Namibia vs South Korea statistics compared

Namibia has a population of 3.03M (ranked 136/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Namibia's land area is 317,874 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 33rd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Namibia and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Namibia and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Namibia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Namibia	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	-	$9,085,001,794
1971	-	$10,005,257,131
1972	-	$10,990,490,570
1973	-	$14,067,523,813
1974	-	$19,860,929,977
1975	-	$22,126,033,058
1976	-	$30,371,074,380
1977	-	$39,064,462,810
1978	-	$52,824,793,388
1979	-	$68,083,884,298
1980	$2,421,990,338	$66,547,970,351
1981	$2,249,908,578	$74,287,368,087
1982	$2,118,710,248	$79,921,300,447
1983	$2,297,400,688	$89,621,208,322
1984	$1,951,260,038	$99,749,645,089
1985	$1,608,237,350	$103,764,281,281
1986	$1,809,048,527	$119,965,960,795
1987	$2,300,068,217	$152,240,393,646
1988	$2,495,094,746	$205,477,530,605
1989	$2,535,135,798	$254,236,243,100
1990	$2,789,921,854	$292,064,221,389
1991	$2,996,869,281	$340,851,946,804
1992	$3,429,521,699	$366,921,291,825
1993	$3,251,188,833	$405,705,302,846
1994	$3,666,503,530	$479,181,794,217
1995	$3,978,514,206	$586,286,469,401
1996	$3,989,163,197	$631,196,863,758
1997	$4,154,989,950	$589,202,526,424
1998	$3,873,109,866	$397,297,216,492
1999	$3,868,551,730	$515,697,079,289
2000	$3,922,232,165	$597,487,173,479
2001	$3,557,341,215	$567,564,806,235
2002	$3,349,169,826	$650,014,391,470
2003	$4,926,439,384	$728,516,494,684
2004	$6,609,205,995	$823,251,107,639
2005	$7,248,374,838	$971,740,329,984
2006	$8,001,779,551	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$8,839,536,476	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$8,607,431,497	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$8,938,847,189	$983,065,242,417
2010	$11,431,412,421	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$12,523,359,441	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$13,042,053,592	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$12,043,307,277	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$12,435,430,970	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$11,335,161,084	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$10,722,018,732	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$12,895,153,371	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$13,682,019,076	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$12,541,928,303	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$10,583,748,542	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$12,402,486,184	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$12,569,449,123	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$12,408,271,449	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$13,372,354,512	$1,875,388,209,407

Namibia and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Namibia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Namibia	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	-	$281.8
1971	-	$304
1972	-	$328
1973	-	$412
1974	-	$572
1975	-	$627
1976	-	$847
1977	-	$1,073
1978	-	$1,429
1979	-	$1,814
1980	$2,468	$1,746
1981	$2,267	$1,918
1982	$2,097	$2,032
1983	$2,214	$2,246
1984	$1,830	$2,469
1985	$1,466	$2,543
1986	$1,599	$2,911
1987	$1,969	$3,658
1988	$2,063	$4,889
1989	$1,967	$5,989
1990	$2,037	$6,813
1991	$2,117	$7,873
1992	$2,347	$8,387
1993	$2,155	$9,180
1994	$2,356	$10,734
1995	$2,483	$13,002
1996	$2,423	$13,865
1997	$2,460	$12,822
1998	$2,235	$8,583
1999	$2,178	$11,063
2000	$2,157	$12,710
2001	$1,916	$11,981
2002	$1,772	$13,643
2003	$2,569	$15,212
2004	$3,403	$17,122
2005	$3,686	$20,167
2006	$4,017	$22,610
2007	$4,379	$25,078
2008	$4,205	$22,252
2009	$4,303	$19,937
2010	$5,418	$24,071
2011	$5,835	$26,175
2012	$5,943	$26,601
2013	$5,347	$28,449
2014	$5,378	$30,667
2015	$4,774	$30,172
2016	$4,396	$30,832
2017	$5,144	$33,297
2018	$5,309	$35,364
2019	$4,732	$33,827
2020	$3,879	$33,646
2021	$4,413	$37,518
2022	$4,350	$34,822
2023	$4,188	$35,674
2024	$4,413	$36,239

