South Korea vs Sudan statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 105th vs. 15th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

South Korea and Sudan: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Sudan economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Sudan
1960	$3,958,811,881	$1,126,364,162
1961	$2,417,628,737	$1,222,860,429
1962	$2,814,615,385	$1,328,259,625
1963	$3,988,461,538	$1,351,234,926
1964	$3,459,019,943	$1,388,282,600
1965	$3,120,861,499	$1,446,869,619
1966	$3,929,055,144	$1,484,491,676
1967	$4,855,892,446	$1,607,409,539
1968	$6,119,394,892	$1,677,771,401
1969	$7,678,698,838	$1,847,501,441
1970	$9,005,144,969	$2,100,229,759
1971	$9,903,571,249	$2,288,340,041
1972	$10,862,211,761	$2,483,055,722
1973	$13,876,472,208	$3,077,254,460
1974	$19,543,973,941	$3,958,931,660
1975	$21,784,297,521	$4,823,090,192
1976	$29,902,479,339	$6,013,210,816
1977	$38,446,487,603	$7,499,005,639
1978	$51,972,107,438	$8,128,719,315
1979	$66,946,900,826	$8,418,407,787
1980	$65,398,377,598	$8,951,800,000
1981	$72,933,533,012	$10,753,888,154
1982	$78,358,416,171	$8,732,542,274
1983	$87,760,553,262	$8,230,153,846
1984	$97,510,744,119	$10,447,615,385
1985	$101,296,177,099	$8,075,259,600
1986	$116,836,246,285	$10,092,200,000
1987	$147,948,709,376	$12,093,333,333
1988	$199,591,287,825	$14,372,555,556
1989	$246,928,837,311	$21,408,111,111
1990	$283,365,844,161	$33,641,222,222
1991	$330,647,042,837	$44,171,194,366
1992	$355,524,903,068	$7,031,933,492
1993	$392,665,710,525	$8,881,005,436
1994	$463,619,823,515	$12,793,794,737
1995	$566,581,003,128	$13,830,363,900
1996	$610,167,053,824	$9,018,300,725
1997	$569,755,022,973	$11,681,175,864
1998	$383,331,833,682	$11,250,221,537
1999	$497,514,040,642	$10,682,028,340
2000	$576,179,387,820	$12,257,299,147
2001	$547,656,279,895	$15,716,361,792
2002	$627,246,933,730	$18,137,128,388
2003	$702,714,855,194	$21,355,298,460
2004	$793,175,561,887	$26,646,007,251
2005	$934,901,071,333	$35,182,711,988
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$45,263,831,634
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$59,440,139,775
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$64,833,083,257
2009	$943,941,876,219	$51,621,044,077
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$58,962,978,034
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$55,018,567,211
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$37,632,919,967
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$43,024,018,082
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$49,516,748,618
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$51,726,758,677
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$42,630,376,000
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$41,283,617,976
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$32,333,780,383
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$32,338,079,165
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$27,034,593,750
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$34,229,513,775
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$51,666,875,363
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$39,898,289,821
2024	-	$49,909,807,030

South Korea and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Sudan
1960	$158.3	$134.7
1961	$93.8	$141.6
1962	$106.2	$148.9
1963	$146.3	$146.6
1964	$123.6	$145.7
1965	$108.7	$146.8
1966	$133.5	$145.6
1967	$161.2	$152.4
1968	$198.4	$153.7
1969	$243.4	$163.5
1970	$279.3	$179.6
1971	$301	$189
1972	$324	$198.2
1973	$407	$235.8
1974	$563	$291.5
1975	$617	$343
1976	$834	$413
1977	$1,056	$497
1978	$1,406	$518
1979	$1,784	$515
1980	$1,715	$525
1981	$1,883	$605
1982	$1,993	$472
1983	$2,199	$431
1984	$2,413	$534
1985	$2,482	$406
1986	$2,835	$497
1987	$3,555	$584
1988	$4,749	$680
1989	$5,817	$992
1990	$6,610	$1,528
1991	$7,637	$1,966
1992	$8,127	$307
1993	$8,885	$379
1994	$10,385	$532
1995	$12,565	$561
1996	$13,403	$357
1997	$12,398	$453
1998	$8,282	$425
1999	$10,672	$394
2000	$12,257	$441
2001	$11,561	$551
2002	$13,165	$621
2003	$14,673	$714
2004	$16,496	$872
2005	$19,403	$1,125
2006	$21,743	$1,415
2007	$24,086	$1,814
2008	$21,350	$1,928
2009	$19,144	$1,493
2010	$23,079	$1,665
2011	$25,098	$1,522
2012	$25,459	$1,019
2013	$27,180	$1,139
2014	$29,253	$1,275
2015	$28,737	$1,292
2016	$29,280	$1,033
2017	$31,601	$967
2018	$33,447	$731
2019	$31,902	$710
2020	$31,721	$578
2021	$35,126	$712
2022	$32,395	$1,046
2023	$33,121	$797
2024	-	$989

