South Korea vs Turkmenistan statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 7.49M in Turkmenistan (ranked 104/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 181,441 sq mi for Turkmenistan (ranked 105th vs. 53rd).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Turkmenistan ranks 88/197 ($64.2B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Turkmenistan ranks 91/197 ($8,572).

South Korea and Turkmenistan: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Turkmenistan economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Turkmenistan
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	-
1976	$29,902,479,339	-
1977	$38,446,487,603	-
1978	$51,972,107,438	-
1979	$66,946,900,826	-
1980	$65,398,377,598	-
1981	$72,933,533,012	-
1982	$78,358,416,171	-
1983	$87,760,553,262	-
1984	$97,510,744,119	-
1985	$101,296,177,099	-
1986	$116,836,246,285	-
1987	$147,948,709,376	$2,331,358,820
1988	$199,591,287,825	$3,010,982,414
1989	$246,928,837,311	$3,006,988,217
1990	$283,365,844,161	$3,189,539,641
1991	$330,647,042,837	$3,208,098,919
1992	$355,524,903,068	$3,200,539,816
1993	$392,665,710,525	$3,179,225,949
1994	$463,619,823,515	$2,561,118,608
1995	$566,581,003,128	$2,482,228,440
1996	$610,167,053,824	$2,378,759,975
1997	$569,755,022,973	$2,450,350,625
1998	$383,331,833,682	$2,605,689,134
1999	$497,514,040,642	$2,450,564,100
2000	$576,179,387,820	$2,904,663,311
2001	$547,656,279,895	$3,534,772,732
2002	$627,246,933,730	$4,462,029,109
2003	$702,714,855,194	$5,977,440,583
2004	$793,175,561,887	$6,838,351,088
2005	$934,901,071,333	$8,103,901,996
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$10,276,674,365
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$12,664,165,103
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$19,271,523,179
2009	$943,941,876,219	$20,214,385,965
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$22,583,157,895
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$29,233,333,333
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$35,164,210,526
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$39,197,543,860
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$43,524,210,526
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$35,799,714,286
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$36,169,428,571
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$37,926,285,714
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$40,765,428,571
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$45,232,857,143
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$45,818,000,000
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$50,007,428,571
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$58,972,000,000
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$60,628,857,143
2024	-	$64,239,891,739

South Korea and Turkmenistan economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Turkmenistan
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	-
1976	$834	-
1977	$1,056	-
1978	$1,406	-
1979	$1,784	-
1980	$1,715	-
1981	$1,883	-
1982	$1,993	-
1983	$2,199	-
1984	$2,413	-
1985	$2,482	-
1986	$2,835	-
1987	$3,555	$675
1988	$4,749	$846
1989	$5,817	$821
1990	$6,610	$848
1991	$7,637	$832
1992	$8,127	$811
1993	$8,885	$788
1994	$10,385	$622
1995	$12,565	$592
1996	$13,403	$558
1997	$12,398	$565
1998	$8,282	$591
1999	$10,672	$546
2000	$12,257	$634
2001	$11,561	$756
2002	$13,165	$936
2003	$14,673	$1,229
2004	$16,496	$1,379
2005	$19,403	$1,604
2006	$21,743	$1,997
2007	$24,086	$2,415
2008	$21,350	$3,606
2009	$19,144	$3,708
2010	$23,079	$4,059
2011	$25,098	$5,144
2012	$25,459	$6,054
2013	$27,180	$6,600
2014	$29,253	$7,164
2015	$28,737	$5,759
2016	$29,280	$5,687
2017	$31,601	$5,828
2018	$33,447	$6,125
2019	$31,902	$6,648
2020	$31,721	$6,593
2021	$35,126	$7,051
2022	$32,395	$8,156
2023	$33,121	$8,233
2024	-	$8,572

