Australia vs South Africa statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 6th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Australia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Australia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Australia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	South Africa
1960	$18,607,682,977	$8,748,596,501
1961	$19,684,003,149	$9,225,996,310
1962	$19,923,683,188	$9,813,996,074
1963	$21,540,963,447	$10,854,195,658
1964	$23,801,123,808	$11,955,995,218
1965	$25,977,284,156	$13,068,994,772
1966	$27,308,964,369	$14,211,394,315
1967	$30,442,724,871	$15,821,393,671
1968	$32,714,085,234	$17,124,793,150
1969	$36,684,485,870	$19,256,992,297
1970	$41,334,726,614	$21,218,391,513
1971	$45,217,767,235	$23,411,076,638
1972	$52,042,056,075	$24,515,919,217
1973	$63,833,440,102	$33,262,772,008
1974	$88,965,364,775	$41,389,186,095
1975	$97,304,383,449	$42,906,905,672
1976	$105,060,616,985	$41,150,460,288
1977	$110,352,144,987	$45,328,411,332
1978	$118,492,761,338	$51,607,412,902
1979	$134,900,602,067	$63,038,658,089
1980	$149,987,743,733	$89,411,864,402
1981	$176,895,390,688	$93,141,472,164
1982	$194,041,708,044	$85,904,057,409
1983	$177,267,290,706	$96,204,110,942
1984	$193,525,337,526	$84,870,163,366
1985	$180,643,265,927	$64,459,376,087
1986	$182,481,113,598	$73,354,771,399
1987	$189,495,764,955	$96,535,763,418
1988	$236,161,314,544	$103,976,831,871
1989	$299,875,906,679	$108,055,624,082
1990	$311,426,665,220	$126,048,140,142
1991	$325,975,319,456	$135,203,698,238
1992	$325,525,379,567	$146,956,150,987
1993	$312,133,923,553	$147,194,747,566
1994	$322,806,641,301	$153,512,712,382
1995	$368,166,023,166	$171,735,933,897
1996	$401,341,880,621	$163,234,925,381
1997	$435,642,611,297	$168,978,057,328
1998	$399,674,421,759	$152,982,984,557
1999	$389,652,212,057	$151,516,957,079
2000	$416,167,815,093	$151,752,757,215
2001	$379,629,301,675	$135,429,905,923
2002	$395,788,696,012	$129,087,556,612
2003	$467,739,079,790	$197,018,965,309
2004	$614,659,980,083	$255,806,908,595
2005	$695,692,898,677	$288,867,217,197
2006	$748,417,562,770	$303,858,675,364
2007	$855,007,458,585	$333,077,117,254
2008	$1,056,112,427,190	$316,131,258,616
2009	$928,762,122,698	$329,754,060,647
2010	$1,148,838,233,481	$417,363,822,802
2011	$1,398,610,616,773	$458,199,494,831
2012	$1,547,532,281,116	$434,400,545,086
2013	$1,577,123,329,411	$400,886,013,596
2014	$1,468,265,356,428	$381,198,869,776
2015	$1,351,296,372,254	$346,709,790,459
2016	$1,206,836,962,282	$323,585,509,674
2017	$1,325,582,658,157	$381,448,814,653
2018	$1,427,809,041,019	$405,260,723,893
2019	$1,392,723,834,563	$389,330,032,224
2020	$1,328,414,058,378	$337,974,655,408
2021	$1,556,735,770,437	$420,886,877,629
2022	$1,690,858,246,994	$406,920,004,594
2023	$1,728,057,316,696	$380,699,271,816
2024	$1,752,193,307,380	$400,260,724,226

