Sierra Leone vs South Korea statistics compared

Sierra Leone has a population of 8.64M (ranked 102/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Sierra Leone's land area is 27,869 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 116th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Sierra Leone and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Sierra Leone and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Sierra Leone

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Sierra Leone	South Korea
1960	$322,151,961	$3,958,811,881
1961	$327,978,758	$2,417,628,737
1962	$342,872,549	$2,814,615,385
1963	$348,700,980	$3,988,461,538
1964	$372,011,438	$3,459,019,943
1965	$359,523,810	$3,120,861,499
1966	$375,630,252	$3,929,055,144
1967	$348,895,028	$4,855,892,446
1968	$329,991,597	$6,119,394,892
1969	$408,853,541	$7,678,698,838
1970	$434,584,634	$9,005,144,969
1971	$419,495,788	$9,903,571,249
1972	$465,254,682	$10,862,211,761
1973	$575,471,814	$13,876,472,208
1974	$648,940,351	$19,543,973,941
1975	$679,352,876	$21,784,297,521
1976	$594,810,422	$29,902,479,339
1977	$692,079,407	$38,446,487,603
1978	$960,765,043	$51,972,107,438
1979	$1,109,343,425	$66,946,900,826
1980	$1,100,476,190	$65,398,377,598
1981	$1,114,926,661	$72,933,533,012
1982	$1,294,995,964	$78,358,416,171
1983	$995,278,515	$87,760,553,262
1984	$1,087,450,199	$97,510,744,119
1985	$856,890,459	$101,296,177,099
1986	$490,181,457	$116,836,246,285
1987	$660,106,336	$147,948,709,376
1988	$1,055,083,933	$199,591,287,825
1989	$932,974,420	$246,928,837,311
1990	$649,644,098	$283,365,844,161
1991	$779,981,987	$330,647,042,837
1992	$679,940,814	$355,524,903,068
1993	$768,867,883	$392,665,710,525
1994	$911,853,802	$463,619,823,515
1995	$870,740,292	$566,581,003,128
1996	$941,709,423	$610,167,053,824
1997	$850,232,760	$569,755,022,973
1998	$672,368,187	$383,331,833,682
1999	$669,386,624	$497,514,040,642
2000	$635,866,404	$576,179,387,820
2001	$1,681,473,894	$547,656,279,895
2002	$1,933,863,911	$627,246,933,730
2003	$2,142,618,046	$702,714,855,194
2004	$2,237,350,687	$793,175,561,887
2005	$2,545,275,313	$934,901,071,333
2006	$3,263,697,467	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$3,632,957,611	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$4,157,895,298	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$3,953,403,098	$943,941,876,219
2010	$4,262,805,967	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$4,861,632,885	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$6,141,666,509	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$7,502,762,863	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$7,686,138,791	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$6,788,352,975	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$6,084,297,211	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$5,749,846,528	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$6,390,514,689	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$6,526,183,564	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$6,693,888,876	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$7,173,379,137	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$7,124,465,160	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$6,411,787,856	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$7,547,843,281	-

Sierra Leone and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Sierra Leone

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sierra Leone	South Korea
1960	$142	$158.3
1961	$142.3	$93.8
1962	$146.4	$106.2
1963	$146.4	$146.3
1964	$153.4	$123.6
1965	$145.6	$108.7
1966	$149.4	$133.5
1967	$136.2	$161.2
1968	$126.4	$198.4
1969	$153.6	$243.4
1970	$160.2	$279.3
1971	$151.8	$301
1972	$165.3	$324
1973	$200.7	$407
1974	$222.2	$563
1975	$228.4	$617
1976	$196.4	$834
1977	$224.3	$1,056
1978	$305	$1,406
1979	$346	$1,784
1980	$336	$1,715
1981	$334	$1,883
1982	$380	$1,993
1983	$285.9	$2,199
1984	$306	$2,413
1985	$235.5	$2,482
1986	$131.5	$2,835
1987	$172.4	$3,555
1988	$268.2	$4,749
1989	$231.3	$5,817
1990	$154.8	$6,610
1991	$183.7	$7,637
1992	$163.2	$8,127
1993	$185	$8,885
1994	$218.5	$10,385
1995	$208.4	$12,565
1996	$224.3	$13,403
1997	$199.9	$12,398
1998	$156.5	$8,282
1999	$155	$10,672
2000	$143.7	$12,257
2001	$358	$11,561
2002	$389	$13,165
2003	$414	$14,673
2004	$418	$16,496
2005	$463	$19,403
2006	$580	$21,743
2007	$632	$24,086
2008	$705	$21,350
2009	$653	$19,144
2010	$685	$23,079
2011	$761	$25,098
2012	$938	$25,459
2013	$1,117	$27,180
2014	$1,118	$29,253
2015	$965	$28,737
2016	$844	$29,280
2017	$779	$31,601
2018	$846	$33,447
2019	$844	$31,902
2020	$846	$31,721
2021	$886	$35,126
2022	$861	$32,395
2023	$758	$33,121
2024	$873	-

