Singapore vs South Korea statistics compared

Singapore has a population of 6.04M (ranked 113/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Singapore's land area is 277.2 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 177th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Singapore ranks 27/197 ($547B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Singapore and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Singapore and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Singapore

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Singapore	South Korea
1960	$704,751,700	$3,958,811,881
1961	$764,629,788	$2,417,628,737
1962	$826,239,212	$2,814,615,385
1963	$917,608,012	$3,988,461,538
1964	$894,153,311	$3,459,019,943
1965	$974,644,096	$3,120,861,499
1966	$1,096,425,608	$3,929,055,144
1967	$1,238,035,816	$4,855,892,446
1968	$1,425,706,091	$6,119,394,892
1969	$1,659,893,768	$7,678,698,838
1970	$1,920,574,150	$9,005,144,969
1971	$2,263,785,444	$9,903,571,249
1972	$2,721,440,981	$10,862,211,761
1973	$3,696,213,333	$13,876,472,208
1974	$5,221,534,956	$19,543,973,941
1975	$5,633,673,930	$21,784,297,521
1976	$6,327,077,974	$29,902,479,339
1977	$6,618,585,074	$38,446,487,603
1978	$7,517,176,355	$51,972,107,438
1979	$9,296,921,724	$66,946,900,826
1980	$11,896,256,783	$65,398,377,598
1981	$14,175,228,844	$72,933,533,012
1982	$16,084,252,378	$78,358,416,171
1983	$17,784,112,150	$87,760,553,262
1984	$19,749,361,098	$97,510,744,119
1985	$19,156,532,746	$101,296,177,099
1986	$18,586,746,057	$116,836,246,285
1987	$20,919,215,578	$147,948,709,376
1988	$25,371,462,488	$199,591,287,825
1989	$30,465,364,739	$246,928,837,311
1990	$36,144,336,769	$283,365,844,161
1991	$45,466,164,978	$330,647,042,837
1992	$52,131,320,033	$355,524,903,068
1993	$60,603,815,716	$392,665,710,525
1994	$73,688,724,431	$463,619,823,515
1995	$87,812,540,788	$566,581,003,128
1996	$96,293,086,513	$610,167,053,824
1997	$100,123,787,215	$569,755,022,973
1998	$85,728,207,782	$383,331,833,682
1999	$86,286,849,755	$497,514,040,642
2000	$96,076,539,926	$576,179,387,820
2001	$89,793,790,670	$547,656,279,895
2002	$92,538,372,870	$627,246,933,730
2003	$97,646,401,096	$702,714,855,194
2004	$115,033,593,101	$793,175,561,887
2005	$127,807,848,728	$934,901,071,333
2006	$148,627,286,361	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$180,941,701,358	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$193,617,323,539	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$194,150,283,772	$943,941,876,219
2010	$239,807,980,591	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$279,356,499,090	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$295,092,888,077	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$307,576,360,585	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$314,863,580,758	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$307,998,545,269	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$319,646,468,521	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$343,673,334,902	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$377,123,710,561	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$376,161,998,830	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$349,165,858,545	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$436,591,382,250	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$509,017,841,147	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$505,439,514,078	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$547,386,645,892	-

Singapore and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Singapore

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Singapore	South Korea
1960	$428	$158.3
1961	$449	$93.8
1962	$472	$106.2
1963	$511	$146.3
1964	$486	$123.6
1965	$517	$108.7
1966	$567	$133.5
1967	$626	$161.2
1968	$709	$198.4
1969	$813	$243.4
1970	$926	$279.3
1971	$1,071	$301
1972	$1,264	$324
1973	$1,685	$407
1974	$2,342	$563
1975	$2,490	$617
1976	$2,759	$834
1977	$2,846	$1,056
1978	$3,194	$1,406
1979	$3,901	$1,784
1980	$4,928	$1,715
1981	$5,597	$1,883
1982	$6,078	$1,993
1983	$6,633	$2,199
1984	$7,228	$2,413
1985	$7,002	$2,482
1986	$6,800	$2,835
1987	$7,539	$3,555
1988	$8,914	$4,749
1989	$10,395	$5,817
1990	$11,862	$6,610
1991	$14,502	$7,637
1992	$16,136	$8,127
1993	$18,290	$8,885
1994	$21,552	$10,385
1995	$24,915	$12,565
1996	$26,233	$13,403
1997	$26,376	$12,398
1998	$21,829	$8,282
1999	$21,797	$10,672
2000	$23,853	$12,257
2001	$21,700	$11,561
2002	$22,160	$13,165
2003	$23,730	$14,673
2004	$27,608	$16,496
2005	$29,961	$19,403
2006	$33,768	$21,743
2007	$39,433	$24,086
2008	$40,009	$21,350
2009	$38,927	$19,144
2010	$47,237	$23,079
2011	$53,891	$25,098
2012	$55,548	$25,459
2013	$56,967	$27,180
2014	$57,565	$29,253
2015	$55,646	$28,737
2016	$57,006	$29,280
2017	$61,236	$31,601
2018	$66,882	$33,447
2019	$65,952	$31,902
2020	$61,410	$31,721
2021	$80,056	$35,126
2022	$90,299	$32,395
2023	$85,412	$33,121
2024	$90,674	-

