South Korea vs Switzerland statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 105th vs. 131st).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

South Korea and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Switzerland
1960	$3,958,811,881	$10,412,232,621
1961	$2,417,628,737	$11,713,348,834
1962	$2,814,615,385	$12,989,649,694
1963	$3,988,461,538	$14,283,872,299
1964	$3,459,019,943	$15,833,133,858
1965	$3,120,861,499	$16,780,226,225
1966	$3,929,055,144	$18,019,402,374
1967	$4,855,892,446	$19,397,044,714
1968	$6,119,394,892	$20,712,102,794
1969	$7,678,698,838	$22,442,043,274
1970	$9,005,144,969	$24,998,066,773
1971	$9,903,571,249	$30,040,171,751
1972	$10,862,211,761	$36,844,318,854
1973	$13,876,472,208	$49,550,006,320
1974	$19,543,973,941	$57,103,011,446
1975	$21,784,297,521	$65,466,081,819
1976	$29,902,479,339	$68,476,524,644
1977	$38,446,487,603	$73,135,771,167
1978	$51,972,107,438	$102,280,472,036
1979	$66,946,900,826	$114,970,094,425
1980	$65,398,377,598	$122,557,843,886
1981	$72,933,533,012	$112,244,805,519
1982	$78,358,416,171	$115,043,365,512
1983	$87,760,553,262	$114,634,358,535
1984	$97,510,744,119	$109,455,312,168
1985	$101,296,177,099	$110,980,314,192
1986	$116,836,246,285	$159,089,921,063
1987	$147,948,709,376	$199,236,370,038
1988	$199,591,287,825	$215,540,625,299
1989	$246,928,837,311	$208,105,846,934
1990	$283,365,844,161	$265,763,573,999
1991	$330,647,042,837	$268,901,693,863
1992	$355,524,903,068	$279,921,425,828
1993	$392,665,710,525	$272,237,527,071
1994	$463,619,823,515	$301,375,055,202
1995	$566,581,003,128	$352,835,806,342
1996	$610,167,053,824	$340,103,959,547
1997	$569,755,022,973	$294,788,198,856
1998	$383,331,833,682	$303,459,014,347
1999	$497,514,040,642	$297,873,643,323
2000	$576,179,387,820	$279,216,033,870
2001	$547,656,279,895	$286,582,672,434
2002	$627,246,933,730	$309,301,422,430
2003	$702,714,855,194	$362,075,086,508
2004	$793,175,561,887	$403,912,891,033
2005	$934,901,071,333	$418,284,865,885
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$441,634,672,197
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$490,740,715,595
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$567,267,767,519
2009	$943,941,876,219	$554,212,916,092
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$598,851,027,948
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$715,888,126,682
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$686,420,221,558
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$706,234,937,371
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$726,537,809,430
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$694,118,186,380
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$687,895,460,903
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$695,200,834,102
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$725,568,717,468
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$721,369,112,727
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$741,999,406,006
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$815,309,330,987
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$828,508,926,958
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$894,424,821,645
2024	-	$936,564,198,049

South Korea and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Switzerland
1960	$158.3	$1,954
1961	$93.8	$2,155
1962	$106.2	$2,330
1963	$146.3	$2,508
1964	$123.6	$2,735
1965	$108.7	$2,865
1966	$133.5	$3,045
1967	$161.2	$3,237
1968	$198.4	$3,413
1969	$243.4	$3,657
1970	$279.3	$4,044
1971	$301	$4,835
1972	$324	$5,885
1973	$407	$7,856
1974	$563	$9,005
1975	$617	$10,328
1976	$834	$10,865
1977	$1,056	$11,644
1978	$1,406	$16,282
1979	$1,784	$18,266
1980	$1,715	$19,394
1981	$1,883	$17,665
1982	$1,993	$18,000
1983	$2,199	$17,859
1984	$2,413	$16,991
1985	$2,482	$17,152
1986	$2,835	$24,460
1987	$3,555	$30,441
1988	$4,749	$32,690
1989	$5,817	$31,309
1990	$6,610	$39,575
1991	$7,637	$39,544
1992	$8,127	$40,714
1993	$8,885	$39,237
1994	$10,385	$43,092
1995	$12,565	$50,114
1996	$13,403	$48,093
1997	$12,398	$41,584
1998	$8,282	$42,681
1999	$10,672	$41,696
2000	$12,257	$38,865
2001	$11,561	$39,639
2002	$13,165	$42,459
2003	$14,673	$49,336
2004	$16,496	$54,659
2005	$19,403	$56,243
2006	$21,743	$59,011
2007	$24,086	$64,989
2008	$21,350	$74,175
2009	$19,144	$71,568
2010	$23,079	$76,531
2011	$25,098	$90,477
2012	$25,459	$85,836
2013	$27,180	$87,304
2014	$29,253	$88,725
2015	$28,737	$83,806
2016	$29,280	$82,153
2017	$31,601	$82,254
2018	$33,447	$85,217
2019	$31,902	$84,122
2020	$31,721	$85,898
2021	$35,126	$93,665
2022	$32,395	$94,395
2023	$33,121	$100,632
2024	-	$103,670

