South Korea vs United Kingdom statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 105th vs. 78th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

South Korea and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

South Korea and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

South Korea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	United Kingdom
1960	$3,958,811,881	$73,233,967,692
1961	$2,417,628,737	$77,741,965,703
1962	$2,814,615,385	$81,247,564,157
1963	$3,988,461,538	$86,561,961,812
1964	$3,459,019,943	$94,407,558,351
1965	$3,120,861,499	$101,824,755,079
1966	$3,929,055,144	$108,572,752,102
1967	$4,855,892,446	$113,116,888,211
1968	$6,119,394,892	$107,759,910,068
1969	$7,678,698,838	$116,464,702,803
1970	$9,005,144,969	$130,671,946,244
1971	$9,903,571,249	$148,113,896,325
1972	$10,862,211,761	$169,965,034,965
1973	$13,876,472,208	$192,537,971,583
1974	$19,543,973,941	$206,131,369,799
1975	$21,784,297,521	$241,756,637,168
1976	$29,902,479,339	$232,614,555,256
1977	$38,446,487,603	$263,066,457,352
1978	$51,972,107,438	$335,883,029,722
1979	$66,946,900,826	$438,994,070,309
1980	$65,398,377,598	$564,947,710,899
1981	$72,933,533,012	$540,765,675,241
1982	$78,358,416,171	$515,048,916,841
1983	$87,760,553,262	$489,618,008,186
1984	$97,510,744,119	$461,487,097,632
1985	$101,296,177,099	$489,285,164,271
1986	$116,836,246,285	$601,452,653,181
1987	$147,948,709,376	$745,162,608,269
1988	$199,591,287,825	$910,122,732,124
1989	$246,928,837,311	$926,884,816,754
1990	$283,365,844,161	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$330,647,042,837	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$355,524,903,068	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$392,665,710,525	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$463,619,823,515	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$566,581,003,128	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$610,167,053,824	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$569,755,022,973	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$383,331,833,682	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$497,514,040,642	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$576,179,387,820	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$547,656,279,895	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$627,246,933,730	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$702,714,855,194	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$793,175,561,887	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$934,901,071,333	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$943,941,876,219	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	-	$3,643,834,188,783

South Korea and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	United Kingdom
1960	$158.3	$1,398
1961	$93.8	$1,472
1962	$106.2	$1,526
1963	$146.3	$1,613
1964	$123.6	$1,748
1965	$108.7	$1,874
1966	$133.5	$1,987
1967	$161.2	$2,059
1968	$198.4	$1,952
1969	$243.4	$2,101
1970	$279.3	$2,348
1971	$301	$2,650
1972	$324	$3,030
1973	$407	$3,426
1974	$563	$3,666
1975	$617	$4,300
1976	$834	$4,138
1977	$1,056	$4,681
1978	$1,406	$5,977
1979	$1,784	$7,805
1980	$1,715	$10,032
1981	$1,883	$9,599
1982	$1,993	$9,146
1983	$2,199	$8,692
1984	$2,413	$8,179
1985	$2,482	$8,652
1986	$2,835	$10,611
1987	$3,555	$13,119
1988	$4,749	$15,987
1989	$5,817	$16,239
1990	$6,610	$19,095
1991	$7,637	$19,901
1992	$8,127	$20,487
1993	$8,885	$18,389
1994	$10,385	$19,709
1995	$12,565	$23,169
1996	$13,403	$24,406
1997	$12,398	$26,766
1998	$8,282	$28,275
1999	$10,672	$28,762
2000	$12,257	$28,281
2001	$11,561	$27,907
2002	$13,165	$30,078
2003	$14,673	$34,443
2004	$16,496	$40,367
2005	$19,403	$42,105
2006	$21,743	$44,512
2007	$24,086	$50,398
2008	$21,350	$47,396
2009	$19,144	$38,744
2010	$23,079	$39,599
2011	$25,098	$42,110
2012	$25,459	$42,490
2013	$27,180	$43,419
2014	$29,253	$47,427
2015	$28,737	$44,984
2016	$29,280	$40,988
2017	$31,601	$40,629
2018	$33,447	$43,315
2019	$31,902	$42,794
2020	$31,721	$40,405
2021	$35,126	$46,926
2022	$32,395	$46,063
2023	$33,121	$49,201
2024	-	$52,637