Australia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	South Africa
1960	$1,811	$532
1961	$1,878	$546
1962	$1,855	$563
1963	$1,967	$605
1964	$2,131	$646
1965	$2,281	$685
1966	$2,344	$722
1967	$2,580	$779
1968	$2,724	$817
1969	$2,991	$891
1970	$3,305	$952
1971	$3,495	$1,020
1972	$3,949	$1,038
1973	$4,771	$1,369
1974	$6,483	$1,656
1975	$7,004	$1,670
1976	$7,487	$1,559
1977	$7,776	$1,671
1978	$8,253	$1,852
1979	$9,295	$2,202
1980	$10,209	$3,029
1981	$11,854	$3,050
1982	$12,779	$2,717
1983	$11,516	$2,938
1984	$12,422	$2,504
1985	$11,442	$1,839
1986	$11,392	$2,027
1987	$11,651	$2,586
1988	$14,285	$2,702
1989	$17,834	$2,727
1990	$18,249	$3,093
1991	$18,860	$3,243
1992	$18,624	$3,462
1993	$17,700	$3,400
1994	$18,130	$3,489
1995	$20,448	$3,856
1996	$22,022	$3,618
1997	$23,647	$3,700
1998	$21,479	$3,310
1999	$20,713	$3,242
2000	$21,870	$3,218
2001	$19,696	$2,847
2002	$20,302	$2,688
2003	$23,718	$4,062
2004	$30,837	$5,221
2005	$34,480	$5,837
2006	$36,596	$6,077
2007	$41,052	$6,592
2008	$49,701	$6,185
2009	$42,817	$6,375
2010	$52,145	$7,973
2011	$62,606	$8,646
2012	$68,073	$8,077
2013	$68,191	$7,332
2014	$62,544	$6,857
2015	$56,739	$6,112
2016	$49,888	$5,651
2017	$53,902	$6,618
2018	$57,196	$6,914
2019	$54,973	$6,534
2020	$51,792	$5,581
2021	$60,608	$6,843
2022	$64,997	$6,523
2023	$64,836	$6,023
2024	$64,407	$6,253

Australia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	South Africa
1950	69	43.1
1951	68.7	44.1
1952	69.1	45
1953	69.7	46.1
1954	69.9	47.1
1955	70.2	48.2
1956	70	49.2
1957	70.3	50.2
1958	70.9	51.1
1959	70.4	51.9
1960	70.9	52.6
1961	71.1	53.1
1962	70.9	53.6
1963	71	53.9
1964	70.6	54.2
1965	70.8	54.4
1966	70.7	54.7
1967	71	55
1968	70.7	55.2
1969	71.1	55.4
1970	70.7	55.7
1971	71.5	56
1972	71.8	56.4
1973	72.1	56.7
1974	71.8	57.1
1975	72.8	57.6
1976	72.8	58
1977	73.5	58.5
1978	73.7	59
1979	74.3	59.5
1980	74.6	60
1981	74.8	60.4
1982	74.7	60.9
1983	75.4	61.4
1984	75.5	61.8
1985	75.4	62.2
1986	76.1	62.4
1987	76.1	62.7
1988	76.3	62.9
1989	76.2	63
1990	77	62.9
1991	77.5	63
1992	77.5	62.8
1993	78	62.6
1994	77.9	62.1
1995	78.3	61.6
1996	78.3	61.1
1997	78.6	60.5
1998	79	59.9
1999	79.3	59.2
2000	79.6	58.4
2001	80	57.2
2002	80.1	55.6
2003	80.4	54.2
2004	80.7	54
2005	81.1	53.9
2006	81.3	54.2
2007	81.2	54.9
2008	81.4	56
2009	81.7	57.4
2010	82	58.9
2011	82.1	60.6
2012	82.3	61.7
2013	82.6	62.4
2014	82.5	63.2
2015	82.6	64.1
2016	82.8	64.7
2017	82.7	65.4
2018	83.3	65.7
2019	83.2	66.1
2020	83.7	65.2
2021	83.6	62
2022	82.8	65.5
2023	83.9	66.1
2024	84.1	66.3
2025	84.2	66.5

