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 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Kiribati ranks 152/197 ($2,289), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Kiribati and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Kiribati and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Kiribati

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Kiribati	South Korea
1960	-	$3,973,069,307
1961	-	$2,427,244,761
1962	-	$2,826,923,077
1963	-	$4,007,692,308
1964	-	$3,476,789,682
1965	-	$3,141,131,708
1966	-	$3,957,064,541
1967	-	$4,895,076,718
1968	-	$6,167,109,472
1969	-	$7,743,940,189
1970	$11,560,877	$9,085,001,794
1971	$12,356,134	$10,005,257,131
1972	$15,314,346	$10,990,490,570
1973	$25,645,040	$14,067,523,813
1974	$69,256,489	$19,860,929,977
1975	$44,547,454	$22,126,033,058
1976	$33,246,817	$30,371,074,380
1977	$31,335,459	$39,064,462,810
1978	$36,563,965	$52,824,793,388
1979	$34,466,197	$68,083,884,298
1980	$33,157,723	$66,547,970,351
1981	$35,267,489	$74,287,368,087
1982	$32,742,713	$79,921,300,447
1983	$31,000,546	$89,621,208,322
1984	$34,394,167	$99,749,645,089
1985	$26,126,615	$103,764,281,281
1986	$25,993,009	$119,965,960,795
1987	$29,554,413	$152,240,393,646
1988	$38,278,810	$205,477,530,605
1989	$37,645,319	$254,236,243,100
1990	$36,534,295	$292,064,221,389
1991	$41,247,792	$340,851,946,804
1992	$61,491,369	$366,921,291,825
1993	$58,953,596	$405,705,302,846
1994	$67,055,334	$479,181,794,217
1995	$68,596,395	$586,286,469,401
1996	$81,456,854	$631,196,863,758
1997	$80,205,807	$589,202,526,424
1998	$74,905,706	$397,297,216,492
1999	$77,323,978	$515,697,079,289
2000	$74,910,527	$597,487,173,479
2001	$64,935,850	$567,564,806,235
2002	$74,743,869	$650,014,391,470
2003	$96,105,619	$728,516,494,684
2004	$104,085,892	$823,251,107,639
2005	$113,895,437	$971,740,329,984
2006	$112,338,353	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$138,054,946	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$147,017,895	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$140,177,384	$983,065,242,417
2010	$165,458,433	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$195,970,140	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$207,001,546	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$201,730,861	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$200,287,282	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$191,559,399	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$206,467,819	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$222,875,736	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$233,514,717	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$216,985,388	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$220,898,020	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$285,259,881	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$270,040,453	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$288,610,748	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$307,862,564	$1,875,388,209,407

Kiribati and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Kiribati

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kiribati	South Korea
1960	-	$158.8
1961	-	$94.2
1962	-	$106.6
1963	-	$147
1964	-	$124.2
1965	-	$109.4
1966	-	$134.4
1967	-	$162.5
1968	-	$200
1969	-	$245.5
1970	$201	$281.8
1971	$210.7	$304
1972	$256.2	$328
1973	$422	$412
1974	$1,131	$572
1975	$730	$627
1976	$548	$847
1977	$520	$1,073
1978	$611	$1,429
1979	$573	$1,814
1980	$542	$1,746
1981	$568	$1,918
1982	$519	$2,032
1983	$483	$2,246
1984	$527	$2,469
1985	$393	$2,543
1986	$382	$2,911
1987	$424	$3,658
1988	$536	$4,889
1989	$515	$5,989
1990	$488	$6,813
1991	$540	$7,873
1992	$792	$8,387
1993	$748	$9,180
1994	$838	$10,734
1995	$844	$13,002
1996	$986	$13,865
1997	$953	$12,822
1998	$874	$8,583
1999	$887	$11,063
2000	$845	$12,710
2001	$719	$11,981
2002	$810	$13,643
2003	$1,021	$15,212
2004	$1,083	$17,122
2005	$1,162	$20,167
2006	$1,123	$22,610
2007	$1,353	$25,078
2008	$1,411	$22,252
2009	$1,317	$19,937
2010	$1,522	$24,071
2011	$1,771	$26,175
2012	$1,844	$26,601
2013	$1,772	$28,449
2014	$1,737	$30,667
2015	$1,640	$30,172
2016	$1,743	$30,832
2017	$1,853	$33,297
2018	$1,913	$35,364
2019	$1,751	$33,827
2020	$1,752	$33,646
2021	$2,222	$37,518
2022	$2,070	$34,822
2023	$2,178	$35,674
2024	$2,289	$36,239

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
2026	66.9	84.6

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

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Kiribati and South Korea.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size