South Korea vs Turkey statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 105th vs. 36th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

South Korea and Turkey: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Turkey economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Turkey
1960	$3,958,811,881	$7,566,666,667
1961	$2,417,628,737	$7,988,888,889
1962	$2,814,615,385	$8,922,222,222
1963	$3,988,461,538	$10,355,555,556
1964	$3,459,019,943	$11,177,777,778
1965	$3,120,861,499	$11,966,666,667
1966	$3,929,055,144	$14,100,000,000
1967	$4,855,892,446	$15,644,444,444
1968	$6,119,394,892	$17,500,000,000
1969	$7,678,698,838	$19,466,666,667
1970	$9,005,144,969	$17,863,636,364
1971	$9,903,571,249	$16,166,666,667
1972	$10,862,211,761	$20,650,000,000
1973	$13,876,472,208	$26,000,000,000
1974	$19,543,973,941	$35,414,285,714
1975	$21,784,297,521	$46,042,857,143
1976	$29,902,479,339	$51,450,000,000
1977	$38,446,487,603	$58,683,333,333
1978	$51,972,107,438	$65,912,500,000
1979	$66,946,900,826	$89,616,129,032
1980	$65,398,377,598	$68,823,684,211
1981	$72,933,533,012	$71,180,180,180
1982	$78,358,416,171	$64,369,325,153
1983	$87,760,553,262	$61,803,555,556
1984	$97,510,744,119	$59,937,602,180
1985	$101,296,177,099	$67,232,758,621
1986	$116,836,246,285	$75,673,037,037
1987	$147,948,709,376	$87,190,081,680
1988	$199,591,287,825	$90,875,175,809
1989	$246,928,837,311	$107,127,191,329
1990	$283,365,844,161	$150,655,500,192
1991	$330,647,042,837	$151,034,731,544
1992	$355,524,903,068	$159,104,772,992
1993	$392,665,710,525	$180,415,757,852
1994	$463,619,823,515	$130,650,447,499
1995	$566,581,003,128	$169,319,579,016
1996	$610,167,053,824	$181,464,408,820
1997	$569,755,022,973	$189,878,399,895
1998	$383,331,833,682	$275,941,990,764
1999	$497,514,040,642	$256,395,932,738
2000	$576,179,387,820	$274,294,623,164
2001	$547,656,279,895	$201,753,123,807
2002	$627,246,933,730	$240,249,071,871
2003	$702,714,855,194	$314,595,572,146
2004	$793,175,561,887	$408,865,430,220
2005	$934,901,071,333	$506,314,717,662
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$557,076,157,773
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$681,321,124,296
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$770,449,132,861
2009	$943,941,876,219	$649,289,324,628
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$776,967,266,306
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$838,785,289,694
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$880,555,885,492
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$957,799,120,008
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$938,934,609,297
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$864,313,810,469
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$869,682,881,593
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$858,988,492,854
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$778,972,108,041
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$761,005,915,751
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$720,338,490,327
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$819,865,223,976
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$907,118,434,654
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$1,118,252,958,514
2024	-	$1,323,254,808,059

South Korea and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Turkey
1960	$158.3	$267.1
1961	$93.8	$274.4
1962	$106.2	$298.2
1963	$146.3	$337
1964	$123.6	$354
1965	$108.7	$370
1966	$133.5	$425
1967	$161.2	$459
1968	$198.4	$501
1969	$243.4	$544
1970	$279.3	$488
1971	$301	$431
1972	$324	$537
1973	$407	$661
1974	$563	$881
1975	$617	$1,122
1976	$834	$1,228
1977	$1,056	$1,372
1978	$1,406	$1,510
1979	$1,784	$2,013
1980	$1,715	$1,516
1981	$1,883	$1,537
1982	$1,993	$1,360
1983	$2,199	$1,276
1984	$2,413	$1,209
1985	$2,482	$1,326
1986	$2,835	$1,461
1987	$3,555	$1,650
1988	$4,749	$1,686
1989	$5,817	$1,949
1990	$6,610	$2,690
1991	$7,637	$2,649
1992	$8,127	$2,744
1993	$8,885	$3,058
1994	$10,385	$2,176
1995	$12,565	$2,775
1996	$13,403	$2,929
1997	$12,398	$3,021
1998	$8,282	$4,330
1999	$10,672	$3,969
2000	$12,257	$4,192
2001	$11,561	$3,046
2002	$13,165	$3,583
2003	$14,673	$4,638
2004	$16,496	$5,961
2005	$19,403	$7,303
2006	$21,743	$7,953
2007	$24,086	$9,711
2008	$21,350	$10,844
2009	$19,144	$9,013
2010	$23,079	$10,623
2011	$25,098	$11,301
2012	$25,459	$11,713
2013	$27,180	$12,578
2014	$29,253	$12,165
2015	$28,737	$11,050
2016	$29,280	$10,970
2017	$31,601	$10,696
2018	$33,447	$9,569
2019	$31,902	$9,215
2020	$31,721	$8,639
2021	$35,126	$9,743
2022	$32,395	$10,675
2023	$33,121	$13,106
2024	-	$15,473

