Kiribati vs South Korea statistics compared

Kiribati has a population of 135K (ranked 180/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Kiribati's land area is 313 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 173rd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Kiribati ranks 192/197 ($308M) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Kiribati ranks 151/197 ($2,289), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Kiribati and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Kiribati and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Kiribati

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Kiribati	South Korea
1960	-	$3,958,811,881
1961	-	$2,417,628,737
1962	-	$2,814,615,385
1963	-	$3,988,461,538
1964	-	$3,459,019,943
1965	-	$3,120,861,499
1966	-	$3,929,055,144
1967	-	$4,855,892,446
1968	-	$6,119,394,892
1969	-	$7,678,698,838
1970	$11,560,877	$9,005,144,969
1971	$12,356,134	$9,903,571,249
1972	$15,314,346	$10,862,211,761
1973	$25,645,040	$13,876,472,208
1974	$69,256,489	$19,543,973,941
1975	$44,547,454	$21,784,297,521
1976	$33,246,817	$29,902,479,339
1977	$31,335,459	$38,446,487,603
1978	$36,563,965	$51,972,107,438
1979	$34,466,197	$66,946,900,826
1980	$33,157,723	$65,398,377,598
1981	$35,267,489	$72,933,533,012
1982	$32,742,713	$78,358,416,171
1983	$31,000,546	$87,760,553,262
1984	$34,394,167	$97,510,744,119
1985	$26,126,615	$101,296,177,099
1986	$25,993,009	$116,836,246,285
1987	$29,554,413	$147,948,709,376
1988	$38,278,810	$199,591,287,825
1989	$37,645,319	$246,928,837,311
1990	$36,534,295	$283,365,844,161
1991	$41,247,792	$330,647,042,837
1992	$61,491,369	$355,524,903,068
1993	$58,953,596	$392,665,710,525
1994	$67,055,334	$463,619,823,515
1995	$68,596,395	$566,581,003,128
1996	$81,456,854	$610,167,053,824
1997	$80,205,807	$569,755,022,973
1998	$74,905,706	$383,331,833,682
1999	$77,323,978	$497,514,040,642
2000	$74,910,527	$576,179,387,820
2001	$64,935,850	$547,656,279,895
2002	$74,743,869	$627,246,933,730
2003	$96,105,619	$702,714,855,194
2004	$104,085,892	$793,175,561,887
2005	$113,895,437	$934,901,071,333
2006	$112,338,353	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$138,054,946	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$147,017,895	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$140,177,384	$943,941,876,219
2010	$165,458,433	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$195,970,140	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$207,001,546	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$201,730,861	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$200,287,282	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$191,559,399	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$206,467,819	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$222,875,736	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$233,514,717	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$216,985,388	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$220,897,999	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$285,259,894	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$270,040,457	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$288,610,732	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$307,862,547	-

Kiribati and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Kiribati

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kiribati	South Korea
1960	-	$158.3
1961	-	$93.8
1962	-	$106.2
1963	-	$146.3
1964	-	$123.6
1965	-	$108.7
1966	-	$133.5
1967	-	$161.2
1968	-	$198.4
1969	-	$243.4
1970	$201	$279.3
1971	$210.7	$301
1972	$256.2	$324
1973	$422	$407
1974	$1,131	$563
1975	$730	$617
1976	$548	$834
1977	$520	$1,056
1978	$611	$1,406
1979	$573	$1,784
1980	$542	$1,715
1981	$568	$1,883
1982	$519	$1,993
1983	$483	$2,199
1984	$527	$2,413
1985	$393	$2,482
1986	$382	$2,835
1987	$424	$3,555
1988	$536	$4,749
1989	$515	$5,817
1990	$488	$6,610
1991	$540	$7,637
1992	$792	$8,127
1993	$748	$8,885
1994	$838	$10,385
1995	$844	$12,565
1996	$986	$13,403
1997	$953	$12,398
1998	$874	$8,282
1999	$887	$10,672
2000	$845	$12,257
2001	$719	$11,561
2002	$810	$13,165
2003	$1,021	$14,673
2004	$1,083	$16,496
2005	$1,162	$19,403
2006	$1,123	$21,743
2007	$1,353	$24,086
2008	$1,411	$21,350
2009	$1,317	$19,144
2010	$1,522	$23,079
2011	$1,771	$25,098
2012	$1,844	$25,459
2013	$1,772	$27,180
2014	$1,737	$29,253
2015	$1,640	$28,737
2016	$1,743	$29,280
2017	$1,853	$31,601
2018	$1,913	$33,447
2019	$1,751	$31,902
2020	$1,752	$31,721
2021	$2,222	$35,126
2022	$2,070	$32,395
2023	$2,178	$33,121
2024	$2,289	-

