Nepal vs South Korea statistics compared

Nepal has a population of 29.7M (ranked 51/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Nepal's land area is 55,348 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 92nd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Nepal ranks 101/197 ($42.9B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Nepal ranks 164/197 ($1,447), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Nepal and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Nepal and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Nepal

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Nepal	South Korea
1960	$508,334,414	$3,958,811,881
1961	$531,959,562	$2,417,628,737
1962	$574,091,101	$2,814,615,385
1963	$496,947,904	$3,988,461,538
1964	$496,098,775	$3,459,019,943
1965	$735,267,082	$3,120,861,499
1966	$906,811,944	$3,929,055,144
1967	$841,974,025	$4,855,892,446
1968	$772,231,387	$6,119,394,892
1969	$788,641,965	$7,678,698,838
1970	$865,975,309	$9,005,144,969
1971	$882,765,472	$9,903,571,249
1972	$1,024,098,400	$10,862,211,761
1973	$972,101,725	$13,876,472,208
1974	$1,217,953,547	$19,543,973,941
1975	$1,575,789,254	$21,784,297,521
1976	$1,452,788,985	$29,902,479,339
1977	$1,382,400,000	$38,446,487,603
1978	$1,604,162,497	$51,972,107,438
1979	$1,851,250,008	$66,946,900,826
1980	$1,945,916,583	$65,398,377,598
1981	$2,275,583,317	$72,933,533,012
1982	$2,395,423,742	$78,358,416,171
1983	$2,447,174,803	$87,760,553,262
1984	$2,581,207,388	$97,510,744,119
1985	$2,619,913,956	$101,296,177,099
1986	$2,850,782,044	$116,836,246,285
1987	$2,957,255,380	$147,948,709,376
1988	$3,487,009,748	$199,591,287,825
1989	$3,525,225,787	$246,928,837,311
1990	$3,627,560,239	$283,365,844,161
1991	$3,921,476,085	$330,647,042,837
1992	$3,401,211,581	$355,524,903,068
1993	$3,660,041,667	$392,665,710,525
1994	$4,066,775,510	$463,619,823,515
1995	$4,401,104,418	$566,581,003,128
1996	$4,521,580,381	$610,167,053,824
1997	$4,918,691,917	$569,755,022,973
1998	$4,856,255,044	$383,331,833,682
1999	$5,033,642,384	$497,514,040,642
2000	$5,494,252,208	$576,179,387,820
2001	$6,007,055,042	$547,656,279,895
2002	$6,050,875,807	$627,246,933,730
2003	$6,330,473,097	$702,714,855,194
2004	$7,273,938,315	$793,175,561,887
2005	$8,130,258,378	$934,901,071,333
2006	$9,043,715,356	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$10,325,618,017	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$12,545,438,605	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$12,854,985,464	$943,941,876,219
2010	$16,002,656,434	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$21,573,872,421	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$21,703,100,877	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$22,162,204,925	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$22,731,612,922	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$24,360,801,287	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$24,524,109,484	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$28,971,588,940	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$33,111,525,237	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$34,186,180,699	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$33,433,659,301	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$36,924,841,394	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$41,182,939,601	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$41,047,772,331	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$42,914,268,287	-

Nepal and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Nepal

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nepal	South Korea
1960	$50.2	$158.3
1961	$51.6	$93.8
1962	$54.6	$106.2
1963	$46.3	$146.3
1964	$45.3	$123.6
1965	$65.8	$108.7
1966	$79.5	$133.5
1967	$72.3	$161.2
1968	$64.9	$198.4
1969	$64.8	$243.4
1970	$69.6	$279.3
1971	$69.5	$301
1972	$78.8	$324
1973	$73.2	$407
1974	$89.8	$563
1975	$113.6	$617
1976	$102.5	$834
1977	$95.3	$1,056
1978	$108.1	$1,406
1979	$121.9	$1,784
1980	$125.1	$1,715
1981	$142.9	$1,883
1982	$147	$1,993
1983	$146.6	$2,199
1984	$151.1	$2,413
1985	$149.9	$2,482
1986	$159.5	$2,835
1987	$162	$3,555
1988	$187.1	$4,749
1989	$185	$5,817
1990	$185.8	$6,610
1991	$195.7	$7,637
1992	$165	$8,127
1993	$172.8	$8,885
1994	$187.3	$10,385
1995	$197.8	$12,565
1996	$198.8	$13,403
1997	$211.8	$12,398
1998	$205.1	$8,282
1999	$208.6	$10,672
2000	$223.8	$12,257
2001	$240.8	$11,561
2002	$238.9	$13,165
2003	$246.4	$14,673
2004	$279.6	$16,496
2005	$309	$19,403
2006	$340	$21,743
2007	$385	$24,086
2008	$465	$21,350
2009	$473	$19,144
2010	$585	$23,079
2011	$786	$25,098
2012	$788	$25,459
2013	$803	$27,180
2014	$821	$29,253
2015	$876	$28,737
2016	$877	$29,280
2017	$1,034	$31,601
2018	$1,179	$33,447
2019	$1,203	$31,902
2020	$1,154	$31,721
2021	$1,253	$35,126
2022	$1,386	$32,395
2023	$1,382	$33,121
2024	$1,447	-