South Korea vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Turkey

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Turkey
1950	22.2	47.3
1951	26.6	47.6
1952	36.6	48.1
1953	40.5	48.2
1954	46.1	48.8
1955	48.4	49.1
1956	50.2	49.5
1957	51.6	49.2
1958	51.8	49.2
1959	52.9	50.1
1960	53.8	50.8
1961	54.4	51.6
1962	55	52.3
1963	55	53.1
1964	55.3	53.6
1965	55.8	54.1
1966	55.4	54.6
1967	60.9	55.2
1968	60.9	55.6
1969	61.4	56.2
1970	62.2	56.7
1971	62.7	57.2
1972	63.2	58
1973	63.8	58.5
1974	64.2	59
1975	64.7	59.5
1976	65	60
1977	64.6	60.8
1978	65	61.6
1979	66.1	62.2
1980	64.8	62.7
1981	67.1	63.2
1982	67.1	63.7
1983	66.7	64.3
1984	68.1	64.8
1985	68.4	65.3
1986	69	65.9
1987	69.3	66.4
1988	70.2	66.9
1989	70.7	67.4
1990	71	67.8
1991	71.4	68.3
1992	72.2	68.6
1993	72.7	69
1994	72.9	69.4
1995	73.4	69.7
1996	74	70.2
1997	74.5	70.7
1998	75	71.1
1999	75.6	70.8
2000	76.2	71.9
2001	76.9	72.3
2002	77.2	72.6
2003	77.5	72.9
2004	78	73.2
2005	78.4	73.5
2006	79	73.8
2007	79.4	74.1
2008	80	74.4
2009	80.6	74.7
2010	80.7	75
2011	81.2	74.8
2012	81.3	75.6
2013	81.8	76.2
2014	82.4	76.5
2015	82.5	76.5
2016	82.9	76.6
2017	83.3	77
2018	83.3	77.5
2019	83.7	77.7
2020	83.7	76.5
2021	83.9	75.7
2022	82.7	77.6
2023	84.3	77.2
2024	84.4	77.4
2025	84.5	77.8

South Korea and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Turkey

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Turkey
1960	25,012,374	28,329,898
1961	25,765,673	29,119,238
1962	26,513,030	29,916,147
1963	27,261,747	30,726,841
1964	27,984,155	31,543,072
1965	28,704,674	32,345,220
1966	29,435,571	33,177,672
1967	30,130,983	34,050,421
1968	30,838,302	34,921,684
1969	31,544,266	35,787,774
1970	32,240,827	36,638,465
1971	32,882,704	37,518,611
1972	33,505,406	38,430,221
1973	34,103,149	39,329,533
1974	34,692,266	40,210,234
1975	35,280,725	41,053,126
1976	35,848,523	41,899,984
1977	36,411,795	42,773,298
1978	36,969,185	43,645,306
1979	37,534,236	44,510,429
1980	38,123,775	45,408,815
1981	38,723,248	46,321,190
1982	39,326,352	47,322,096
1983	39,910,403	48,447,410
1984	40,405,956	49,574,069
1985	40,805,744	50,687,115
1986	41,213,674	51,777,772
1987	41,621,690	52,843,670
1988	42,031,247	53,909,626
1989	42,449,038	54,976,723
1990	42,869,283	56,015,628
1991	43,295,704	57,009,887
1992	43,747,962	57,990,118
1993	44,194,628	58,999,167
1994	44,641,540	60,033,836
1995	45,092,991	61,024,503
1996	45,524,681	61,951,134
1997	45,953,580	62,852,966
1998	46,286,503	63,734,383
1999	46,616,677	64,591,923
2000	47,008,111	65,425,961
2001	47,370,164	66,245,128
2002	47,644,736	67,048,795
2003	47,892,330	67,831,730
2004	48,082,519	68,592,617
2005	48,184,561	69,329,557
2006	48,438,292	70,045,349
2007	48,683,638	70,158,112
2008	49,054,708	71,051,678
2009	49,307,835	72,039,206
2010	49,554,112	73,142,150
2011	49,936,638	74,223,629
2012	50,199,853	75,175,827
2013	50,428,893	76,147,624
2014	50,746,659	77,181,884
2015	51,014,947	78,218,479
2016	51,217,803	79,277,962
2017	51,361,911	80,312,698
2018	51,585,058	81,407,204
2019	51,764,822	82,579,440
2020	51,836,239	83,384,680
2021	51,769,539	84,147,318
2022	51,672,569	84,979,913
2023	51,712,619	85,325,965
2024	51,751,065	85,518,661

