India vs South Korea statistics compared

India has a population of 1.45B (ranked 1/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). India's land area is 1,147,955 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 7th vs. 105th).

By GDP, India ranks 5/197 ($3.91T) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, India ranks 143/197 ($2,697), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

India and South Korea: Comparison Charts

India and South Korea economies compared

GDP

India

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	India	South Korea
1960	$37,029,883,876	$3,958,811,881
1961	$39,232,435,784	$2,417,628,737
1962	$42,161,481,858	$2,814,615,385
1963	$48,421,923,459	$3,988,461,538
1964	$56,480,289,941	$3,459,019,943
1965	$59,556,105,229	$3,120,861,499
1966	$45,581,230,504	$3,929,055,144
1967	$50,134,942,204	$4,855,892,446
1968	$53,085,455,871	$6,119,394,892
1969	$58,447,995,017	$7,678,698,838
1970	$62,422,483,055	$9,005,144,969
1971	$67,351,404,352	$9,903,571,249
1972	$71,464,700,667	$10,862,211,761
1973	$85,517,673,173	$13,876,472,208
1974	$99,526,597,934	$19,543,973,941
1975	$98,473,832,017	$21,784,297,521
1976	$102,716,451,980	$29,902,479,339
1977	$121,486,641,441	$38,446,487,603
1978	$137,302,319,829	$51,972,107,438
1979	$152,995,442,498	$66,946,900,826
1980	$186,328,579,302	$65,398,377,598
1981	$193,491,368,446	$72,933,533,012
1982	$200,715,624,831	$78,358,416,171
1983	$218,262,146,413	$87,760,553,262
1984	$212,157,645,178	$97,510,744,119
1985	$232,511,554,840	$101,296,177,099
1986	$248,985,994,041	$116,836,246,285
1987	$279,033,584,092	$147,948,709,376
1988	$296,589,670,896	$199,591,287,825
1989	$296,042,052,945	$246,928,837,311
1990	$320,979,026,420	$283,365,844,161
1991	$270,105,341,879	$330,647,042,837
1992	$288,208,070,278	$355,524,903,068
1993	$279,295,648,983	$392,665,710,525
1994	$327,274,843,459	$463,619,823,515
1995	$360,281,909,643	$566,581,003,128
1996	$392,896,866,205	$610,167,053,824
1997	$415,867,563,593	$569,755,022,973
1998	$421,351,317,225	$383,331,833,682
1999	$458,821,052,616	$497,514,040,642
2000	$468,395,521,654	$576,179,387,820
2001	$485,440,139,204	$547,656,279,895
2002	$514,939,140,319	$627,246,933,730
2003	$607,700,687,237	$702,714,855,194
2004	$709,152,728,831	$793,175,561,887
2005	$820,383,763,511	$934,901,071,333
2006	$940,259,888,788	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$1,216,736,438,835	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$1,198,895,139,006	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$1,341,888,016,995	$943,941,876,219
2010	$1,675,615,519,485	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$1,823,051,829,895	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$1,827,637,590,410	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$1,856,721,507,622	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$2,039,126,479,155	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$2,103,588,360,045	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$2,294,796,885,663	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$2,651,474,262,755	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$2,702,929,641,649	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$2,835,606,256,558	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$2,674,851,578,587	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$3,167,270,623,260	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$3,346,107,287,731	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$3,638,489,096,034	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$3,912,686,168,582	-

India and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

India

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	India	South Korea
1960	$84.9	$158.3
1961	$87.9	$93.8
1962	$92.2	$106.2
1963	$103.4	$146.3
1964	$117.9	$123.6
1965	$121.5	$108.7
1966	$91	$133.5
1967	$98	$161.2
1968	$101.6	$198.4
1969	$109.5	$243.4
1970	$114.4	$279.3
1971	$120.7	$301
1972	$125.3	$324
1973	$146.6	$407
1974	$166.7	$563
1975	$161.1	$617
1976	$164.1	$834
1977	$189.6	$1,056
1978	$209.4	$1,406
1979	$228	$1,784
1980	$271.1	$1,715
1981	$275	$1,883
1982	$278.7	$1,993
1983	$296	$2,199
1984	$281	$2,413
1985	$301	$2,482
1986	$315	$2,835
1987	$345	$3,555
1988	$358	$4,749
1989	$350	$5,817
1990	$371	$6,610
1991	$306	$7,637
1992	$319	$8,127
1993	$303	$8,885
1994	$348	$10,385
1995	$375	$12,565
1996	$401	$13,403
1997	$416	$12,398
1998	$414	$8,282
1999	$442	$10,672
2000	$443	$12,257
2001	$450	$11,561
2002	$469	$13,165
2003	$544	$14,673
2004	$624	$16,496
2005	$710	$19,403
2006	$802	$21,743
2007	$1,022	$24,086
2008	$993	$21,350
2009	$1,095	$19,144
2010	$1,348	$23,079
2011	$1,445	$25,098
2012	$1,429	$25,459
2013	$1,433	$27,180
2014	$1,554	$29,253
2015	$1,584	$28,737
2016	$1,708	$29,280
2017	$1,950	$31,601
2018	$1,966	$33,447
2019	$2,041	$31,902
2020	$1,907	$31,721
2021	$2,240	$35,126
2022	$2,347	$32,395
2023	$2,530	$33,121
2024	$2,697	-

India vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

India

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	India	South Korea
1950	41.2	22.2
1951	41.6	26.6
1952	42.1	36.6
1953	42.4	40.5
1954	43.2	46.1
1955	43.7	48.4
1956	44.1	50.2
1957	44.4	51.6
1958	44.8	51.8
1959	45.3	52.9
1960	45.6	53.8
1961	45.8	54.4
1962	46.1	55
1963	46.5	55
1964	46.7	55.3
1965	45.6	55.8
1966	45.9	55.4
1967	46.2	60.9
1968	47.9	60.9
1969	48.3	61.4
1970	48.6	62.2
1971	48.9	62.7
1972	49.2	63.2
1973	49.6	63.8
1974	50.3	64.2
1975	50.8	64.7
1976	51.3	65
1977	51.8	64.6
1978	52.4	65
1979	53	66.1
1980	53.6	64.8
1981	54.2	67.1
1982	54.7	67.1
1983	55.3	66.7
1984	55.8	68.1
1985	56.3	68.4
1986	56.8	69
1987	57.3	69.3
1988	57.7	70.2
1989	58.2	70.7
1990	58.6	71
1991	59	71.4
1992	59.4	72.2
1993	59.8	72.7
1994	60.2	72.9
1995	60.6	73.4
1996	61	74
1997	61.4	74.5
1998	61.9	75
1999	62.3	75.6
2000	62.7	76.2
2001	63.2	76.9
2002	63.6	77.2
2003	64.1	77.5
2004	64.5	78
2005	64.9	78.4
2006	65.4	79
2007	65.8	79.4
2008	66.2	80
2009	66.7	80.6
2010	67.2	80.7
2011	67.6	81.2
2012	68.1	81.3
2013	68.5	81.8
2014	68.9	82.4
2015	69.3	82.5
2016	69.7	82.9
2017	70.1	83.3
2018	70.4	83.3
2019	70.7	83.7
2020	70.2	83.7
2021	67.3	83.9
2022	71.7	82.7
2023	72	84.3
2024	72.2	84.4
2025	72.5	84.5

India and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

India

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	India	South Korea
1960	435,990,338	25,012,374
1961	446,564,729	25,765,673
1962	457,283,090	26,513,030
1963	468,138,575	27,261,747
1964	479,229,598	27,984,155
1965	490,140,146	28,704,674
1966	500,740,247	29,435,571
1967	511,606,372	30,130,983
1968	522,716,889	30,838,302
1969	533,880,544	31,544,266
1970	545,864,268	32,240,827
1971	558,096,387	32,882,704
1972	570,482,142	33,505,406
1973	583,465,598	34,103,149
1974	597,041,391	34,692,266
1975	611,309,535	35,280,725
1976	625,861,883	35,848,523
1977	640,801,103	36,411,795
1978	655,728,229	36,969,185
1979	671,155,747	37,534,236
1980	687,354,025	38,123,775
1981	703,696,250	38,723,248
1982	720,313,473	39,326,352
1983	737,372,681	39,910,403
1984	754,875,449	40,405,956
1985	772,647,793	40,805,744
1986	790,689,978	41,213,674
1987	808,931,270	41,621,690
1988	827,342,990	42,031,247
1989	846,039,529	42,449,038
1990	864,972,221	42,869,283
1991	883,927,600	43,295,704
1992	902,957,070	43,747,962
1993	922,118,387	44,194,628
1994	941,163,767	44,641,540
1995	960,301,044	45,092,991
1996	979,678,458	45,524,681
1997	999,133,762	45,953,580
1998	1,018,665,080	46,286,503
1999	1,038,225,823	46,616,677
2000	1,057,922,733	47,008,111
2001	1,077,898,575	47,370,164
2002	1,097,600,380	47,644,736
2003	1,116,803,006	47,892,330
2004	1,135,991,513	48,082,519
2005	1,154,676,322	48,184,561
2006	1,172,878,890	48,438,292
2007	1,190,676,021	48,683,638
2008	1,207,930,964	49,054,708
2009	1,225,524,753	49,307,835
2010	1,243,481,564	49,554,112
2011	1,261,224,954	49,936,638
2012	1,278,674,502	50,199,853
2013	1,295,829,511	50,428,893
2014	1,312,277,191	50,746,659
2015	1,328,024,498	51,014,947
2016	1,343,944,296	51,217,803
2017	1,359,657,400	51,361,911
2018	1,374,659,064	51,585,058
2019	1,389,030,312	51,764,822
2020	1,402,617,695	51,836,239
2021	1,414,203,896	51,769,539
2022	1,425,423,212	51,672,569
2023	1,438,069,596	51,712,619
2024	1,450,935,791	51,751,065

