Palau vs South Korea statistics compared

Palau has a population of 17.7K (ranked 194/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Palau's land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 180th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Palau ranks 194/197 ($277M) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,611), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Palau and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Palau and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Palau	South Korea
1960	-	$3,973,069,307
1961	-	$2,427,244,761
1962	-	$2,826,923,077
1963	-	$4,007,692,308
1964	-	$3,476,789,682
1965	-	$3,141,131,708
1966	-	$3,957,064,541
1967	-	$4,895,076,718
1968	-	$6,167,109,472
1969	-	$7,743,940,189
1970	$11,563,041	$9,085,001,794
1971	$12,706,874	$10,005,257,131
1972	$13,956,474	$10,990,490,570
1973	$15,331,889	$14,067,523,813
1974	$16,848,759	$19,860,929,977
1975	$18,521,112	$22,126,033,058
1976	$20,364,420	$30,371,074,380
1977	$22,308,104	$39,064,462,810
1978	$24,530,015	$52,824,793,388
1979	$27,004,251	$68,083,884,298
1980	$29,728,054	$66,547,970,351
1981	$32,726,594	$74,287,368,087
1982	$36,027,583	$79,921,300,447
1983	$39,661,530	$89,621,208,322
1984	$44,814,259	$99,749,645,089
1985	$51,030,637	$103,764,281,281
1986	$58,109,314	$119,965,960,795
1987	$66,169,905	$152,240,393,646
1988	$75,348,615	$205,477,530,605
1989	$85,800,543	$254,236,243,100
1990	$97,702,303	$292,064,221,389
1991	$106,555,300	$340,851,946,804
1992	$104,771,300	$366,921,291,825
1993	$96,455,700	$405,705,302,846
1994	$106,138,500	$479,181,794,217
1995	$121,018,500	$586,286,469,401
1996	$137,494,600	$631,196,863,758
1997	$143,860,800	$589,202,526,424
1998	$149,079,600	$397,297,216,492
1999	$144,206,500	$515,697,079,289
2000	$149,551,483	$597,487,173,479
2001	$159,446,228	$567,564,806,235
2002	$162,658,722	$650,014,391,470
2003	$154,566,788	$728,516,494,684
2004	$166,363,739	$823,251,107,639
2005	$190,961,685	$971,740,329,984
2006	$193,611,359	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$200,789,764	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$201,067,734	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$189,854,706	$983,065,242,417
2010	$188,042,374	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$198,742,371	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$215,616,882	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$224,110,611	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$245,591,095	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$287,057,526	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$305,227,020	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$292,148,590	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$287,998,352	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$282,041,290	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$261,688,507	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$231,343,460	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$243,826,813	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$276,733,063	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	-	$1,875,388,209,407

Palau and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Palau	South Korea
1960	-	$158.8
1961	-	$94.2
1962	-	$106.6
1963	-	$147
1964	-	$124.2
1965	-	$109.4
1966	-	$134.4
1967	-	$162.5
1968	-	$200
1969	-	$245.5
1970	$1,017	$281.8
1971	$1,081	$304
1972	$1,145	$328
1973	$1,221	$412
1974	$1,328	$572
1975	$1,464	$627
1976	$1,616	$847
1977	$1,781	$1,073
1978	$1,972	$1,429
1979	$2,189	$1,814
1980	$2,423	$1,746
1981	$2,639	$1,918
1982	$2,838	$2,032
1983	$3,049	$2,246
1984	$3,360	$2,469
1985	$3,728	$2,543
1986	$4,144	$2,911
1987	$4,616	$3,658
1988	$5,145	$4,889
1989	$5,741	$5,989
1990	$6,403	$6,813
1991	$6,824	$7,873
1992	$6,553	$8,387
1993	$5,892	$9,180
1994	$6,329	$10,734
1995	$7,038	$13,002
1996	$7,788	$13,865
1997	$7,945	$12,822
1998	$8,048	$8,583
1999	$7,630	$11,063
2000	$7,798	$12,710
2001	$8,239	$11,981
2002	$8,340	$13,643
2003	$7,862	$15,212
2004	$8,394	$17,122
2005	$9,635	$20,167
2006	$9,882	$22,610
2007	$10,403	$25,078
2008	$10,578	$22,252
2009	$10,148	$19,937
2010	$10,222	$24,071
2011	$10,994	$26,175
2012	$12,137	$26,601
2013	$12,699	$28,449
2014	$13,863	$30,667
2015	$16,154	$30,172
2016	$17,150	$30,832
2017	$16,402	$33,297
2018	$16,167	$35,364
2019	$15,847	$33,827
2020	$14,708	$33,646
2021	$13,009	$37,518
2022	$13,730	$34,822
2023	$15,611	$35,674
2024	-	$36,239

