Country comparison
Canada vs South Korea
Canada is 156× the size of South Korea. South Korea has 1.2× the population of Canada. Canada has 1.5× the GDP per capita of South Korea.
Side by side
| Canada | Category | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| 15,634,410 km² more | Area (2024) Canada: 156× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 100,460 km² |
| 41.7 million | Population (2025) South Korea: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 51.7 million more |
| 5 people/km² | Population density (2024) South Korea: 113× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 530 people/km² |
| US$ 55,698 more | GDP per capita (2025) Canada: 1.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 36,227 |
| 82.1 years | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 83.6 years more |
| 94% | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 98% more |
| 40.3 years | Median age (2023) South Korea: 1.1× more Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 44.5 years |
| 1.25 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) Canada: 1.7× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 0.75 births per woman |
| 14 t | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) Canada: 1.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 11.4 t less |
| 17 more | Castles, fortresses and palaces Canada: 2.4× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 7 |
| 25 | Ghost stories Canada: 25× more | 1 |
| 8 | UFO cases Canada: 8× more | 1 |
| 43 | VPN providers with servers in the country Canada: 1.4× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 30 |
| English, French | Official languages Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Korean |
| Canadian dollar (CAD) | Currency ISO 4217 | South Korean won (KRW) |
| Type A, B · 120 V | Plugs and voltage No shared plug type · different voltage | Type C, F · 220 V |
| UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 14 h IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+9 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
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Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.