South Korea vs Yemen statistics compared

South Korea has a population of 51.8M (ranked 29/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). South Korea's land area is 37,684 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 105th vs. 49th).

By GDP, South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

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South Korea and Yemen economies compared

GDP

South Korea

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP
	South Korea	Yemen
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	-
1988	$199,591,287,825	-
1989	$246,928,837,311	-
1990	$283,365,844,161	$12,643,821,569
1991	$330,647,042,837	$14,665,445,462
1992	$355,524,903,068	$17,959,367,194
1993	$392,665,710,525	$21,736,802,664
1994	$463,619,823,515	$28,019,483,764
1995	$566,581,003,128	$12,796,345,679
1996	$610,167,053,824	$6,496,163,616
1997	$569,755,022,973	$6,838,298,531
1998	$383,331,833,682	$6,322,175,566
1999	$497,514,040,642	$7,639,325,296
2000	$576,179,387,820	$9,679,316,770
2001	$547,656,279,895	$9,852,990,693
2002	$627,246,933,730	$10,693,430,511
2003	$702,714,855,194	$11,777,532,662
2004	$793,175,561,887	$13,867,634,371
2005	$934,901,071,333	$16,731,566,717
2006	$1,053,216,909,888	$19,063,143,370
2007	$1,172,614,086,540	$21,650,528,674
2008	$1,047,339,010,225	$26,910,855,807
2009	$943,941,876,219	$25,130,278,213
2010	$1,143,672,241,150	$30,906,749,533
2011	$1,253,289,537,501	$32,726,417,878
2012	$1,278,046,536,287	$35,401,331,609
2013	$1,370,632,955,321	$40,415,233,436
2014	$1,484,488,526,272	$43,228,585,321
2015	$1,466,038,936,206	$42,444,490,074
2016	$1,499,679,823,910	$31,317,825,274
2017	$1,623,074,183,502	$26,842,229,045
2018	$1,725,373,496,825	$21,606,160,663
2019	$1,651,422,932,448	-
2020	$1,644,312,831,906	-
2021	$1,818,432,106,880	-
2022	$1,673,916,511,800	-
2023	$1,712,792,854,202	-

South Korea and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita

South Korea

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Korea	Yemen
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	-
1988	$4,749	-
1989	$5,817	-
1990	$6,610	$910
1991	$7,637	$1,016
1992	$8,127	$1,198
1993	$8,885	$1,397
1994	$10,385	$1,735
1995	$12,565	$764
1996	$13,403	$375
1997	$12,398	$383
1998	$8,282	$343
1999	$10,672	$401
2000	$12,257	$493
2001	$11,561	$487
2002	$13,165	$513
2003	$14,673	$549
2004	$16,496	$628
2005	$19,403	$734
2006	$21,743	$810
2007	$24,086	$890
2008	$21,350	$1,072
2009	$19,144	$969
2010	$23,079	$1,155
2011	$25,098	$1,186
2012	$25,459	$1,245
2013	$27,180	$1,379
2014	$29,253	$1,430
2015	$28,737	$1,362
2016	$29,280	$975
2017	$31,601	$811
2018	$33,447	$634
2019	$31,902	-
2020	$31,721	-
2021	$35,126	-
2022	$32,395	-
2023	$33,121	-

South Korea vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Korea

Yemen

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Korea	Yemen
1950	22.2	28.9
1951	26.6	29.3
1952	36.6	29.6
1953	40.5	30
1954	46.1	30.4
1955	48.4	30.8
1956	50.2	31.3
1957	51.6	31.8
1958	51.8	32.4
1959	52.9	32.9
1960	53.8	33.5
1961	54.4	34.1
1962	55	33.7
1963	55	33.4
1964	55.3	34.9
1965	55.8	35.6
1966	55.4	36.3
1967	60.9	37.1
1968	60.9	38
1969	61.4	39.6
1970	62.2	40.6
1971	62.7	41.8
1972	63.2	42.7
1973	63.8	43.6
1974	64.2	44.5
1975	64.7	45.5
1976	65	46.4
1977	64.6	47.4
1978	65	48.5
1979	66.1	49.5
1980	64.8	50.6
1981	67.1	51.7
1982	67.1	52.4
1983	66.7	53.6
1984	68.1	54.6
1985	68.4	55.4
1986	69	54
1987	69.3	56.8
1988	70.2	57.4
1989	70.7	58
1990	71	58.5
1991	71.4	58.8
1992	72.2	59.3
1993	72.7	59.7
1994	72.9	59.8
1995	73.4	60.5
1996	74	60.9
1997	74.5	61.3
1998	75	61.8
1999	75.6	62.3
2000	76.2	62.8
2001	76.9	63.3
2002	77.2	63.8
2003	77.5	64.4
2004	78	64.9
2005	78.4	65.4
2006	79	65.8
2007	79.4	66.2
2008	80	66.6
2009	80.6	66.9
2010	80.7	67.2
2011	81.2	67.4
2012	81.3	67.6
2013	81.8	68
2014	82.4	68
2015	82.5	66.8
2016	82.9	67.1
2017	83.3	67.1
2018	83.3	65.9
2019	83.7	66.6
2020	83.7	66.4
2021	83.9	66
2022	82.7	68
2023	84.3	69.3
2024	84.4	69.4
2025	84.5	69.6

