South Korea vs Uruguay statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 3.39M in Uruguay (ranked 133/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 67,576 sq mi for Uruguay (ranked 105th vs. 89th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Uruguay ranks 80/197 ($81B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Uruguay ranks 51/197 ($23,907).

South Korea and Uruguay: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Uruguay economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Uruguay

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Uruguay
1960	$3,958,811,881	$1,242,289,239
1961	$2,417,628,737	$1,547,388,781
1962	$2,814,615,385	$1,710,004,407
1963	$3,988,461,538	$1,539,681,491
1964	$3,459,019,943	$1,975,701,816
1965	$3,120,861,499	$1,890,767,156
1966	$3,929,055,144	$1,809,185,094
1967	$4,855,892,446	$1,597,713,469
1968	$6,119,394,892	$1,593,674,185
1969	$7,678,698,838	$2,004,435,484
1970	$9,005,144,969	$2,137,096,774
1971	$9,903,571,249	$2,807,258,065
1972	$10,862,211,761	$2,189,418,689
1973	$13,876,472,208	$3,964,296,443
1974	$19,543,973,941	$4,090,209,682
1975	$21,784,297,521	$3,538,278,047
1976	$29,902,479,339	$3,667,161,241
1977	$38,446,487,603	$4,114,670,014
1978	$51,972,107,438	$4,910,254,566
1979	$66,946,900,826	$7,181,182,224
1980	$65,398,377,598	$10,163,020,116
1981	$72,933,533,012	$11,048,301,421
1982	$78,358,416,171	$9,178,780,077
1983	$87,760,553,262	$5,102,276,308
1984	$97,510,744,119	$4,850,238,550
1985	$101,296,177,099	$4,732,017,873
1986	$116,836,246,285	$5,880,112,788
1987	$147,948,709,376	$7,367,494,080
1988	$199,591,287,825	$8,213,538,369
1989	$246,928,837,311	$8,438,951,476
1990	$283,365,844,161	$9,298,807,850
1991	$330,647,042,837	$11,206,176,651
1992	$355,524,903,068	$12,878,148,791
1993	$392,665,710,525	$15,002,136,971
1994	$463,619,823,515	$17,474,588,896
1995	$566,581,003,128	$19,297,663,097
1996	$610,167,053,824	$20,515,458,114
1997	$569,755,022,973	$23,969,739,234
1998	$383,331,833,682	$25,385,886,978
1999	$497,514,040,642	$23,983,945,191
2000	$576,179,387,820	$22,823,270,892
2001	$547,656,279,895	$20,898,761,742
2002	$627,246,933,730	$13,606,515,723
2003	$702,714,855,194	$12,045,638,352
2004	$793,175,561,887	$13,686,329,890
2005	$934,901,071,333	$17,362,857,684
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$19,741,420,740
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$23,797,773,024
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$31,119,602,539
2009	$943,941,876,219	$32,708,319,078
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$41,950,361,212
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$50,342,406,067
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$54,232,266,359
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$61,337,621,934
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$61,496,186,974
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$57,680,327,999
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$57,480,787,465
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$65,005,997,963
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$65,344,577,416
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$62,222,313,619
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$53,559,359,262
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$60,739,084,241
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$70,594,110,920
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$77,991,666,838
2024	-	$80,961,511,074

South Korea and Uruguay economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Uruguay

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Uruguay
1960	$158.3	$491
1961	$93.8	$604
1962	$106.2	$659
1963	$146.3	$587
1964	$123.6	$745
1965	$108.7	$705
1966	$133.5	$668
1967	$161.2	$585
1968	$198.4	$579
1969	$243.4	$723
1970	$279.3	$766
1971	$301	$1,000
1972	$324	$776
1973	$407	$1,397
1974	$563	$1,433
1975	$617	$1,232
1976	$834	$1,268
1977	$1,056	$1,414
1978	$1,406	$1,678
1979	$1,784	$2,443
1980	$1,715	$3,443
1981	$1,883	$3,728
1982	$1,993	$3,085
1983	$2,199	$1,707
1984	$2,413	$1,615
1985	$2,482	$1,568
1986	$2,835	$1,939
1987	$3,555	$2,416
1988	$4,749	$2,677
1989	$5,817	$2,734
1990	$6,610	$2,995
1991	$7,637	$3,589
1992	$8,127	$4,102
1993	$8,885	$4,753
1994	$10,385	$5,508
1995	$12,565	$6,050
1996	$13,403	$6,398
1997	$12,398	$7,436
1998	$8,282	$7,837
1999	$10,672	$7,371
2000	$12,257	$6,988
2001	$11,561	$6,383
2002	$13,165	$4,150
2003	$14,673	$3,671
2004	$16,496	$4,169
2005	$19,403	$5,284
2006	$21,743	$6,001
2007	$24,086	$7,222
2008	$21,350	$9,424
2009	$19,144	$9,881
2010	$23,079	$12,641
2011	$25,098	$15,132
2012	$25,459	$16,260
2013	$27,180	$18,335
2014	$29,253	$18,322
2015	$28,737	$17,126
2016	$29,280	$17,010
2017	$31,601	$19,185
2018	$33,447	$19,250
2019	$31,902	$18,316
2020	$31,721	$15,758
2021	$35,126	$17,882
2022	$32,395	$20,819
2023	$33,121	$23,019
2024	-	$23,907

