Latvia vs South Korea statistics compared

Latvia has a population of 1.86M (ranked 149/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Latvia's land area is 24,027 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 121st vs. 105th).

By GDP, Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Latvia and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Latvia and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Latvia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Latvia	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	-	$9,005,144,969
1971	-	$9,903,571,249
1972	-	$10,862,211,761
1973	-	$13,876,472,208
1974	-	$19,543,973,941
1975	-	$21,784,297,521
1976	-	$29,902,479,339
1977	-	$38,446,487,603
1978	-	$51,972,107,438
1979	-	$66,946,900,826
1980	-	$65,398,377,598
1981	-	$72,933,533,012
1982	-	$78,358,416,171
1983	-	$87,760,553,262
1984	-	$97,510,744,119
1985	-	$101,296,177,099
1986	-	$116,836,246,285
1987	-	$147,948,709,376
1988	-	$199,591,287,825
1989	-	$246,928,837,311
1990	-	$283,365,844,161
1991	-	$330,647,042,837
1992	-	$355,524,903,068
1993	-	$392,665,710,525
1994	-	$463,619,823,515
1995	$5,608,208,785	$566,581,003,128
1996	$5,799,465,288	$610,167,053,824
1997	$6,349,481,007	$569,755,022,973
1998	$6,974,112,951	$383,331,833,682
1999	$7,324,192,890	$497,514,040,642
2000	$7,761,252,607	$576,179,387,820
2001	$8,190,888,740	$547,656,279,895
2002	$9,249,030,241	$627,246,933,730
2003	$11,244,337,720	$702,714,855,194
2004	$13,827,070,379	$793,175,561,887
2005	$16,306,935,905	$934,901,071,333
2006	$20,434,922,247	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$29,420,499,248	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$34,135,200,994	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$25,691,530,442	$943,941,876,219
2010	$23,468,324,572	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$26,575,547,901	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$27,116,149,949	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$29,152,128,168	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$30,277,203,767	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$26,344,565,877	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$27,117,105,060	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$29,391,059,767	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$33,247,935,477	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$33,099,503,951	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$33,379,927,435	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$38,183,326,785	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$38,014,713,596	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$42,572,151,720	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$43,520,773,851	-

Latvia and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Latvia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Latvia	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	-	$279.3
1971	-	$301
1972	-	$324
1973	-	$407
1974	-	$563
1975	-	$617
1976	-	$834
1977	-	$1,056
1978	-	$1,406
1979	-	$1,784
1980	-	$1,715
1981	-	$1,883
1982	-	$1,993
1983	-	$2,199
1984	-	$2,413
1985	-	$2,482
1986	-	$2,835
1987	-	$3,555
1988	-	$4,749
1989	-	$5,817
1990	-	$6,610
1991	-	$7,637
1992	-	$8,127
1993	-	$8,885
1994	-	$10,385
1995	$2,257	$12,565
1996	$2,360	$13,403
1997	$2,610	$12,398
1998	$2,894	$8,282
1999	$3,064	$10,672
2000	$3,278	$12,257
2001	$3,505	$11,561
2002	$4,004	$13,165
2003	$4,915	$14,673
2004	$6,110	$16,496
2005	$7,284	$19,403
2006	$9,212	$21,743
2007	$13,371	$24,086
2008	$15,678	$21,350
2009	$11,996	$19,144
2010	$11,188	$23,079
2011	$12,903	$25,098
2012	$13,329	$25,459
2013	$14,484	$27,180
2014	$15,186	$29,253
2015	$13,322	$28,737
2016	$13,839	$29,280
2017	$15,132	$31,601
2018	$17,252	$33,447
2019	$17,295	$31,902
2020	$17,564	$31,721
2021	$20,262	$35,126
2022	$20,227	$32,395
2023	$22,676	$33,121
2024	$23,368	-

