South Korea vs Vanuatu statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 328K in Vanuatu (ranked 174/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 4,707 sq mi for Vanuatu (ranked 105th vs. 157th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Vanuatu ranks 185/197 ($1.16B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Vanuatu ranks 133/197 ($3,543).

South Korea and Vanuatu: Comparison Charts

South Korea and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Vanuatu
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	$119,258,835
1980	$65,398,377,598	$121,185,498
1981	$72,933,533,012	$113,781,796
1982	$78,358,416,171	$114,501,913
1983	$87,760,553,262	$117,389,554
1984	$97,510,744,119	$144,482,515
1985	$101,296,177,099	$131,856,421
1986	$116,836,246,285	$126,498,935
1987	$147,948,709,376	$139,464,174
1988	$199,591,287,825	$158,351,368
1989	$246,928,837,311	$154,013,202
1990	$283,365,844,161	$168,879,207
1991	$330,647,042,837	$201,334,169
1992	$355,524,903,068	$209,088,825
1993	$392,665,710,525	$200,491,853
1994	$463,619,823,515	$233,701,301
1995	$566,581,003,128	$249,333,250
1996	$610,167,053,824	$261,370,044
1997	$569,755,022,973	$272,771,209
1998	$383,331,833,682	$262,293,411
1999	$497,514,040,642	$268,006,973
2000	$576,179,387,820	$272,014,628
2001	$547,656,279,895	$257,926,882
2002	$627,246,933,730	$262,596,536
2003	$702,714,855,194	$314,471,413
2004	$793,175,561,887	$364,996,869
2005	$934,901,071,333	$394,962,433
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$439,358,587
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$516,392,923
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$590,748,429
2009	$943,941,876,219	$592,622,319
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$670,712,980
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$770,153,588
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$747,839,698
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$758,304,466
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$773,717,011
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$759,690,181
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$804,323,577
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$880,043,284
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$914,727,908
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	$936,526,268
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	$909,421,044
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	$982,362,212
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	$1,030,654,208
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	$1,126,313,359
2024	-	$1,161,251,868

South Korea and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Vanuatu
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	$1,055
1980	$1,715	$1,048
1981	$1,883	$962
1982	$1,993	$946
1983	$2,199	$947
1984	$2,413	$1,137
1985	$2,482	$1,012
1986	$2,835	$946
1987	$3,555	$1,017
1988	$4,749	$1,125
1989	$5,817	$1,067
1990	$6,610	$1,141
1991	$7,637	$1,326
1992	$8,127	$1,344
1993	$8,885	$1,257
1994	$10,385	$1,431
1995	$12,565	$1,492
1996	$13,403	$1,529
1997	$12,398	$1,562
1998	$8,282	$1,471
1999	$10,672	$1,472
2000	$12,257	$1,460
2001	$11,561	$1,350
2002	$13,165	$1,341
2003	$14,673	$1,567
2004	$16,496	$1,774
2005	$19,403	$1,874
2006	$21,743	$2,035
2007	$24,086	$2,334
2008	$21,350	$2,604
2009	$19,144	$2,546
2010	$23,079	$2,815
2011	$25,098	$3,163
2012	$25,459	$3,005
2013	$27,180	$2,980
2014	$29,253	$2,973
2015	$28,737	$2,855
2016	$29,280	$2,956
2017	$31,601	$3,160
2018	$33,447	$3,207
2019	$31,902	$3,207
2020	$31,721	$3,043
2021	$35,126	$3,212
2022	$32,395	$3,292
2023	$33,121	$3,515
2024	-	$3,543

South Korea vs. Vanuatu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Vanuatu
1950	22.2	43.9
1951	26.6	42.2
1952	36.6	45.3
1953	40.5	45.8
1954	46.1	46.5
1955	48.4	47.1
1956	50.2	47.7
1957	51.6	48.2
1958	51.8	48.7
1959	52.9	49.3
1960	53.8	49.8
1961	54.4	50.4
1962	55	50.9
1963	55	51.5
1964	55.3	52
1965	55.8	52.5
1966	55.4	53.1
1967	60.9	53.7
1968	60.9	54.2
1969	61.4	54.8
1970	62.2	55.3
1971	62.7	55.9
1972	63.2	56.4
1973	63.8	57
1974	64.2	57.6
1975	64.7	58.1
1976	65	58.7
1977	64.6	59.2
1978	65	59.9
1979	66.1	60.9
1980	64.8	61.3
1981	67.1	61.9
1982	67.1	62.5
1983	66.7	63.1
1984	68.1	63.5
1985	68.4	63.9
1986	69	64.6
1987	69.3	64.4
1988	70.2	65.7
1989	70.7	66
1990	71	66.7
1991	71.4	67.1
1992	72.2	67.4
1993	72.7	67.7
1994	72.9	68
1995	73.4	68.1
1996	74	68.2
1997	74.5	68.3
1998	75	68.4
1999	75.6	67.9
2000	76.2	68.6
2001	76.9	68.7
2002	77.2	68.8
2003	77.5	68.9
2004	78	69
2005	78.4	69.2
2006	79	69.1
2007	79.4	69.1
2008	80	69.3
2009	80.6	69.4
2010	80.7	69.6
2011	81.2	69.7
2012	81.3	69.9
2013	81.8	70
2014	82.4	70
2015	82.5	70.2
2016	82.9	70.4
2017	83.3	70.5
2018	83.3	70.6
2019	83.7	70.8
2020	83.7	70.4
2021	83.9	70
2022	82.7	71.3
2023	84.3	71.5
2024	84.4	71.7
2025	84.5	71.8

