Jamaica vs South Korea statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 159th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Jamaica and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	$699,064,380	$3,958,811,881
1961	$748,043,501	$2,417,628,737
1962	$777,727,689	$2,814,615,385
1963	$826,706,669	$3,988,461,538
1964	$897,949,001	$3,459,019,943
1965	$972,159,611	$3,120,861,499
1966	$1,096,759,561	$3,929,055,144
1967	$1,148,014,311	$4,855,892,446
1968	$1,083,839,133	$6,119,394,892
1969	$1,191,239,047	$7,678,698,838
1970	$1,404,720,442	$9,005,144,969
1971	$1,539,861,816	$9,903,571,249
1972	$1,875,146,587	$10,862,211,761
1973	$1,905,917,553	$13,876,472,208
1974	$2,375,122,375	$19,543,973,941
1975	$2,860,442,750	$21,784,297,521
1976	$2,966,042,856	$29,902,479,339
1977	$3,249,733,140	$38,446,487,603
1978	$2,644,527,822	$51,972,107,438
1979	$2,425,064,229	$66,946,900,826
1980	$2,679,379,372	$65,398,377,598
1981	$2,979,027,966	$72,933,533,012
1982	$3,293,496,312	$78,358,416,171
1983	$3,619,262,277	$87,760,553,262
1984	$2,373,564,549	$97,510,744,119
1985	$2,100,239,019	$101,296,177,099
1986	$2,754,549,582	$116,836,246,285
1987	$3,287,007,322	$147,948,709,376
1988	$3,828,342,820	$199,591,287,825
1989	$4,404,937,853	$246,928,837,311
1990	$4,592,208,087	$283,365,844,161
1991	$4,106,207,649	$330,647,042,837
1992	$3,535,460,090	$355,524,903,068
1993	$5,440,075,676	$392,665,710,525
1994	$5,452,558,947	$463,619,823,515
1995	$6,577,520,643	$566,581,003,128
1996	$7,393,891,921	$610,167,053,824
1997	$8,400,041,724	$569,755,022,973
1998	$8,787,195,622	$383,331,833,682
1999	$8,887,057,997	$497,514,040,642
2000	$9,005,064,475	$576,179,387,820
2001	$9,194,727,831	$547,656,279,895
2002	$9,719,009,495	$627,246,933,730
2003	$9,430,234,811	$702,714,855,194
2004	$10,174,664,854	$793,175,561,887
2005	$11,243,865,778	$934,901,071,333
2006	$11,930,179,090	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$12,799,600,047	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$13,709,401,520	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$12,120,458,115	$943,941,876,219
2010	$13,220,549,908	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$14,444,661,522	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$14,807,086,556	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$14,264,205,153	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$13,899,217,680	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$14,188,936,918	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$14,077,096,677	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$14,808,985,133	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$15,730,792,876	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$15,830,766,531	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$13,812,421,836	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$14,657,586,159	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$17,097,760,687	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$19,423,355,367	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$19,930,288,337	-

Jamaica and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	$424	$158.3
1961	$447	$93.8
1962	$458	$106.2
1963	$480	$146.3
1964	$514	$123.6
1965	$549	$108.7
1966	$612	$133.5
1967	$633	$161.2
1968	$591	$198.4
1969	$642	$243.4
1970	$748	$279.3
1971	$809	$301
1972	$971	$324
1973	$972	$407
1974	$1,193	$563
1975	$1,417	$617
1976	$1,450	$834
1977	$1,569	$1,056
1978	$1,262	$1,406
1979	$1,144	$1,784
1980	$1,249	$1,715
1981	$1,370	$1,883
1982	$1,494	$1,993
1983	$1,619	$2,199
1984	$1,048	$2,413
1985	$917	$2,482
1986	$1,191	$2,835
1987	$1,411	$3,555
1988	$1,632	$4,749
1989	$1,865	$5,817
1990	$1,930	$6,610
1991	$1,710	$7,637
1992	$1,458	$8,127
1993	$2,221	$8,885
1994	$2,203	$10,385
1995	$2,631	$12,565
1996	$2,929	$13,403
1997	$3,297	$12,398
1998	$3,419	$8,282
1999	$3,432	$10,672
2000	$3,453	$12,257
2001	$3,504	$11,561
2002	$3,681	$13,165
2003	$3,550	$14,673
2004	$3,808	$16,496
2005	$4,184	$19,403
2006	$4,417	$21,743
2007	$4,716	$24,086
2008	$5,030	$21,350
2009	$4,428	$19,144
2010	$4,810	$23,079
2011	$5,233	$25,098
2012	$5,341	$25,459
2013	$5,124	$27,180
2014	$4,975	$29,253
2015	$5,063	$28,737
2016	$5,010	$29,280
2017	$5,259	$31,601
2018	$5,578	$33,447
2019	$5,607	$31,902
2020	$4,879	$31,721
2021	$5,165	$35,126
2022	$6,022	$32,395
2023	$6,840	$33,121
2024	$7,020	-

