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 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Peru ranks 91/197 ($8,452), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

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	$3,973,069,307
1961	$2,897,852,693	$2,427,244,761
1962	$3,284,322,201	$2,826,923,077
1963	$3,598,272,493	$4,007,692,308
1964	$4,353,664,867	$3,476,789,682
1965	$5,163,008,077	$3,141,131,708
1966	$6,109,048,737	$3,957,064,541
1967	$6,194,340,080	$4,895,076,718
1968	$5,736,083,835	$6,167,109,472
1969	$6,420,909,790	$7,743,940,189
1970	$7,432,223,177	$9,085,001,794
1971	$8,289,582,884	$10,005,257,131
1972	$9,189,413,409	$10,990,490,570
1973	$10,994,381,895	$14,067,523,813
1974	$13,858,441,211	$19,860,929,977
1975	$16,931,162,355	$22,126,033,058
1976	$16,131,958,851	$30,371,074,380
1977	$14,544,913,961	$39,064,462,810
1978	$12,491,876,743	$52,824,793,388
1979	$15,954,012,439	$68,083,884,298
1980	$18,136,838,538	$66,547,970,351
1981	$21,648,214,893	$74,287,368,087
1982	$21,794,535,621	$79,921,300,447
1983	$17,345,260,564	$89,621,208,322
1984	$17,600,400,385	$99,749,645,089
1985	$15,078,736,875	$103,764,281,281
1986	$21,859,448,586	$119,965,960,795
1987	$36,889,706,593	$152,240,393,646
1988	$15,439,408,447	$205,477,530,605
1989	$22,499,558,526	$254,236,243,100
1990	$26,410,386,963	$292,064,221,389
1991	$34,341,465,998	$340,851,946,804
1992	$35,966,302,303	$366,921,291,825
1993	$34,832,077,221	$405,705,302,846
1994	$44,882,079,767	$479,181,794,217
1995	$53,312,793,687	$586,286,469,401
1996	$55,252,414,130	$631,196,863,758
1997	$58,147,522,523	$589,202,526,424
1998	$55,501,467,877	$397,297,216,492
1999	$50,187,324,568	$515,697,079,289
2000	$51,744,749,133	$597,487,173,479
2001	$52,030,158,775	$567,564,806,235
2002	$54,777,553,515	$650,014,391,470
2003	$58,731,030,122	$728,516,494,684
2004	$66,768,703,498	$823,251,107,639
2005	$76,060,606,061	$971,740,329,984
2006	$88,643,193,062	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$102,170,981,144	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$120,550,599,815	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$120,822,986,521	$983,065,242,417
2010	$147,527,631,521	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$171,761,737,047	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$192,650,021,649	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$201,175,543,571	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$200,786,250,583	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$189,802,976,286	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$191,898,104,390	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$211,007,984,081	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$222,597,009,739	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$228,346,006,004	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$201,409,694,756	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$226,328,766,460	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$246,065,570,308	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$266,958,720,838	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$289,221,969,063	$1,875,388,209,407

Peru and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Peru

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Peru	South Korea
1960	$252.8	$158.8
1961	$276.6	$94.2
1962	$305	$106.6
1963	$324	$147
1964	$381	$124.2
1965	$439	$109.4
1966	$505	$134.4
1967	$498	$162.5
1968	$448	$200
1969	$488	$245.5
1970	$550	$281.8
1971	$599	$304
1972	$647	$328
1973	$754	$412
1974	$927	$572
1975	$1,104	$627
1976	$1,026	$847
1977	$903	$1,073
1978	$756	$1,429
1979	$942	$1,814
1980	$1,045	$1,746
1981	$1,216	$1,918
1982	$1,194	$2,032
1983	$927	$2,246
1984	$918	$2,469
1985	$767	$2,543
1986	$1,087	$2,911
1987	$1,792	$3,658
1988	$733	$4,889
1989	$1,045	$5,989
1990	$1,200	$6,813
1991	$1,527	$7,873
1992	$1,567	$8,387
1993	$1,488	$9,180
1994	$1,879	$10,734
1995	$2,190	$13,002
1996	$2,227	$13,865
1997	$2,301	$12,822
1998	$2,156	$8,583
1999	$1,917	$11,063
2000	$1,945	$12,710
2001	$1,930	$11,981
2002	$2,007	$13,643
2003	$2,129	$15,212
2004	$2,397	$17,122
2005	$2,707	$20,167
2006	$3,130	$22,610
2007	$3,581	$25,078
2008	$4,198	$22,252
2009	$4,181	$19,937
2010	$5,072	$24,071
2011	$5,861	$26,175
2012	$6,519	$26,601
2013	$6,747	$28,449
2014	$6,667	$30,667
2015	$6,232	$30,172
2016	$6,217	$30,832
2017	$6,736	$33,297
2018	$6,978	$35,364
2019	$7,037	$33,827
2020	$6,133	$33,646
2021	$6,826	$37,518
2022	$7,351	$34,822
2023	$7,888	$35,674
2024	$8,452	$36,239

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
2026	78.3	84.6

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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