Rwanda vs South Korea statistics compared

Rwanda has a population of 14.3M (ranked 77/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Rwanda's land area is 9,525 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 146th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Rwanda ranks 178/197 ($1,000), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Rwanda and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Rwanda and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Rwanda

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Rwanda	South Korea
1960	$119,000,024	$3,973,069,307
1961	$122,000,016	$2,427,244,761
1962	$125,000,008	$2,826,923,077
1963	$128,000,000	$4,007,692,308
1964	$129,999,994	$3,476,789,682
1965	$148,799,980	$3,141,131,708
1966	$124,525,703	$3,957,064,541
1967	$159,560,018	$4,895,076,718
1968	$172,200,018	$6,167,109,472
1969	$188,700,037	$7,743,940,189
1970	$219,900,006	$9,085,001,794
1971	$222,952,504	$10,005,257,131
1972	$246,457,838	$10,990,490,570
1973	$290,746,157	$14,067,523,813
1974	$308,458,423	$19,860,929,977
1975	$571,863,500	$22,126,033,058
1976	$637,753,853	$30,371,074,380
1977	$746,650,613	$39,064,462,810
1978	$905,709,076	$52,824,793,388
1979	$1,109,346,131	$68,083,884,298
1980	$1,254,765,642	$66,547,970,351
1981	$1,407,062,527	$74,287,368,087
1982	$1,407,243,139	$79,921,300,447
1983	$1,479,687,587	$89,621,208,322
1984	$1,587,413,084	$99,749,645,089
1985	$1,715,626,331	$103,764,281,281
1986	$1,944,710,684	$119,965,960,795
1987	$2,157,432,668	$152,240,393,646
1988	$2,395,492,687	$205,477,530,605
1989	$2,405,022,593	$254,236,243,100
1990	$2,550,185,679	$292,064,221,389
1991	$1,911,600,237	$340,851,946,804
1992	$2,029,026,962	$366,921,291,825
1993	$1,971,525,712	$405,705,302,846
1994	$753,636,370	$479,181,794,217
1995	$1,293,535,193	$586,286,469,401
1996	$1,382,334,879	$631,196,863,758
1997	$1,851,558,197	$589,202,526,424
1998	$1,989,343,546	$397,297,216,492
1999	$2,157,108,263	$515,697,079,289
2000	$2,068,836,754	$597,487,173,479
2001	$1,966,600,715	$567,564,806,235
2002	$1,966,003,468	$650,014,391,470
2003	$2,138,237,279	$728,516,494,684
2004	$2,376,496,067	$823,251,107,639
2005	$2,933,819,766	$971,740,329,984
2006	$3,319,784,539	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$4,070,507,895	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$5,179,854,065	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$5,674,476,969	$983,065,242,417
2010	$6,124,756,654	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$6,884,913,658	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$7,654,761,050	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$7,819,964,030	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$8,238,966,124	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$8,543,760,200	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$8,695,272,058	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$9,252,833,891	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$9,637,904,521	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$10,349,300,277	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$10,174,386,857	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$11,078,787,090	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$13,316,161,002	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$14,331,722,703	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$14,251,642,235	$1,875,388,209,407

Rwanda and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Rwanda

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Rwanda	South Korea
1960	$39.4	$158.8
1961	$39.3	$94.2
1962	$39.2	$106.6
1963	$39.3	$147
1964	$39	$124.2
1965	$43.5	$109.4
1966	$35.4	$134.4
1967	$44	$162.5
1968	$46	$200
1969	$48.9	$245.5
1970	$55.2	$281.8
1971	$54.4	$304
1972	$58.4	$328
1973	$66.9	$412
1974	$68.9	$572
1975	$124.1	$627
1976	$134.4	$847
1977	$152.7	$1,073
1978	$179.9	$1,429
1979	$213.8	$1,814
1980	$234.4	$1,746
1981	$254.6	$1,918
1982	$246.4	$2,032
1983	$250.6	$2,246
1984	$259.9	$2,469
1985	$271.6	$2,543
1986	$297.7	$2,911
1987	$320	$3,658
1988	$344	$4,889
1989	$335	$5,989
1990	$346	$6,813
1991	$254	$7,873
1992	$264.1	$8,387
1993	$247	$9,180
1994	$111	$10,734
1995	$228	$13,002
1996	$206	$13,865
1997	$238.7	$12,822
1998	$246.2	$8,583
1999	$264.7	$11,063
2000	$251.9	$12,710
2001	$237.3	$11,981
2002	$234	$13,643
2003	$249	$15,212
2004	$269.5	$17,122
2005	$324	$20,167
2006	$357	$22,610
2007	$426	$25,078
2008	$528	$22,252
2009	$564	$19,937
2010	$594	$24,071
2011	$651	$26,175
2012	$707	$26,601
2013	$705	$28,449
2014	$725	$30,667
2015	$734	$30,172
2016	$730	$30,832
2017	$758	$33,297
2018	$772	$35,364
2019	$810	$33,827
2020	$779	$33,646
2021	$830	$37,518
2022	$975	$34,822
2023	$1,027	$35,674
2024	$1,000	$36,239