Latvia vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Latvia

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Latvia	South Korea
1950	64.6	22.2
1951	65.2	26.6
1952	65.7	36.6
1953	66.2	40.5
1954	66.7	46.1
1955	67.1	48.4
1956	67.6	50.2
1957	68.3	51.6
1958	68.9	51.8
1959	69.5	52.9
1960	70.3	53.8
1961	70.5	54.4
1962	69.9	55
1963	70.3	55
1964	71.5	55.3
1965	71.2	55.8
1966	71.2	55.4
1967	70.9	60.9
1968	70.5	60.9
1969	70.2	61.4
1970	70.2	62.2
1971	70.6	62.7
1972	70.3	63.2
1973	70.2	63.8
1974	70.1	64.2
1975	69.3	64.7
1976	69.4	65
1977	69.4	64.6
1978	69.3	65
1979	68.8	66.1
1980	69.1	64.8
1981	69.1	67.1
1982	69.6	67.1
1983	69.4	66.7
1984	69.4	68.1
1985	69.6	68.4
1986	71	69
1987	71	69.3
1988	70.9	70.2
1989	70.4	70.7
1990	69.5	71
1991	69.2	71.4
1992	68.5	72.2
1993	66.6	72.7
1994	65.2	72.9
1995	66	73.4
1996	68.6	74
1997	69.2	74.5
1998	68.9	75
1999	69.6	75.6
2000	70.2	76.2
2001	69.9	76.9
2002	70.2	77.2
2003	70.6	77.5
2004	70.9	78
2005	70.6	78.4
2006	70.6	79
2007	70.8	79.4
2008	72	80
2009	72.7	80.6
2010	73	80.7
2011	73.7	81.2
2012	73.9	81.3
2013	74.2	81.8
2014	74.3	82.4
2015	74.7	82.5
2016	74.8	82.9
2017	74.8	83.3
2018	75	83.3
2019	75.6	83.7
2020	75.5	83.7
2021	73.2	83.9
2022	74.9	82.7
2023	76.2	84.3
2024	76.3	84.4
2025	76.5	84.5

Latvia and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Latvia

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Latvia	South Korea
1960	2,120,979	25,012,374
1961	2,152,681	25,765,673
1962	2,181,586	26,513,030
1963	2,210,919	27,261,747
1964	2,240,623	27,984,155
1965	2,265,919	28,704,674
1966	2,283,217	29,435,571
1967	2,301,220	30,130,983
1968	2,323,619	30,838,302
1969	2,343,173	31,544,266
1970	2,359,164	32,240,827
1971	2,376,389	32,882,704
1972	2,395,674	33,505,406
1973	2,415,819	34,103,149
1974	2,437,186	34,692,266
1975	2,456,130	35,280,725
1976	2,470,989	35,848,523
1977	2,485,073	36,411,795
1978	2,497,921	36,969,185
1979	2,505,953	37,534,236
1980	2,511,701	38,123,775
1981	2,519,421	38,723,248
1982	2,531,080	39,326,352
1983	2,546,011	39,910,403
1984	2,562,047	40,405,956
1985	2,578,873	40,805,744
1986	2,599,892	41,213,674
1987	2,626,583	41,621,690
1988	2,653,434	42,031,247
1989	2,666,955	42,449,038
1990	2,663,151	42,869,283
1991	2,650,581	43,295,704
1992	2,614,338	43,747,962
1993	2,563,290	44,194,628
1994	2,520,742	44,641,540
1995	2,485,056	45,092,991
1996	2,457,222	45,524,681
1997	2,432,851	45,953,580
1998	2,410,019	46,286,503
1999	2,390,482	46,616,677
2000	2,367,550	47,008,111
2001	2,337,170	47,370,164
2002	2,310,173	47,644,736
2003	2,287,955	47,892,330
2004	2,263,122	48,082,519
2005	2,238,799	48,184,561
2006	2,218,357	48,438,292
2007	2,200,325	48,683,638
2008	2,177,322	49,054,708
2009	2,141,669	49,307,835
2010	2,097,555	49,554,112
2011	2,059,709	49,936,638
2012	2,034,319	50,199,853
2013	2,012,647	50,428,893
2014	1,993,782	50,746,659
2015	1,977,527	51,014,947
2016	1,959,537	51,217,803
2017	1,942,248	51,361,911
2018	1,927,174	51,585,058
2019	1,913,822	51,764,822
2020	1,900,449	51,836,239
2021	1,884,490	51,769,539
2022	1,879,383	51,672,569
2023	1,877,445	51,712,619
2024	1,862,441	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Latvia and South Korea