Nepal vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nepal

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nepal	South Korea
1950	37.6	22.2
1951	37.6	26.6
1952	37.7	36.6
1953	37.7	40.5
1954	37.8	46.1
1955	37.9	48.4
1956	37.9	50.2
1957	38	51.6
1958	38.1	51.8
1959	38.4	52.9
1960	38.7	53.8
1961	39	54.4
1962	39.3	55
1963	39.6	55
1964	40.2	55.3
1965	40.7	55.8
1966	41.2	55.4
1967	41.7	60.9
1968	42.2	60.9
1969	42.7	61.4
1970	43.2	62.2
1971	43.6	62.7
1972	44.1	63.2
1973	44.5	63.8
1974	44.9	64.2
1975	45.5	64.7
1976	46	65
1977	46.6	64.6
1978	47.2	65
1979	47.8	66.1
1980	48.3	64.8
1981	48.7	67.1
1982	49.2	67.1
1983	49.7	66.7
1984	50.2	68.1
1985	50.9	68.4
1986	51.6	69
1987	52.4	69.3
1988	53.1	70.2
1989	54	70.7
1990	54.8	71
1991	55.6	71.4
1992	56.7	72.2
1993	57.6	72.7
1994	58.6	72.9
1995	59.3	73.4
1996	60	74
1997	60.8	74.5
1998	61.5	75
1999	62	75.6
2000	62.6	76.2
2001	63.3	76.9
2002	63.5	77.2
2003	64.2	77.5
2004	64.7	78
2005	65.3	78.4
2006	65.9	79
2007	66.2	79.4
2008	66.4	80
2009	66.6	80.6
2010	66.8	80.7
2011	67.1	81.2
2012	67.4	81.3
2013	67.6	81.8
2014	67.8	82.4
2015	67.4	82.5
2016	68.4	82.9
2017	68.7	83.3
2018	69	83.3
2019	69.3	83.7
2020	69.1	83.7
2021	68.4	83.9
2022	70.1	82.7
2023	70.4	84.3
2024	70.6	84.4
2025	70.9	84.5

Nepal and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Nepal

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Nepal	South Korea
1960	10,123,658	25,012,374
1961	10,318,396	25,765,673
1962	10,521,116	26,513,030
1963	10,729,818	27,261,747
1964	10,946,392	27,984,155
1965	11,173,411	28,704,674
1966	11,408,710	29,435,571
1967	11,652,716	30,130,983
1968	11,906,266	30,838,302
1969	12,167,036	31,544,266
1970	12,436,190	32,240,827
1971	12,710,061	32,882,704
1972	12,989,099	33,505,406
1973	13,275,239	34,103,149
1974	13,568,435	34,692,266
1975	13,870,695	35,280,725
1976	14,177,649	35,848,523
1977	14,499,175	36,411,795
1978	14,839,695	36,969,185
1979	15,190,590	37,534,236
1980	15,553,105	38,123,775
1981	15,922,423	38,723,248
1982	16,297,987	39,326,352
1983	16,689,119	39,910,403
1984	17,085,242	40,405,956
1985	17,477,692	40,805,744
1986	17,868,124	41,213,674
1987	18,250,505	41,621,690
1988	18,638,661	42,031,247
1989	19,057,807	42,449,038
1990	19,524,573	42,869,283
1991	20,036,500	43,295,704
1992	20,609,707	43,747,962
1993	21,180,159	44,194,628
1994	21,717,479	44,641,540
1995	22,245,439	45,092,991
1996	22,741,862	45,524,681
1997	23,219,463	45,953,580
1998	23,680,357	46,286,503
1999	24,125,199	46,616,677
2000	24,546,509	47,008,111
2001	24,946,748	47,370,164
2002	25,328,981	47,644,736
2003	25,688,758	47,892,330
2004	26,016,656	48,082,519
2005	26,309,458	48,184,561
2006	26,565,425	48,438,292
2007	26,788,492	48,683,638
2008	26,990,037	49,054,708
2009	27,173,035	49,307,835
2010	27,341,952	49,554,112
2011	27,464,494	49,936,638
2012	27,534,915	50,199,853
2013	27,589,996	50,428,893
2014	27,672,370	50,746,659
2015	27,823,629	51,014,947
2016	27,955,462	51,217,803
2017	28,011,258	51,361,911
2018	28,079,689	51,585,058
2019	28,414,064	51,764,822
2020	28,966,574	51,836,239
2021	29,475,010	51,769,539
2022	29,715,436	51,672,569
2023	29,694,614	51,712,619
2024	29,651,054	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Nepal and South Korea

