Kuwait vs South Korea statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.9M (ranked 127/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 153rd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 37/197 ($32,718), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Kuwait and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	South Korea
1960	-	$3,973,069,307
1961	-	$2,427,244,761
1962	$1,828,107,503	$2,826,923,077
1963	$1,900,895,857	$4,007,692,308
1964	$2,071,668,533	$3,476,789,682
1965	$2,097,199,161	$3,141,131,708
1966	$2,391,199,044	$3,957,064,541
1967	$2,441,599,023	$4,895,076,718
1968	$2,662,798,935	$6,167,109,472
1969	$2,769,198,892	$7,743,940,189
1970	$2,873,638,851	$9,085,001,794
1971	$3,880,392,195	$10,005,257,131
1972	$4,450,537,925	$10,990,490,570
1973	$5,408,804,607	$14,067,523,813
1974	$13,006,948,296	$19,860,929,977
1975	$12,022,811,621	$22,126,033,058
1976	$13,132,252,802	$30,371,074,380
1977	$14,137,406,741	$39,064,462,810
1978	$15,503,557,496	$52,824,793,388
1979	$24,749,063,922	$68,083,884,298
1980	$28,638,868,356	$66,547,970,351
1981	$25,058,020,338	$74,287,368,087
1982	$21,577,153,356	$79,921,300,447
1983	$20,871,081,080	$89,621,208,322
1984	$21,700,082,753	$99,749,645,089
1985	$21,445,970,614	$103,764,281,281
1986	$17,903,989,745	$119,965,960,795
1987	$22,368,704,134	$152,240,393,646
1988	$20,690,322,153	$205,477,530,605
1989	$24,313,855,653	$254,236,243,100
1990	$18,427,777,778	$292,064,221,389
1991	$11,009,993,703	$340,851,946,804
1992	$19,858,555,215	$366,921,291,825
1993	$23,941,391,391	$405,705,302,846
1994	$24,848,483,838	$479,181,794,217
1995	$27,186,980,647	$586,286,469,401
1996	$31,492,373,309	$631,196,863,758
1997	$30,350,190,704	$589,202,526,424
1998	$25,943,705,784	$397,297,216,492
1999	$30,122,365,849	$515,697,079,289
2000	$37,718,743,480	$597,487,173,479
2001	$34,889,559,870	$567,564,806,235
2002	$38,135,788,414	$650,014,391,470
2003	$47,874,582,232	$728,516,494,684
2004	$59,439,090,601	$823,251,107,639
2005	$80,798,630,137	$971,740,329,984
2006	$101,557,330,723	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$114,634,043,362	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$147,379,737,230	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$105,968,691,905	$983,065,242,417
2010	$115,416,245,242	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$154,039,231,246	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$174,047,662,680	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$174,168,116,535	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$162,650,450,685	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$114,585,555,689	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$109,406,674,125	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$120,687,539,806	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$138,646,316,351	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$140,856,394,861	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$111,045,470,606	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$148,350,671,489	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$183,502,046,694	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$165,384,407,116	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$160,227,273,053	$1,875,388,209,407

Kuwait and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	South Korea
1960	-	$158.8
1961	-	$94.2
1962	$4,748	$106.6
1963	$4,445	$147
1964	$4,379	$124.2
1965	$4,024	$109.4
1966	$4,176	$134.4
1967	$3,887	$162.5
1968	$3,872	$200
1969	$3,695	$245.5
1970	$3,552	$281.8
1971	$4,486	$304
1972	$4,836	$328
1973	$5,532	$412
1974	$12,527	$572
1975	$10,882	$627
1976	$11,141	$847
1977	$11,238	$1,073
1978	$11,567	$1,429
1979	$17,386	$1,814
1980	$19,032	$1,746
1981	$15,825	$1,918
1982	$12,979	$2,032
1983	$11,965	$2,246
1984	$11,919	$2,469
1985	$11,322	$2,543
1986	$9,077	$2,911
1987	$10,896	$3,658
1988	$9,692	$4,889
1989	$10,965	$5,989
1990	$10,938	$6,813
1991	$8,147	$7,873
1992	$12,146	$8,387
1993	$14,318	$9,180
1994	$14,930	$10,734
1995	$16,168	$13,002
1996	$18,201	$13,865
1997	$16,977	$12,822
1998	$14,067	$8,583
1999	$15,854	$11,063
2000	$19,296	$12,710
2001	$17,374	$11,981
2002	$18,513	$13,643
2003	$22,691	$15,212
2004	$27,552	$17,122
2005	$36,123	$20,167
2006	$42,947	$22,610
2007	$45,709	$25,078
2008	$55,585	$22,252
2009	$37,907	$19,937
2010	$39,212	$24,071
2011	$49,170	$26,175
2012	$52,155	$26,601
2013	$49,651	$28,449
2014	$44,369	$30,667
2015	$29,882	$30,172
2016	$27,324	$30,832
2017	$29,048	$33,297
2018	$32,068	$35,364
2019	$31,708	$33,827
2020	$25,236	$33,646
2021	$34,019	$37,518
2022	$39,982	$34,822
2023	$34,076	$35,674
2024	$32,718	$36,239

