South Africa vs Spain statistics compared

South Africa has a population of 64M (ranked 24/197), compared with 48.8M in Spain (ranked 32/197). South Africa's land area is 468,377 sq mi versus 192,934 sq mi for Spain (ranked 24th vs. 51st).

By GDP, South Africa ranks 40/197 ($401B) and Spain ranks 15/197 ($1.73T). By GDP per capita, South Africa ranks 111/197 ($6,267), while Spain ranks 32/197 ($35,327).

South Africa and Spain: Comparison Charts

South Africa and Spain economies compared

GDP

South Africa

Spain

Table

Year	GDP
	South Africa	Spain
1960	$8,748,596,501	$12,424,514,014
1961	$9,225,996,310	$14,238,126,760
1962	$9,813,996,074	$16,609,632,791
1963	$10,854,195,658	$19,631,714,760
1964	$11,955,995,218	$21,966,876,027
1965	$13,068,994,772	$25,479,619,607
1966	$14,211,394,315	$29,559,436,183
1967	$15,821,393,671	$32,570,905,397
1968	$17,124,793,150	$32,394,326,464
1969	$19,256,992,297	$37,090,689,288
1970	$21,218,391,513	$40,963,715,237
1971	$23,411,076,638	$46,586,119,760
1972	$24,515,919,217	$59,090,176,029
1973	$33,262,772,008	$78,583,355,226
1974	$41,389,186,095	$97,204,522,642
1975	$42,906,905,672	$114,695,060,870
1976	$41,150,460,288	$118,422,534,195
1977	$45,328,411,332	$132,354,665,936
1978	$51,607,412,902	$160,484,969,618
1979	$63,038,658,089	$214,448,666,336
1980	$89,411,864,402	$232,600,556,974
1981	$93,141,472,164	$202,663,023,968
1982	$85,904,057,409	$195,856,752,991
1983	$96,204,110,942	$170,829,074,246
1984	$84,870,163,366	$171,979,977,230
1985	$64,459,376,087	$180,664,322,896
1986	$73,354,771,399	$251,141,555,186
1987	$96,535,763,418	$318,520,253,335
1988	$103,976,831,871	$375,891,716,898
1989	$108,055,624,082	$414,460,794,097
1990	$126,048,140,142	$536,175,326,477
1991	$135,203,698,238	$576,753,902,322
1992	$146,956,150,987	$630,465,353,486
1993	$147,194,747,566	$524,700,572,624
1994	$153,512,712,382	$530,183,651,720
1995	$171,735,933,897	$614,170,002,669
1996	$163,234,925,381	$642,251,412,058
1997	$168,978,057,328	$589,739,772,727
1998	$152,982,984,557	$618,731,484,575
1999	$151,516,957,079	$634,394,904,387
2000	$151,752,757,215	$598,102,854,756
2001	$135,429,905,923	$627,798,682,379
2002	$129,087,556,612	$708,938,227,244
2003	$197,018,965,309	$907,963,217,058
2004	$255,806,908,595	$1,069,829,382,515
2005	$288,867,217,197	$1,154,667,551,776
2006	$303,858,675,364	$1,261,846,683,275
2007	$333,077,117,254	$1,476,746,276,855
2008	$316,131,258,616	$1,636,115,447,613
2009	$329,754,060,647	$1,496,587,590,848
2010	$417,363,822,802	$1,427,989,078,917
2011	$458,199,494,831	$1,487,568,659,241
2012	$434,400,545,086	$1,330,994,811,670
2013	$400,886,013,596	$1,362,186,923,158
2014	$381,198,869,776	$1,380,244,561,362
2015	$346,709,790,459	$1,206,164,777,553
2016	$323,585,509,674	$1,243,015,667,917
2017	$381,448,814,653	$1,321,754,088,819
2018	$405,260,723,893	$1,431,642,809,327
2019	$389,330,032,224	$1,403,496,387,686
2020	$337,974,655,408	$1,289,783,836,971
2021	$419,986,284,375	$1,461,244,901,853
2022	$407,596,043,068	$1,448,850,658,407
2023	$381,440,724,491	$1,619,481,980,720
2024	$401,144,998,374	$1,725,671,652,742

