South Korea vs Syria statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 105th vs. 87th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

South Korea and Syria: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Syria economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Syria
1960	$3,958,811,881	$857,704,413
1961	$2,417,628,737	$945,244,972
1962	$2,814,615,385	$1,110,565,881
1963	$3,988,461,538	$1,200,447,408
1964	$3,459,019,943	$1,339,494,267
1965	$3,120,861,499	$1,472,036,540
1966	$3,929,055,144	$1,342,287,553
1967	$4,855,892,446	$1,580,229,799
1968	$6,119,394,892	$1,753,746,430
1969	$7,678,698,838	$2,245,011,515
1970	$9,005,144,969	$2,140,384,010
1971	$9,903,571,249	$2,589,851,325
1972	$10,862,211,761	$3,059,681,698
1973	$13,876,472,208	$3,239,487,516
1974	$19,543,973,941	$5,159,557,148
1975	$21,784,297,521	$6,826,980,444
1976	$29,902,479,339	$7,633,528,867
1977	$38,446,487,603	$7,696,011,396
1978	$51,972,107,438	$9,275,200,458
1979	$66,946,900,826	$9,929,681,529
1980	$65,398,377,598	$13,062,420,382
1981	$72,933,533,012	$15,518,201,335
1982	$78,358,416,171	$16,298,929,011
1983	$87,760,553,262	$17,589,277,143
1984	$97,510,744,119	$17,503,078,174
1985	$101,296,177,099	$16,403,539,893
1986	$116,836,246,285	$13,293,205,278
1987	$147,948,709,376	$11,356,215,543
1988	$199,591,287,825	$10,577,041,645
1989	$246,928,837,311	$9,853,395,762
1990	$283,365,844,161	$12,308,624,418
1991	$330,647,042,837	$12,981,833,333
1992	$355,524,903,068	$13,253,565,861
1993	$392,665,710,525	$13,695,962,055
1994	$463,619,823,515	$10,122,020,000
1995	$566,581,003,128	$11,396,706,587
1996	$610,167,053,824	$13,789,560,878
1997	$569,755,022,973	$14,505,233,463
1998	$383,331,833,682	$15,200,846,154
1999	$497,514,040,642	$15,873,875,969
2000	$576,179,387,820	$18,937,052,543
2001	$547,656,279,895	$20,237,024,725
2002	$627,246,933,730	$20,669,357,462
2003	$702,714,855,194	$21,828,144,686
2004	$793,175,561,887	$25,086,950,495
2005	$934,901,071,333	$28,858,965,517
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$33,751,788,856
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$40,465,318,382
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$52,557,913,569
2009	$943,941,876,219	$54,111,735,629
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$61,390,830,875
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$67,539,428,159
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$43,190,318,033
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$21,361,254,635
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$21,502,061,466
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$16,466,863,117
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$12,597,854,877
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$16,369,843,352
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$21,497,782,868
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$22,583,045,060
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$12,047,752,036
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$14,353,205,678
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$23,622,827,080
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$19,993,439,950

South Korea and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Syria
1960	$158.3	$183.5
1961	$93.8	$196.3
1962	$106.2	$223.9
1963	$146.3	$234.9
1964	$123.6	$254.2
1965	$108.7	$270.8
1966	$133.5	$239.3
1967	$161.2	$272.9
1968	$198.4	$293.3
1969	$243.4	$364
1970	$279.3	$335
1971	$301	$393
1972	$324	$448
1973	$407	$459
1974	$563	$707
1975	$617	$904
1976	$834	$976
1977	$1,056	$951
1978	$1,406	$1,108
1979	$1,784	$1,146
1980	$1,715	$1,458
1981	$1,883	$1,676
1982	$1,993	$1,703
1983	$2,199	$1,776
1984	$2,413	$1,706
1985	$2,482	$1,544
1986	$2,835	$1,208
1987	$3,555	$997
1988	$4,749	$898
1989	$5,817	$809
1990	$6,610	$978
1991	$7,637	$1,000
1992	$8,127	$990
1993	$8,885	$993
1994	$10,385	$712
1995	$12,565	$780
1996	$13,403	$918
1997	$12,398	$941
1998	$8,282	$961
1999	$10,672	$978
2000	$12,257	$1,138
2001	$11,561	$1,187
2002	$13,165	$1,183
2003	$14,673	$1,220
2004	$16,496	$1,368
2005	$19,403	$1,534
2006	$21,743	$1,719
2007	$24,086	$1,938
2008	$21,350	$2,429
2009	$19,144	$2,462
2010	$23,079	$2,731
2011	$25,098	$2,952
2012	$25,459	$1,898
2013	$27,180	$986
2014	$29,253	$1,061
2015	$28,737	$848
2016	$29,280	$656
2017	$31,601	$852
2018	$33,447	$1,098
2019	$31,902	$1,110
2020	$31,721	$572
2021	$35,126	$664
2022	$32,395	$1,052
2023	$33,121	$847

