Mexico vs South Korea statistics compared

Mexico has a population of 131M (ranked 11/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Mexico's land area is 750,563 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 13th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Mexico ranks 13/197 ($1.86T) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Mexico ranks 69/197 ($14,186), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Mexico and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Mexico and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Mexico

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Mexico	South Korea
1960	$13,040,000,000	$3,973,069,307
1961	$14,160,000,000	$2,427,244,761
1962	$15,200,000,000	$2,826,923,077
1963	$16,960,000,000	$4,007,692,308
1964	$20,080,000,000	$3,476,789,682
1965	$21,840,000,000	$3,141,131,708
1966	$24,320,000,000	$3,957,064,541
1967	$26,560,000,000	$4,895,076,718
1968	$29,360,000,000	$6,167,109,472
1969	$32,480,000,000	$7,743,940,189
1970	$35,520,000,000	$9,085,001,794
1971	$39,200,000,000	$10,005,257,131
1972	$45,200,000,000	$10,990,490,570
1973	$55,280,000,000	$14,067,523,813
1974	$72,000,000,000	$19,860,929,977
1975	$88,000,000,000	$22,126,033,058
1976	$88,875,923,765	$30,371,074,380
1977	$81,912,018,784	$39,064,462,810
1978	$102,648,570,299	$52,824,793,388
1979	$134,531,900,899	$68,083,884,298
1980	$205,577,055,466	$66,547,970,351
1981	$263,797,827,860	$74,287,368,087
1982	$184,602,611,610	$79,921,300,447
1983	$156,167,000,433	$89,621,208,322
1984	$184,230,754,105	$99,749,645,089
1985	$195,241,069,482	$103,764,281,281
1986	$134,556,034,673	$119,965,960,795
1987	$147,542,558,209	$152,240,393,646
1988	$181,611,150,497	$205,477,530,605
1989	$221,403,098,267	$254,236,243,100
1990	$261,253,675,693	$292,064,221,389
1991	$313,139,656,146	$340,851,946,804
1992	$363,157,832,924	$366,921,291,825
1993	$530,160,763,663	$405,705,302,846
1994	$553,618,247,901	$479,181,794,217
1995	$380,157,469,867	$586,286,469,401
1996	$432,157,945,024	$631,196,863,758
1997	$523,449,530,464	$589,202,526,424
1998	$557,461,102,631	$397,297,216,492
1999	$631,249,359,702	$515,697,079,289
2000	$742,061,329,749	$597,487,173,479
2001	$796,064,590,549	$567,564,806,235
2002	$810,666,116,402	$650,014,391,470
2003	$765,549,967,703	$728,516,494,684
2004	$819,459,227,375	$823,251,107,639
2005	$917,571,853,529	$971,740,329,984
2006	$1,020,265,057,882	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$1,102,355,554,972	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$1,161,553,459,715	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$943,437,415,025	$983,065,242,417
2010	$1,105,424,238,731	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$1,229,013,703,417	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$1,255,110,424,818	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$1,327,436,290,283	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$1,364,507,717,614	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$1,213,294,467,717	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$1,112,233,497,453	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$1,190,721,475,906	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$1,256,300,182,880	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$1,304,106,203,902	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$1,121,064,767,308	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$1,316,569,466,686	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$1,466,934,724,293	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$1,798,317,581,487	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$1,856,365,616,166	$1,875,388,209,407

Mexico and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Mexico

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mexico	South Korea
1960	$355	$158.8
1961	$374	$94.2
1962	$388	$106.6
1963	$420	$147
1964	$481	$124.2
1965	$506	$109.4
1966	$545	$134.4
1967	$576	$162.5
1968	$616	$200
1969	$660	$245.5
1970	$699	$281.8
1971	$748	$304
1972	$837	$328
1973	$993	$412
1974	$1,256	$572
1975	$1,492	$627
1976	$1,465	$847
1977	$1,315	$1,073
1978	$1,604	$1,429
1979	$2,049	$1,814
1980	$3,055	$1,746
1981	$3,829	$1,918
1982	$2,621	$2,032
1983	$2,170	$2,246
1984	$2,506	$2,469
1985	$2,602	$2,543
1986	$1,757	$2,911
1987	$1,888	$3,658
1988	$2,279	$4,889
1989	$2,725	$5,989
1990	$3,154	$6,813
1991	$3,709	$7,873
1992	$4,221	$8,387
1993	$6,048	$9,180
1994	$6,202	$10,734
1995	$4,184	$13,002
1996	$4,674	$13,865
1997	$5,567	$12,822
1998	$5,833	$8,583
1999	$6,500	$11,063
2000	$7,524	$12,710
2001	$7,953	$11,981
2002	$7,983	$13,643
2003	$7,434	$15,212
2004	$7,850	$17,122
2005	$8,672	$20,167
2006	$9,513	$22,610
2007	$10,134	$25,078
2008	$10,524	$22,252
2009	$8,424	$19,937
2010	$9,729	$24,071
2011	$10,664	$26,175
2012	$10,744	$26,601
2013	$11,217	$28,449
2014	$11,391	$30,667
2015	$10,021	$30,172
2016	$9,098	$30,832
2017	$9,649	$33,297
2018	$10,085	$35,364
2019	$10,370	$33,827
2020	$8,841	$33,646
2021	$10,314	$37,518
2022	$11,406	$34,822
2023	$13,861	$35,674
2024	$14,186	$36,239

