South Korea vs South Sudan statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 11.9M in South Sudan (ranked 81/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan (ranked 105th vs. 41st).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080).

South Korea and South Sudan: Comparison Charts

South Korea and South Sudan economies compared

GDP

South Korea

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	South Sudan
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	$569,755,022,973	-
1998	$383,331,833,682	-
1999	$497,514,040,642	-
2000	$576,179,387,820	-
2001	$547,656,279,895	-
2002	$627,246,933,730	-
2003	$702,714,855,194	-
2004	$793,175,561,887	-
2005	$934,901,071,333	-
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	-
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	-
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$14,586,253,383
2009	$943,941,876,219	$12,231,264,525
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$14,602,072,411
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$14,907,308,933
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$11,931,472,169
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$18,426,469,017
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$13,962,212,847
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$11,997,800,760
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	-
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	-
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	-
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	-
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	-
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	-
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	-
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	-

South Korea and South Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	South Sudan
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	$12,398	-
1998	$8,282	-
1999	$10,672	-
2000	$12,257	-
2001	$11,561	-
2002	$13,165	-
2003	$14,673	-
2004	$16,496	-
2005	$19,403	-
2006	$21,743	-
2007	$24,086	-
2008	$21,350	$1,654
2009	$19,144	$1,323
2010	$23,079	$1,498
2011	$25,098	$1,449
2012	$25,459	$1,109
2013	$27,180	$1,650
2014	$29,253	$1,243
2015	$28,737	$1,080
2016	$29,280	-
2017	$31,601	-
2018	$33,447	-
2019	$31,902	-
2020	$31,721	-
2021	$35,126	-
2022	$32,395	-
2023	$33,121	-

South Korea vs. South Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

South Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	South Sudan
1950	22.2	30.2
1951	26.6	30.6
1952	36.6	31
1953	40.5	31.4
1954	46.1	31.7
1955	48.4	32
1956	50.2	31.6
1957	51.6	30.9
1958	51.8	27.6
1959	52.9	27.8
1960	53.8	28.1
1961	54.4	28.3
1962	55	28.5
1963	55	28.2
1964	55.3	32.5
1965	55.8	28.8
1966	55.4	25.6
1967	60.9	25.9
1968	60.9	26.1
1969	61.4	25.4
1970	62.2	25.6
1971	62.7	31
1972	63.2	31.3
1973	63.8	36.3
1974	64.2	36.6
1975	64.7	36.9
1976	65	37.1
1977	64.6	37.4
1978	65	37.6
1979	66.1	37.8
1980	64.8	38
1981	67.1	38.3
1982	67.1	38.7
1983	66.7	34.7
1984	68.1	31.8
1985	68.4	32.4
1986	69	32.8
1987	69.3	20.7
1988	70.2	11
1989	70.7	28.2
1990	71	28.6
1991	71.4	29.2
1992	72.2	21.9
1993	72.7	22.3
1994	72.9	44.9
1995	73.4	31.5
1996	74	32.1
1997	74.5	33.1
1998	75	19
1999	75.6	44.5
2000	76.2	47.6
2001	76.9	48.6
2002	77.2	49.4
2003	77.5	52.3
2004	78	53.1
2005	78.4	54
2006	79	54.7
2007	79.4	55.4
2008	80	56.3
2009	80.6	56.8
2010	80.7	57.5
2011	81.2	57.7
2012	81.3	58.2
2013	81.8	58.3
2014	82.4	45.6
2015	82.5	39.8
2016	82.9	36.7
2017	83.3	35.4
2018	83.3	51.9
2019	83.7	58.1
2020	83.7	57.6
2021	83.9	57
2022	82.7	57.2
2023	84.3	57.6
2024	84.4	57.7
2025	84.5	57.9

