North Korea vs Vanuatu statistics compared

North Korea has a population of 26.5M (ranked 56/197), compared with 328K in Vanuatu (ranked 174/197). North Korea's land area is 46,491 sq mi versus 4,707 sq mi for Vanuatu (ranked 97th vs. 157th).

By GDP, North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B) and Vanuatu ranks 185/197 ($1.16B). By GDP per capita, North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319), while Vanuatu ranks 133/197 ($3,543).

North Korea and Vanuatu: Comparison Charts

North Korea and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP

North Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP
	North Korea	Vanuatu
1979	-	$119,258,835
1980	-	$121,185,498
1981	-	$113,781,796
1982	-	$114,501,913
1983	-	$117,389,554
1984	-	$144,482,515
1985	-	$131,856,421
1986	-	$126,498,935
1987	-	$139,464,174
1988	-	$158,351,368
1989	-	$154,013,202
1990	-	$168,879,207
1991	-	$201,334,169
1992	-	$209,088,825
1993	-	$200,491,853
1994	-	$233,701,301
1995	-	$249,333,250
1996	-	$261,370,044
1997	-	$272,771,209
1998	-	$262,293,411
1999	-	$268,006,973
2000	-	$272,014,628
2001	-	$257,926,882
2002	-	$262,596,536
2003	-	$314,471,413
2004	-	$364,996,869
2005	-	$394,962,433
2006	-	$439,358,587
2007	-	$516,392,923
2008	-	$590,748,429
2009	$23,356,470,000	$592,622,319
2010	$25,995,513,000	$670,712,980
2011	$29,005,020,000	$770,153,588
2012	$29,890,710,000	$747,839,698
2013	$30,588,922,000	$758,304,466
2014	$30,554,460,000	$773,717,011
2015	$30,723,030,000	$759,690,181
2016	$28,882,640,000	$804,323,577
2017	$29,105,440,000	$880,043,284
2018	$28,536,400,000	$914,727,908
2019	$28,222,880,000	$936,526,268
2020	$27,728,240,000	$909,421,044
2021	$32,301,720,000	$982,362,212
2022	$28,971,360,000	$1,030,654,208
2023	$32,155,360,000	$1,126,313,359
2024	$34,943,120,000	$1,161,251,868

North Korea and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP per capita

North Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	North Korea	Vanuatu
1979	-	$1,055
1980	-	$1,048
1981	-	$962
1982	-	$946
1983	-	$947
1984	-	$1,137
1985	-	$1,012
1986	-	$946
1987	-	$1,017
1988	-	$1,125
1989	-	$1,067
1990	-	$1,141
1991	-	$1,326
1992	-	$1,344
1993	-	$1,257
1994	-	$1,431
1995	-	$1,492
1996	-	$1,529
1997	-	$1,562
1998	-	$1,471
1999	-	$1,472
2000	-	$1,460
2001	-	$1,350
2002	-	$1,341
2003	-	$1,567
2004	-	$1,774
2005	-	$1,874
2006	-	$2,035
2007	-	$2,334
2008	-	$2,604
2009	$939	$2,546
2010	$1,040	$2,815
2011	$1,156	$3,163
2012	$1,186	$3,005
2013	$1,208	$2,980
2014	$1,201	$2,973
2015	$1,201	$2,855
2016	$1,124	$2,956
2017	$1,127	$3,160
2018	$1,100	$3,207
2019	$1,084	$3,207
2020	$1,061	$3,043
2021	$1,231	$3,212
2022	$1,100	$3,292
2023	$1,217	$3,515
2024	$1,319	$3,543

North Korea vs. Vanuatu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

North Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	North Korea	Vanuatu
1950	14.2	43.9
1951	17.7	42.2
1952	32.8	45.3
1953	40.3	45.8
1954	50.6	46.5
1955	51.8	47.1
1956	52.8	47.7
1957	53.7	48.2
1958	54.5	48.7
1959	55.2	49.3
1960	55.8	49.8
1961	56.4	50.4
1962	57	50.9
1963	57.6	51.5
1964	58.2	52
1965	58.8	52.5
1966	59.4	53.1
1967	60.1	53.7
1968	60.8	54.2
1969	61.4	54.8
1970	62	55.3
1971	62.7	55.9
1972	63.3	56.4
1973	63.8	57
1974	64.3	57.6
1975	64.8	58.1
1976	65.3	58.7
1977	65.8	59.2
1978	66.3	59.9
1979	66.7	60.9
1980	67.2	61.3
1981	67.7	61.9
1982	68.1	62.5
1983	68.5	63.1
1984	68.9	63.5
1985	69.2	63.9
1986	69.5	64.6
1987	69.8	64.4
1988	70.1	65.7
1989	70.3	66
1990	70.5	66.7
1991	70.7	67.1
1992	71	67.4
1993	70.8	67.7
1994	70.5	68
1995	60.8	68.1
1996	60.8	68.2
1997	60.9	68.3
1998	60.9	68.4
1999	60.9	67.9
2000	60.9	68.6
2001	60.9	68.7
2002	60.9	68.8
2003	69.4	68.9
2004	69.3	69
2005	69.2	69.2
2006	69.1	69.1
2007	69	69.1
2008	69.3	69.3
2009	69.7	69.4
2010	70.2	69.6
2011	70.8	69.7
2012	71.3	69.9
2013	71.9	70
2014	72.5	70
2015	72.8	70.2
2016	73	70.4
2017	73	70.5
2018	73	70.6
2019	72.9	70.8
2020	72.8	70.4
2021	73.4	70
2022	73.6	71.3
2023	73.6	71.5
2024	73.7	71.7
2025	73.9	71.8