Mexico vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mexico

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mexico	South Korea
1950	43.8	22.2
1951	44.8	26.6
1952	45.7	36.6
1953	47	40.5
1954	48.3	46.1
1955	49.6	48.4
1956	50.4	50.2
1957	51.1	51.6
1958	51.8	51.8
1959	52.7	52.9
1960	53.6	53.8
1961	54.4	54.4
1962	55.1	55
1963	55.5	55
1964	55.9	55.3
1965	56.7	55.8
1966	57.4	55.4
1967	58	60.9
1968	58.2	60.9
1969	58.4	61.4
1970	58.9	62.2
1971	59.4	62.7
1972	60.1	63.2
1973	60.5	63.8
1974	61.2	64.2
1975	61.9	64.7
1976	62.5	65
1977	63	64.6
1978	63.4	65
1979	63.9	66.1
1980	64.3	64.8
1981	64.7	67.1
1982	65.3	67.1
1983	65.8	66.7
1984	66.2	68.1
1985	66.8	68.4
1986	67.4	69
1987	67.9	69.3
1988	68.3	70.2
1989	68.6	70.7
1990	69	71
1991	69.4	71.4
1992	69.7	72.2
1993	70	72.7
1994	70.3	72.9
1995	70.7	73.4
1996	71.1	74
1997	71.5	74.5
1998	71.8	75
1999	72.2	75.6
2000	72.6	76.2
2001	72.9	76.9
2002	73.1	77.2
2003	73.3	77.5
2004	73.4	78
2005	73.6	78.4
2006	73.7	79
2007	73.8	79.4
2008	73.7	80
2009	73.6	80.6
2010	73.7	80.7
2011	73.9	81.2
2012	74.1	81.3
2013	74.3	81.8
2014	74.4	82.4
2015	74.4	82.5
2016	74.4	82.9
2017	74.3	83.3
2018	74.3	83.3
2019	74.5	83.7
2020	70.4	83.7
2021	69.7	83.9
2022	74	82.7
2023	75.1	84.3
2024	75.3	84.4
2025	75.4	84.5
2026	75.6	84.6

Mexico and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Mexico

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Mexico	South Korea
1960	36,724,615	25,012,374
1961	37,890,118	25,765,673
1962	39,129,200	26,513,030
1963	40,424,065	27,261,747
1964	41,772,049	27,984,155
1965	43,174,477	28,704,674
1966	44,629,106	29,435,571
1967	46,129,608	30,130,983
1968	47,668,303	30,838,302
1969	49,233,194	31,544,266
1970	50,814,953	32,240,827
1971	52,412,558	32,882,704
1972	54,030,168	33,505,406
1973	55,667,284	34,103,149
1974	57,320,149	34,692,266
1975	58,982,400	35,280,725
1976	60,645,512	35,848,523
1977	62,308,493	36,411,795
1978	63,979,046	36,969,185
1979	65,648,865	37,534,236
1980	67,300,334	38,123,775
1981	68,892,108	38,723,248
1982	70,433,260	39,326,352
1983	71,971,240	39,910,403
1984	73,506,846	40,405,956
1985	75,043,414	40,805,744
1986	76,585,637	41,213,674
1987	78,136,651	41,621,690
1988	79,695,531	42,031,247
1989	81,247,182	42,449,038
1990	82,820,170	42,869,283
1991	84,430,572	43,295,704
1992	86,044,809	43,747,962
1993	87,653,807	44,194,628
1994	89,259,205	44,641,540
1995	90,862,455	45,092,991
1996	92,452,702	45,524,681
1997	94,021,207	45,953,580
1998	95,575,245	46,286,503
1999	97,115,707	46,616,677
2000	98,625,552	47,008,111
2001	100,099,099	47,370,164
2002	101,548,624	47,644,736
2003	102,978,515	47,892,330
2004	104,394,131	48,082,519
2005	105,811,504	48,184,561
2006	107,253,666	48,438,292
2007	108,774,360	48,683,638
2008	110,374,288	49,054,708
2009	111,999,721	49,307,835
2010	113,623,895	49,554,112
2011	115,243,504	49,936,638
2012	116,818,208	50,199,853
2013	118,343,573	50,428,893
2014	119,784,261	50,746,659
2015	121,072,306	51,014,947
2016	122,251,351	51,217,803
2017	123,400,057	51,361,911
2018	124,573,711	51,585,058
2019	125,762,982	51,764,822
2020	126,799,054	51,836,239
2021	127,648,148	51,769,539
2022	128,613,117	51,672,569
2023	129,739,759	51,712,619
2024	130,861,007	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Mexico and South Korea