South Korea vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Sudan
1950	22.2	45.8
1951	26.6	46.2
1952	36.6	46.5
1953	40.5	46.9
1954	46.1	47.3
1955	48.4	47.7
1956	50.2	48.1
1957	51.6	48.5
1958	51.8	48.9
1959	52.9	49.2
1960	53.8	49.6
1961	54.4	50
1962	55	50.4
1963	55	50.8
1964	55.3	50.9
1965	55.8	51
1966	55.4	51.3
1967	60.9	51.5
1968	60.9	51.8
1969	61.4	52
1970	62.2	52.3
1971	62.7	52.5
1972	63.2	52.8
1973	63.8	53
1974	64.2	53.2
1975	64.7	53.3
1976	65	53.3
1977	64.6	53.5
1978	65	53.3
1979	66.1	53.4
1980	64.8	54.1
1981	67.1	54.4
1982	67.1	54.4
1983	66.7	49.6
1984	68.1	49.8
1985	68.4	50
1986	69	54.6
1987	69.3	54.7
1988	70.2	55
1989	70.7	54.9
1990	71	55.5
1991	71.4	55.6
1992	72.2	56
1993	72.7	56.1
1994	72.9	57
1995	73.4	57.4
1996	74	57.6
1997	74.5	58.1
1998	75	58.3
1999	75.6	58.6
2000	76.2	58.9
2001	76.9	59.3
2002	77.2	59.3
2003	77.5	58.3
2004	78	56.8
2005	78.4	57.2
2006	79	60.4
2007	79.4	61.4
2008	80	61.3
2009	80.6	62.7
2010	80.7	63
2011	81.2	63.2
2012	81.3	63.4
2013	81.8	63.4
2014	82.4	64
2015	82.5	64.4
2016	82.9	64.7
2017	83.3	65.1
2018	83.3	65.5
2019	83.7	65.8
2020	83.7	65.1
2021	83.9	64.5
2022	82.7	65.7
2023	84.3	66.3
2024	84.4	66.5
2025	84.5	66.7

South Korea and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Sudan
1960	25,012,374	8,364,489
1961	25,765,673	8,634,941
1962	26,513,030	8,919,028
1963	27,261,747	9,218,077
1964	27,984,155	9,531,109
1965	28,704,674	9,858,030
1966	29,435,571	10,197,578
1967	30,130,983	10,550,597
1968	30,838,302	10,917,999
1969	31,544,266	11,298,936
1970	32,240,827	11,695,771
1971	32,882,704	12,105,539
1972	33,505,406	12,527,856
1973	34,103,149	13,049,315
1974	34,692,266	13,580,723
1975	35,280,725	14,064,798
1976	35,848,523	14,569,716
1977	36,411,795	15,086,614
1978	36,969,185	15,695,003
1979	37,534,236	16,355,352
1980	38,123,775	17,058,905
1981	38,723,248	17,780,572
1982	39,326,352	18,486,645
1983	39,910,403	19,109,770
1984	40,405,956	19,546,528
1985	40,805,744	19,905,872
1986	41,213,674	20,288,238
1987	41,621,690	20,704,904
1988	42,031,247	21,138,431
1989	42,449,038	21,578,022
1990	42,869,283	22,021,481
1991	43,295,704	22,470,676
1992	43,747,962	22,927,355
1993	44,194,628	23,445,592
1994	44,641,540	24,043,948
1995	45,092,991	24,672,143
1996	45,524,681	25,231,528
1997	45,953,580	25,799,821
1998	46,286,503	26,458,999
1999	46,616,677	27,130,613
2000	47,008,111	27,816,745
2001	47,370,164	28,516,770
2002	47,644,736	29,228,727
2003	47,892,330	29,896,035
2004	48,082,519	30,556,637
2005	48,184,561	31,262,444
2006	48,438,292	31,992,435
2007	48,683,638	32,764,135
2008	49,054,708	33,623,980
2009	49,307,835	34,569,113
2010	49,554,112	35,414,399
2011	49,936,638	36,140,806
2012	50,199,853	36,923,178
2013	50,428,893	37,785,849
2014	50,746,659	38,823,318
2015	51,014,947	40,024,431
2016	51,217,803	41,259,892
2017	51,361,911	42,714,306
2018	51,585,058	44,230,596
2019	51,764,822	45,548,175
2020	51,836,239	46,789,231
2021	51,769,539	48,066,924
2022	51,672,569	49,383,346
2023	51,712,619	50,042,791
2024	51,751,065	50,448,963