South Africa and Spain economies compared

GDP per capita

South Africa

Spain

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	South Africa	Spain
1960	$532	$408
1961	$546	$463
1962	$563	$535
1963	$605	$627
1964	$646	$695
1965	$685	$797
1966	$722	$916
1967	$779	$997
1968	$817	$978
1969	$891	$1,109
1970	$952	$1,211
1971	$1,020	$1,361
1972	$1,038	$1,708
1973	$1,369	$2,246
1974	$1,656	$2,748
1975	$1,670	$3,208
1976	$1,559	$3,277
1977	$1,671	$3,625
1978	$1,852	$4,353
1979	$2,202	$5,766
1980	$3,029	$6,204
1981	$3,050	$5,367
1982	$2,717	$5,156
1983	$2,938	$4,475
1984	$2,504	$4,487
1985	$1,839	$4,696
1986	$2,027	$6,509
1987	$2,586	$8,234
1988	$2,702	$9,696
1989	$2,727	$10,674
1990	$3,093	$13,795
1991	$3,243	$14,801
1992	$3,462	$16,101
1993	$3,400	$13,330
1994	$3,489	$13,406
1995	$3,856	$15,461
1996	$3,618	$16,101
1997	$3,700	$14,722
1998	$3,310	$15,382
1999	$3,242	$15,708
2000	$3,218	$14,743
2001	$2,847	$15,368
2002	$2,688	$17,111
2003	$4,062	$21,522
2004	$5,221	$24,925
2005	$5,837	$26,451
2006	$6,077	$28,422
2007	$6,592	$32,652
2008	$6,185	$35,603
2009	$6,375	$32,280
2010	$7,973	$30,659
2011	$8,646	$31,825
2012	$8,077	$28,456
2013	$7,332	$29,229
2014	$6,857	$29,708
2015	$6,112	$25,982
2016	$5,651	$26,756
2017	$6,618	$28,381
2018	$6,914	$30,602
2019	$6,534	$29,787
2020	$5,581	$27,234
2021	$6,829	$30,799
2022	$6,534	$30,319
2023	$6,034	$33,493
2024	$6,267	$35,327

South Africa vs. Spain life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

South Africa

Spain

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	South Africa	Spain
1950	43.1	61.8
1951	44.1	61.5
1952	45	64.8
1953	46.1	65.7
1954	47.1	66.9
1955	48.2	66.7
1956	49.2	66.8
1957	50.2	66.6
1958	51.1	68.8
1959	51.9	68.7
1960	52.6	69.2
1961	53.1	69.6
1962	53.6	69.6
1963	53.9	69.8
1964	54.2	70.5
1965	54.4	70.9
1966	54.7	71.2
1967	55	71.3
1968	55.2	71.7
1969	55.4	71.1
1970	55.7	72.1
1971	56	71.7
1972	56.4	73
1973	56.7	72.7
1974	57.1	73.1
1975	57.6	73.5
1976	58	73.8
1977	58.5	74.3
1978	59	74.5
1979	59.5	75
1980	60	75.5
1981	60.4	75.7
1982	60.9	76.3
1983	61.4	76.1
1984	61.8	76.5
1985	62.2	76.4
1986	62.4	76.7
1987	62.7	77
1988	62.9	76.9
1989	63	77
1990	62.9	77
1991	63	77.1
1992	62.8	77.6
1993	62.6	77.7
1994	62.1	78.1
1995	61.6	78.2
1996	61.1	78.3
1997	60.5	78.9
1998	59.9	78.9
1999	59.2	78.9
2000	58.4	79.4
2001	57.2	79.7
2002	55.6	79.8
2003	54.2	79.7
2004	54	80.3
2005	53.9	80.3
2006	54.2	81
2007	54.9	81
2008	56	81.3
2009	57.4	81.6
2010	58.9	82
2011	60.6	82.2
2012	61.7	82.2
2013	62.4	82.7
2014	63.2	82.8
2015	64.1	82.6
2016	64.7	83
2017	65.4	83
2018	65.7	83.1
2019	66.1	83.5
2020	65.2	82.2
2021	62	83
2022	65.5	82.4
2023	66.1	83.7
2024	66.3	83.8
2025	66.5	84
2026	66.7	84.1

South Africa and Spain population clocks and comparison

Population

South Africa

Spain

Table

Year	Population
	South Africa	Spain
1960	16,440,172	30,455,000
1961	16,908,035	30,739,250
1962	17,418,522	31,023,366
1963	17,954,564	31,296,651
1964	18,511,361	31,609,195
1965	19,089,380	31,954,292
1966	19,690,087	32,283,194
1967	20,314,066	32,682,947
1968	20,957,287	33,113,134
1969	21,614,676	33,441,054
1970	22,279,984	33,814,531
1971	22,942,143	34,224,490
1972	23,609,456	34,604,469
1973	24,294,263	34,988,947
1974	24,989,108	35,373,335
1975	25,690,940	35,757,900
1976	26,395,450	36,137,812
1977	27,118,952	36,511,638
1978	27,869,507	36,864,898
1979	28,634,162	37,191,330
1980	29,518,857	37,491,165
1981	30,541,044	37,758,631
1982	31,615,339	37,986,012
1983	32,739,304	38,171,525
1984	33,892,788	38,330,364
1985	35,042,093	38,469,512
1986	36,180,515	38,584,624
1987	37,326,190	38,684,815
1988	38,480,649	38,766,939
1989	39,628,575	38,827,764
1990	40,746,268	38,867,322
1991	41,687,898	38,966,376
1992	42,443,509	39,157,685
1993	43,297,156	39,361,262
1994	44,004,139	39,549,108
1995	44,541,554	39,724,050
1996	45,123,018	39,889,852
1997	45,666,838	40,057,389
1998	46,223,880	40,223,509
1999	46,730,335	40,386,875
2000	47,159,719	40,567,864
2001	47,566,800	40,850,412
2002	48,019,415	41,431,558
2003	48,500,348	42,187,645
2004	48,991,421	42,921,895
2005	49,490,033	43,653,155
2006	49,998,277	44,397,319
2007	50,528,584	45,226,803
2008	51,114,599	45,954,106
2009	51,728,516	46,362,946
2010	52,344,051	46,576,897
2011	52,995,205	46,742,697
2012	53,782,567	46,773,055
2013	54,678,791	46,604,197
2014	55,594,838	46,460,733
2015	56,723,537	46,422,303
2016	57,259,551	46,458,139
2017	57,635,162	46,571,232
2018	58,613,001	46,782,011
2019	59,587,885	47,118,501
2020	60,562,381	47,359,424
2021	61,502,603	47,443,821
2022	62,378,410	47,786,102
2023	63,212,384	48,352,528
2024	64,007,187	48,848,840

