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South Korea

South Korea's best placing is 13th of 182 for gdp.

Best placing: #13GDP
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 51.7 million
Land area: 97,600 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking South Korea is.

GDP

#13 of 182

1,872,374,961,553 US$ (current prices)

4th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#16 of 194

529.55 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#20 of 194

64.1 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#27 of 182

36,227 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Population

#29 of 195

51,684,564 people

13th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#24 of 133

40.77 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Airports

#59 of 193

92 airports

12th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports by area

#61 of 191

9.43 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Coastline

#50 of 151

2,413 km of coastline

13th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest

#67 of 194

62,570 km² of forest

15th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Railways

#48 of 135

3,979 km of railway

15th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Rainfall

#71 of 179

1,274 mm of precipitation per year

17th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Land area

#105 of 194

97,600 km² of land

30th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#84 of 134

76.99 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Forest per person

#133 of 194

0.0012 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#146 of 192

1.78 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person

#179 of 194

0.002 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

South Korea

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