Ireland vs South Korea statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 119th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Ireland and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Ireland and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Ireland

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	South Korea
1960	$1,998,550,222	$3,958,811,881
1961	$2,151,772,980	$2,417,628,737
1962	$2,329,372,972	$2,814,615,385
1963	$2,505,073,358	$3,988,461,538
1964	$2,851,091,646	$3,459,019,943
1965	$3,035,655,794	$3,120,861,499
1966	$3,198,820,904	$3,929,055,144
1967	$3,445,739,915	$4,855,892,446
1968	$3,378,701,147	$6,119,394,892
1969	$3,902,721,632	$7,678,698,838
1970	$4,395,995,086	$9,005,144,969
1971	$5,098,250,287	$9,903,571,249
1972	$6,318,060,582	$10,862,211,761
1973	$7,481,173,066	$13,876,472,208
1974	$7,896,860,615	$19,543,973,941
1975	$9,483,808,362	$21,784,297,521
1976	$9,453,756,015	$29,902,479,339
1977	$11,248,340,431	$38,446,487,603
1978	$14,647,996,074	$51,972,107,438
1979	$18,319,334,300	$66,946,900,826
1980	$21,747,855,640	$65,398,377,598
1981	$20,670,190,138	$72,933,533,012
1982	$21,474,754,080	$78,358,416,171
1983	$20,766,047,764	$87,760,553,262
1984	$20,106,648,455	$97,510,744,119
1985	$21,270,013,326	$101,296,177,099
1986	$28,714,571,852	$116,836,246,285
1987	$33,920,518,493	$147,948,709,376
1988	$37,772,897,421	$199,591,287,825
1989	$39,238,392,678	$246,928,837,311
1990	$49,305,632,408	$283,365,844,161
1991	$49,787,502,852	$330,647,042,837
1992	$55,918,538,121	$355,524,903,068
1993	$52,417,477,614	$392,665,710,525
1994	$57,097,656,066	$463,619,823,515
1995	$69,139,823,232	$566,581,003,128
1996	$75,790,785,030	$610,167,053,824
1997	$82,856,648,758	$569,755,022,973
1998	$90,199,410,116	$383,331,833,682
1999	$98,893,958,263	$497,514,040,642
2000	$100,207,610,430	$576,179,387,820
2001	$109,346,669,230	$547,656,279,895
2002	$128,596,035,288	$627,246,933,730
2003	$164,670,771,260	$702,714,855,194
2004	$194,372,115,041	$793,175,561,887
2005	$211,876,989,656	$934,901,071,333
2006	$232,180,617,162	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$270,079,279,420	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$275,447,471,451	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$236,443,117,248	$943,941,876,219
2010	$221,985,621,538	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$241,337,364,610	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$227,270,922,957	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$243,301,556,085	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$266,787,238,499	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$302,391,428,540	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$305,733,136,181	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$348,532,394,024	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$395,461,216,460	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$407,124,824,065	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$436,555,518,400	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$531,306,516,908	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$548,570,250,342	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$551,394,889,340	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$577,389,475,010	-

Ireland and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	South Korea
1960	$707	$158.3
1961	$762	$93.8
1962	$821	$106.2
1963	$878	$146.3
1964	$995	$123.6
1965	$1,055	$108.7
1966	$1,107	$133.5
1967	$1,187	$161.2
1968	$1,159	$198.4
1969	$1,331	$243.4
1970	$1,487	$279.3
1971	$1,704	$301
1972	$2,080	$324
1973	$2,424	$407
1974	$2,517	$563
1975	$2,973	$617
1976	$2,920	$834
1977	$3,427	$1,056
1978	$4,400	$1,406
1979	$5,430	$1,784
1980	$6,372	$1,715
1981	$5,986	$1,883
1982	$6,161	$1,993
1983	$5,915	$2,199
1984	$5,692	$2,413
1985	$6,012	$2,482
1986	$8,112	$2,835
1987	$9,582	$3,555
1988	$10,716	$4,749
1989	$11,176	$5,817
1990	$14,031	$6,610
1991	$14,087	$7,637
1992	$15,714	$8,127
1993	$14,657	$8,885
1994	$15,903	$10,385
1995	$19,158	$12,565
1996	$20,836	$13,403
1997	$22,551	$12,398
1998	$24,295	$8,282
1999	$26,338	$10,672
2000	$26,335	$12,257
2001	$28,282	$11,561
2002	$32,705	$13,165
2003	$41,204	$14,673
2004	$47,754	$16,496
2005	$50,933	$19,403
2006	$54,329	$21,743
2007	$61,396	$24,086
2008	$61,353	$21,350
2009	$52,133	$19,144
2010	$48,679	$23,079
2011	$52,693	$25,098
2012	$49,412	$25,459
2013	$52,619	$27,180
2014	$57,278	$29,253
2015	$64,312	$28,737
2016	$64,193	$29,280
2017	$72,198	$31,601
2018	$80,739	$33,447
2019	$81,810	$31,902
2020	$86,623	$31,721
2021	$103,962	$35,126
2022	$105,235	$32,395
2023	$103,888	$33,121
2024	$107,316	-

