New Zealand vs South Korea statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 74th vs. 105th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

New Zealand and South Korea: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and South Korea economies compared

GDP

New Zealand

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	New Zealand	South Korea
1960	$5,536,098,360	$3,958,811,881
1961	$5,721,994,864	$2,417,628,737
1962	$6,133,158,532	$2,814,615,385
1963	$6,699,741,645	$3,988,461,538
1964	$7,340,766,415	$3,459,019,943
1965	$5,706,251,400	$3,120,861,499
1966	$5,917,437,693	$3,929,055,144
1967	$6,016,017,227	$4,855,892,446
1968	$5,228,045,415	$6,119,394,892
1969	$5,814,357,709	$7,678,698,838
1970	$6,495,605,331	$9,005,144,969
1971	$7,911,136,757	$9,903,571,249
1972	$9,567,331,065	$10,862,211,761
1973	$12,802,281,898	$13,876,472,208
1974	$13,940,981,798	$19,543,973,941
1975	$12,861,983,284	$21,784,297,521
1976	$13,604,832,424	$29,902,479,339
1977	$15,446,825,318	$38,446,487,603
1978	$18,530,518,395	$51,972,107,438
1979	$20,731,243,113	$66,946,900,826
1980	$23,244,547,385	$65,398,377,598
1981	$24,417,617,184	$72,933,533,012
1982	$24,164,603,059	$78,358,416,171
1983	$24,309,279,706	$87,760,553,262
1984	$21,665,975,319	$97,510,744,119
1985	$24,679,795,396	$101,296,177,099
1986	$30,604,668,357	$116,836,246,285
1987	$40,376,354,070	$147,948,709,376
1988	$45,176,811,594	$199,591,287,825
1989	$43,920,222,525	$246,928,837,311
1990	$45,495,129,385	$283,365,844,161
1991	$42,745,329,732	$330,647,042,837
1992	$41,649,829,860	$355,524,903,068
1993	$46,775,620,817	$392,665,710,525
1994	$55,314,732,279	$463,619,823,515
1995	$63,918,703,507	$566,581,003,128
1996	$70,140,835,299	$610,167,053,824
1997	$66,075,143,415	$569,755,022,973
1998	$56,227,169,851	$383,331,833,682
1999	$58,762,260,626	$497,514,040,642
2000	$52,623,281,957	$576,179,387,820
2001	$53,872,425,917	$547,656,279,895
2002	$66,627,729,311	$627,246,933,730
2003	$88,250,885,550	$702,714,855,194
2004	$103,905,210,084	$793,175,561,887
2005	$114,720,129,550	$934,901,071,333
2006	$111,538,810,713	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$137,188,946,866	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$133,437,126,590	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$121,663,439,315	$943,941,876,219
2010	$146,887,902,524	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$168,484,908,960	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$176,560,711,239	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$191,012,364,177	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$201,518,402,787	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$178,224,167,088	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$189,100,085,275	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$206,745,969,246	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$211,985,631,173	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$213,006,341,102	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$213,029,554,654	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$253,977,931,815	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$249,509,991,440	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$255,194,972,673	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$260,235,932,559	-

New Zealand and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

New Zealand

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	New Zealand	South Korea
1960	$2,334	$158.3
1961	$2,365	$93.8
1962	$2,471	$106.2
1963	$2,646	$146.3
1964	$2,839	$123.6
1965	$2,171	$108.7
1966	$2,211	$133.5
1967	$2,208	$161.2
1968	$1,902	$198.4
1969	$2,097	$243.4
1970	$2,311	$279.3
1971	$2,773	$301
1972	$3,295	$324
1973	$4,323	$407
1974	$4,611	$563
1975	$4,172	$617
1976	$4,374	$834
1977	$4,951	$1,056
1978	$5,937	$1,406
1979	$6,668	$1,784
1980	$7,467	$1,715
1981	$7,814	$1,883
1982	$7,656	$1,993
1983	$7,598	$2,199
1984	$6,714	$2,413
1985	$7,601	$2,482
1986	$9,428	$2,835
1987	$12,331	$3,555
1988	$13,759	$4,749
1989	$13,312	$5,817
1990	$13,663	$6,610
1991	$12,230	$7,637
1992	$11,793	$8,127
1993	$13,094	$8,885
1994	$15,280	$10,385
1995	$17,400	$12,565
1996	$18,794	$13,403
1997	$17,474	$12,398
1998	$14,738	$8,282
1999	$15,322	$10,672
2000	$13,641	$12,257
2001	$13,883	$11,561
2002	$16,874	$13,165
2003	$21,914	$14,673
2004	$25,420	$16,496
2005	$27,751	$19,403
2006	$26,655	$21,743
2007	$32,480	$24,086
2008	$31,325	$21,350
2009	$28,277	$19,144
2010	$33,762	$23,079
2011	$38,432	$25,098
2012	$40,054	$25,459
2013	$43,000	$27,180
2014	$44,618	$29,253
2015	$38,665	$28,737
2016	$40,114	$29,280
2017	$42,950	$31,601
2018	$43,257	$33,447
2019	$42,779	$31,902
2020	$41,851	$31,721
2021	$49,689	$35,126
2022	$48,760	$32,395
2023	$48,655	$33,121
2024	$48,747	-

