South Korea vs Spain statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 48.8M in Spain (ranked 32/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 192,934 sq mi for Spain (ranked 105th vs. 51st).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T) and Spain ranks 15/197 ($1.73T). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239), while Spain ranks 32/197 ($35,327).

South Korea and Spain: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Spain economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Spain

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Spain
1960	$3,973,069,307	$12,424,514,014
1961	$2,427,244,761	$14,238,126,760
1962	$2,826,923,077	$16,609,632,791
1963	$4,007,692,308	$19,631,714,760
1964	$3,476,789,682	$21,966,876,027
1965	$3,141,131,708	$25,479,619,607
1966	$3,957,064,541	$29,559,436,183
1967	$4,895,076,718	$32,570,905,397
1968	$6,167,109,472	$32,394,326,464
1969	$7,743,940,189	$37,090,689,288
1970	$9,085,001,794	$40,963,715,237
1971	$10,005,257,131	$46,586,119,760
1972	$10,990,490,570	$59,090,176,029
1973	$14,067,523,813	$78,583,355,226
1974	$19,860,929,977	$97,204,522,642
1975	$22,126,033,058	$114,695,060,870
1976	$30,371,074,380	$118,422,534,195
1977	$39,064,462,810	$132,354,665,936
1978	$52,824,793,388	$160,484,969,618
1979	$68,083,884,298	$214,448,666,336
1980	$66,547,970,351	$232,600,556,974
1981	$74,287,368,087	$202,663,023,968
1982	$79,921,300,447	$195,856,752,991
1983	$89,621,208,322	$170,829,074,246
1984	$99,749,645,089	$171,979,977,230
1985	$103,764,281,281	$180,664,322,896
1986	$119,965,960,795	$251,141,555,186
1987	$152,240,393,646	$318,520,253,335
1988	$205,477,530,605	$375,891,716,898
1989	$254,236,243,100	$414,460,794,097
1990	$292,064,221,389	$536,175,326,477
1991	$340,851,946,804	$576,753,902,322
1992	$366,921,291,825	$630,465,353,486
1993	$405,705,302,846	$524,700,572,624
1994	$479,181,794,217	$530,183,651,720
1995	$586,286,469,401	$614,170,002,669
1996	$631,196,863,758	$642,251,412,058
1997	$589,202,526,424	$589,739,772,727
1998	$397,297,216,492	$618,731,484,575
1999	$515,697,079,289	$634,394,904,387
2000	$597,487,173,479	$598,102,854,756
2001	$567,564,806,235	$627,798,682,379
2002	$650,014,391,470	$708,938,227,244
2003	$728,516,494,684	$907,963,217,058
2004	$823,251,107,639	$1,069,829,382,515
2005	$971,740,329,984	$1,154,667,551,776
2006	$1,095,175,538,508	$1,261,846,683,275
2007	$1,220,911,904,593	$1,476,746,276,855
2008	$1,091,580,692,542	$1,636,115,447,613
2009	$983,065,242,417	$1,496,587,590,848
2010	$1,192,830,015,738	$1,427,989,078,917
2011	$1,307,103,477,219	$1,487,568,659,241
2012	$1,335,343,586,438	$1,330,994,811,670
2013	$1,434,669,686,502	$1,362,186,923,158
2014	$1,556,252,422,020	$1,380,244,561,362
2015	$1,539,212,301,136	$1,206,164,777,553
2016	$1,579,150,518,945	$1,243,015,667,917
2017	$1,710,196,756,713	$1,321,754,088,819
2018	$1,824,251,454,307	$1,431,642,809,327
2019	$1,751,045,752,055	$1,403,496,387,686
2020	$1,744,070,276,373	$1,289,783,836,971
2021	$1,942,313,560,966	$1,461,244,901,853
2022	$1,799,363,116,867	$1,448,850,658,407
2023	$1,844,800,934,392	$1,619,481,980,720
2024	$1,875,388,209,407	$1,725,671,652,742

South Korea and Spain economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Spain