Fertility rate

Latvia

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Latvia	South Korea
1960	1.94	5.99
1961	1.94	5.8
1962	1.91	5.56
1963	1.85	5.33
1964	1.79	5.07
1965	1.74	4.89
1966	1.76	4.78
1967	1.8	4.62
1968	1.83	4.51
1969	1.88	4.45
1970	1.96	4.53
1971	2	4.54
1972	2	4.12
1973	1.98	4.07
1974	1.97	3.77
1975	1.96	3.43
1976	1.93	3
1977	1.89	2.99
1978	1.87	2.64
1979	1.87	2.9
1980	1.86	2.82
1981	1.88	2.57
1982	1.97	2.39
1983	2.07	2.06
1984	2.09	1.74
1985	2.08	1.66
1986	2.12	1.58
1987	2.15	1.53
1988	2.11	1.55
1989	2.05	1.56
1990	2.02	1.57
1991	1.86	1.71
1992	1.73	1.76
1993	1.51	1.65
1994	1.39	1.66
1995	1.25	1.63
1996	1.16	1.57
1997	1.11	1.54
1998	1.09	1.46
1999	1.16	1.43
2000	1.25	1.48
2001	1.22	1.31
2002	1.26	1.18
2003	1.32	1.19
2004	1.29	1.16
2005	1.39	1.09
2006	1.46	1.13
2007	1.54	1.26
2008	1.58	1.19
2009	1.46	1.15
2010	1.36	1.23
2011	1.33	1.24
2012	1.44	1.3
2013	1.52	1.19
2014	1.65	1.21
2015	1.7	1.24
2016	1.74	1.17
2017	1.69	1.05
2018	1.6	0.98
2019	1.61	0.92
2020	1.55	0.84
2021	1.57	0.81
2022	1.47	0.78
2023	1.36	0.72

Latvia and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Latvia

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Latvia	South Korea
1960	32.3	19.3
1961	32.4	19.2
1962	32.6	19.1
1963	32.8	19
1964	33	18.8
1965	33.2	18.6
1966	33.5	18.5
1967	33.8	18.6
1968	34	18.7
1969	34.1	18.8
1970	34.2	18.9
1971	34.3	19
1972	34.5	19.1
1973	34.6	19.3
1974	34.7	19.6
1975	34.9	19.9
1976	35	20.2
1977	35.1	20.7
1978	35.1	21.1
1979	35.1	21.6
1980	34.9	22.1
1981	34.8	22.5
1982	34.7	22.8
1983	34.6	23.3
1984	34.7	23.7
1985	34.7	24.2
1986	34.7	24.8
1987	34.6	25.3
1988	34.6	25.8
1989	34.5	26.3
1990	34.6	26.7
1991	34.8	27.2
1992	35.2	27.8
1993	35.6	28.3
1994	36	28.9
1995	36.2	29.4
1996	36.6	29.8
1997	36.9	30.2
1998	37.3	30.7
1999	37.6	31.2
2000	37.9	31.7
2001	38.3	32.3
2002	38.6	32.8
2003	38.9	33.4
2004	39.2	33.9
2005	39.4	34.5
2006	39.7	35.2
2007	39.9	35.8
2008	40.1	36.4
2009	40.5	37
2010	41.1	37.6
2011	41.6	38.2
2012	42	38.8
2013	42.3	39.5
2014	42.5	40.2
2015	42.8	40.8
2016	43	41.4
2017	43.2	41.9
2018	43.4	42.5
2019	43.6	43.1
2020	43.8	43.8
2021	43.9	44.4
2022	44	44.9
2023	44.1	45.5
2024	44.3	46.1

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