South Korea and Vanuatu population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Vanuatu
1960	25,012,374	64,431
1961	25,765,673	66,264
1962	26,513,030	68,174
1963	27,261,747	70,159
1964	27,984,155	72,219
1965	28,704,674	74,358
1966	29,435,571	76,590
1967	30,130,983	78,921
1968	30,838,302	81,314
1969	31,544,266	83,755
1970	32,240,827	86,266
1971	32,882,704	88,862
1972	33,505,406	91,562
1973	34,103,149	94,362
1974	34,692,266	97,260
1975	35,280,725	100,269
1976	35,848,523	103,388
1977	36,411,795	106,618
1978	36,969,185	109,963
1979	37,534,236	113,040
1980	38,123,775	115,660
1981	38,723,248	118,249
1982	39,326,352	121,035
1983	39,910,403	123,998
1984	40,405,956	127,109
1985	40,805,744	130,356
1986	41,213,674	133,720
1987	41,621,690	137,187
1988	42,031,247	140,756
1989	42,449,038	144,393
1990	42,869,283	148,063
1991	43,295,704	151,793
1992	43,747,962	155,608
1993	44,194,628	159,463
1994	44,641,540	163,314
1995	45,092,991	167,137
1996	45,524,681	170,911
1997	45,953,580	174,626
1998	46,286,503	178,313
1999	46,616,677	182,048
2000	47,008,111	186,281
2001	47,370,164	191,031
2002	47,644,736	195,863
2003	47,892,330	200,746
2004	48,082,519	205,711
2005	48,184,561	210,760
2006	48,438,292	215,923
2007	48,683,638	221,276
2008	49,054,708	226,896
2009	49,307,835	232,731
2010	49,554,112	238,248
2011	49,936,638	243,474
2012	50,199,853	248,883
2013	50,428,893	254,482
2014	50,746,659	260,240
2015	51,014,947	266,101
2016	51,217,803	272,087
2017	51,361,911	278,507
2018	51,585,058	285,259
2019	51,764,822	291,985
2020	51,836,239	298,858
2021	51,769,539	305,868
2022	51,672,569	313,046
2023	51,712,619	320,409
2024	51,751,065	327,777

Fertility rates in South Korea and Vanuatu

Fertility rate

South Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Vanuatu
1960	5.99	6.78
1961	5.8	6.73
1962	5.56	6.67
1963	5.33	6.62
1964	5.07	6.57
1965	4.89	6.52
1966	4.78	6.51
1967	4.62	6.51
1968	4.51	6.46
1969	4.45	6.41
1970	4.53	6.35
1971	4.54	6.29
1972	4.12	6.23
1973	4.07	6.15
1974	3.77	6.06
1975	3.43	5.98
1976	3	5.89
1977	2.99	5.81
1978	2.64	5.77
1979	2.9	5.73
1980	2.82	5.69
1981	2.57	5.65
1982	2.39	5.6
1983	2.06	5.55
1984	1.74	5.49
1985	1.66	5.43
1986	1.58	5.38
1987	1.53	5.33
1988	1.55	5.27
1989	1.56	5.21
1990	1.57	5.17
1991	1.71	5.13
1992	1.76	5.09
1993	1.65	5.02
1994	1.66	4.94
1995	1.63	4.85
1996	1.57	4.75
1997	1.54	4.66
1998	1.46	4.6
1999	1.43	4.56
2000	1.48	4.54
2001	1.31	4.5
2002	1.18	4.38
2003	1.19	4.29
2004	1.16	4.21
2005	1.09	4.13
2006	1.13	4.1
2007	1.26	4.12
2008	1.19	4.16
2009	1.15	4.16
2010	1.23	4.13
2011	1.24	4.09
2012	1.3	4.06
2013	1.19	4.04
2014	1.21	4
2015	1.24	3.95
2016	1.17	3.92
2017	1.05	3.88
2018	0.98	3.83
2019	0.92	3.79
2020	0.84	3.74
2021	0.81	3.7
2022	0.78	3.65
2023	0.72	3.6

South Korea and Vanuatu demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Vanuatu
1960	19.3	17.7
1961	19.2	17.6
1962	19.1	17.5
1963	19	17.4
1964	18.8	17.3
1965	18.6	17.2
1966	18.5	17.1
1967	18.6	17.1
1968	18.7	17
1969	18.8	17
1970	18.9	17
1971	19	17
1972	19.1	17
1973	19.3	17
1974	19.6	17.1
1975	19.9	17.1
1976	20.2	17.1
1977	20.7	17.2
1978	21.1	17.3
1979	21.6	17.5
1980	22.1	17.6
1981	22.5	17.7
1982	22.8	17.7
1983	23.3	17.7
1984	23.7	17.7
1985	24.2	17.7
1986	24.8	17.8
1987	25.3	17.8
1988	25.8	17.8
1989	26.3	17.8
1990	26.7	17.8
1991	27.2	17.9
1992	27.8	17.8
1993	28.3	17.7
1994	28.9	17.7
1995	29.4	17.8
1996	29.8	18
1997	30.2	18
1998	30.7	18
1999	31.2	18
2000	31.7	18.2
2001	32.3	18.5
2002	32.8	18.7
2003	33.4	18.9
2004	33.9	19.2
2005	34.5	19.4
2006	35.2	19.6
2007	35.8	19.9
2008	36.4	20.1
2009	37	20.3
2010	37.6	20.5
2011	38.2	20.6
2012	38.8	20.8
2013	39.5	20.9
2014	40.2	21
2015	40.8	21.1
2016	41.4	21.1
2017	41.9	21.2
2018	42.5	21.2
2019	43.1	21.2
2020	43.8	21.2
2021	44.4	21.2
2022	44.9	21.2
2023	45.5	21.2
2024	46.1	21.3

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