Nauru vs South Korea statistics compared

Nauru has a population of 11.9K (ranked 195/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Nauru's land area is 7.72 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 195th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Nauru and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Nauru and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Nauru

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Nauru	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	$17,570,366	$9,005,144,969
1971	$19,009,433	$9,903,571,249
1972	$21,734,269	$10,862,211,761
1973	$26,529,817	$13,876,472,208
1974	$35,994,511	$19,543,973,941
1975	$40,106,776	$21,784,297,521
1976	$40,287,427	$29,902,479,339
1977	$40,444,702	$38,446,487,603
1978	$41,754,147	$51,972,107,438
1979	$44,431,330	$66,946,900,826
1980	$46,947,124	$65,398,377,598
1981	$51,689,637	$72,933,533,012
1982	$52,877,742	$78,358,416,171
1983	$48,439,093	$87,760,553,262
1984	$47,363,231	$97,510,744,119
1985	$41,548,741	$101,296,177,099
1986	$39,939,391	$116,836,246,285
1987	$40,118,410	$147,948,709,376
1988	$45,931,134	$199,591,287,825
1989	$53,736,786	$246,928,837,311
1990	$55,572,376	$283,365,844,161
1991	$52,533,789	$330,647,042,837
1992	$51,133,123	$355,524,903,068
1993	$43,542,088	$392,665,710,525
1994	$39,742,511	$463,619,823,515
1995	$39,969,706	$566,581,003,128
1996	$37,458,801	$610,167,053,824
1997	$37,331,507	$569,755,022,973
1998	$29,664,451	$383,331,833,682
1999	$27,328,613	$497,514,040,642
2000	$26,930,980	$576,179,387,820
2001	$22,613,288	$547,656,279,895
2002	$21,017,424	$627,246,933,730
2003	$24,778,160	$702,714,855,194
2004	$30,587,566	$793,175,561,887
2005	$30,282,840	$934,901,071,333
2006	$29,183,627	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$23,068,623	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$37,184,925	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$44,024,970	$943,941,876,219
2010	$47,442,299	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$65,444,174	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$100,794,925	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$94,385,015	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$98,752,257	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$84,383,389	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$97,276,023	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$108,862,279	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$130,937,590	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$124,871,111	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$124,530,027	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$175,513,985	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$152,190,819	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$151,455,968	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$160,350,640	-

Nauru and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Nauru

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nauru	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	$2,619	$279.3
1971	$2,811	$301
1972	$3,191	$324
1973	$3,864	$407
1974	$5,199	$563
1975	$5,740	$617
1976	$5,703	$834
1977	$5,646	$1,056
1978	$5,721	$1,406
1979	$5,950	$1,784
1980	$6,138	$1,715
1981	$6,594	$1,883
1982	$6,577	$1,993
1983	$5,896	$2,199
1984	$5,654	$2,413
1985	$4,859	$2,482
1986	$4,569	$2,835
1987	$4,485	$3,555
1988	$5,012	$4,749
1989	$5,723	$5,817
1990	$5,776	$6,610
1991	$5,333	$7,637
1992	$5,103	$8,127
1993	$4,310	$8,885
1994	$3,921	$10,385
1995	$3,932	$12,565
1996	$3,679	$13,403
1997	$3,661	$12,398
1998	$2,909	$8,282
1999	$2,683	$10,672
2000	$2,649	$12,257
2001	$2,232	$11,561
2002	$2,085	$13,165
2003	$2,463	$14,673
2004	$3,041	$16,496
2005	$3,014	$19,403
2006	$2,908	$21,743
2007	$2,302	$24,086
2008	$3,715	$21,350
2009	$4,395	$19,144
2010	$4,724	$23,079
2011	$6,481	$25,098
2012	$9,817	$25,459
2013	$8,975	$27,180
2014	$9,193	$29,253
2015	$7,703	$28,737
2016	$8,724	$29,280
2017	$9,613	$31,601
2018	$11,409	$33,447
2019	$10,777	$31,902
2020	$10,696	$31,721
2021	$14,990	$35,126
2022	$12,896	$32,395
2023	$12,754	$33,121
2024	$13,422	-

