South Korea vs Taiwan statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 23.4M in Taiwan (ranked 60/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan (ranked 105th vs. 133rd).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041).

South Korea and Taiwan: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Taiwan economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Taiwan
1960	$3,958,811,881	-
1961	$2,417,628,737	$1,778,000,000
1962	$2,814,615,385	$1,960,000,000
1963	$3,988,461,538	$2,218,000,000
1964	$3,459,019,943	$2,592,000,000
1965	$3,120,861,499	$2,869,000,000
1966	$3,929,055,144	$3,207,000,000
1967	$4,855,892,446	$3,709,000,000
1968	$6,119,394,892	$4,325,000,000
1969	$7,678,698,838	$5,017,000,000
1970	$9,005,144,969	$5,785,000,000
1971	$9,903,571,249	$6,727,000,000
1972	$10,862,211,761	$8,063,000,000
1973	$13,876,472,208	$10,940,000,000
1974	$19,543,973,941	$14,739,000,000
1975	$21,784,297,521	$15,836,000,000
1976	$29,902,479,339	$18,988,000,000
1977	$38,446,487,603	$22,252,000,000
1978	$51,972,107,438	$27,373,000,000
1979	$66,946,900,826	$33,875,000,000
1980	$65,398,377,598	$42,292,000,000
1981	$72,933,533,012	$49,047,000,000
1982	$78,358,416,171	$49,540,000,000
1983	$87,760,553,262	$54,155,000,000
1984	$97,510,744,119	$61,036,000,000
1985	$101,296,177,099	$63,599,000,000
1986	$116,836,246,285	$78,347,000,000
1987	$147,948,709,376	$104,956,000,000
1988	$199,591,287,825	$126,378,000,000
1989	$246,928,837,311	$152,687,000,000
1990	$283,365,844,161	$166,392,000,000
1991	$330,647,042,837	$187,100,000,000
1992	$355,524,903,068	$222,947,000,000
1993	$392,665,710,525	$234,943,000,000
1994	$463,619,823,515	$256,213,000,000
1995	$566,581,003,128	$279,013,000,000
1996	$610,167,053,824	$292,473,000,000
1997	$569,755,022,973	$303,315,000,000
1998	$383,331,833,682	$279,926,000,000
1999	$497,514,040,642	$303,827,000,000
2000	$576,179,387,820	$330,725,000,000
2001	$547,656,279,895	$299,303,000,000
2002	$627,246,933,730	$307,429,000,000
2003	$702,714,855,194	$317,374,000,000
2004	$793,175,561,887	$346,881,000,000
2005	$934,901,071,333	$374,042,000,000
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$386,492,000,000
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$406,940,000,000
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$415,824,000,000
2009	$943,941,876,219	$390,788,000,000
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$444,245,000,000
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$483,957,000,000
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$495,536,000,000
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$512,957,000,000
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$535,332,000,000
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$534,474,000,000
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$543,002,000,000
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$591,734,000,000
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$610,744,000,000
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$613,453,000,000
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$676,935,000,000
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$777,062,000,000
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$765,529,000,000
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$757,276,000,000
2024	-	$796,904,000,000

South Korea and Taiwan economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Taiwan
1960	$158.3	-
1961	$93.8	$161.2
1962	$106.2	$172
1963	$146.3	$188.6
1964	$123.6	$213.6
1965	$108.7	$229.3
1966	$133.5	$249.1
1967	$161.2	$280.8
1968	$198.4	$319
1969	$243.4	$357
1970	$279.3	$397
1971	$301	$451
1972	$324	$530
1973	$407	$706
1974	$563	$934
1975	$617	$985
1976	$834	$1,158
1977	$1,056	$1,330
1978	$1,406	$1,606
1979	$1,784	$1,950
1980	$1,715	$2,389
1981	$1,883	$2,720
1982	$1,993	$2,699
1983	$2,199	$2,903
1984	$2,413	$3,224
1985	$2,482	$3,314
1986	$2,835	$4,036
1987	$3,555	$5,350
1988	$4,749	$6,370
1989	$5,817	$7,613
1990	$6,610	$8,205
1991	$7,637	$9,125
1992	$8,127	$10,768
1993	$8,885	$11,242
1994	$10,385	$12,150
1995	$12,565	$13,119
1996	$13,403	$13,641
1997	$12,398	$14,020
1998	$8,282	$12,820
1999	$10,672	$13,804
2000	$12,257	$14,908
2001	$11,561	$13,397
2002	$13,165	$13,686
2003	$14,673	$14,066
2004	$16,496	$15,317
2005	$19,403	$16,456
2006	$21,743	$16,934
2007	$24,086	$17,757
2008	$21,350	$18,081
2009	$19,144	$16,933
2010	$23,079	$19,197
2011	$25,098	$20,866
2012	$25,459	$21,295
2013	$27,180	$21,973
2014	$29,253	$22,874
2015	$28,737	$22,780
2016	$29,280	$23,091
2017	$31,601	$25,121
2018	$33,447	$25,901
2019	$31,902	$25,998
2020	$31,721	$28,705
2021	$35,126	$33,111
2022	$32,395	$32,827
2023	$33,121	$32,442
2024	-	$34,041