South Korea vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Switzerland
1950	22.2	68.9
1951	26.6	68.7
1952	36.6	69.6
1953	40.5	69.5
1954	46.1	70
1955	48.4	70.1
1956	50.2	70.2
1957	51.6	70.5
1958	51.8	71.3
1959	52.9	71.5
1960	53.8	71.4
1961	54.4	71.7
1962	55	71.3
1963	55	71.3
1964	55.3	72.2
1965	55.8	72.3
1966	55.4	72.4
1967	60.9	72.7
1968	60.9	72.7
1969	61.4	72.7
1970	62.2	73.1
1971	62.7	73.2
1972	63.2	73.8
1973	63.8	74.1
1974	64.2	74.4
1975	64.7	74.8
1976	65	74.9
1977	64.6	75.4
1978	65	75.3
1979	66.1	75.6
1980	64.8	75.6
1981	67.1	75.8
1982	67.1	76.2
1983	66.7	76.2
1984	68.1	76.8
1985	68.4	76.9
1986	69	77
1987	69.3	77.3
1988	70.2	77.4
1989	70.7	77.6
1990	71	77.4
1991	71.4	77.6
1992	72.2	77.9
1993	72.7	78.2
1994	72.9	78.5
1995	73.4	78.6
1996	74	79
1997	74.5	79.2
1998	75	79.5
1999	75.6	79.7
2000	76.2	79.8
2001	76.9	80.3
2002	77.2	80.4
2003	77.5	80.5
2004	78	81.1
2005	78.4	81.2
2006	79	81.5
2007	79.4	81.7
2008	80	82
2009	80.6	82
2010	80.7	82.3
2011	81.2	82.6
2012	81.3	82.6
2013	81.8	82.7
2014	82.4	83.1
2015	82.5	82.8
2016	82.9	83.4
2017	83.3	83.4
2018	83.3	83.6
2019	83.7	83.8
2020	83.7	83.1
2021	83.9	83.6
2022	82.7	83.2
2023	84.3	84
2024	84.4	84.1
2025	84.5	84.2

South Korea and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Switzerland
1960	25,012,374	5,327,827
1961	25,765,673	5,434,294
1962	26,513,030	5,573,815
1963	27,261,747	5,694,247
1964	27,984,155	5,789,228
1965	28,704,674	5,856,472
1966	29,435,571	5,918,002
1967	30,130,983	5,991,785
1968	30,838,302	6,067,714
1969	31,544,266	6,136,387
1970	32,240,827	6,180,877
1971	32,882,704	6,213,399
1972	33,505,406	6,260,956
1973	34,103,149	6,307,347
1974	34,692,266	6,341,405
1975	35,280,725	6,338,632
1976	35,848,523	6,302,504
1977	36,411,795	6,281,174
1978	36,969,185	6,281,738
1979	37,534,236	6,294,365
1980	38,123,775	6,319,408
1981	38,723,248	6,354,074
1982	39,326,352	6,391,309
1983	39,910,403	6,418,773
1984	40,405,956	6,441,865
1985	40,805,744	6,470,365
1986	41,213,674	6,504,124
1987	41,621,690	6,545,106
1988	42,031,247	6,593,386
1989	42,449,038	6,646,912
1990	42,869,283	6,715,519
1991	43,295,704	6,799,978
1992	43,747,962	6,875,364
1993	44,194,628	6,938,265
1994	44,641,540	6,993,795
1995	45,092,991	7,040,687
1996	45,524,681	7,071,850
1997	45,953,580	7,088,906
1998	46,286,503	7,110,001
1999	46,616,677	7,143,991
2000	47,008,111	7,184,250
2001	47,370,164	7,229,854
2002	47,644,736	7,284,753
2003	47,892,330	7,339,001
2004	48,082,519	7,389,625
2005	48,184,561	7,437,115
2006	48,438,292	7,483,934
2007	48,683,638	7,551,117
2008	49,054,708	7,647,675
2009	49,307,835	7,743,831
2010	49,554,112	7,824,909
2011	49,936,638	7,912,398
2012	50,199,853	7,996,861
2013	50,428,893	8,089,346
2014	50,746,659	8,188,649
2015	51,014,947	8,282,396
2016	51,217,803	8,373,338
2017	51,361,911	8,451,840
2018	51,585,058	8,514,329
2019	51,764,822	8,575,280
2020	51,836,239	8,638,167
2021	51,769,539	8,704,546
2022	51,672,569	8,777,088
2023	51,712,619	8,888,093
2024	51,751,065	9,034,102

