South Korea vs Ukraine statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 37.9M in Ukraine (ranked 41/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 223,708 sq mi for Ukraine (ranked 105th vs. 46th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Ukraine ranks 57/197 ($191B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Ukraine ranks 118/197 ($5,038).

South Korea and Ukraine: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Ukraine economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Ukraine

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Ukraine
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	$64,087,694,038
1988	$199,591,287,825	$74,703,517,903
1989	$246,928,837,311	$82,709,161,099
1990	$283,365,844,161	$81,393,558,423
1991	$330,647,042,837	$77,350,733,982
1992	$355,524,903,068	$73,945,908,384
1993	$392,665,710,525	$65,648,559,903
1994	$463,619,823,515	$52,549,580,265
1995	$566,581,003,128	$48,213,856,469
1996	$610,167,053,824	$44,558,831,005
1997	$569,755,022,973	$50,151,531,592
1998	$383,331,833,682	$41,882,523,345
1999	$497,514,040,642	$31,580,639,554
2000	$576,179,387,820	$32,375,083,935
2001	$547,656,279,895	$39,309,580,983
2002	$627,246,933,730	$43,956,163,612
2003	$702,714,855,194	$52,010,355,753
2004	$793,175,561,887	$67,220,154,164
2005	$934,901,071,333	$89,238,865,119
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$111,884,752,475
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$148,733,861,386
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$188,110,390,660
2009	$943,941,876,219	$121,552,153,444
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$141,209,170,427
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$169,333,835,202
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$182,591,753,828
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$190,498,811,460
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$133,503,871,862
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$91,030,967,789
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$93,355,869,404
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$112,090,505,082
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$130,891,088,294
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$153,883,047,510
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$156,617,722,013
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$199,765,859,571
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$161,989,520,721
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$181,221,517,869
2024	-	$190,741,263,732

South Korea and Ukraine economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Ukraine

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Ukraine
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	$1,244
1988	$4,749	$1,444
1989	$5,817	$1,593
1990	$6,610	$1,564
1991	$7,637	$1,483
1992	$8,127	$1,413
1993	$8,885	$1,254
1994	$10,385	$1,009
1995	$12,565	$933
1996	$13,403	$870
1997	$12,398	$987
1998	$8,282	$831
1999	$10,672	$632
2000	$12,257	$653
2001	$11,561	$800
2002	$13,165	$903
2003	$14,673	$1,076
2004	$16,496	$1,401
2005	$19,403	$1,875
2006	$21,743	$2,366
2007	$24,086	$3,160
2008	$21,350	$4,018
2009	$19,144	$2,607
2010	$23,079	$3,040
2011	$25,098	$3,657
2012	$25,459	$3,951
2013	$27,180	$4,130
2014	$29,253	$2,904
2015	$28,737	$1,988
2016	$29,280	$2,047
2017	$31,601	$2,467
2018	$33,447	$2,895
2019	$31,902	$3,423
2020	$31,721	$3,505
2021	$35,126	$4,510
2022	$32,395	$3,946
2023	$33,121	$4,803
2024	-	$5,038

South Korea vs. Ukraine life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Ukraine

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Ukraine
1950	22.2	61.2
1951	26.6	61.4
1952	36.6	62.1
1953	40.5	63
1954	46.1	64.1
1955	48.4	65.3
1956	50.2	66.3
1957	51.6	67.2
1958	51.8	67.7
1959	52.9	68.7
1960	53.8	69.4
1961	54.4	70
1962	55	70.4
1963	55	70.7
1964	55.3	71
1965	55.8	71.1
1966	55.4	71.2
1967	60.9	71.1
1968	60.9	71
1969	61.4	70.8
1970	62.2	70.8
1971	62.7	70.9
1972	63.2	71
1973	63.8	70.8
1974	64.2	70.6
1975	64.7	70.4
1976	65	70.1
1977	64.6	70
1978	65	69.8
1979	66.1	69.8
1980	64.8	69.8
1981	67.1	69.8
1982	67.1	69.9
1983	66.7	69.9
1984	68.1	70
1985	68.4	70.4
1986	69	70.8
1987	69.3	71.2
1988	70.2	71
1989	70.7	70.8
1990	71	70.4
1991	71.4	69.7
1992	72.2	68.9
1993	72.7	68.3
1994	72.9	67.5
1995	73.4	67.1
1996	74	67.1
1997	74.5	67.7
1998	75	68
1999	75.6	68
2000	76.2	67.8
2001	76.9	67.7
2002	77.2	67.7
2003	77.5	67.6
2004	78	67.5
2005	78.4	67.5
2006	79	67.5
2007	79.4	67.7
2008	80	68.3
2009	80.6	69.2
2010	80.7	70.2
2011	81.2	70.7
2012	81.3	71.1
2013	81.8	71.5
2014	82.4	71.8
2015	82.5	72.7
2016	82.9	73.4
2017	83.3	74
2018	83.3	73.6
2019	83.7	73.9
2020	83.7	73.3
2021	83.9	71.6
2022	82.7	72.7
2023	84.3	73.4
2024	84.4	74.7
2025	84.5	74.9

South Korea and Ukraine population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Ukraine