South Korea and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population

South Korea

Yemen

Table

Year	Population
	South Korea	Yemen
1960	25,012,374	5,532,301
1961	25,765,673	5,655,232
1962	26,513,030	5,782,221
1963	27,261,747	5,911,135
1964	27,984,155	6,048,006
1965	28,704,674	6,195,593
1966	29,435,571	6,351,494
1967	30,130,983	6,516,444
1968	30,838,302	6,690,524
1969	31,544,266	6,875,859
1970	32,240,827	7,065,279
1971	32,882,704	7,257,462
1972	33,505,406	7,460,068
1973	34,103,149	7,672,796
1974	34,692,266	7,896,783
1975	35,280,725	8,133,598
1976	35,848,523	8,384,113
1977	36,411,795	8,648,222
1978	36,969,185	8,926,586
1979	37,534,236	9,224,194
1980	38,123,775	9,543,358
1981	38,723,248	9,882,362
1982	39,326,352	10,241,006
1983	39,910,403	10,621,499
1984	40,405,956	11,025,597
1985	40,805,744	11,453,825
1986	41,213,674	11,901,040
1987	41,621,690	12,369,912
1988	42,031,247	12,859,708
1989	42,449,038	13,364,174
1990	42,869,283	13,887,862
1991	43,295,704	14,430,201
1992	43,747,962	14,989,494
1993	44,194,628	15,563,914
1994	44,641,540	16,149,147
1995	45,092,991	16,740,058
1996	45,524,681	17,313,177
1997	45,953,580	17,873,936
1998	46,286,503	18,446,013
1999	46,616,677	19,029,420
2000	47,008,111	19,624,141
2001	47,370,164	20,226,147
2002	47,644,736	20,835,086
2003	47,892,330	21,456,379
2004	48,082,519	22,095,167
2005	48,184,561	22,790,085
2006	48,438,292	23,543,083
2007	48,683,638	24,318,082
2008	49,054,708	25,111,941
2009	49,307,835	25,927,724
2010	49,554,112	26,754,387
2011	49,936,638	27,582,897
2012	50,199,853	28,433,647
2013	50,428,893	29,312,952
2014	50,746,659	30,226,309
2015	51,014,947	31,159,379
2016	51,217,803	32,109,010
2017	51,361,911	33,090,921
2018	51,585,058	34,085,182
2019	51,764,822	35,111,408
2020	51,836,239	36,134,863
2021	51,769,539	37,140,230
2022	51,672,569	38,222,876
2023	51,712,619	39,390,799
2024	51,751,065	40,583,164

Fertility rates in South Korea and Yemen

Fertility rate

South Korea

Yemen

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	Yemen
1960	5.99	7.99
1961	5.8	8
1962	5.56	8.01
1963	5.33	8.03
1964	5.07	8.07
1965	4.89	8.1
1966	4.78	8.14
1967	4.62	8.17
1968	4.51	8.19
1969	4.45	8.22
1970	4.53	8.23
1971	4.54	8.26
1972	4.12	8.27
1973	4.07	8.29
1974	3.77	8.33
1975	3.43	8.37
1976	3	8.42
1977	2.99	8.47
1978	2.64	8.5
1979	2.9	8.67
1980	2.82	8.71
1981	2.57	8.75
1982	2.39	8.79
1983	2.06	8.83
1984	1.74	8.85
1985	1.66	8.86
1986	1.58	8.86
1987	1.53	8.83
1988	1.55	8.79
1989	1.56	8.71
1990	1.57	8.61
1991	1.71	8.46
1992	1.76	8.27
1993	1.65	8.05
1994	1.66	7.8
1995	1.63	7.53
1996	1.57	7
1997	1.54	6.82
1998	1.46	6.64
1999	1.43	6.49
2000	1.48	6.32
2001	1.31	6.14
2002	1.18	5.97
2003	1.19	5.84
2004	1.16	5.71
2005	1.09	5.56
2006	1.13	5.41
2007	1.26	5.26
2008	1.19	5.11
2009	1.15	5
2010	1.23	4.81
2011	1.24	4.63
2012	1.3	4.63
2013	1.19	4.62
2014	1.21	4.62
2015	1.24	4.62
2016	1.17	4.61
2017	1.05	4.61
2018	0.98	4.61
2019	0.92	4.6
2020	0.84	4.6
2021	0.81	4.6
2022	0.78	4.59
2023	0.72	4.59

South Korea and Yemen demographics compared

Median age

South Korea

Yemen

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Korea	Yemen
1960	19.3	19.7
1961	19.2	19.6
1962	19.1	19.6
1963	19	19.5
1964	18.8	19.4
1965	18.6	19.3
1966	18.5	19.2
1967	18.6	19.1
1968	18.7	18.9
1969	18.8	18.7
1970	18.9	18.4
1971	19	18.1
1972	19.1	17.8
1973	19.3	17.6
1974	19.6	17.3
1975	19.9	17
1976	20.2	16.8
1977	20.7	16.6
1978	21.1	16.3
1979	21.6	16.1
1980	22.1	15.9
1981	22.5	15.7
1982	22.8	15.5
1983	23.3	15.3
1984	23.7	15.1
1985	24.2	15
1986	24.8	14.9
1987	25.3	14.8
1988	25.8	14.7
1989	26.3	14.6
1990	26.7	14.6
1991	27.2	14.6
1992	27.8	14.6
1993	28.3	14.6
1994	28.9	14.6
1995	29.4	14.7
1996	29.8	14.8
1997	30.2	14.9
1998	30.7	15
1999	31.2	15.2
2000	31.7	15.4
2001	32.3	15.6
2002	32.8	15.8
2003	33.4	16
2004	33.9	16.2
2005	34.5	16.4
2006	35.2	16.7
2007	35.8	16.9
2008	36.4	17.2
2009	37	17.4
2010	37.6	17.7
2011	38.2	17.9
2012	38.8	18.1
2013	39.5	18.3
2014	40.2	18.5
2015	40.8	18.7
2016	41.4	18.8
2017	41.9	18.9
2018	42.5	19
2019	43.1	19.1
2020	43.8	19.1
2021	44.4	19.1
2022	44.9	19.2
2023	45.5	19.2
2024	46.1	19.3

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