Algeria vs South Africa statistics compared

Algeria has a population of 46.8M (ranked 33/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Algeria's land area is 919,595 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 10th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Algeria ranks 52/197 ($264B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Algeria ranks 115/197 ($5,631), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Algeria and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Algeria and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Algeria

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Algeria	South Africa
1960	$2,723,615,451	$8,748,596,501
1961	$2,434,747,056	$9,225,996,310
1962	$2,001,444,544	$9,813,996,074
1963	$2,702,982,018	$10,854,195,658
1964	$2,909,316,435	$11,955,995,218
1965	$3,136,284,307	$13,068,994,772
1966	$3,039,859,187	$14,211,394,315
1967	$3,370,870,376	$15,821,393,671
1968	$3,852,147,027	$17,124,793,150
1969	$4,257,253,264	$19,256,992,297
1970	$4,863,526,897	$21,218,391,513
1971	$5,077,183,094	$23,411,076,638
1972	$6,766,743,957	$24,515,919,217
1973	$8,707,858,912	$33,262,772,008
1974	$13,209,871,626	$41,389,186,095
1975	$15,557,902,754	$42,906,905,672
1976	$17,728,240,932	$41,150,460,288
1977	$20,972,113,685	$45,328,411,332
1978	$26,364,491,313	$51,607,412,902
1979	$33,243,706,860	$63,038,658,089
1980	$42,345,829,079	$89,411,864,402
1981	$44,348,590,461	$93,141,472,164
1982	$45,207,167,470	$85,904,057,409
1983	$48,801,369,800	$96,204,110,942
1984	$53,698,548,293	$84,870,163,366
1985	$57,937,868,670	$64,459,376,087
1986	$63,692,007,897	$73,354,771,399
1987	$66,745,818,375	$96,535,763,418
1988	$59,089,396,860	$103,976,831,871
1989	$55,634,721,573	$108,055,624,082
1990	$62,048,507,531	$126,048,140,142
1991	$45,715,676,428	$135,203,698,238
1992	$48,003,133,347	$146,956,150,987
1993	$49,945,584,453	$147,194,747,566
1994	$42,543,176,829	$153,512,712,382
1995	$41,764,291,672	$171,735,933,897
1996	$46,941,554,225	$163,234,925,381
1997	$48,177,612,042	$168,978,057,328
1998	$48,187,781,984	$152,982,984,557
1999	$48,640,671,735	$151,516,957,079
2000	$54,790,398,570	$151,752,757,215
2001	$59,413,400,924	$135,429,905,923
2002	$61,516,103,406	$129,087,556,612
2003	$73,482,264,191	$197,018,965,309
2004	$91,913,680,985	$255,806,908,595
2005	$107,046,618,670	$288,867,217,197
2006	$123,084,258,693	$303,858,675,364
2007	$142,482,739,810	$333,077,117,254
2008	$180,383,848,331	$316,131,258,616
2009	$150,317,292,079	$329,754,060,647
2010	$177,785,053,940	$417,363,822,802
2011	$218,331,946,925	$458,199,494,831
2012	$227,143,746,076	$434,400,545,086
2013	$229,701,430,292	$400,886,013,596
2014	$238,942,664,193	$381,198,869,776
2015	$187,493,855,609	$346,709,790,459
2016	$180,763,839,522	$323,585,509,674
2017	$189,880,896,903	$381,448,814,653
2018	$194,554,483,656	$405,260,723,893
2019	$193,459,662,091	$389,330,032,224
2020	$164,873,415,325	$337,974,655,408
2021	$186,231,205,262	$420,886,877,629
2022	$225,638,456,572	$406,920,004,594
2023	$247,626,161,016	$380,699,271,816
2024	$263,619,794,507	$400,260,724,226

