Argentina vs South Africa statistics compared

Argentina has a population of 45.7M (ranked 35/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Argentina's land area is 1,056,642 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 8th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Argentina ranks 24/197 ($633B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Argentina ranks 73/197 ($13,858), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Argentina and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Argentina and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Argentina

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Argentina	South Africa
1960	$15,865,474,315	$8,748,596,501
1961	$20,132,220,375	$9,225,996,310
1962	$18,337,691,145	$9,813,996,074
1963	$18,272,123,664	$10,854,195,658
1964	$25,605,249,382	$11,955,995,218
1965	$28,344,705,967	$13,068,994,772
1966	$28,630,474,728	$14,211,394,315
1967	$24,256,667,553	$15,821,393,671
1968	$26,436,857,247	$17,124,793,150
1969	$31,256,284,544	$19,256,992,297
1970	$31,584,210,366	$21,218,391,513
1971	$33,293,199,095	$23,411,076,638
1972	$34,733,000,536	$24,515,919,217
1973	$52,544,000,117	$33,262,772,008
1974	$72,436,777,342	$41,389,186,095
1975	$52,438,647,922	$42,906,905,672
1976	$51,169,499,892	$41,150,460,288
1977	$56,781,000,101	$45,328,411,332
1978	$89,049,453,088	$51,607,412,902
1979	$69,252,328,952	$63,038,658,089
1980	$76,961,923,741	$89,411,864,402
1981	$78,676,842,367	$93,141,472,164
1982	$84,307,486,837	$85,904,057,409
1983	$103,979,106,778	$96,204,110,942
1984	$116,915,052,107	$84,870,163,366
1985	$88,150,891,728	$64,459,376,087
1986	$105,872,372,614	$73,354,771,399
1987	$108,810,885,301	$96,535,763,418
1988	$126,890,235,049	$103,976,831,871
1989	$76,629,728,760	$108,055,624,082
1990	$141,352,654,305	$126,048,140,142
1991	$189,719,984,268	$135,203,698,238
1992	$228,778,917,308	$146,956,150,987
1993	$236,741,715,015	$147,194,747,566
1994	$257,440,000,000	$153,512,712,382
1995	$258,031,750,000	$171,735,933,897
1996	$272,149,750,000	$163,234,925,381
1997	$292,859,000,000	$168,978,057,328
1998	$298,948,250,000	$152,982,984,557
1999	$283,523,000,000	$151,516,957,079
2000	$284,203,750,000	$151,752,757,215
2001	$268,696,750,000	$135,429,905,923
2002	$97,724,004,252	$129,087,556,612
2003	$127,586,973,492	$197,018,965,309
2004	$164,657,930,453	$255,806,908,595
2005	$198,737,095,012	$288,867,217,197
2006	$232,557,260,817	$303,858,675,364
2007	$287,530,508,431	$333,077,117,254
2008	$361,558,037,110	$316,131,258,616
2009	$332,976,484,578	$329,754,060,647
2010	$423,627,422,092	$417,363,822,802
2011	$530,158,122,010	$458,199,494,831
2012	$545,982,375,701	$434,400,545,086
2013	$552,025,140,252	$400,886,013,596
2014	$526,319,673,732	$381,198,869,776
2015	$594,749,285,413	$346,709,790,459
2016	$557,532,320,663	$323,585,509,674
2017	$643,628,393,281	$381,448,814,653
2018	$524,819,892,360	$405,260,723,893
2019	$447,754,683,615	$389,330,032,224
2020	$385,740,508,437	$337,974,655,408
2021	$486,564,085,480	$420,886,877,629
2022	$632,790,070,063	$406,920,004,594
2023	$646,075,277,525	$380,699,271,816
2024	$633,266,692,534	$400,260,724,226