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Spain
1960	$158.8	$408
1961	$94.2	$463
1962	$106.6	$535
1963	$147	$627
1964	$124.2	$695
1965	$109.4	$797
1966	$134.4	$916
1967	$162.5	$997
1968	$200	$978
1969	$245.5	$1,109
1970	$281.8	$1,211
1971	$304	$1,361
1972	$328	$1,708
1973	$412	$2,246
1974	$572	$2,748
1975	$627	$3,208
1976	$847	$3,277
1977	$1,073	$3,625
1978	$1,429	$4,353
1979	$1,814	$5,766
1980	$1,746	$6,204
1981	$1,918	$5,367
1982	$2,032	$5,156
1983	$2,246	$4,475
1984	$2,469	$4,487
1985	$2,543	$4,696
1986	$2,911	$6,509
1987	$3,658	$8,234
1988	$4,889	$9,696
1989	$5,989	$10,674
1990	$6,813	$13,795
1991	$7,873	$14,801
1992	$8,387	$16,101
1993	$9,180	$13,330
1994	$10,734	$13,406
1995	$13,002	$15,461
1996	$13,865	$16,101
1997	$12,822	$14,722
1998	$8,583	$15,382
1999	$11,063	$15,708
2000	$12,710	$14,743
2001	$11,981	$15,368
2002	$13,643	$17,111
2003	$15,212	$21,522
2004	$17,122	$24,925
2005	$20,167	$26,451
2006	$22,610	$28,422
2007	$25,078	$32,652
2008	$22,252	$35,603
2009	$19,937	$32,280
2010	$24,071	$30,659
2011	$26,175	$31,825
2012	$26,601	$28,456
2013	$28,449	$29,229
2014	$30,667	$29,708
2015	$30,172	$25,982
2016	$30,832	$26,756
2017	$33,297	$28,381
2018	$35,364	$30,602
2019	$33,827	$29,787
2020	$33,646	$27,234
2021	$37,518	$30,799
2022	$34,822	$30,319
2023	$35,674	$33,493
2024	$36,239	$35,327

South Korea vs. Spain life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Spain

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Spain
1950	22.2	61.8
1951	26.6	61.5
1952	36.6	64.8
1953	40.5	65.7
1954	46.1	66.9
1955	48.4	66.7
1956	50.2	66.8
1957	51.6	66.6
1958	51.8	68.8
1959	52.9	68.7
1960	53.8	69.2
1961	54.4	69.6
1962	55	69.6
1963	55	69.8
1964	55.3	70.5
1965	55.8	70.9
1966	55.4	71.2
1967	60.9	71.3
1968	60.9	71.7
1969	61.4	71.1
1970	62.2	72.1
1971	62.7	71.7
1972	63.2	73
1973	63.8	72.7
1974	64.2	73.1
1975	64.7	73.5
1976	65	73.8
1977	64.6	74.3
1978	65	74.5
1979	66.1	75
1980	64.8	75.5
1981	67.1	75.7
1982	67.1	76.3
1983	66.7	76.1
1984	68.1	76.5
1985	68.4	76.4
1986	69	76.7
1987	69.3	77
1988	70.2	76.9
1989	70.7	77
1990	71	77
1991	71.4	77.1
1992	72.2	77.6
1993	72.7	77.7
1994	72.9	78.1
1995	73.4	78.2
1996	74	78.3
1997	74.5	78.9
1998	75	78.9
1999	75.6	78.9
2000	76.2	79.4
2001	76.9	79.7
2002	77.2	79.8
2003	77.5	79.7
2004	78	80.3
2005	78.4	80.3
2006	79	81
2007	79.4	81
2008	80	81.3
2009	80.6	81.6
2010	80.7	82
2011	81.2	82.2
2012	81.3	82.2
2013	81.8	82.7
2014	82.4	82.8
2015	82.5	82.6
2016	82.9	83
2017	83.3	83
2018	83.3	83.1
2019	83.7	83.5
2020	83.7	82.2
2021	83.9	83
2022	82.7	82.4
2023	84.3	83.7
2024	84.4	83.8
2025	84.5	84
2026	84.6	84.1

South Korea and Spain population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Spain

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Spain
1960	25,012,374	30,455,000
1961	25,765,673	30,739,250
1962	26,513,030	31,023,366
1963	27,261,747	31,296,651
1964	27,984,155	31,609,195
1965	28,704,674	31,954,292
1966	29,435,571	32,283,194
1967	30,130,983	32,682,947
1968	30,838,302	33,113,134
1969	31,544,266	33,441,054
1970	32,240,827	33,814,531
1971	32,882,704	34,224,490
1972	33,505,406	34,604,469
1973	34,103,149	34,988,947
1974	34,692,266	35,373,335
1975	35,280,725	35,757,900
1976	35,848,523	36,137,812
1977	36,411,795	36,511,638
1978	36,969,185	36,864,898
1979	37,534,236	37,191,330
1980	38,123,775	37,491,165
1981	38,723,248	37,758,631
1982	39,326,352	37,986,012
1983	39,910,403	38,171,525
1984	40,405,956	38,330,364
1985	40,805,744	38,469,512
1986	41,213,674	38,584,624
1987	41,621,690	38,684,815
1988	42,031,247	38,766,939
1989	42,449,038	38,827,764
1990	42,869,283	38,867,322
1991	43,295,704	38,966,376
1992	43,747,962	39,157,685
1993	44,194,628	39,361,262
1994	44,641,540	39,549,108
1995	45,092,991	39,724,050
1996	45,524,681	39,889,852
1997	45,953,580	40,057,389
1998	46,286,503	40,223,509
1999	46,616,677	40,386,875
2000	47,008,111	40,567,864
2001	47,370,164	40,850,412
2002	47,644,736	41,431,558
2003	47,892,330	42,187,645
2004	48,082,519	42,921,895
2005	48,184,561	43,653,155
2006	48,438,292	44,397,319
2007	48,683,638	45,226,803
2008	49,054,708	45,954,106
2009	49,307,835	46,362,946
2010	49,554,112	46,576,897
2011	49,936,638	46,742,697
2012	50,199,853	46,773,055
2013	50,428,893	46,604,197
2014	50,746,659	46,460,733
2015	51,014,947	46,422,303
2016	51,217,803	46,458,139
2017	51,361,911	46,571,232
2018	51,585,058	46,782,011
2019	51,764,822	47,118,501
2020	51,836,239	47,359,424
2021	51,769,539	47,443,821
2022	51,672,569	47,786,102
2023	51,712,619	48,352,528
2024	51,751,065	48,848,840

