Kenya vs South Korea statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 45th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($120B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 154/197 ($2,132), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Kenya and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Kenya and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Kenya

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	South Korea
1960	$791,265,459	$3,973,069,307
1961	$792,959,473	$2,427,244,761
1962	$868,111,401	$2,826,923,077
1963	$926,589,349	$4,007,692,308
1964	$998,759,334	$3,476,789,682
1965	$997,919,321	$3,141,131,708
1966	$1,164,519,674	$3,957,064,541
1967	$1,232,559,507	$4,895,076,718
1968	$1,353,295,459	$6,167,109,472
1969	$1,458,379,417	$7,743,940,189
1970	$1,603,447,359	$9,085,001,794
1971	$1,778,391,289	$10,005,257,131
1972	$2,107,279,157	$10,990,490,570
1973	$2,509,001,324	$14,067,523,813
1974	$2,969,958,812	$19,860,929,977
1975	$3,259,345,083	$22,126,033,058
1976	$3,474,542,392	$30,371,074,380
1977	$4,494,378,764	$39,064,462,810
1978	$5,303,735,111	$52,824,793,388
1979	$6,234,391,113	$68,083,884,298
1980	$7,265,315,820	$66,547,970,351
1981	$6,854,491,706	$74,287,368,087
1982	$6,431,579,357	$79,921,300,447
1983	$5,979,198,314	$89,621,208,322
1984	$6,191,437,070	$99,749,645,089
1985	$6,135,034,214	$103,764,281,281
1986	$7,239,126,568	$119,965,960,795
1987	$7,970,820,369	$152,240,393,646
1988	$8,355,380,879	$205,477,530,605
1989	$8,283,114,514	$254,236,243,100
1990	$8,572,359,038	$292,064,221,389
1991	$8,151,488,783	$340,851,946,804
1992	$8,209,120,763	$366,921,291,825
1993	$5,751,786,643	$405,705,302,846
1994	$7,148,148,564	$479,181,794,217
1995	$9,046,320,255	$586,286,469,401
1996	$12,045,865,396	$631,196,863,758
1997	$13,115,764,358	$589,202,526,424
1998	$14,093,998,844	$397,297,216,492
1999	$12,896,010,459	$515,697,079,289
2000	$12,705,350,098	$597,487,173,479
2001	$12,986,007,426	$567,564,806,235
2002	$13,147,736,899	$650,014,391,470
2003	$14,904,517,650	$728,516,494,684
2004	$16,095,337,094	$823,251,107,639
2005	$18,737,895,513	$971,740,329,984
2006	$25,825,512,284	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$31,958,195,182	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$35,895,153,328	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$42,347,217,913	$983,065,242,417
2010	$45,405,615,064	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$46,869,473,151	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$56,396,704,672	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$61,671,440,408	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$68,285,796,514	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$70,120,446,897	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$74,815,144,164	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$82,036,510,877	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$92,202,979,985	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$100,378,436,207	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$100,657,505,751	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$109,703,658,905	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$114,448,978,153	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$107,500,884,685	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$120,339,557,906	$1,875,388,209,407

Kenya and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	South Korea
1960	$102.8	$158.8
1961	$99.3	$94.2
1962	$104.6	$106.6
1963	$107.4	$147
1964	$111.3	$124.2
1965	$106.9	$109.4
1966	$119.8	$134.4
1967	$121.9	$162.5
1968	$128.7	$200
1969	$133.3	$245.5
1970	$141	$281.8
1971	$150.9	$304
1972	$172.6	$328
1973	$198.6	$412
1974	$227.2	$572
1975	$241.2	$627
1976	$248.9	$847
1977	$311	$1,073
1978	$355	$1,429
1979	$403	$1,814
1980	$454	$1,746
1981	$413	$1,918
1982	$374	$2,032
1983	$335	$2,246
1984	$334	$2,469
1985	$320	$2,543
1986	$364	$2,911
1987	$387	$3,658
1988	$391	$4,889
1989	$374	$5,989
1990	$374	$6,813
1991	$345	$7,873
1992	$337	$8,387
1993	$229	$9,180
1994	$276.4	$10,734
1995	$340	$13,002
1996	$441	$13,865
1997	$467	$12,822
1998	$488	$8,583
1999	$434	$11,063
2000	$415	$12,710
2001	$411	$11,981
2002	$403	$13,643
2003	$443	$15,212
2004	$464	$17,122
2005	$523	$20,167
2006	$700	$22,610
2007	$840	$25,078
2008	$916	$22,252
2009	$1,048	$19,937
2010	$1,092	$24,071
2011	$1,096	$26,175
2012	$1,285	$26,601
2013	$1,371	$28,449
2014	$1,483	$30,667
2015	$1,489	$30,172
2016	$1,554	$30,832
2017	$1,667	$33,297
2018	$1,836	$35,364
2019	$1,960	$33,827
2020	$1,928	$33,646
2021	$2,061	$37,518
2022	$2,110	$34,822
2023	$1,943	$35,674
2024	$2,132	$36,239

