South Korea vs Vatican statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 105th vs. 197th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

South Korea and Vatican: Comparison Charts

South Korea vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Vatican

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Vatican
1950	22.2	65.9
1951	26.6	65.3
1952	36.6	65.7
1953	40.5	66.3
1954	46.1	67.5
1955	48.4	67.8
1956	50.2	67.3
1957	51.6	67.5
1958	51.8	68.7
1959	52.9	69.2
1960	53.8	69.2
1961	54.4	69.8
1962	55	69.2
1963	55	69.3
1964	55.3	70.3
1965	55.8	70.1
1966	55.4	70.9
1967	60.9	70.9
1968	60.9	70.7
1969	61.4	70.7
1970	62.2	71.5
1971	62.7	71.7
1972	63.2	72
1973	63.8	71.9
1974	64.2	72.7
1975	64.7	72.6
1976	65	72.9
1977	64.6	73.3
1978	65	73.7
1979	66.1	74
1980	64.8	74.1
1981	67.1	74.3
1982	67.1	74.8
1983	66.7	74.7
1984	68.1	75.1
1985	68.4	75.5
1986	69	75.7
1987	69.3	76.2
1988	70.2	76.4
1989	70.7	76.8
1990	71	76.9
1991	71.4	76.9
1992	72.2	77.3
1993	72.7	77
1994	72.9	77.7
1995	73.4	77.8
1996	74	78.5
1997	74.5	78.2
1998	75	78.3
1999	75.6	78.7
2000	76.2	79.3
2001	76.9	79.9
2002	77.2	80
2003	77.5	79.8
2004	78	80.2
2005	78.4	80.6
2006	79	81.2
2007	79.4	81.3
2008	80	81.4
2009	80.6	81.3
2010	80.7	81.5
2011	81.2	81.7
2012	81.3	82
2013	81.8	82.5
2014	82.4	82.6
2015	82.5	82.5
2016	82.9	82.9
2017	83.3	82.7
2018	83.3	83.3
2019	83.7	83.6
2020	83.7	83
2021	83.9	82.9
2022	82.7	83.3
2023	84.3	83
2024	84.4	83.1
2025	84.5	83.3

South Korea and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Vatican

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Vatican
1960	25,012,374	-
1961	25,765,673	-
1962	26,513,030	-
1963	27,261,747	-
1964	27,984,155	-
1965	28,704,674	-
1966	29,435,571	-
1967	30,130,983	-
1968	30,838,302	-
1969	31,544,266	-
1970	32,240,827	-
1971	32,882,704	-
1972	33,505,406	-
1973	34,103,149	-
1974	34,692,266	-
1975	35,280,725	-
1976	35,848,523	-
1977	36,411,795	-
1978	36,969,185	-
1979	37,534,236	-
1980	38,123,775	-
1981	38,723,248	-
1982	39,326,352	-
1983	39,910,403	-
1984	40,405,956	-
1985	40,805,744	-
1986	41,213,674	-
1987	41,621,690	-
1988	42,031,247	-
1989	42,449,038	-
1990	42,869,283	-
1991	43,295,704	-
1992	43,747,962	-
1993	44,194,628	-
1994	44,641,540	-
1995	45,092,991	-
1996	45,524,681	-
1997	45,953,580	-
1998	46,286,503	-
1999	46,616,677	-
2000	47,008,111	880
2001	47,370,164	890
2002	47,644,736	900
2003	47,892,330	911
2004	48,082,519	921
2005	48,184,561	921
2006	48,438,292	932
2007	48,683,638	821
2008	49,054,708	824
2009	49,307,835	826
2010	49,554,112	829
2011	49,936,638	832
2012	50,199,853	836
2013	50,428,893	839
2014	50,746,659	842
2015	51,014,947	1,000
2016	51,217,803	-
2017	51,361,911	1,000
2018	51,585,058	-
2019	51,764,822	1,000
2020	51,836,239	-
2021	51,769,539	-
2022	51,672,569	-
2023	51,712,619	-
2024	51,751,065	-

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