South Korea vs Suriname statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 105th vs. 90th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

South Korea and Suriname: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Suriname economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Suriname
1960	$3,958,811,881	$99,650,000
1961	$2,417,628,737	$107,700,000
1962	$2,814,615,385	$116,150,000
1963	$3,988,461,538	$125,950,000
1964	$3,459,019,943	$134,400,000
1965	$3,120,861,499	$154,150,000
1966	$3,929,055,144	$190,350,000
1967	$4,855,892,446	$220,700,000
1968	$6,119,394,892	$241,350,000
1969	$7,678,698,838	$259,650,000
1970	$9,005,144,969	$274,900,000
1971	$9,903,571,249	$301,000,000
1972	$10,862,211,761	$311,950,000
1973	$13,876,472,208	$339,450,000
1974	$19,543,973,941	$409,850,000
1975	$21,784,297,521	$465,500,000
1976	$29,902,479,339	$505,500,000
1977	$38,446,487,603	$641,500,000
1978	$51,972,107,438	$735,500,000
1979	$66,946,900,826	$782,500,000
1980	$65,398,377,598	$795,000,000
1981	$72,933,533,012	$889,000,000
1982	$78,358,416,171	$915,000,000
1983	$87,760,553,262	$883,500,000
1984	$97,510,744,119	$864,000,000
1985	$101,296,177,099	$873,000,000
1986	$116,836,246,285	$891,000,000
1987	$147,948,709,376	$980,000,000
1988	$199,591,287,825	$1,161,000,000
1989	$246,928,837,311	$542,600,000
1990	$283,365,844,161	$388,400,000
1991	$330,647,042,837	$448,100,000
1992	$355,524,903,068	$404,600,000
1993	$392,665,710,525	$428,764,706
1994	$463,619,823,515	$605,492,537
1995	$566,581,003,128	$691,590,498
1996	$610,167,053,824	$861,372,806
1997	$569,755,022,973	$926,422,500
1998	$383,331,833,682	$1,110,850,000
1999	$497,514,040,642	$886,290,698
2000	$576,179,387,820	$947,671,970
2001	$547,656,279,895	$834,279,358
2002	$627,246,933,730	$1,093,574,468
2003	$702,714,855,194	$1,274,190,311
2004	$793,175,561,887	$1,484,092,538
2005	$934,901,071,333	$1,793,410,397
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$2,626,380,435
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$2,936,612,022
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$3,532,969,035
2009	$943,941,876,219	$3,875,409,836
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$4,368,370,998
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$4,422,276,622
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$4,980,000,000
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$5,145,757,576
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$5,240,606,061
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$5,126,237,646
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$3,317,421,648
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$3,591,679,431
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$3,996,198,867
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$4,016,040,575
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$2,911,807,496
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$3,107,923,198
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$3,791,603,200
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$3,455,146,281
2024	-	$4,714,267,822

South Korea and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Suriname
1960	$158.3	$378
1961	$93.8	$395
1962	$106.2	$409
1963	$146.3	$424
1964	$123.6	$435
1965	$108.7	$482
1966	$133.5	$575
1967	$161.2	$644
1968	$198.4	$681
1969	$243.4	$708
1970	$279.3	$724
1971	$301	$768
1972	$324	$785
1973	$407	$858
1974	$563	$1,041
1975	$617	$1,190
1976	$834	$1,302
1977	$1,056	$1,666
1978	$1,406	$1,928
1979	$1,784	$2,072
1980	$1,715	$2,118
1981	$1,883	$2,368
1982	$1,993	$2,430
1983	$2,199	$2,333
1984	$2,413	$2,261
1985	$2,482	$2,256
1986	$2,835	$2,271
1987	$3,555	$2,469
1988	$4,749	$2,886
1989	$5,817	$1,329
1990	$6,610	$942
1991	$7,637	$1,080
1992	$8,127	$969
1993	$8,885	$1,022
1994	$10,385	$1,434
1995	$12,565	$1,610
1996	$13,403	$1,963
1997	$12,398	$2,068
1998	$8,282	$2,429
1999	$10,672	$1,898
2000	$12,257	$1,988
2001	$11,561	$1,715
2002	$13,165	$2,202
2003	$14,673	$2,516
2004	$16,496	$2,888
2005	$19,403	$3,453
2006	$21,743	$5,003
2007	$24,086	$5,530
2008	$21,350	$6,576
2009	$19,144	$7,130
2010	$23,079	$7,944
2011	$25,098	$7,950
2012	$25,459	$8,851
2013	$27,180	$9,043
2014	$29,253	$9,108
2015	$28,737	$8,814
2016	$29,280	$5,644
2017	$31,601	$6,050
2018	$33,447	$6,666
2019	$31,902	$6,630
2020	$31,721	$4,755
2021	$35,126	$5,030
2022	$32,395	$6,084
2023	$33,121	$5,494
2024	-	$7,431

