South Korea vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 105th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

South Korea and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Sri Lanka
1960	$3,958,811,881	$1,409,873,950
1961	$2,417,628,737	$1,444,327,731
1962	$2,814,615,385	$1,434,156,379
1963	$3,988,461,538	$1,240,672,269
1964	$3,459,019,943	$1,309,747,899
1965	$3,120,861,499	$1,698,319,328
1966	$3,929,055,144	$1,751,470,588
1967	$4,855,892,446	$1,859,465,021
1968	$6,119,394,892	$1,801,344,538
1969	$7,678,698,838	$1,965,546,218
1970	$9,005,144,969	$2,296,470,588
1971	$9,903,571,249	$2,369,308,600
1972	$10,862,211,761	$2,553,936,348
1973	$13,876,472,208	$2,875,625,000
1974	$19,543,973,941	$3,574,586,466
1975	$21,784,297,521	$3,791,298,146
1976	$29,902,479,339	$3,591,319,857
1977	$38,446,487,603	$4,104,509,583
1978	$51,972,107,438	$2,733,183,857
1979	$66,946,900,826	$3,364,611,432
1980	$65,398,377,598	$4,024,621,900
1981	$72,933,533,012	$4,415,844,156
1982	$78,358,416,171	$4,768,765,017
1983	$87,760,553,262	$5,167,913,302
1984	$97,510,744,119	$6,043,474,843
1985	$101,296,177,099	$5,978,460,972
1986	$116,836,246,285	$6,405,210,564
1987	$147,948,709,376	$6,682,167,120
1988	$199,591,287,825	$6,978,371,581
1989	$246,928,837,311	$6,987,267,684
1990	$283,365,844,161	$8,032,551,173
1991	$330,647,042,837	$9,000,362,582
1992	$355,524,903,068	$9,703,011,636
1993	$392,665,710,525	$10,338,679,636
1994	$463,619,823,515	$11,717,604,209
1995	$566,581,003,128	$13,029,697,561
1996	$610,167,053,824	$13,897,738,375
1997	$569,755,022,973	$15,091,913,884
1998	$383,331,833,682	$15,794,972,847
1999	$497,514,040,642	$15,656,327,860
2000	$576,179,387,820	$16,330,814,180
2001	$547,656,279,895	$15,749,753,805
2002	$627,246,933,730	$16,536,535,647
2003	$702,714,855,194	$18,881,765,437
2004	$793,175,561,887	$20,662,525,941
2005	$934,901,071,333	$24,405,791,045
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$28,279,802,406
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$32,350,238,760
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$40,713,826,215
2009	$943,941,876,219	$42,066,224,093
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$58,636,161,082
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$67,753,284,044
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$70,447,216,891
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$77,000,578,167
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$82,528,535,714
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$85,090,301,052
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$88,000,211,172
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$94,369,350,286
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$94,450,015,983
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$88,998,706,297
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$84,335,574,582
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$88,556,698,938
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$74,143,020,263
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$83,716,142,582
2024	-	$98,963,185,510

South Korea and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Sri Lanka
1960	$158.3	$145.9
1961	$93.8	$145.9
1962	$106.2	$141.4
1963	$146.3	$119.4
1964	$123.6	$122.9
1965	$108.7	$155.6
1966	$133.5	$156.6
1967	$161.2	$162.3
1968	$198.4	$153.5
1969	$243.4	$163.6
1970	$279.3	$186.9
1971	$301	$188.8
1972	$324	$199.4
1973	$407	$220.2
1974	$563	$268.7
1975	$617	$279.8
1976	$834	$260.3
1977	$1,056	$292.1
1978	$1,406	$191
1979	$1,784	$230.8
1980	$1,715	$271.1
1981	$1,883	$292.5
1982	$1,993	$312
1983	$2,199	$336
1984	$2,413	$391
1985	$2,482	$385
1986	$2,835	$407
1987	$3,555	$420
1988	$4,749	$434
1989	$5,817	$430
1990	$6,610	$491
1991	$7,637	$546
1992	$8,127	$580
1993	$8,885	$607
1994	$10,385	$678
1995	$12,565	$742
1996	$13,403	$776
1997	$12,398	$827
1998	$8,282	$849
1999	$10,672	$826
2000	$12,257	$846
2001	$11,561	$804
2002	$13,165	$835
2003	$14,673	$946
2004	$16,496	$1,029
2005	$19,403	$1,207
2006	$21,743	$1,390
2007	$24,086	$1,579
2008	$21,350	$1,974
2009	$19,144	$2,027
2010	$23,079	$2,808
2011	$25,098	$3,225
2012	$25,459	$3,328
2013	$27,180	$3,741
2014	$29,253	$3,972
2015	$28,737	$4,058
2016	$29,280	$4,149
2017	$31,601	$4,399
2018	$33,447	$4,359
2019	$31,902	$4,082
2020	$31,721	$3,848
2021	$35,126	$3,997
2022	$32,395	$3,343
2023	$33,121	$3,799
2024	-	$4,516

