Angola vs South Africa statistics compared

Angola has a population of 37.9M (ranked 40/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Angola's land area is 481,354 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 22nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Angola ranks 81/197 ($80.4B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Angola ranks 156/197 ($2,122), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Angola and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Angola and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Angola

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Angola	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	-	$9,813,996,074
1963	-	$10,854,195,658
1964	-	$11,955,995,218
1965	-	$13,068,994,772
1966	-	$14,211,394,315
1967	-	$15,821,393,671
1968	-	$17,124,793,150
1969	-	$19,256,992,297
1970	-	$21,218,391,513
1971	-	$23,411,076,638
1972	-	$24,515,919,217
1973	-	$33,262,772,008
1974	-	$41,389,186,095
1975	-	$42,906,905,672
1976	-	$41,150,460,288
1977	-	$45,328,411,332
1978	-	$51,607,412,902
1979	-	$63,038,658,089
1980	$5,930,503,401	$89,411,864,402
1981	$5,550,483,036	$93,141,472,164
1982	$5,550,483,036	$85,904,057,409
1983	$5,784,341,596	$96,204,110,942
1984	$6,131,475,065	$84,870,163,366
1985	$7,554,065,410	$64,459,376,087
1986	$7,072,536,109	$73,354,771,399
1987	$8,084,412,414	$96,535,763,418
1988	$8,769,836,769	$103,976,831,871
1989	$10,201,780,977	$108,055,624,082
1990	$11,229,515,599	$126,048,140,142
1991	$10,603,784,541	$135,203,698,238
1992	$8,307,810,974	$146,956,150,987
1993	$5,768,720,422	$147,194,747,566
1994	$4,438,321,017	$153,512,712,382
1995	$5,538,749,260	$171,735,933,897
1996	$7,526,421,519	$163,234,925,381
1997	$7,648,380,196	$168,978,057,328
1998	$6,506,221,616	$152,982,984,557
1999	$6,152,923,310	$151,516,957,079
2000	$9,129,594,970	$151,752,757,215
2001	$8,936,079,118	$135,429,905,923
2002	$15,285,592,370	$129,087,556,612
2003	$17,812,704,586	$197,018,965,309
2004	$23,552,057,679	$255,806,908,595
2005	$36,970,900,884	$288,867,217,197
2006	$52,381,025,141	$303,858,675,364
2007	$65,266,415,494	$333,077,117,254
2008	$88,538,665,085	$316,131,258,616
2009	$70,307,196,182	$329,754,060,647
2010	$83,799,474,070	$417,363,822,802
2011	$111,789,747,671	$458,199,494,831
2012	$128,052,915,766	$434,400,545,086
2013	$132,339,109,040	$400,886,013,596
2014	$135,966,802,587	$381,198,869,776
2015	$90,496,420,507	$346,709,790,459
2016	$52,761,617,226	$323,585,509,674
2017	$73,690,154,991	$381,448,814,653
2018	$79,450,688,259	$405,260,723,893
2019	$70,897,962,732	$389,330,032,224
2020	$48,501,561,204	$337,974,655,408
2021	$66,505,129,988	$420,886,877,629
2022	$104,399,746,853	$406,920,004,594
2023	$84,875,162,197	$380,699,271,816
2024	$80,396,942,242	$400,260,724,226

Angola and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Angola

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Angola	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	-	$952
1971	-	$1,020
1972	-	$1,038
1973	-	$1,369
1974	-	$1,656
1975	-	$1,670
1976	-	$1,559
1977	-	$1,671
1978	-	$1,852
1979	-	$2,202
1980	$729	$3,029
1981	$658	$3,050
1982	$634	$2,717
1983	$637	$2,938
1984	$650	$2,504
1985	$772	$1,839
1986	$698	$2,027
1987	$770	$2,586
1988	$807	$2,702
1989	$908	$2,727
1990	$966	$3,093
1991	$882	$3,243
1992	$669	$3,462
1993	$450	$3,400
1994	$335	$3,489
1995	$404	$3,856
1996	$531	$3,618
1997	$522	$3,700
1998	$429	$3,310
1999	$393	$3,242
2000	$564	$3,218
2001	$534	$2,847
2002	$882	$2,688
2003	$993	$4,062
2004	$1,266	$5,221
2005	$1,916	$5,837
2006	$2,617	$6,077
2007	$3,141	$6,592
2008	$4,103	$6,185
2009	$3,137	$6,375
2010	$3,597	$7,973
2011	$4,616	$8,646
2012	$5,086	$8,077
2013	$5,058	$7,332
2014	$5,006	$6,857
2015	$3,214	$6,112
2016	$1,808	$5,651
2017	$2,437	$6,618
2018	$2,539	$6,914
2019	$2,190	$6,534
2020	$1,450	$5,581
2021	$1,926	$6,843
2022	$2,930	$6,523
2023	$2,310	$6,023
2024	$2,122	$6,253