Kiribati vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kiribati

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kiribati	South Korea
1950	45.7	22.2
1951	45.8	26.6
1952	45.9	36.6
1953	46	40.5
1954	46.1	46.1
1955	46.3	48.4
1956	46.5	50.2
1957	46.8	51.6
1958	47.1	51.8
1959	47.5	52.9
1960	48	53.8
1961	48.5	54.4
1962	49	55
1963	49.7	55
1964	50.4	55.3
1965	51	55.8
1966	51.7	55.4
1967	52.5	60.9
1968	53.1	60.9
1969	53.8	61.4
1970	54.4	62.2
1971	54.9	62.7
1972	55.3	63.2
1973	55.8	63.8
1974	56.1	64.2
1975	56.4	64.7
1976	56.6	65
1977	56.1	64.6
1978	56.9	65
1979	57.1	66.1
1980	57.3	64.8
1981	57.5	67.1
1982	57.8	67.1
1983	58.1	66.7
1984	58.4	68.1
1985	58.7	68.4
1986	59.1	69
1987	59.6	69.3
1988	60.1	70.2
1989	60.5	70.7
1990	61	71
1991	61.5	71.4
1992	62	72.2
1993	62.4	72.7
1994	62.8	72.9
1995	63.1	73.4
1996	63.5	74
1997	63.8	74.5
1998	64.1	75
1999	64.4	75.6
2000	64.7	76.2
2001	64.9	76.9
2002	65.1	77.2
2003	65.3	77.5
2004	65.4	78
2005	65.5	78.4
2006	65.6	79
2007	65.7	79.4
2008	65.7	80
2009	65.8	80.6
2010	65.9	80.7
2011	65.9	81.2
2012	65.9	81.3
2013	65.9	81.8
2014	65.9	82.4
2015	65.8	82.5
2016	65.8	82.9
2017	65.8	83.3
2018	65.8	83.3
2019	65.9	83.7
2020	65.2	83.7
2021	64.1	83.9
2022	66.3	82.7
2023	66.5	84.3
2024	66.6	84.4
2025	66.7	84.5

Kiribati and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Kiribati

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Kiribati	South Korea
1960	47,157	25,012,374
1961	48,323	25,765,673
1962	49,538	26,513,030
1963	50,791	27,261,747
1964	52,088	27,984,155
1965	53,439	28,704,674
1966	54,425	29,435,571
1967	54,996	30,130,983
1968	55,529	30,838,302
1969	56,360	31,544,266
1970	57,510	32,240,827
1971	58,652	32,882,704
1972	59,778	33,505,406
1973	60,824	34,103,149
1974	61,219	34,692,266
1975	60,987	35,280,725
1976	60,661	35,848,523
1977	60,267	36,411,795
1978	59,864	36,969,185
1979	60,172	37,534,236
1980	61,148	38,123,775
1981	62,121	38,723,248
1982	63,134	39,326,352
1983	64,169	39,910,403
1984	65,228	40,405,956
1985	66,496	40,805,744
1986	68,059	41,213,674
1987	69,733	41,621,690
1988	71,427	42,031,247
1989	73,147	42,449,038
1990	74,855	42,869,283
1991	76,367	43,295,704
1992	77,641	43,747,962
1993	78,841	44,194,628
1994	80,021	44,641,540
1995	81,234	45,092,991
1996	82,623	45,524,681
1997	84,147	45,953,580
1998	85,657	46,286,503
1999	87,126	46,616,677
2000	88,613	47,008,111
2001	90,335	47,370,164
2002	92,264	47,644,736
2003	94,175	47,892,330
2004	96,085	48,082,519
2005	98,035	48,184,561
2006	100,017	48,438,292
2007	102,068	48,683,638
2008	104,222	49,054,708
2009	106,467	49,307,835
2010	108,704	49,554,112
2011	110,647	49,936,638
2012	112,284	50,199,853
2013	113,838	50,428,893
2014	115,326	50,746,659
2015	116,815	51,014,947
2016	118,478	51,217,803
2017	120,275	51,361,911
2018	122,084	51,585,058
2019	123,921	51,764,822
2020	126,099	51,836,239
2021	128,377	51,769,539
2022	130,469	51,672,569
2023	132,530	51,712,619
2024	134,518	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Kiribati and South Korea