Jamaica vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	South Korea
1950	56.6	22.2
1951	57.1	26.6
1952	58.1	36.6
1953	58.9	40.5
1954	59.6	46.1
1955	60.4	48.4
1956	61.2	50.2
1957	61.9	51.6
1958	62.6	51.8
1959	63.2	52.9
1960	63.8	53.8
1961	64.3	54.4
1962	64.6	55
1963	65	55
1964	65.3	55.3
1965	65.7	55.8
1966	65.9	55.4
1967	66.1	60.9
1968	66.3	60.9
1969	66.5	61.4
1970	66.7	62.2
1971	67	62.7
1972	67.3	63.2
1973	67.6	63.8
1974	67.9	64.2
1975	68.2	64.7
1976	68.4	65
1977	68.6	64.6
1978	68.7	65
1979	68.8	66.1
1980	69	64.8
1981	69.1	67.1
1982	69.3	67.1
1983	69.5	66.7
1984	69.8	68.1
1985	70.1	68.4
1986	70.4	69
1987	70.9	69.3
1988	71.2	70.2
1989	71.5	70.7
1990	71.7	71
1991	71.8	71.4
1992	71.8	72.2
1993	71.8	72.7
1994	71.6	72.9
1995	71.5	73.4
1996	71.3	74
1997	71.2	74.5
1998	71.2	75
1999	71.2	75.6
2000	71.3	76.2
2001	71.3	76.9
2002	71.5	77.2
2003	71.6	77.5
2004	71.5	78
2005	71.5	78.4
2006	71.4	79
2007	71.4	79.4
2008	71.5	80
2009	71.7	80.6
2010	72	80.7
2011	72.2	81.2
2012	72.4	81.3
2013	72.4	81.8
2014	72.4	82.4
2015	72.2	82.5
2016	72.1	82.9
2017	71.9	83.3
2018	71.6	83.3
2019	71.5	83.7
2020	71.5	83.7
2021	69.1	83.9
2022	71.5	82.7
2023	71.5	84.3
2024	71.6	84.4
2025	71.7	84.5

Jamaica and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	1,650,005	25,012,374
1961	1,673,261	25,765,673
1962	1,696,932	26,513,030
1963	1,721,099	27,261,747
1964	1,745,568	27,984,155
1965	1,769,192	28,704,674
1966	1,791,475	29,435,571
1967	1,812,865	30,130,983
1968	1,833,765	30,838,302
1969	1,855,127	31,544,266
1970	1,878,196	32,240,827
1971	1,903,728	32,882,704
1972	1,931,542	33,505,406
1973	1,961,219	34,103,149
1974	1,990,906	34,692,266
1975	2,018,981	35,280,725
1976	2,045,578	35,848,523
1977	2,070,657	36,411,795
1978	2,094,836	36,969,185
1979	2,119,486	37,534,236
1980	2,145,658	38,123,775
1981	2,173,818	38,723,248
1982	2,203,889	39,326,352
1983	2,234,832	39,910,403
1984	2,264,562	40,405,956
1985	2,290,656	40,805,744
1986	2,312,125	41,213,674
1987	2,329,813	41,621,690
1988	2,345,777	42,031,247
1989	2,361,916	42,449,038
1990	2,379,877	42,869,283
1991	2,400,869	43,295,704
1992	2,424,701	43,747,962
1993	2,449,916	44,194,628
1994	2,475,220	44,641,540
1995	2,500,151	45,092,991
1996	2,524,463	45,524,681
1997	2,547,848	45,953,580
1998	2,569,736	46,286,503
1999	2,589,795	46,616,677
2000	2,607,826	47,008,111
2001	2,624,403	47,370,164
2002	2,640,572	47,644,736
2003	2,656,623	47,892,330
2004	2,672,225	48,082,519
2005	2,687,066	48,184,561
2006	2,700,968	48,438,292
2007	2,713,800	48,683,638
2008	2,725,635	49,054,708
2009	2,736,995	49,307,835
2010	2,748,568	49,554,112
2011	2,760,494	49,936,638
2012	2,772,430	50,199,853
2013	2,783,687	50,428,893
2014	2,793,749	50,746,659
2015	2,802,534	51,014,947
2016	2,809,915	51,217,803
2017	2,815,764	51,361,911
2018	2,820,097	51,585,058
2019	2,823,271	51,764,822
2020	2,830,739	51,836,239
2021	2,837,682	51,769,539
2022	2,839,144	51,672,569
2023	2,839,786	51,712,619
2024	2,839,175	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Jamaica and South Korea

