Qatar vs South Korea statistics compared

Qatar has a population of 2.86M (ranked 138/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Qatar's land area is 4,436 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 158th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Qatar and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Qatar and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Qatar

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Qatar	South Korea
1960	-	$3,958,811,881
1961	-	$2,417,628,737
1962	-	$2,814,615,385
1963	-	$3,988,461,538
1964	-	$3,459,019,943
1965	-	$3,120,861,499
1966	-	$3,929,055,144
1967	-	$4,855,892,446
1968	-	$6,119,394,892
1969	-	$7,678,698,838
1970	$301,791,302	$9,005,144,969
1971	$387,703,106	$9,903,571,249
1972	$510,262,500	$10,862,211,761
1973	$793,885,560	$13,876,472,208
1974	$2,401,403,227	$19,543,973,941
1975	$2,512,773,166	$21,784,297,521
1976	$3,284,273,987	$29,902,479,339
1977	$3,617,564,638	$38,446,487,603
1978	$4,052,000,413	$51,972,107,438
1979	$5,632,962,997	$66,946,900,826
1980	$7,829,165,262	$65,398,377,598
1981	$8,661,263,764	$72,933,533,012
1982	$7,596,703,214	$78,358,416,171
1983	$6,467,582,308	$87,760,553,262
1984	$6,704,395,824	$97,510,744,119
1985	$6,153,296,456	$101,296,177,099
1986	$5,053,021,951	$116,836,246,285
1987	$5,446,428,681	$147,948,709,376
1988	$6,038,187,033	$199,591,287,825
1989	$6,487,912,088	$246,928,837,311
1990	$7,360,439,423	$283,365,844,161
1991	$6,883,516,484	$330,647,042,837
1992	$7,646,153,984	$355,524,903,068
1993	$7,156,593,654	$392,665,710,525
1994	$7,374,450,769	$463,619,823,515
1995	$8,137,911,978	$566,581,003,128
1996	$9,059,340,385	$610,167,053,824
1997	$11,297,802,115	$569,755,022,973
1998	$10,255,495,027	$383,331,833,682
1999	$12,393,131,868	$497,514,040,642
2000	$17,759,890,110	$576,179,387,820
2001	$17,538,461,538	$547,656,279,895
2002	$19,363,736,264	$627,246,933,730
2003	$23,533,791,209	$702,714,855,194
2004	$31,734,065,934	$793,175,561,887
2005	$44,530,494,505	$934,901,071,333
2006	$60,882,142,857	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$79,712,087,912	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$115,270,054,945	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$97,798,351,648	$943,941,876,219
2010	$125,122,306,346	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$167,775,268,626	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$186,833,502,363	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$198,727,642,967	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$206,224,598,571	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$161,739,955,577	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$151,732,181,868	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$161,099,122,225	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$183,334,953,819	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$176,371,267,692	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$144,411,363,352	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$179,732,009,560	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$235,709,325,714	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$213,002,809,341	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$217,982,967,033	-

Qatar and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Qatar

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Qatar	South Korea
1960	-	$158.3
1961	-	$93.8
1962	-	$106.2
1963	-	$146.3
1964	-	$123.6
1965	-	$108.7
1966	-	$133.5
1967	-	$161.2
1968	-	$198.4
1969	-	$243.4
1970	$2,594	$279.3
1971	$2,952	$301
1972	$3,483	$324
1973	$4,905	$407
1974	$13,540	$563
1975	$13,014	$617
1976	$15,710	$834
1977	$16,058	$1,056
1978	$16,757	$1,406
1979	$21,777	$1,784
1980	$28,375	$1,715
1981	$29,505	$1,883
1982	$24,385	$1,993
1983	$19,616	$2,199
1984	$19,272	$2,413
1985	$16,815	$2,482
1986	$13,213	$2,835
1987	$13,719	$3,555
1988	$14,682	$4,749
1989	$15,243	$5,817
1990	$16,722	$6,610
1991	$15,133	$7,637
1992	$16,280	$8,127
1993	$14,770	$8,885
1994	$14,765	$10,385
1995	$15,823	$12,565
1996	$17,125	$13,403
1997	$20,523	$12,398
1998	$17,665	$8,282
1999	$20,234	$10,672
2000	$27,535	$12,257
2001	$25,871	$11,561
2002	$27,227	$13,165
2003	$31,602	$14,673
2004	$41,036	$16,496
2005	$53,950	$19,403
2006	$62,582	$21,743
2007	$65,954	$24,086
2008	$80,781	$21,350
2009	$60,786	$19,144
2010	$77,387	$23,079
2011	$103,262	$25,098
2012	$108,470	$25,459
2013	$103,697	$27,180
2014	$95,841	$29,253
2015	$68,985	$28,737
2016	$61,254	$29,280
2017	$63,280	$31,601
2018	$71,040	$33,447
2019	$66,841	$31,902
2020	$51,684	$31,721
2021	$71,752	$35,126
2022	$88,701	$32,395
2023	$80,196	$33,121
2024	$76,276	-

