Greece vs South Korea statistics compared

Greece has a population of 10.4M (ranked 94/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Greece's land area is 49,769 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 95th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Greece ranks 53/197 ($256B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,626), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Greece and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Greece and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Greece

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Greece	South Korea
1960	$4,274,890,307	$3,973,069,307
1961	$4,892,397,431	$2,427,244,761
1962	$5,140,542,929	$2,826,923,077
1963	$5,813,285,627	$4,007,692,308
1964	$6,576,906,345	$3,476,789,682
1965	$7,582,209,670	$3,141,131,708
1966	$8,472,021,467	$3,957,064,541
1967	$9,146,592,856	$4,895,076,718
1968	$9,950,331,206	$6,167,109,472
1969	$11,454,106,327	$7,743,940,189
1970	$12,957,113,636	$9,085,001,794
1971	$14,388,806,818	$10,005,257,131
1972	$16,650,659,091	$10,990,490,570
1973	$22,037,019,563	$14,067,523,813
1974	$24,998,715,909	$19,860,929,977
1975	$28,129,128,587	$22,126,033,058
1976	$30,719,552,239	$30,371,074,380
1977	$35,673,080,481	$39,064,462,810
1978	$43,654,480,519	$52,824,793,388
1979	$53,724,121,435	$68,083,884,298
1980	$56,039,256,595	$66,547,970,351
1981	$51,618,456,335	$74,287,368,087
1982	$53,858,346,939	$79,921,300,447
1983	$48,741,397,059	$89,621,208,322
1984	$47,352,146,312	$99,749,645,089
1985	$47,155,741,426	$103,764,281,281
1986	$55,595,445,472	$119,965,960,795
1987	$64,739,630,096	$152,240,393,646
1988	$75,200,610,137	$205,477,530,605
1989	$78,067,933,277	$254,236,243,100
1990	$96,529,587,274	$292,064,221,389
1991	$103,680,863,713	$340,851,946,804
1992	$114,608,178,405	$366,921,291,825
1993	$107,295,704,518	$405,705,302,846
1994	$114,980,063,202	$479,181,794,217
1995	$134,974,613,914	$586,286,469,401
1996	$142,502,984,145	$631,196,863,758
1997	$138,766,067,640	$589,202,526,424
1998	$139,612,812,176	$397,297,216,492
1999	$137,131,371,955	$515,697,079,289
2000	$125,760,166,225	$597,487,173,479
2001	$132,050,474,720	$567,564,806,235
2002	$150,253,800,086	$650,014,391,470
2003	$196,930,509,813	$728,516,494,684
2004	$234,979,615,898	$823,251,107,639
2005	$242,315,668,619	$971,740,329,984
2006	$269,073,415,334	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$314,226,996,944	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$351,121,399,546	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$326,829,054,686	$983,065,242,417
2010	$296,417,644,404	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$283,228,079,776	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$238,841,140,018	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$236,556,279,641	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$233,911,581,521	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$194,567,373,678	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$193,097,239,006	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$200,381,103,984	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$213,298,873,494	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$207,305,649,887	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$191,362,985,555	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$218,303,801,895	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$217,990,189,601	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$242,946,187,738	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$256,238,371,778	$1,875,388,209,407

Greece and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Greece

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Greece	South Korea
1960	$513	$158.8
1961	$583	$94.2
1962	$608	$106.6
1963	$686	$147
1964	$773	$124.2
1965	$887	$109.4
1966	$984	$134.4
1967	$1,053	$162.5
1968	$1,138	$200
1969	$1,306	$245.5
1970	$1,474	$281.8
1971	$1,629	$304
1972	$1,873	$328
1973	$2,468	$412
1974	$2,789	$572
1975	$3,109	$627
1976	$3,343	$847
1977	$3,832	$1,073
1978	$4,629	$1,429
1979	$5,627	$1,814
1980	$5,812	$1,746
1981	$5,305	$1,918
1982	$5,502	$2,032
1983	$4,950	$2,246
1984	$4,785	$2,469
1985	$4,747	$2,543
1986	$5,578	$2,911
1987	$6,474	$3,658
1988	$7,492	$4,889
1989	$7,738	$5,989
1990	$9,467	$6,813
1991	$10,047	$7,873
1992	$11,021	$8,387
1993	$10,257	$9,180
1994	$10,937	$10,734
1995	$12,779	$13,002
1996	$13,433	$13,865
1997	$13,016	$12,822
1998	$13,023	$8,583
1999	$12,743	$11,063
2000	$11,638	$12,710
2001	$12,157	$11,981
2002	$13,782	$13,643
2003	$18,021	$15,212
2004	$21,449	$17,122
2005	$22,054	$20,167
2006	$24,416	$22,610
2007	$28,441	$25,078
2008	$31,696	$22,252
2009	$29,425	$19,937
2010	$26,653	$24,071
2011	$25,505	$26,175
2012	$21,624	$26,601
2013	$21,573	$28,449
2014	$21,475	$30,667
2015	$17,981	$30,172
2016	$17,919	$30,832
2017	$18,632	$33,297
2018	$19,873	$35,364
2019	$19,335	$33,827
2020	$17,887	$33,646
2021	$20,655	$37,518
2022	$20,887	$34,822
2023	$23,344	$35,674
2024	$24,626	$36,239

