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San Marino vs South Korea statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

San Marino has a population of 34K (ranked 193/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). San Marino's land area is 23.2 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 193rd vs. 105th).

By GDP, San Marino ranks 181/197 ($1.83B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, San Marino ranks 20/197 ($54,265), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Main facts and rankings

San Marino South Korea
Population
33996
51700480
Population rank 193/197 31/197
GDP
$1.83B
2022
$1.71T
2023
GDP rank 181/197 15/197
GDP per capita
$54,265
2022
$33,121
2023
GDP per capita rank 20/197 36/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$75,941
2022
$52,204
2023
Government debt
$1.31B
2022
$868B
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
64.1%
2025
54.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$38,712
2022
$16,791
2023
Government debt per person rank 15/185 36/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$44,308
2025
$23,981
2025
Land area
23.2 sq mi
2025
37,684 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,467 ppl/mi²
2024
1,373 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.15
2023
0.72
2023
Median age
49 years
2024
46.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
85.9 years
2025
84.5 years
2025

San Marino and South Korea: Comparison Charts

San Marino and South Korea economies compared

GDP
San Marino

South Korea
Year GDP
San Marino 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 - $9,005,144,969
1971 - $9,903,571,249
1972 - $10,862,211,761
1973 - $13,876,472,208
1974 - $19,543,973,941
1975 - $21,784,297,521
1976 - $29,902,479,339
1977 - $38,446,487,603
1978 - $51,972,107,438
1979 - $66,946,900,826
1980 - $65,398,377,598
1981 - $72,933,533,012
1982 - $78,358,416,171
1983 - $87,760,553,262
1984 - $97,510,744,119
1985 - $101,296,177,099
1986 - $116,836,246,285
1987 - $147,948,709,376
1988 - $199,591,287,825
1989 - $246,928,837,311
1990 - $283,365,844,161
1991 - $330,647,042,837
1992 - $355,524,903,068
1993 - $392,665,710,525
1994 - $463,619,823,515
1995 - $566,581,003,128
1996 - $610,167,053,824
1997 $976,606,694 $569,755,022,973
1998 $1,048,316,128 $383,331,833,682
1999 $1,109,473,368 $497,514,040,642
2000 $1,007,661,367 $576,179,387,820
2001 $1,059,529,812 $547,656,279,895
2002 $1,148,872,072 $627,246,933,730
2003 $1,462,590,267 $702,714,855,194
2004 $1,715,340,543 $793,175,561,887
2005 $1,786,514,058 $934,901,071,333
2006 $1,909,765,165 $1,053,216,909,888
2007 $2,188,654,628 $1,172,614,086,540
2008 $2,403,213,305 $1,047,339,010,225
2009 $2,064,277,126 $943,941,876,219
2010 $1,881,191,925 $1,143,672,241,150
2011 $1,813,717,439 $1,253,289,537,501
2012 $1,604,701,299 $1,278,046,536,287
2013 $1,678,741,475 $1,370,632,955,321
2014 $1,673,911,426 $1,484,488,526,272
2015 $1,419,401,071 $1,466,038,936,206
2016 $1,468,343,140 $1,499,679,823,910
2017 $1,528,620,346 $1,623,074,183,502
2018 $1,655,353,653 $1,725,373,496,825
2019 $1,616,232,125 $1,651,422,932,448
2020 $1,544,714,493 $1,644,312,831,906
2021 $1,855,396,000 $1,818,432,106,880
2022 $1,831,700,577 $1,673,916,511,800
2023 - $1,712,792,854,202

San Marino and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita
San Marino

South Korea
Year GDP per capita
San Marino 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 - $279.3
1971 - $301
1972 - $324
1973 - $407
1974 - $563
1975 - $617
1976 - $834
1977 - $1,056
1978 - $1,406
1979 - $1,784
1980 - $1,715
1981 - $1,883
1982 - $1,993
1983 - $2,199
1984 - $2,413
1985 - $2,482
1986 - $2,835
1987 - $3,555
1988 - $4,749
1989 - $5,817
1990 - $6,610
1991 - $7,637
1992 - $8,127
1993 - $8,885
1994 - $10,385
1995 - $12,565
1996 - $13,403
1997 $37,853 $12,398
1998 $40,127 $8,282
1999 $41,932 $10,672
2000 $37,601 $12,257
2001 $39,035 $11,561
2002 $41,791 $13,165
2003 $52,530 $14,673
2004 $58,232 $16,496
2005 $59,878 $19,403
2006 $63,271 $21,743
2007 $70,124 $24,086
2008 $75,902 $21,350
2009 $62,429 $19,144
2010 $56,543 $23,079
2011 $55,601 $25,098
2012 $47,946 $25,459
2013 $50,808 $27,180
2014 $51,260 $29,253
2015 $43,147 $28,737
2016 $44,359 $29,280
2017 $45,192 $31,601
2018 $47,951 $33,447
2019 $46,627 $31,902
2020 $44,427 $31,721
2021 $54,169 $35,126
2022 $54,265 $32,395
2023 - $33,121

