Peru vs South Korea statistics compared

Peru has a population of 34.2M (ranked 48/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Peru's land area is 494,211 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 19th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Peru ranks 49/197 ($289B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Peru ranks 93/197 ($8,452), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Peru and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Peru and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Peru

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Peru	South Korea
1960	$2,571,986,572	$3,958,811,881
1961	$2,897,852,693	$2,417,628,737
1962	$3,284,322,201	$2,814,615,385
1963	$3,598,272,493	$3,988,461,538
1964	$4,353,664,867	$3,459,019,943
1965	$5,163,008,077	$3,120,861,499
1966	$6,109,048,737	$3,929,055,144
1967	$6,194,340,080	$4,855,892,446
1968	$5,736,083,835	$6,119,394,892
1969	$6,420,909,790	$7,678,698,838
1970	$7,432,223,177	$9,005,144,969
1971	$8,289,582,884	$9,903,571,249
1972	$9,189,413,409	$10,862,211,761
1973	$10,994,381,895	$13,876,472,208
1974	$13,858,441,211	$19,543,973,941
1975	$16,931,162,355	$21,784,297,521
1976	$16,131,958,851	$29,902,479,339
1977	$14,544,913,961	$38,446,487,603
1978	$12,491,876,743	$51,972,107,438
1979	$15,954,012,439	$66,946,900,826
1980	$18,136,838,538	$65,398,377,598
1981	$21,648,214,893	$72,933,533,012
1982	$21,794,535,621	$78,358,416,171
1983	$17,345,260,564	$87,760,553,262
1984	$17,600,400,385	$97,510,744,119
1985	$15,078,736,875	$101,296,177,099
1986	$21,859,448,586	$116,836,246,285
1987	$36,889,706,593	$147,948,709,376
1988	$15,439,408,447	$199,591,287,825
1989	$22,499,558,526	$246,928,837,311
1990	$26,410,386,963	$283,365,844,161
1991	$34,341,465,998	$330,647,042,837
1992	$35,966,302,303	$355,524,903,068
1993	$34,832,077,221	$392,665,710,525
1994	$44,882,079,767	$463,619,823,515
1995	$53,312,793,687	$566,581,003,128
1996	$55,252,414,130	$610,167,053,824
1997	$58,147,522,523	$569,755,022,973
1998	$55,501,467,877	$383,331,833,682
1999	$50,187,324,568	$497,514,040,642
2000	$51,744,749,133	$576,179,387,820
2001	$52,030,158,775	$547,656,279,895
2002	$54,777,553,515	$627,246,933,730
2003	$58,731,030,122	$702,714,855,194
2004	$66,768,703,498	$793,175,561,887
2005	$76,060,606,061	$934,901,071,333
2006	$88,643,193,062	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$102,170,981,144	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$120,550,599,815	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$120,822,986,521	$943,941,876,219
2010	$147,527,631,521	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$171,761,737,047	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$192,650,021,649	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$201,175,543,571	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$200,786,250,583	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$189,802,976,286	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$191,898,104,390	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$211,007,984,081	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$222,597,009,739	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$228,346,006,004	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$201,409,694,756	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$226,328,766,460	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$246,065,570,308	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$266,958,720,838	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$289,221,969,060	-

Peru and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Peru

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Peru	South Korea
1960	$252.8	$158.3
1961	$276.6	$93.8
1962	$305	$106.2
1963	$324	$146.3
1964	$381	$123.6
1965	$439	$108.7
1966	$505	$133.5
1967	$498	$161.2
1968	$448	$198.4
1969	$488	$243.4
1970	$550	$279.3
1971	$599	$301
1972	$647	$324
1973	$754	$407
1974	$927	$563
1975	$1,104	$617
1976	$1,026	$834
1977	$903	$1,056
1978	$756	$1,406
1979	$942	$1,784
1980	$1,045	$1,715
1981	$1,216	$1,883
1982	$1,194	$1,993
1983	$927	$2,199
1984	$918	$2,413
1985	$767	$2,482
1986	$1,087	$2,835
1987	$1,792	$3,555
1988	$733	$4,749
1989	$1,045	$5,817
1990	$1,200	$6,610
1991	$1,527	$7,637
1992	$1,567	$8,127
1993	$1,488	$8,885
1994	$1,879	$10,385
1995	$2,190	$12,565
1996	$2,227	$13,403
1997	$2,301	$12,398
1998	$2,156	$8,282
1999	$1,917	$10,672
2000	$1,945	$12,257
2001	$1,930	$11,561
2002	$2,007	$13,165
2003	$2,129	$14,673
2004	$2,397	$16,496
2005	$2,707	$19,403
2006	$3,130	$21,743
2007	$3,581	$24,086
2008	$4,198	$21,350
2009	$4,181	$19,144
2010	$5,072	$23,079
2011	$5,861	$25,098
2012	$6,519	$25,459
2013	$6,747	$27,180
2014	$6,667	$29,253
2015	$6,232	$28,737
2016	$6,217	$29,280
2017	$6,736	$31,601
2018	$6,978	$33,447
2019	$7,037	$31,902
2020	$6,133	$31,721
2021	$6,826	$35,126
2022	$7,351	$32,395
2023	$7,888	$33,121
2024	$8,452	-