New Zealand vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

New Zealand

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	New Zealand	South Korea
1950	69.3	22.2
1951	69.1	26.6
1952	69.4	36.6
1953	70.2	40.5
1954	70.3	46.1
1955	70.5	48.4
1956	70.7	50.2
1957	70.3	51.6
1958	70.9	51.8
1959	70.8	52.9
1960	71.2	53.8
1961	70.9	54.4
1962	71.2	55
1963	71.3	55
1964	71.3	55.3
1965	71.2	55.8
1966	71.1	55.4
1967	71.4	60.9
1968	71.1	60.9
1969	71.5	61.4
1970	71.2	62.2
1971	71.7	62.7
1972	71.8	63.2
1973	71.7	63.8
1974	71.9	64.2
1975	72.2	64.7
1976	72.4	65
1977	72.1	64.6
1978	73	65
1979	73.1	66.1
1980	72.9	64.8
1981	73.6	67.1
1982	73.7	67.1
1983	73.8	66.7
1984	74.4	68.1
1985	73.9	68.4
1986	74.1	69
1987	74.2	69.3
1988	74.5	70.2
1989	74.9	70.7
1990	75.4	71
1991	76.1	71.4
1992	76.2	72.2
1993	76.5	72.7
1994	76.9	72.9
1995	76.8	73.4
1996	76.8	74
1997	77.3	74.5
1998	78.2	75
1999	77.9	75.6
2000	78.7	76.2
2001	78.7	76.9
2002	78.9	77.2
2003	79.1	77.5
2004	79.4	78
2005	80	78.4
2006	80	79
2007	80.1	79.4
2008	80.2	80
2009	80.5	80.6
2010	81.1	80.7
2011	80.8	81.2
2012	81.2	81.3
2013	81.6	81.8
2014	81.4	82.4
2015	81.6	82.5
2016	82	82.9
2017	81.6	83.3
2018	81.9	83.3
2019	81.8	83.7
2020	82.7	83.7
2021	82.3	83.9
2022	81	82.7
2023	82.1	84.3
2024	82.2	84.4
2025	82.4	84.5

New Zealand and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

New Zealand

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	New Zealand	South Korea
1960	2,371,800	25,012,374
1961	2,419,700	25,765,673
1962	2,482,000	26,513,030
1963	2,531,800	27,261,747
1964	2,585,400	27,984,155
1965	2,628,400	28,704,674
1966	2,675,900	29,435,571
1967	2,724,100	30,130,983
1968	2,748,100	30,838,302
1969	2,772,800	31,544,266
1970	2,810,700	32,240,827
1971	2,853,000	32,882,704
1972	2,903,900	33,505,406
1973	2,961,300	34,103,149
1974	3,023,700	34,692,266
1975	3,083,100	35,280,725
1976	3,110,500	35,848,523
1977	3,120,200	36,411,795
1978	3,121,200	36,969,185
1979	3,109,000	37,534,236
1980	3,112,900	38,123,775
1981	3,124,900	38,723,248
1982	3,156,100	39,326,352
1983	3,199,300	39,910,403
1984	3,227,100	40,405,956
1985	3,247,100	40,805,744
1986	3,246,300	41,213,674
1987	3,274,400	41,621,690
1988	3,283,400	42,031,247
1989	3,299,200	42,449,038
1990	3,329,800	42,869,283
1991	3,495,100	43,295,704
1992	3,531,700	43,747,962
1993	3,572,200	44,194,628
1994	3,620,000	44,641,540
1995	3,673,400	45,092,991
1996	3,732,000	45,524,681
1997	3,781,300	45,953,580
1998	3,815,000	46,286,503
1999	3,835,100	46,616,677
2000	3,857,700	47,008,111
2001	3,880,500	47,370,164
2002	3,948,500	47,644,736
2003	4,027,200	47,892,330
2004	4,087,500	48,082,519
2005	4,133,900	48,184,561
2006	4,184,600	48,438,292
2007	4,223,800	48,683,638
2008	4,259,800	49,054,708
2009	4,302,600	49,307,835
2010	4,350,700	49,554,112
2011	4,384,000	49,936,638
2012	4,408,100	50,199,853
2013	4,442,100	50,428,893
2014	4,516,500	50,746,659
2015	4,609,400	51,014,947
2016	4,714,100	51,217,803
2017	4,813,600	51,361,911
2018	4,900,600	51,585,058
2019	4,979,200	51,764,822
2020	5,090,200	51,836,239
2021	5,111,300	51,769,539
2022	5,117,100	51,672,569
2023	5,245,000	51,712,619
2024	5,338,500	51,751,065

