Italy vs South Korea statistics compared

Italy has a population of 59M (ranked 25/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Italy's land area is 114,178 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 72nd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Italy and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Italy and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Italy

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Italy	South Korea
1960	$42,012,422,612	$3,958,811,881
1961	$46,649,487,320	$2,417,628,737
1962	$52,413,872,628	$2,814,615,385
1963	$60,035,924,618	$3,988,461,538
1964	$65,720,771,779	$3,459,019,943
1965	$70,717,012,186	$3,120,861,499
1966	$76,622,444,787	$3,929,055,144
1967	$84,401,995,573	$4,855,892,446
1968	$91,485,448,148	$6,119,394,892
1969	$100,996,667,239	$7,678,698,838
1970	$113,656,669,765	$9,005,144,969
1971	$124,959,712,859	$9,903,571,249
1972	$145,594,833,997	$10,862,211,761
1973	$175,896,529,392	$13,876,472,208
1974	$200,024,444,775	$19,543,973,941
1975	$228,220,643,535	$21,784,297,521
1976	$225,235,205,862	$29,902,479,339
1977	$258,190,019,750	$38,446,487,603
1978	$315,784,469,541	$51,972,107,438
1979	$394,584,507,108	$66,946,900,826
1980	$478,356,755,596	$65,398,377,598
1981	$431,695,533,981	$72,933,533,012
1982	$428,257,421,618	$78,358,416,171
1983	$444,063,496,940	$87,760,553,262
1984	$438,896,930,791	$97,510,744,119
1985	$453,259,761,687	$101,296,177,099
1986	$641,862,313,287	$116,836,246,285
1987	$807,570,134,449	$147,948,709,376
1988	$893,663,934,841	$199,591,287,825
1989	$930,801,709,004	$246,928,837,311
1990	$1,183,945,130,899	$283,365,844,161
1991	$1,249,092,439,519	$330,647,042,837
1992	$1,323,204,350,354	$355,524,903,068
1993	$1,067,412,587,671	$392,665,710,525
1994	$1,101,750,159,702	$463,619,823,515
1995	$1,177,369,428,266	$566,581,003,128
1996	$1,314,776,508,972	$610,167,053,824
1997	$1,244,988,176,444	$569,755,022,973
1998	$1,272,729,786,997	$383,331,833,682
1999	$1,255,004,736,464	$497,514,040,642
2000	$1,149,661,363,439	$576,179,387,820
2001	$1,172,041,488,806	$547,656,279,895
2002	$1,281,746,271,196	$627,246,933,730
2003	$1,582,930,016,539	$702,714,855,194
2004	$1,812,808,753,295	$793,175,561,887
2005	$1,864,982,261,287	$934,901,071,333
2006	$1,958,563,654,386	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$2,222,524,108,128	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$2,417,508,414,187	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$2,209,484,319,013	$943,941,876,219
2010	$2,144,936,254,535	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$2,306,974,020,278	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$2,097,929,495,122	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$2,153,225,581,941	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$2,173,255,507,986	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$1,845,428,048,839	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$1,887,111,188,177	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$1,970,720,904,585	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$2,099,435,266,459	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$2,019,606,796,584	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$1,907,481,094,079	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$2,179,207,773,596	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$2,104,067,630,319	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$2,304,605,139,863	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$2,372,774,547,793	-

Italy and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Italy

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Italy	South Korea
1960	$837	$158.3
1961	$923	$93.8
1962	$1,030	$106.2
1963	$1,171	$146.3
1964	$1,272	$123.6
1965	$1,357	$108.7
1966	$1,459	$133.5
1967	$1,595	$161.2
1968	$1,718	$198.4
1969	$1,886	$243.4
1970	$2,112	$279.3
1971	$2,311	$301
1972	$2,677	$324
1973	$3,213	$407
1974	$3,629	$563
1975	$4,116	$617
1976	$4,042	$834
1977	$4,614	$1,056
1978	$5,623	$1,406
1979	$7,006	$1,784
1980	$8,476	$1,715
1981	$7,640	$1,883
1982	$7,574	$1,993
1983	$7,851	$2,199
1984	$7,758	$2,413
1985	$8,009	$2,482
1986	$11,341	$2,835
1987	$14,268	$3,555
1988	$15,781	$4,749
1989	$16,424	$5,817
1990	$20,874	$6,610
1991	$22,007	$7,637
1992	$23,297	$8,127
1993	$18,782	$8,885
1994	$19,382	$10,385
1995	$20,712	$12,565
1996	$23,123	$13,403
1997	$21,884	$12,398
1998	$22,365	$8,282
1999	$22,050	$10,672
2000	$20,190	$12,257
2001	$20,570	$11,561
2002	$22,451	$13,165
2003	$27,578	$14,673
2004	$31,348	$16,496
2005	$32,063	$19,403
2006	$33,537	$21,743
2007	$37,826	$24,086
2008	$40,829	$21,350
2009	$37,100	$19,144
2010	$35,857	$23,079
2011	$38,432	$25,098
2012	$34,854	$25,459
2013	$35,702	$27,180
2014	$36,028	$29,253
2015	$30,640	$28,737
2016	$31,392	$29,280
2017	$32,844	$31,601
2018	$34,904	$33,447
2019	$33,813	$31,902
2020	$32,091	$31,721
2021	$36,853	$35,126
2022	$35,654	$32,395
2023	$39,065	$33,121
2024	$40,226	-