Qatar vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Qatar

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Qatar	South Korea
1950	50.8	22.2
1951	51.5	26.6
1952	52.1	36.6
1953	52.8	40.5
1954	53.5	46.1
1955	54.2	48.4
1956	54.9	50.2
1957	55.6	51.6
1958	56.3	51.8
1959	57	52.9
1960	57.8	53.8
1961	58.5	54.4
1962	59.2	55
1963	60	55
1964	60.7	55.3
1965	61.4	55.8
1966	62.2	55.4
1967	62.9	60.9
1968	63.6	60.9
1969	64.2	61.4
1970	64.9	62.2
1971	65.5	62.7
1972	66.1	63.2
1973	66.6	63.8
1974	67.2	64.2
1975	67.7	64.7
1976	68.2	65
1977	68.6	64.6
1978	69.1	65
1979	69.5	66.1
1980	69.9	64.8
1981	70.3	67.1
1982	70.7	67.1
1983	71.1	66.7
1984	71.5	68.1
1985	71.8	68.4
1986	72.2	69
1987	72.5	69.3
1988	72.8	70.2
1989	73.1	70.7
1990	73.4	71
1991	73.7	71.4
1992	73.9	72.2
1993	74.1	72.7
1994	74.2	72.9
1995	74.4	73.4
1996	74.6	74
1997	74.7	74.5
1998	74.9	75
1999	75	75.6
2000	75.3	76.2
2001	75.5	76.9
2002	75.8	77.2
2003	76.1	77.5
2004	76.5	78
2005	76.9	78.4
2006	77.3	79
2007	77.7	79.4
2008	78.3	80
2009	78.8	80.6
2010	79.4	80.7
2011	80	81.2
2012	80.5	81.3
2013	81	81.8
2014	81.4	82.4
2015	81.8	82.5
2016	82.1	82.9
2017	82.5	83.3
2018	82.7	83.3
2019	82.9	83.7
2020	80.4	83.7
2021	81.1	83.9
2022	81.9	82.7
2023	82.4	84.3
2024	82.5	84.4
2025	82.7	84.5

Qatar and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Qatar

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Qatar	South Korea
1960	36,010	25,012,374
1961	39,680	25,765,673
1962	44,630	26,513,030
1963	50,380	27,261,747
1964	56,867	27,984,155
1965	64,065	28,704,674
1966	72,192	29,435,571
1967	81,439	30,130,983
1968	91,749	30,838,302
1969	103,025	31,544,266
1970	116,350	32,240,827
1971	131,346	32,882,704
1972	146,506	33,505,406
1973	161,841	34,103,149
1974	177,362	34,692,266
1975	193,087	35,280,725
1976	209,052	35,848,523
1977	225,285	36,411,795
1978	241,808	36,969,185
1979	258,670	37,534,236
1980	275,913	38,123,775
1981	293,553	38,723,248
1982	311,537	39,326,352
1983	329,709	39,910,403
1984	347,878	40,405,956
1985	365,940	40,805,744
1986	382,422	41,213,674
1987	397,005	41,621,690
1988	411,264	42,031,247
1989	425,646	42,449,038
1990	440,175	42,869,283
1991	454,853	43,295,704
1992	469,657	43,747,962
1993	484,545	44,194,628
1994	499,459	44,641,540
1995	514,325	45,092,991
1996	529,019	45,524,681
1997	550,500	45,953,580
1998	580,540	46,286,503
1999	612,500	46,616,677
2000	644,989	47,008,111
2001	677,925	47,370,164
2002	711,205	47,644,736
2003	744,682	47,892,330
2004	773,332	48,082,519
2005	825,408	48,184,561
2006	972,831	48,438,292
2007	1,208,595	48,683,638
2008	1,426,938	49,054,708
2009	1,608,903	49,307,835
2010	1,616,832	49,554,112
2011	1,624,761	49,936,638
2012	1,722,438	50,199,853
2013	1,916,426	50,428,893
2014	2,151,745	50,746,659
2015	2,344,557	51,014,947
2016	2,477,113	51,217,803
2017	2,545,820	51,361,911
2018	2,580,734	51,585,058
2019	2,638,657	51,764,822
2020	2,794,148	51,836,239
2021	2,504,910	51,769,539
2022	2,657,333	51,672,569
2023	2,656,032	51,712,619
2024	2,857,822	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Qatar and South Korea