Fertility rates in South Korea and Switzerland

Fertility rate

South Korea

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Switzerland
1960	5.99	2.44
1961	5.8	2.52
1962	5.56	2.58
1963	5.33	2.65
1964	5.07	2.66
1965	4.89	2.59
1966	4.78	2.5
1967	4.62	2.39
1968	4.51	2.29
1969	4.45	2.19
1970	4.53	2.1
1971	4.54	2.04
1972	4.12	1.91
1973	4.07	1.81
1974	3.77	1.73
1975	3.43	1.61
1976	3	1.55
1977	2.99	1.53
1978	2.64	1.51
1979	2.9	1.52
1980	2.82	1.55
1981	2.57	1.55
1982	2.39	1.56
1983	2.06	1.52
1984	1.74	1.53
1985	1.66	1.52
1986	1.58	1.53
1987	1.53	1.52
1988	1.55	1.57
1989	1.56	1.56
1990	1.57	1.58
1991	1.71	1.58
1992	1.76	1.58
1993	1.65	1.51
1994	1.66	1.49
1995	1.63	1.48
1996	1.57	1.5
1997	1.54	1.48
1998	1.46	1.47
1999	1.43	1.48
2000	1.48	1.5
2001	1.31	1.38
2002	1.18	1.39
2003	1.19	1.39
2004	1.16	1.42
2005	1.09	1.42
2006	1.13	1.44
2007	1.26	1.46
2008	1.19	1.48
2009	1.15	1.5
2010	1.23	1.52
2011	1.24	1.52
2012	1.3	1.52
2013	1.19	1.52
2014	1.21	1.54
2015	1.24	1.54
2016	1.17	1.54
2017	1.05	1.52
2018	0.98	1.52
2019	0.92	1.48
2020	0.84	1.46
2021	0.81	1.52
2022	0.78	1.39
2023	0.72	1.33

South Korea and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Switzerland
1960	19.3	32.6
1961	19.2	32.4
1962	19.1	32
1963	19	31.7
1964	18.8	31.5
1965	18.6	31.6
1966	18.5	31.6
1967	18.6	31.6
1968	18.7	31.7
1969	18.8	31.7
1970	18.9	32
1971	19	32.2
1972	19.1	32.3
1973	19.3	32.5
1974	19.6	32.7
1975	19.9	33.1
1976	20.2	33.5
1977	20.7	33.8
1978	21.1	34.2
1979	21.6	34.5
1980	22.1	34.8
1981	22.5	35
1982	22.8	35.3
1983	23.3	35.6
1984	23.7	35.9
1985	24.2	36.1
1986	24.8	36.3
1987	25.3	36.5
1988	25.8	36.7
1989	26.3	36.8
1990	26.7	36.9
1991	27.2	36.9
1992	27.8	36.9
1993	28.3	37
1994	28.9	37.1
1995	29.4	37.3
1996	29.8	37.6
1997	30.2	37.9
1998	30.7	38.2
1999	31.2	38.4
2000	31.7	38.7
2001	32.3	39
2002	32.8	39.3
2003	33.4	39.6
2004	33.9	39.9
2005	34.5	40.3
2006	35.2	40.6
2007	35.8	40.9
2008	36.4	41.1
2009	37	41.3
2010	37.6	41.5
2011	38.2	41.6
2012	38.8	41.8
2013	39.5	42
2014	40.2	42.1
2015	40.8	42.2
2016	41.4	42.3
2017	41.9	42.4
2018	42.5	42.5
2019	43.1	42.6
2020	43.8	42.7
2021	44.4	42.8
2022	44.9	43
2023	45.5	43.4
2024	46.1	43.7

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