The changes in GDP per capita in North and South Korea over the past few decades tell the story of two countries that were very similar historically and are radically different today.
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Year North Korea South Korea
1950 624 1122 1951 518 1029 1952 550 1086 1953 706 1385 1954 740 1414 1955 770 1494 1956 757 1425 1957 795 1482 1958 813 1510 1959 819 1511 1960 808 1487 1961 822 1527 1962 820 1573 1963 867 1638 1964 916 1692 1965 947 1710 1966 1034 1870 1967 1084 1962 1968 1194 2190 1969 1344 2458 1970 1428 2568 1971 1526 2937 1972 1637 3269 1973 1761 3989 1974 1900 4612 1975 2057 5146 1976 2104 5478 1977 2155 5745 1978 2208 6109 1979 2262 6205 1980 2315 5645 1981 2362 5842 1982 2412 6177 1983 2462 6714 1984 2513 7136 1985 2564 7322 1986 2559 8519 1987 2553 9600 1988 2547 10732 1989 2539 11571 1990 2389 12646 1991 2244 14101 1992 2048 14983 1993 1922 16128 1994 1857 17575 1995 1755 19197 1996 1680 20042 1997 1562 20821 1998 1545 18920 1999 1631 21070 2000 1624 22930 2001 1671 23412 2002 1678 25246 2003 1696 26041 2004 1720 27413 2005 1774 28995 2006 1745 29850 2007 1714 31144 2008 1757 30412 2009 1731 30237 2010 1713 32325 2011 1718 32225 2012 1731 32485 2013 1740 33322 2014 1749 34538 2015 1720 35316