Saudi Arabia vs South Korea statistics compared

Saudi Arabia has a population of 35.3M (ranked 45/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Saudi Arabia's land area is 830,000 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 12th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia ranks 33/197 ($35,122), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Saudi Arabia and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Saudi Arabia and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Saudi Arabia	South Korea
1960	$1,748,124,064	$3,973,069,307
1961	$1,920,811,284	$2,427,244,761
1962	$2,130,606,532	$2,826,923,077
1963	$2,207,393,172	$4,007,692,308
1964	$2,371,808,713	$3,476,789,682
1965	$2,647,955,558	$3,141,131,708
1966	$2,920,555,557	$3,957,064,541
1967	$3,257,022,223	$4,895,076,718
1968	$4,187,777,711	$6,167,109,472
1969	$4,485,777,644	$7,743,940,189
1970	$5,377,333,333	$9,085,001,794
1971	$7,184,806,909	$10,005,257,131
1972	$9,664,267,087	$10,990,490,570
1973	$14,947,435,499	$14,067,523,813
1974	$45,412,957,746	$19,860,929,977
1975	$46,773,208,643	$22,126,033,058
1976	$64,005,665,722	$30,371,074,380
1977	$74,188,986,586	$39,064,462,810
1978	$80,266,516,687	$52,824,793,388
1979	$111,858,444,786	$68,083,884,298
1980	$164,539,660,725	$66,547,970,351
1981	$184,291,360,139	$74,287,368,087
1982	$153,240,313,858	$79,921,300,447
1983	$129,171,635,311	$89,621,208,322
1984	$119,624,858,116	$99,749,645,089
1985	$103,897,846,494	$103,764,281,281
1986	$86,961,922,765	$119,965,960,795
1987	$85,695,861,148	$152,240,393,646
1988	$88,256,074,766	$205,477,530,605
1989	$95,344,459,279	$254,236,243,100
1990	$117,630,173,565	$292,064,221,389
1991	$132,223,230,975	$340,851,946,804
1992	$137,087,850,467	$366,921,291,825
1993	$132,967,957,276	$405,705,302,846
1994	$135,174,899,866	$479,181,794,217
1995	$143,343,124,166	$586,286,469,401
1996	$158,662,483,311	$631,196,863,758
1997	$165,963,684,913	$589,202,526,424
1998	$146,775,466,667	$397,297,216,492
1999	$161,717,066,667	$515,697,079,289
2000	$189,514,933,333	$597,487,173,479
2001	$184,137,600,000	$567,564,806,235
2002	$189,605,866,667	$650,014,391,470
2003	$215,807,733,333	$728,516,494,684
2004	$258,742,133,333	$823,251,107,639
2005	$328,459,608,764	$971,740,329,984
2006	$376,900,133,511	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$415,964,509,673	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$519,796,800,000	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$429,097,866,667	$983,065,242,417
2010	$528,207,466,667	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$680,660,800,000	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$751,921,333,333	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$769,755,733,333	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$787,153,066,667	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$693,414,400,000	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$689,279,466,667	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$741,266,133,333	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$886,564,800,000	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$888,890,133,333	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$767,951,200,000	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$982,661,066,667	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$1,239,075,200,000	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$1,218,584,533,333	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$1,239,804,533,333	$1,875,388,209,407

Saudi Arabia and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Saudi Arabia	South Korea
1960	$718	$158.8
1961	$760	$94.2
1962	$813	$106.6
1963	$812	$147
1964	$840	$124.2
1965	$904	$109.4
1966	$961	$134.4
1967	$1,032	$162.5
1968	$1,276	$200
1969	$1,313	$245.5
1970	$1,509	$281.8
1971	$1,929	$304
1972	$2,474	$328
1973	$3,640	$412
1974	$10,503	$572
1975	$10,266	$627
1976	$13,313	$847
1977	$14,595	$1,073
1978	$14,914	$1,429
1979	$19,612	$1,814
1980	$27,206	$1,746
1981	$28,703	$1,918
1982	$22,454	$2,032
1983	$17,810	$2,246
1984	$15,541	$2,469
1985	$12,745	$2,543
1986	$10,078	$2,911
1987	$9,386	$3,658
1988	$9,165	$4,889
1989	$9,414	$5,989
1990	$11,055	$6,813
1991	$11,847	$7,873
1992	$11,730	$8,387
1993	$10,885	$9,180
1994	$10,602	$10,734
1995	$10,786	$13,002
1996	$11,472	$13,865
1997	$11,545	$12,822
1998	$9,836	$8,583
1999	$10,452	$11,063
2000	$11,715	$12,710
2001	$10,805	$11,981
2002	$10,586	$13,643
2003	$11,487	$15,212
2004	$13,154	$17,122
2005	$15,976	$20,167
2006	$17,564	$22,610
2007	$18,596	$25,078
2008	$22,320	$22,252
2009	$17,718	$19,937
2010	$22,028	$24,071
2011	$27,127	$26,175
2012	$28,733	$26,601
2013	$27,865	$28,449
2014	$27,805	$30,667
2015	$23,256	$30,172
2016	$22,268	$30,832
2017	$23,929	$33,297
2018	$29,360	$35,364
2019	$29,567	$33,827
2020	$24,339	$33,646
2021	$31,921	$37,518
2022	$38,510	$34,822
2023	$36,157	$35,674
2024	$35,122	$36,239

