Romania vs South Korea statistics compared

Romania has a population of 19.1M (ranked 67/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Romania's land area is 88,834 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 80th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Romania ranks 42/197 ($383B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,080), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Romania and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Romania and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Romania

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Romania	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	-	$9,085,001,794
1971	-	$10,005,257,131
1972	-	$10,990,490,570
1973	-	$14,067,523,813
1974	-	$19,860,929,977
1975	-	$22,126,033,058
1976	-	$30,371,074,380
1977	-	$39,064,462,810
1978	-	$52,824,793,388
1979	-	$68,083,884,298
1980	-	$66,547,970,351
1981	-	$74,287,368,087
1982	-	$79,921,300,447
1983	-	$89,621,208,322
1984	-	$99,749,645,089
1985	-	$103,764,281,281
1986	-	$119,965,960,795
1987	$38,067,567,568	$152,240,393,646
1988	$40,424,528,302	$205,477,530,605
1989	$41,450,777,202	$254,236,243,100
1990	$38,247,882,300	$292,064,221,389
1991	$28,850,634,900	$340,851,946,804
1992	$25,121,666,667	$366,921,291,825
1993	$26,361,160,450	$405,705,302,846
1994	$30,072,805,104	$479,181,794,217
1995	$37,430,162,103	$586,286,469,401
1996	$36,937,074,278	$631,196,863,758
1997	$35,575,214,078	$589,202,526,424
1998	$41,696,091,974	$397,297,216,492
1999	$35,953,156,754	$515,697,079,289
2000	$37,253,739,511	$597,487,173,479
2001	$40,395,116,581	$567,564,806,235
2002	$46,065,502,703	$650,014,391,470
2003	$57,806,384,143	$728,516,494,684
2004	$74,973,656,852	$823,251,107,639
2005	$98,454,380,120	$971,740,329,984
2006	$122,023,735,993	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$174,588,782,939	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$214,315,932,061	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$174,110,532,659	$983,065,242,417
2010	$170,064,350,672	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$192,623,977,894	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$179,117,323,107	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$189,798,603,751	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$199,722,319,676	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$177,885,131,240	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$185,290,759,249	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$210,147,385,855	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$241,791,427,224	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$250,080,428,512	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$250,625,048,304	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$285,071,280,114	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$295,319,437,557	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$347,757,995,759	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$382,564,217,989	$1,875,388,209,407

Romania and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Romania

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Romania	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	-	$281.8
1971	-	$304
1972	-	$328
1973	-	$412
1974	-	$572
1975	-	$627
1976	-	$847
1977	-	$1,073
1978	-	$1,429
1979	-	$1,814
1980	-	$1,746
1981	-	$1,918
1982	-	$2,032
1983	-	$2,246
1984	-	$2,469
1985	-	$2,543
1986	-	$2,911
1987	$1,659	$3,658
1988	$1,753	$4,889
1989	$1,790	$5,989
1990	$1,648	$6,813
1991	$1,254	$7,873
1992	$1,102	$8,387
1993	$1,158	$9,180
1994	$1,323	$10,734
1995	$1,650	$13,002
1996	$1,633	$13,865
1997	$1,577	$12,822
1998	$1,853	$8,583
1999	$1,600	$11,063
2000	$1,660	$12,710
2001	$1,825	$11,981
2002	$2,120	$13,643
2003	$2,679	$15,212
2004	$3,495	$17,122
2005	$4,618	$20,167
2006	$5,758	$22,610
2007	$8,360	$25,078
2008	$10,435	$22,252
2009	$8,548	$19,937
2010	$8,400	$24,071
2011	$9,561	$26,175
2012	$8,930	$26,601
2013	$9,498	$28,449
2014	$10,032	$30,667
2015	$8,977	$30,172
2016	$9,405	$30,832
2017	$10,728	$33,297
2018	$12,416	$35,364
2019	$12,910	$33,827
2020	$13,009	$33,646
2021	$14,908	$37,518
2022	$15,504	$34,822
2023	$18,244	$35,674
2024	$20,080	$36,239

