South Korea vs Sweden statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 105th vs. 58th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T) and Sweden ranks 26/197 ($604B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239), while Sweden ranks 17/197 ($57,117).

South Korea and Sweden: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Sweden economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Sweden
1960	$3,973,069,307	$15,930,075,467
1961	$2,427,244,761	$17,329,620,585
1962	$2,826,923,077	$18,794,066,990
1963	$4,007,692,308	$20,342,131,882
1964	$3,476,789,682	$22,685,490,195
1965	$3,141,131,708	$24,963,947,415
1966	$3,957,064,541	$27,154,716,721
1967	$4,895,076,718	$29,474,881,506
1968	$6,167,109,472	$31,277,871,669
1969	$7,743,940,189	$33,967,301,561
1970	$9,085,001,794	$38,037,226,668
1971	$10,005,257,131	$41,506,151,115
1972	$10,990,490,570	$48,883,173,400
1973	$14,067,523,813	$59,318,842,992
1974	$19,860,929,977	$65,917,634,590
1975	$22,126,033,058	$82,765,232,648
1976	$30,371,074,380	$89,232,517,046
1977	$39,064,462,810	$94,331,782,622
1978	$52,824,793,388	$104,290,933,496
1979	$68,083,884,298	$123,207,527,699
1980	$66,547,970,351	$141,886,067,004
1981	$74,287,368,087	$129,498,921,476
1982	$79,921,300,447	$114,214,731,799
1983	$89,621,208,322	$104,862,109,663
1984	$99,749,645,089	$109,043,045,407
1985	$103,764,281,281	$113,958,084,357
1986	$119,965,960,795	$150,279,869,729
1987	$152,240,393,646	$182,744,315,974
1988	$205,477,530,605	$206,686,590,776
1989	$254,236,243,100	$217,632,340,195
1990	$292,064,221,389	$261,466,577,009
1991	$340,851,946,804	$273,831,464,572
1992	$366,921,291,825	$283,908,914,454
1993	$405,705,302,846	$212,644,602,616
1994	$479,181,794,217	$228,699,066,874
1995	$586,286,469,401	$267,050,453,507
1996	$631,196,863,758	$291,949,597,375
1997	$589,202,526,424	$268,249,616,891
1998	$397,297,216,492	$270,887,306,759
1999	$515,697,079,289	$274,318,357,862
2000	$597,487,173,479	$262,903,560,280
2001	$567,564,806,235	$242,497,797,485
2002	$650,014,391,470	$267,371,907,447
2003	$728,516,494,684	$334,072,443,516
2004	$823,251,107,639	$384,545,442,175
2005	$971,740,329,984	$391,688,455,929
2006	$1,095,175,538,508	$422,528,394,459
2007	$1,220,911,904,593	$490,047,789,548
2008	$1,091,580,692,542	$514,614,100,833
2009	$983,065,242,417	$434,311,714,442
2010	$1,192,830,015,738	$492,750,897,239
2011	$1,307,103,477,219	$570,538,581,144
2012	$1,335,343,586,438	$549,739,674,655
2013	$1,434,669,686,502	$584,125,353,119
2014	$1,556,252,422,020	$577,727,767,304
2015	$1,539,212,301,136	$501,602,351,912
2016	$1,579,150,518,945	$513,058,312,951
2017	$1,710,196,756,713	$535,172,356,785
2018	$1,824,251,454,307	$549,649,344,043
2019	$1,751,045,752,055	$530,894,124,494
2020	$1,744,070,276,373	$544,265,668,452
2021	$1,942,313,560,966	$631,693,331,301
2022	$1,799,363,116,867	$575,071,237,641
2023	$1,844,800,934,392	$578,990,915,246
2024	$1,875,388,209,407	$603,715,224,266

