South Korea vs Tonga statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 105th vs. 176th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

South Korea and Tonga: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Tonga economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Tonga
1960	$3,958,811,881	-
1961	$2,417,628,737	-
1962	$2,814,615,385	-
1963	$3,988,461,538	-
1964	$3,459,019,943	-
1965	$3,120,861,499	-
1966	$3,929,055,144	-
1967	$4,855,892,446	-
1968	$6,119,394,892	-
1969	$7,678,698,838	-
1970	$9,005,144,969	-
1971	$9,903,571,249	-
1972	$10,862,211,761	-
1973	$13,876,472,208	-
1974	$19,543,973,941	-
1975	$21,784,297,521	$32,506,742
1976	$29,902,479,339	$30,036,417
1977	$38,446,487,603	$34,139,388
1978	$51,972,107,438	$41,567,472
1979	$66,946,900,826	$44,667,002
1980	$65,398,377,598	$53,260,077
1981	$72,933,533,012	$62,242,013
1982	$78,358,416,171	$62,068,161
1983	$87,760,553,262	$60,863,964
1984	$97,510,744,119	$64,248,355
1985	$101,296,177,099	$60,058,663
1986	$116,836,246,285	$68,195,856
1987	$147,948,709,376	$81,667,133
1988	$199,591,287,825	$106,657,267
1989	$246,928,837,311	$106,344,855
1990	$283,365,844,161	$113,563,822
1991	$330,647,042,837	$132,201,141
1992	$355,524,903,068	$137,066,291
1993	$392,665,710,525	$138,489,884
1994	$463,619,823,515	$195,990,986
1995	$566,581,003,128	$208,871,666
1996	$610,167,053,824	$222,100,576
1997	$569,755,022,973	$214,991,452
1998	$383,331,833,682	$191,504,893
1999	$497,514,040,642	$199,208,718
2000	$576,179,387,820	$204,848,488
2001	$547,656,279,895	$181,117,230
2002	$627,246,933,730	$182,764,281
2003	$702,714,855,194	$202,246,591
2004	$793,175,561,887	$230,678,011
2005	$934,901,071,333	$261,823,805
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$292,232,703
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$298,519,623
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$344,438,844
2009	$943,941,876,219	$312,415,028
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$366,887,375
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$414,143,828
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$471,122,971
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$451,788,498
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$440,997,735
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$437,525,539
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$420,828,255
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$459,976,847
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$489,714,530
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$494,197,854
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$496,856,304
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$518,228,029
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$518,180,029
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$508,735,107

South Korea and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Tonga
1960	$158.3	-
1961	$93.8	-
1962	$106.2	-
1963	$146.3	-
1964	$123.6	-
1965	$108.7	-
1966	$133.5	-
1967	$161.2	-
1968	$198.4	-
1969	$243.4	-
1970	$279.3	-
1971	$301	-
1972	$324	-
1973	$407	-
1974	$563	-
1975	$617	$349
1976	$834	$315
1977	$1,056	$353
1978	$1,406	$428
1979	$1,784	$458
1980	$1,715	$545
1981	$1,883	$636
1982	$1,993	$633
1983	$2,199	$621
1984	$2,413	$656
1985	$2,482	$613
1986	$2,835	$696
1987	$3,555	$830
1988	$4,749	$1,078
1989	$5,817	$1,070
1990	$6,610	$1,139
1991	$7,637	$1,323
1992	$8,127	$1,370
1993	$8,885	$1,383
1994	$10,385	$1,957
1995	$12,565	$2,084
1996	$13,403	$2,215
1997	$12,398	$2,136
1998	$8,282	$1,889
1999	$10,672	$1,952
2000	$12,257	$1,995
2001	$11,561	$1,754
2002	$13,165	$1,759
2003	$14,673	$1,936
2004	$16,496	$2,195
2005	$19,403	$2,478
2006	$21,743	$2,750
2007	$24,086	$2,797
2008	$21,350	$3,218
2009	$19,144	$2,914
2010	$23,079	$3,416
2011	$25,098	$3,850
2012	$25,459	$4,384
2013	$27,180	$4,219
2014	$29,253	$4,137
2015	$28,737	$4,124
2016	$29,280	$3,988
2017	$31,601	$4,366
2018	$33,447	$4,639
2019	$31,902	$4,677
2020	$31,721	$4,700
2021	$35,126	$4,913
2022	$32,395	$4,933
2023	$33,121	$4,864

