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 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 38/197 ($32,487), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

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	$3,973,069,307
1961	$57,266,758,180	$2,427,244,761
1962	$64,987,857,542	$2,826,923,077
1963	$74,379,284,603	$4,007,692,308
1964	$87,490,590,818	$3,476,789,682
1965	$97,338,107,606	$3,141,131,708
1966	$113,046,784,179	$3,957,064,541
1967	$132,475,614,227	$4,895,076,718
1968	$156,897,496,759	$6,167,109,472
1969	$184,298,841,305	$7,743,940,189
1970	$217,223,652,719	$9,085,001,794
1971	$245,364,056,622	$10,005,257,131
1972	$324,933,841,269	$10,990,490,570
1973	$441,460,582,536	$14,067,523,813
1974	$490,035,789,970	$19,860,929,977
1975	$532,861,438,885	$22,126,033,058
1976	$598,883,902,156	$30,371,074,380
1977	$737,069,290,928	$39,064,462,810
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$52,824,793,388
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$68,083,884,298
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$66,547,970,351
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$74,287,368,087
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$79,921,300,447
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$89,621,208,322
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$99,749,645,089
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$103,764,281,281
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$119,965,960,795
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$152,240,393,646
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$205,477,530,605
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$254,236,243,100
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$292,064,221,389
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$340,851,946,804
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$366,921,291,825
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$405,705,302,846
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$479,181,794,217
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$586,286,469,401
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$631,196,863,758
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$589,202,526,424
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$397,297,216,492
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$515,697,079,289
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$597,487,173,479
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$567,564,806,235
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$650,014,391,470
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$728,516,494,684
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$823,251,107,639
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$971,740,329,984
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$983,065,242,417
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$4,027,597,523,551	$1,875,388,209,407

Japan and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	South Korea
1960	$509	$158.8
1961	$609	$94.2
1962	$685	$106.6
1963	$776	$147
1964	$903	$124.2
1965	$994	$109.4
1966	$1,144	$134.4
1967	$1,326	$162.5
1968	$1,553	$200
1969	$1,803	$245.5
1970	$2,101	$281.8
1971	$2,321	$304
1972	$3,031	$328
1973	$4,061	$412
1974	$4,448	$572
1975	$4,776	$627
1976	$5,310	$847
1977	$6,473	$1,073
1978	$9,012	$1,429
1979	$9,301	$1,814
1980	$9,669	$1,746
1981	$10,583	$1,918
1982	$9,780	$2,032
1983	$10,652	$2,246
1984	$11,207	$2,469
1985	$11,809	$2,543
1986	$17,452	$2,911
1987	$21,142	$3,658
1988	$25,500	$4,889
1989	$25,266	$5,989
1990	$25,801	$6,813
1991	$29,428	$7,873
1992	$31,993	$8,387
1993	$36,345	$9,180
1994	$39,934	$10,734
1995	$44,198	$13,002
1996	$39,150	$13,865
1997	$35,638	$12,822
1998	$32,424	$8,583
1999	$36,610	$11,063
2000	$39,169	$12,710
2001	$34,406	$11,981
2002	$32,821	$13,643
2003	$35,387	$15,212
2004	$38,299	$17,122
2005	$37,813	$20,167
2006	$35,992	$22,610
2007	$35,779	$25,078
2008	$39,876	$22,252
2009	$41,309	$19,937
2010	$44,968	$24,071
2011	$48,760	$26,175
2012	$49,145	$26,601
2013	$40,899	$28,449
2014	$38,475	$30,667
2015	$34,961	$30,172
2016	$39,375	$30,832
2017	$38,834	$33,297
2018	$39,751	$35,364
2019	$40,416	$33,827
2020	$40,029	$33,646
2021	$40,095	$37,518
2022	$34,066	$34,822
2023	$33,836	$35,674
2024	$32,487	$36,239

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
2026	85.1	84.6

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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