Fertility rates in India and South Korea

Fertility rate

India

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	India	South Korea
1960	5.92	5.99
1961	5.94	5.8
1962	5.95	5.56
1963	5.97	5.33
1964	5.98	5.07
1965	5.94	4.89
1966	5.88	4.78
1967	5.83	4.62
1968	5.76	4.51
1969	5.68	4.45
1970	5.62	4.53
1971	5.57	4.54
1972	5.48	4.12
1973	5.4	4.07
1974	5.33	3.77
1975	5.2	3.43
1976	5.13	3
1977	5.01	2.99
1978	4.89	2.64
1979	4.81	2.9
1980	4.78	2.82
1981	4.7	2.57
1982	4.62	2.39
1983	4.57	2.06
1984	4.52	1.74
1985	4.43	1.66
1986	4.4	1.58
1987	4.31	1.53
1988	4.22	1.55
1989	4.13	1.56
1990	4.05	1.57
1991	3.96	1.71
1992	3.88	1.76
1993	3.8	1.65
1994	3.72	1.66
1995	3.65	1.63
1996	3.58	1.57
1997	3.51	1.54
1998	3.45	1.46
1999	3.38	1.43
2000	3.35	1.48
2001	3.3	1.31
2002	3.22	1.18
2003	3.12	1.19
2004	3.05	1.16
2005	2.96	1.09
2006	2.87	1.13
2007	2.78	1.26
2008	2.71	1.19
2009	2.67	1.15
2010	2.6	1.23
2011	2.53	1.24
2012	2.47	1.3
2013	2.4	1.19
2014	2.29	1.21
2015	2.29	1.24
2016	2.28	1.17
2017	2.19	1.05
2018	2.18	0.98
2019	2.12	0.92
2020	2.05	0.84
2021	2.01	0.81
2022	1.99	0.78
2023	1.98	0.72

India and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

India

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	India	South Korea
1960	20.2	19.3
1961	20.1	19.2
1962	19.9	19.1
1963	19.8	19
1964	19.6	18.8
1965	19.5	18.6
1966	19.4	18.5
1967	19.3	18.6
1968	19.2	18.7
1969	19.2	18.8
1970	19.2	18.9
1971	19.2	19
1972	19.2	19.1
1973	19.3	19.3
1974	19.3	19.6
1975	19.4	19.9
1976	19.5	20.2
1977	19.6	20.7
1978	19.7	21.1
1979	19.8	21.6
1980	19.9	22.1
1981	20	22.5
1982	20	22.8
1983	20.1	23.3
1984	20.2	23.7
1985	20.3	24.2
1986	20.4	24.8
1987	20.4	25.3
1988	20.5	25.8
1989	20.6	26.3
1990	20.7	26.7
1991	20.8	27.2
1992	21	27.8
1993	21.1	28.3
1994	21.2	28.9
1995	21.4	29.4
1996	21.6	29.8
1997	21.7	30.2
1998	21.9	30.7
1999	22.1	31.2
2000	22.3	31.7
2001	22.5	32.3
2002	22.7	32.8
2003	22.9	33.4
2004	23.1	33.9
2005	23.3	34.5
2006	23.6	35.2
2007	23.8	35.8
2008	24.1	36.4
2009	24.4	37
2010	24.7	37.6
2011	25	38.2
2012	25.3	38.8
2013	25.6	39.5
2014	26	40.2
2015	26.3	40.8
2016	26.6	41.4
2017	27	41.9
2018	27.3	42.5
2019	27.7	43.1
2020	28.1	43.8
2021	28.4	44.4
2022	28.7	44.9
2023	29.1	45.5
2024	29.5	46.1

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