Fertility rate

Qatar

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Qatar	South Korea
1960	6.53	5.99
1961	6.53	5.8
1962	6.53	5.56
1963	6.53	5.33
1964	6.53	5.07
1965	6.53	4.89
1966	6.52	4.78
1967	6.46	4.62
1968	6.39	4.51
1969	6.31	4.45
1970	6.23	4.53
1971	6.15	4.54
1972	6.07	4.12
1973	6.01	4.07
1974	5.94	3.77
1975	5.86	3.43
1976	5.78	3
1977	5.69	2.99
1978	5.58	2.64
1979	5.46	2.9
1980	5.33	2.82
1981	5.2	2.57
1982	5.04	2.39
1983	4.9	2.06
1984	4.76	1.74
1985	4.64	1.66
1986	4.57	1.58
1987	4.54	1.53
1988	4.51	1.55
1989	4.41	1.56
1990	4.23	1.57
1991	3.99	1.71
1992	3.85	1.76
1993	3.77	1.65
1994	3.67	1.66
1995	3.56	1.63
1996	3.44	1.57
1997	3.33	1.54
1998	3.21	1.46
1999	3.12	1.43
2000	3.07	1.48
2001	3.08	1.31
2002	3.01	1.18
2003	2.93	1.19
2004	2.79	1.16
2005	2.64	1.09
2006	2.51	1.13
2007	2.44	1.26
2008	2.37	1.19
2009	2.25	1.15
2010	2.14	1.23
2011	2.07	1.24
2012	2.04	1.3
2013	2.03	1.19
2014	2.03	1.21
2015	1.98	1.24
2016	1.86	1.17
2017	1.83	1.05
2018	1.76	0.98
2019	1.73	0.92
2020	1.68	0.84
2021	1.61	0.81
2022	1.74	0.78
2023	1.73	0.72

Qatar and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Qatar

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Qatar	South Korea
1960	18	19.3
1961	19	19.2
1962	20.1	19.1
1963	21.1	19
1964	21.8	18.8
1965	22.5	18.6
1966	23	18.5
1967	23.5	18.6
1968	24	18.7
1969	24.4	18.8
1970	23.7	18.9
1971	22.2	19
1972	21.3	19.1
1973	20.9	19.3
1974	20.8	19.6
1975	21	19.9
1976	21.3	20.2
1977	21.8	20.7
1978	22.3	21.1
1979	22.9	21.6
1980	23.5	22.1
1981	24.1	22.5
1982	24.8	22.8
1983	25.6	23.3
1984	26.3	23.7
1985	27	24.2
1986	27.4	24.8
1987	27.5	25.3
1988	27.5	25.8
1989	27.6	26.3
1990	27.7	26.7
1991	27.9	27.2
1992	28.1	27.8
1993	28.4	28.3
1994	28.7	28.9
1995	29.1	29.4
1996	29.6	29.8
1997	29.9	30.2
1998	29.8	30.7
1999	29.8	31.2
2000	29.9	31.7
2001	30.1	32.3
2002	30.5	32.8
2003	30.9	33.4
2004	31	33.9
2005	30.9	34.5
2006	30.6	35.2
2007	30.1	35.8
2008	30.1	36.4
2009	30.8	37
2010	31.3	37.6
2011	31.2	38.2
2012	31	38.8
2013	30.9	39.5
2014	31.1	40.2
2015	31.2	40.8
2016	31.4	41.4
2017	31.6	41.9
2018	31.9	42.5
2019	32.3	43.1
2020	32.6	43.8
2021	32.9	44.4
2022	33.4	44.9
2023	34.1	45.5
2024	34.5	46.1

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