Ethiopia vs South Korea

Ethiopia has a live population of about 139,903,528 (#10 in the world) and South Korea about 51,579,911 (#31), so Ethiopia has 2.7 times as many people as South Korea. Ethiopia is growing at 2.5% a year and South Korea at -0.1%.

By area Ethiopia is larger: 1,136,240 km² against 100,450 km², which gives population densities of 123.1 people per km² in Ethiopia and 513.5 in South Korea.

Ethiopia's economy is worth $126.36B (2025) and South Korea's $1.87T (2025); per person that is $933 in Ethiopia versus $36,227 in South Korea, so the average South Korea resident produces 38.8 times as much.

Life expectancy is 67.6 years in Ethiopia and 83.6 in South Korea; women have 3.9 children on average in Ethiopia compared with 0.7 in South Korea; the median age is 19.3 versus 46.2 years.

24.1% of Ethiopia's people live in cities against 81.2% in South Korea; 21.9% use the internet in Ethiopia and 97.9% in South Korea; CO₂ emissions per person are 0.1 t in Ethiopia and 11.4 t in South Korea.