Angola vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Angola

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Angola	South Africa
1950	35.9	43.1
1951	36	44.1
1952	36.2	45
1953	36.4	46.1
1954	36.6	47.1
1955	36.9	48.2
1956	37.1	49.2
1957	37.3	50.2
1958	37.5	51.1
1959	37.7	51.9
1960	37.9	52.6
1961	36.9	53.1
1962	37.2	53.6
1963	37.4	53.9
1964	37.7	54.2
1965	38	54.4
1966	38.3	54.7
1967	38.6	55
1968	39	55.2
1969	39.3	55.4
1970	39.7	55.7
1971	40.1	56
1972	40.5	56.4
1973	40.9	56.7
1974	41.3	57.1
1975	40.8	57.6
1976	40.8	58
1977	41.2	58.5
1978	41.6	59
1979	41.9	59.5
1980	42.2	60
1981	42.6	60.4
1982	42.9	60.9
1983	42	61.4
1984	42.2	61.8
1985	42.5	62.2
1986	42.7	62.4
1987	40.8	62.7
1988	41.5	62.9
1989	41.7	63
1990	41.9	62.9
1991	43.8	63
1992	42.3	62.8
1993	42.2	62.6
1994	43.6	62.1
1995	46.1	61.6
1996	46.4	61.1
1997	46.7	60.5
1998	45.5	59.9
1999	45.8	59.2
2000	46.5	58.4
2001	47	57.2
2002	47.9	55.6
2003	50.2	54.2
2004	51.1	54
2005	52.1	53.9
2006	53	54.2
2007	54.2	54.9
2008	55.3	56
2009	56.2	57.4
2010	57.2	58.9
2011	58.1	60.6
2012	58.9	61.7
2013	59.7	62.4
2014	60.4	63.2
2015	61	64.1
2016	61.6	64.7
2017	62.1	65.4
2018	62.6	65.7
2019	63.1	66.1
2020	63.1	65.2
2021	63	62
2022	64.2	65.5
2023	64.6	66.1
2024	64.8	66.3
2025	65	66.5

Angola and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Angola

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Angola	South Africa
1960	5,231,654	16,440,172
1961	5,301,583	16,908,035
1962	5,354,310	17,418,522
1963	5,408,320	17,954,564
1964	5,464,187	18,511,361
1965	5,521,981	19,089,380
1966	5,581,386	19,690,087
1967	5,641,807	20,314,066
1968	5,702,699	20,957,287
1969	5,763,685	21,614,676
1970	5,852,788	22,279,984
1971	5,991,102	22,942,143
1972	6,174,262	23,609,456
1973	6,388,528	24,294,263
1974	6,613,367	24,989,108
1975	6,842,947	25,690,940
1976	7,074,664	26,395,450
1977	7,317,829	27,118,952
1978	7,576,734	27,869,507
1979	7,847,207	28,634,162
1980	8,133,872	29,518,857
1981	8,435,607	30,541,044
1982	8,751,648	31,615,339
1983	9,082,983	32,739,304
1984	9,425,917	33,892,788
1985	9,779,120	35,042,093
1986	10,139,450	36,180,515
1987	10,497,858	37,326,190
1988	10,861,291	38,480,649
1989	11,238,562	39,628,575
1990	11,626,360	40,746,268
1991	12,023,529	41,687,898
1992	12,423,712	42,443,509
1993	12,827,135	43,297,156
1994	13,249,764	44,004,139
1995	13,699,778	44,541,554
1996	14,170,973	45,123,018
1997	14,660,413	45,666,838
1998	15,159,370	46,223,880
1999	15,667,235	46,730,335
2000	16,194,869	47,159,719
2001	16,747,208	47,566,800
2002	17,327,699	48,019,415
2003	17,943,712	48,500,348
2004	18,600,423	48,991,421
2005	19,291,161	49,490,033
2006	20,015,279	49,998,277
2007	20,778,561	50,528,584
2008	21,578,655	51,114,599
2009	22,414,773	51,728,516
2010	23,294,825	52,344,051
2011	24,218,352	52,995,205
2012	25,177,394	53,782,567
2013	26,165,620	54,678,791
2014	27,160,769	55,594,838
2015	28,157,798	56,723,537
2016	29,183,070	57,259,551
2017	30,234,839	57,635,162
2018	31,297,155	58,613,001
2019	32,375,632	59,587,885
2020	33,451,132	60,562,381
2021	34,532,429	61,502,603
2022	35,635,029	62,378,410
2023	36,749,906	63,212,384
2024	37,885,849	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Angola and South Africa