South Korea and South Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

South Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	South Sudan
1960	25,012,374	2,931,559
1961	25,765,673	2,976,724
1962	26,513,030	3,024,308
1963	27,261,747	3,072,669
1964	27,984,155	3,129,918
1965	28,704,674	3,189,835
1966	29,435,571	3,236,423
1967	30,130,983	3,277,648
1968	30,838,302	3,321,528
1969	31,544,266	3,365,533
1970	32,240,827	3,409,614
1971	32,882,704	3,468,646
1972	33,505,406	3,542,497
1973	34,103,149	3,627,383
1974	34,692,266	3,723,259
1975	35,280,725	3,821,494
1976	35,848,523	3,921,910
1977	36,411,795	4,024,032
1978	36,969,185	4,127,657
1979	37,534,236	4,232,605
1980	38,123,775	4,339,030
1981	38,723,248	4,447,272
1982	39,326,352	4,557,686
1983	39,910,403	4,661,574
1984	40,405,956	4,750,627
1985	40,805,744	4,834,296
1986	41,213,674	4,921,240
1987	41,621,690	4,962,395
1988	42,031,247	4,848,029
1989	42,449,038	4,713,229
1990	42,869,283	4,737,633
1991	43,295,704	4,836,677
1992	43,747,962	4,909,749
1993	44,194,628	4,956,002
1994	44,641,540	5,071,184
1995	45,092,991	5,225,836
1996	45,524,681	5,356,925
1997	45,953,580	5,509,136
1998	46,286,503	5,620,068
1999	46,616,677	5,771,628
2000	47,008,111	6,032,267
2001	47,370,164	6,308,391
2002	47,644,736	6,596,806
2003	47,892,330	6,903,127
2004	48,082,519	7,233,041
2005	48,184,561	7,590,143
2006	48,438,292	7,976,526
2007	48,683,638	8,388,788
2008	49,054,708	8,817,647
2009	49,307,835	9,243,556
2010	49,554,112	9,745,953
2011	49,936,638	10,288,109
2012	50,199,853	10,756,240
2013	50,428,893	11,166,275
2014	50,746,659	11,235,073
2015	51,014,947	11,107,561
2016	51,217,803	10,830,102
2017	51,361,911	10,259,154
2018	51,585,058	10,122,977
2019	51,764,822	10,423,384
2020	51,836,239	10,698,467
2021	51,769,539	10,865,780
2022	51,672,569	11,021,177
2023	51,712,619	11,483,374
2024	51,751,065	11,943,408

Fertility rates in South Korea and South Sudan

Fertility rate

South Korea

South Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	South Sudan
1960	5.99	7.16
1961	5.8	7.18
1962	5.56	7.2
1963	5.33	7.2
1964	5.07	7.22
1965	4.89	7.22
1966	4.78	7.25
1967	4.62	7.26
1968	4.51	7.26
1969	4.45	7.28
1970	4.53	7.29
1971	4.54	7.3
1972	4.12	7.31
1973	4.07	7.31
1974	3.77	7.31
1975	3.43	7.33
1976	3	7.33
1977	2.99	7.33
1978	2.64	7.33
1979	2.9	7.32
1980	2.82	7.33
1981	2.57	7.33
1982	2.39	7.34
1983	2.06	7.34
1984	1.74	7.35
1985	1.66	7.36
1986	1.58	7.38
1987	1.53	7.39
1988	1.55	7.38
1989	1.56	7.37
1990	1.57	7.38
1991	1.71	7.38
1992	1.76	7.37
1993	1.65	7.36
1994	1.66	7.35
1995	1.63	7.34
1996	1.57	7.32
1997	1.54	7.2
1998	1.46	7.08
1999	1.43	6.94
2000	1.48	6.8
2001	1.31	6.65
2002	1.18	6.52
2003	1.19	6.35
2004	1.16	6.19
2005	1.09	6.02
2006	1.13	5.85
2007	1.26	5.7
2008	1.19	5.57
2009	1.15	5.45
2010	1.23	5.32
2011	1.24	5.19
2012	1.3	5.06
2013	1.19	4.94
2014	1.21	4.82
2015	1.24	4.7
2016	1.17	4.58
2017	1.05	4.48
2018	0.98	4.37
2019	0.92	4.26
2020	0.84	4.16
2021	0.81	4.05
2022	0.78	3.96
2023	0.72	3.86

South Korea and South Sudan demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

South Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	South Sudan
1960	19.3	18.6
1961	19.2	18.5
1962	19.1	18.5
1963	19	18.4
1964	18.8	18.4
1965	18.6	18.3
1966	18.5	18.3
1967	18.6	18.2
1968	18.7	18
1969	18.8	17.9
1970	18.9	17.7
1971	19	17.6
1972	19.1	17.5
1973	19.3	17.5
1974	19.6	17.4
1975	19.9	17.4
1976	20.2	17.3
1977	20.7	17.2
1978	21.1	17.2
1979	21.6	17.1
1980	22.1	17.1
1981	22.5	17
1982	22.8	16.9
1983	23.3	16.8
1984	23.7	16.8
1985	24.2	16.7
1986	24.8	16.6
1987	25.3	16.5
1988	25.8	16.8
1989	26.3	17.1
1990	26.7	17
1991	27.2	17
1992	27.8	17
1993	28.3	16.9
1994	28.9	16.9
1995	29.4	16.9
1996	29.8	16.9
1997	30.2	16.9
1998	30.7	17
1999	31.2	17.1
2000	31.7	17.2
2001	32.3	17.3
2002	32.8	17.3
2003	33.4	17.3
2004	33.9	17.4
2005	34.5	17.6
2006	35.2	17.8
2007	35.8	18
2008	36.4	18.2
2009	37	18.4
2010	37.6	18.7
2011	38.2	19
2012	38.8	19.2
2013	39.5	19.3
2014	40.2	19
2015	40.8	18.6
2016	41.4	18.2
2017	41.9	17.4
2018	42.5	17.3
2019	43.1	17.8
2020	43.8	18.2
2021	44.4	18.4
2022	44.9	18.7
2023	45.5	19
2024	46.1	19.4

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