Philippines vs South Korea statistics compared

The Philippines has a population of 116M (ranked 14/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). The Philippines' land area is 115,124 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 71st vs. 105th).

By GDP, The Philippines ranks 35/197 ($462B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, The Philippines ranks 130/197 ($3,985), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Philippines and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Philippines and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Philippines

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Philippines	South Korea
1960	$7,515,894,111	$3,958,811,881
1961	$8,171,194,425	$2,417,628,737
1962	$4,954,593,072	$2,814,615,385
1963	$5,505,023,238	$3,988,461,538
1964	$5,953,756,195	$3,459,019,943
1965	$6,517,349,772	$3,120,861,499
1966	$7,189,017,888	$3,929,055,144
1967	$7,724,873,935	$4,855,892,446
1968	$8,632,749,269	$6,119,394,892
1969	$9,571,800,653	$7,678,698,838
1970	$7,559,115,517	$9,005,144,969
1971	$8,375,075,630	$9,903,571,249
1972	$9,067,815,521	$10,862,211,761
1973	$11,412,449,735	$13,876,472,208
1974	$15,607,882,555	$19,543,973,941
1975	$16,875,240,684	$21,784,297,521
1976	$19,381,055,197	$29,902,479,339
1977	$22,283,109,803	$38,446,487,603
1978	$25,762,224,563	$51,972,107,438
1979	$31,218,296,292	$66,946,900,826
1980	$36,848,080,899	$65,398,377,598
1981	$40,499,388,869	$72,933,533,012
1982	$42,206,011,275	$78,358,416,171
1983	$37,759,179,895	$87,760,553,262
1984	$35,730,185,634	$97,510,744,119
1985	$34,961,486,348	$101,296,177,099
1986	$33,987,207,295	$116,836,246,285
1987	$37,791,488,666	$147,948,709,376
1988	$43,152,128,959	$199,591,287,825
1989	$48,513,773,721	$246,928,837,311
1990	$50,508,286,642	$283,365,844,161
1991	$51,784,144,943	$330,647,042,837
1992	$60,422,328,242	$355,524,903,068
1993	$62,036,529,147	$392,665,710,525
1994	$73,159,336,915	$463,619,823,515
1995	$84,644,328,727	$566,581,003,128
1996	$94,648,084,429	$610,167,053,824
1997	$94,106,317,565	$569,755,022,973
1998	$74,492,416,330	$383,331,833,682
1999	$85,640,171,045	$497,514,040,642
2000	$83,669,788,377	$576,179,387,820
2001	$78,921,234,458	$547,656,279,895
2002	$84,307,345,888	$627,246,933,730
2003	$87,039,092,974	$702,714,855,194
2004	$95,001,999,685	$793,175,561,887
2005	$107,419,977,318	$934,901,071,333
2006	$127,652,926,368	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$155,980,408,673	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$181,624,626,327	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$175,974,755,881	$943,941,876,219
2010	$208,368,893,151	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$234,216,730,291	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$261,920,540,963	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$283,902,828,589	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$297,483,555,338	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$306,445,871,242	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$318,627,003,017	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$328,480,736,803	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$346,841,896,587	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$376,823,402,239	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$361,751,145,452	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$394,087,359,848	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$404,353,369,605	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$437,055,627,244	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$461,617,509,782	-

Philippines and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Philippines

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Philippines	South Korea
1960	$269.5	$158.3
1961	$283.8	$93.8
1962	$166.7	$106.2
1963	$179.5	$146.3
1964	$188.2	$123.6
1965	$199.8	$108.7
1966	$213.8	$133.5
1967	$223.1	$161.2
1968	$242.2	$198.4
1969	$261.1	$243.4
1970	$200.9	$279.3
1971	$217.4	$301
1972	$230.1	$324
1973	$283.2	$407
1974	$379	$563
1975	$401	$617
1976	$449	$834
1977	$502	$1,056
1978	$565	$1,406
1979	$667	$1,784
1980	$767	$1,715
1981	$821	$1,883
1982	$833	$1,993
1983	$723	$2,199
1984	$665	$2,413
1985	$633	$2,482
1986	$600	$2,835
1987	$650	$3,555
1988	$722	$4,749
1989	$792	$5,817
1990	$804	$6,610
1991	$804	$7,637
1992	$917	$8,127
1993	$919	$8,885
1994	$1,060	$10,385
1995	$1,200	$12,565
1996	$1,311	$13,403
1997	$1,273	$12,398
1998	$983	$8,282
1999	$1,101	$10,672
2000	$1,051	$12,257
2001	$970	$11,561
2002	$1,015	$13,165
2003	$1,027	$14,673
2004	$1,100	$16,496
2005	$1,220	$19,403
2006	$1,426	$21,743
2007	$1,713	$24,086
2008	$1,959	$21,350
2009	$1,864	$19,144
2010	$2,163	$23,079
2011	$2,384	$25,098
2012	$2,615	$25,459
2013	$2,781	$27,180
2014	$2,867	$29,253
2015	$2,910	$28,737
2016	$2,985	$29,280
2017	$3,038	$31,601
2018	$3,169	$33,447
2019	$3,401	$31,902
2020	$3,228	$31,721
2021	$3,484	$35,126
2022	$3,548	$32,395
2023	$3,804	$33,121
2024	$3,985	-

