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One of these has 23Γ— the satellites of the other.
China vs South Korea
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Satellites in Orbit

operational
China
900 satellites
South Korea
40 satellites
has 22.5Γ— the satellites of

Astronauts Flown

people to space
China
20 people to space
South Korea
1 people to space
has sent 20Γ— as many people to space as

R&D Spending

% of GDP
South Korea
4.94% of GDP
China
2.58% of GDP
invests 1.9Γ— the GDP share of in R&D

Patents Filed

per year
China
1.43M patents / yr
South Korea
186.25K patents / yr
files 7.7Γ— the patents of
The verdict
satellites China
astronauts China
R&D spending South Korea
patents China
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China vs South Korea β€” Space & Science

One of these has 23Γ— the satellites of the other. Every figure here comes from the same public datasets behind the full comparison β€” World Bank, IMF, UN and national statistics offices.

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