.5	19.9
1976	35.8	20.2
1977	36.1	20.7
1978	36.3	21.1
1979	36.4	21.6
1980	36.5	22.1
1981	36.5	22.5
1982	36.6	22.8
1983	36.7	23.3
1984	37	23.7
1985	37.1	24.2
1986	37.2	24.8
1987	37.4	25.3
1988	37.6	25.8
1989	37.6	26.3
1990	37.6	26.7
1991	37.7	27.2
1992	37.8	27.8
1993	37.9	28.3
1994	38.1	28.9
1995	38.4	29.4
1996	38.6	29.8
1997	38.9	30.2
1998	39.3	30.7
1999	39.7	31.2
2000	40	31.7
2001	40.4	32.3
2002	40.8	32.8
2003	41.2	33.4
2004	41.6	33.9
2005	42	34.5
2006	42.5	35.2
2007	43.1	35.8
2008	43.5	36.4
2009	43.9	37
2010	44.2	37.6
2011	44.6	38.2
2012	45.1	38.8
2013	45.5	39.5
2014	45.7	40.2
2015	45.7	40.8
2016	45.7	41.4
2017	45.8	41.9
2018	45.8	42.5
2019	45.8	43.1
2020	45.8	43.8
2021	45.9	44.4
2022	46	44.9
2023	46.2	45.5
2024	46.3	46.1

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