Italy vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Italy

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Italy	South Korea
1950	65.7	22.2
1951	65.3	26.6
1952	65.9	36.6
1953	66.6	40.5
1954	67.9	46.1
1955	68.3	48.4
1956	67.6	50.2
1957	67.8	51.6
1958	68.9	51.8
1959	69.3	52.9
1960	69.2	53.8
1961	69.8	54.4
1962	69.2	55
1963	69.3	55
1964	70.4	55.3
1965	70.3	55.8
1966	71	55.4
1967	71	60.9
1968	70.9	60.9
1969	70.9	61.4
1970	71.6	62.2
1971	71.9	62.7
1972	72.1	63.2
1973	72.1	63.8
1974	72.8	64.2
1975	72.7	64.7
1976	73.1	65
1977	73.4	64.6
1978	73.8	65
1979	74.1	66.1
1980	74.1	64.8
1981	74.4	67.1
1982	74.9	67.1
1983	74.7	66.7
1984	75.5	68.1
1985	75.6	68.4
1986	75.9	69
1987	76.3	69.3
1988	76.5	70.2
1989	76.9	70.7
1990	77	71
1991	77	71.4
1992	77.4	72.2
1993	77.7	72.7
1994	77.9	72.9
1995	78.1	73.4
1996	78.4	74
1997	78.7	74.5
1998	78.8	75
1999	79.2	75.6
2000	79.6	76.2
2001	79.9	76.9
2002	80.1	77.2
2003	80.2	77.5
2004	81	78
2005	81	78.4
2006	81.4	79
2007	81.5	79.4
2008	81.6	80
2009	81.8	80.6
2010	82.1	80.7
2011	82.2	81.2
2012	82.3	81.3
2013	82.7	81.8
2014	82.9	82.4
2015	82.5	82.5
2016	83	82.9
2017	82.7	83.3
2018	83.2	83.3
2019	83.3	83.7
2020	82.2	83.7
2021	82.9	83.9
2022	82.1	82.7
2023	83.7	84.3
2024	83.9	84.4
2025	84	84.5

Italy and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Italy

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Italy	South Korea
1960	50,199,700	25,012,374
1961	50,536,350	25,765,673
1962	50,879,450	26,513,030
1963	51,252,000	27,261,747
1964	51,675,350	27,984,155
1965	52,112,350	28,704,674
1966	52,519,000	29,435,571
1967	52,900,500	30,130,983
1968	53,235,750	30,838,302
1969	53,537,950	31,544,266
1970	53,821,850	32,240,827
1971	54,073,490	32,882,704
1972	54,381,345	33,505,406
1973	54,751,406	34,103,149
1974	55,110,868	34,692,266
1975	55,441,001	35,280,725
1976	55,718,260	35,848,523
1977	55,955,411	36,411,795
1978	56,155,143	36,969,185
1979	56,317,749	37,534,236
1980	56,433,883	38,123,775
1981	56,501,675	38,723,248
1982	56,543,548	39,326,352
1983	56,564,074	39,910,403
1984	56,576,718	40,405,956
1985	56,593,071	40,805,744
1986	56,596,155	41,213,674
1987	56,601,931	41,621,690
1988	56,629,288	42,031,247
1989	56,671,781	42,449,038
1990	56,719,240	42,869,283
1991	56,758,521	43,295,704
1992	56,797,087	43,747,962
1993	56,831,821	44,194,628
1994	56,843,400	44,641,540
1995	56,844,303	45,092,991
1996	56,860,281	45,524,681
1997	56,890,372	45,953,580
1998	56,906,744	46,286,503
1999	56,916,317	46,616,677
2000	56,942,108	47,008,111
2001	56,976,981	47,370,164
2002	57,089,824	47,644,736
2003	57,399,184	47,892,330
2004	57,828,179	48,082,519
2005	58,166,682	48,184,561
2006	58,399,861	48,438,292
2007	58,756,247	48,683,638
2008	59,211,181	49,054,708
2009	59,555,454	49,307,835
2010	59,819,407	49,554,112
2011	60,026,841	49,936,638
2012	60,191,247	50,199,853
2013	60,311,613	50,428,893
2014	60,320,707	50,746,659
2015	60,229,605	51,014,947
2016	60,115,223	51,217,803
2017	60,002,252	51,361,911
2018	60,148,658	51,585,058
2019	59,729,081	51,764,822
2020	59,438,851	51,836,239
2021	59,133,173	51,769,539
2022	59,013,667	51,672,569
2023	58,993,475	51,712,619
2024	58,986,023	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Italy and South Korea