Ireland vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	South Korea
1950	65.6	22.2
1951	64.8	26.6
1952	67.2	36.6
1953	67.9	40.5
1954	68	46.1
1955	68	48.4
1956	69	50.2
1957	69	51.6
1958	69.3	51.8
1959	69.4	52.9
1960	70.2	53.8
1961	69.6	54.4
1962	69.9	55
1963	70.2	55
1964	70.4	55.3
1965	70.6	55.8
1966	70.2	55.4
1967	71.2	60.9
1968	70.9	60.9
1969	70.8	61.4
1970	70.8	62.2
1971	71.6	62.7
1972	71	63.2
1973	71.2	63.8
1974	71.1	64.2
1975	71.7	64.7
1976	71.8	65
1977	71.9	64.6
1978	71.9	65
1979	72.2	66.1
1980	72.5	64.8
1981	72.9	67.1
1982	73.2	67.1
1983	73.2	66.7
1984	73.6	68.1
1985	73.6	68.4
1986	73.6	69
1987	74.4	69.3
1988	74.4	70.2
1989	74.5	70.7
1990	74.8	71
1991	75	71.4
1992	75.4	72.2
1993	75.3	72.7
1994	75.8	72.9
1995	75.5	73.4
1996	75.8	74
1997	76	74.5
1998	76.2	75
1999	76.1	75.6
2000	76.5	76.2
2001	77.1	76.9
2002	77.6	77.2
2003	78.1	77.5
2004	78.5	78
2005	78.9	78.4
2006	79.2	79
2007	79.6	79.4
2008	79.8	80
2009	80.1	80.6
2010	80.6	80.7
2011	80.7	81.2
2012	80.9	81.3
2013	81.1	81.8
2014	81.4	82.4
2015	81.5	82.5
2016	81.7	82.9
2017	82.1	83.3
2018	82.1	83.3
2019	82.4	83.7
2020	82.4	83.7
2021	81.9	83.9
2022	82.1	82.7
2023	82.4	84.3
2024	82.6	84.4
2025	82.7	84.5

Ireland and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	South Korea
1960	2,828,600	25,012,374
1961	2,824,400	25,765,673
1962	2,836,050	26,513,030
1963	2,852,650	27,261,747
1964	2,866,550	27,984,155
1965	2,877,300	28,704,674
1966	2,888,800	29,435,571
1967	2,902,450	30,130,983
1968	2,915,550	30,838,302
1969	2,932,650	31,544,266
1970	2,957,250	32,240,827
1971	2,992,050	32,882,704
1972	3,036,850	33,505,406
1973	3,085,950	34,103,149
1974	3,137,500	34,692,266
1975	3,189,550	35,280,725
1976	3,238,050	35,848,523
1977	3,282,200	36,411,795
1978	3,329,100	36,969,185
1979	3,373,750	37,534,236
1980	3,412,800	38,123,775
1981	3,453,000	38,723,248
1982	3,485,800	39,326,352
1983	3,510,600	39,910,403
1984	3,532,423	40,405,956
1985	3,538,082	40,805,744
1986	3,539,690	41,213,674
1987	3,540,057	41,621,690
1988	3,524,949	42,031,247
1989	3,511,009	42,449,038
1990	3,513,974	42,869,283
1991	3,534,235	43,295,704
1992	3,558,430	43,747,962
1993	3,576,261	44,194,628
1994	3,590,386	44,641,540
1995	3,608,841	45,092,991
1996	3,637,510	45,524,681
1997	3,674,171	45,953,580
1998	3,712,696	46,286,503
1999	3,754,786	46,616,677
2000	3,805,174	47,008,111
2001	3,866,243	47,370,164
2002	3,931,947	47,644,736
2003	3,996,521	47,892,330
2004	4,070,262	48,082,519
2005	4,159,914	48,184,561
2006	4,273,591	48,438,292
2007	4,398,942	48,683,638
2008	4,489,544	49,054,708
2009	4,535,375	49,307,835
2010	4,560,155	49,554,112
2011	4,580,084	49,936,638
2012	4,599,533	50,199,853
2013	4,623,816	50,428,893
2014	4,657,740	50,746,659
2015	4,701,957	51,014,947
2016	4,762,722	51,217,803
2017	4,827,445	51,361,911
2018	4,898,022	51,585,058
2019	4,976,456	51,764,822
2020	5,039,747	51,836,239
2021	5,110,585	51,769,539
2022	5,212,836	51,672,569
2023	5,307,600	51,712,619
2024	5,380,257	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Ireland and South Korea

