China
Leads 10 of 15 metrics
vs
South Korea
Leads 5 of 15 metrics
96×
China has 96× the
land area of South Korea
27×
China has 27× the
population of South Korea
22×
China has 22× the
gold reserves of South Korea
China
Tale of the tape
South Korea
1.41B
Population
CHN
27×
51.7M
9.6M km²
Land Area
CHN
96×
100K km²
$19.5T
GDP (nominal)
CHN
10×
$1.87T
$13,862
GDP per Capita
KOR
2.6×
$36,227
78.0 yrs
Life Expectancy
KOR
1.1×
83.6 yrs
0.768
HDI
KOR
1.2×
0.925
96.7%
Literacy Rate
KOR
1.0×
97.9%
91.6%
Internet Users
KOR
1.1×
97.9%
2.04M
Active Military
CHN
3.7×
555K
$314B
Defense Budget
CHN
6.6×
$48B
$3.75T
Exports
CHN
4.5×
$832B
$3.22T
Imports
CHN
4.3×
$755B
819
Olympic Medals
CHN
2.0×
409
2,280 t
Gold Reserves
CHN
22×
104 t
42.0
Cost of Living Index
CHN
1.7×
lower
71.5
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
China
South Korea
Beijing
Capital
Seoul
Renminbi (Yuan, CNY)
Currency
South Korean Won (KRW)
Mandarin Chinese
Language
Korean
Unitary one-party socialist republic
Government
Unitary presidential constitutional republic