Argentina and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Argentina

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Argentina	South Africa
1960	$778	$532
1961	$971	$546
1962	$870	$563
1963	$853	$605
1964	$1,176	$646
1965	$1,282	$685
1966	$1,275	$722
1967	$1,064	$779
1968	$1,142	$817
1969	$1,330	$891
1970	$1,323	$952
1971	$1,373	$1,020
1972	$1,409	$1,038
1973	$2,098	$1,369
1974	$2,845	$1,656
1975	$2,027	$1,670
1976	$1,947	$1,559
1977	$2,126	$1,671
1978	$3,282	$1,852
1979	$2,512	$2,202
1980	$2,748	$3,029
1981	$2,764	$3,050
1982	$2,915	$2,717
1983	$3,538	$2,938
1984	$3,915	$2,504
1985	$2,906	$1,839
1986	$3,436	$2,027
1987	$3,477	$2,586
1988	$3,993	$2,702
1989	$2,375	$2,727
1990	$4,315	$3,093
1991	$5,709	$3,243
1992	$6,790	$3,462
1993	$6,932	$3,400
1994	$7,438	$3,489
1995	$7,358	$3,856
1996	$7,663	$3,618
1997	$8,147	$3,700
1998	$8,219	$3,310
1999	$7,706	$3,242
2000	$7,637	$3,218
2001	$7,141	$2,847
2002	$2,570	$2,688
2003	$3,320	$4,062
2004	$4,242	$5,221
2005	$5,068	$5,837
2006	$5,869	$6,077
2007	$7,185	$6,592
2008	$8,944	$6,185
2009	$8,150	$6,375
2010	$10,260	$7,973
2011	$12,704	$8,646
2012	$12,950	$8,077
2013	$12,964	$7,332
2014	$12,233	$6,857
2015	$13,680	$6,112
2016	$12,700	$5,651
2017	$14,533	$6,618
2018	$11,753	$6,914
2019	$9,956	$6,534
2020	$8,536	$5,581
2021	$10,738	$6,843
2022	$13,936	$6,523
2023	$14,187	$6,023
2024	$13,858	$6,253

Argentina vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Argentina

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Argentina	South Africa
1950	61.3	43.1
1951	61.7	44.1
1952	62.5	45
1953	62.5	46.1
1954	63.1	47.1
1955	62.7	48.2
1956	63.6	49.2
1957	63.2	50.2
1958	64.2	51.1
1959	64.1	51.9
1960	64.2	52.6
1961	64.6	53.1
1962	64.6	53.6
1963	64.9	53.9
1964	64.8	54.2
1965	65.1	54.4
1966	65.4	54.7
1967	65.5	55
1968	65.2	55.2
1969	65.1	55.4
1970	65.6	55.7
1971	65.6	56
1972	66	56.4
1973	66.2	56.7
1974	66.4	57.1
1975	67	57.6
1976	67	58
1977	67.6	58.5
1978	68	59
1979	68.4	59.5
1980	68.6	60
1981	68.9	60.4
1982	69	60.9
1983	69.3	61.4
1984	69.4	61.8
1985	69.9	62.2
1986	70.3	62.4
1987	70.7	62.7
1988	71.1	62.9
1989	71.5	63
1990	71.6	62.9
1991	72	63
1992	72.1	62.8
1993	72.3	62.6
1994	72.7	62.1
1995	72.9	61.6
1996	73.1	61.1
1997	73.4	60.5
1998	73.4	59.9
1999	73.7	59.2
2000	73.9	58.4
2001	74.2	57.2
2002	74.3	55.6
2003	74.3	54.2
2004	74.9	54
2005	75.2	53.9
2006	75.3	54.2
2007	74.8	54.9
2008	75.4	56
2009	75.6	57.4
2010	75.7	58.9
2011	76.1	60.6
2012	75.8	61.7
2013	75.8	62.4
2014	76.3	63.2
2015	76.6	64.1
2016	76.1	64.7
2017	76.5	65.4
2018	76.8	65.7
2019	76.8	66.1
2020	75.9	65.2
2021	73.9	62
2022	75.8	65.5
2023	77.4	66.1
2024	77.5	66.3
2025	77.7	66.5

Argentina and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Argentina

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Argentina	South Africa
1960	20,386,045	16,440,172
1961	20,726,276	16,908,035
1962	21,072,538	17,418,522
1963	21,421,705	17,954,564
1964	21,769,453	18,511,361
1965	22,112,629	19,089,380
1966	22,453,893	19,690,087
1967	22,799,059	20,314,066
1968	23,150,583	20,957,287
1969	23,508,711	21,614,676
1970	23,878,327	22,279,984
1971	24,257,208	22,942,143
1972	24,644,328	23,609,456
1973	25,046,005	24,294,263
1974	25,461,351	24,989,108
1975	25,874,107	25,690,940
1976	26,282,283	26,395,450
1977	26,701,805	27,118,952
1978	27,132,158	27,869,507
1979	27,568,895	28,634,162
1980	28,011,596	29,518,857
1981	28,463,959	30,541,044
1982	28,924,262	31,615,339
1983	29,391,332	32,739,304
1984	29,863,093	33,892,788
1985	30,336,441	35,042,093
1986	30,811,980	36,180,515
1987	31,291,762	37,326,190
1988	31,780,532	38,480,649
1989	32,270,948	39,628,575
1990	32,755,901	40,746,268
1991	33,230,294	41,687,898
1992	33,693,527	42,443,509
1993	34,152,717	43,297,156
1994	34,613,491	44,004,139
1995	35,070,020	44,541,554
1996	35,513,793	45,123,018
1997	35,947,791	45,666,838
1998	36,372,860	46,223,880
1999	36,794,682	46,730,335
2000	37,213,984	47,159,719
2001	37,624,825	47,566,800
2002	38,029,349	48,019,415
2003	38,424,282	48,500,348
2004	38,815,916	48,991,421
2005	39,216,789	49,490,033
2006	39,622,115	49,998,277
2007	40,016,763	50,528,584
2008	40,424,148	51,114,599
2009	40,854,831	51,728,516
2010	41,288,694	52,344,051
2011	41,730,660	52,995,205
2012	42,161,721	53,782,567
2013	42,582,455	54,678,791
2014	43,024,071	55,594,838
2015	43,477,012	56,723,537
2016	43,900,313	57,259,551
2017	44,288,894	57,635,162
2018	44,654,882	58,613,001
2019	44,973,465	59,587,885
2020	45,191,965	60,562,381
2021	45,312,281	61,502,603
2022	45,407,904	62,378,410
2023	45,538,401	63,212,384
2024	45,696,159	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Argentina and South Africa