Fertility rates in South Korea and Turkey

Fertility rate

South Korea

Turkey

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Turkey
1960	5.99	6.38
1961	5.8	6.42
1962	5.56	6.38
1963	5.33	6.34
1964	5.07	6.29
1965	4.89	6.22
1966	4.78	6.15
1967	4.62	6.06
1968	4.51	5.96
1969	4.45	5.87
1970	4.53	5.78
1971	4.54	5.67
1972	4.12	5.55
1973	4.07	5.41
1974	3.77	5.24
1975	3.43	5.09
1976	3	4.93
1977	2.99	4.78
1978	2.64	4.69
1979	2.9	4.58
1980	2.82	4.45
1981	2.57	4.35
1982	2.39	4.21
1983	2.06	4.06
1984	1.74	3.91
1985	1.66	3.78
1986	1.58	3.66
1987	1.53	3.54
1988	1.55	3.45
1989	1.56	3.34
1990	1.57	3.11
1991	1.71	3
1992	1.76	2.94
1993	1.65	2.92
1994	1.66	2.87
1995	1.63	2.84
1996	1.57	2.78
1997	1.54	2.74
1998	1.46	2.71
1999	1.43	2.63
2000	1.48	2.49
2001	1.31	2.39
2002	1.18	2.27
2003	1.19	2.2
2004	1.16	2.2
2005	1.09	2.2
2006	1.13	2.19
2007	1.26	2.16
2008	1.19	2.15
2009	1.15	2.1
2010	1.23	2.08
2011	1.24	2.05
2012	1.3	2.11
2013	1.19	2.11
2014	1.21	2.19
2015	1.24	2.16
2016	1.17	2.11
2017	1.05	2.08
2018	0.98	2
2019	0.92	1.89
2020	0.84	1.77
2021	0.81	1.71
2022	0.78	1.63
2023	0.72	1.51

South Korea and Turkey demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Turkey

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Turkey
1960	19.3	19.4
1961	19.2	19.3
1962	19.1	19.1
1963	19	19
1964	18.8	18.9
1965	18.6	18.9
1966	18.5	18.8
1967	18.6	18.7
1968	18.7	18.6
1969	18.8	18.6
1970	18.9	18.6
1971	19	18.7
1972	19.1	18.8
1973	19.3	18.9
1974	19.6	19
1975	19.9	19.1
1976	20.2	19.3
1977	20.7	19.4
1978	21.1	19.5
1979	21.6	19.7
1980	22.1	19.8
1981	22.5	19.9
1982	22.8	20
1983	23.3	20.2
1984	23.7	20.4
1985	24.2	20.6
1986	24.8	20.9
1987	25.3	21.1
1988	25.8	21.3
1989	26.3	21.6
1990	26.7	21.8
1991	27.2	22.1
1992	27.8	22.4
1993	28.3	22.7
1994	28.9	23
1995	29.4	23.3
1996	29.8	23.6
1997	30.2	24
1998	30.7	24.3
1999	31.2	24.7
2000	31.7	25
2001	32.3	25.4
2002	32.8	25.8
2003	33.4	26.2
2004	33.9	26.6
2005	34.5	27
2006	35.2	27.5
2007	35.8	27.9
2008	36.4	28.3
2009	37	28.6
2010	37.6	29.1
2011	38.2	29.5
2012	38.8	29.8
2013	39.5	30.1
2014	40.2	30.4
2015	40.8	30.6
2016	41.4	30.9
2017	41.9	31.2
2018	42.5	31.5
2019	43.1	31.8
2020	43.8	32.3
2021	44.4	32.7
2022	44.9	33.1
2023	45.5	33.5
2024	46.1	34

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