Fertility rate

Jamaica

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	5.54	5.99
1961	5.6	5.8
1962	5.64	5.56
1963	5.73	5.33
1964	5.79	5.07
1965	5.72	4.89
1966	5.69	4.78
1967	5.67	4.62
1968	5.58	4.51
1969	5.47	4.45
1970	5.35	4.53
1971	5.21	4.54
1972	5.06	4.12
1973	5	4.07
1974	4.67	3.77
1975	4.44	3.43
1976	4.21	3
1977	4	2.99
1978	3.84	2.64
1979	3.72	2.9
1980	3.59	2.82
1981	3.51	2.57
1982	3.46	2.39
1983	3.41	2.06
1984	3.32	1.74
1985	3.21	1.66
1986	3.11	1.58
1987	3.02	1.53
1988	2.98	1.55
1989	2.93	1.56
1990	2.96	1.57
1991	3	1.71
1992	3.03	1.76
1993	2.99	1.65
1994	2.93	1.66
1995	2.85	1.63
1996	2.77	1.57
1997	2.68	1.54
1998	2.57	1.46
1999	2.47	1.43
2000	2.35	1.48
2001	2.3	1.31
2002	2.27	1.18
2003	2.24	1.19
2004	2.2	1.16
2005	2.15	1.09
2006	2.09	1.13
2007	2.02	1.26
2008	1.95	1.19
2009	1.88	1.15
2010	1.8	1.23
2011	1.72	1.24
2012	1.65	1.3
2013	1.59	1.19
2014	1.54	1.21
2015	1.51	1.24
2016	1.46	1.17
2017	1.43	1.05
2018	1.4	0.98
2019	1.39	0.92
2020	1.38	0.84
2021	1.38	0.81
2022	1.37	0.78
2023	1.36	0.72

Jamaica and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	19.8	19.3
1961	19.5	19.2
1962	19.3	19.1
1963	19	19
1964	18.8	18.8
1965	18.5	18.6
1966	18.3	18.5
1967	18.1	18.6
1968	17.9	18.7
1969	17.8	18.8
1970	17.7	18.9
1971	17.7	19
1972	17.8	19.1
1973	17.9	19.3
1974	18	19.6
1975	18.2	19.9
1976	18.4	20.2
1977	18.6	20.7
1978	18.9	21.1
1979	19.1	21.6
1980	19.4	22.1
1981	19.6	22.5
1982	19.9	22.8
1983	20.1	23.3
1984	20.4	23.7
1985	20.6	24.2
1986	20.8	24.8
1987	21.1	25.3
1988	21.3	25.8
1989	21.6	26.3
1990	21.8	26.7
1991	22	27.2
1992	22.2	27.8
1993	22.3	28.3
1994	22.4	28.9
1995	22.5	29.4
1996	22.6	29.8
1997	22.7	30.2
1998	22.9	30.7
1999	23.1	31.2
2000	23.3	31.7
2001	23.6	32.3
2002	23.8	32.8
2003	24.1	33.4
2004	24.4	33.9
2005	24.6	34.5
2006	24.9	35.2
2007	25.3	35.8
2008	25.7	36.4
2009	26.1	37
2010	26.5	37.6
2011	27	38.2
2012	27.4	38.8
2013	27.9	39.5
2014	28.3	40.2
2015	28.8	40.8
2016	29.3	41.4
2017	29.8	41.9
2018	30.3	42.5
2019	30.8	43.1
2020	31.3	43.8
2021	31.7	44.4
2022	32.2	44.9
2023	32.8	45.5
2024	33.3	46.1

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