Fertility rate

Angola

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Angola	South Africa
1960	6.71	6.11
1961	6.79	6.08
1962	6.87	6.05
1963	6.95	6.01
1964	7.04	5.96
1965	7.12	5.89
1966	7.19	5.91
1967	7.27	5.85
1968	7.33	5.78
1969	7.39	5.72
1970	7.43	5.63
1971	7.47	5.57
1972	7.49	5.49
1973	7.5	5.41
1974	7.5	5.3
1975	7.49	5.19
1976	7.49	5.07
1977	7.48	4.94
1978	7.47	4.85
1979	7.46	4.82
1980	7.46	4.78
1981	7.46	4.71
1982	7.46	4.7
1983	7.46	4.63
1984	7.46	4.57
1985	7.45	4.5
1986	7.44	4.41
1987	7.41	4.35
1988	7.37	4.18
1989	7.33	3.98
1990	7.27	3.72
1991	7.21	3.62
1992	7.14	3.48
1993	7.07	3.37
1994	6.99	3.26
1995	6.92	3.17
1996	6.85	2.99
1997	6.79	2.73
1998	6.73	2.63
1999	6.68	2.56
2000	6.64	2.41
2001	6.6	2.37
2002	6.57	2.32
2003	6.53	2.36
2004	6.5	2.44
2005	6.46	2.51
2006	6.42	2.55
2007	6.37	2.55
2008	6.32	2.68
2009	6.26	2.5
2010	6.19	2.44
2011	6.12	2.44
2012	6.04	2.45
2013	5.95	2.43
2014	5.86	2.42
2015	5.77	2.36
2016	5.69	2.26
2017	5.6	2.28
2018	5.52	2.27
2019	5.44	2.26
2020	5.37	2.26
2021	5.3	2.25
2022	5.21	2.23
2023	5.12	2.22

Angola and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Angola

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Angola	South Africa
1960	19.8	19
1961	19.6	19
1962	19.4	18.9
1963	19.1	18.9
1964	18.9	18.9
1965	18.6	18.8
1966	18.3	18.8
1967	18.1	18.8
1968	17.8	18.8
1969	17.6	18.8
1970	17.3	18.8
1971	17	18.8
1972	17	18.8
1973	17	18.8
1974	17.1	18.9
1975	17.2	18.9
1976	17.2	19
1977	17.3	19.1
1978	17.4	19.2
1979	17.5	19.3
1980	17.6	19.4
1981	17.6	19.6
1982	17.7	19.8
1983	17.7	20
1984	17.8	20.2
1985	17.8	20.4
1986	17.8	20.5
1987	17.7	20.7
1988	17.6	20.9
1989	17.6	21.1
1990	17.5	21.3
1991	17.4	21.5
1992	17.3	21.5
1993	17.3	21.9
1994	17.2	22
1995	17.1	21.5
1996	17.1	21.2
1997	17.1	21.2
1998	17.1	21.4
1999	17.2	21.6
2000	17.2	21.9
2001	17.2	22.2
2002	17.2	22.4
2003	17.3	22.8
2004	17.3	23.1
2005	17.3	23.3
2006	17.3	23.5
2007	17.4	23.8
2008	17.4	24
2009	17.4	24.3
2010	17.4	24.6
2011	17.4	25
2012	17.4	25.3
2013	17.4	25.7
2014	17.4	26
2015	17.4	26.4
2016	17.4	26.7
2017	17.4	27
2018	17.4	27.5
2019	17.4	27.9
2020	17.5	28.3
2021	17.5	28.6
2022	17.5	28.9
2023	17.6	29.2
2024	17.7	29.5

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