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 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

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	$3,958,811,881
1961	$1,920,811,284	$2,417,628,737
1962	$2,130,606,532	$2,814,615,385
1963	$2,207,393,172	$3,988,461,538
1964	$2,371,808,713	$3,459,019,943
1965	$2,647,955,558	$3,120,861,499
1966	$2,920,555,557	$3,929,055,144
1967	$3,257,022,223	$4,855,892,446
1968	$4,187,777,711	$6,119,394,892
1969	$4,485,777,644	$7,678,698,838
1970	$5,377,333,333	$9,005,144,969
1971	$7,184,806,909	$9,903,571,249
1972	$9,664,267,087	$10,862,211,761
1973	$14,947,435,499	$13,876,472,208
1974	$45,412,957,746	$19,543,973,941
1975	$46,773,208,643	$21,784,297,521
1976	$64,005,665,722	$29,902,479,339
1977	$74,188,986,586	$38,446,487,603
1978	$80,266,516,687	$51,972,107,438
1979	$111,858,444,786	$66,946,900,826
1980	$164,539,660,725	$65,398,377,598
1981	$184,291,360,139	$72,933,533,012
1982	$153,240,313,858	$78,358,416,171
1983	$129,171,635,311	$87,760,553,262
1984	$119,624,858,116	$97,510,744,119
1985	$103,897,846,494	$101,296,177,099
1986	$86,961,922,765	$116,836,246,285
1987	$85,695,861,148	$147,948,709,376
1988	$88,256,074,766	$199,591,287,825
1989	$95,344,459,279	$246,928,837,311
1990	$117,630,173,565	$283,365,844,161
1991	$132,223,230,975	$330,647,042,837
1992	$137,087,850,467	$355,524,903,068
1993	$132,967,957,276	$392,665,710,525
1994	$135,174,899,866	$463,619,823,515
1995	$143,343,124,166	$566,581,003,128
1996	$158,662,483,311	$610,167,053,824
1997	$165,963,684,913	$569,755,022,973
1998	$146,775,466,667	$383,331,833,682
1999	$161,717,066,667	$497,514,040,642
2000	$189,514,933,333	$576,179,387,820
2001	$184,137,600,000	$547,656,279,895
2002	$189,605,866,667	$627,246,933,730
2003	$215,807,733,333	$702,714,855,194
2004	$258,742,133,333	$793,175,561,887
2005	$328,459,608,764	$934,901,071,333
2006	$376,900,133,511	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$415,964,509,673	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$519,796,800,000	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$429,097,866,667	$943,941,876,219
2010	$528,207,466,667	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$680,660,800,000	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$751,921,333,333	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$769,755,733,333	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$787,153,066,667	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$693,414,400,000	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$689,279,466,667	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$741,266,133,333	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$886,564,800,000	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$888,890,133,333	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$767,951,200,000	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$982,661,066,667	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$1,239,075,200,000	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$1,218,584,533,333	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$1,237,529,866,667	-

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	$158.3
1961	$760	$93.8
1962	$813	$106.2
1963	$812	$146.3
1964	$840	$123.6
1965	$904	$108.7
1966	$961	$133.5
1967	$1,032	$161.2
1968	$1,276	$198.4
1969	$1,313	$243.4
1970	$1,509	$279.3
1971	$1,929	$301
1972	$2,474	$324
1973	$3,640	$407
1974	$10,503	$563
1975	$10,266	$617
1976	$13,313	$834
1977	$14,595	$1,056
1978	$14,914	$1,406
1979	$19,612	$1,784
1980	$27,206	$1,715
1981	$28,703	$1,883
1982	$22,454	$1,993
1983	$17,810	$2,199
1984	$15,541	$2,413
1985	$12,745	$2,482
1986	$10,078	$2,835
1987	$9,386	$3,555
1988	$9,165	$4,749
1989	$9,414	$5,817
1990	$11,055	$6,610
1991	$11,847	$7,637
1992	$11,730	$8,127
1993	$10,885	$8,885
1994	$10,602	$10,385
1995	$10,786	$12,565
1996	$11,472	$13,403
1997	$11,545	$12,398
1998	$9,836	$8,282
1999	$10,452	$10,672
2000	$11,715	$12,257
2001	$10,805	$11,561
2002	$10,586	$13,165
2003	$11,487	$14,673
2004	$13,154	$16,496
2005	$15,976	$19,403
2006	$17,564	$21,743
2007	$18,596	$24,086
2008	$22,320	$21,350
2009	$17,718	$19,144
2010	$22,028	$23,079
2011	$27,127	$25,098
2012	$28,733	$25,459
2013	$27,865	$27,180
2014	$27,805	$29,253
2015	$23,256	$28,737
2016	$22,268	$29,280
2017	$23,929	$31,601
2018	$29,360	$33,447
2019	$29,567	$31,902
2020	$24,339	$31,721
2021	$31,921	$35,126
2022	$38,510	$32,395
2023	$36,157	$33,121
2024	$35,057	-

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

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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