Netherlands vs South Korea statistics compared

The Netherlands has a population of 18M (ranked 72/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). The Netherlands' land area is 13,000 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 134th vs. 105th).

By GDP, The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.21T) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($67,520), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Netherlands and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Netherlands and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Netherlands

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Netherlands	South Korea
1960	$13,282,979,015	$3,973,069,307
1961	$14,599,836,396	$2,427,244,761
1962	$15,847,582,341	$2,826,923,077
1963	$17,193,744,109	$4,007,692,308
1964	$20,232,048,553	$3,476,789,682
1965	$22,721,869,808	$3,141,131,708
1966	$24,741,480,717	$3,957,064,541
1967	$27,143,828,099	$4,895,076,718
1968	$30,097,635,751	$6,167,109,472
1969	$34,086,038,090	$7,743,940,189
1970	$38,220,884,519	$9,085,001,794
1971	$44,644,730,576	$10,005,257,131
1972	$54,787,070,173	$10,990,490,570
1973	$71,946,639,603	$14,067,523,813
1974	$87,371,810,804	$19,860,929,977
1975	$100,397,061,694	$22,126,033,058
1976	$109,329,386,564	$30,371,074,380
1977	$127,203,923,857	$39,064,462,810
1978	$156,089,077,205	$52,824,793,388
1979	$179,933,827,310	$68,083,884,298
1980	$195,439,301,707	$66,547,970,351
1981	$164,375,775,854	$74,287,368,087
1982	$158,712,765,536	$79,921,300,447
1983	$153,671,294,109	$89,621,208,322
1984	$144,124,462,912	$99,749,645,089
1985	$144,057,523,222	$103,764,281,281
1986	$201,157,708,221	$119,965,960,795
1987	$245,406,949,521	$152,240,393,646
1988	$262,295,966,105	$205,477,530,605
1989	$258,716,904,292	$254,236,243,100
1990	$318,799,003,994	$292,064,221,389
1991	$327,982,316,124	$340,851,946,804
1992	$363,497,050,125	$366,921,291,825
1993	$354,070,495,966	$405,705,302,846
1994	$379,688,232,232	$479,181,794,217
1995	$452,967,334,614	$586,286,469,401
1996	$451,372,549,020	$631,196,863,758
1997	$417,506,211,882	$589,202,526,424
1998	$438,612,530,549	$397,297,216,492
1999	$447,778,514,140	$515,697,079,289
2000	$417,649,282,154	$597,487,173,479
2001	$432,536,219,669	$567,564,806,235
2002	$475,529,972,123	$650,014,391,470
2003	$582,435,617,082	$728,516,494,684
2004	$661,224,886,143	$823,251,107,639
2005	$688,133,699,636	$971,740,329,984
2006	$737,593,995,289	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$853,499,460,873	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$957,901,566,041	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$878,954,223,140	$983,065,242,417
2010	$852,464,982,433	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$913,140,741,333	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$845,689,017,066	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$883,951,539,007	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$901,556,501,756	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$775,743,675,303	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$797,163,949,290	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$848,233,537,846	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$929,733,599,797	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$928,903,005,576	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$932,560,861,701	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$1,054,472,123,450	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$1,046,540,797,549	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$1,135,475,867,551	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$1,214,927,698,573	$1,875,388,209,407

Netherlands and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Netherlands

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Netherlands	South Korea
1960	$1,156	$158.8
1961	$1,254	$94.2
1962	$1,342	$106.6
1963	$1,437	$147
1964	$1,668	$124.2
1965	$1,848	$109.4
1966	$1,986	$134.4
1967	$2,155	$162.5
1968	$2,364	$200
1969	$2,647	$245.5
1970	$2,931	$281.8
1971	$3,384	$304
1972	$4,110	$328
1973	$5,353	$412
1974	$6,450	$572
1975	$7,346	$627
1976	$7,937	$847
1977	$9,180	$1,073
1978	$11,196	$1,429
1979	$12,817	$1,814
1980	$13,812	$1,746
1981	$11,537	$1,918
1982	$11,089	$2,032
1983	$10,696	$2,246
1984	$9,992	$2,469
1985	$9,941	$2,543
1986	$13,804	$2,911
1987	$16,734	$3,658
1988	$17,771	$4,889
1989	$17,423	$5,989
1990	$21,322	$6,813
1991	$21,764	$7,873
1992	$23,939	$8,387
1993	$23,156	$9,180
1994	$24,683	$10,734
1995	$29,301	$13,002
1996	$29,064	$13,865
1997	$26,745	$12,822
1998	$27,924	$8,583
1999	$28,319	$11,063
2000	$26,225	$12,710
2001	$26,956	$11,981
2002	$29,447	$13,643
2003	$35,897	$15,212
2004	$40,611	$17,122
2005	$42,165	$20,167
2006	$45,124	$22,610
2007	$52,101	$25,078
2008	$58,247	$22,252
2009	$53,172	$19,937
2010	$51,306	$24,071
2011	$54,702	$26,175
2012	$50,474	$26,601
2013	$52,602	$28,449
2014	$53,457	$30,667
2015	$45,794	$30,172
2016	$46,809	$30,832
2017	$49,514	$33,297
2018	$53,955	$35,364
2019	$53,555	$33,827
2020	$53,468	$33,646
2021	$60,142	$37,518
2022	$59,123	$34,822
2023	$63,516	$35,674
2024	$67,520	$36,239