South Korea vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Tonga
1950	22.2	48.4
1951	26.6	49.8
1952	36.6	51.2
1953	40.5	52.4
1954	46.1	53.6
1955	48.4	54.7
1956	50.2	55.7
1957	51.6	56.5
1958	51.8	57.2
1959	52.9	57.8
1960	53.8	58.3
1961	54.4	58.8
1962	55	59.3
1963	55	59.8
1964	55.3	60.3
1965	55.8	60.7
1966	55.4	61.2
1967	60.9	61.7
1968	60.9	62.2
1969	61.4	62.7
1970	62.2	63.2
1971	62.7	63.6
1972	63.2	64.1
1973	63.8	64.4
1974	64.2	64.8
1975	64.7	65.1
1976	65	65.4
1977	64.6	65.6
1978	65	65.9
1979	66.1	66
1980	64.8	66.2
1981	67.1	66.4
1982	67.1	66.3
1983	66.7	66.7
1984	68.1	66.8
1985	68.4	66.9
1986	69	67.1
1987	69.3	67.2
1988	70.2	67.3
1989	70.7	67.4
1990	71	67.5
1991	71.4	67.7
1992	72.2	67.9
1993	72.7	68.2
1994	72.9	68.4
1995	73.4	68.6
1996	74	68.8
1997	74.5	69
1998	75	69.2
1999	75.6	69.4
2000	76.2	69.6
2001	76.9	69.8
2002	77.2	70
2003	77.5	70.2
2004	78	70.4
2005	78.4	70.6
2006	79	70.7
2007	79.4	70.9
2008	80	71
2009	80.6	70.9
2010	80.7	71.3
2011	81.2	71.4
2012	81.3	71.5
2013	81.8	71.6
2014	82.4	71.7
2015	82.5	71.9
2016	82.9	72
2017	83.3	72.1
2018	83.3	72.2
2019	83.7	72.3
2020	83.7	72.4
2021	83.9	72.1
2022	82.7	72.6
2023	84.3	72.9
2024	84.4	73.1
2025	84.5	73.2

South Korea and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Tonga
1960	25,012,374	66,170
1961	25,765,673	68,037
1962	26,513,030	69,940
1963	27,261,747	71,885
1964	27,984,155	73,879
1965	28,704,674	75,924
1966	29,435,571	78,002
1967	30,130,983	79,814
1968	30,838,302	81,353
1969	31,544,266	82,885
1970	32,240,827	84,401
1971	32,882,704	85,896
1972	33,505,406	87,356
1973	34,103,149	88,805
1974	34,692,266	90,683
1975	35,280,725	93,017
1976	35,848,523	95,325
1977	36,411,795	96,725
1978	36,969,185	97,204
1979	37,534,236	97,544
1980	38,123,775	97,769
1981	38,723,248	97,909
1982	39,326,352	97,980
1983	39,910,403	97,998
1984	40,405,956	97,990
1985	40,805,744	97,984
1986	41,213,674	98,010
1987	41,621,690	98,376
1988	42,031,247	98,969
1989	42,449,038	99,403
1990	42,869,283	99,700
1991	43,295,704	99,895
1992	43,747,962	100,022
1993	44,194,628	100,103
1994	44,641,540	100,166
1995	45,092,991	100,225
1996	45,524,681	100,275
1997	45,953,580	100,674
1998	46,286,503	101,388
1999	46,616,677	102,046
2000	47,008,111	102,677
2001	47,370,164	103,288
2002	47,644,736	103,874
2003	47,892,330	104,464
2004	48,082,519	105,071
2005	48,184,561	105,671
2006	48,438,292	106,253
2007	48,683,638	106,726
2008	49,054,708	107,020
2009	49,307,835	107,203
2010	49,554,112	107,400
2011	49,936,638	107,570
2012	50,199,853	107,460
2013	50,428,893	107,078
2014	50,746,659	106,609
2015	51,014,947	106,095
2016	51,217,803	105,524
2017	51,361,911	105,356
2018	51,585,058	105,567
2019	51,764,822	105,669
2020	51,836,239	105,704
2021	51,769,539	105,490
2022	51,672,569	105,042
2023	51,712,619	104,597
2024	51,751,065	104,175