South Korea vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Syria
1950	22.2	42.5
1951	26.6	43.4
1952	36.6	44.3
1953	40.5	45.3
1954	46.1	46.4
1955	48.4	47.4
1956	50.2	48.5
1957	51.6	49.6
1958	51.8	50.7
1959	52.9	51.7
1960	53.8	52.7
1961	54.4	53.7
1962	55	54.6
1963	55	55.4
1964	55.3	56.2
1965	55.8	56.9
1966	55.4	57.6
1967	60.9	58
1968	60.9	59.1
1969	61.4	59.8
1970	62.2	60.6
1971	62.7	61.3
1972	63.2	62
1973	63.8	60.8
1974	64.2	63.4
1975	64.7	64.2
1976	65	64.8
1977	64.6	65.4
1978	65	65.9
1979	66.1	66.2
1980	64.8	66.5
1981	67.1	64.6
1982	67.1	60.8
1983	66.7	67.4
1984	68.1	67.7
1985	68.4	68
1986	69	68.4
1987	69.3	68.8
1988	70.2	69.2
1989	70.7	69.5
1990	71	69.8
1991	71.4	70.1
1992	72.2	70.2
1993	72.7	70.3
1994	72.9	70.3
1995	73.4	70.2
1996	74	70.2
1997	74.5	70.2
1998	75	70.2
1999	75.6	70.5
2000	76.2	70.9
2001	76.9	71.3
2002	77.2	71.7
2003	77.5	72.2
2004	78	72.5
2005	78.4	72.8
2006	79	73
2007	79.4	73.3
2008	80	73.4
2009	80.6	73.5
2010	80.7	73.5
2011	81.2	72.3
2012	81.3	66.2
2013	81.8	65.1
2014	82.4	65.5
2015	82.5	63.3
2016	82.9	65.2
2017	83.3	65.7
2018	83.3	67.4
2019	83.7	71
2020	83.7	71.9
2021	83.9	72.4
2022	82.7	72.8
2023	84.3	72.1
2024	84.4	72.6
2025	84.5	73

South Korea and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Syria
1960	25,012,374	4,673,500
1961	25,765,673	4,815,466
1962	26,513,030	4,959,340
1963	27,261,747	5,110,467
1964	27,984,155	5,269,087
1965	28,704,674	5,435,267
1966	29,435,571	5,609,047
1967	30,130,983	5,790,198
1968	30,838,302	5,978,742
1969	31,544,266	6,175,166
1970	32,240,827	6,380,609
1971	32,882,704	6,598,094
1972	33,505,406	6,826,024
1973	34,103,149	7,060,321
1974	34,692,266	7,302,160
1975	35,280,725	7,554,364
1976	35,848,523	7,817,320
1977	36,411,795	8,090,501
1978	36,969,185	8,372,759
1979	37,534,236	8,661,909
1980	38,123,775	8,957,663
1981	38,723,248	9,260,189
1982	39,326,352	9,572,511
1983	39,910,403	9,904,809
1984	40,405,956	10,258,398
1985	40,805,744	10,625,672
1986	41,213,674	11,002,844
1987	41,621,690	11,388,923
1988	42,031,247	11,782,264
1989	42,449,038	12,179,060
1990	42,869,283	12,579,208
1991	43,295,704	12,980,821
1992	43,747,962	13,385,571
1993	44,194,628	13,795,686
1994	44,641,540	14,208,583
1995	45,092,991	14,616,801
1996	45,524,681	15,018,104
1997	45,953,580	15,417,542
1998	46,286,503	15,820,413
1999	46,616,677	16,228,061
2000	47,008,111	16,637,888
2001	47,370,164	17,051,338
2002	47,644,736	17,468,332
2003	47,892,330	17,889,296
2004	48,082,519	18,336,875
2005	48,184,561	18,814,091
2006	48,438,292	19,637,022
2007	48,683,638	20,884,125
2008	49,054,708	21,636,564
2009	49,307,835	21,976,969
2010	49,554,112	22,482,421
2011	49,936,638	22,878,098
2012	50,199,853	22,759,763
2013	50,428,893	21,666,917
2014	50,746,659	20,273,659
2015	51,014,947	19,424,618
2016	51,217,803	19,193,834
2017	51,361,911	19,224,668
2018	51,585,058	19,577,845
2019	51,764,822	20,353,534
2020	51,836,239	21,049,429
2021	51,769,539	21,628,839
2022	51,672,569	22,462,173
2023	51,712,619	23,594,623
2024	51,751,065	24,672,760