Kuwait vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	South Korea
1950	49.7	22.2
1951	50.6	26.6
1952	51.4	36.6
1953	52.3	40.5
1954	53.1	46.1
1955	54	48.4
1956	54.9	50.2
1957	55.9	51.6
1958	56.9	51.8
1959	57.9	52.9
1960	58.9	53.8
1961	60	54.4
1962	61	55
1963	62	55
1964	63	55.3
1965	63.9	55.8
1966	64.9	55.4
1967	65.8	60.9
1968	66.6	60.9
1969	67.3	61.4
1970	68	62.2
1971	68.5	62.7
1972	68.9	63.2
1973	69.2	63.8
1974	69.4	64.2
1975	69.7	64.7
1976	69.9	65
1977	70.2	64.6
1978	70.5	65
1979	70.8	66.1
1980	71.1	64.8
1981	71.5	67.1
1982	71.9	67.1
1983	72.4	66.7
1984	72.9	68.1
1985	73.3	68.4
1986	73.8	69
1987	74.2	69.3
1988	74.6	70.2
1989	75	70.7
1990	72.9	71
1991	73.3	71.4
1992	75.7	72.2
1993	75.8	72.7
1994	75.7	72.9
1995	75.7	73.4
1996	75.6	74
1997	75.6	74.5
1998	75.6	75
1999	75.7	75.6
2000	75.9	76.2
2001	76	76.9
2002	76.2	77.2
2003	76.3	77.5
2004	76.4	78
2005	76.5	78.4
2006	76.6	79
2007	76.7	79.4
2008	76.9	80
2009	77.2	80.6
2010	77.5	80.7
2011	77.9	81.2
2012	78.2	81.3
2013	78.6	81.8
2014	78.9	82.4
2015	79.2	82.5
2016	79.5	82.9
2017	79.7	83.3
2018	79.9	83.3
2019	80	83.7
2020	78.2	83.7
2021	77.6	83.9
2022	78.8	82.7
2023	80.4	84.3
2024	80.6	84.4
2025	80.8	84.5
2026	81	84.6

Kuwait and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	South Korea
1960	311,060	25,012,374
1961	345,945	25,765,673
1962	384,995	26,513,030
1963	427,694	27,261,747
1964	473,115	27,984,155
1965	521,174	28,704,674
1966	572,590	29,435,571
1967	628,089	30,130,983
1968	687,716	30,838,302
1969	749,452	31,544,266
1970	809,114	32,240,827
1971	865,076	32,882,704
1972	920,352	33,505,406
1973	977,654	34,103,149
1974	1,038,346	34,692,266
1975	1,104,863	35,280,725
1976	1,178,711	35,848,523
1977	1,258,023	36,411,795
1978	1,340,319	36,969,185
1979	1,423,514	37,534,236
1980	1,504,782	38,123,775
1981	1,583,426	38,723,248
1982	1,662,480	39,326,352
1983	1,744,295	39,910,403
1984	1,820,688	40,405,956
1985	1,894,242	40,805,744
1986	1,972,520	41,213,674
1987	2,052,994	41,621,690
1988	2,134,707	42,031,247
1989	2,217,468	42,449,038
1990	1,684,819	42,869,283
1991	1,351,399	43,295,704
1992	1,634,961	43,747,962
1993	1,672,151	44,194,628
1994	1,664,361	44,641,540
1995	1,681,513	45,092,991
1996	1,730,246	45,524,681
1997	1,787,683	45,953,580
1998	1,844,302	46,286,503
1999	1,900,030	46,616,677
2000	1,954,709	47,008,111
2001	2,008,121	47,370,164
2002	2,059,974	47,644,736
2003	2,109,881	47,892,330
2004	2,157,320	48,082,519
2005	2,236,788	48,184,561
2006	2,364,733	48,438,292
2007	2,507,887	48,683,638
2008	2,651,421	49,054,708
2009	2,795,484	49,307,835
2010	2,943,372	49,554,112
2011	3,132,814	49,936,638
2012	3,337,109	50,199,853
2013	3,507,844	50,428,893
2014	3,665,876	50,746,659
2015	3,834,574	51,014,947
2016	4,004,096	51,217,803
2017	4,154,812	51,361,911
2018	4,323,515	51,585,058
2019	4,442,316	51,764,822
2020	4,400,267	51,836,239
2021	4,360,865	51,769,539
2022	4,589,643	51,672,569
2023	4,853,420	51,712,619
2024	4,897,263	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Kuwait and South Korea

