Guatemala vs South Korea statistics compared

Guatemala has a population of 18.4M (ranked 70/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Guatemala's land area is 41,375 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 102nd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Guatemala ranks 68/197 ($113B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Guatemala ranks 112/197 ($6,150), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Guatemala and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Guatemala and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Guatemala

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Guatemala	South Korea
1960	$1,043,599,900	$3,973,069,307
1961	$1,076,699,900	$2,427,244,761
1962	$1,143,600,000	$2,826,923,077
1963	$1,262,800,000	$4,007,692,308
1964	$1,299,099,900	$3,476,789,682
1965	$1,331,399,900	$3,141,131,708
1966	$1,390,700,000	$3,957,064,541
1967	$1,453,500,000	$4,895,076,718
1968	$1,610,500,000	$6,167,109,472
1969	$1,715,399,900	$7,743,940,189
1970	$1,904,000,000	$9,085,001,794
1971	$1,984,800,000	$10,005,257,131
1972	$2,101,300,000	$10,990,490,570
1973	$2,569,200,100	$14,067,523,813
1974	$3,161,499,900	$19,860,929,977
1975	$3,645,900,000	$22,126,033,058
1976	$4,365,300,200	$30,371,074,380
1977	$5,480,500,200	$39,064,462,810
1978	$6,070,600,200	$52,824,793,388
1979	$6,902,600,200	$68,083,884,298
1980	$7,878,700,000	$66,547,970,351
1981	$8,607,500,300	$74,287,368,087
1982	$8,716,999,700	$79,921,300,447
1983	$9,050,000,400	$89,621,208,322
1984	$9,470,000,100	$99,749,645,089
1985	$9,721,652,087	$103,764,281,281
1986	$7,231,963,516	$119,965,960,795
1987	$7,084,399,840	$152,240,393,646
1988	$7,841,602,824	$205,477,530,605
1989	$8,410,724,361	$254,236,243,100
1990	$7,650,196,845	$292,064,221,389
1991	$9,406,135,143	$340,851,946,804
1992	$10,440,781,588	$366,921,291,825
1993	$11,400,017,301	$405,705,302,846
1994	$12,983,233,311	$479,181,794,217
1995	$14,655,404,433	$586,286,469,401
1996	$15,674,835,615	$631,196,863,758
1997	$17,790,026,222	$589,202,526,424
1998	$19,395,491,993	$397,297,216,492
1999	$18,318,412,251	$515,697,079,289
2000	$19,288,929,030	$597,487,173,479
2001	$18,405,220,247	$567,564,806,235
2002	$20,444,205,991	$650,014,391,470
2003	$21,576,351,799	$728,516,494,684
2004	$23,577,298,095	$823,251,107,639
2005	$26,783,389,294	$971,740,329,984
2006	$29,744,246,827	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$33,567,850,824	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$38,503,720,224	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$37,126,148,265	$983,065,242,417
2010	$40,676,578,423	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$46,876,006,272	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$49,593,929,487	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$52,996,420,177	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$57,852,159,008	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$62,186,066,548	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$66,053,408,206	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$71,653,780,740	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$73,328,356,008	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$77,172,331,693	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$77,719,468,248	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$86,455,522,273	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$95,641,446,501	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$104,368,755,055	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$113,199,581,158	$1,875,388,209,407

Guatemala and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Guatemala

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Guatemala	South Korea
1960	$256.8	$158.8
1961	$257.2	$94.2
1962	$265.2	$106.6
1963	$284.4	$147
1964	$284.2	$124.2
1965	$283	$109.4
1966	$287.3	$134.4
1967	$291.9	$162.5
1968	$315	$200
1969	$326	$245.5
1970	$353	$281.8
1971	$358	$304
1972	$370	$328
1973	$441	$412
1974	$529	$572
1975	$595	$627
1976	$697	$847
1977	$856	$1,073
1978	$925	$1,429
1979	$1,026	$1,814
1980	$1,142	$1,746
1981	$1,216	$1,918
1982	$1,204	$2,032
1983	$1,220	$2,246
1984	$1,241	$2,469
1985	$1,238	$2,543
1986	$896	$2,911
1987	$854	$3,658
1988	$919	$4,889
1989	$958	$5,989
1990	$848	$6,813
1991	$1,014	$7,873
1992	$1,096	$8,387
1993	$1,166	$9,180
1994	$1,293	$10,734
1995	$1,421	$13,002
1996	$1,481	$13,865
1997	$1,638	$12,822
1998	$1,741	$8,583
1999	$1,604	$11,063
2000	$1,649	$12,710
2001	$1,538	$11,981
2002	$1,669	$13,643
2003	$1,723	$15,212
2004	$1,841	$17,122
2005	$2,046	$20,167
2006	$2,225	$22,610
2007	$2,459	$25,078
2008	$2,763	$22,252
2009	$2,612	$19,937
2010	$2,805	$24,071
2011	$3,169	$26,175
2012	$3,287	$26,601
2013	$3,444	$28,449
2014	$3,689	$30,667
2015	$3,894	$30,172
2016	$4,060	$30,832
2017	$4,325	$33,297
2018	$4,353	$35,364
2019	$4,512	$33,827
2020	$4,478	$33,646
2021	$4,913	$37,518
2022	$5,359	$34,822
2023	$5,758	$35,674
2024	$6,150	$36,239