Nauru vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nauru

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nauru	South Korea
1950	56.6	22.2
1951	56.8	26.6
1952	57	36.6
1953	57.2	40.5
1954	57.4	46.1
1955	57.5	48.4
1956	57.6	50.2
1957	57.7	51.6
1958	57.8	51.8
1959	57.9	52.9
1960	57.9	53.8
1961	58	54.4
1962	58	55
1963	58.1	55
1964	58.2	55.3
1965	58.3	55.8
1966	58.4	55.4
1967	58.6	60.9
1968	58.6	60.9
1969	58.4	61.4
1970	58.4	62.2
1971	58.4	62.7
1972	58.4	63.2
1973	58.4	63.8
1974	58.3	64.2
1975	58.3	64.7
1976	58.2	65
1977	58.1	64.6
1978	58.3	65
1979	58.4	66.1
1980	58.5	64.8
1981	58.6	67.1
1982	58.6	67.1
1983	58.7	66.7
1984	58.7	68.1
1985	58.6	68.4
1986	58.6	69
1987	58.6	69.3
1988	58.7	70.2
1989	58.9	70.7
1990	59.1	71
1991	59.3	71.4
1992	59.5	72.2
1993	59.8	72.7
1994	60	72.9
1995	60.1	73.4
1996	60.1	74
1997	60	74.5
1998	59.9	75
1999	59.7	75.6
2000	59.6	76.2
2001	59.5	76.9
2002	59.4	77.2
2003	59.4	77.5
2004	59.3	78
2005	59.4	78.4
2006	59.4	79
2007	59.5	79.4
2008	59.7	80
2009	59.9	80.6
2010	60.1	80.7
2011	60.3	81.2
2012	60.5	81.3
2013	60.7	81.8
2014	60.8	82.4
2015	60.9	82.5
2016	61	82.9
2017	61.1	83.3
2018	61.2	83.3
2019	61.4	83.7
2020	61.5	83.7
2021	61.3	83.9
2022	61.9	82.7
2023	62.1	84.3
2024	62.3	84.4
2025	62.4	84.5

Nauru and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Nauru

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Nauru	South Korea
1960	4,607	25,012,374
1961	4,774	25,765,673
1962	4,979	26,513,030
1963	5,226	27,261,747
1964	5,515	27,984,155
1965	5,832	28,704,674
1966	6,043	29,435,571
1967	6,135	30,130,983
1968	6,328	30,838,302
1969	6,581	31,544,266
1970	6,710	32,240,827
1971	6,762	32,882,704
1972	6,812	33,505,406
1973	6,866	34,103,149
1974	6,923	34,692,266
1975	6,987	35,280,725
1976	7,064	35,848,523
1977	7,163	36,411,795
1978	7,298	36,969,185
1979	7,468	37,534,236
1980	7,649	38,123,775
1981	7,839	38,723,248
1982	8,040	39,326,352
1983	8,216	39,910,403
1984	8,377	40,405,956
1985	8,551	40,805,744
1986	8,742	41,213,674
1987	8,946	41,621,690
1988	9,165	42,031,247
1989	9,390	42,449,038
1990	9,622	42,869,283
1991	9,850	43,295,704
1992	10,021	43,747,962
1993	10,102	44,194,628
1994	10,137	44,641,540
1995	10,165	45,092,991
1996	10,183	45,524,681
1997	10,197	45,953,580
1998	10,198	46,286,503
1999	10,187	46,616,677
2000	10,168	47,008,111
2001	10,130	47,370,164
2002	10,082	47,644,736
2003	10,059	47,892,330
2004	10,060	48,082,519
2005	10,049	48,184,561
2006	10,034	48,438,292
2007	10,020	48,683,638
2008	10,009	49,054,708
2009	10,016	49,307,835
2010	10,043	49,554,112
2011	10,098	49,936,638
2012	10,267	50,199,853
2013	10,517	50,428,893
2014	10,742	50,746,659
2015	10,954	51,014,947
2016	11,150	51,217,803
2017	11,324	51,361,911
2018	11,477	51,585,058
2019	11,587	51,764,822
2020	11,643	51,836,239
2021	11,709	51,769,539
2022	11,801	51,672,569
2023	11,875	51,712,619
2024	11,947	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Nauru and South Korea