Fertility rate

Italy

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Italy	South Korea
1960	2.4	5.99
1961	2.44	5.8
1962	2.46	5.56
1963	2.51	5.33
1964	2.66	5.07
1965	2.6	4.89
1966	2.58	4.78
1967	2.5	4.62
1968	2.46	4.51
1969	2.47	4.45
1970	2.38	4.53
1971	2.4	4.54
1972	2.35	4.12
1973	2.3	4.07
1974	2.28	3.77
1975	2.17	3.43
1976	2.04	3
1977	1.93	2.99
1978	1.84	2.64
1979	1.73	2.9
1980	1.64	2.82
1981	1.58	2.57
1982	1.56	2.39
1983	1.51	2.06
1984	1.46	1.74
1985	1.42	1.66
1986	1.35	1.58
1987	1.33	1.53
1988	1.36	1.55
1989	1.33	1.56
1990	1.33	1.57
1991	1.3	1.71
1992	1.3	1.76
1993	1.25	1.65
1994	1.21	1.66
1995	1.19	1.63
1996	1.2	1.57
1997	1.22	1.54
1998	1.22	1.46
1999	1.23	1.43
2000	1.26	1.48
2001	1.25	1.31
2002	1.27	1.18
2003	1.29	1.19
2004	1.34	1.16
2005	1.33	1.09
2006	1.37	1.13
2007	1.39	1.26
2008	1.44	1.19
2009	1.44	1.15
2010	1.44	1.23
2011	1.42	1.24
2012	1.42	1.3
2013	1.39	1.19
2014	1.38	1.21
2015	1.36	1.24
2016	1.36	1.17
2017	1.34	1.05
2018	1.31	0.98
2019	1.27	0.92
2020	1.24	0.84
2021	1.25	0.81
2022	1.24	0.78
2023	1.2	0.72

Italy and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Italy

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Italy	South Korea
1960	31.6	19.3
1961	31.8	19.2
1962	32	19.1
1963	32.1	19
1964	32.2	18.8
1965	32.3	18.6
1966	32.4	18.5
1967	32.5	18.6
1968	32.7	18.7
1969	32.8	18.8
1970	33	18.9
1971	33.1	19
1972	33.2	19.1
1973	33.3	19.3
1974	33.4	19.6
1975	33.5	19.9
1976	33.6	20.2
1977	33.7	20.7
1978	33.9	21.1
1979	34	21.6
1980	34.1	22.1
1981	34.3	22.5
1982	34.6	22.8
1983	34.9	23.3
1984	35.3	23.7
1985	35.6	24.2
1986	35.8	24.8
1987	36.1	25.3
1988	36.4	25.8
1989	36.8	26.3
1990	37.1	26.7
1991	37.5	27.2
1992	37.9	27.8
1993	38.2	28.3
1994	38.6	28.9
1995	38.9	29.4
1996	39.1	29.8
1997	39.4	30.2
1998	39.6	30.7
1999	39.9	31.2
2000	40.3	31.7
2001	40.6	32.3
2002	41	32.8
2003	41.3	33.4
2004	41.6	33.9
2005	41.9	34.5
2006	42.3	35.2
2007	42.6	35.8
2008	42.8	36.4
2009	43.1	37
2010	43.5	37.6
2011	43.9	38.2
2012	44.2	38.8
2013	44.6	39.5
2014	45	40.2
2015	45.4	40.8
2016	45.8	41.4
2017	46.2	41.9
2018	46.6	42.5
2019	47	43.1
2020	47.4	43.8
2021	47.7	44.4
2022	48.1	44.9
2023	48.4	45.5
2024	48.8	46.1

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