San Marino vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
San Marino

South Korea
Year Life expectancy, years
San Marino South Korea
1950 71.6 22.2
1951 71.7 26.6
1952 71.9 36.6
1953 72 40.5
1954 72.2 46.1
1955 72.4 48.4
1956 72.5 50.2
1957 72.7 51.6
1958 72.8 51.8
1959 73 52.9
1960 73.2 53.8
1961 73.4 54.4
1962 73.5 55
1963 73.6 55
1964 73.7 55.3
1965 73.7 55.8
1966 73.8 55.4
1967 73.9 60.9
1968 74.1 60.9
1969 74.2 61.4
1970 74.3 62.2
1971 74.4 62.7
1972 74.6 63.2
1973 74.8 63.8
1974 75.1 64.2
1975 75.3 64.7
1976 75.4 65
1977 75.6 64.6
1978 75.9 65
1979 76.1 66.1
1980 76.4 64.8
1981 76.6 67.1
1982 76.8 67.1
1983 77 66.7
1984 77.2 68.1
1985 77.3 68.4
1986 77.4 69
1987 77.5 69.3
1988 77.5 70.2
1989 77.6 70.7
1990 77.8 71
1991 77.9 71.4
1992 78.1 72.2
1993 78.4 72.7
1994 78.7 72.9
1995 79 73.4
1996 79.3 74
1997 79.7 74.5
1998 79.9 75
1999 80.2 75.6
2000 80.5 76.2
2001 80.8 76.9
2002 81.1 77.2
2003 81.3 77.5
2004 81.6 78
2005 81.9 78.4
2006 82.3 79
2007 82.6 79.4
2008 82.9 80
2009 83.2 80.6
2010 83.5 80.7
2011 83.7 81.2
2012 83.9 81.3
2013 84.2 81.8
2014 84.4 82.4
2015 84.6 82.5
2016 84.8 82.9
2017 84.9 83.3
2018 85.1 83.3
2019 85.3 83.7
2020 82.6 83.7
2021 83.5 83.9
2022 85.7 82.7
2023 85.7 84.3
2024 85.8 84.4
2025 85.9 84.5

San Marino and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population
San Marino

South Korea
Year Population
San Marino South Korea
1960 15,428 25,012,374
1961 15,799 25,765,673
1962 16,183 26,513,030
1963 16,580 27,261,747
1964 16,977 27,984,155
1965 17,305 28,704,674
1966 17,523 29,435,571
1967 17,688 30,130,983
1968 17,861 30,838,302
1969 18,026 31,544,266
1970 18,168 32,240,827
1971 18,419 32,882,704
1972 18,787 33,505,406
1973 18,992 34,103,149
1974 19,030 34,692,266
1975 19,046 35,280,725
1976 19,110 35,848,523
1977 20,017 36,411,795
1978 21,026 36,969,185
1979 21,320 37,534,236
1980 21,585 38,123,775
1981 21,840 38,723,248
1982 22,055 39,326,352
1983 22,229 39,910,403
1984 22,346 40,405,956
1985 22,485 40,805,744
1986 22,636 41,213,674
1987 22,686 41,621,690
1988 22,843 42,031,247
1989 23,154 42,449,038
1990 23,475 42,869,283
1991 23,797 43,295,704
1992 24,125 43,747,962
1993 24,472 44,194,628
1994 24,823 44,641,540
1995 25,158 45,092,991
1996 25,482 45,524,681
1997 25,800 45,953,580
1998 26,125 46,286,503
1999 26,459 46,616,677
2000 26,799 47,008,111
2001 27,143 47,370,164
2002 27,491 47,644,736
2003 27,843 47,892,330
2004 29,457 48,082,519
2005 29,836 48,184,561
2006 30,184 48,438,292
2007 31,211 48,683,638
2008 31,662 49,054,708
2009 33,066 49,307,835
2010 33,270 49,554,112
2011 32,620 49,936,638
2012 33,469 50,199,853
2013 33,041 50,428,893
2014 32,655 50,746,659
2015 32,897 51,014,947
2016 33,101 51,217,803
2017 33,825 51,361,911
2018 34,522 51,585,058
2019 34,663 51,764,822
2020 34,770 51,836,239
2021 34,252 51,769,539
2022 33,755 51,672,569
2023 33,860 51,712,619
2024 33,977 51,751,065