South Korea vs. Taiwan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Taiwan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Taiwan
1950	22.2	56.6
1951	26.6	57.2
1952	36.6	57.9
1953	40.5	58.6
1954	46.1	58.9
1955	48.4	59.8
1956	50.2	60.3
1957	51.6	61
1958	51.8	61
1959	52.9	61.6
1960	53.8	62.5
1961	54.4	63
1962	55	63.8
1963	55	64.5
1964	55.3	64.9
1965	55.8	65.7
1966	55.4	66.1
1967	60.9	66.7
1968	60.9	66.8
1969	61.4	67.7
1970	62.2	69
1971	62.7	69.4
1972	63.2	69.6
1973	63.8	69.8
1974	64.2	70.3
1975	64.7	70.9
1976	65	71.2
1977	64.6	71.3
1978	65	71.7
1979	66.1	71.7
1980	64.8	72
1981	67.1	72
1982	67.1	72.4
1983	66.7	72.4
1984	68.1	73
1985	68.4	73.3
1986	69	73.3
1987	69.3	73.6
1988	70.2	73.4
1989	70.7	73.7
1990	71	73.9
1991	71.4	74.3
1992	72.2	74.3
1993	72.7	74.6
1994	72.9	74.7
1995	73.4	74.6
1996	74	74.9
1997	74.5	75.3
1998	75	75.5
1999	75.6	75.6
2000	76.2	76.1
2001	76.9	76.5
2002	77.2	76.9
2003	77.5	77
2004	78	77.2
2005	78.4	77.1
2006	79	77.8
2007	79.4	78
2008	80	78.3
2009	80.6	78.7
2010	80.7	79
2011	81.2	78.9
2012	81.3	79.2
2013	81.8	79.6
2014	82.4	79.5
2015	82.5	79.9
2016	82.9	79.7
2017	83.3	80.1
2018	83.3	80.4
2019	83.7	80.6
2020	83.7	81.1
2021	83.9	80.8
2022	82.7	80.2
2023	84.3	80.6
2024	84.4	80.7
2025	84.5	80.9

South Korea and Taiwan population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Taiwan

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Taiwan
1960	25,012,374	-
1961	25,765,673	11,030,385
1962	26,513,030	11,392,513
1963	27,261,747	11,762,101
1964	27,984,155	12,137,143
1965	28,704,674	12,511,863
1966	29,435,571	12,874,153
1967	30,130,983	13,210,344
1968	30,838,302	13,548,537
1969	31,544,266	14,068,984
1970	32,240,827	14,582,944
1971	32,882,704	14,913,564
1972	33,505,406	15,220,495
1973	34,103,149	15,505,121
1974	34,692,266	15,784,817
1975	35,280,725	16,075,128
1976	35,848,523	16,401,413
1977	36,411,795	16,730,895
1978	36,969,185	17,042,272
1979	37,534,236	17,372,779
1980	38,123,775	17,704,538
1981	38,723,248	18,029,982
1982	39,326,352	18,354,855
1983	39,910,403	18,653,146
1984	40,405,956	18,929,866
1985	40,805,744	19,191,510
1986	41,213,674	19,411,454
1987	41,621,690	19,617,046
1988	42,031,247	19,839,704
1989	42,449,038	20,055,492
1990	42,869,283	20,278,946
1991	43,295,704	20,503,568
1992	43,747,962	20,704,227
1993	44,194,628	20,899,019
1994	44,641,540	21,086,645
1995	45,092,991	21,267,653
1996	45,524,681	21,441,432
1997	45,953,580	21,634,124
1998	46,286,503	21,835,703
1999	46,616,677	22,010,489
2000	47,008,111	22,184,530
2001	47,370,164	22,341,120
2002	47,644,736	22,463,172
2003	47,892,330	22,562,663
2004	48,082,519	22,646,836
2005	48,184,561	22,729,753
2006	48,438,292	22,823,455
2007	48,683,638	22,917,444
2008	49,054,708	22,997,696
2009	49,307,835	23,078,402
2010	49,554,112	23,140,948
2011	49,936,638	23,193,518
2012	50,199,853	23,270,367
2013	50,428,893	23,344,670
2014	50,746,659	23,403,635
2015	51,014,947	23,462,914
2016	51,217,803	23,515,945
2017	51,361,911	23,555,522
2018	51,585,058	23,580,080
2019	51,764,822	23,596,027
2020	51,836,239	23,582,179
2021	51,769,539	23,468,275
2022	51,672,569	23,319,977
2023	51,712,619	23,342,541
2024	51,751,065	23,410,331