Fertility rates in South Korea and Syria

Fertility rate

South Korea

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Syria
1960	5.99	7.51
1961	5.8	7.5
1962	5.56	7.51
1963	5.33	7.51
1964	5.07	7.53
1965	4.89	7.53
1966	4.78	7.55
1967	4.62	7.56
1968	4.51	7.57
1969	4.45	7.59
1970	4.53	7.62
1971	4.54	7.6
1972	4.12	7.57
1973	4.07	7.55
1974	3.77	7.52
1975	3.43	7.49
1976	3	7.45
1977	2.99	7.42
1978	2.64	7.35
1979	2.9	7.25
1980	2.82	7.12
1981	2.57	6.97
1982	2.39	6.81
1983	2.06	6.69
1984	1.74	6.59
1985	1.66	6.48
1986	1.58	6.37
1987	1.53	6.2
1988	1.55	6
1989	1.56	5.78
1990	1.57	5.56
1991	1.71	5.34
1992	1.76	5.14
1993	1.65	4.99
1994	1.66	4.86
1995	1.63	4.7
1996	1.57	4.54
1997	1.54	4.37
1998	1.46	4.25
1999	1.43	4.14
2000	1.48	4.07
2001	1.31	3.98
2002	1.18	3.87
2003	1.19	3.76
2004	1.16	3.68
2005	1.09	3.61
2006	1.13	3.56
2007	1.26	3.54
2008	1.19	3.48
2009	1.15	3.42
2010	1.23	3.36
2011	1.24	3.29
2012	1.3	3.22
2013	1.19	3.17
2014	1.21	3.12
2015	1.24	3.07
2016	1.17	3.01
2017	1.05	2.97
2018	0.98	2.93
2019	0.92	2.88
2020	0.84	2.84
2021	0.81	2.8
2022	0.78	2.75
2023	0.72	2.71

South Korea and Syria demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Syria
1960	19.3	17.6
1961	19.2	17.3
1962	19.1	17.1
1963	19	16.9
1964	18.8	16.7
1965	18.6	16.5
1966	18.5	16.4
1967	18.6	16.2
1968	18.7	16.1
1969	18.8	16
1970	18.9	15.9
1971	19	15.8
1972	19.1	15.8
1973	19.3	15.7
1974	19.6	15.7
1975	19.9	15.7
1976	20.2	15.6
1977	20.7	15.6
1978	21.1	15.6
1979	21.6	15.6
1980	22.1	15.6
1981	22.5	15.6
1982	22.8	15.7
1983	23.3	15.8
1984	23.7	15.8
1985	24.2	15.9
1986	24.8	16
1987	25.3	16.1
1988	25.8	16.2
1989	26.3	16.4
1990	26.7	16.5
1991	27.2	16.7
1992	27.8	16.9
1993	28.3	17.1
1994	28.9	17.3
1995	29.4	17.5
1996	29.8	17.7
1997	30.2	17.9
1998	30.7	18.1
1999	31.2	18.3
2000	31.7	18.5
2001	32.3	18.8
2002	32.8	19
2003	33.4	19.2
2004	33.9	19.5
2005	34.5	19.7
2006	35.2	20.3
2007	35.8	21
2008	36.4	21.3
2009	37	21.5
2010	37.6	21.7
2011	38.2	21.9
2012	38.8	21.8
2013	39.5	21.2
2014	40.2	20.1
2015	40.8	19.5
2016	41.4	19.5
2017	41.9	19.6
2018	42.5	20.1
2019	43.1	20.9
2020	43.8	21.6
2021	44.4	22.2
2022	44.9	22.7
2023	45.5	23.3
2024	46.1	23.9

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