South Korea vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	United Kingdom
1950	22.2	68.6
1951	26.6	68.2
1952	36.6	69.5
1953	40.5	69.8
1954	46.1	70.2
1955	48.4	70.1
1956	50.2	70.4
1957	51.6	70.5
1958	51.8	70.7
1959	52.9	70.8
1960	53.8	71
1961	54.4	70.8
1962	55	70.9
1963	55	70.8
1964	55.3	71.5
1965	55.8	71.5
1966	55.4	71.4
1967	60.9	72.1
1968	60.9	71.7
1969	61.4	71.7
1970	62.2	71.9
1971	62.7	72.2
1972	63.2	72
1973	63.8	72.2
1974	64.2	72.4
1975	64.7	72.7
1976	65	72.6
1977	64.6	73.1
1978	65	73
1979	66.1	73.2
1980	64.8	73.6
1981	67.1	73.9
1982	67.1	74
1983	66.7	74.3
1984	68.1	74.7
1985	68.4	74.5
1986	69	74.8
1987	69.3	75.1
1988	70.2	75.3
1989	70.7	75.4
1990	71	75.7
1991	71.4	75.9
1992	72.2	76.3
1993	72.7	76.2
1994	72.9	76.7
1995	73.4	76.6
1996	74	76.9
1997	74.5	77.1
1998	75	77.3
1999	75.6	77.4
2000	76.2	77.8
2001	76.9	78.1
2002	77.2	78.2
2003	77.5	78.3
2004	78	78.9
2005	78.4	79.1
2006	79	79.3
2007	79.4	79.5
2008	80	79.7
2009	80.6	80.2
2010	80.7	80.4
2011	81.2	80.8
2012	81.3	80.9
2013	81.8	80.9
2014	82.4	81.2
2015	82.5	80.9
2016	82.9	81.1
2017	83.3	81.2
2018	83.3	81.1
2019	83.7	81.4
2020	83.7	80.4
2021	83.9	80.7
2022	82.7	81.1
2023	84.3	81.3
2024	84.4	81.4
2025	84.5	81.6

South Korea and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	United Kingdom
1960	25,012,374	52,400,000
1961	25,765,673	52,800,000
1962	26,513,030	53,250,000
1963	27,261,747	53,650,000
1964	27,984,155	54,000,000
1965	28,704,674	54,348,050
1966	29,435,571	54,648,500
1967	30,130,983	54,943,600
1968	30,838,302	55,211,700
1969	31,544,266	55,441,750
1970	32,240,827	55,663,250
1971	32,882,704	55,896,223
1972	33,505,406	56,086,065
1973	34,103,149	56,194,527
1974	34,692,266	56,229,974
1975	35,280,725	56,225,800
1976	35,848,523	56,211,968
1977	36,411,795	56,193,492
1978	36,969,185	56,196,504
1979	37,534,236	56,246,951
1980	38,123,775	56,314,216
1981	38,723,248	56,333,829
1982	39,326,352	56,313,641
1983	39,910,403	56,332,848
1984	40,405,956	56,422,072
1985	40,805,744	56,550,268
1986	41,213,674	56,681,396
1987	41,621,690	56,802,050
1988	42,031,247	56,928,327
1989	42,449,038	57,076,711
1990	42,869,283	57,247,586
1991	43,295,704	57,424,897
1992	43,747,962	57,580,402
1993	44,194,628	57,718,614
1994	44,641,540	57,865,745
1995	45,092,991	58,019,030
1996	45,524,681	58,166,950
1997	45,953,580	58,316,954
1998	46,286,503	58,487,141
1999	46,616,677	58,682,466
2000	47,008,111	58,892,514
2001	47,370,164	59,119,673
2002	47,644,736	59,370,479
2003	47,892,330	59,647,577
2004	48,082,519	59,987,905
2005	48,184,561	60,401,206
2006	48,438,292	60,846,820
2007	48,683,638	61,322,463
2008	49,054,708	61,806,995
2009	49,307,835	62,276,270
2010	49,554,112	62,766,365
2011	49,936,638	63,258,810
2012	50,199,853	63,711,000
2013	50,428,893	64,139,000
2014	50,746,659	64,620,000
2015	51,014,947	65,088,000
2016	51,217,803	65,607,000
2017	51,361,911	65,966,000
2018	51,585,058	66,289,000
2019	51,764,822	66,631,000
2020	51,836,239	66,744,000
2021	51,769,539	66,984,000
2022	51,672,569	67,604,000
2023	51,712,619	68,492,000
2024	51,751,065	69,226,000