Philippines vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Philippines

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Philippines	South Korea
1950	53.6	22.2
1951	54.1	26.6
1952	54.7	36.6
1953	55.4	40.5
1954	56	46.1
1955	56.6	48.4
1956	57.2	50.2
1957	57.8	51.6
1958	58.3	51.8
1959	58.7	52.9
1960	59.2	53.8
1961	59.5	54.4
1962	59.8	55
1963	60	55
1964	60.1	55.3
1965	60.4	55.8
1966	60.6	55.4
1967	60.8	60.9
1968	60.9	60.9
1969	61	61.4
1970	60.8	62.2
1971	61.1	62.7
1972	60.9	63.2
1973	60.7	63.8
1974	60.8	64.2
1975	60.9	64.7
1976	60.9	65
1977	61.4	64.6
1978	61.5	65
1979	61.7	66.1
1980	61.9	64.8
1981	61.9	67.1
1982	62.2	67.1
1983	62.3	66.7
1984	62.4	68.1
1985	62.7	68.4
1986	62.9	69
1987	63.3	69.3
1988	63.7	70.2
1989	64.1	70.7
1990	64.4	71
1991	64.6	71.4
1992	65.4	72.2
1993	65.7	72.7
1994	66	72.9
1995	66.3	73.4
1996	66.7	74
1997	67	74.5
1998	67.2	75
1999	67.5	75.6
2000	67.8	76.2
2001	67.8	76.9
2002	67.9	77.2
2003	68	77.5
2004	68.3	78
2005	68.4	78.4
2006	68.2	79
2007	68.5	79.4
2008	68.6	80
2009	68.6	80.6
2010	68.9	80.7
2011	69.1	81.2
2012	69.2	81.3
2013	69.3	81.8
2014	69.3	82.4
2015	69.5	82.5
2016	69.5	82.9
2017	70	83.3
2018	69.8	83.3
2019	69.7	83.7
2020	70.1	83.7
2021	66.7	83.9
2022	69.5	82.7
2023	69.8	84.3
2024	69.9	84.4
2025	70.1	84.5

Philippines and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Philippines

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Philippines	South Korea
1960	27,891,897	25,012,374
1961	28,792,621	25,765,673
1962	29,723,536	26,513,030
1963	30,674,731	27,261,747
1964	31,643,032	27,984,155
1965	32,625,316	28,704,674
1966	33,617,170	29,435,571
1967	34,621,320	30,130,983
1968	35,638,342	30,838,302
1969	36,660,799	31,544,266
1970	37,622,204	32,240,827
1971	38,518,659	32,882,704
1972	39,408,560	33,505,406
1973	40,294,130	34,103,149
1974	41,174,341	34,692,266
1975	42,120,826	35,280,725
1976	43,201,488	35,848,523
1977	44,367,962	36,411,795
1978	45,575,281	36,969,185
1979	46,807,103	37,534,236
1980	48,043,740	38,123,775
1981	49,311,727	38,723,248
1982	50,695,707	39,326,352
1983	52,194,620	39,910,403
1984	53,726,181	40,405,956
1985	55,213,006	40,805,744
1986	56,645,077	41,213,674
1987	58,157,496	41,621,690
1988	59,739,052	42,031,247
1989	61,265,260	42,449,038
1990	62,854,666	42,869,283
1991	64,382,249	43,295,704
1992	65,926,125	43,747,962
1993	67,530,621	44,194,628
1994	69,019,291	44,641,540
1995	70,546,246	45,092,991
1996	72,190,242	45,524,681
1997	73,908,810	45,953,580
1998	75,791,024	46,286,503
1999	77,753,257	46,616,677
2000	79,625,397	47,008,111
2001	81,401,488	47,370,164
2002	83,068,889	47,644,736
2003	84,731,835	47,892,330
2004	86,394,504	48,082,519
2005	88,015,962	48,184,561
2006	89,508,986	48,438,292
2007	91,075,184	48,683,638
2008	92,699,095	49,054,708
2009	94,384,250	49,307,835
2010	96,337,125	49,554,112
2011	98,248,614	49,936,638
2012	100,175,512	50,199,853
2013	102,076,336	50,428,893
2014	103,767,130	50,746,659
2015	105,312,992	51,014,947
2016	106,735,719	51,217,803
2017	108,119,693	51,361,911
2018	109,465,287	51,585,058
2019	110,804,683	51,764,822
2020	112,081,264	51,836,239
2021	113,100,950	51,769,539
2022	113,964,338	51,672,569
2023	114,891,199	51,712,619
2024	115,843,670	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Philippines and South Korea