South Korea vs. Turkmenistan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Turkmenistan
1950	22.2	48.1
1951	26.6	48.6
1952	36.6	49
1953	40.5	49.4
1954	46.1	49.8
1955	48.4	50.2
1956	50.2	50.6
1957	51.6	51
1958	51.8	51.4
1959	52.9	51.8
1960	53.8	52.1
1961	54.4	52.5
1962	55	52.9
1963	55	53.2
1964	55.3	53.6
1965	55.8	54
1966	55.4	54.4
1967	60.9	54.8
1968	60.9	55.3
1969	61.4	55.7
1970	62.2	56
1971	62.7	56.3
1972	63.2	56.6
1973	63.8	56.8
1974	64.2	57
1975	64.7	57.2
1976	65	57.4
1977	64.6	57.7
1978	65	58.3
1979	66.1	59.1
1980	64.8	60.2
1981	67.1	61
1982	67.1	61.6
1983	66.7	62
1984	68.1	62.4
1985	68.4	62.8
1986	69	63.2
1987	69.3	63.5
1988	70.2	63.7
1989	70.7	63.8
1990	71	63.9
1991	71.4	63.8
1992	72.2	63.8
1993	72.7	63.6
1994	72.9	63.5
1995	73.4	63.5
1996	74	63.5
1997	74.5	63.7
1998	75	64
1999	75.6	64.5
2000	76.2	64.9
2001	76.9	65.3
2002	77.2	65.6
2003	77.5	65.9
2004	78	66.1
2005	78.4	66.3
2006	79	66.6
2007	79.4	67
2008	80	67.6
2009	80.6	68.2
2010	80.7	68.6
2011	81.2	68.9
2012	81.3	69
2013	81.8	69
2014	82.4	69
2015	82.5	69.1
2016	82.9	69.1
2017	83.3	69.2
2018	83.3	69.3
2019	83.7	69.4
2020	83.7	68.8
2021	83.9	69.4
2022	82.7	69.9
2023	84.3	70.1
2024	84.4	70.2
2025	84.5	70.3

South Korea and Turkmenistan population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Turkmenistan
1960	25,012,374	1,643,457
1961	25,765,673	1,695,400
1962	26,513,030	1,749,214
1963	27,261,747	1,804,272
1964	27,984,155	1,859,997
1965	28,704,674	1,915,916
1966	29,435,571	1,971,737
1967	30,130,983	2,027,403
1968	30,838,302	2,083,069
1969	31,544,266	2,139,024
1970	32,240,827	2,195,616
1971	32,882,704	2,253,119
1972	33,505,406	2,311,430
1973	34,103,149	2,370,919
1974	34,692,266	2,432,028
1975	35,280,725	2,494,570
1976	35,848,523	2,558,521
1977	36,411,795	2,623,948
1978	36,969,185	2,691,088
1979	37,534,236	2,760,358
1980	38,123,775	2,832,203
1981	38,723,248	2,907,187
1982	39,326,352	2,985,557
1983	39,910,403	3,067,534
1984	40,405,956	3,154,079
1985	40,805,744	3,247,534
1986	41,213,674	3,347,809
1987	41,621,690	3,452,731
1988	42,031,247	3,559,363
1989	42,449,038	3,662,459
1990	42,869,283	3,760,562
1991	43,295,704	3,855,894
1992	43,747,962	3,944,689
1993	44,194,628	4,032,407
1994	44,641,540	4,116,662
1995	45,092,991	4,191,203
1996	45,524,681	4,263,819
1997	45,953,580	4,336,730
1998	46,286,503	4,410,507
1999	46,616,677	4,492,170
2000	47,008,111	4,582,677
2001	47,370,164	4,675,409
2002	47,644,736	4,769,465
2003	47,892,330	4,863,865
2004	48,082,519	4,958,093
2005	48,184,561	5,052,257
2006	48,438,292	5,147,105
2007	48,683,638	5,244,046
2008	49,054,708	5,345,029
2009	49,307,835	5,451,592
2010	49,554,112	5,564,356
2011	49,936,638	5,683,417
2012	50,199,853	5,808,546
2013	50,428,893	5,939,341
2014	50,746,659	6,075,283
2015	51,014,947	6,215,770
2016	51,217,803	6,360,041
2017	51,361,911	6,507,061
2018	51,585,058	6,655,524
2019	51,764,822	6,803,944
2020	51,836,239	6,949,912
2021	51,769,539	7,092,043
2022	51,672,569	7,230,193
2023	51,712,619	7,364,438
2024	51,751,065	7,494,498