Fertility rate

Ireland

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	South Korea
1960	3.78	5.99
1961	3.78	5.8
1962	3.92	5.56
1963	4.01	5.33
1964	4.07	5.07
1965	4.04	4.89
1966	3.94	4.78
1967	3.84	4.62
1968	3.77	4.51
1969	3.83	4.45
1970	3.85	4.53
1971	3.93	4.54
1972	3.84	4.12
1973	3.71	4.07
1974	3.59	3.77
1975	3.37	3.43
1976	3.29	3
1977	3.24	2.99
1978	3.21	2.64
1979	3.21	2.9
1980	3.21	2.82
1981	3.05	2.57
1982	2.94	2.39
1983	2.74	2.06
1984	2.58	1.74
1985	2.48	1.66
1986	2.44	1.58
1987	2.32	1.53
1988	2.17	1.55
1989	2.08	1.56
1990	2.11	1.57
1991	2.08	1.71
1992	1.99	1.76
1993	1.9	1.65
1994	1.85	1.66
1995	1.84	1.63
1996	1.88	1.57
1997	1.93	1.54
1998	1.94	1.46
1999	1.9	1.43
2000	1.89	1.48
2001	1.94	1.31
2002	1.97	1.18
2003	1.96	1.19
2004	1.93	1.16
2005	1.86	1.09
2006	1.91	1.13
2007	2.01	1.26
2008	2.06	1.19
2009	2.06	1.15
2010	2.05	1.23
2011	2.03	1.24
2012	1.98	1.3
2013	1.93	1.19
2014	1.89	1.21
2015	1.85	1.24
2016	1.81	1.17
2017	1.77	1.05
2018	1.75	0.98
2019	1.71	0.92
2020	1.63	0.84
2021	1.78	0.81
2022	1.54	0.78
2023	1.5	0.72

Ireland and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	South Korea
1960	30.1	19.3
1961	29.8	19.2
1962	29.5	19.1
1963	29.2	19
1964	28.9	18.8
1965	28.6	18.6
1966	28.2	18.5
1967	28	18.6
1968	27.8	18.7
1969	27.6	18.8
1970	27.4	18.9
1971	27.1	19
1972	26.9	19.1
1973	26.7	19.3
1974	26.5	19.6
1975	26.5	19.9
1976	26.4	20.2
1977	26.5	20.7
1978	26.5	21.1
1979	26.5	21.6
1980	26.5	22.1
1981	26.6	22.5
1982	26.7	22.8
1983	26.9	23.3
1984	27.1	23.7
1985	27.3	24.2
1986	27.6	24.8
1987	27.9	25.3
1988	28.4	25.8
1989	28.8	26.3
1990	29.2	26.7
1991	29.6	27.2
1992	29.9	27.8
1993	30.2	28.3
1994	30.6	28.9
1995	30.9	29.4
1996	31.3	29.8
1997	31.6	30.2
1998	31.9	30.7
1999	32.2	31.2
2000	32.5	31.7
2001	32.7	32.3
2002	33	32.8
2003	33.2	33.4
2004	33.4	33.9
2005	33.4	34.5
2006	33.4	35.2
2007	33.4	35.8
2008	33.5	36.4
2009	33.9	37
2010	34.3	37.6
2011	34.8	38.2
2012	35.2	38.8
2013	35.6	39.5
2014	36	40.2
2015	36.4	40.8
2016	36.8	41.4
2017	37.1	41.9
2018	37.4	42.5
2019	37.8	43.1
2020	38.2	43.8
2021	38.6	44.4
2022	38.9	44.9
2023	39.4	45.5
2024	39.7	46.1

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