Fertility rates in South Korea and Spain

Fertility rate

South Korea

Spain

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Spain
1960	5.99	2.86
1961	5.8	2.77
1962	5.56	2.8
1963	5.33	2.88
1964	5.07	3.01
1965	4.89	2.94
1966	4.78	2.91
1967	4.62	2.94
1968	4.51	2.87
1969	4.45	2.86
1970	4.53	2.84
1971	4.54	2.9
1972	4.12	2.87
1973	4.07	2.84
1974	3.77	2.88
1975	3.43	2.77
1976	3	2.77
1977	2.99	2.65
1978	2.64	2.54
1979	2.9	2.37
1980	2.82	2.22
1981	2.57	2.04
1982	2.39	1.94
1983	2.06	1.8
1984	1.74	1.73
1985	1.66	1.64
1986	1.58	1.56
1987	1.53	1.49
1988	1.55	1.45
1989	1.56	1.4
1990	1.57	1.36
1991	1.71	1.33
1992	1.76	1.31
1993	1.65	1.26
1994	1.66	1.19
1995	1.63	1.16
1996	1.57	1.14
1997	1.54	1.15
1998	1.46	1.13
1999	1.43	1.17
2000	1.48	1.22
2001	1.31	1.23
2002	1.18	1.25
2003	1.19	1.3
2004	1.16	1.31
2005	1.09	1.33
2006	1.13	1.36
2007	1.26	1.38
2008	1.19	1.45
2009	1.15	1.38
2010	1.23	1.37
2011	1.24	1.34
2012	1.3	1.32
2013	1.19	1.27
2014	1.21	1.32
2015	1.24	1.33
2016	1.17	1.33
2017	1.05	1.31
2018	0.98	1.26
2019	0.92	1.23
2020	0.84	1.18
2021	0.81	1.18
2022	0.78	1.16
2023	0.72	1.12

South Korea and Spain demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Spain

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Spain
1960	19.3	29.4
1961	19.2	29.6
1962	19.1	29.7
1963	19	29.9
1964	18.8	30.1
1965	18.6	30.2
1966	18.5	30.3
1967	18.6	30.4
1968	18.7	30.4
1969	18.8	30.2
1970	18.9	30.1
1971	19	30.1
1972	19.1	30
1973	19.3	30
1974	19.6	30
1975	19.9	30
1976	20.2	30.1
1977	20.7	30.2
1978	21.1	30.4
1979	21.6	30.6
1980	22.1	30.7
1981	22.5	30.9
1982	22.8	31.1
1983	23.3	31.4
1984	23.7	31.6
1985	24.2	31.9
1986	24.8	32.2
1987	25.3	32.5
1988	25.8	32.9
1989	26.3	33.2
1990	26.7	33.6
1991	27.2	33.9
1992	27.8	34.2
1993	28.3	34.6
1994	28.9	34.9
1995	29.4	35.3
1996	29.8	35.7
1997	30.2	36.2
1998	30.7	36.6
1999	31.2	37
2000	31.7	37.4
2001	32.3	37.8
2002	32.8	38.1
2003	33.4	38.3
2004	33.9	38.5
2005	34.5	38.8
2006	35.2	39
2007	35.8	39.2
2008	36.4	39.4
2009	37	39.8
2010	37.6	40.2
2011	38.2	40.6
2012	38.8	41.1
2013	39.5	41.7
2014	40.2	42.2
2015	40.8	42.7
2016	41.4	43.1
2017	41.9	43.5
2018	42.5	43.8
2019	43.1	44.1
2020	43.8	44.5
2021	44.4	44.9
2022	44.9	45.4
2023	45.5	45.9
2024	46.1	46.4

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