Rwanda vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Rwanda

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Rwanda	South Korea
1950	43.2	22.2
1951	43.5	26.6
1952	43.8	36.6
1953	44.1	40.5
1954	44.4	46.1
1955	44.8	48.4
1956	45.2	50.2
1957	45.6	51.6
1958	46.1	51.8
1959	46.5	52.9
1960	47	53.8
1961	47.5	54.4
1962	47.8	55
1963	44	55
1964	48.1	55.3
1965	48.2	55.8
1966	48.1	55.4
1967	48	60.9
1968	47.7	60.9
1969	47.4	61.4
1970	47.1	62.2
1971	46.8	62.7
1972	46.3	63.2
1973	45.9	63.8
1974	45.6	64.2
1975	45.3	64.7
1976	45.3	65
1977	45.6	64.6
1978	46.2	65
1979	47.1	66.1
1980	48.1	64.8
1981	49.2	67.1
1982	50.2	67.1
1983	50.9	66.7
1984	51.4	68.1
1985	51.7	68.4
1986	51.7	69
1987	51.5	69.3
1988	50.9	70.2
1989	49.5	70.7
1990	47.8	71
1991	46.2	71.4
1992	44.4	72.2
1993	42.9	72.7
1994	12.2	72.9
1995	41.5	73.4
1996	42.5	74
1997	42	74.5
1998	43.1	75
1999	45.7	75.6
2000	47.8	76.2
2001	49.5	76.9
2002	51.3	77.2
2003	53.5	77.5
2004	55.5	78
2005	57	78.4
2006	58.3	79
2007	59.5	79.4
2008	60.6	80
2009	61.8	80.6
2010	62.8	80.7
2011	63.5	81.2
2012	64.2	81.3
2013	64.7	81.8
2014	65.1	82.4
2015	65.4	82.5
2016	65.7	82.9
2017	66.1	83.3
2018	66.4	83.3
2019	66.7	83.7
2020	67	83.7
2021	66.8	83.9
2022	67.5	82.7
2023	67.8	84.3
2024	68	84.4
2025	68.2	84.5
2026	68.5	84.6

Rwanda and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Rwanda

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Rwanda	South Korea
1960	3,022,294	25,012,374
1961	3,106,779	25,765,673
1962	3,186,025	26,513,030
1963	3,258,890	27,261,747
1964	3,334,834	27,984,155
1965	3,423,210	28,704,674
1966	3,521,626	29,435,571
1967	3,629,577	30,130,983
1968	3,744,010	30,838,302
1969	3,861,271	31,544,266
1970	3,980,669	32,240,827
1971	4,100,044	32,882,704
1972	4,220,335	33,505,406
1973	4,345,047	34,103,149
1974	4,474,228	34,692,266
1975	4,607,728	35,280,725
1976	4,745,954	35,848,523
1977	4,888,240	36,411,795
1978	5,035,171	36,969,185
1979	5,189,541	37,534,236
1980	5,353,259	38,123,775
1981	5,527,230	38,723,248
1982	5,711,549	39,326,352
1983	5,905,311	39,910,403
1984	6,107,627	40,405,956
1985	6,317,228	40,805,744
1986	6,531,881	41,213,674
1987	6,749,493	41,621,690
1988	6,968,071	42,031,247
1989	7,184,706	42,449,038
1990	7,375,307	42,869,283
1991	7,526,966	43,295,704
1992	7,683,266	43,747,962
1993	7,981,132	44,194,628
1994	6,792,352	44,641,540
1995	5,674,118	45,092,991
1996	6,708,764	45,524,681
1997	7,755,238	45,953,580
1998	8,081,681	46,286,503
1999	8,147,912	46,616,677
2000	8,213,931	47,008,111
2001	8,287,094	47,370,164
2002	8,400,180	47,644,736
2003	8,586,875	47,892,330
2004	8,816,844	48,082,519
2005	9,054,528	48,184,561
2006	9,299,246	48,438,292
2007	9,549,933	48,683,638
2008	9,804,269	49,054,708
2009	10,060,432	49,307,835
2010	10,317,553	49,554,112
2011	10,573,733	49,936,638
2012	10,829,901	50,199,853
2013	11,093,340	50,428,893
2014	11,364,757	50,746,659
2015	11,640,022	51,014,947
2016	11,919,183	51,217,803
2017	12,202,060	51,361,911
2018	12,487,996	51,585,058
2019	12,776,103	51,764,822
2020	13,065,837	51,836,239
2021	13,355,260	51,769,539
2022	13,651,030	51,672,569
2023	13,954,471	51,712,619
2024	14,256,567	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Rwanda and South Korea