Algeria and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Algeria

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Algeria	South Africa
1960	$238.4	$532
1961	$209.4	$546
1962	$169.6	$563
1963	$225.6	$605
1964	$238.9	$646
1965	$253.6	$685
1966	$241.4	$722
1967	$261.8	$779
1968	$292.4	$817
1969	$316	$891
1970	$353	$952
1971	$360	$1,020
1972	$469	$1,038
1973	$590	$1,369
1974	$873	$1,656
1975	$992	$1,670
1976	$1,080	$1,559
1977	$1,232	$1,671
1978	$1,506	$1,852
1979	$1,843	$2,202
1980	$2,276	$3,029
1981	$2,307	$3,050
1982	$2,275	$2,717
1983	$2,374	$2,938
1984	$2,524	$2,504
1985	$2,633	$1,839
1986	$2,800	$2,027
1987	$2,847	$2,586
1988	$2,451	$2,702
1989	$2,247	$2,727
1990	$2,445	$3,093
1991	$1,759	$3,243
1992	$1,803	$3,462
1993	$1,831	$3,400
1994	$1,526	$3,489
1995	$1,467	$3,856
1996	$1,617	$3,618
1997	$1,629	$3,700
1998	$1,603	$3,310
1999	$1,596	$3,242
2000	$1,773	$3,218
2001	$1,896	$2,847
2002	$1,937	$2,688
2003	$2,284	$4,062
2004	$2,817	$5,221
2005	$3,233	$5,837
2006	$3,661	$6,077
2007	$4,167	$6,592
2008	$5,181	$6,185
2009	$4,235	$6,375
2010	$4,913	$7,973
2011	$5,916	$8,646
2012	$6,034	$8,077
2013	$5,980	$7,332
2014	$6,095	$6,857
2015	$4,685	$6,112
2016	$4,425	$5,651
2017	$4,555	$6,618
2018	$4,577	$6,914
2019	$4,468	$6,534
2020	$3,744	$5,581
2021	$4,161	$6,843
2022	$4,962	$6,523
2023	$5,364	$6,023
2024	$5,631	$6,253

Algeria vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Algeria

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Algeria	South Africa
1950	42.7	43.1
1951	43.3	44.1
1952	43.5	45
1953	43.6	46.1
1954	40.6	47.1
1955	40.9	48.2
1956	40.9	49.2
1957	40.9	50.2
1958	40.9	51.1
1959	40.9	51.9
1960	40.8	52.6
1961	40.8	53.1
1962	39.5	53.6
1963	43.1	53.9
1964	43	54.2
1965	42.8	54.4
1966	42.7	54.7
1967	42.7	55
1968	42.8	55.2
1969	43	55.4
1970	43.3	55.7
1971	43.8	56
1972	44.4	56.4
1973	45.1	56.7
1974	46	57.1
1975	46.9	57.6
1976	48	58
1977	49.2	58.5
1978	50.6	59
1979	52.4	59.5
1980	54.5	60
1981	57.4	60.4
1982	59.6	60.9
1983	61.3	61.4
1984	62.7	61.8
1985	64.2	62.2
1986	65.3	62.4
1987	66.1	62.7
1988	66.9	62.9
1989	67.5	63
1990	67.7	62.9
1991	67.7	63
1992	67.7	62.8
1993	67.8	62.6
1994	67.3	62.1
1995	67.7	61.6
1996	68.2	61.1
1997	68.9	60.5
1998	69.3	59.9
1999	70.1	59.2
2000	70.6	58.4
2001	71	57.2
2002	71.6	55.6
2003	71.9	54.2
2004	72.5	54
2005	72.8	53.9
2006	73.1	54.2
2007	73.3	54.9
2008	73.6	56
2009	73.9	57.4
2010	74.1	58.9
2011	74.4	60.6
2012	74.6	61.7
2013	74.8	62.4
2014	75	63.2
2015	75.2	64.1
2016	75.3	64.7
2017	75.4	65.4
2018	75.6	65.7
2019	75.7	66.1
2020	73.3	65.2
2021	75.2	62
2022	76.1	65.5
2023	76.3	66.1
2024	76.5	66.3
2025	76.7	66.5

Algeria and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Algeria

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Algeria	South Africa
1960	11,424,922	16,440,172
1961	11,628,883	16,908,035
1962	11,800,771	17,418,522
1963	11,982,118	17,954,564
1964	12,179,813	18,511,361
1965	12,365,976	19,089,380
1966	12,590,069	19,690,087
1967	12,876,118	20,314,066
1968	13,172,614	20,957,287
1969	13,475,960	21,614,676
1970	13,783,719	22,279,984
1971	14,098,936	22,942,143
1972	14,427,072	23,609,456
1973	14,771,147	24,294,263
1974	15,133,502	24,989,108
1975	15,678,596	25,690,940
1976	16,409,170	26,395,450
1977	17,015,994	27,118,952
1978	17,506,974	27,869,507
1979	18,036,655	28,634,162
1980	18,607,174	29,518,857
1981	19,220,704	30,541,044
1982	19,872,348	31,615,339
1983	20,558,115	32,739,304
1984	21,271,969	33,892,788
1985	22,008,544	35,042,093
1986	22,745,499	36,180,515
1987	23,443,624	37,326,190
1988	24,109,536	38,480,649
1989	24,754,485	39,628,575
1990	25,375,810	40,746,268
1991	25,987,928	41,687,898
1992	26,628,568	42,443,509
1993	27,277,048	43,297,156
1994	27,887,279	44,004,139
1995	28,470,191	44,541,554
1996	29,033,044	45,123,018
1997	29,579,301	45,666,838
1998	30,054,133	46,223,880
1999	30,474,354	46,730,335
2000	30,903,893	47,159,719
2001	31,331,221	47,566,800
2002	31,750,835	48,019,415
2003	32,175,818	48,500,348
2004	32,628,286	48,991,421
2005	33,109,249	49,490,033
2006	33,623,506	49,998,277
2007	34,189,416	50,528,584
2008	34,816,961	51,114,599
2009	35,490,445	51,728,516
2010	36,188,236	52,344,051
2011	36,903,376	52,995,205
2012	37,646,166	53,782,567
2013	38,414,171	54,678,791
2014	39,205,031	55,594,838
2015	40,019,529	56,723,537
2016	40,850,721	57,259,551
2017	41,689,299	57,635,162
2018	42,505,035	58,613,001
2019	43,294,546	59,587,885
2020	44,042,091	60,562,381
2021	44,761,099	61,502,603
2022	45,477,389	62,378,410
2023	46,164,219	63,212,384
2024	46,814,308	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Algeria and South Africa

