Japan vs South Korea statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 61st vs. 105th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Japan and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Japan and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Japan

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	South Korea
1960	$47,419,238,274	$3,958,811,881
1961	$57,266,758,180	$2,417,628,737
1962	$64,987,857,542	$2,814,615,385
1963	$74,379,284,603	$3,988,461,538
1964	$87,490,590,818	$3,459,019,943
1965	$97,338,107,606	$3,120,861,499
1966	$113,046,784,179	$3,929,055,144
1967	$132,475,614,227	$4,855,892,446
1968	$156,897,496,759	$6,119,394,892
1969	$184,298,841,305	$7,678,698,838
1970	$217,223,652,719	$9,005,144,969
1971	$245,364,056,622	$9,903,571,249
1972	$324,933,841,269	$10,862,211,761
1973	$441,460,582,536	$13,876,472,208
1974	$490,035,789,970	$19,543,973,941
1975	$532,861,438,885	$21,784,297,521
1976	$598,883,902,156	$29,902,479,339
1977	$737,069,290,928	$38,446,487,603
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$51,972,107,438
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$66,946,900,826
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$65,398,377,598
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$72,933,533,012
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$78,358,416,171
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$87,760,553,262
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$97,510,744,119
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$101,296,177,099
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$116,836,246,285
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$147,948,709,376
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$199,591,287,825
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$246,928,837,311
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$283,365,844,161
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$330,647,042,837
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$355,524,903,068
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$392,665,710,525
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$463,619,823,515
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$566,581,003,128
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$610,167,053,824
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$569,755,022,973
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$383,331,833,682
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$497,514,040,642
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$576,179,387,820
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$547,656,279,895
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$627,246,933,730
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$702,714,855,194
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$793,175,561,887
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$934,901,071,333
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$943,941,876,219
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	-

Japan and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	South Korea
1960	$509	$158.3
1961	$609	$93.8
1962	$685	$106.2
1963	$776	$146.3
1964	$903	$123.6
1965	$994	$108.7
1966	$1,144	$133.5
1967	$1,326	$161.2
1968	$1,553	$198.4
1969	$1,803	$243.4
1970	$2,101	$279.3
1971	$2,321	$301
1972	$3,031	$324
1973	$4,061	$407
1974	$4,448	$563
1975	$4,776	$617
1976	$5,310	$834
1977	$6,473	$1,056
1978	$9,012	$1,406
1979	$9,301	$1,784
1980	$9,669	$1,715
1981	$10,583	$1,883
1982	$9,780	$1,993
1983	$10,652	$2,199
1984	$11,207	$2,413
1985	$11,809	$2,482
1986	$17,452	$2,835
1987	$21,142	$3,555
1988	$25,500	$4,749
1989	$25,266	$5,817
1990	$25,801	$6,610
1991	$29,428	$7,637
1992	$31,993	$8,127
1993	$36,345	$8,885
1994	$39,934	$10,385
1995	$44,198	$12,565
1996	$39,150	$13,403
1997	$35,638	$12,398
1998	$32,424	$8,282
1999	$36,610	$10,672
2000	$39,169	$12,257
2001	$34,406	$11,561
2002	$32,821	$13,165
2003	$35,387	$14,673
2004	$38,299	$16,496
2005	$37,813	$19,403
2006	$35,992	$21,743
2007	$35,779	$24,086
2008	$39,876	$21,350
2009	$41,309	$19,144
2010	$44,968	$23,079
2011	$48,760	$25,098
2012	$49,145	$25,459
2013	$40,899	$27,180
2014	$38,475	$29,253
2015	$34,961	$28,737
2016	$39,375	$29,280
2017	$38,834	$31,601
2018	$39,751	$33,447
2019	$40,416	$31,902
2020	$40,029	$31,721
2021	$40,095	$35,126
2022	$34,066	$32,395
2023	$33,836	$33,121
2024	$32,476	-