Netherlands vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Netherlands

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Netherlands	South Korea
1950	71.4	22.2
1951	71.5	26.6
1952	72.1	36.6
1953	71.7	40.5
1954	72.4	46.1
1955	72.5	48.4
1956	72.5	50.2
1957	73	51.6
1958	73.1	51.8
1959	73.2	52.9
1960	73.4	53.8
1961	73.6	54.4
1962	73.2	55
1963	73.4	55
1964	73.7	55.3
1965	73.6	55.8
1966	73.6	55.4
1967	73.8	60.9
1968	73.6	60.9
1969	73.6	61.4
1970	73.6	62.2
1971	73.9	62.7
1972	73.8	63.2
1973	74.2	63.8
1974	74.6	64.2
1975	74.6	64.7
1976	74.7	65
1977	75.3	64.6
1978	75.2	65
1979	75.6	66.1
1980	75.8	64.8
1981	76	67.1
1982	76.1	67.1
1983	76.3	66.7
1984	76.3	68.1
1985	76.4	68.4
1986	76.4	69
1987	76.8	69.3
1988	77	70.2
1989	76.8	70.7
1990	77	71
1991	77.2	71.4
1992	77.4	72.2
1993	77	72.7
1994	77.5	72.9
1995	77.6	73.4
1996	77.6	74
1997	77.9	74.5
1998	78	75
1999	78	75.6
2000	78.1	76.2
2001	78.3	76.9
2002	78.4	77.2
2003	78.7	77.5
2004	79.2	78
2005	79.5	78.4
2006	79.8	79
2007	80.3	79.4
2008	80.4	80
2009	80.7	80.6
2010	80.8	80.7
2011	81.1	81.2
2012	81.1	81.3
2013	81.3	81.8
2014	81.7	82.4
2015	81.5	82.5
2016	81.6	82.9
2017	81.7	83.3
2018	81.8	83.3
2019	82.1	83.7
2020	81.4	83.7
2021	81.4	83.9
2022	81.9	82.7
2023	82.2	84.3
2024	82.3	84.4
2025	82.4	84.5
2026	82.6	84.6

Netherlands and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Netherlands

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Netherlands	South Korea
1960	11,486,631	25,012,374
1961	11,638,712	25,765,673
1962	11,805,689	26,513,030
1963	11,965,966	27,261,747
1964	12,127,120	27,984,155
1965	12,294,732	28,704,674
1966	12,456,251	29,435,571
1967	12,598,201	30,130,983
1968	12,729,721	30,838,302
1969	12,877,984	31,544,266
1970	13,038,526	32,240,827
1971	13,194,497	32,882,704
1972	13,328,593	33,505,406
1973	13,439,322	34,103,149
1974	13,545,056	34,692,266
1975	13,666,335	35,280,725
1976	13,774,037	35,848,523
1977	13,856,185	36,411,795
1978	13,941,700	36,969,185
1979	14,038,270	37,534,236
1980	14,149,800	38,123,775
1981	14,247,208	38,723,248
1982	14,312,690	39,326,352
1983	14,367,070	39,910,403
1984	14,424,211	40,405,956
1985	14,491,632	40,805,744
1986	14,572,278	41,213,674
1987	14,665,037	41,621,690
1988	14,760,094	42,031,247
1989	14,848,907	42,449,038
1990	14,951,510	42,869,283
1991	15,069,798	43,295,704
1992	15,184,166	43,747,962
1993	15,290,368	44,194,628
1994	15,382,838	44,641,540
1995	15,459,006	45,092,991
1996	15,530,498	45,524,681
1997	15,610,650	45,953,580
1998	15,707,209	46,286,503
1999	15,812,088	46,616,677
2000	15,925,513	47,008,111
2001	16,046,180	47,370,164
2002	16,148,929	47,644,736
2003	16,225,302	47,892,330
2004	16,281,779	48,082,519
2005	16,319,868	48,184,561
2006	16,346,101	48,438,292
2007	16,381,696	48,683,638
2008	16,445,593	49,054,708
2009	16,530,388	49,307,835
2010	16,615,394	49,554,112
2011	16,693,074	49,936,638
2012	16,754,962	50,199,853
2013	16,804,432	50,428,893
2014	16,865,008	50,746,659
2015	16,939,923	51,014,947
2016	17,030,314	51,217,803
2017	17,131,296	51,361,911
2018	17,231,624	51,585,058
2019	17,344,874	51,764,822
2020	17,441,500	51,836,239
2021	17,533,044	51,769,539
2022	17,700,982	51,672,569
2023	17,877,117	51,712,619
2024	17,993,485	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Netherlands and South Korea