Sierra Leone vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sierra Leone

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sierra Leone	South Korea
1950	28.9	22.2
1951	29.3	26.6
1952	29.7	36.6
1953	30.1	40.5
1954	30.5	46.1
1955	30.9	48.4
1956	31.3	50.2
1957	31.8	51.6
1958	32.1	51.8
1959	32.6	52.9
1960	33.1	53.8
1961	33.6	54.4
1962	34.2	55
1963	34.7	55
1964	35.3	55.3
1965	35.9	55.8
1966	36.6	55.4
1967	37.3	60.9
1968	37.8	60.9
1969	38.2	61.4
1970	38.6	62.2
1971	39.1	62.7
1972	39.5	63.2
1973	40	63.8
1974	40.4	64.2
1975	41	64.7
1976	41.4	65
1977	41.8	64.6
1978	42.2	65
1979	42.5	66.1
1980	42.8	64.8
1981	43.1	67.1
1982	43.3	67.1
1983	43.5	66.7
1984	43.6	68.1
1985	43.6	68.4
1986	43.5	69
1987	43.7	69.3
1988	43.8	70.2
1989	43.7	70.7
1990	43.7	71
1991	43.3	71.4
1992	43.5	72.2
1993	43.4	72.7
1994	42.8	72.9
1995	42.6	73.4
1996	43.5	74
1997	43.6	74.5
1998	42.7	75
1999	42	75.6
2000	44.8	76.2
2001	45.4	76.9
2002	46.2	77.2
2003	46.8	77.5
2004	47.5	78
2005	48.3	78.4
2006	49.5	79
2007	50	79.4
2008	50.7	80
2009	51.3	80.6
2010	51.9	80.7
2011	52.6	81.2
2012	53.2	81.3
2013	54.1	81.8
2014	54.3	82.4
2015	55.5	82.5
2016	56.9	82.9
2017	57.8	83.3
2018	59.1	83.3
2019	59.6	83.7
2020	59.7	83.7
2021	60.3	83.9
2022	61.3	82.7
2023	61.8	84.3
2024	62	84.4
2025	62.2	84.5

Sierra Leone and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Sierra Leone

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Sierra Leone	South Korea
1960	2,268,356	25,012,374
1961	2,304,227	25,765,673
1962	2,342,242	26,513,030
1963	2,382,258	27,261,747
1964	2,424,390	27,984,155
1965	2,468,666	28,704,674
1966	2,514,638	29,435,571
1967	2,562,384	30,130,983
1968	2,611,532	30,838,302
1969	2,661,365	31,544,266
1970	2,712,286	32,240,827
1971	2,763,222	32,882,704
1972	2,814,388	33,505,406
1973	2,866,955	34,103,149
1974	2,920,459	34,692,266
1975	2,974,657	35,280,725
1976	3,028,820	35,848,523
1977	3,085,354	36,411,795
1978	3,145,517	36,969,185
1979	3,207,499	37,534,236
1980	3,272,089	38,123,775
1981	3,338,940	38,723,248
1982	3,408,183	39,326,352
1983	3,481,646	39,910,403
1984	3,558,758	40,405,956
1985	3,638,438	40,805,744
1986	3,728,380	41,213,674
1987	3,829,718	41,621,690
1988	3,934,517	42,031,247
1989	4,034,037	42,449,038
1990	4,196,828	42,869,283
1991	4,246,267	43,295,704
1992	4,166,366	43,747,962
1993	4,157,130	44,194,628
1994	4,173,105	44,641,540
1995	4,179,179	45,092,991
1996	4,199,210	45,524,681
1997	4,253,716	45,953,580
1998	4,295,785	46,286,503
1999	4,318,043	46,616,677
2000	4,423,611	47,008,111
2001	4,692,716	47,370,164
2002	4,971,435	47,644,736
2003	5,177,687	47,892,330
2004	5,355,717	48,082,519
2005	5,501,712	48,184,561
2006	5,624,466	48,438,292
2007	5,749,352	48,683,638
2008	5,894,722	49,054,708
2009	6,055,646	49,307,835
2010	6,222,714	49,554,112
2011	6,387,251	49,936,638
2012	6,551,080	50,199,853
2013	6,714,051	50,428,893
2014	6,876,385	50,746,659
2015	7,037,655	51,014,947
2016	7,205,328	51,217,803
2017	7,379,299	51,361,911
2018	7,554,563	51,585,058
2019	7,731,991	51,764,822
2020	7,912,558	51,836,239
2021	8,094,602	51,769,539
2022	8,276,807	51,672,569
2023	8,460,512	51,712,619
2024	8,642,022	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Sierra Leone and South Korea