Singapore vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Singapore

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Singapore	South Korea
1950	54.1	22.2
1951	55.3	26.6
1952	56.4	36.6
1953	57.5	40.5
1954	59.4	46.1
1955	61.2	48.4
1956	62.6	50.2
1957	63.4	51.6
1958	64	51.8
1959	64.8	52.9
1960	65.3	53.8
1961	65.7	54.4
1962	66.1	55
1963	66.5	55
1964	66.7	55.3
1965	66.9	55.8
1966	67.2	55.4
1967	67.3	60.9
1968	67.7	60.9
1969	68.1	61.4
1970	68.5	62.2
1971	68.8	62.7
1972	69	63.2
1973	69.4	63.8
1974	69.7	64.2
1975	70.2	64.7
1976	70.6	65
1977	70.9	64.6
1978	71.2	65
1979	71.4	66.1
1980	71.5	64.8
1981	71.7	67.1
1982	72	67.1
1983	72.4	66.7
1984	72.6	68.1
1985	73.1	68.4
1986	73.6	69
1987	74	69.3
1988	74	70.2
1989	74.3	70.7
1990	74.6	71
1991	75.1	71.4
1992	75.3	72.2
1993	75.5	72.7
1994	75.6	72.9
1995	75.7	73.4
1996	76.1	74
1997	76.4	74.5
1998	76.9	75
1999	77.3	75.6
2000	77.8	76.2
2001	78.3	76.9
2002	78.7	77.2
2003	79.2	77.5
2004	79.7	78
2005	80.3	78.4
2006	80.6	79
2007	80.9	79.4
2008	81.1	80
2009	81.4	80.6
2010	81.6	80.7
2011	81.9	81.2
2012	82.2	81.3
2013	82.5	81.8
2014	82.6	82.4
2015	82.7	82.5
2016	82.9	82.9
2017	83.1	83.3
2018	83.4	83.3
2019	83.7	83.7
2020	83.7	83.7
2021	83.5	83.9
2022	82.9	82.7
2023	83.7	84.3
2024	83.9	84.4
2025	84	84.5

Singapore and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Singapore

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Singapore	South Korea
1960	1,646,400	25,012,374
1961	1,702,400	25,765,673
1962	1,750,200	26,513,030
1963	1,795,000	27,261,747
1964	1,841,600	27,984,155
1965	1,886,900	28,704,674
1966	1,934,400	29,435,571
1967	1,977,600	30,130,983
1968	2,012,000	30,838,302
1969	2,042,500	31,544,266
1970	2,074,507	32,240,827
1971	2,112,900	32,882,704
1972	2,152,400	33,505,406
1973	2,193,000	34,103,149
1974	2,229,800	34,692,266
1975	2,262,600	35,280,725
1976	2,293,300	35,848,523
1977	2,325,300	36,411,795
1978	2,353,600	36,969,185
1979	2,383,500	37,534,236
1980	2,413,945	38,123,775
1981	2,532,835	38,723,248
1982	2,646,466	39,326,352
1983	2,681,061	39,910,403
1984	2,732,221	40,405,956
1985	2,735,957	40,805,744
1986	2,733,373	41,213,674
1987	2,774,789	41,621,690
1988	2,846,108	42,031,247
1989	2,930,901	42,449,038
1990	3,047,132	42,869,283
1991	3,135,083	43,295,704
1992	3,230,698	43,747,962
1993	3,313,471	44,194,628
1994	3,419,048	44,641,540
1995	3,524,506	45,092,991
1996	3,670,704	45,524,681
1997	3,796,038	45,953,580
1998	3,927,213	46,286,503
1999	3,958,723	46,616,677
2000	4,027,887	47,008,111
2001	4,138,012	47,370,164
2002	4,175,950	47,644,736
2003	4,114,826	47,892,330
2004	4,166,664	48,082,519
2005	4,265,762	48,184,561
2006	4,401,365	48,438,292
2007	4,588,599	48,683,638
2008	4,839,396	49,054,708
2009	4,987,573	49,307,835
2010	5,076,732	49,554,112
2011	5,183,688	49,936,638
2012	5,312,437	50,199,853
2013	5,399,162	50,428,893
2014	5,469,724	50,746,659
2015	5,535,002	51,014,947
2016	5,607,283	51,217,803
2017	5,612,253	51,361,911
2018	5,638,676	51,585,058
2019	5,703,569	51,764,822
2020	5,685,807	51,836,239
2021	5,453,566	51,769,539
2022	5,637,022	51,672,569
2023	5,917,648	51,712,619
2024	6,036,860	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Singapore and South Korea