Fertility rate

Rwanda

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Rwanda	South Korea
1960	8.28	5.99
1961	8.28	5.8
1962	8.27	5.56
1963	8.27	5.33
1964	8.27	5.07
1965	8.25	4.89
1966	8.23	4.78
1967	8.21	4.62
1968	8.19	4.51
1969	8.18	4.45
1970	8.15	4.53
1971	8.09	4.54
1972	8.09	4.12
1973	8.09	4.07
1974	8.1	3.77
1975	8.1	3.43
1976	8.12	3
1977	8.14	2.99
1978	8.16	2.64
1979	8.13	2.9
1980	8.12	2.82
1981	8.1	2.57
1982	8.06	2.39
1983	8	2.06
1984	7.91	1.74
1985	7.79	1.66
1986	7.61	1.58
1987	7.43	1.53
1988	7.23	1.55
1989	7.03	1.56
1990	6.8	1.57
1991	6.62	1.71
1992	6.54	1.76
1993	6.48	1.65
1994	6.42	1.66
1995	6.35	1.63
1996	6.29	1.57
1997	6.24	1.54
1998	6.17	1.46
1999	6.06	1.43
2000	5.97	1.48
2001	5.89	1.31
2002	5.82	1.18
2003	5.74	1.19
2004	5.64	1.16
2005	5.5	1.09
2006	5.34	1.13
2007	5.14	1.26
2008	4.92	1.19
2009	4.71	1.15
2010	4.52	1.23
2011	4.33	1.24
2012	4.2	1.3
2013	4.14	1.19
2014	4.12	1.21
2015	4.11	1.24
2016	4.11	1.17
2017	4.08	1.05
2018	4.05	0.98
2019	3.99	0.92
2020	3.91	0.84
2021	3.84	0.81
2022	3.78	0.78
2023	3.7	0.72

Rwanda and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Rwanda

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Rwanda	South Korea
1960	15.5	19.3
1961	15.1	19.2
1962	14.9	19.1
1963	14.8	19
1964	14.7	18.8
1965	14.8	18.6
1966	14.9	18.5
1967	15.1	18.6
1968	15.3	18.7
1969	15.5	18.8
1970	15.7	18.9
1971	15.9	19
1972	16	19.1
1973	16.2	19.3
1974	16.3	19.6
1975	16.4	19.9
1976	16.5	20.2
1977	16.6	20.7
1978	16.6	21.1
1979	16.5	21.6
1980	16.5	22.1
1981	16.4	22.5
1982	16.2	22.8
1983	16.1	23.3
1984	16	23.7
1985	15.8	24.2
1986	15.7	24.8
1987	15.6	25.3
1988	15.6	25.8
1989	15.5	26.3
1990	15.5	26.7
1991	15.5	27.2
1992	15.6	27.8
1993	15.7	28.3
1994	15	28.9
1995	14.3	29.4
1996	14.6	29.8
1997	14.8	30.2
1998	15.3	30.7
1999	15.8	31.2
2000	16.3	31.7
2001	16.8	32.3
2002	17.1	32.8
2003	17.4	33.4
2004	17.6	33.9
2005	17.8	34.5
2006	18	35.2
2007	18.1	35.8
2008	18.3	36.4
2009	18.4	37
2010	18.5	37.6
2011	18.7	38.2
2012	18.8	38.8
2013	19	39.5
2014	19.1	40.2
2015	19.3	40.8
2016	19.4	41.4
2017	19.6	41.9
2018	19.7	42.5
2019	19.8	43.1
2020	19.9	43.8
2021	20	44.4
2022	20.3	44.9
2023	20.5	45.5
2024	20.8	46.1

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