Greece vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Greece

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Greece	South Korea
1950	66.2	22.2
1951	66.7	26.6
1952	67.3	36.6
1953	67.5	40.5
1954	68	46.1
1955	68.6	48.4
1956	68.1	50.2
1957	68.4	51.6
1958	69.7	51.8
1959	69.6	52.9
1960	70.5	53.8
1961	70.4	54.4
1962	70.3	55
1963	70.6	55
1964	70.5	55.3
1965	71.5	55.8
1966	71.9	55.4
1967	71.4	60.9
1968	71.5	60.9
1969	72.1	61.4
1970	72.7	62.2
1971	72.9	62.7
1972	72.7	63.2
1973	73	63.8
1974	73.5	64.2
1975	73.5	64.7
1976	73.7	65
1977	73.8	64.6
1978	74.4	65
1979	74.7	66.1
1980	74.5	64.8
1981	74.9	67.1
1982	75.2	67.1
1983	75.5	66.7
1984	75.8	68.1
1985	76.1	68.4
1986	76.5	69
1987	76.1	69.3
1988	77	70.2
1989	77.1	70.7
1990	77.3	71
1991	77.4	71.4
1992	77.3	72.2
1993	77.7	72.7
1994	77.9	72.9
1995	77.9	73.4
1996	78	74
1997	78.4	74.5
1998	78.3	75
1999	78.4	75.6
2000	78.4	76.2
2001	78.9	76.9
2002	79	77.2
2003	79.1	77.5
2004	79.4	78
2005	79.7	78.4
2006	79.8	79
2007	79.7	79.4
2008	80.1	80
2009	80.4	80.6
2010	80.6	80.7
2011	80.6	81.2
2012	80.4	81.3
2013	81.1	81.8
2014	81.1	82.4
2015	80.8	82.5
2016	81.3	82.9
2017	81	83.3
2018	81.5	83.3
2019	81.3	83.7
2020	81.5	83.7
2021	80.5	83.9
2022	79.9	82.7
2023	81.9	84.3
2024	82	84.4
2025	82.2	84.5
2026	82.4	84.6

Greece and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Greece

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Greece	South Korea
1960	8,331,725	25,012,374
1961	8,398,050	25,765,673
1962	8,448,233	26,513,030
1963	8,479,625	27,261,747
1964	8,510,429	27,984,155
1965	8,550,333	28,704,674
1966	8,613,651	29,435,571
1967	8,684,088	30,130,983
1968	8,740,765	30,838,302
1969	8,772,764	31,544,266
1970	8,792,806	32,240,827
1971	8,831,036	32,882,704
1972	8,888,628	33,505,406
1973	8,929,086	34,103,149
1974	8,962,022	34,692,266
1975	9,046,541	35,280,725
1976	9,188,150	35,848,523
1977	9,308,479	36,411,795
1978	9,429,959	36,969,185
1979	9,548,258	37,534,236
1980	9,642,505	38,123,775
1981	9,729,350	38,723,248
1982	9,789,513	39,326,352
1983	9,846,627	39,910,403
1984	9,895,801	40,405,956
1985	9,934,300	40,805,744
1986	9,967,213	41,213,674
1987	10,000,595	41,621,690
1988	10,036,983	42,031,247
1989	10,089,498	42,449,038
1990	10,196,792	42,869,283
1991	10,319,927	43,295,704
1992	10,399,061	43,747,962
1993	10,460,415	44,194,628
1994	10,512,922	44,641,540
1995	10,562,153	45,092,991
1996	10,608,800	45,524,681
1997	10,661,259	45,953,580
1998	10,720,509	46,286,503
1999	10,761,698	46,616,677
2000	10,805,808	47,008,111
2001	10,862,132	47,370,164
2002	10,902,022	47,644,736
2003	10,928,070	47,892,330
2004	10,955,141	48,082,519
2005	10,987,314	48,184,561
2006	11,020,362	48,438,292
2007	11,048,473	48,683,638
2008	11,077,841	49,054,708
2009	11,107,017	49,307,835
2010	11,121,341	49,554,112
2011	11,104,899	49,936,638
2012	11,045,011	50,199,853
2013	10,965,211	50,428,893
2014	10,892,413	50,746,659
2015	10,820,883	51,014,947
2016	10,775,971	51,217,803
2017	10,754,679	51,361,911
2018	10,732,882	51,585,058
2019	10,721,582	51,764,822
2020	10,698,599	51,836,239
2021	10,569,207	51,769,539
2022	10,436,882	51,672,569
2023	10,407,351	51,712,619
2024	10,405,134	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Greece and South Korea