Fertility rate

Mexico

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mexico	South Korea
1960	6.76	5.99
1961	6.78	5.8
1962	6.8	5.56
1963	6.82	5.33
1964	6.83	5.07
1965	6.82	4.89
1966	6.79	4.78
1967	6.75	4.62
1968	6.71	4.51
1969	6.63	4.45
1970	6.53	4.53
1971	6.42	4.54
1972	6.28	4.12
1973	6.12	4.07
1974	5.95	3.77
1975	5.74	3.43
1976	5.54	3
1977	5.36	2.99
1978	5.2	2.64
1979	4.96	2.9
1980	4.74	2.82
1981	4.57	2.57
1982	4.43	2.39
1983	4.3	2.06
1984	4.18	1.74
1985	4.09	1.66
1986	3.97	1.58
1987	3.8	1.53
1988	3.64	1.55
1989	3.53	1.56
1990	3.44	1.57
1991	3.36	1.71
1992	3.29	1.76
1993	3.21	1.65
1994	3.13	1.66
1995	3.04	1.63
1996	2.96	1.57
1997	2.89	1.54
1998	2.82	1.46
1999	2.76	1.43
2000	2.71	1.48
2001	2.67	1.31
2002	2.63	1.18
2003	2.58	1.19
2004	2.54	1.16
2005	2.5	1.09
2006	2.46	1.13
2007	2.42	1.26
2008	2.39	1.19
2009	2.36	1.15
2010	2.34	1.23
2011	2.32	1.24
2012	2.29	1.3
2013	2.27	1.19
2014	2.21	1.21
2015	2.14	1.24
2016	2.09	1.17
2017	2.04	1.05
2018	2.03	0.98
2019	2.02	0.92
2020	1.99	0.84
2021	1.97	0.81
2022	1.94	0.78
2023	1.91	0.72

Mexico and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Mexico

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mexico	South Korea
1960	16.6	19.3
1961	16.5	19.2
1962	16.4	19.1
1963	16.3	19
1964	16.3	18.8
1965	16.2	18.6
1966	16.2	18.5
1967	16.1	18.6
1968	16.1	18.7
1969	16.1	18.8
1970	16.1	18.9
1971	16	19
1972	16	19.1
1973	16.1	19.3
1974	16.1	19.6
1975	16.2	19.9
1976	16.2	20.2
1977	16.4	20.7
1978	16.5	21.1
1979	16.6	21.6
1980	16.8	22.1
1981	17.1	22.5
1982	17.4	22.8
1983	17.7	23.3
1984	18	23.7
1985	18.3	24.2
1986	18.6	24.8
1987	18.9	25.3
1988	19.2	25.8
1989	19.4	26.3
1990	19.7	26.7
1991	20	27.2
1992	20.4	27.8
1993	20.7	28.3
1994	21	28.9
1995	21.4	29.4
1996	21.7	29.8
1997	22	30.2
1998	22.2	30.7
1999	22.5	31.2
2000	22.8	31.7
2001	23.1	32.3
2002	23.5	32.8
2003	23.8	33.4
2004	24.1	33.9
2005	24.4	34.5
2006	24.7	35.2
2007	25	35.8
2008	25.3	36.4
2009	25.6	37
2010	25.8	37.6
2011	26.1	38.2
2012	26.4	38.8
2013	26.7	39.5
2014	27	40.2
2015	27.3	40.8
2016	27.6	41.4
2017	28	41.9
2018	28.3	42.5
2019	28.6	43.1
2020	29	43.8
2021	29.2	44.4
2022	29.5	44.9
2023	29.9	45.5
2024	30.3	46.1

Interactive Maps

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

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

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