Fertility rates in South Africa and Spain

Fertility rate

South Africa

Spain

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Africa	Spain
1960	6.11	2.86
1961	6.08	2.77
1962	6.05	2.8
1963	6.01	2.88
1964	5.96	3.01
1965	5.89	2.94
1966	5.91	2.91
1967	5.85	2.94
1968	5.78	2.87
1969	5.72	2.86
1970	5.63	2.84
1971	5.57	2.9
1972	5.49	2.87
1973	5.41	2.84
1974	5.3	2.88
1975	5.19	2.77
1976	5.07	2.77
1977	4.94	2.65
1978	4.85	2.54
1979	4.82	2.37
1980	4.78	2.22
1981	4.71	2.04
1982	4.7	1.94
1983	4.63	1.8
1984	4.57	1.73
1985	4.5	1.64
1986	4.41	1.56
1987	4.35	1.49
1988	4.18	1.45
1989	3.98	1.4
1990	3.72	1.36
1991	3.62	1.33
1992	3.48	1.31
1993	3.37	1.26
1994	3.26	1.19
1995	3.17	1.16
1996	2.99	1.14
1997	2.73	1.15
1998	2.63	1.13
1999	2.56	1.17
2000	2.41	1.22
2001	2.37	1.23
2002	2.32	1.25
2003	2.36	1.3
2004	2.44	1.31
2005	2.51	1.33
2006	2.55	1.36
2007	2.55	1.38
2008	2.68	1.45
2009	2.5	1.38
2010	2.44	1.37
2011	2.44	1.34
2012	2.45	1.32
2013	2.43	1.27
2014	2.42	1.32
2015	2.36	1.33
2016	2.26	1.33
2017	2.28	1.31
2018	2.27	1.26
2019	2.26	1.23
2020	2.26	1.18
2021	2.25	1.18
2022	2.23	1.16
2023	2.22	1.12

South Africa and Spain demographics compared

Median age

South Africa

Spain

Table

Year	Median age, years
	South Africa	Spain
1960	19	29.4
1961	19	29.6
1962	18.9	29.7
1963	18.9	29.9
1964	18.9	30.1
1965	18.8	30.2
1966	18.8	30.3
1967	18.8	30.4
1968	18.8	30.4
1969	18.8	30.2
1970	18.8	30.1
1971	18.8	30.1
1972	18.8	30
1973	18.8	30
1974	18.9	30
1975	18.9	30
1976	19	30.1
1977	19.1	30.2
1978	19.2	30.4
1979	19.3	30.6
1980	19.4	30.7
1981	19.6	30.9
1982	19.8	31.1
1983	20	31.4
1984	20.2	31.6
1985	20.4	31.9
1986	20.5	32.2
1987	20.7	32.5
1988	20.9	32.9
1989	21.1	33.2
1990	21.3	33.6
1991	21.5	33.9
1992	21.5	34.2
1993	21.9	34.6
1994	22	34.9
1995	21.5	35.3
1996	21.2	35.7
1997	21.2	36.2
1998	21.4	36.6
1999	21.6	37
2000	21.9	37.4
2001	22.2	37.8
2002	22.4	38.1
2003	22.8	38.3
2004	23.1	38.5
2005	23.3	38.8
2006	23.5	39
2007	23.8	39.2
2008	24	39.4
2009	24.3	39.8
2010	24.6	40.2
2011	25	40.6
2012	25.3	41.1
2013	25.7	41.7
2014	26	42.2
2015	26.4	42.7
2016	26.7	43.1
2017	27	43.5
2018	27.5	43.8
2019	27.9	44.1
2020	28.3	44.5
2021	28.6	44.9
2022	28.9	45.4
2023	29.2	45.9
2024	29.5	46.4

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