South Korea vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Suriname

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Suriname
1950	22.2	50.7
1951	26.6	51.1
1952	36.6	51.4
1953	40.5	52.1
1954	46.1	52.8
1955	48.4	53.5
1956	50.2	54.1
1957	51.6	54.7
1958	51.8	55.4
1959	52.9	55.9
1960	53.8	56.6
1961	54.4	57.3
1962	55	58
1963	55	58.5
1964	55.3	58.9
1965	55.8	59.1
1966	55.4	59.2
1967	60.9	59.2
1968	60.9	59.3
1969	61.4	59.4
1970	62.2	59.5
1971	62.7	59.6
1972	63.2	59.7
1973	63.8	59.8
1974	64.2	59.9
1975	64.7	60
1976	65	60.2
1977	64.6	60.3
1978	65	60.4
1979	66.1	60.5
1980	64.8	60.7
1981	67.1	60.8
1982	67.1	60.9
1983	66.7	61.1
1984	68.1	61.2
1985	68.4	61.4
1986	69	61.2
1987	69.3	61.3
1988	70.2	61.5
1989	70.7	62
1990	71	62.1
1991	71.4	62.2
1992	72.2	62.2
1993	72.7	62.4
1994	72.9	62.5
1995	73.4	62.8
1996	74	63.1
1997	74.5	63.4
1998	75	63.7
1999	75.6	64
2000	76.2	64.4
2001	76.9	64.8
2002	77.2	65.3
2003	77.5	65.8
2004	78	66.4
2005	78.4	67
2006	79	67.6
2007	79.4	68.3
2008	80	68.9
2009	80.6	69.3
2010	80.7	69.6
2011	81.2	69.8
2012	81.3	70
2013	81.8	70.1
2014	82.4	70.3
2015	82.5	70.6
2016	82.9	71
2017	83.3	71.2
2018	83.3	71.5
2019	83.7	71.8
2020	83.7	72.3
2021	83.9	68.9
2022	82.7	73.3
2023	84.3	73.6
2024	84.4	73.8
2025	84.5	73.9

South Korea and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Suriname

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Suriname
1960	25,012,374	263,918
1961	25,765,673	272,791
1962	26,513,030	283,912
1963	27,261,747	297,034
1964	27,984,155	309,041
1965	28,704,674	320,000
1966	29,435,571	331,135
1967	30,130,983	342,679
1968	30,838,302	354,616
1969	31,544,266	366,906
1970	32,240,827	379,442
1971	32,882,704	391,932
1972	33,505,406	397,413
1973	34,103,149	395,772
1974	34,692,266	393,676
1975	35,280,725	391,170
1976	35,848,523	388,289
1977	36,411,795	385,067
1978	36,969,185	381,502
1979	37,534,236	377,602
1980	38,123,775	375,377
1981	38,723,248	375,459
1982	39,326,352	376,555
1983	39,910,403	378,746
1984	40,405,956	382,193
1985	40,805,744	386,972
1986	41,213,674	392,330
1987	41,621,690	396,911
1988	42,031,247	402,227
1989	42,449,038	408,409
1990	42,869,283	412,493
1991	43,295,704	415,013
1992	43,747,962	417,589
1993	44,194,628	419,352
1994	44,641,540	422,375
1995	45,092,991	429,606
1996	45,524,681	438,830
1997	45,953,580	448,067
1998	46,286,503	457,406
1999	46,616,677	466,916
2000	47,008,111	476,643
2001	47,370,164	486,560
2002	47,644,736	496,551
2003	47,892,330	506,414
2004	48,082,519	513,923
2005	48,184,561	519,313
2006	48,438,292	524,997
2007	48,683,638	531,016
2008	49,054,708	537,245
2009	49,307,835	543,568
2010	49,554,112	549,923
2011	49,936,638	556,269
2012	50,199,853	562,633
2013	50,428,893	569,020
2014	50,746,659	575,373
2015	51,014,947	581,627
2016	51,217,803	587,757
2017	51,361,911	593,713
2018	51,585,058	599,513
2019	51,764,822	605,768
2020	51,836,239	612,317
2021	51,769,539	617,896
2022	51,672,569	623,164
2023	51,712,619	628,886
2024	51,751,065	634,431