Fertility rate

Kiribati

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kiribati	South Korea
1960	6.44	5.99
1961	6.48	5.8
1962	6.42	5.56
1963	6.35	5.33
1964	6.29	5.07
1965	6.26	4.89
1966	6.23	4.78
1967	6.11	4.62
1968	5.98	4.51
1969	5.85	4.45
1970	5.71	4.53
1971	5.55	4.54
1972	5.37	4.12
1973	5.2	4.07
1974	5.09	3.77
1975	5.02	3.43
1976	4.96	3
1977	4.96	2.99
1978	4.97	2.64
1979	4.97	2.9
1980	4.96	2.82
1981	4.96	2.57
1982	4.95	2.39
1983	4.91	2.06
1984	4.91	1.74
1985	4.91	1.66
1986	4.87	1.58
1987	4.81	1.53
1988	4.73	1.55
1989	4.69	1.56
1990	4.67	1.57
1991	4.64	1.71
1992	4.57	1.76
1993	4.49	1.65
1994	4.44	1.66
1995	4.42	1.63
1996	4.43	1.57
1997	4.37	1.54
1998	4.29	1.46
1999	4.18	1.43
2000	4.07	1.48
2001	3.96	1.31
2002	3.81	1.18
2003	3.7	1.19
2004	3.73	1.16
2005	3.76	1.09
2006	3.82	1.13
2007	3.87	1.26
2008	3.9	1.19
2009	3.91	1.15
2010	3.9	1.23
2011	3.88	1.24
2012	3.77	1.3
2013	3.64	1.19
2014	3.52	1.21
2015	3.44	1.24
2016	3.38	1.17
2017	3.34	1.05
2018	3.32	0.98
2019	3.29	0.92
2020	3.25	0.84
2021	3.22	0.81
2022	3.18	0.78
2023	3.15	0.72

Kiribati and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Kiribati

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kiribati	South Korea
1960	18.8	19.3
1961	18.5	19.2
1962	18.3	19.1
1963	18.2	19
1964	18.1	18.8
1965	18	18.6
1966	17.9	18.5
1967	17.7	18.6
1968	17.6	18.7
1969	17.5	18.8
1970	17.5	18.9
1971	17.6	19
1972	17.6	19.1
1973	17.7	19.3
1974	17.8	19.6
1975	18	19.9
1976	18.1	20.2
1977	18.2	20.7
1978	18.3	21.1
1979	18.4	21.6
1980	18.7	22.1
1981	18.9	22.5
1982	19	22.8
1983	19.2	23.3
1984	19.4	23.7
1985	19.6	24.2
1986	19.8	24.8
1987	19.9	25.3
1988	20.1	25.8
1989	20.2	26.3
1990	20.2	26.7
1991	20.2	27.2
1992	20.1	27.8
1993	20	28.3
1994	19.8	28.9
1995	19.7	29.4
1996	19.6	29.8
1997	19.6	30.2
1998	19.6	30.7
1999	19.6	31.2
2000	19.7	31.7
2001	19.8	32.3
2002	19.9	32.8
2003	20.1	33.4
2004	20.3	33.9
2005	20.5	34.5
2006	20.7	35.2
2007	20.9	35.8
2008	21	36.4
2009	21.2	37
2010	21.3	37.6
2011	21.5	38.2
2012	21.7	38.8
2013	21.9	39.5
2014	22.1	40.2
2015	22.3	40.8
2016	22.5	41.4
2017	22.7	41.9
2018	22.9	42.5
2019	23	43.1
2020	23.2	43.8
2021	23.3	44.4
2022	23.5	44.9
2023	23.6	45.5
2024	23.8	46.1

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