Fertility rate

Algeria

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	South Africa
1960	7.5	6.11
1961	7.56	6.08
1962	7.61	6.05
1963	7.65	6.01
1964	7.67	5.96
1965	7.71	5.89
1966	7.71	5.91
1967	7.71	5.85
1968	7.71	5.78
1969	7.71	5.72
1970	7.7	5.63
1971	7.67	5.57
1972	7.63	5.49
1973	7.59	5.41
1974	7.55	5.3
1975	7.49	5.19
1976	7.41	5.07
1977	7.31	4.94
1978	7.21	4.85
1979	7.12	4.82
1980	6.99	4.78
1981	6.85	4.71
1982	6.68	4.7
1983	6.5	4.63
1984	6.28	4.57
1985	6.04	4.5
1986	5.65	4.41
1987	5.3	4.35
1988	5.02	4.18
1989	4.76	3.98
1990	4.51	3.72
1991	4.37	3.62
1992	4.27	3.48
1993	4.08	3.37
1994	3.91	3.26
1995	3.49	3.17
1996	3.14	2.99
1997	2.89	2.73
1998	2.69	2.63
1999	2.62	2.56
2000	2.59	2.41
2001	2.52	2.37
2002	2.43	2.32
2003	2.45	2.36
2004	2.5	2.44
2005	2.56	2.51
2006	2.63	2.55
2007	2.7	2.55
2008	2.79	2.68
2009	2.83	2.5
2010	2.88	2.44
2011	2.9	2.44
2012	3	2.45
2013	3	2.43
2014	3.08	2.42
2015	3.09	2.36
2016	3.09	2.26
2017	3.09	2.28
2018	3.02	2.27
2019	3	2.26
2020	2.94	2.26
2021	2.87	2.25
2022	2.82	2.23
2023	2.77	2.22

Algeria and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Algeria

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Algeria	South Africa
1960	17.4	19
1961	17.2	19
1962	17	18.9
1963	16.9	18.9
1964	16.7	18.9
1965	16.6	18.8
1966	16.5	18.8
1967	16.4	18.8
1968	16.4	18.8
1969	16.4	18.8
1970	16.4	18.8
1971	16.4	18.8
1972	16.4	18.8
1973	16.5	18.8
1974	16.5	18.9
1975	16.5	18.9
1976	16.3	19
1977	16.3	19.1
1978	16.4	19.2
1979	16.5	19.3
1980	16.6	19.4
1981	16.7	19.6
1982	16.9	19.8
1983	17	20
1984	17.2	20.2
1985	17.4	20.4
1986	17.6	20.5
1987	17.8	20.7
1988	18.1	20.9
1989	18.3	21.1
1990	18.6	21.3
1991	18.8	21.5
1992	19	21.5
1993	19.3	21.9
1994	19.5	22
1995	19.8	21.5
1996	20.1	21.2
1997	20.4	21.2
1998	20.9	21.4
1999	21.4	21.6
2000	21.9	21.9
2001	22.4	22.2
2002	22.9	22.4
2003	23.3	22.8
2004	23.8	23.1
2005	24.2	23.3
2006	24.6	23.5
2007	25	23.8
2008	25.4	24
2009	25.8	24.3
2010	26.2	24.6
2011	26.5	25
2012	26.8	25.3
2013	27.1	25.7
2014	27.3	26
2015	27.6	26.4
2016	27.8	26.7
2017	28	27
2018	28.2	27.5
2019	28.4	27.9
2020	28.6	28.3
2021	28.7	28.6
2022	28.9	28.9
2023	29.1	29.2
2024	29.3	29.5

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