Fertility rate

Philippines

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Philippines	South Korea
1960	7	5.99
1961	6.99	5.8
1962	6.98	5.56
1963	6.95	5.33
1964	6.89	5.07
1965	6.8	4.89
1966	6.69	4.78
1967	6.57	4.62
1968	6.45	4.51
1969	6.33	4.45
1970	6.22	4.53
1971	6.08	4.54
1972	5.94	4.12
1973	5.79	4.07
1974	5.69	3.77
1975	5.6	3.43
1976	5.51	3
1977	5.44	2.99
1978	5.39	2.64
1979	5.26	2.9
1980	5.11	2.82
1981	4.97	2.57
1982	4.92	2.39
1983	4.87	2.06
1984	4.77	1.74
1985	4.66	1.66
1986	4.56	1.58
1987	4.51	1.53
1988	4.45	1.55
1989	4.37	1.56
1990	4.32	1.57
1991	4.27	1.71
1992	4.16	1.76
1993	4.1	1.65
1994	4.08	1.66
1995	4.07	1.63
1996	4	1.57
1997	3.94	1.54
1998	3.88	1.46
1999	3.83	1.43
2000	3.75	1.48
2001	3.72	1.31
2002	3.65	1.18
2003	3.59	1.19
2004	3.52	1.16
2005	3.45	1.09
2006	3.47	1.13
2007	3.4	1.26
2008	3.4	1.19
2009	3.38	1.15
2010	3.32	1.23
2011	3.24	1.24
2012	3.14	1.3
2013	3.04	1.19
2014	2.89	1.21
2015	2.83	1.24
2016	2.68	1.17
2017	2.53	1.05
2018	2.38	0.98
2019	2.22	0.92
2020	2.08	0.84
2021	1.95	0.81
2022	1.93	0.78
2023	1.92	0.72

Philippines and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Philippines

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Philippines	South Korea
1960	15.8	19.3
1961	15.6	19.2
1962	15.5	19.1
1963	15.4	19
1964	15.4	18.8
1965	15.4	18.6
1966	15.4	18.5
1967	15.4	18.6
1968	15.5	18.7
1969	15.6	18.8
1970	15.7	18.9
1971	15.8	19
1972	15.9	19.1
1973	16	19.3
1974	16.1	19.6
1975	16.3	19.9
1976	16.5	20.2
1977	16.7	20.7
1978	16.9	21.1
1979	17.1	21.6
1980	17.3	22.1
1981	17.5	22.5
1982	17.7	22.8
1983	17.9	23.3
1984	18.1	23.7
1985	18.2	24.2
1986	18.3	24.8
1987	18.5	25.3
1988	18.6	25.8
1989	18.7	26.3
1990	18.8	26.7
1991	18.9	27.2
1992	19	27.8
1993	19.1	28.3
1994	19.1	28.9
1995	19.2	29.4
1996	19.3	29.8
1997	19.4	30.2
1998	19.6	30.7
1999	19.8	31.2
2000	20	31.7
2001	20.2	32.3
2002	20.4	32.8
2003	20.6	33.4
2004	20.8	33.9
2005	21	34.5
2006	21.2	35.2
2007	21.3	35.8
2008	21.5	36.4
2009	21.7	37
2010	22	37.6
2011	22.2	38.2
2012	22.4	38.8
2013	22.7	39.5
2014	22.9	40.2
2015	23.3	40.8
2016	23.6	41.4
2017	24	41.9
2018	24.3	42.5
2019	24.7	43.1
2020	25.1	43.8
2021	25.5	44.4
2022	25.9	44.9
2023	26.3	45.5
2024	26.8	46.1

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