Fertility rate

Argentina

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Argentina	South Africa
1960	3.14	6.11
1961	3.12	6.08
1962	3.13	6.05
1963	3.11	6.01
1964	3.08	5.96
1965	3.01	5.89
1966	2.97	5.91
1967	2.98	5.85
1968	3.01	5.78
1969	3.05	5.72
1970	3.09	5.63
1971	3.11	5.57
1972	3.14	5.49
1973	3.17	5.41
1974	3.22	5.3
1975	3.27	5.19
1976	3.32	5.07
1977	3.36	4.94
1978	3.36	4.85
1979	3.34	4.82
1980	3.3	4.78
1981	3.25	4.71
1982	3.2	4.7
1983	3.15	4.63
1984	3.12	4.57
1985	3.07	4.5
1986	3.05	4.41
1987	3.04	4.35
1988	3.05	4.18
1989	3.02	3.98
1990	3.03	3.72
1991	3.01	3.62
1992	2.99	3.48
1993	2.97	3.37
1994	2.94	3.26
1995	2.86	3.17
1996	2.78	2.99
1997	2.71	2.73
1998	2.66	2.63
1999	2.64	2.56
2000	2.59	2.41
2001	2.53	2.37
2002	2.49	2.32
2003	2.45	2.36
2004	2.43	2.44
2005	2.43	2.51
2006	2.4	2.55
2007	2.37	2.55
2008	2.43	2.68
2009	2.4	2.5
2010	2.41	2.44
2011	2.39	2.44
2012	2.3	2.45
2013	2.34	2.43
2014	2.39	2.42
2015	2.35	2.36
2016	2.24	2.26
2017	2.17	2.28
2018	2.07	2.27
2019	1.88	2.26
2020	1.6	2.26
2021	1.59	2.25
2022	1.48	2.23
2023	1.5	2.22

Argentina and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Argentina

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Argentina	South Africa
1960	26.5	19
1961	26.6	19
1962	26.6	18.9
1963	26.7	18.9
1964	26.7	18.9
1965	26.7	18.8
1966	26.8	18.8
1967	26.8	18.8
1968	26.9	18.8
1969	26.9	18.8
1970	26.9	18.8
1971	27	18.8
1972	27	18.8
1973	27	18.8
1974	27	18.9
1975	27	18.9
1976	27	19
1977	27	19.1
1978	27	19.2
1979	27	19.3
1980	27	19.4
1981	27	19.6
1982	27	19.8
1983	27.1	20
1984	27.1	20.2
1985	27.1	20.4
1986	27.1	20.5
1987	27.2	20.7
1988	27.2	20.9
1989	27.3	21.1
1990	27.3	21.3
1991	27.3	21.5
1992	27.4	21.5
1993	27.4	21.9
1994	27.4	22
1995	27.5	21.5
1996	27.5	21.2
1997	27.6	21.2
1998	27.7	21.4
1999	27.8	21.6
2000	27.9	21.9
2001	28.1	22.2
2002	28.2	22.4
2003	28.4	22.8
2004	28.6	23.1
2005	28.8	23.3
2006	29	23.5
2007	29.2	23.8
2008	29.4	24
2009	29.7	24.3
2010	29.9	24.6
2011	30.1	25
2012	30.3	25.3
2013	30.5	25.7
2014	30.7	26
2015	30.9	26.4
2016	31.1	26.7
2017	31.3	27
2018	31.5	27.5
2019	31.8	27.9
2020	32.1	28.3
2021	32.4	28.6
2022	32.8	28.9
2023	33.2	29.2
2024	33.5	29.5

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