Peru vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Peru

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Peru	South Korea
1950	46	22.2
1951	46.5	26.6
1952	46.8	36.6
1953	47.1	40.5
1954	47.5	46.1
1955	47.9	48.4
1956	48.4	50.2
1957	48.9	51.6
1958	49.5	51.8
1959	50	52.9
1960	50.6	53.8
1961	51.2	54.4
1962	51.5	55
1963	52.6	55
1964	53.3	55.3
1965	53.9	55.8
1966	54.4	55.4
1967	54.9	60.9
1968	55.4	60.9
1969	55.8	61.4
1970	47.7	62.2
1971	56.5	62.7
1972	57	63.2
1973	57.3	63.8
1974	57.8	64.2
1975	58.2	64.7
1976	58.6	65
1977	58.9	64.6
1978	59.3	65
1979	59.6	66.1
1980	60	64.8
1981	60.3	67.1
1982	60.6	67.1
1983	60.8	66.7
1984	61.1	68.1
1985	61.7	68.4
1986	62.2	69
1987	62.5	69.3
1988	63	70.2
1989	63.4	70.7
1990	64	71
1991	64.2	71.4
1992	65	72.2
1993	65.7	72.7
1994	66.5	72.9
1995	67.2	73.4
1996	67.8	74
1997	68.3	74.5
1998	68.7	75
1999	69.3	75.6
2000	69.8	76.2
2001	70.3	76.9
2002	70.8	77.2
2003	71.3	77.5
2004	71.4	78
2005	72	78.4
2006	72.3	79
2007	72.7	79.4
2008	72.7	80
2009	72.6	80.6
2010	72.9	80.7
2011	73.3	81.2
2012	74	81.3
2013	74.6	81.8
2014	75.3	82.4
2015	75.7	82.5
2016	76	82.9
2017	76	83.3
2018	76	83.3
2019	76.3	83.7
2020	73.8	83.7
2021	71.6	83.9
2022	76.8	82.7
2023	77.7	84.3
2024	77.9	84.4
2025	78.1	84.5

Peru and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Peru

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Peru	South Korea
1960	10,174,127	25,012,374
1961	10,475,123	25,765,673
1962	10,784,612	26,513,030
1963	11,102,099	27,261,747
1964	11,427,978	27,984,155
1965	11,761,085	28,704,674
1966	12,101,297	29,435,571
1967	12,448,814	30,130,983
1968	12,803,993	30,838,302
1969	13,166,767	31,544,266
1970	13,501,237	32,240,827
1971	13,838,067	32,882,704
1972	14,210,147	33,505,406
1973	14,582,867	34,103,149
1974	14,956,552	34,692,266
1975	15,333,957	35,280,725
1976	15,716,809	35,848,523
1977	16,109,806	36,411,795
1978	16,516,059	36,969,185
1979	16,933,139	37,534,236
1980	17,360,949	38,123,775
1981	17,798,805	38,723,248
1982	18,246,503	39,326,352
1983	18,705,957	39,910,403
1984	19,174,716	40,405,956
1985	19,648,204	40,805,744
1986	20,117,122	41,213,674
1987	20,582,320	41,621,690
1988	21,054,702	42,031,247
1989	21,532,589	42,449,038
1990	22,014,771	42,869,283
1991	22,483,775	43,295,704
1992	22,946,340	43,747,962
1993	23,413,783	44,194,628
1994	23,881,493	44,641,540
1995	24,348,919	45,092,991
1996	24,811,171	45,524,681
1997	25,274,147	45,953,580
1998	25,738,095	46,286,503
1999	26,186,504	46,616,677
2000	26,598,331	47,008,111
2001	26,964,601	47,370,164
2002	27,288,217	47,644,736
2003	27,580,490	47,892,330
2004	27,852,190	48,082,519
2005	28,101,180	48,184,561
2006	28,324,491	48,438,292
2007	28,530,699	48,683,638
2008	28,719,041	49,054,708
2009	28,896,811	49,307,835
2010	29,086,019	49,554,112
2011	29,304,086	49,936,638
2012	29,550,366	50,199,853
2013	29,817,919	50,428,893
2014	30,115,826	50,746,659
2015	30,457,600	51,014,947
2016	30,866,494	51,217,803
2017	31,324,637	51,361,911
2018	31,897,584	51,585,058
2019	32,449,303	51,764,822
2020	32,838,579	51,836,239
2021	33,155,882	51,769,539
2022	33,475,438	51,672,569
2023	33,845,617	51,712,619
2024	34,217,848	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Peru and South Korea