Fertility rates in New Zealand and South Korea

Fertility rate

New Zealand

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	South Korea
1960	4.24	5.99
1961	4.31	5.8
1962	4.19	5.56
1963	4.05	5.33
1964	3.8	5.07
1965	3.54	4.89
1966	3.41	4.78
1967	3.35	4.62
1968	3.34	4.51
1969	3.28	4.45
1970	3.17	4.53
1971	3.18	4.54
1972	3	4.12
1973	2.76	4.07
1974	2.58	3.77
1975	2.37	3.43
1976	2.27	3
1977	2.21	2.99
1978	2.07	2.64
1979	2.12	2.9
1980	2.03	2.82
1981	2.01	2.57
1982	1.95	2.39
1983	1.92	2.06
1984	1.93	1.74
1985	1.93	1.66
1986	1.96	1.58
1987	2.03	1.53
1988	2.1	1.55
1989	2.12	1.56
1990	2.18	1.57
1991	2.09	1.71
1992	2.06	1.76
1993	2.04	1.65
1994	1.98	1.66
1995	1.98	1.63
1996	1.96	1.57
1997	1.96	1.54
1998	1.89	1.46
1999	1.97	1.43
2000	1.98	1.48
2001	1.97	1.31
2002	1.89	1.18
2003	1.93	1.19
2004	1.98	1.16
2005	1.97	1.09
2006	2.01	1.13
2007	2.18	1.26
2008	2.19	1.19
2009	2.13	1.15
2010	2.17	1.23
2011	2.09	1.24
2012	2.1	1.3
2013	2.01	1.19
2014	1.92	1.21
2015	1.99	1.24
2016	1.87	1.17
2017	1.81	1.05
2018	1.71	0.98
2019	1.72	0.92
2020	1.61	0.84
2021	1.64	0.81
2022	1.66	0.78
2023	1.56	0.72

New Zealand and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

New Zealand

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	New Zealand	South Korea
1960	27.5	19.3
1961	27.1	19.2
1962	26.8	19.1
1963	26.4	19
1964	26.2	18.8
1965	26	18.6
1966	25.9	18.5
1967	25.8	18.6
1968	25.7	18.7
1969	25.7	18.8
1970	25.6	18.9
1971	25.7	19
1972	25.9	19.1
1973	26	19.3
1974	26.2	19.6
1975	26.3	19.9
1976	26.5	20.2
1977	26.8	20.7
1978	27.1	21.1
1979	27.5	21.6
1980	27.9	22.1
1981	28.2	22.5
1982	28.5	22.8
1983	28.8	23.3
1984	29.1	23.7
1985	29.4	24.2
1986	29.8	24.8
1987	30.1	25.3
1988	30.4	25.8
1989	30.8	26.3
1990	31.1	26.7
1991	31.4	27.2
1992	31.7	27.8
1993	32	28.3
1994	32.3	28.9
1995	32.6	29.4
1996	32.8	29.8
1997	33.2	30.2
1998	33.6	30.7
1999	34	31.2
2000	34.3	31.7
2001	34.6	32.3
2002	34.8	32.8
2003	35	33.4
2004	35.2	33.9
2005	35.5	34.5
2006	35.8	35.2
2007	36.1	35.8
2008	36.4	36.4
2009	36.6	37
2010	36.8	37.6
2011	37	38.2
2012	37.2	38.8
2013	37.4	39.5
2014	37.5	40.2
2015	37.4	40.8
2016	37.3	41.4
2017	37.2	41.9
2018	37.3	42.5
2019	37.3	43.1
2020	37.5	43.8
2021	37.8	44.4
2022	38.1	44.9
2023	38.3	45.5
2024	38.6	46.1

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