South Korea and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Sweden
1960	$158.8	$2,128
1961	$94.2	$2,304
1962	$106.6	$2,485
1963	$147	$2,675
1964	$124.2	$2,961
1965	$109.4	$3,228
1966	$134.4	$3,478
1967	$162.5	$3,746
1968	$200	$3,953
1969	$245.5	$4,263
1970	$281.8	$4,729
1971	$304	$5,125
1972	$328	$6,018
1973	$412	$7,291
1974	$572	$8,078
1975	$627	$10,103
1976	$847	$10,853
1977	$1,073	$11,432
1978	$1,429	$12,602
1979	$1,814	$14,856
1980	$1,746	$17,073
1981	$1,918	$15,564
1982	$2,032	$13,719
1983	$2,246	$12,590
1984	$2,469	$13,080
1985	$2,543	$13,647
1986	$2,911	$17,955
1987	$3,658	$21,761
1988	$4,889	$24,499
1989	$5,989	$25,625
1990	$6,813	$30,549
1991	$7,873	$31,777
1992	$8,387	$32,753
1993	$9,180	$24,390
1994	$10,734	$26,046
1995	$13,002	$30,254
1996	$13,865	$33,022
1997	$12,822	$30,324
1998	$8,583	$30,605
1999	$11,063	$30,969
2000	$12,710	$29,633
2001	$11,981	$27,259
2002	$13,643	$29,958
2003	$15,212	$37,292
2004	$17,122	$42,758
2005	$20,167	$43,378
2006	$22,610	$46,531
2007	$25,078	$53,568
2008	$22,252	$55,817
2009	$19,937	$46,708
2010	$24,071	$52,543
2011	$26,175	$60,379
2012	$26,601	$57,750
2013	$28,449	$60,844
2014	$30,667	$59,583
2015	$30,172	$51,188
2016	$30,832	$51,704
2017	$33,297	$53,210
2018	$35,364	$54,018
2019	$33,827	$51,649
2020	$33,646	$52,569
2021	$37,518	$60,648
2022	$34,822	$54,837
2023	$35,674	$54,950
2024	$36,239	$57,117

South Korea vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Sweden
1950	22.2	71.1
1951	26.6	71.4
1952	36.6	71.8
1953	40.5	71.9
1954	46.1	72.4
1955	48.4	72.6
1956	50.2	72.7
1957	51.6	72.5
1958	51.8	73.2
1959	52.9	73.4
1960	53.8	73
1961	54.4	73.5
1962	55	73.4
1963	55	73.5
1964	55.3	73.7
1965	55.8	73.9
1966	55.4	74.1
1967	60.9	74.1
1968	60.9	74
1969	61.4	74.1
1970	62.2	74.7
1971	62.7	74.6
1972	63.2	74.7
1973	63.8	74.9
1974	64.2	75
1975	64.7	75
1976	65	75
1977	64.6	75.4
1978	65	75.5
1979	66.1	75.5
1980	64.8	75.7
1981	67.1	76
1982	67.1	76.3
1983	66.7	76.6
1984	68.1	76.8
1985	68.4	76.7
1986	69	77
1987	69.3	77.1
1988	70.2	77
1989	70.7	77.7
1990	71	77.6
1991	71.4	77.7
1992	72.2	78.1
1993	72.7	78.1
1994	72.9	78.7
1995	73.4	78.8
1996	74	79
1997	74.5	79.3
1998	75	79.4
1999	75.6	79.5
2000	76.2	79.7
2001	76.9	79.8
2002	77.2	79.9
2003	77.5	80.2
2004	78	80.5
2005	78.4	80.6
2006	79	80.8
2007	79.4	81
2008	80	81.1
2009	80.6	81.4
2010	80.7	81.5
2011	81.2	81.8
2012	81.3	81.7
2013	81.8	81.9
2014	82.4	82.2
2015	82.5	82.2
2016	82.9	82.3
2017	83.3	82.4
2018	83.3	82.5
2019	83.7	83.1
2020	83.7	82.4
2021	83.9	83
2022	82.7	83
2023	84.3	83.3
2024	84.4	83.4
2025	84.5	83.6
2026	84.6	83.7

South Korea and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Sweden
1960	25,012,374	7,484,656
1961	25,765,673	7,519,998
1962	26,513,030	7,561,588
1963	27,261,747	7,604,328
1964	27,984,155	7,661,354
1965	28,704,674	7,733,853
1966	29,435,571	7,807,797
1967	30,130,983	7,867,931
1968	30,838,302	7,912,273
1969	31,544,266	7,968,072
1970	32,240,827	8,042,801
1971	32,882,704	8,098,334
1972	33,505,406	8,122,300
1973	34,103,149	8,136,312
1974	34,692,266	8,159,955
1975	35,280,725	8,192,437
1976	35,848,523	8,222,286
1977	36,411,795	8,251,540
1978	36,969,185	8,275,599
1979	37,534,236	8,293,678
1980	38,123,775	8,310,531
1981	38,723,248	8,320,503
1982	39,326,352	8,325,263
1983	39,910,403	8,329,033
1984	40,405,956	8,336,605
1985	40,805,744	8,350,386
1986	41,213,674	8,369,829
1987	41,621,690	8,397,804
1988	42,031,247	8,436,489
1989	42,449,038	8,492,964
1990	42,869,283	8,558,835
1991	43,295,704	8,617,375
1992	43,747,962	8,668,067
1993	44,194,628	8,718,561
1994	44,641,540	8,780,745
1995	45,092,991	8,826,939
1996	45,524,681	8,840,998
1997	45,953,580	8,846,062
1998	46,286,503	8,850,974
1999	46,616,677	8,857,874
2000	47,008,111	8,872,109
2001	47,370,164	8,895,960
2002	47,644,736	8,924,958
2003	47,892,330	8,958,229
2004	48,082,519	8,993,531
2005	48,184,561	9,029,572
2006	48,438,292	9,080,505
2007	48,683,638	9,148,092
2008	49,054,708	9,219,637
2009	49,307,835	9,298,515
2010	49,554,112	9,378,126
2011	49,936,638	9,449,213
2012	50,199,853	9,519,374
2013	50,428,893	9,600,379
2014	50,746,659	9,696,110
2015	51,014,947	9,799,186
2016	51,217,803	9,923,085
2017	51,361,911	10,057,698
2018	51,585,058	10,175,214
2019	51,764,822	10,278,887
2020	51,836,239	10,353,442
2021	51,769,539	10,415,811
2022	51,672,569	10,486,941
2023	51,712,619	10,536,632
2024	51,751,065	10,569,709