Fertility rate

Peru

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Peru	South Korea
1960	6.94	5.99
1961	6.92	5.8
1962	6.9	5.56
1963	6.86	5.33
1964	6.81	5.07
1965	6.75	4.89
1966	6.68	4.78
1967	6.6	4.62
1968	6.51	4.51
1969	6.42	4.45
1970	6.32	4.53
1971	6.21	4.54
1972	6.09	4.12
1973	5.97	4.07
1974	5.84	3.77
1975	5.71	3.43
1976	5.58	3
1977	5.44	2.99
1978	5.31	2.64
1979	5.17	2.9
1980	5.04	2.82
1981	4.92	2.57
1982	4.8	2.39
1983	4.68	2.06
1984	4.57	1.74
1985	4.46	1.66
1986	4.35	1.58
1987	4.25	1.53
1988	4.14	1.55
1989	4.03	1.56
1990	3.91	1.57
1991	3.79	1.71
1992	3.67	1.76
1993	3.55	1.65
1994	3.43	1.66
1995	3.32	1.63
1996	3.2	1.57
1997	3.1	1.54
1998	3	1.46
1999	2.92	1.43
2000	2.85	1.48
2001	2.74	1.31
2002	2.69	1.18
2003	2.66	1.19
2004	2.67	1.16
2005	2.64	1.09
2006	2.62	1.13
2007	2.58	1.26
2008	2.53	1.19
2009	2.48	1.15
2010	2.42	1.23
2011	2.41	1.24
2012	2.36	1.3
2013	2.32	1.19
2014	2.27	1.21
2015	2.23	1.24
2016	2.19	1.17
2017	2.15	1.05
2018	2.12	0.98
2019	2.09	0.92
2020	2.06	0.84
2021	2.03	0.81
2022	2	0.78
2023	1.98	0.72

Peru and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Peru

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Peru	South Korea
1960	18.2	19.3
1961	18.1	19.2
1962	18	19.1
1963	17.9	19
1964	17.9	18.8
1965	17.9	18.6
1966	17.9	18.5
1967	17.9	18.6
1968	17.9	18.7
1969	17.9	18.8
1970	17.9	18.9
1971	17.9	19
1972	18	19.1
1973	18	19.3
1974	18.1	19.6
1975	18.1	19.9
1976	18.2	20.2
1977	18.2	20.7
1978	18.3	21.1
1979	18.4	21.6
1980	18.5	22.1
1981	18.6	22.5
1982	18.7	22.8
1983	18.8	23.3
1984	18.9	23.7
1985	19.1	24.2
1986	19.2	24.8
1987	19.3	25.3
1988	19.5	25.8
1989	19.6	26.3
1990	19.8	26.7
1991	20	27.2
1992	20.2	27.8
1993	20.4	28.3
1994	20.7	28.9
1995	20.9	29.4
1996	21.2	29.8
1997	21.5	30.2
1998	21.8	30.7
1999	22.1	31.2
2000	22.5	31.7
2001	22.8	32.3
2002	23.2	32.8
2003	23.5	33.4
2004	23.9	33.9
2005	24.2	34.5
2006	24.6	35.2
2007	25	35.8
2008	25.4	36.4
2009	25.8	37
2010	26.3	37.6
2011	26.7	38.2
2012	27.1	38.8
2013	27.4	39.5
2014	27.8	40.2
2015	28.1	40.8
2016	28.4	41.4
2017	28.6	41.9
2018	28.9	42.5
2019	29.2	43.1
2020	29.5	43.8
2021	29.8	44.4
2022	30.1	44.9
2023	30.5	45.5
2024	30.8	46.1

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