South Korea vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Sri Lanka
1950	22.2	53.2
1951	26.6	54
1952	36.6	54.9
1953	40.5	55.6
1954	46.1	56.4
1955	48.4	57.2
1956	50.2	57.9
1957	51.6	58.5
1958	51.8	59.3
1959	52.9	60
1960	53.8	60.6
1961	54.4	61.2
1962	55	61.6
1963	55	62
1964	55.3	62.4
1965	55.8	62.8
1966	55.4	63.2
1967	60.9	63.6
1968	60.9	63.9
1969	61.4	64.1
1970	62.2	64.4
1971	62.7	64.2
1972	63.2	64.6
1973	63.8	64.8
1974	64.2	65
1975	64.7	65.4
1976	65	65.8
1977	64.6	66.4
1978	65	66.8
1979	66.1	67.5
1980	64.8	68
1981	67.1	68.4
1982	67.1	68.7
1983	66.7	68.7
1984	68.1	68.8
1985	68.4	68.9
1986	69	69
1987	69.3	69
1988	70.2	69
1989	70.7	67.3
1990	71	69.2
1991	71.4	69.1
1992	72.2	69.6
1993	72.7	70
1994	72.9	70.2
1995	73.4	69.7
1996	74	69.8
1997	74.5	69.9
1998	75	70.1
1999	75.6	70.4
2000	76.2	71.2
2001	76.9	71.8
2002	77.2	72.3
2003	77.5	72.4
2004	78	68
2005	78.4	73.1
2006	79	72.8
2007	79.4	73
2008	80	72.6
2009	80.6	70.3
2010	80.7	74.5
2011	81.2	74.7
2012	81.3	75.2
2013	81.8	75.5
2014	82.4	75.8
2015	82.5	76
2016	82.9	76.1
2017	83.3	76.2
2018	83.3	76.5
2019	83.7	76.7
2020	83.7	76.9
2021	83.9	76.3
2022	82.7	77.3
2023	84.3	77.5
2024	84.4	77.7
2025	84.5	77.9

South Korea and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Sri Lanka
1960	25,012,374	9,661,389
1961	25,765,673	9,899,372
1962	26,513,030	10,143,754
1963	27,261,747	10,395,040
1964	27,984,155	10,653,397
1965	28,704,674	10,916,965
1966	29,435,571	11,183,928
1967	30,130,983	11,457,328
1968	30,838,302	11,736,088
1969	31,544,266	12,013,858
1970	32,240,827	12,287,110
1971	32,882,704	12,551,910
1972	33,505,406	12,809,205
1973	34,103,149	13,060,916
1974	34,692,266	13,305,693
1975	35,280,725	13,548,984
1976	35,848,523	13,796,770
1977	36,411,795	14,049,371
1978	36,969,185	14,310,128
1979	37,534,236	14,579,614
1980	38,123,775	14,847,974
1981	38,723,248	15,099,414
1982	39,326,352	15,286,567
1983	39,910,403	15,388,794
1984	40,405,956	15,441,860
1985	40,805,744	15,544,154
1986	41,213,674	15,731,256
1987	41,621,690	15,916,576
1988	42,031,247	16,078,621
1989	42,449,038	16,248,557
1990	42,869,283	16,352,458
1991	43,295,704	16,475,354
1992	43,747,962	16,739,284
1993	44,194,628	17,025,918
1994	44,641,540	17,275,773
1995	45,092,991	17,564,068
1996	45,524,681	17,905,018
1997	45,953,580	18,248,200
1998	46,286,503	18,596,003
1999	46,616,677	18,944,731
2000	47,008,111	19,293,054
2001	47,370,164	19,600,362
2002	47,644,736	19,805,752
2003	47,892,330	19,951,521
2004	48,082,519	20,087,605
2005	48,184,561	20,216,524
2006	48,438,292	20,352,411
2007	48,683,638	20,492,545
2008	49,054,708	20,629,378
2009	49,307,835	20,756,435
2010	49,554,112	20,879,089
2011	49,936,638	21,009,048
2012	50,199,853	21,169,458
2013	50,428,893	20,585,000
2014	50,746,659	20,778,000
2015	51,014,947	20,970,000
2016	51,217,803	21,209,000
2017	51,361,911	21,453,000
2018	51,585,058	21,670,000
2019	51,764,822	21,803,000
2020	51,836,239	21,919,000
2021	51,769,539	22,156,000
2022	51,672,569	22,181,000
2023	51,712,619	22,037,000
2024	51,751,065	21,916,000