Guatemala vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Guatemala

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Guatemala	South Korea
1950	37.8	22.2
1951	38.3	26.6
1952	38.9	36.6
1953	39.5	40.5
1954	40.1	46.1
1955	40.7	48.4
1956	41.3	50.2
1957	41.9	51.6
1958	43.1	51.8
1959	44.3	52.9
1960	45.8	53.8
1961	46.1	54.4
1962	46.5	55
1963	46.6	55
1964	47.1	55.3
1965	47.2	55.8
1966	47.5	55.4
1967	47.7	60.9
1968	47.8	60.9
1969	47.5	61.4
1970	48.5	62.2
1971	50.3	62.7
1972	51.8	63.2
1973	52.8	63.8
1974	53	64.2
1975	52.8	64.7
1976	47.6	65
1977	55.2	64.6
1978	56.4	65
1979	56.6	66.1
1980	55.3	64.8
1981	54.7	67.1
1982	48.9	67.1
1983	57.9	66.7
1984	59.1	68.1
1985	59.8	68.4
1986	60.3	69
1987	61	69.3
1988	61.5	70.2
1989	61.7	70.7
1990	61.8	71
1991	61.9	71.4
1992	62	72.2
1993	62.4	72.7
1994	63	72.9
1995	63.7	73.4
1996	64.5	74
1997	65.2	74.5
1998	66	75
1999	66.6	75.6
2000	67.1	76.2
2001	67.4	76.9
2002	67.8	77.2
2003	68.2	77.5
2004	68.2	78
2005	68.2	78.4
2006	68.8	79
2007	69.3	79.4
2008	69.5	80
2009	69.7	80.6
2010	69.9	80.7
2011	70.3	81.2
2012	70.7	81.3
2013	70.9	81.8
2014	70.9	82.4
2015	70.9	82.5
2016	71.2	82.9
2017	71.6	83.3
2018	71.5	83.3
2019	71.6	83.7
2020	70	83.7
2021	67.9	83.9
2022	71.2	82.7
2023	72.6	84.3
2024	72.7	84.4
2025	72.9	84.5
2026	73	84.6

Guatemala and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Guatemala

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Guatemala	South Korea
1960	4,063,655	25,012,374
1961	4,186,201	25,765,673
1962	4,312,044	26,513,030
1963	4,440,264	27,261,747
1964	4,571,109	27,984,155
1965	4,704,965	28,704,674
1966	4,840,958	29,435,571
1967	4,978,862	30,130,983
1968	5,118,111	30,838,302
1969	5,257,081	31,544,266
1970	5,396,966	32,240,827
1971	5,538,355	32,882,704
1972	5,682,833	33,505,406
1973	5,831,631	34,103,149
1974	5,981,197	34,692,266
1975	6,128,731	35,280,725
1976	6,262,404	35,848,523
1977	6,401,515	36,411,795
1978	6,561,534	36,969,185
1979	6,727,797	37,534,236
1980	6,900,212	38,123,775
1981	7,075,648	38,723,248
1982	7,240,241	39,326,352
1983	7,419,642	39,910,403
1984	7,630,682	40,405,956
1985	7,849,693	40,805,744
1986	8,070,818	41,213,674
1987	8,296,485	41,621,690
1988	8,532,099	42,031,247
1989	8,775,546	42,449,038
1990	9,024,773	42,869,283
1991	9,272,584	43,295,704
1992	9,522,266	43,747,962
1993	9,779,761	44,194,628
1994	10,043,718	44,641,540
1995	10,312,996	45,092,991
1996	10,583,526	45,524,681
1997	10,857,754	45,953,580
1998	11,139,145	46,286,503
1999	11,422,965	46,616,677
2000	11,697,592	47,008,111
2001	11,969,422	47,370,164
2002	12,246,915	47,644,736
2003	12,525,842	47,892,330
2004	12,807,402	48,082,519
2005	13,087,629	48,184,561
2006	13,367,459	48,438,292
2007	13,652,040	48,683,638
2008	13,935,174	49,054,708
2009	14,215,611	49,307,835
2010	14,500,112	49,554,112
2011	14,792,126	49,936,638
2012	15,089,647	50,199,853
2013	15,387,337	50,428,893
2014	15,681,725	50,746,659
2015	15,971,743	51,014,947
2016	16,268,760	51,217,803
2017	16,567,357	51,361,911
2018	16,845,685	51,585,058
2019	17,103,803	51,764,822
2020	17,357,325	51,836,239
2021	17,598,650	51,769,539
2022	17,847,877	51,672,569
2023	18,124,838	51,712,619
2024	18,406,359	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Guatemala and South Korea