Japan vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	South Korea
1950	59.3	22.2
1951	61	26.6
1952	63	36.6
1953	63.3	40.5
1954	64.5	46.1
1955	65.7	48.4
1956	65.6	50.2
1957	65.4	51.6
1958	67	51.8
1959	67.5	52.9
1960	67.7	53.8
1961	68.4	54.4
1962	68.7	55
1963	69.7	55
1964	70.2	55.3
1965	70.3	55.8
1966	71.1	55.4
1967	71.4	60.9
1968	71.7	60.9
1969	71.9	61.4
1970	72	62.2
1971	72.8	62.7
1972	73.3	63.2
1973	73.4	63.8
1974	73.8	64.2
1975	74.4	64.7
1976	74.8	65
1977	75.3	64.6
1978	75.7	65
1979	76.2	66.1
1980	76.1	64.8
1981	76.6	67.1
1982	77.1	67.1
1983	77.1	66.7
1984	77.5	68.1
1985	77.8	68.4
1986	78.2	69
1987	78.6	69.3
1988	78.5	70.2
1989	79	70.7
1990	79	71
1991	79.3	71.4
1992	79.3	72.2
1993	79.4	72.7
1994	79.8	72.9
1995	79.7	73.4
1996	80.4	74
1997	80.6	74.5
1998	80.6	75
1999	80.6	75.6
2000	81.2	76.2
2001	81.5	76.9
2002	81.8	77.2
2003	81.9	77.5
2004	82.1	78
2005	82	78.4
2006	82.4	79
2007	82.5	79.4
2008	82.6	80
2009	83	80.6
2010	82.9	80.7
2011	82.7	81.2
2012	83.2	81.3
2013	83.4	81.8
2014	83.6	82.4
2015	83.9	82.5
2016	84.1	82.9
2017	84.2	83.3
2018	84.3	83.3
2019	84.4	83.7
2020	84.7	83.7
2021	84.6	83.9
2022	84.1	82.7
2023	84.7	84.3
2024	84.9	84.4
2025	85	84.5

Japan and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	South Korea
1960	93,216,000	25,012,374
1961	94,055,000	25,765,673
1962	94,933,000	26,513,030
1963	95,900,000	27,261,747
1964	96,903,000	27,984,155
1965	97,952,000	28,704,674
1966	98,851,000	29,435,571
1967	99,879,000	30,130,983
1968	101,011,000	30,838,302
1969	102,219,000	31,544,266
1970	103,403,000	32,240,827
1971	105,697,000	32,882,704
1972	107,188,000	33,505,406
1973	108,707,000	34,103,149
1974	110,162,000	34,692,266
1975	111,573,000	35,280,725
1976	112,775,000	35,848,523
1977	113,872,000	36,411,795
1978	114,913,000	36,969,185
1979	115,890,000	37,534,236
1980	116,807,000	38,123,775
1981	117,661,000	38,723,248
1982	118,480,000	39,326,352
1983	119,307,000	39,910,403
1984	120,083,000	40,405,956
1985	120,837,000	40,805,744
1986	121,482,000	41,213,674
1987	122,069,000	41,621,690
1988	122,578,000	42,031,247
1989	123,069,000	42,449,038
1990	123,478,000	42,869,283
1991	123,964,000	43,295,704
1992	124,425,000	43,747,962
1993	124,829,000	44,194,628
1994	125,178,000	44,641,540
1995	125,472,000	45,092,991
1996	125,757,000	45,524,681
1997	126,057,000	45,953,580
1998	126,400,000	46,286,503
1999	126,631,000	46,616,677
2000	126,843,000	47,008,111
2001	127,149,000	47,370,164
2002	127,445,000	47,644,736
2003	127,718,000	47,892,330
2004	127,761,000	48,082,519
2005	127,773,000	48,184,561
2006	127,854,000	48,438,292
2007	128,001,000	48,683,638
2008	128,063,000	49,054,708
2009	128,047,000	49,307,835
2010	128,070,000	49,554,112
2011	127,833,000	49,936,638
2012	127,629,000	50,199,853
2013	127,445,000	50,428,893
2014	127,276,000	50,746,659
2015	127,141,000	51,014,947
2016	127,076,000	51,217,803
2017	126,972,000	51,361,911
2018	126,811,000	51,585,058
2019	126,633,000	51,764,822
2020	126,261,000	51,836,239
2021	125,681,593	51,769,539
2022	125,124,989	51,672,569
2023	124,516,650	51,712,619
2024	123,975,371	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Japan and South Korea