Fertility rate

Netherlands

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Netherlands	South Korea
1960	3.12	5.99
1961	3.22	5.8
1962	3.18	5.56
1963	3.19	5.33
1964	3.17	5.07
1965	3.04	4.89
1966	2.9	4.78
1967	2.81	4.62
1968	2.72	4.51
1969	2.75	4.45
1970	2.57	4.53
1971	2.36	4.54
1972	2.15	4.12
1973	1.9	4.07
1974	1.77	3.77
1975	1.66	3.43
1976	1.63	3
1977	1.58	2.99
1978	1.58	2.64
1979	1.56	2.9
1980	1.6	2.82
1981	1.56	2.57
1982	1.5	2.39
1983	1.47	2.06
1984	1.49	1.74
1985	1.51	1.66
1986	1.55	1.58
1987	1.56	1.53
1988	1.55	1.55
1989	1.55	1.56
1990	1.62	1.57
1991	1.61	1.71
1992	1.59	1.76
1993	1.57	1.65
1994	1.57	1.66
1995	1.53	1.63
1996	1.53	1.57
1997	1.56	1.54
1998	1.63	1.46
1999	1.65	1.43
2000	1.72	1.48
2001	1.71	1.31
2002	1.73	1.18
2003	1.75	1.19
2004	1.72	1.16
2005	1.71	1.09
2006	1.72	1.13
2007	1.72	1.26
2008	1.77	1.19
2009	1.79	1.15
2010	1.79	1.23
2011	1.76	1.24
2012	1.72	1.3
2013	1.68	1.19
2014	1.71	1.21
2015	1.66	1.24
2016	1.66	1.17
2017	1.62	1.05
2018	1.59	0.98
2019	1.57	0.92
2020	1.54	0.84
2021	1.62	0.81
2022	1.49	0.78
2023	1.43	0.72

Netherlands and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Netherlands

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Netherlands	South Korea
1960	28.8	19.3
1961	28.8	19.2
1962	28.7	19.1
1963	28.7	19
1964	28.6	18.8
1965	28.6	18.6
1966	28.6	18.5
1967	28.5	18.6
1968	28.6	18.7
1969	28.6	18.8
1970	28.6	18.9
1971	28.7	19
1972	28.9	19.1
1973	29	19.3
1974	29.3	19.6
1975	29.4	19.9
1976	29.8	20.2
1977	30.3	20.7
1978	30.7	21.1
1979	31	21.6
1980	31.3	22.1
1981	31.6	22.5
1982	31.9	22.8
1983	32.3	23.3
1984	32.6	23.7
1985	32.9	24.2
1986	33.2	24.8
1987	33.5	25.3
1988	33.8	25.8
1989	34.1	26.3
1990	34.3	26.7
1991	34.6	27.2
1992	34.8	27.8
1993	35.1	28.3
1994	35.4	28.9
1995	35.7	29.4
1996	36.1	29.8
1997	36.4	30.2
1998	36.7	30.7
1999	37	31.2
2000	37.3	31.7
2001	37.5	32.3
2002	37.8	32.8
2003	38.1	33.4
2004	38.5	33.9
2005	38.9	34.5
2006	39.3	35.2
2007	39.7	35.8
2008	40	36.4
2009	40.3	37
2010	40.7	37.6
2011	41	38.2
2012	41.3	38.8
2013	41.6	39.5
2014	41.8	40.2
2015	42	40.8
2016	42.2	41.4
2017	42.3	41.9
2018	42.4	42.5
2019	42.5	43.1
2020	42.5	43.8
2021	42.6	44.4
2022	42.5	44.9
2023	42.4	45.5
2024	42.4	46.1

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