Fertility rate

Greece

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Greece	South Korea
1960	2.23	5.99
1961	2.13	5.8
1962	2.16	5.56
1963	2.14	5.33
1964	2.24	5.07
1965	2.25	4.89
1966	2.32	4.78
1967	2.45	4.62
1968	2.42	4.51
1969	2.36	4.45
1970	2.4	4.53
1971	2.32	4.54
1972	2.32	4.12
1973	2.27	4.07
1974	2.38	3.77
1975	2.33	3.43
1976	2.35	3
1977	2.27	2.99
1978	2.28	2.64
1979	2.26	2.9
1980	2.23	2.82
1981	2.09	2.57
1982	2.03	2.39
1983	1.94	2.06
1984	1.83	1.74
1985	1.67	1.66
1986	1.6	1.58
1987	1.5	1.53
1988	1.5	1.55
1989	1.4	1.56
1990	1.39	1.57
1991	1.37	1.71
1992	1.36	1.76
1993	1.32	1.65
1994	1.33	1.66
1995	1.28	1.63
1996	1.26	1.57
1997	1.27	1.54
1998	1.24	1.46
1999	1.23	1.43
2000	1.25	1.48
2001	1.25	1.31
2002	1.28	1.18
2003	1.29	1.19
2004	1.31	1.16
2005	1.34	1.09
2006	1.4	1.13
2007	1.41	1.26
2008	1.5	1.19
2009	1.5	1.15
2010	1.48	1.23
2011	1.4	1.24
2012	1.34	1.3
2013	1.29	1.19
2014	1.3	1.21
2015	1.33	1.24
2016	1.38	1.17
2017	1.35	1.05
2018	1.35	0.98
2019	1.34	0.92
2020	1.39	0.84
2021	1.43	0.81
2022	1.32	0.78
2023	1.32	0.72

Greece and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Greece

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Greece	South Korea
1960	28.5	19.3
1961	29	19.2
1962	29.3	19.1
1963	29.4	19
1964	29.4	18.8
1965	31	18.6
1966	30.9	18.5
1967	31.1	18.6
1968	31.3	18.7
1969	31.6	18.8
1970	33.2	18.9
1971	32.9	19
1972	33	19.1
1973	33.3	19.3
1974	33.6	19.6
1975	33.8	19.9
1976	33.8	20.2
1977	33.9	20.7
1978	33.9	21.1
1979	34	21.6
1980	33.8	22.1
1981	33.7	22.5
1982	33.9	22.8
1983	34.1	23.3
1984	34.3	23.7
1985	34.5	24.2
1986	34.8	24.8
1987	35.1	25.3
1988	35.4	25.8
1989	35.7	26.3
1990	36	26.7
1991	36.3	27.2
1992	36.5	27.8
1993	36.6	28.3
1994	36.8	28.9
1995	37	29.4
1996	37.2	29.8
1997	37.4	30.2
1998	37.6	30.7
1999	37.8	31.2
2000	38	31.7
2001	38.2	32.3
2002	38.5	32.8
2003	38.8	33.4
2004	39.1	33.9
2005	39.4	34.5
2006	39.7	35.2
2007	40.1	35.8
2008	40.5	36.4
2009	40.9	37
2010	41.4	37.6
2011	41.8	38.2
2012	42.2	38.8
2013	42.7	39.5
2014	43.2	40.2
2015	43.7	40.8
2016	44.1	41.4
2017	44.4	41.9
2018	44.7	42.5
2019	45	43.1
2020	45.3	43.8
2021	45.9	44.4
2022	46.4	44.9
2023	46.7	45.5
2024	47.3	46.1

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