Saudi Arabia vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Saudi Arabia	South Korea
1950	40	22.2
1951	40.6	26.6
1952	41.1	36.6
1953	41.6	40.5
1954	42.1	46.1
1955	42.6	48.4
1956	43.1	50.2
1957	43.7	51.6
1958	44.2	51.8
1959	44.8	52.9
1960	45.3	53.8
1961	45.9	54.4
1962	46.5	55
1963	47.1	55
1964	47.7	55.3
1965	48.4	55.8
1966	49.2	55.4
1967	50	60.9
1968	50.9	60.9
1969	51.8	61.4
1970	52.7	62.2
1971	53.7	62.7
1972	54.7	63.2
1973	55.8	63.8
1974	56.8	64.2
1975	57.8	64.7
1976	58.8	65
1977	59.7	64.6
1978	60.7	65
1979	61.5	66.1
1980	62.4	64.8
1981	63.3	67.1
1982	64	67.1
1983	64.7	66.7
1984	65.4	68.1
1985	66	68.4
1986	66.6	69
1987	67.2	69.3
1988	67.8	70.2
1989	68.4	70.7
1990	68.9	71
1991	69.3	71.4
1992	69.8	72.2
1993	70.2	72.7
1994	70.6	72.9
1995	70.9	73.4
1996	71.3	74
1997	71.6	74.5
1998	72	75
1999	72.3	75.6
2000	72.6	76.2
2001	73	76.9
2002	73.3	77.2
2003	73.7	77.5
2004	74	78
2005	74.4	78.4
2006	74.8	79
2007	75.1	79.4
2008	75.3	80
2009	75.4	80.6
2010	75.6	80.7
2011	75.8	81.2
2012	76.1	81.3
2013	76.5	81.8
2014	77.1	82.4
2015	77.8	82.5
2016	78.4	82.9
2017	78.7	83.3
2018	78.7	83.3
2019	78.3	83.7
2020	77.6	83.7
2021	77.1	83.9
2022	77.3	82.7
2023	78.7	84.3
2024	79	84.4
2025	79.2	84.5
2026	79.4	84.6

Saudi Arabia and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Saudi Arabia	South Korea
1960	2,435,403	25,012,374
1961	2,526,347	25,765,673
1962	2,620,910	26,513,030
1963	2,719,341	27,261,747
1964	2,821,968	27,984,155
1965	2,928,771	28,704,674
1966	3,039,887	29,435,571
1967	3,157,242	30,130,983
1968	3,282,711	30,838,302
1969	3,417,114	31,544,266
1970	3,562,470	32,240,827
1971	3,724,031	32,882,704
1972	3,905,722	33,505,406
1973	4,106,344	34,103,149
1974	4,323,632	34,692,266
1975	4,556,287	35,280,725
1976	4,807,933	35,848,523
1977	5,083,048	36,411,795
1978	5,381,902	36,969,185
1979	5,703,698	37,534,236
1980	6,047,997	38,123,775
1981	6,420,551	38,723,248
1982	6,824,486	39,326,352
1983	7,252,941	39,910,403
1984	7,697,307	40,405,956
1985	8,151,779	40,805,744
1986	8,628,639	41,213,674
1987	9,130,194	41,621,690
1988	9,629,165	42,031,247
1989	10,128,394	42,449,038
1990	10,640,691	42,869,283
1991	11,160,744	43,295,704
1992	11,686,676	43,747,962
1993	12,215,862	44,194,628
1994	12,750,040	44,641,540
1995	13,289,245	45,092,991
1996	13,831,009	45,524,681
1997	14,374,943	45,953,580
1998	14,922,185	46,286,503
1999	15,472,075	46,616,677
2000	16,177,722	47,008,111
2001	17,041,397	47,370,164
2002	17,910,910	47,644,736
2003	18,786,767	47,892,330
2004	19,669,480	48,082,519
2005	20,559,890	48,184,561
2006	21,459,144	48,438,292
2007	22,368,313	48,683,638
2008	23,287,877	49,054,708
2009	24,217,654	49,307,835
2010	23,978,487	49,554,112
2011	25,091,867	49,936,638
2012	26,168,861	50,199,853
2013	27,624,004	50,428,893
2014	28,309,273	50,746,659
2015	29,816,382	51,014,947
2016	30,954,198	51,217,803
2017	30,977,355	51,361,911
2018	30,196,281	51,585,058
2019	30,063,799	51,764,822
2020	31,552,510	51,836,239
2021	30,784,383	51,769,539
2022	32,175,224	51,672,569
2023	33,702,731	51,712,619
2024	35,300,280	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Saudi Arabia and South Korea