Palau vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Palau	South Korea
1950	52.7	22.2
1951	52.9	26.6
1952	53.1	36.6
1953	53.3	40.5
1954	53.5	46.1
1955	53.7	48.4
1956	53.9	50.2
1957	54.1	51.6
1958	54.4	51.8
1959	54.6	52.9
1960	54.9	53.8
1961	55.1	54.4
1962	55.4	55
1963	55.6	55
1964	55.8	55.3
1965	55.9	55.8
1966	56.2	55.4
1967	56.5	60.9
1968	56.9	60.9
1969	57.3	61.4
1970	57.7	62.2
1971	58.1	62.7
1972	58.6	63.2
1973	59	63.8
1974	59.5	64.2
1975	60	64.7
1976	60.5	65
1977	60.9	64.6
1978	61.3	65
1979	61.6	66.1
1980	61.9	64.8
1981	62.1	67.1
1982	62.3	67.1
1983	62.5	66.7
1984	62.6	68.1
1985	62.7	68.4
1986	62.8	69
1987	62.8	69.3
1988	62.8	70.2
1989	62.8	70.7
1990	62.8	71
1991	62.8	71.4
1992	62.9	72.2
1993	63	72.7
1994	63.1	72.9
1995	63.3	73.4
1996	63.5	74
1997	63.7	74.5
1998	64	75
1999	64.2	75.6
2000	64.5	76.2
2001	64.8	76.9
2002	65.1	77.2
2003	65.4	77.5
2004	65.8	78
2005	66.2	78.4
2006	66.6	79
2007	67.1	79.4
2008	67.6	80
2009	68	80.6
2010	68.3	80.7
2011	68.6	81.2
2012	68.9	81.3
2013	69	81.8
2014	69.1	82.4
2015	69.1	82.5
2016	69	82.9
2017	69	83.3
2018	69	83.3
2019	69	83.7
2020	68.7	83.7
2021	68.6	83.9
2022	68.9	82.7
2023	69.3	84.3
2024	69.4	84.4
2025	69.5	84.5
2026	69.6	84.6

Palau and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Palau	South Korea
1960	9,328	25,012,374
1961	9,555	25,765,673
1962	9,793	26,513,030
1963	10,037	27,261,747
1964	10,292	27,984,155
1965	10,547	28,704,674
1966	10,805	29,435,571
1967	10,988	30,130,983
1968	11,080	30,838,302
1969	11,159	31,544,266
1970	11,368	32,240,827
1971	11,759	32,882,704
1972	12,194	33,505,406
1973	12,552	34,103,149
1974	12,687	34,692,266
1975	12,655	35,280,725
1976	12,598	35,848,523
1977	12,525	36,411,795
1978	12,440	36,969,185
1979	12,337	37,534,236
1980	12,271	38,123,775
1981	12,402	38,723,248
1982	12,694	39,326,352
1983	13,006	39,910,403
1984	13,337	40,405,956
1985	13,688	40,805,744
1986	14,024	41,213,674
1987	14,334	41,621,690
1988	14,645	42,031,247
1989	14,945	42,449,038
1990	15,259	42,869,283
1991	15,614	43,295,704
1992	15,989	43,747,962
1993	16,372	44,194,628
1994	16,770	44,641,540
1995	17,195	45,092,991
1996	17,654	45,524,681
1997	18,108	45,953,580
1998	18,524	46,286,503
1999	18,901	46,616,677
2000	19,178	47,008,111
2001	19,352	47,370,164
2002	19,503	47,644,736
2003	19,659	47,892,330
2004	19,820	48,082,519
2005	19,819	48,184,561
2006	19,593	48,438,292
2007	19,302	48,683,638
2008	19,009	49,054,708
2009	18,709	49,307,835
2010	18,396	49,554,112
2011	18,078	49,936,638
2012	17,765	50,199,853
2013	17,648	50,428,893
2014	17,715	50,746,659
2015	17,770	51,014,947
2016	17,797	51,217,803
2017	17,812	51,361,911
2018	17,814	51,585,058
2019	17,798	51,764,822
2020	17,792	51,836,239
2021	17,783	51,769,539
2022	17,759	51,672,569
2023	17,727	51,712,619
2024	17,695	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Palau and South Korea