Fertility rate

Japan

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	South Korea
1960	2	5.99
1961	1.96	5.8
1962	1.98	5.56
1963	2	5.33
1964	2.05	5.07
1965	2.14	4.89
1966	1.58	4.78
1967	2.23	4.62
1968	2.13	4.51
1969	2.13	4.45
1970	2.13	4.53
1971	2.16	4.54
1972	2.14	4.12
1973	2.14	4.07
1974	2.05	3.77
1975	1.91	3.43
1976	1.85	3
1977	1.8	2.99
1978	1.79	2.64
1979	1.77	2.9
1980	1.75	2.82
1981	1.74	2.57
1982	1.77	2.39
1983	1.8	2.06
1984	1.81	1.74
1985	1.76	1.66
1986	1.72	1.58
1987	1.69	1.53
1988	1.66	1.55
1989	1.57	1.56
1990	1.54	1.57
1991	1.53	1.71
1992	1.5	1.76
1993	1.46	1.65
1994	1.5	1.66
1995	1.42	1.63
1996	1.43	1.57
1997	1.39	1.54
1998	1.38	1.46
1999	1.34	1.43
2000	1.36	1.48
2001	1.33	1.31
2002	1.32	1.18
2003	1.29	1.19
2004	1.29	1.16
2005	1.26	1.09
2006	1.32	1.13
2007	1.34	1.26
2008	1.37	1.19
2009	1.37	1.15
2010	1.39	1.23
2011	1.39	1.24
2012	1.41	1.3
2013	1.43	1.19
2014	1.42	1.21
2015	1.45	1.24
2016	1.44	1.17
2017	1.43	1.05
2018	1.42	0.98
2019	1.36	0.92
2020	1.33	0.84
2021	1.3	0.81
2022	1.26	0.78
2023	1.2	0.72

Japan and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Japan

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	South Korea
1960	25.8	19.3
1961	26.2	19.2
1962	26.5	19.1
1963	26.9	19
1964	27.2	18.8
1965	27.6	18.6
1966	28	18.5
1967	28.4	18.6
1968	28.6	18.7
1969	28.9	18.8
1970	29.2	18.9
1971	29.6	19
1972	29.9	19.1
1973	30.2	19.3
1974	30.4	19.6
1975	30.6	19.9
1976	30.9	20.2
1977	31.5	20.7
1978	32	21.1
1979	32.4	21.6
1980	32.8	22.1
1981	33.1	22.5
1982	33.7	22.8
1983	34.3	23.3
1984	34.9	23.7
1985	35.4	24.2
1986	35.9	24.8
1987	36.3	25.3
1988	36.8	25.8
1989	37.2	26.3
1990	37.7	26.7
1991	38.2	27.2
1992	38.7	27.8
1993	39.2	28.3
1994	39.6	28.9
1995	40	29.4
1996	40.3	29.8
1997	40.7	30.2
1998	41	30.7
1999	41.4	31.2
2000	41.8	31.7
2001	42.1	32.3
2002	42.5	32.8
2003	42.8	33.4
2004	43.2	33.9
2005	43.6	34.5
2006	43.9	35.2
2007	44.2	35.8
2008	44.6	36.4
2009	44.9	37
2010	45.2	37.6
2011	45.5	38.2
2012	45.8	38.8
2013	46.2	39.5
2014	46.6	40.2
2015	47	40.8
2016	47.3	41.4
2017	47.6	41.9
2018	48	42.5
2019	48.3	43.1
2020	48.7	43.8
2021	49.1	44.4
2022	49.5	44.9
2023	50	45.5
2024	50.4	46.1

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