Fertility rate

Singapore

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Singapore	South Korea
1960	5.76	5.99
1961	5.41	5.8
1962	5.21	5.56
1963	5.16	5.33
1964	4.97	5.07
1965	4.66	4.89
1966	4.46	4.78
1967	3.91	4.62
1968	3.53	4.51
1969	3.22	4.45
1970	3.07	4.53
1971	3.02	4.54
1972	3.04	4.12
1973	2.79	4.07
1974	2.35	3.77
1975	2.07	3.43
1976	2.11	3
1977	1.82	2.99
1978	1.79	2.64
1979	1.79	2.9
1980	1.82	2.82
1981	1.78	2.57
1982	1.74	2.39
1983	1.61	2.06
1984	1.62	1.74
1985	1.61	1.66
1986	1.43	1.58
1987	1.62	1.53
1988	1.96	1.55
1989	1.75	1.56
1990	1.83	1.57
1991	1.73	1.71
1992	1.72	1.76
1993	1.74	1.65
1994	1.71	1.66
1995	1.67	1.63
1996	1.66	1.57
1997	1.61	1.54
1998	1.48	1.46
1999	1.47	1.43
2000	1.6	1.48
2001	1.41	1.31
2002	1.37	1.18
2003	1.27	1.19
2004	1.26	1.16
2005	1.26	1.09
2006	1.28	1.13
2007	1.29	1.26
2008	1.28	1.19
2009	1.22	1.15
2010	1.15	1.23
2011	1.2	1.24
2012	1.29	1.3
2013	1.19	1.19
2014	1.25	1.21
2015	1.24	1.24
2016	1.2	1.17
2017	1.16	1.05
2018	1.14	0.98
2019	1.14	0.92
2020	1.1	0.84
2021	1.12	0.81
2022	1.04	0.78
2023	0.97	0.72

Singapore and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Singapore

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Singapore	South Korea
1960	18.2	19.3
1961	18.1	19.2
1962	18	19.1
1963	18	19
1964	18.1	18.8
1965	18.2	18.6
1966	18.4	18.5
1967	18.6	18.6
1968	18.9	18.7
1969	19.3	18.8
1970	19.7	18.9
1971	20.1	19
1972	20.6	19.1
1973	21	19.3
1974	21.5	19.6
1975	22	19.9
1976	22.6	20.2
1977	23.1	20.7
1978	23.6	21.1
1979	24.2	21.6
1980	24.7	22.1
1981	25.3	22.5
1982	25.9	22.8
1983	26.4	23.3
1984	26.9	23.7
1985	27.3	24.2
1986	27.8	24.8
1987	28.3	25.3
1988	28.7	25.8
1989	29.1	26.3
1990	29.5	26.7
1991	29.8	27.2
1992	30.1	27.8
1993	30.4	28.3
1994	30.7	28.9
1995	31	29.4
1996	31.2	29.8
1997	31.4	30.2
1998	31.6	30.7
1999	31.9	31.2
2000	32.2	31.7
2001	32.5	32.3
2002	32.7	32.8
2003	33	33.4
2004	33.3	33.9
2005	33.5	34.5
2006	33.6	35.2
2007	33.6	35.8
2008	33.5	36.4
2009	33.6	37
2010	33.7	37.6
2011	33.9	38.2
2012	34	38.8
2013	34.1	39.5
2014	34.2	40.2
2015	34.4	40.8
2016	34.5	41.4
2017	34.8	41.9
2018	35	42.5
2019	35.2	43.1
2020	35.5	43.8
2021	35.8	44.4
2022	35.9	44.9
2023	36.2	45.5
2024	36.8	46.1

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