Fertility rate

Kuwait

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	South Korea
1960	7.22	5.99
1961	7.25	5.8
1962	7.25	5.56
1963	7.28	5.33
1964	7.29	5.07
1965	7.31	4.89
1966	7.34	4.78
1967	7.33	4.62
1968	7.28	4.51
1969	7.18	4.45
1970	7.03	4.53
1971	6.84	4.54
1972	6.64	4.12
1973	6.43	4.07
1974	6.23	3.77
1975	6.06	3.43
1976	5.9	3
1977	5.71	2.99
1978	5.52	2.64
1979	5.33	2.9
1980	5.18	2.82
1981	5.02	2.57
1982	4.85	2.39
1983	4.66	2.06
1984	4.45	1.74
1985	4.22	1.66
1986	4	1.58
1987	3.83	1.53
1988	3.7	1.55
1989	3.59	1.56
1990	3.49	1.57
1991	3.4	1.71
1992	3.35	1.76
1993	3.31	1.65
1994	3.27	1.66
1995	3.25	1.63
1996	3.22	1.57
1997	3.14	1.54
1998	3.04	1.46
1999	2.95	1.43
2000	2.89	1.48
2001	2.84	1.31
2002	2.8	1.18
2003	2.77	1.19
2004	2.76	1.16
2005	2.73	1.09
2006	2.59	1.13
2007	2.41	1.26
2008	2.27	1.19
2009	2.15	1.15
2010	2.04	1.23
2011	1.96	1.24
2012	1.99	1.3
2013	1.97	1.19
2014	2.06	1.21
2015	2.03	1.24
2016	2.06	1.17
2017	2.16	1.05
2018	2.12	0.98
2019	2.08	0.92
2020	2.03	0.84
2021	2.15	0.81
2022	1.55	0.78
2023	1.52	0.72

Kuwait and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	South Korea
1960	22	19.3
1961	21.8	19.2
1962	21.5	19.1
1963	21	19
1964	20.7	18.8
1965	20.4	18.6
1966	20	18.5
1967	19.6	18.6
1968	19.2	18.7
1969	18.8	18.8
1970	18.5	18.9
1971	18.3	19
1972	18.3	19.1
1973	18.3	19.3
1974	18.4	19.6
1975	18.4	19.9
1976	18.7	20.2
1977	19.2	20.7
1978	19.6	21.1
1979	20.1	21.6
1980	20.5	22.1
1981	20.9	22.5
1982	21.3	22.8
1983	21.7	23.3
1984	22.1	23.7
1985	22.4	24.2
1986	22.7	24.8
1987	22.8	25.3
1988	23	25.8
1989	23.2	26.3
1990	23.4	26.7
1991	23.6	27.2
1992	23.8	27.8
1993	24.2	28.3
1994	25.1	28.9
1995	25.5	29.4
1996	25.5	29.8
1997	25.5	30.2
1998	25.5	30.7
1999	25.6	31.2
2000	25.9	31.7
2001	26.3	32.3
2002	26.8	32.8
2003	27.3	33.4
2004	27.9	33.9
2005	28.3	34.5
2006	28.5	35.2
2007	28.6	35.8
2008	28.8	36.4
2009	29.2	37
2010	29.6	37.6
2011	30.5	38.2
2012	31.5	38.8
2013	32.3	39.5
2014	33	40.2
2015	33.8	40.8
2016	34.7	41.4
2017	35.6	41.9
2018	36.4	42.5
2019	37.1	43.1
2020	37.7	43.8
2021	35.8	44.4
2022	34.4	44.9
2023	35.5	45.5
2024	35.8	46.1

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