South Korea
In 1945 the adult literacy rate was estimated at 22 percent; by 1970 adult literacy was 87.6 percent and, by the late 1980s, sources estimated it at around 93 percent.
Having almost no natural resources and always suffering from overpopulation in its small territory, which deterred continued population growth and the formation of a large internal consumer market, South Korea adapted an export-oriented economic strategy to fuel its economy, and in 2010, South Korea was the seventh largest exporter and tenth largest importer in the world
In 1980, the South Korean GDP per capita was $2,300, about one-third of nearby developed Asian economies such as Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. Since then, South Korea has advanced into a developed economy to eventually attain a GDP per capita of $30,000 in 2010, almost thirteen times the figure thirty years ago. The whole country's GDP increased from $88 billion to $1,460 billion in the same time frame.
Area - Total 100,210 km2 (109th)
Water (%) 0.3
Population - 2012 estimate 50,000,000 (25th)
Density 491/km2 (21st)
GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate - Total $1.556 trillion (12th)
Per capita $31,753 (26th)
GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate - Total $1.163 trillion (15th)
Per capita $23,749 (32nd)
Pakistan
Area - Total 796,095 km2 (36th)
Water (%) 3.1
Population - 2011 estimate 177,100,000 (6th)
Density 214.3/km2 (55th)
GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate - Total $488.580 billion
Per capita $2,787
GDP (nominal) 2011 estimate - Total $210.566 billion
Per capita $1,201