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Ukraine
1960	25,012,374	42,824,093
1961	25,765,673	43,399,766
1962	26,513,030	43,943,674
1963	27,261,747	44,462,372
1964	27,984,155	44,951,156
1965	28,704,674	45,386,892
1966	29,435,571	45,802,519
1967	30,130,983	46,215,988
1968	30,838,302	46,614,325
1969	31,544,266	46,976,256
1970	32,240,827	47,261,306
1971	32,882,704	47,573,287
1972	33,505,406	47,946,893
1973	34,103,149	48,277,121
1974	34,692,266	48,576,570
1975	35,280,725	48,865,229
1976	35,848,523	49,120,842
1977	36,411,795	49,336,481
1978	36,969,185	49,521,243
1979	37,534,236	49,721,381
1980	38,123,775	49,955,152
1981	38,723,248	50,189,281
1982	39,326,352	50,402,724
1983	39,910,403	50,637,029
1984	40,405,956	50,887,599
1985	40,805,744	51,108,770
1986	41,213,674	51,318,745
1987	41,621,690	51,515,732
1988	42,031,247	51,724,853
1989	42,449,038	51,917,817
1990	42,869,283	52,054,092
1991	43,295,704	52,170,961
1992	43,747,962	52,323,671
1993	44,194,628	52,350,126
1994	44,641,540	52,075,998
1995	45,092,991	51,665,539
1996	45,524,681	51,226,109
1997	45,953,580	50,786,885
1998	46,286,503	50,379,731
1999	46,616,677	49,976,446
2000	47,008,111	49,556,660
2001	47,370,164	49,106,855
2002	47,644,736	48,677,281
2003	47,892,330	48,315,136
2004	48,082,519	47,979,507
2005	48,184,561	47,585,556
2006	48,438,292	47,278,694
2007	48,683,638	47,062,798
2008	49,054,708	46,819,175
2009	49,307,835	46,623,731
2010	49,554,112	46,456,003
2011	49,936,638	46,307,853
2012	50,199,853	46,210,056
2013	50,428,893	46,126,770
2014	50,746,659	45,972,380
2015	51,014,947	45,784,896
2016	51,217,803	45,616,832
2017	51,361,911	45,436,041
2018	51,585,058	45,208,907
2019	51,764,822	44,957,458
2020	51,836,239	44,680,014
2021	51,769,539	44,298,640
2022	51,672,569	41,048,766
2023	51,712,619	37,732,836
2024	51,751,065	37,860,221

Fertility rates in South Korea and Ukraine

Fertility rate

South Korea

Ukraine

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Ukraine
1960	5.99	2.29
1961	5.8	2.2
1962	5.56	2.15
1963	5.33	2.11
1964	5.07	2.01
1965	4.89	1.94
1966	4.78	2.04
1967	4.62	2.04
1968	4.51	2.03
1969	4.45	2.01
1970	4.53	2.08
1971	4.54	2.11
1972	4.12	2.13
1973	4.07	2.04
1974	3.77	2.06
1975	3.43	2.05
1976	3	2.04
1977	2.99	1.98
1978	2.64	1.97
1979	2.9	1.96
1980	2.82	1.95
1981	2.57	1.92
1982	2.39	1.95
1983	2.06	2.1
1984	1.74	2.08
1985	1.66	2.03
1986	1.58	2.12
1987	1.53	2.07
1988	1.55	2.04
1989	1.56	1.93
1990	1.57	1.85
1991	1.71	1.77
1992	1.76	1.67
1993	1.65	1.56
1994	1.66	1.47
1995	1.63	1.4
1996	1.57	1.33
1997	1.54	1.27
1998	1.46	1.21
1999	1.43	1.13
2000	1.48	1.11
2001	1.31	1.09
2002	1.18	1.13
2003	1.19	1.17
2004	1.16	1.22
2005	1.09	1.22
2006	1.13	1.3
2007	1.26	1.34
2008	1.19	1.44
2009	1.15	1.47
2010	1.23	1.44
2011	1.24	1.46
2012	1.3	1.53
2013	1.19	1.52
2014	1.21	1.47
2015	1.24	1.39
2016	1.17	1.39
2017	1.05	1.3
2018	0.98	1.23
2019	0.92	1.22
2020	0.84	1.21
2021	0.81	1.15
2022	0.78	0.9
2023	0.72	0.98

South Korea and Ukraine demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Ukraine

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Ukraine
1960	19.3	29.2
1961	19.2	29.6
1962	19.1	29.7
1963	19	29.8
1964	18.8	29.9
1965	18.6	30.1
1966	18.5	30.6
1967	18.6	31.2
1968	18.7	31.6
1969	18.8	32
1970	18.9	32.3
1971	19	32.5
1972	19.1	32.8
1973	19.3	33.1
1974	19.6	33.4
1975	19.9	33.7
1976	20.2	34
1977	20.7	34.2
1978	21.1	34.2
1979	21.6	34
1980	22.1	33.8
1981	22.5	33.7
1982	22.8	33.7
1983	23.3	33.6
1984	23.7	33.6
1985	24.2	33.8
1986	24.8	33.9
1987	25.3	34.1
1988	25.8	34.1
1989	26.3	34.1
1990	26.7	34.3
1991	27.2	34.5
1992	27.8	34.7
1993	28.3	34.9
1994	28.9	35.2
1995	29.4	35.5
1996	29.8	35.8
1997	30.2	36.2
1998	30.7	36.5
1999	31.2	36.9
2000	31.7	37.2
2001	32.3	37.6
2002	32.8	37.9
2003	33.4	38.2
2004	33.9	38.4
2005	34.5	38.7
2006	35.2	38.9
2007	35.8	39.1
2008	36.4	39.2
2009	37	39.3
2010	37.6	39.5
2011	38.2	39.7
2012	38.8	39.8
2013	39.5	39.8
2014	40.2	40
2015	40.8	40.2
2016	41.4	40.6
2017	41.9	40.9
2018	42.5	41.2
2019	43.1	41.5
2020	43.8	41.9
2021	44.4	42.2
2022	44.9	42.5
2023	45.5	43.1
2024	46.1	43.2

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