Fertility rate

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Saudi Arabia	South Korea
1960	7.63	5.99
1961	7.63	5.8
1962	7.64	5.56
1963	7.65	5.33
1964	7.67	5.07
1965	7.66	4.89
1966	7.66	4.78
1967	7.66	4.62
1968	7.63	4.51
1969	7.6	4.45
1970	7.58	4.53
1971	7.56	4.54
1972	7.54	4.12
1973	7.48	4.07
1974	7.43	3.77
1975	7.37	3.43
1976	7.33	3
1977	7.3	2.99
1978	7.26	2.64
1979	7.23	2.9
1980	7.15	2.82
1981	7.07	2.57
1982	6.98	2.39
1983	6.88	2.06
1984	6.78	1.74
1985	6.65	1.66
1986	6.52	1.58
1987	6.34	1.53
1988	6.15	1.55
1989	5.98	1.56
1990	5.8	1.57
1991	5.64	1.71
1992	5.49	1.76
1993	5.33	1.65
1994	5.16	1.66
1995	4.99	1.63
1996	4.81	1.57
1997	4.66	1.54
1998	4.52	1.46
1999	4.35	1.43
2000	4.21	1.48
2001	3.96	1.31
2002	3.71	1.18
2003	3.47	1.19
2004	3.26	1.16
2005	3.16	1.09
2006	3.18	1.13
2007	3.19	1.26
2008	3.07	1.19
2009	2.95	1.15
2010	2.81	1.23
2011	2.8	1.24
2012	2.78	1.3
2013	2.67	1.19
2014	2.68	1.21
2015	2.63	1.24
2016	2.65	1.17
2017	2.67	1.05
2018	2.67	0.98
2019	2.49	0.92
2020	2.27	0.84
2021	2.17	0.81
2022	2.14	0.78
2023	2.28	0.72

Saudi Arabia and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Saudi Arabia	South Korea
1960	18.6	19.3
1961	18.5	19.2
1962	18.4	19.1
1963	18.2	19
1964	18	18.8
1965	17.9	18.6
1966	17.7	18.5
1967	17.6	18.6
1968	17.5	18.7
1969	17.4	18.8
1970	17.4	18.9
1971	17.4	19
1972	17.4	19.1
1973	17.5	19.3
1974	17.6	19.6
1975	17.7	19.9
1976	17.8	20.2
1977	17.9	20.7
1978	18	21.1
1979	18.1	21.6
1980	18.2	22.1
1981	18.3	22.5
1982	18.4	22.8
1983	18.5	23.3
1984	18.6	23.7
1985	18.7	24.2
1986	18.7	24.8
1987	18.8	25.3
1988	18.9	25.8
1989	19	26.3
1990	19	26.7
1991	19.2	27.2
1992	19.3	27.8
1993	19.4	28.3
1994	19.6	28.9
1995	19.7	29.4
1996	19.9	29.8
1997	20.2	30.2
1998	20.4	30.7
1999	20.7	31.2
2000	20.8	31.7
2001	20.7	32.3
2002	20.8	32.8
2003	21.1	33.4
2004	21.4	33.9
2005	21.9	34.5
2006	22.3	35.2
2007	22.8	35.8
2008	23.4	36.4
2009	23.9	37
2010	24.5	37.6
2011	25.2	38.2
2012	25.9	38.8
2013	26.6	39.5
2014	27.2	40.2
2015	27.9	40.8
2016	28.6	41.4
2017	29	41.9
2018	29.3	42.5
2019	29.3	43.1
2020	29.4	43.8
2021	29.5	44.4
2022	29.7	44.9
2023	30.2	45.5
2024	30.5	46.1

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