Fertility rates in South Korea and Sweden

Fertility rate

South Korea

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Sweden
1960	5.99	2.17
1961	5.8	2.21
1962	5.56	2.25
1963	5.33	2.33
1964	5.07	2.47
1965	4.89	2.39
1966	4.78	2.37
1967	4.62	2.28
1968	4.51	2.07
1969	4.45	1.93
1970	4.53	1.92
1971	4.54	1.96
1972	4.12	1.91
1973	4.07	1.87
1974	3.77	1.87
1975	3.43	1.77
1976	3	1.68
1977	2.99	1.64
1978	2.64	1.6
1979	2.9	1.66
1980	2.82	1.68
1981	2.57	1.63
1982	2.39	1.62
1983	2.06	1.61
1984	1.74	1.66
1985	1.66	1.74
1986	1.58	1.8
1987	1.53	1.84
1988	1.55	1.96
1989	1.56	2.01
1990	1.57	2.13
1991	1.71	2.11
1992	1.76	2.09
1993	1.65	1.99
1994	1.66	1.88
1995	1.63	1.73
1996	1.57	1.6
1997	1.54	1.52
1998	1.46	1.5
1999	1.43	1.5
2000	1.48	1.54
2001	1.31	1.57
2002	1.18	1.65
2003	1.19	1.71
2004	1.16	1.75
2005	1.09	1.77
2006	1.13	1.85
2007	1.26	1.88
2008	1.19	1.91
2009	1.15	1.94
2010	1.23	1.98
2011	1.24	1.9
2012	1.3	1.91
2013	1.19	1.89
2014	1.21	1.88
2015	1.24	1.85
2016	1.17	1.85
2017	1.05	1.78
2018	0.98	1.76
2019	0.92	1.71
2020	0.84	1.67
2021	0.81	1.67
2022	0.78	1.53
2023	0.72	1.45

South Korea and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Sweden
1960	19.3	36
1961	19.2	36.2
1962	19.1	36.3
1963	19	36.3
1964	18.8	36.3
1965	18.6	36.2
1966	18.5	36
1967	18.6	35.9
1968	18.7	35.8
1969	18.8	35.6
1970	18.9	35.4
1971	19	35.3
1972	19.1	35.3
1973	19.3	35.3
1974	19.6	35.3
1975	19.9	35.3
1976	20.2	35.4
1977	20.7	35.5
1978	21.1	35.7
1979	21.6	36
1980	22.1	36.2
1981	22.5	36.5
1982	22.8	36.8
1983	23.3	37.1
1984	23.7	37.4
1985	24.2	37.6
1986	24.8	37.9
1987	25.3	38.1
1988	25.8	38.2
1989	26.3	38.3
1990	26.7	38.3
1991	27.2	38.3
1992	27.8	38.4
1993	28.3	38.4
1994	28.9	38.4
1995	29.4	38.5
1996	29.8	38.6
1997	30.2	38.8
1998	30.7	39
1999	31.2	39.2
2000	31.7	39.4
2001	32.3	39.5
2002	32.8	39.7
2003	33.4	39.8
2004	33.9	40
2005	34.5	40.2
2006	35.2	40.4
2007	35.8	40.5
2008	36.4	40.6
2009	37	40.7
2010	37.6	40.7
2011	38.2	40.8
2012	38.8	40.9
2013	39.5	40.9
2014	40.2	40.9
2015	40.8	40.9
2016	41.4	40.8
2017	41.9	40.7
2018	42.5	40.6
2019	43.1	40.5
2020	43.8	40.6
2021	44.4	40.7
2022	44.9	40.7
2023	45.5	40.9
2024	46.1	41.1

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