Fertility rates in South Korea and Sudan

Fertility rate

South Korea

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Sudan
1960	5.99	6.66
1961	5.8	6.66
1962	5.56	6.7
1963	5.33	6.76
1964	5.07	6.8
1965	4.89	6.84
1966	4.78	6.88
1967	4.62	6.91
1968	4.51	6.95
1969	4.45	6.97
1970	4.53	6.99
1971	4.54	7.02
1972	4.12	6.98
1973	4.07	6.94
1974	3.77	6.91
1975	3.43	6.87
1976	3	6.82
1977	2.99	6.78
1978	2.64	6.72
1979	2.9	6.65
1980	2.82	6.59
1981	2.57	6.53
1982	2.39	6.47
1983	2.06	6.41
1984	1.74	6.34
1985	1.66	6.28
1986	1.58	6.23
1987	1.53	6.18
1988	1.55	6.13
1989	1.56	6.11
1990	1.57	6.07
1991	1.71	6.05
1992	1.76	6.02
1993	1.65	5.97
1994	1.66	5.91
1995	1.63	5.86
1996	1.57	5.79
1997	1.54	5.72
1998	1.46	5.65
1999	1.43	5.62
2000	1.48	5.6
2001	1.31	5.56
2002	1.18	5.53
2003	1.19	5.49
2004	1.16	5.46
2005	1.09	5.4
2006	1.13	5.33
2007	1.26	5.27
2008	1.19	5.21
2009	1.15	5.17
2010	1.23	5.14
2011	1.24	5.09
2012	1.3	5.03
2013	1.19	4.97
2014	1.21	4.91
2015	1.24	4.9
2016	1.17	4.83
2017	1.05	4.76
2018	0.98	4.68
2019	0.92	4.62
2020	0.84	4.54
2021	0.81	4.46
2022	0.78	4.38
2023	0.72	4.32

South Korea and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Sudan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Sudan
1960	19.3	16.7
1961	19.2	16.7
1962	19.1	16.7
1963	19	16.6
1964	18.8	16.5
1965	18.6	16.5
1966	18.5	16.4
1967	18.6	16.4
1968	18.7	16.3
1969	18.8	16.3
1970	18.9	16.2
1971	19	16.2
1972	19.1	16.1
1973	19.3	16
1974	19.6	15.9
1975	19.9	16
1976	20.2	16
1977	20.7	16.1
1978	21.1	16.2
1979	21.6	16.4
1980	22.1	16.5
1981	22.5	16.6
1982	22.8	16.7
1983	23.3	16.7
1984	23.7	16.8
1985	24.2	16.8
1986	24.8	16.8
1987	25.3	16.9
1988	25.8	16.9
1989	26.3	16.8
1990	26.7	16.8
1991	27.2	16.8
1992	27.8	16.8
1993	28.3	16.8
1994	28.9	16.8
1995	29.4	16.8
1996	29.8	16.8
1997	30.2	16.8
1998	30.7	16.8
1999	31.2	16.9
2000	31.7	16.9
2001	32.3	17
2002	32.8	17
2003	33.4	17.1
2004	33.9	17.1
2005	34.5	17.1
2006	35.2	17.2
2007	35.8	17.3
2008	36.4	17.3
2009	37	17.4
2010	37.6	17.5
2011	38.2	17.4
2012	38.8	17.5
2013	39.5	17.5
2014	40.2	17.7
2015	40.8	17.9
2016	41.4	18.1
2017	41.9	18.3
2018	42.5	18.6
2019	43.1	18.7
2020	43.8	18.9
2021	44.4	19
2022	44.9	19.2
2023	45.5	19.3
2024	46.1	19.4

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