South Korea vs. Uruguay life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Uruguay

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Uruguay
1950	22.2	65.6
1951	26.6	65.8
1952	36.6	66.1
1953	40.5	66.3
1954	46.1	66.5
1955	48.4	66.7
1956	50.2	66.9
1957	51.6	67.1
1958	51.8	67.3
1959	52.9	67.5
1960	53.8	67.7
1961	54.4	67.8
1962	55	67.9
1963	55	68
1964	55.3	68.1
1965	55.8	68.2
1966	55.4	68.3
1967	60.9	68.4
1968	60.9	68.5
1969	61.4	68.6
1970	62.2	68.7
1971	62.7	68.9
1972	63.2	69.2
1973	63.8	69.3
1974	64.2	69.5
1975	64.7	69.7
1976	65	69.9
1977	64.6	70.1
1978	65	70.3
1979	66.1	70.3
1980	64.8	70.5
1981	67.1	71
1982	67.1	71.5
1983	66.7	71.6
1984	68.1	71.7
1985	68.4	71.9
1986	69	72.2
1987	69.3	72.2
1988	70.2	72.4
1989	70.7	72.6
1990	71	73
1991	71.4	73.2
1992	72.2	73.2
1993	72.7	73.1
1994	72.9	73.2
1995	73.4	73.5
1996	74	73.8
1997	74.5	73.9
1998	75	74
1999	75.6	74.3
2000	76.2	74.7
2001	76.9	75
2002	77.2	75
2003	77.5	75.1
2004	78	75.3
2005	78.4	75.8
2006	79	75.9
2007	79.4	76.2
2008	80	76.3
2009	80.6	76.7
2010	80.7	76.7
2011	81.2	76.6
2012	81.3	76.7
2013	81.8	77
2014	82.4	77.2
2015	82.5	77.3
2016	82.9	77.4
2017	83.3	77.6
2018	83.3	77.5
2019	83.7	77.5
2020	83.7	78.4
2021	83.9	75.4
2022	82.7	76.5
2023	84.3	78.1
2024	84.4	78.3
2025	84.5	78.5

South Korea and Uruguay population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Uruguay

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Uruguay
1960	25,012,374	2,529,957
1961	25,765,673	2,562,044
1962	26,513,030	2,593,298
1963	27,261,747	2,623,766
1964	27,984,155	2,653,180
1965	28,704,674	2,681,169
1966	29,435,571	2,707,646
1967	30,130,983	2,732,277
1968	30,838,302	2,754,606
1969	31,544,266	2,773,974
1970	32,240,827	2,790,807
1971	32,882,704	2,806,462
1972	33,505,406	2,821,644
1973	34,103,149	2,837,133
1974	34,692,266	2,853,944
1975	35,280,725	2,872,320
1976	35,848,523	2,891,392
1977	36,411,795	2,909,461
1978	36,969,185	2,925,715
1979	37,534,236	2,939,903
1980	38,123,775	2,951,953
1981	38,723,248	2,963,246
1982	39,326,352	2,975,492
1983	39,910,403	2,988,778
1984	40,405,956	3,002,488
1985	40,805,744	3,017,037
1986	41,213,674	3,032,845
1987	41,621,690	3,049,896
1988	42,031,247	3,067,961
1989	42,449,038	3,086,255
1990	42,869,283	3,104,403
1991	43,295,704	3,122,354
1992	43,747,962	3,139,702
1993	44,194,628	3,156,345
1994	44,641,540	3,172,834
1995	45,092,991	3,189,440
1996	45,524,681	3,206,324
1997	45,953,580	3,223,345
1998	46,286,503	3,239,280
1999	46,616,677	3,254,015
2000	47,008,111	3,266,206
2001	47,370,164	3,274,251
2002	47,644,736	3,278,867
2003	47,892,330	3,281,186
2004	48,082,519	3,283,148
2005	48,184,561	3,285,771
2006	48,438,292	3,289,506
2007	48,683,638	3,295,153
2008	49,054,708	3,302,177
2009	49,307,835	3,310,091
2010	49,554,112	3,318,580
2011	49,936,638	3,326,825
2012	50,199,853	3,335,401
2013	50,428,893	3,345,337
2014	50,746,659	3,356,334
2015	51,014,947	3,368,017
2016	51,217,803	3,379,283
2017	51,361,911	3,388,438
2018	51,585,058	3,394,534
2019	51,764,822	3,397,206
2020	51,836,239	3,398,968
2021	51,769,539	3,396,695
2022	51,672,569	3,390,913
2023	51,712,619	3,388,081
2024	51,751,065	3,386,588