Fertility rates in South Korea and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

South Korea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	United Kingdom
1960	5.99	2.69
1961	5.8	2.78
1962	5.56	2.86
1963	5.33	2.88
1964	5.07	2.93
1965	4.89	2.86
1966	4.78	2.78
1967	4.62	2.68
1968	4.51	2.6
1969	4.45	2.51
1970	4.53	2.44
1971	4.54	2.41
1972	4.12	2.2
1973	4.07	2.04
1974	3.77	1.92
1975	3.43	1.81
1976	3	1.74
1977	2.99	1.69
1978	2.64	1.75
1979	2.9	1.86
1980	2.82	1.9
1981	2.57	1.82
1982	2.39	1.78
1983	2.06	1.77
1984	1.74	1.77
1985	1.66	1.79
1986	1.58	1.78
1987	1.53	1.81
1988	1.55	1.82
1989	1.56	1.79
1990	1.57	1.83
1991	1.71	1.82
1992	1.76	1.79
1993	1.65	1.76
1994	1.66	1.74
1995	1.63	1.71
1996	1.57	1.73
1997	1.54	1.72
1998	1.46	1.71
1999	1.43	1.68
2000	1.48	1.64
2001	1.31	1.63
2002	1.18	1.63
2003	1.19	1.7
2004	1.16	1.75
2005	1.09	1.76
2006	1.13	1.82
2007	1.26	1.86
2008	1.19	1.91
2009	1.15	1.89
2010	1.23	1.92
2011	1.24	1.91
2012	1.3	1.92
2013	1.19	1.83
2014	1.21	1.81
2015	1.24	1.8
2016	1.17	1.79
2017	1.05	1.74
2018	0.98	1.68
2019	0.92	1.63
2020	0.84	1.57
2021	0.81	1.58
2022	0.78	1.56
2023	0.72	1.56

South Korea and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	United Kingdom
1960	19.3	35.5
1961	19.2	35.4
1962	19.1	35.3
1963	19	35.3
1964	18.8	35.2
1965	18.6	35.1
1966	18.5	34.9
1967	18.6	34.8
1968	18.7	34.6
1969	18.8	34.4
1970	18.9	34.2
1971	19	34.1
1972	19.1	34
1973	19.3	34
1974	19.6	34
1975	19.9	34
1976	20.2	34
1977	20.7	34.1
1978	21.1	34.2
1979	21.6	34.3
1980	22.1	34.4
1981	22.5	34.5
1982	22.8	34.8
1983	23.3	35
1984	23.7	35.2
1985	24.2	35.3
1986	24.8	35.4
1987	25.3	35.4
1988	25.8	35.7
1989	26.3	35.9
1990	26.7	36
1991	27.2	36.1
1992	27.8	36.2
1993	28.3	36.3
1994	28.9	36.5
1995	29.4	36.6
1996	29.8	36.8
1997	30.2	37
1998	30.7	37.2
1999	31.2	37.4
2000	31.7	37.7
2001	32.3	37.9
2002	32.8	38.1
2003	33.4	38.2
2004	33.9	38.4
2005	34.5	38.5
2006	35.2	38.6
2007	35.8	38.8
2008	36.4	38.9
2009	37	39
2010	37.6	39.2
2011	38.2	39.3
2012	38.8	39.5
2013	39.5	39.6
2014	40.2	39.7
2015	40.8	39.8
2016	41.4	39.8
2017	41.9	39.9
2018	42.5	40
2019	43.1	40.1
2020	43.8	40.2
2021	44.4	40.3
2022	44.9	40.5
2023	45.5	40.8
2024	46.1	41

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