New Zealand vs South Korea statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.29M (ranked 123/197), 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 52/197 ($260B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($49,205), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

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	$3,973,069,307
1961	$5,721,994,864	$2,427,244,761
1962	$6,133,158,532	$2,826,923,077
1963	$6,699,741,645	$4,007,692,308
1964	$7,340,766,415	$3,476,789,682
1965	$5,706,251,400	$3,141,131,708
1966	$5,917,437,693	$3,957,064,541
1967	$6,016,017,227	$4,895,076,718
1968	$5,228,045,415	$6,167,109,472
1969	$5,814,357,709	$7,743,940,189
1970	$6,495,605,331	$9,085,001,794
1971	$7,911,136,757	$10,005,257,131
1972	$9,567,331,065	$10,990,490,570
1973	$12,802,281,898	$14,067,523,813
1974	$13,940,981,798	$19,860,929,977
1975	$12,861,983,284	$22,126,033,058
1976	$13,604,832,424	$30,371,074,380
1977	$15,446,825,318	$39,064,462,810
1978	$18,530,518,395	$52,824,793,388
1979	$20,731,243,113	$68,083,884,298
1980	$23,244,547,385	$66,547,970,351
1981	$24,417,617,184	$74,287,368,087
1982	$24,164,603,059	$79,921,300,447
1983	$24,309,279,706	$89,621,208,322
1984	$21,665,975,319	$99,749,645,089
1985	$24,679,795,396	$103,764,281,281
1986	$30,604,668,357	$119,965,960,795
1987	$40,376,354,070	$152,240,393,646
1988	$45,176,811,594	$205,477,530,605
1989	$43,920,222,525	$254,236,243,100
1990	$45,495,129,385	$292,064,221,389
1991	$42,745,329,732	$340,851,946,804
1992	$41,649,829,860	$366,921,291,825
1993	$46,775,620,817	$405,705,302,846
1994	$55,314,732,279	$479,181,794,217
1995	$63,918,703,507	$586,286,469,401
1996	$70,140,835,299	$631,196,863,758
1997	$66,075,143,415	$589,202,526,424
1998	$56,227,169,851	$397,297,216,492
1999	$58,762,260,626	$515,697,079,289
2000	$52,623,281,957	$597,487,173,479
2001	$53,872,425,917	$567,564,806,235
2002	$66,627,729,311	$650,014,391,470
2003	$88,250,885,550	$728,516,494,684
2004	$103,905,210,084	$823,251,107,639
2005	$114,720,129,550	$971,740,329,984
2006	$111,538,810,713	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$137,188,946,866	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$133,437,126,590	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$121,663,439,315	$983,065,242,417
2010	$146,887,902,524	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$168,484,908,960	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$176,560,711,239	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$191,012,364,177	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$201,518,402,787	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$178,224,167,088	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$189,100,085,275	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$206,745,969,246	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$211,985,631,173	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$213,006,341,102	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$213,029,554,654	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$253,977,931,815	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$249,509,991,440	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$255,194,972,673	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$260,172,385,098	$1,875,388,209,407

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	$158.8
1961	$2,365	$94.2
1962	$2,471	$106.6
1963	$2,646	$147
1964	$2,839	$124.2
1965	$2,171	$109.4
1966	$2,211	$134.4
1967	$2,208	$162.5
1968	$1,902	$200
1969	$2,097	$245.5
1970	$2,311	$281.8
1971	$2,773	$304
1972	$3,295	$328
1973	$4,323	$412
1974	$4,611	$572
1975	$4,172	$627
1976	$4,374	$847
1977	$4,951	$1,073
1978	$5,937	$1,429
1979	$6,668	$1,814
1980	$7,467	$1,746
1981	$7,814	$1,918
1982	$7,656	$2,032
1983	$7,598	$2,246
1984	$6,714	$2,469
1985	$7,601	$2,543
1986	$9,428	$2,911
1987	$12,331	$3,658
1988	$13,759	$4,889
1989	$13,312	$5,989
1990	$13,663	$6,813
1991	$12,230	$7,873
1992	$11,793	$8,387
1993	$13,094	$9,180
1994	$15,280	$10,734
1995	$17,400	$13,002
1996	$18,794	$13,865
1997	$17,474	$12,822
1998	$14,738	$8,583
1999	$15,322	$11,063
2000	$13,641	$12,710
2001	$13,883	$11,981
2002	$16,874	$13,643
2003	$21,914	$15,212
2004	$25,420	$17,122
2005	$27,751	$20,167
2006	$26,655	$22,610
2007	$32,480	$25,078
2008	$31,325	$22,252
2009	$28,277	$19,937
2010	$33,762	$24,071
2011	$38,432	$26,175
2012	$40,054	$26,601
2013	$43,000	$28,449
2014	$44,618	$30,667
2015	$38,665	$30,172
2016	$40,114	$30,832
2017	$42,950	$33,297
2018	$43,257	$35,364
2019	$42,856	$33,827
2020	$41,998	$33,646
2021	$49,950	$37,518
2022	$49,100	$34,822
2023	$49,076	$35,674
2024	$49,205	$36,239

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
2026	82.5	84.6

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	4,970,300	51,764,822
2020	5,072,400	51,836,239
2021	5,084,600	51,769,539
2022	5,081,700	51,672,569
2023	5,200,000	51,712,619
2024	5,287,500	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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