Fertility rate

Nepal

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nepal	South Korea
1960	6.07	5.99
1961	6.09	5.8
1962	6.08	5.56
1963	6.06	5.33
1964	6.04	5.07
1965	6.01	4.89
1966	5.98	4.78
1967	5.95	4.62
1968	5.94	4.51
1969	5.89	4.45
1970	5.87	4.53
1971	5.85	4.54
1972	5.8	4.12
1973	5.7	4.07
1974	5.75	3.77
1975	5.73	3.43
1976	5.72	3
1977	5.69	2.99
1978	5.68	2.64
1979	5.64	2.9
1980	5.6	2.82
1981	5.58	2.57
1982	5.55	2.39
1983	5.54	2.06
1984	5.51	1.74
1985	5.46	1.66
1986	5.4	1.58
1987	5.35	1.53
1988	5.31	1.55
1989	5.26	1.56
1990	5.21	1.57
1991	5.15	1.71
1992	5.07	1.76
1993	5.04	1.65
1994	4.96	1.66
1995	4.87	1.63
1996	4.67	1.57
1997	4.44	1.54
1998	4.28	1.46
1999	4.13	1.43
2000	3.98	1.48
2001	3.79	1.31
2002	3.6	1.18
2003	3.44	1.19
2004	3.28	1.16
2005	3.12	1.09
2006	2.97	1.13
2007	2.86	1.26
2008	2.74	1.19
2009	2.63	1.15
2010	2.54	1.23
2011	2.46	1.24
2012	2.42	1.3
2013	2.36	1.19
2014	2.32	1.21
2015	2.27	1.24
2016	2.23	1.17
2017	2.17	1.05
2018	2.12	0.98
2019	2.08	0.92
2020	2.05	0.84
2021	2.03	0.81
2022	2	0.78
2023	1.98	0.72

Nepal and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Nepal

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nepal	South Korea
1960	19.5	19.3
1961	19.5	19.2
1962	19.6	19.1
1963	19.6	19
1964	19.6	18.8
1965	19.6	18.6
1966	19.6	18.5
1967	19.7	18.6
1968	19.7	18.7
1969	19.7	18.8
1970	19.7	18.9
1971	19.7	19
1972	19.7	19.1
1973	19.7	19.3
1974	19.7	19.6
1975	19.7	19.9
1976	19.7	20.2
1977	19.7	20.7
1978	19.6	21.1
1979	19.6	21.6
1980	19.6	22.1
1981	19.5	22.5
1982	19.5	22.8
1983	19.5	23.3
1984	19.5	23.7
1985	19.4	24.2
1986	19.4	24.8
1987	19.3	25.3
1988	19.2	25.8
1989	19.2	26.3
1990	19.2	26.7
1991	19.2	27.2
1992	19.2	27.8
1993	19.2	28.3
1994	19.2	28.9
1995	19.2	29.4
1996	19.2	29.8
1997	19.2	30.2
1998	19.2	30.7
1999	19.3	31.2
2000	19.3	31.7
2001	19.4	32.3
2002	19.5	32.8
2003	19.7	33.4
2004	19.8	33.9
2005	20	34.5
2006	20.3	35.2
2007	20.5	35.8
2008	20.8	36.4
2009	21	37
2010	21.3	37.6
2011	21.6	38.2
2012	21.8	38.8
2013	22	39.5
2014	22.2	40.2
2015	22.4	40.8
2016	22.7	41.4
2017	22.9	41.9
2018	23.2	42.5
2019	23.7	43.1
2020	24.5	43.8
2021	25	44.4
2022	25.4	44.9
2023	25.7	45.5
2024	26	46.1

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