Fertility rates in South Korea and Uruguay

Fertility rate

South Korea

Uruguay

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Uruguay
1960	5.99	2.83
1961	5.8	2.85
1962	5.56	2.87
1963	5.33	2.88
1964	5.07	2.86
1965	4.89	2.84
1966	4.78	2.82
1967	4.62	2.78
1968	4.51	2.77
1969	4.45	2.77
1970	4.53	2.77
1971	4.54	2.77
1972	4.12	2.78
1973	4.07	2.86
1974	3.77	2.96
1975	3.43	3.02
1976	3	3.01
1977	2.99	2.9
1978	2.64	2.83
1979	2.9	2.71
1980	2.82	2.59
1981	2.57	2.53
1982	2.39	2.51
1983	2.06	2.49
1984	1.74	2.47
1985	1.66	2.47
1986	1.58	2.47
1987	1.53	2.49
1988	1.55	2.5
1989	1.56	2.5
1990	1.57	2.48
1991	1.71	2.45
1992	1.76	2.43
1993	1.65	2.41
1994	1.66	2.42
1995	1.63	2.4
1996	1.57	2.36
1997	1.54	2.33
1998	1.46	2.27
1999	1.43	2.25
2000	1.48	2.2
2001	1.31	2.16
2002	1.18	2.16
2003	1.19	2.12
2004	1.16	2.09
2005	1.09	2.1
2006	1.13	2.07
2007	1.26	2.05
2008	1.19	2.03
2009	1.15	2.02
2010	1.23	2.01
2011	1.24	1.99
2012	1.3	2.01
2013	1.19	2.03
2014	1.21	2.03
2015	1.24	2.04
2016	1.17	1.97
2017	1.05	1.82
2018	0.98	1.68
2019	0.92	1.57
2020	0.84	1.5
2021	0.81	1.45
2022	0.78	1.43
2023	0.72	1.41

South Korea and Uruguay demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Uruguay

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Uruguay
1960	19.3	29
1961	19.2	29.1
1962	19.1	29.2
1963	19	29.2
1964	18.8	29.3
1965	18.6	29.4
1966	18.5	29.5
1967	18.6	29.6
1968	18.7	29.7
1969	18.8	29.8
1970	18.9	29.9
1971	19	29.9
1972	19.1	30
1973	19.3	30.1
1974	19.6	30.1
1975	19.9	30.1
1976	20.2	30.1
1977	20.7	30.1
1978	21.1	30
1979	21.6	30
1980	22.1	30.1
1981	22.5	30.1
1982	22.8	30.2
1983	23.3	30.3
1984	23.7	30.3
1985	24.2	30.4
1986	24.8	30.5
1987	25.3	30.6
1988	25.8	30.7
1989	26.3	30.8
1990	26.7	30.9
1991	27.2	31
1992	27.8	31.1
1993	28.3	31.2
1994	28.9	31.4
1995	29.4	31.5
1996	29.8	31.6
1997	30.2	31.7
1998	30.7	31.8
1999	31.2	31.9
2000	31.7	32
2001	32.3	32.2
2002	32.8	32.3
2003	33.4	32.5
2004	33.9	32.7
2005	34.5	32.9
2006	35.2	33.1
2007	35.8	33.3
2008	36.4	33.5
2009	37	33.7
2010	37.6	34
2011	38.2	34.2
2012	38.8	34.5
2013	39.5	34.7
2014	40.2	34.9
2015	40.8	35
2016	41.4	35.2
2017	41.9	35.3
2018	42.5	35.5
2019	43.1	35.8
2020	43.8	36
2021	44.4	36.3
2022	44.9	36.5
2023	45.5	36.8
2024	46.1	37.2

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