Fertility rate

Sierra Leone

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sierra Leone	South Korea
1960	6.18	5.99
1961	6.21	5.8
1962	6.22	5.56
1963	6.26	5.33
1964	6.29	5.07
1965	6.31	4.89
1966	6.35	4.78
1967	6.38	4.62
1968	6.39	4.51
1969	6.39	4.45
1970	6.41	4.53
1971	6.43	4.54
1972	6.45	4.12
1973	6.47	4.07
1974	6.53	3.77
1975	6.55	3.43
1976	6.55	3
1977	6.57	2.99
1978	6.59	2.64
1979	6.58	2.9
1980	6.56	2.82
1981	6.55	2.57
1982	6.56	2.39
1983	6.57	2.06
1984	6.59	1.74
1985	6.59	1.66
1986	6.6	1.58
1987	6.61	1.53
1988	6.59	1.55
1989	6.57	1.56
1990	6.57	1.57
1991	6.55	1.71
1992	6.56	1.76
1993	6.57	1.65
1994	6.56	1.66
1995	6.56	1.63
1996	6.55	1.57
1997	6.53	1.54
1998	6.5	1.46
1999	6.42	1.43
2000	6.36	1.48
2001	6.31	1.31
2002	6.23	1.18
2003	6.09	1.19
2004	5.92	1.16
2005	5.81	1.09
2006	5.74	1.13
2007	5.64	1.26
2008	5.56	1.19
2009	5.45	1.15
2010	5.33	1.23
2011	5.21	1.24
2012	5.06	1.3
2013	4.87	1.19
2014	4.7	1.21
2015	4.55	1.24
2016	4.47	1.17
2017	4.39	1.05
2018	4.29	0.98
2019	4.19	0.92
2020	4.08	0.84
2021	3.98	0.81
2022	3.88	0.78
2023	3.79	0.72

Sierra Leone and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Sierra Leone

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sierra Leone	South Korea
1960	21.1	19.3
1961	21.1	19.2
1962	21.1	19.1
1963	21	19
1964	21	18.8
1965	20.9	18.6
1966	20.9	18.5
1967	20.8	18.6
1968	20.7	18.7
1969	20.6	18.8
1970	20.4	18.9
1971	20.2	19
1972	20.1	19.1
1973	19.9	19.3
1974	19.8	19.6
1975	19.6	19.9
1976	19.5	20.2
1977	19.4	20.7
1978	19.3	21.1
1979	19.2	21.6
1980	19.1	22.1
1981	19.1	22.5
1982	19	22.8
1983	18.9	23.3
1984	18.9	23.7
1985	18.8	24.2
1986	18.7	24.8
1987	18.7	25.3
1988	18.6	25.8
1989	18.6	26.3
1990	18.5	26.7
1991	18.5	27.2
1992	18.4	27.8
1993	18.4	28.3
1994	18.3	28.9
1995	18.2	29.4
1996	18.2	29.8
1997	18.1	30.2
1998	18.1	30.7
1999	18	31.2
2000	18	31.7
2001	18	32.3
2002	17.9	32.8
2003	17.9	33.4
2004	17.9	33.9
2005	18	34.5
2006	18	35.2
2007	18	35.8
2008	18.1	36.4
2009	18.1	37
2010	18.2	37.6
2011	18.3	38.2
2012	18.4	38.8
2013	18.5	39.5
2014	18.6	40.2
2015	18.7	40.8
2016	18.9	41.4
2017	19.1	41.9
2018	19.2	42.5
2019	19.4	43.1
2020	19.6	43.8
2021	19.8	44.4
2022	20	44.9
2023	20.3	45.5
2024	20.5	46.1

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Sierra Leone and South Korea.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size