Australia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	South Africa
1960	10,276,477	16,440,172
1961	10,483,000	16,908,035
1962	10,742,000	17,418,522
1963	10,950,000	17,954,564
1964	11,167,000	18,511,361
1965	11,388,000	19,089,380
1966	11,651,000	19,690,087
1967	11,799,000	20,314,066
1968	12,009,000	20,957,287
1969	12,263,000	21,614,676
1970	12,507,000	22,279,984
1971	12,937,000	22,942,143
1972	13,177,000	23,609,456
1973	13,380,000	24,294,263
1974	13,723,000	24,989,108
1975	13,893,000	25,690,940
1976	14,033,000	26,395,450
1977	14,192,000	27,118,952
1978	14,358,000	27,869,507
1979	14,514,000	28,634,162
1980	14,692,000	29,518,857
1981	14,923,260	30,541,044
1982	15,184,247	31,615,339
1983	15,393,472	32,739,304
1984	15,579,391	33,892,788
1985	15,788,312	35,042,093
1986	16,018,350	36,180,515
1987	16,263,874	37,326,190
1988	16,532,164	38,480,649
1989	16,814,416	39,628,575
1990	17,065,128	40,746,268
1991	17,284,036	41,687,898
1992	17,478,635	42,443,509
1993	17,634,808	43,297,156
1994	17,805,468	44,004,139
1995	18,004,882	44,541,554
1996	18,224,767	45,123,018
1997	18,423,037	45,666,838
1998	18,607,584	46,223,880
1999	18,812,264	46,730,335
2000	19,028,802	47,159,719
2001	19,274,701	47,566,800
2002	19,495,210	48,019,415
2003	19,720,737	48,500,348
2004	19,932,722	48,991,421
2005	20,176,844	49,490,033
2006	20,450,966	49,998,277
2007	20,827,622	50,528,584
2008	21,249,199	51,114,599
2009	21,691,653	51,728,516
2010	22,031,750	52,344,051
2011	22,340,024	52,995,205
2012	22,733,465	53,782,567
2013	23,128,129	54,678,791
2014	23,475,686	55,594,838
2015	23,815,995	56,723,537
2016	24,190,907	57,259,551
2017	24,592,588	57,635,162
2018	24,963,258	58,613,001
2019	25,334,826	59,587,885
2020	25,649,248	60,562,381
2021	25,685,412	61,502,603
2022	26,014,399	62,378,410
2023	26,652,777	63,212,384
2024	27,204,809	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Australia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Australia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	South Africa
1960	3.45	6.11
1961	3.54	6.08
1962	3.44	6.05
1963	3.33	6.01
1964	3.15	5.96
1965	2.98	5.89
1966	2.88	5.91
1967	2.85	5.85
1968	2.89	5.78
1969	2.89	5.72
1970	2.86	5.63
1971	2.96	5.57
1972	2.74	5.49
1973	2.49	5.41
1974	2.4	5.3
1975	2.15	5.19
1976	2.06	5.07
1977	2.01	4.94
1978	1.95	4.85
1979	1.91	4.82
1980	1.89	4.78
1981	1.94	4.71
1982	1.93	4.7
1983	1.92	4.63
1984	1.84	4.57
1985	1.92	4.5
1986	1.87	4.41
1987	1.85	4.35
1988	1.83	4.18
1989	1.84	3.98
1990	1.9	3.72
1991	1.85	3.62
1992	1.89	3.48
1993	1.86	3.37
1994	1.84	3.26
1995	1.82	3.17
1996	1.8	2.99
1997	1.78	2.73
1998	1.76	2.63
1999	1.76	2.56
2000	1.76	2.41
2001	1.74	2.37
2002	1.76	2.32
2003	1.75	2.36
2004	1.77	2.44
2005	1.81	2.51
2006	1.91	2.55
2007	1.96	2.55
2008	1.98	2.68
2009	1.97	2.5
2010	1.93	2.44
2011	1.93	2.44
2012	1.92	2.45
2013	1.86	2.43
2014	1.83	2.42
2015	1.81	2.36
2016	1.75	2.26
2017	1.74	2.28
2018	1.74	2.27
2019	1.66	2.26
2020	1.58	2.26
2021	1.7	2.25
2022	1.63	2.23
2023	1.5	2.22

Australia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Australia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	South Africa
1960	29.5	19
1961	29.3	19
1962	29.1	18.9
1963	28.8	18.9
1964	28.6	18.9
1965	28.3	18.8
1966	28.1	18.8
1967	28	18.8
1968	27.9	18.8
1969	27.8	18.8
1970	27.7	18.8
1971	27.7	18.8
1972	27.7	18.8
1973	27.8	18.8
1974	28	18.9
1975	28.1	18.9
1976	28.4	19
1977	28.6	19.1
1978	28.9	19.2
1979	29.1	19.3
1980	29.4	19.4
1981	29.6	19.6
1982	29.9	19.8
1983	30.2	20
1984	30.5	20.2
1985	30.8	20.4
1986	31.1	20.5
1987	31.3	20.7
1988	31.6	20.9
1989	31.8	21.1
1990	32.1	21.3
1991	32.4	21.5
1992	32.7	21.5
1993	33	21.9
1994	33.3	22
1995	33.6	21.5
1996	34	21.2
1997	34.3	21.2
1998	34.7	21.4
1999	35.1	21.6
2000	35.4	21.9
2001	35.6	22.2
2002	35.8	22.4
2003	36.1	22.8
2004	36.3	23.1
2005	36.5	23.3
2006	36.7	23.5
2007	36.8	23.8
2008	36.8	24
2009	36.9	24.3
2010	37	24.6
2011	37.1	25
2012	37.2	25.3
2013	37.2	25.7
2014	37.3	26
2015	37.3	26.4
2016	37.3	26.7
2017	37.4	27
2018	37.4	27.5
2019	37.6	27.9
2020	38	28.3
2021	38.3	28.6
2022	38.5	28.9
2023	38.8	29.2
2024	39	29.5

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