Fertility rate

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Palau	South Korea
1960	7.19	5.99
1961	7.17	5.8
1962	7.15	5.56
1963	7.12	5.33
1964	7.08	5.07
1965	7.01	4.89
1966	6.93	4.78
1967	6.84	4.62
1968	6.71	4.51
1969	6.58	4.45
1970	6.39	4.53
1971	6.16	4.54
1972	5.9	4.12
1973	5.59	4.07
1974	5.26	3.77
1975	4.9	3.43
1976	4.53	3
1977	4.09	2.99
1978	3.74	2.64
1979	3.49	2.9
1980	3.35	2.82
1981	3.28	2.57
1982	3.22	2.39
1983	3.14	2.06
1984	3.08	1.74
1985	3.01	1.66
1986	2.98	1.58
1987	2.93	1.53
1988	2.91	1.55
1989	2.92	1.56
1990	2.88	1.57
1991	2.74	1.71
1992	2.71	1.76
1993	2.73	1.65
1994	2.66	1.66
1995	2.55	1.63
1996	2.39	1.57
1997	2.19	1.54
1998	2.01	1.46
1999	1.91	1.43
2000	1.82	1.48
2001	1.87	1.31
2002	1.92	1.18
2003	1.96	1.19
2004	1.99	1.16
2005	2.02	1.09
2006	2	1.13
2007	1.97	1.26
2008	1.95	1.19
2009	1.94	1.15
2010	1.94	1.23
2011	1.97	1.24
2012	2.01	1.3
2013	2.05	1.19
2014	2.03	1.21
2015	2	1.24
2016	2.06	1.17
2017	2.02	1.05
2018	1.97	0.98
2019	1.98	0.92
2020	1.97	0.84
2021	1.95	0.81
2022	1.93	0.78
2023	1.91	0.72

Palau and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Palau

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Palau	South Korea
1960	16.7	19.3
1961	16.1	19.2
1962	15.5	19.1
1963	15.1	19
1964	15	18.8
1965	14.9	18.6
1966	14.9	18.5
1967	15.2	18.6
1968	15.7	18.7
1969	16.1	18.8
1970	16.5	18.9
1971	16.6	19
1972	16.6	19.1
1973	16.8	19.3
1974	17.1	19.6
1975	17.4	19.9
1976	17.8	20.2
1977	18.1	20.7
1978	18.3	21.1
1979	18.6	21.6
1980	18.9	22.1
1981	19.3	22.5
1982	19.9	22.8
1983	20.5	23.3
1984	21.1	23.7
1985	21.6	24.2
1986	22.2	24.8
1987	23.1	25.3
1988	24	25.8
1989	24.9	26.3
1990	25.6	26.7
1991	26	27.2
1992	26.4	27.8
1993	26.9	28.3
1994	27.4	28.9
1995	27.8	29.4
1996	28.3	29.8
1997	28.8	30.2
1998	29.4	30.7
1999	30.2	31.2
2000	30.8	31.7
2001	31.2	32.3
2002	31.5	32.8
2003	31.8	33.4
2004	32	33.9
2005	32.3	34.5
2006	32.7	35.2
2007	33.1	35.8
2008	33.5	36.4
2009	33.9	37
2010	34.2	37.6
2011	34.6	38.2
2012	35	38.8
2013	35.3	39.5
2014	35.6	40.2
2015	36	40.8
2016	36.3	41.4
2017	36.7	41.9
2018	37	42.5
2019	37.4	43.1
2020	37.8	43.8
2021	38.1	44.4
2022	38.5	44.9
2023	38.8	45.5
2024	39.2	46.1

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