Fertility rates in South Korea and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate

South Korea

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Turkmenistan
1960	5.99	6.59
1961	5.8	6.69
1962	5.56	6.76
1963	5.33	6.79
1964	5.07	6.79
1965	4.89	6.76
1966	4.78	6.7
1967	4.62	6.64
1968	4.51	6.56
1969	4.45	6.48
1970	4.53	6.4
1971	4.54	6.32
1972	4.12	6.2
1973	4.07	6.15
1974	3.77	6.09
1975	3.43	6
1976	3	5.9
1977	2.99	5.77
1978	2.64	5.61
1979	2.9	5.46
1980	2.82	5.3
1981	2.57	5.16
1982	2.39	5.04
1983	2.06	4.97
1984	1.74	4.96
1985	1.66	4.97
1986	1.58	4.94
1987	1.53	4.84
1988	1.55	4.68
1989	1.56	4.46
1990	1.57	4.29
1991	1.71	4.14
1992	1.76	3.96
1993	1.65	3.78
1994	1.66	3.62
1995	1.63	3.49
1996	1.57	3.29
1997	1.54	3.18
1998	1.46	3.08
1999	1.43	2.98
2000	1.48	2.9
2001	1.31	2.81
2002	1.18	2.71
2003	1.19	2.67
2004	1.16	2.67
2005	1.09	2.71
2006	1.13	2.72
2007	1.26	2.73
2008	1.19	2.75
2009	1.15	2.79
2010	1.23	2.85
2011	1.24	2.9
2012	1.3	2.96
2013	1.19	3.01
2014	1.21	3.02
2015	1.24	3.03
2016	1.17	2.99
2017	1.05	2.93
2018	0.98	2.88
2019	0.92	2.83
2020	0.84	2.79
2021	0.81	2.75
2022	0.78	2.73
2023	0.72	2.69

South Korea and Turkmenistan demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Turkmenistan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Turkmenistan
1960	19.3	21.3
1961	19.2	20.9
1962	19.1	20.4
1963	19	19.7
1964	18.8	19
1965	18.6	18.4
1966	18.5	18
1967	18.6	17.7
1968	18.7	17.5
1969	18.8	17.4
1970	18.9	17.4
1971	19	17.4
1972	19.1	17.5
1973	19.3	17.6
1974	19.6	17.7
1975	19.9	17.9
1976	20.2	18
1977	20.7	18.2
1978	21.1	18.3
1979	21.6	18.5
1980	22.1	18.7
1981	22.5	18.8
1982	22.8	19
1983	23.3	19.1
1984	23.7	19.2
1985	24.2	19.3
1986	24.8	19.3
1987	25.3	19.3
1988	25.8	19.3
1989	26.3	19.3
1990	26.7	19.3
1991	27.2	19.4
1992	27.8	19.4
1993	28.3	19.5
1994	28.9	19.6
1995	29.4	19.7
1996	29.8	19.9
1997	30.2	20.1
1998	30.7	20.3
1999	31.2	20.6
2000	31.7	20.9
2001	32.3	21.2
2002	32.8	21.5
2003	33.4	21.8
2004	33.9	22.1
2005	34.5	22.4
2006	35.2	22.8
2007	35.8	23.1
2008	36.4	23.4
2009	37	23.7
2010	37.6	24
2011	38.2	24.3
2012	38.8	24.5
2013	39.5	24.8
2014	40.2	25
2015	40.8	25.3
2016	41.4	25.5
2017	41.9	25.7
2018	42.5	25.9
2019	43.1	26.2
2020	43.8	26.4
2021	44.4	26.7
2022	44.9	26.9
2023	45.5	27.2
2024	46.1	27.5

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