Fertility rates in South Korea and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Sri Lanka
1960	5.99	5.35
1961	5.8	5.24
1962	5.56	5.18
1963	5.33	5.12
1964	5.07	5.06
1965	4.89	4.93
1966	4.78	4.83
1967	4.62	4.79
1968	4.51	4.66
1969	4.45	4.5
1970	4.53	4.39
1971	4.54	4.27
1972	4.12	4.16
1973	4.07	4
1974	3.77	3.86
1975	3.43	3.82
1976	3	3.78
1977	2.99	3.74
1978	2.64	3.81
1979	2.9	3.82
1980	2.82	3.73
1981	2.57	3.65
1982	2.39	3.32
1983	2.06	3.11
1984	1.74	3.01
1985	1.66	2.9
1986	1.58	2.74
1987	1.53	2.64
1988	1.55	2.57
1989	1.56	2.58
1990	1.57	2.54
1991	1.71	2.51
1992	1.76	2.49
1993	1.65	2.44
1994	1.66	2.4
1995	1.63	2.35
1996	1.57	2.29
1997	1.54	2.22
1998	1.46	2.14
1999	1.43	2.14
2000	1.48	2.21
2001	1.31	2.28
2002	1.18	2.31
2003	1.19	2.3
2004	1.16	2.27
2005	1.09	2.26
2006	1.13	2.29
2007	1.26	2.3
2008	1.19	2.23
2009	1.15	2.18
2010	1.23	2.13
2011	1.24	2.14
2012	1.3	2.17
2013	1.19	2.18
2014	1.21	2.13
2015	1.24	2.09
2016	1.17	2.06
2017	1.05	2.04
2018	0.98	2.03
2019	0.92	2.02
2020	0.84	2.01
2021	0.81	2
2022	0.78	1.98
2023	0.72	1.97

South Korea and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Sri Lanka
1960	19.3	19.5
1961	19.2	19.5
1962	19.1	19.5
1963	19	19.5
1964	18.8	19.5
1965	18.6	19.5
1966	18.5	19.6
1967	18.6	19.7
1968	18.7	19.8
1969	18.8	19.9
1970	18.9	20
1971	19	20.1
1972	19.1	20.2
1973	19.3	20.4
1974	19.6	20.6
1975	19.9	20.7
1976	20.2	20.9
1977	20.7	21
1978	21.1	21.2
1979	21.6	21.3
1980	22.1	21.5
1981	22.5	21.6
1982	22.8	21.7
1983	23.3	21.9
1984	23.7	22
1985	24.2	22.2
1986	24.8	22.5
1987	25.3	22.8
1988	25.8	23.1
1989	26.3	23.4
1990	26.7	23.6
1991	27.2	23.9
1992	27.8	24.3
1993	28.3	24.6
1994	28.9	24.9
1995	29.4	25.3
1996	29.8	25.8
1997	30.2	26.2
1998	30.7	26.5
1999	31.2	26.9
2000	31.7	27.2
2001	32.3	27.6
2002	32.8	27.9
2003	33.4	28.2
2004	33.9	28.5
2005	34.5	28.8
2006	35.2	29
2007	35.8	29.3
2008	36.4	29.6
2009	37	29.9
2010	37.6	30.2
2011	38.2	30.5
2012	38.8	30.8
2013	39.5	31.1
2014	40.2	31.4
2015	40.8	31.7
2016	41.4	32
2017	41.9	32.3
2018	42.5	32.5
2019	43.1	32.8
2020	43.8	33.1
2021	44.4	33.3
2022	44.9	33.6
2023	45.5	33.8
2024	46.1	34.1

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