Namibia vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Namibia

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Namibia	South Korea
1950	41.9	22.2
1951	42.5	26.6
1952	43.1	36.6
1953	43.8	40.5
1954	44.4	46.1
1955	45	48.4
1956	45.7	50.2
1957	46.4	51.6
1958	47.1	51.8
1959	47.8	52.9
1960	48.5	53.8
1961	49.2	54.4
1962	50	55
1963	50.6	55
1964	51.3	55.3
1965	52	55.8
1966	52.3	55.4
1967	52.9	60.9
1968	53.6	60.9
1969	54.1	61.4
1970	54.7	62.2
1971	55.3	62.7
1972	55.8	63.2
1973	56.4	63.8
1974	56.9	64.2
1975	57.6	64.7
1976	58	65
1977	58.6	64.6
1978	59.1	65
1979	59.5	66.1
1980	56.6	64.8
1981	56.9	67.1
1982	57.3	67.1
1983	57.6	66.7
1984	58.1	68.1
1985	58.5	68.4
1986	58.7	69
1987	59.1	69.3
1988	59	70.2
1989	60.8	70.7
1990	61.4	71
1991	60.8	71.4
1992	60.2	72.2
1993	59.3	72.7
1994	58.4	72.9
1995	57.5	73.4
1996	56.6	74
1997	55.8	74.5
1998	54.8	75
1999	54	75.6
2000	52.9	76.2
2001	52	76.9
2002	52	77.2
2003	51.9	77.5
2004	52.2	78
2005	52.6	78.4
2006	53.2	79
2007	54	79.4
2008	54.7	80
2009	55.3	80.6
2010	56.1	80.7
2011	56.6	81.2
2012	57.7	81.3
2013	58.5	81.8
2014	59.3	82.4
2015	60	82.5
2016	60.8	82.9
2017	61.7	83.3
2018	62.6	83.3
2019	63.5	83.7
2020	64.1	83.7
2021	60.8	83.9
2022	64.2	82.7
2023	67.4	84.3
2024	67.5	84.4
2025	67.7	84.5
2026	67.8	84.6

Namibia and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Namibia

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Namibia	South Korea
1960	591,465	25,012,374
1961	603,067	25,765,673
1962	615,759	26,513,030
1963	629,589	27,261,747
1964	644,530	27,984,155
1965	660,558	28,704,674
1966	677,655	29,435,571
1967	696,045	30,130,983
1968	715,542	30,838,302
1969	736,120	31,544,266
1970	757,868	32,240,827
1971	780,584	32,882,704
1972	804,399	33,505,406
1973	828,928	34,103,149
1974	854,320	34,692,266
1975	881,032	35,280,725
1976	906,566	35,848,523
1977	931,104	36,411,795
1978	947,269	36,969,185
1979	962,825	37,534,236
1980	981,434	38,123,775
1981	992,500	38,723,248
1982	1,010,308	39,326,352
1983	1,037,511	39,910,403
1984	1,065,989	40,405,956
1985	1,096,890	40,805,744
1986	1,131,081	41,213,674
1987	1,167,889	41,621,690
1988	1,209,696	42,031,247
1989	1,288,947	42,449,038
1990	1,369,303	42,869,283
1991	1,415,684	43,295,704
1992	1,461,322	43,747,962
1993	1,508,697	44,194,628
1994	1,556,304	44,641,540
1995	1,602,170	45,092,991
1996	1,646,103	45,524,681
1997	1,689,264	45,953,580
1998	1,732,745	46,286,503
1999	1,776,368	46,616,677
2000	1,818,647	47,008,111
2001	1,857,048	47,370,164
2002	1,889,970	47,644,736
2003	1,917,464	47,892,330
2004	1,942,082	48,082,519
2005	1,966,582	48,184,561
2006	1,991,888	48,438,292
2007	2,018,600	48,683,638
2008	2,047,056	49,054,708
2009	2,077,394	49,307,835
2010	2,109,811	49,554,112
2011	2,146,325	49,936,638
2012	2,194,654	50,199,853
2013	2,252,508	50,428,893
2014	2,312,139	50,746,659
2015	2,374,300	51,014,947
2016	2,439,213	51,217,803
2017	2,506,853	51,361,911
2018	2,577,327	51,585,058
2019	2,650,494	51,764,822
2020	2,728,762	51,836,239
2021	2,810,548	51,769,539
2022	2,889,662	51,672,569
2023	2,963,095	51,712,619
2024	3,030,131	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Namibia and South Korea