North Korea and Vanuatu population clocks and comparison

Population

North Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Population
	North Korea	Vanuatu
1960	11,722,953	64,431
1961	11,990,713	66,264
1962	12,262,882	68,174
1963	12,567,057	70,159
1964	12,889,770	72,219
1965	13,219,369	74,358
1966	13,569,094	76,590
1967	13,958,350	78,921
1968	14,365,596	81,314
1969	14,767,615	83,755
1970	15,172,775	86,266
1971	15,572,457	88,862
1972	15,975,069	91,562
1973	16,350,367	94,362
1974	16,673,121	97,260
1975	16,971,055	100,269
1976	17,243,450	103,388
1977	17,492,798	106,618
1978	17,735,995	109,963
1979	17,983,470	113,040
1980	18,236,786	115,660
1981	18,501,295	118,249
1982	18,776,357	121,035
1983	19,054,034	123,998
1984	19,335,043	127,109
1985	19,620,388	130,356
1986	19,910,855	133,720
1987	20,205,483	137,187
1988	20,503,161	140,756
1989	20,804,367	144,393
1990	21,112,137	148,063
1991	21,428,638	151,793
1992	21,750,911	155,608
1993	22,073,352	159,463
1994	22,393,975	163,314
1995	22,669,304	167,137
1996	22,895,746	170,911
1997	23,110,830	174,626
1998	23,311,564	178,313
1999	23,497,599	182,048
2000	23,665,910	186,281
2001	23,815,358	191,031
2002	23,943,973	195,863
2003	24,090,380	200,746
2004	24,254,943	205,711
2005	24,396,433	210,760
2006	24,524,507	215,923
2007	24,646,383	221,276
2008	24,764,618	226,896
2009	24,878,332	232,731
2010	24,987,258	238,248
2011	25,097,874	243,474
2012	25,211,728	248,883
2013	25,329,451	254,482
2014	25,451,262	260,240
2015	25,575,350	266,101
2016	25,698,326	272,087
2017	25,817,709	278,507
2018	25,931,147	285,259
2019	26,037,632	291,985
2020	26,136,312	298,858
2021	26,232,534	305,868
2022	26,328,845	313,046
2023	26,418,204	320,409
2024	26,498,823	327,777

Fertility rates in North Korea and Vanuatu

Fertility rate

North Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	North Korea	Vanuatu
1960	3.57	6.78
1961	3.26	6.73
1962	3.41	6.67
1963	3.63	6.62
1964	3.55	6.57
1965	3.56	6.52
1966	3.71	6.51
1967	4.05	6.51
1968	3.87	6.46
1969	3.86	6.41
1970	3.85	6.35
1971	3.74	6.29
1972	3.89	6.23
1973	3.35	6.15
1974	3.14	6.06
1975	3.05	5.98
1976	2.84	5.89
1977	2.77	5.81
1978	2.79	5.77
1979	2.85	5.73
1980	2.84	5.69
1981	2.92	5.65
1982	2.85	5.6
1983	2.78	5.55
1984	2.71	5.49
1985	2.65	5.43
1986	2.59	5.38
1987	2.53	5.33
1988	2.47	5.27
1989	2.41	5.21
1990	2.39	5.17
1991	2.35	5.13
1992	2.29	5.09
1993	2.22	5.02
1994	2.18	4.94
1995	2.15	4.85
1996	2.09	4.75
1997	2.03	4.66
1998	1.99	4.6
1999	1.97	4.56
2000	1.94	4.54
2001	1.94	4.5
2002	1.92	4.38
2003	1.91	4.29
2004	1.9	4.21
2005	1.87	4.13
2006	1.94	4.1
2007	1.94	4.12
2008	1.97	4.16
2009	1.91	4.16
2010	1.89	4.13
2011	1.88	4.09
2012	1.88	4.06
2013	1.88	4.04
2014	1.87	4
2015	1.86	3.95
2016	1.86	3.92
2017	1.85	3.88
2018	1.83	3.83
2019	1.83	3.79
2020	1.82	3.74
2021	1.81	3.7
2022	1.8	3.65
2023	1.78	3.6

North Korea and Vanuatu demographics compared

Median age

North Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	North Korea	Vanuatu
1960	19.9	17.7
1961	20.2	17.6
1962	20.6	17.5
1963	20.8	17.4
1964	21	17.3
1965	21.2	17.2
1966	21.3	17.1
1967	21.4	17.1
1968	21.4	17
1969	21.4	17
1970	21.4	17
1971	21.2	17
1972	20.9	17
1973	20.7	17
1974	20.7	17.1
1975	20.9	17.1
1976	21.1	17.1
1977	21.4	17.2
1978	21.8	17.3
1979	22.2	17.5
1980	22.5	17.6
1981	22.8	17.7
1982	23.1	17.7
1983	23.5	17.7
1984	23.9	17.7
1985	24.2	17.7
1986	24.5	17.8
1987	24.8	17.8
1988	25.1	17.8
1989	25.6	17.8
1990	26	17.8
1991	26.4	17.9
1992	26.8	17.8
1993	27.2	17.7
1994	27.6	17.7
1995	28	17.8
1996	28.3	18
1997	28.8	18
1998	29.2	18
1999	29.6	18
2000	30.1	18.2
2001	30.5	18.5
2002	31	18.7
2003	31.4	18.9
2004	31.8	19.2
2005	32.1	19.4
2006	32.5	19.6
2007	32.9	19.9
2008	33.3	20.1
2009	33.7	20.3
2010	34	20.5
2011	34.3	20.6
2012	34.5	20.8
2013	34.7	20.9
2014	35	21
2015	35.2	21.1
2016	35.4	21.1
2017	35.7	21.2
2018	35.9	21.2
2019	36.2	21.2
2020	36.4	21.2
2021	36.6	21.2
2022	36.8	21.2
2023	37.1	21.2
2024	37.3	21.3

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