Kenya vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	South Korea
1950	36.9	22.2
1951	38	26.6
1952	38.6	36.6
1953	39.8	40.5
1954	41	46.1
1955	42.3	48.4
1956	43.5	50.2
1957	45.3	51.6
1958	46.5	51.8
1959	47.5	52.9
1960	48.5	53.8
1961	49.3	54.4
1962	50.1	55
1963	50.8	55
1964	51.3	55.3
1965	51.9	55.8
1966	52.4	55.4
1967	52.8	60.9
1968	53.3	60.9
1969	53.7	61.4
1970	54.1	62.2
1971	54.5	62.7
1972	55	63.2
1973	55.5	63.8
1974	56	64.2
1975	56.6	64.7
1976	57.2	65
1977	57.7	64.6
1978	58.2	65
1979	58.7	66.1
1980	59.2	64.8
1981	59.6	67.1
1982	59.9	67.1
1983	60.3	66.7
1984	60.6	68.1
1985	60.9	68.4
1986	60.8	69
1987	60.7	69.3
1988	60.3	70.2
1989	60	70.7
1990	58.3	71
1991	57.8	71.4
1992	57.1	72.2
1993	56.7	72.7
1994	56.1	72.9
1995	55.9	73.4
1996	55.6	74
1997	55.5	74.5
1998	55.6	75
1999	55.9	75.6
2000	56.1	76.2
2001	56.5	76.9
2002	56.8	77.2
2003	57.4	77.5
2004	57.9	78
2005	58.5	78.4
2006	59.1	79
2007	59.4	79.4
2008	60	80
2009	60.5	80.6
2010	60.9	80.7
2011	61.3	81.2
2012	61.5	81.3
2013	61.7	81.8
2014	62	82.4
2015	62.3	82.5
2016	62.5	82.9
2017	62.7	83.3
2018	62.8	83.3
2019	62.9	83.7
2020	61.6	83.7
2021	61.2	83.9
2022	63.5	82.7
2023	63.6	84.3
2024	63.8	84.4
2025	64	84.5
2026	64.2	84.6

Kenya and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	South Korea
1960	7,695,307	25,012,374
1961	7,987,770	25,765,673
1962	8,299,308	26,513,030
1963	8,627,971	27,261,747
1964	8,973,535	27,984,155
1965	9,338,078	28,704,674
1966	9,717,816	29,435,571
1967	10,111,057	30,130,983
1968	10,518,823	30,838,302
1969	10,939,695	31,544,266
1970	11,368,791	32,240,827
1971	11,788,904	32,882,704
1972	12,206,060	33,505,406
1973	12,634,835	34,103,149
1974	13,070,078	34,692,266
1975	13,511,671	35,280,725
1976	13,957,623	35,848,523
1977	14,428,819	36,411,795
1978	14,934,126	36,969,185
1979	15,460,666	37,534,236
1980	16,018,459	38,123,775
1981	16,601,507	38,723,248
1982	17,206,175	39,326,352
1983	17,846,374	39,910,403
1984	18,514,906	40,405,956
1985	19,201,768	40,805,744
1986	19,901,646	41,213,674
1987	20,616,096	41,621,690
1988	21,356,219	42,031,247
1989	22,118,434	42,449,038
1990	22,892,651	42,869,283
1991	23,646,514	43,295,704
1992	24,382,460	43,747,962
1993	25,117,188	44,194,628
1994	25,857,130	44,641,540
1995	26,601,751	45,092,991
1996	27,344,211	45,524,681
1997	28,101,768	45,953,580
1998	28,888,057	46,286,503
1999	29,733,408	46,616,677
2000	30,642,890	47,008,111
2001	31,619,170	47,370,164
2002	32,629,808	47,644,736
2003	33,652,223	47,892,330
2004	34,713,455	48,082,519
2005	35,796,484	48,184,561
2006	36,904,008	48,438,292
2007	38,036,349	48,683,638
2008	39,206,351	49,054,708
2009	40,408,891	49,307,835
2010	41,598,567	49,554,112
2011	42,758,461	49,936,638
2012	43,888,303	50,199,853
2013	44,986,791	50,428,893
2014	46,051,440	50,746,659
2015	47,088,526	51,014,947
2016	48,139,687	51,217,803
2017	49,197,766	51,361,911
2018	50,207,107	51,585,058
2019	51,202,827	51,764,822
2020	52,217,334	51,836,239
2021	53,219,166	51,769,539
2022	54,252,461	51,672,569
2023	55,339,003	51,712,619
2024	56,432,944	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Kenya and South Korea