Fertility rates in South Korea and Tonga

Fertility rate

South Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Tonga
1960	5.99	6.65
1961	5.8	6.61
1962	5.56	6.57
1963	5.33	6.52
1964	5.07	6.46
1965	4.89	6.41
1966	4.78	6.35
1967	4.62	6.29
1968	4.51	6.23
1969	4.45	6.17
1970	4.53	6.07
1971	4.54	5.96
1972	4.12	5.86
1973	4.07	5.8
1974	3.77	5.77
1975	3.43	5.75
1976	3	5.73
1977	2.99	5.7
1978	2.64	5.68
1979	2.9	5.65
1980	2.82	5.6
1981	2.57	5.55
1982	2.39	5.5
1983	2.06	5.45
1984	1.74	5.41
1985	1.66	5.34
1986	1.58	5.27
1987	1.53	5.19
1988	1.55	5.1
1989	1.56	5.01
1990	1.57	4.93
1991	1.71	4.85
1992	1.76	4.79
1993	1.65	4.73
1994	1.66	4.66
1995	1.63	4.56
1996	1.57	4.46
1997	1.54	4.38
1998	1.46	4.31
1999	1.43	4.23
2000	1.48	4.16
2001	1.31	4.13
2002	1.18	4.14
2003	1.19	4.18
2004	1.16	4.19
2005	1.09	4.2
2006	1.13	4.14
2007	1.26	4.09
2008	1.19	4.01
2009	1.15	3.95
2010	1.23	3.88
2011	1.24	3.83
2012	1.3	3.77
2013	1.19	3.7
2014	1.21	3.62
2015	1.24	3.54
2016	1.17	3.46
2017	1.05	3.39
2018	0.98	3.33
2019	0.92	3.27
2020	0.84	3.23
2021	0.81	3.2
2022	0.78	3.17
2023	0.72	3.13

South Korea and Tonga demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Tonga

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Tonga
1960	19.3	17.1
1961	19.2	17.1
1962	19.1	17.1
1963	19	17
1964	18.8	17
1965	18.6	17
1966	18.5	17
1967	18.6	17
1968	18.7	16.9
1969	18.8	16.8
1970	18.9	16.8
1971	19	16.7
1972	19.1	16.7
1973	19.3	16.8
1974	19.6	16.8
1975	19.9	16.7
1976	20.2	16.7
1977	20.7	16.8
1978	21.1	17.1
1979	21.6	17.3
1980	22.1	17.4
1981	22.5	17.6
1982	22.8	17.8
1983	23.3	17.9
1984	23.7	18
1985	24.2	18.1
1986	24.8	18.2
1987	25.3	18.3
1988	25.8	18.6
1989	26.3	18.9
1990	26.7	19.1
1991	27.2	19.3
1992	27.8	19.5
1993	28.3	19.6
1994	28.9	19.6
1995	29.4	19.6
1996	29.8	19.6
1997	30.2	19.7
1998	30.7	19.9
1999	31.2	20.1
2000	31.7	20.3
2001	32.3	20.5
2002	32.8	20.7
2003	33.4	20.8
2004	33.9	20.8
2005	34.5	20.8
2006	35.2	20.8
2007	35.8	20.9
2008	36.4	21
2009	37	21.1
2010	37.6	21.2
2011	38.2	21.2
2012	38.8	21.4
2013	39.5	21.6
2014	40.2	21.7
2015	40.8	21.8
2016	41.4	21.9
2017	41.9	21.9
2018	42.5	22
2019	43.1	22
2020	43.8	22.1
2021	44.4	22.1
2022	44.9	22
2023	45.5	21.9
2024	46.1	21.9

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