Fertility rates in South Korea and Taiwan

Fertility rate

South Korea

Taiwan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Taiwan
1951	-	7.04
1952	-	-
1953	-	-
1954	-	-
1955	-	-
1956	-	-
1957	-	-
1958	-	-
1959	-	-
1960	5.99	-
1961	5.8	-
1962	5.56	-
1963	5.33	-
1964	5.07	-
1965	4.89	-
1966	4.78	-
1967	4.62	-
1968	4.51	-
1969	4.45	-
1970	4.53	-
1971	4.54	-
1972	4.12	-
1973	4.07	-
1974	3.77	-
1975	3.43	-
1976	3	-
1977	2.99	-
1978	2.64	-
1979	2.9	-
1980	2.82	-
1981	2.57	2.46
1982	2.39	-
1983	2.06	-
1984	1.74	-
1985	1.66	-
1986	1.58	-
1987	1.53	-
1988	1.55	-
1989	1.56	-
1990	1.57	-
1991	1.71	1.72
1992	1.76	-
1993	1.65	-
1994	1.66	-
1995	1.63	-
1996	1.57	-
1997	1.54	-
1998	1.46	-
1999	1.43	-
2000	1.48	-
2001	1.31	1.4
2002	1.18	-
2003	1.19	-
2004	1.16	-
2005	1.09	-
2006	1.13	-
2007	1.26	-
2008	1.19	-
2009	1.15	-
2010	1.23	-
2011	1.24	1.07
2012	1.3	-
2013	1.19	-
2014	1.21	-
2015	1.24	1.18
2016	1.17	1.17
2017	1.05	1.13
2018	0.98	1.06
2019	0.92	1.05
2020	0.84	0.99
2021	0.81	0.98
2022	0.78	0.87
2023	0.72	0.87
2024	-	0.89

South Korea and Taiwan demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Taiwan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Taiwan
1960	19.3	-
1961	19.2	-
1962	19.1	-
1963	19	-
1964	18.8	-
1965	18.6	-
1966	18.5	-
1967	18.6	-
1968	18.7	-
1969	18.8	-
1970	18.9	-
1971	19	-
1972	19.1	-
1973	19.3	-
1974	19.6	20.8
1975	19.9	21.2
1976	20.2	21.5
1977	20.7	21.9
1978	21.1	22.3
1979	21.6	22.6
1980	22.1	23
1981	22.5	23.4
1982	22.8	23.8
1983	23.3	24.1
1984	23.7	24.6
1985	24.2	25.1
1986	24.8	25.6
1987	25.3	26.1
1988	25.8	26.5
1989	26.3	27
1990	26.7	27.5
1991	27.2	28
1992	27.8	28.4
1993	28.3	28.9
1994	28.9	29.4
1995	29.4	29.8
1996	29.8	30.3
1997	30.2	30.7
1998	30.7	31.2
1999	31.2	31.6
2000	31.7	32.1
2001	32.3	32.6
2002	32.8	33.1
2003	33.4	33.6
2004	33.9	34.1
2005	34.5	34.7
2006	35.2	35.2
2007	35.8	35.8
2008	36.4	36.3
2009	37	36.8
2010	37.6	37.4
2011	38.2	37.9
2012	38.8	38.3
2013	39.5	38.9
2014	40.2	39.3
2015	40.8	39.9
2016	41.4	40.4
2017	41.9	41
2018	42.5	41.5
2019	43.1	42.1
2020	43.8	42.7
2021	44.4	43.3
2022	44.9	43.9
2023	45.5	44.5
2024	46.1	45.1

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