Fertility rate

Kenya

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	South Korea
1960	7.65	5.99
1961	7.72	5.8
1962	7.77	5.56
1963	7.82	5.33
1964	7.87	5.07
1965	7.92	4.89
1966	7.96	4.78
1967	7.95	4.62
1968	7.95	4.51
1969	7.95	4.45
1970	7.94	4.53
1971	7.92	4.54
1972	7.89	4.12
1973	7.86	4.07
1974	7.82	3.77
1975	7.8	3.43
1976	7.77	3
1977	7.73	2.99
1978	7.67	2.64
1979	7.6	2.9
1980	7.53	2.82
1981	7.45	2.57
1982	7.35	2.39
1983	7.22	2.06
1984	7.08	1.74
1985	6.96	1.66
1986	6.84	1.58
1987	6.69	1.53
1988	6.52	1.55
1989	6.33	1.56
1990	6.14	1.57
1991	5.94	1.71
1992	5.74	1.76
1993	5.57	1.65
1994	5.44	1.66
1995	5.37	1.63
1996	5.31	1.57
1997	5.27	1.54
1998	5.24	1.46
1999	5.18	1.43
2000	5.14	1.48
2001	5.09	1.31
2002	5.03	1.18
2003	4.94	1.19
2004	4.86	1.16
2005	4.8	1.09
2006	4.75	1.13
2007	4.72	1.26
2008	4.66	1.19
2009	4.57	1.15
2010	4.45	1.23
2011	4.28	1.24
2012	4.12	1.3
2013	3.96	1.19
2014	3.84	1.21
2015	3.77	1.24
2016	3.69	1.17
2017	3.61	1.05
2018	3.54	0.98
2019	3.43	0.92
2020	3.36	0.84
2021	3.31	0.81
2022	3.26	0.78
2023	3.21	0.72

Kenya and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	South Korea
1960	15.7	19.3
1961	15.5	19.2
1962	15.3	19.1
1963	15.2	19
1964	15.1	18.8
1965	14.9	18.6
1966	14.8	18.5
1967	14.6	18.6
1968	14.5	18.7
1969	14.5	18.8
1970	14.4	18.9
1971	14.4	19
1972	14.3	19.1
1973	14.3	19.3
1974	14.3	19.6
1975	14.3	19.9
1976	14.3	20.2
1977	14.3	20.7
1978	14.3	21.1
1979	14.4	21.6
1980	14.5	22.1
1981	14.5	22.5
1982	14.6	22.8
1983	14.7	23.3
1984	14.8	23.7
1985	14.9	24.2
1986	15	24.8
1987	15	25.3
1988	15.1	25.8
1989	15.2	26.3
1990	15.3	26.7
1991	15.5	27.2
1992	15.6	27.8
1993	15.7	28.3
1994	15.9	28.9
1995	16	29.4
1996	16.1	29.8
1997	16.2	30.2
1998	16.4	30.7
1999	16.5	31.2
2000	16.7	31.7
2001	16.8	32.3
2002	17	32.8
2003	17.1	33.4
2004	17.3	33.9
2005	17.4	34.5
2006	17.5	35.2
2007	17.6	35.8
2008	17.7	36.4
2009	17.8	37
2010	17.9	37.6
2011	18.1	38.2
2012	18.2	38.8
2013	18.4	39.5
2014	18.5	40.2
2015	18.7	40.8
2016	18.9	41.4
2017	19.1	41.9
2018	19.3	42.5
2019	19.6	43.1
2020	19.8	43.8
2021	20	44.4
2022	20.3	44.9
2023	20.6	45.5
2024	20.8	46.1

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