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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

South Korea fits inside Angola 12 times

Angola: 1,246,700 km² (2024) · South Korea: 100,460 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

South Korea’s coastline is 51% longer than Angola’s

Angola: 1,600 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Angola’s highest peak towers 670 m above South Korea’s

Angola: 2,620 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 36% of Angola, versus 16% of South Korea

Angola: 36.3% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

South Korea has 32% more people than Angola

Angola: 39 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

South Korea is 17 times as densely populated as Angola

Angola: 31 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in South Korea are 7.1 cm taller than in Angola

Angola: 168.5 cm (2019) · South Korea: 175.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in South Korea are 5.1 cm taller than in Angola

Angola: 158.1 cm (2019) · South Korea: 163.2 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in South Korea is 28 years older than in Angola

Angola: 16.5 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Angola have 4.3 more children on average than in South Korea

Angola: 5.05 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 2.9% in Angola

Angola: 2.9% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Angola hosts 7.6 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Angola: 0.7 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Angola and South Korea are practically level

Angola: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

South Korea’s economy is 15 times the size of Angola’s

Angola: $122 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

South Korea produces 6.2 times as much per person as Angola

Angola: Int$10,251 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Angola than in South Korea (Gini 18.4 points higher)

Angola: 51.3 (2018) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

39% of people in Angola live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in South Korea

Angola: 39.3% (2018) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 14% in Angola, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Angola: 14.1% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Angola 1.4%

Angola: 1.4% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Angola’s 7.6%

Angola: 7.6% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Angola’s

Angola: 31% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

South Korea spends 41 times as much on health per person as Angola

Angola: $76 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in South Korea live 19 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 64.8 years (2024) · South Korea: 83.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Angola is 14 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Angola: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

South Korea has 11 times as many doctors per person as Angola

Angola: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

South Korea has 17 times as many hospital beds per person as Angola

Angola: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in South Korea is 33% higher than in Angola

Angola: 17.6 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

12% of adults in Angola are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Angola: 11.8% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Angola: no data · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in South Korea rate their lives 2.25 points higher than in Angola

Angola: 3.80 (2017) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in South Korea drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Angola

Angola: 3.8 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

South Korea has 4.5 times as much meat per person as Angola

Angola: 18.6 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

South Korea has 1,031 kcal more food per person per day than Angola

Angola: 2,399 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Angola put in 204 more hours a year than in South Korea

Angola: 2,115 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in South Korea went to school 6.8 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 6 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

South Korea welcomed 87 times as many tourists per resident as Angola (2019)

Angola: 0.0036 (2022) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

South Korea has 16 more World Heritage sites than Angola (17 against 1)

Angola: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 41% in Angola

Angola: 41% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in South Korea is 7.9 times as fast as in Angola

Angola: 38 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 56% in Angola

Angola: 55.5% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 71% in Angola

Angola: 71% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Angola 70

Angola: 70 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

South Korea’s railway network is 56% longer than Angola’s

Angola: 2,761 km (2022) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from South Korea fly 44 times as many passengers per resident as those from Angola

Angola: 0.03 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 51% of Angola

Angola: 51.2% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in South Korea emits 19 times as much CO₂ as someone in Angola

Angola: 0.6 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

74% of Angola’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Angola: 73.7% (2024) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Angola carries 24% more fine dust than in South Korea

Angola: 26.1 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 8.6 times as likely to be murdered in Angola as in South Korea

Angola: 4.1 per 100k (2016) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Angola are 2.3 times as deadly as in South Korea

Angola: 20 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Angola is on average 9.6 °C warmer than South Korea

Angola: 22.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

South Korea gets 14% more rain than Angola

Angola: 1,105 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Angola bigger than South Korea?

Angola is larger. South Korea fits inside Angola 12 times.

Which has more people, Angola or South Korea?

South Korea has 32% more people than Angola (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Angola or South Korea?

People in South Korea live 19 years longer than in Angola. Life expectancy at birth is 64.8 years in Angola and 83.6 in South Korea.

Are people taller in Angola or South Korea?

Men in South Korea are 7.1 cm taller than in Angola (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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