Fertility rates in San Marino and South Korea

Fertility rate
San Marino

South Korea
Year Fertility rate
San Marino South Korea
1960 2.43 5.99
1961 2.68 5.8
1962 2.43 5.56
1963 2.4 5.33
1964 2.37 5.07
1965 2.33 4.89
1966 2.33 4.78
1967 2.31 4.62
1968 2.3 4.51
1969 2.31 4.45
1970 2.32 4.53
1971 2.33 4.54
1972 2.29 4.12
1973 2.23 4.07
1974 2.13 3.77
1975 2.05 3.43
1976 1.95 3
1977 1.87 2.99
1978 1.77 2.64
1979 1.63 2.9
1980 1.53 2.82
1981 1.41 2.57
1982 1.3 2.39
1983 1.25 2.06
1984 1.2 1.74
1985 1.17 1.66
1986 1.15 1.58
1987 1.14 1.53
1988 1.14 1.55
1989 1.15 1.56
1990 1.16 1.57
1991 1.17 1.71
1992 1.15 1.76
1993 1.12 1.65
1994 1.14 1.66
1995 1.17 1.63
1996 1.21 1.57
1997 1.24 1.54
1998 1.26 1.46
1999 1.29 1.43
2000 1.4 1.48
2001 1.52 1.31
2002 1.43 1.18
2003 1.3 1.19
2004 1.3 1.16
2005 1.2 1.09
2006 1.24 1.13
2007 1.26 1.26
2008 1.52 1.19
2009 1.36 1.15
2010 1.46 1.23
2011 1.46 1.24
2012 1.29 1.3
2013 1.48 1.19
2014 1.26 1.21
2015 1.2 1.24
2016 1.13 1.17
2017 1.05 1.05
2018 1.08 0.98
2019 1.1 0.92
2020 1.11 0.84
2021 1.13 0.81
2022 1.14 0.78
2023 1.15 0.72

San Marino and South Korea demographics compared

Median age
San Marino

South Korea
Year Median age, years
San Marino South Korea
1960 31 19.3
1961 30.9 19.2
1962 30.8 19.1
1963 30.8 19
1964 30.9 18.8
1965 30.9 18.6
1966 30.9 18.5
1967 30.9 18.6
1968 30.9 18.7
1969 30.9 18.8
1970 30.8 18.9
1971 30.8 19
1972 31 19.1
1973 31.2 19.3
1974 31.3 19.6
1975 31.5 19.9
1976 31.7 20.2
1977 32 20.7
1978 32.3 21.1
1979 32.5 21.6
1980 32.7 22.1
1981 33 22.5
1982 33.3 22.8
1983 33.6 23.3
1984 33.9 23.7
1985 34.2 24.2
1986 34.5 24.8
1987 34.8 25.3
1988 35.1 25.8
1989 35.5 26.3
1990 35.8 26.7
1991 36.1 27.2
1992 36.5 27.8
1993 36.8 28.3
1994 37.2 28.9
1995 37.4 29.4
1996 37.7 29.8
1997 37.9 30.2
1998 38.1 30.7
1999 38.4 31.2
2000 38.7 31.7
2001 39 32.3
2002 39.3 32.8
2003 39.7 33.4
2004 40.1 33.9
2005 40.4 34.5
2006 40.8 35.2
2007 41.2 35.8
2008 41.6 36.4
2009 42 37
2010 42.4 37.6
2011 42.8 38.2
2012 43.3 38.8
2013 43.7 39.5
2014 44 40.2
2015 44.5 40.8
2016 44.9 41.4
2017 45.3 41.9
2018 45.8 42.5
2019 46.3 43.1
2020 46.8 43.8
2021 47.2 44.4
2022 47.7 44.9
2023 48.3 45.5
2024 49 46.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

San Marino South Korea
GNI, Atlas method
$1.82B
2022
$1.84T
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
22.1%
2025
23.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.9%
2022
5.81%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.81%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
569,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.71%
2025
-0.4%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.91%
2022
2.78%
2024
Services, % of GDP
55.1%
2022
58.4%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
37.6%
2022
31.6%
2023
Economic freedom index
76
2025
74
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
24.6%
2021
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.9%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
1,295,674
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.95%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
30
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
2,599
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$1.56T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$759M
2024
$418B
2024
Personal remittances received
$21M
2024
$7.45B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,904,000
2019
2,519,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports n/a
1.94%
2020
Banked people share n/a
96.9%
2024

Energy

San Marino South Korea
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
5,337 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$9.78
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions n/a
574 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita n/a
11.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
79.1%
2023
Renewable energy use share n/a
3.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
18.5%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
84.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
11,426 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share n/a
6.59%
2021
Hydroelectric share n/a
1.23%
2023
Nuclear share n/a
29.6%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

San Marino South Korea
% of world population
0.0004%
2024
0.64%
2024
Annual migration change
+37
2024
+75,963
2024
Urban population
97.9%
2024
81.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
86.5
2025
84.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
80
2025
64
2024
Higher education index
10
2025
86
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0
2011
0.53
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
0
2016
8.6
2019
Visa free countries
162
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2022
98.8%
2018
English speaking
7%
2025
20%
2025
People using the Internet
87%
2023
97.9%
2024

Health

San Marino South Korea
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,875
2022
$3,270
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$443
2022
$989
2023
Life expectancy
85.9 years
2025
84.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0%
2023
Physicians per 1,000 people
6.02
2014
2.52
2021
Age at first childbirth
31.5 years
2022
32.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
1.4
2023
2.8
2023
Obesity rate n/a
7.24%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.6%
2024
9.6%
2024
Air quality index
61
2025
45
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
20%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
7.79 liters
2020

Territory

San Marino South Korea
% of world land
0.00004%
2025
0.07%
2025
Land area per capita
682 sq mi
2024
728 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
8.88 sq mi
2025
6,054 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3.86 sq mi
2025
24,158 sq mi
2025
Roads length
181.4 mi
2006
68,794 mi
2018

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