Romania vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Romania

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Romania	South Korea
1950	60.5	22.2
1951	61.2	26.6
1952	61.8	36.6
1953	62.5	40.5
1954	63	46.1
1955	63.3	48.4
1956	63.6	50.2
1957	64	51.6
1958	64.4	51.8
1959	64.9	52.9
1960	65.6	53.8
1961	66.4	54.4
1962	67.2	55
1963	67.8	55
1964	68.4	55.3
1965	68.4	55.8
1966	68.2	55.4
1967	68.1	60.9
1968	67.9	60.9
1969	67.2	61.4
1970	67.9	62.2
1971	68.4	62.7
1972	69	63.2
1973	68.7	63.8
1974	69.5	64.2
1975	69.6	64.7
1976	69.9	65
1977	69.5	64.6
1978	69.8	65
1979	69.5	66.1
1980	69.2	64.8
1981	69.5	67.1
1982	69.8	67.1
1983	69.8	66.7
1984	69.9	68.1
1985	69.4	68.4
1986	69.7	69
1987	69.1	69.3
1988	69.4	70.2
1989	69.5	70.7
1990	69.8	71
1991	70	71.4
1992	69.5	72.2
1993	69.5	72.7
1994	69.3	72.9
1995	69.3	73.4
1996	68.8	74
1997	69.1	74.5
1998	69.9	75
1999	70.6	75.6
2000	71.2	76.2
2001	71.1	76.9
2002	70.8	77.2
2003	70.8	77.5
2004	71.1	78
2005	71.6	78.4
2006	72.2	79
2007	72.8	79.4
2008	73.2	80
2009	73.5	80.6
2010	73.6	80.7
2011	74.3	81.2
2012	74.3	81.3
2013	74.9	81.8
2014	74.8	82.4
2015	74.7	82.5
2016	75	82.9
2017	75	83.3
2018	75.1	83.3
2019	75.3	83.7
2020	74	83.7
2021	72.7	83.9
2022	75.3	82.7
2023	75.9	84.3
2024	76.1	84.4
2025	76.2	84.5
2026	76.4	84.6

Romania and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Romania

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Romania	South Korea
1960	18,406,905	25,012,374
1961	18,555,250	25,765,673
1962	18,676,550	26,513,030
1963	18,797,850	27,261,747
1964	18,919,126	27,984,155
1965	19,031,576	28,704,674
1966	19,215,450	29,435,571
1967	19,534,242	30,130,983
1968	19,799,831	30,838,302
1969	20,009,141	31,544,266
1970	20,250,398	32,240,827
1971	20,461,567	32,882,704
1972	20,657,957	33,505,406
1973	20,835,681	34,103,149
1974	21,029,429	34,692,266
1975	21,293,583	35,280,725
1976	21,551,634	35,848,523
1977	21,756,096	36,411,795
1978	21,951,464	36,969,185
1979	22,090,488	37,534,236
1980	22,207,282	38,123,775
1981	22,353,070	38,723,248
1982	22,475,741	39,326,352
1983	22,560,478	39,910,403
1984	22,640,547	40,405,956
1985	22,732,999	40,805,744
1986	22,836,841	41,213,674
1987	22,949,430	41,621,690
1988	23,057,662	42,031,247
1989	23,161,458	42,449,038
1990	23,201,835	42,869,283
1991	23,001,155	43,295,704
1992	22,794,284	43,747,962
1993	22,763,280	44,194,628
1994	22,730,211	44,641,540
1995	22,684,270	45,092,991
1996	22,619,004	45,524,681
1997	22,553,978	45,953,580
1998	22,507,344	46,286,503
1999	22,472,040	46,616,677
2000	22,442,971	47,008,111
2001	22,131,970	47,370,164
2002	21,730,496	47,644,736
2003	21,574,326	47,892,330
2004	21,451,748	48,082,519
2005	21,319,685	48,184,561
2006	21,193,760	48,438,292
2007	20,882,982	48,683,638
2008	20,537,875	49,054,708
2009	20,367,487	49,307,835
2010	20,246,871	49,554,112
2011	20,147,528	49,936,638
2012	20,058,035	50,199,853
2013	19,983,693	50,428,893
2014	19,908,979	50,746,659
2015	19,815,616	51,014,947
2016	19,702,267	51,217,803
2017	19,588,715	51,361,911
2018	19,473,970	51,585,058
2019	19,371,648	51,764,822
2020	19,265,250	51,836,239
2021	19,122,059	51,769,539
2022	19,048,502	51,672,569
2023	19,061,062	51,712,619
2024	19,051,804	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Romania and South Korea