Fertility rate

Nauru

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nauru	South Korea
1960	5.34	5.99
1961	5.38	5.8
1962	5.42	5.56
1963	5.44	5.33
1964	5.47	5.07
1965	5.48	4.89
1966	5.41	4.78
1967	5.29	4.62
1968	5.14	4.51
1969	4.94	4.45
1970	4.74	4.53
1971	4.54	4.54
1972	4.36	4.12
1973	4.19	4.07
1974	4.07	3.77
1975	3.97	3.43
1976	3.9	3
1977	3.86	2.99
1978	3.84	2.64
1979	3.85	2.9
1980	3.88	2.82
1981	3.94	2.57
1982	3.99	2.39
1983	4.06	2.06
1984	4.11	1.74
1985	4.14	1.66
1986	4.15	1.58
1987	4.14	1.53
1988	4.11	1.55
1989	4.07	1.56
1990	4.02	1.57
1991	3.99	1.71
1992	3.95	1.76
1993	3.89	1.65
1994	3.84	1.66
1995	3.81	1.63
1996	3.78	1.57
1997	3.74	1.54
1998	3.68	1.46
1999	3.64	1.43
2000	3.54	1.48
2001	3.46	1.31
2002	3.4	1.18
2003	3.39	1.19
2004	3.38	1.16
2005	3.38	1.09
2006	3.4	1.13
2007	3.5	1.26
2008	3.67	1.19
2009	3.85	1.15
2010	4.02	1.23
2011	4.12	1.24
2012	4.12	1.3
2013	4.1	1.19
2014	4.09	1.21
2015	4.08	1.24
2016	4.03	1.17
2017	3.88	1.05
2018	3.68	0.98
2019	3.53	0.92
2020	3.47	0.84
2021	3.43	0.81
2022	3.38	0.78
2023	3.33	0.72

Nauru and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Nauru

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nauru	South Korea
1960	23.8	19.3
1961	24	19.2
1962	23.9	19.1
1963	23.7	19
1964	23.4	18.8
1965	23.1	18.6
1966	22.9	18.5
1967	22.9	18.6
1968	21.2	18.7
1969	18.9	18.8
1970	18.7	18.9
1971	19.1	19
1972	19.4	19.1
1973	19.8	19.3
1974	20.4	19.6
1975	21	19.9
1976	21.5	20.2
1977	22.1	20.7
1978	22.9	21.1
1979	23.6	21.6
1980	24.2	22.1
1981	24.7	22.5
1982	25.1	22.8
1983	25.2	23.3
1984	24.5	23.7
1985	23.7	24.2
1986	22.8	24.8
1987	22.1	25.3
1988	21.4	25.8
1989	20.8	26.3
1990	20.2	26.7
1991	19.7	27.2
1992	19.4	27.8
1993	19.3	28.3
1994	19.3	28.9
1995	19.3	29.4
1996	19.4	29.8
1997	19.5	30.2
1998	19.6	30.7
1999	19.8	31.2
2000	20.1	31.7
2001	20.4	32.3
2002	20.6	32.8
2003	20.8	33.4
2004	21	33.9
2005	21.2	34.5
2006	21.3	35.2
2007	21.5	35.8
2008	21.7	36.4
2009	21.8	37
2010	21.8	37.6
2011	21.8	38.2
2012	21.7	38.8
2013	21.6	39.5
2014	21.5	40.2
2015	21.4	40.8
2016	21.5	41.4
2017	21.6	41.9
2018	21.8	42.5
2019	21.9	43.1
2020	21.8	43.8
2021	21.7	44.4
2022	21.6	44.9
2023	21.5	45.5
2024	21.4	46.1

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