Fertility rate

Namibia

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Namibia	South Korea
1960	6.24	5.99
1961	6.29	5.8
1962	6.35	5.56
1963	6.41	5.33
1964	6.43	5.07
1965	6.45	4.89
1966	6.47	4.78
1967	6.49	4.62
1968	6.5	4.51
1969	6.51	4.45
1970	6.52	4.53
1971	6.52	4.54
1972	6.53	4.12
1973	6.54	4.07
1974	6.55	3.77
1975	6.53	3.43
1976	6.49	3
1977	6.44	2.99
1978	6.38	2.64
1979	6.31	2.9
1980	6.24	2.82
1981	6.16	2.57
1982	6.08	2.39
1983	6	2.06
1984	5.94	1.74
1985	5.88	1.66
1986	5.79	1.58
1987	5.7	1.53
1988	5.61	1.55
1989	5.52	1.56
1990	5.4	1.57
1991	5.29	1.71
1992	5.11	1.76
1993	4.91	1.65
1994	4.68	1.66
1995	4.42	1.63
1996	4.2	1.57
1997	4.17	1.54
1998	4.18	1.46
1999	4.14	1.43
2000	3.99	1.48
2001	3.83	1.31
2002	3.69	1.18
2003	3.58	1.19
2004	3.55	1.16
2005	3.57	1.09
2006	3.6	1.13
2007	3.61	1.26
2008	3.62	1.19
2009	3.63	1.15
2010	3.66	1.23
2011	3.66	1.24
2012	3.68	1.3
2013	3.65	1.19
2014	3.64	1.21
2015	3.6	1.24
2016	3.57	1.17
2017	3.51	1.05
2018	3.46	0.98
2019	3.4	0.92
2020	3.35	0.84
2021	3.3	0.81
2022	3.25	0.78
2023	3.21	0.72

Namibia and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Namibia

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Namibia	South Korea
1960	18.9	19.3
1961	18.7	19.2
1962	18.6	19.1
1963	18.5	19
1964	18.4	18.8
1965	18.4	18.6
1966	18.3	18.5
1967	18.3	18.6
1968	18.2	18.7
1969	18.1	18.8
1970	18.1	18.9
1971	18	19
1972	17.9	19.1
1973	17.8	19.3
1974	17.7	19.6
1975	17.6	19.9
1976	17.5	20.2
1977	17.3	20.7
1978	17	21.1
1979	16.8	21.6
1980	16.6	22.1
1981	16.4	22.5
1982	16.3	22.8
1983	16.4	23.3
1984	16.5	23.7
1985	16.7	24.2
1986	16.9	24.8
1987	17	25.3
1988	17.3	25.8
1989	17.8	26.3
1990	18.3	26.7
1991	18.4	27.2
1992	18.4	27.8
1993	18.5	28.3
1994	18.5	28.9
1995	18.6	29.4
1996	18.7	29.8
1997	18.8	30.2
1998	18.9	30.7
1999	18.9	31.2
2000	19	31.7
2001	19.1	32.3
2002	19.2	32.8
2003	19.3	33.4
2004	19.4	33.9
2005	19.6	34.5
2006	19.7	35.2
2007	19.9	35.8
2008	20	36.4
2009	20.3	37
2010	20.5	37.6
2011	20.7	38.2
2012	20.9	38.8
2013	21.1	39.5
2014	21.3	40.2
2015	21.4	40.8
2016	21.5	41.4
2017	21.6	41.9
2018	21.7	42.5
2019	21.8	43.1
2020	21.8	43.8
2021	21.8	44.4
2022	21.8	44.9
2023	21.9	45.5
2024	22.1	46.1

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