Fertility rates in South Korea and Suriname

Fertility rate

South Korea

Suriname

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Suriname
1960	5.99	6.59
1961	5.8	6.58
1962	5.56	6.57
1963	5.33	6.51
1964	5.07	6.43
1965	4.89	6.32
1966	4.78	6.2
1967	4.62	6.04
1968	4.51	5.86
1969	4.45	5.7
1970	4.53	5.53
1971	4.54	5.36
1972	4.12	5.18
1973	4.07	5.01
1974	3.77	4.81
1975	3.43	4.63
1976	3	4.45
1977	2.99	4.26
1978	2.64	4.08
1979	2.9	3.93
1980	2.82	3.79
1981	2.57	3.75
1982	2.39	3.82
1983	2.06	3.87
1984	1.74	3.8
1985	1.66	3.71
1986	1.58	3.61
1987	1.53	3.53
1988	1.55	3.46
1989	1.56	3.39
1990	1.57	3.23
1991	1.71	3.09
1992	1.76	3.01
1993	1.65	2.94
1994	1.66	2.9
1995	1.63	2.9
1996	1.57	2.92
1997	1.54	2.95
1998	1.46	2.99
1999	1.43	3.02
2000	1.48	3.05
2001	1.31	3.06
2002	1.18	2.96
2003	1.19	2.84
2004	1.16	2.74
2005	1.09	2.71
2006	1.13	2.73
2007	1.26	2.74
2008	1.19	2.73
2009	1.15	2.71
2010	1.23	2.69
2011	1.24	2.67
2012	1.3	2.67
2013	1.19	2.65
2014	1.21	2.62
2015	1.24	2.57
2016	1.17	2.5
2017	1.05	2.43
2018	0.98	2.38
2019	0.92	2.35
2020	0.84	2.31
2021	0.81	2.3
2022	0.78	2.27
2023	0.72	2.25

South Korea and Suriname demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Suriname

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Suriname
1960	19.3	18.1
1961	19.2	18.2
1962	19.1	17.8
1963	19	17.3
1964	18.8	16.8
1965	18.6	16.4
1966	18.5	16.1
1967	18.6	15.8
1968	18.7	15.6
1969	18.8	15.6
1970	18.9	15.6
1971	19	15.7
1972	19.1	16
1973	19.3	16.3
1974	19.6	16.7
1975	19.9	17
1976	20.2	17.4
1977	20.7	17.6
1978	21.1	17.9
1979	21.6	18.1
1980	22.1	18.4
1981	22.5	18.7
1982	22.8	18.9
1983	23.3	19.2
1984	23.7	19.5
1985	24.2	19.7
1986	24.8	20
1987	25.3	20.2
1988	25.8	20.4
1989	26.3	20.6
1990	26.7	20.8
1991	27.2	21
1992	27.8	21.2
1993	28.3	21.5
1994	28.9	21.7
1995	29.4	22
1996	29.8	22.4
1997	30.2	22.8
1998	30.7	23.2
1999	31.2	23.6
2000	31.7	24
2001	32.3	24.4
2002	32.8	24.7
2003	33.4	25
2004	33.9	25.3
2005	34.5	25.5
2006	35.2	25.6
2007	35.8	25.8
2008	36.4	26.1
2009	37	26.3
2010	37.6	26.5
2011	38.2	26.7
2012	38.8	26.9
2013	39.5	27.1
2014	40.2	27.3
2015	40.8	27.5
2016	41.4	27.7
2017	41.9	27.9
2018	42.5	28.1
2019	43.1	28.3
2020	43.8	28.6
2021	44.4	28.7
2022	44.9	28.9
2023	45.5	29.2
2024	46.1	29.4

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