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 ($4.69T) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Germany ranks 19/197 ($56,104), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

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	$3,973,069,307
1961	$96,558,204,043	$2,427,244,761
1962	$105,895,435,234	$2,826,923,077
1963	$112,232,503,744	$4,007,692,308
1964	$123,330,404,665	$3,476,789,682
1965	$134,774,688,191	$3,141,131,708
1966	$143,304,275,684	$3,957,064,541
1967	$145,100,667,773	$4,895,076,718
1968	$156,527,292,653	$6,167,109,472
1969	$177,733,486,326	$7,743,940,189
1970	$216,629,229,947	$9,085,001,794
1971	$250,900,942,397	$10,005,257,131
1972	$300,899,944,795	$10,990,490,570
1973	$399,833,571,167	$14,067,523,813
1974	$446,934,971,657	$19,860,929,977
1975	$492,434,094,920	$22,126,033,058
1976	$521,658,712,133	$30,371,074,380
1977	$602,698,323,086	$39,064,462,810
1978	$743,182,891,918	$52,824,793,388
1979	$884,574,218,333	$68,083,884,298
1980	$953,772,499,462	$66,547,970,351
1981	$803,404,797,058	$74,287,368,087
1982	$779,421,633,755	$79,921,300,447
1983	$773,507,930,295	$89,621,208,322
1984	$727,767,760,979	$99,749,645,089
1985	$735,218,723,093	$103,764,281,281
1986	$1,050,092,624,516	$119,965,960,795
1987	$1,302,932,318,825	$152,240,393,646
1988	$1,406,367,016,372	$205,477,530,605
1989	$1,404,092,925,205	$254,236,243,100
1990	$1,778,162,195,860	$292,064,221,389
1991	$1,875,792,575,133	$340,851,946,804
1992	$2,141,377,582,968	$366,921,291,825
1993	$2,078,954,217,438	$405,705,302,846
1994	$2,215,282,632,277	$479,181,794,217
1995	$2,593,053,091,306	$586,286,469,401
1996	$2,506,576,553,158	$631,196,863,758
1997	$2,218,790,886,533	$589,202,526,424
1998	$2,247,760,364,566	$397,297,216,492
1999	$2,213,873,468,587	$515,697,079,289
2000	$1,966,980,701,145	$597,487,173,479
2001	$1,966,381,496,642	$567,564,806,235
2002	$2,102,350,798,306	$650,014,391,470
2003	$2,534,715,518,349	$728,516,494,684
2004	$2,852,317,768,062	$823,251,107,639
2005	$2,893,393,187,362	$971,740,329,984
2006	$3,046,308,753,671	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$3,484,056,680,855	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$3,808,197,720,125	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$3,478,545,516,684	$983,065,242,417
2010	$3,467,093,769,667	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$3,823,575,803,794	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$3,596,483,233,406	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$3,807,023,797,051	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$3,964,870,735,761	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$3,425,099,578,746	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$3,536,787,895,179	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$3,765,351,626,106	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$4,055,433,215,302	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$3,959,894,794,039	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$3,941,398,957,074	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$4,355,251,953,411	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$4,201,021,706,479	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$4,562,207,532,490	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$4,685,592,577,805	$1,875,388,209,407

Germany and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Germany

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Germany	South Korea
1960	$1,162	$158.8
1961	$1,316	$94.2
1962	$1,431	$106.6
1963	$1,502	$147
1964	$1,637	$124.2
1965	$1,774	$109.4
1966	$1,871	$134.4
1967	$1,886	$162.5
1968	$2,025	$200
1969	$2,281	$245.5
1970	$2,771	$281.8
1971	$3,204	$304
1972	$3,824	$328
1973	$5,065	$412
1974	$5,660	$572
1975	$6,259	$627
1976	$6,659	$847
1977	$7,711	$1,073
1978	$9,517	$1,429
1979	$11,322	$1,814
1980	$12,183	$1,746
1981	$10,246	$1,918
1982	$9,950	$2,032
1983	$9,900	$2,246
1984	$9,347	$2,469
1985	$9,464	$2,543
1986	$13,511	$2,911
1987	$16,739	$3,658
1988	$17,997	$4,889
1989	$17,829	$5,989
1990	$22,386	$6,813
1991	$23,443	$7,873
1992	$26,560	$8,387
1993	$25,617	$9,180
1994	$27,202	$10,734
1995	$31,747	$13,002
1996	$30,600	$13,865
1997	$27,047	$12,822
1998	$27,396	$8,583
1999	$26,965	$11,063
2000	$23,926	$12,710
2001	$23,878	$11,981
2002	$25,487	$13,643
2003	$30,711	$15,212
2004	$34,567	$17,122
2005	$35,084	$20,167
2006	$36,980	$22,610
2007	$42,351	$25,078
2008	$46,379	$22,252
2009	$42,472	$19,937
2010	$42,397	$24,071
2011	$47,631	$26,175
2012	$44,718	$26,601
2013	$47,207	$28,449
2014	$48,960	$30,667
2015	$41,930	$30,172
2016	$42,949	$30,832
2017	$45,554	$33,297
2018	$48,916	$35,364
2019	$47,656	$33,827
2020	$47,395	$33,646
2021	$52,349	$37,518
2022	$50,507	$34,822
2023	$54,777	$35,674
2024	$56,104	$36,239

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
2026	81.9	84.6

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	83,177,813	51,672,569
2023	83,287,273	51,712,619
2024	83,516,593	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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