Fertility rate

Guatemala

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guatemala	South Korea
1960	7	5.99
1961	6.98	5.8
1962	6.93	5.56
1963	6.9	5.33
1964	6.87	5.07
1965	6.84	4.89
1966	6.8	4.78
1967	6.76	4.62
1968	6.7	4.51
1969	6.65	4.45
1970	6.6	4.53
1971	6.55	4.54
1972	6.51	4.12
1973	6.49	4.07
1974	6.46	3.77
1975	6.41	3.43
1976	6.37	3
1977	6.32	2.99
1978	6.26	2.64
1979	6.22	2.9
1980	6.17	2.82
1981	6.12	2.57
1982	6.06	2.39
1983	5.98	2.06
1984	5.86	1.74
1985	5.73	1.66
1986	5.66	1.58
1987	5.64	1.53
1988	5.62	1.55
1989	5.56	1.56
1990	5.48	1.57
1991	5.38	1.71
1992	5.31	1.76
1993	5.25	1.65
1994	5.19	1.66
1995	5.11	1.63
1996	5.01	1.57
1997	4.91	1.54
1998	4.8	1.46
1999	4.69	1.43
2000	4.58	1.48
2001	4.5	1.31
2002	4.37	1.18
2003	4.25	1.19
2004	4.13	1.16
2005	3.97	1.09
2006	3.85	1.13
2007	3.72	1.26
2008	3.57	1.19
2009	3.47	1.15
2010	3.38	1.23
2011	3.29	1.24
2012	3.22	1.3
2013	3.15	1.19
2014	3.09	1.21
2015	3.03	1.24
2016	2.97	1.17
2017	2.86	1.05
2018	2.74	0.98
2019	2.59	0.92
2020	2.47	0.84
2021	2.39	0.81
2022	2.34	0.78
2023	2.31	0.72

Guatemala and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Guatemala

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Guatemala	South Korea
1960	16.7	19.3
1961	16.7	19.2
1962	16.6	19.1
1963	16.6	19
1964	16.6	18.8
1965	16.7	18.6
1966	16.7	18.5
1967	16.7	18.6
1968	16.7	18.7
1969	16.8	18.8
1970	16.8	18.9
1971	16.8	19
1972	16.8	19.1
1973	16.8	19.3
1974	16.8	19.6
1975	16.9	19.9
1976	17	20.2
1977	17	20.7
1978	17	21.1
1979	17.1	21.6
1980	17.1	22.1
1981	17.1	22.5
1982	17.1	22.8
1983	17	23.3
1984	17	23.7
1985	17	24.2
1986	17.1	24.8
1987	17.1	25.3
1988	17.1	25.8
1989	17.1	26.3
1990	17.2	26.7
1991	17.2	27.2
1992	17.3	27.8
1993	17.3	28.3
1994	17.3	28.9
1995	17.4	29.4
1996	17.4	29.8
1997	17.5	30.2
1998	17.6	30.7
1999	17.7	31.2
2000	17.7	31.7
2001	17.8	32.3
2002	18	32.8
2003	18.1	33.4
2004	18.3	33.9
2005	18.5	34.5
2006	18.7	35.2
2007	18.9	35.8
2008	19.1	36.4
2009	19.4	37
2010	19.6	37.6
2011	19.9	38.2
2012	20.1	38.8
2013	20.4	39.5
2014	20.8	40.2
2015	21.1	40.8
2016	21.3	41.4
2017	21.7	41.9
2018	22	42.5
2019	22.3	43.1
2020	22.6	43.8
2021	22.9	44.4
2022	23.3	44.9
2023	23.7	45.5
2024	24	46.1

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