Fertility rate

Romania

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Romania	South Korea
1960	2.34	5.99
1961	2.17	5.8
1962	2.04	5.56
1963	2.01	5.33
1964	1.96	5.07
1965	1.91	4.89
1966	1.9	4.78
1967	3.66	4.62
1968	3.63	4.51
1969	3.19	4.45
1970	2.89	4.53
1971	2.67	4.54
1972	2.55	4.12
1973	2.44	4.07
1974	2.71	3.77
1975	2.59	3.43
1976	2.54	3
1977	2.57	2.99
1978	2.52	2.64
1979	2.49	2.9
1980	2.43	2.82
1981	2.36	2.57
1982	2.17	2.39
1983	2.06	2.06
1984	2.26	1.74
1985	2.31	1.66
1986	2.39	1.58
1987	2.38	1.53
1988	2.3	1.55
1989	2.22	1.56
1990	1.83	1.57
1991	1.59	1.71
1992	1.51	1.76
1993	1.43	1.65
1994	1.4	1.66
1995	1.33	1.63
1996	1.3	1.57
1997	1.32	1.54
1998	1.32	1.46
1999	1.3	1.43
2000	1.31	1.48
2001	1.27	1.31
2002	1.27	1.18
2003	1.3	1.19
2004	1.33	1.16
2005	1.4	1.09
2006	1.42	1.13
2007	1.45	1.26
2008	1.6	1.19
2009	1.66	1.15
2010	1.59	1.23
2011	1.47	1.24
2012	1.52	1.3
2013	1.46	1.19
2014	1.56	1.21
2015	1.62	1.24
2016	1.69	1.17
2017	1.78	1.05
2018	1.76	0.98
2019	1.77	0.92
2020	1.8	0.84
2021	1.81	0.81
2022	1.71	0.78
2023	1.71	0.72

Romania and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Romania

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Romania	South Korea
1960	28.5	19.3
1961	28.9	19.2
1962	29.3	19.1
1963	29.7	19
1964	30.2	18.8
1965	30.6	18.6
1966	31	18.5
1967	31.3	18.6
1968	31.3	18.7
1969	31.3	18.8
1970	31.4	18.9
1971	31.4	19
1972	31.5	19.1
1973	31.5	19.3
1974	31.6	19.6
1975	31.7	19.9
1976	31.8	20.2
1977	31.8	20.7
1978	31.7	21.1
1979	31.7	21.6
1980	31.8	22.1
1981	31.9	22.5
1982	32	22.8
1983	32.1	23.3
1984	32.3	23.7
1985	32.5	24.2
1986	32.7	24.8
1987	32.8	25.3
1988	32.8	25.8
1989	32.9	26.3
1990	33	26.7
1991	33.1	27.2
1992	33.3	27.8
1993	33.6	28.3
1994	33.8	28.9
1995	34	29.4
1996	34.2	29.8
1997	34.4	30.2
1998	34.6	30.7
1999	34.7	31.2
2000	34.8	31.7
2001	34.8	32.3
2002	35.3	32.8
2003	36	33.4
2004	36.6	33.9
2005	37	34.5
2006	37.3	35.2
2007	37.7	35.8
2008	38.2	36.4
2009	38.8	37
2010	39.3	37.6
2011	39.8	38.2
2012	40.2	38.8
2013	40.5	39.5
2014	40.9	40.2
2015	41.3	40.8
2016	41.7	41.4
2017	42	41.9
2018	42.3	42.5
2019	42.6	43.1
2020	42.9	43.8
2021	43.2	44.4
2022	43.3	44.9
2023	43.5	45.5
2024	43.8	46.1

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