Bahamas vs South Africa statistics compared

The Bahamas has a population of 401K (ranked 173/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). The Bahamas' land area is 3,865 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 162nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, The Bahamas ranks 140/197 ($15.8B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, The Bahamas ranks 30/197 ($39,455), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Bahamas and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Bahamas and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Bahamas

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Bahamas	South Africa
1960	$169,736,027	$8,748,596,501
1961	$190,022,030	$9,225,996,310
1962	$212,170,034	$9,813,996,074
1963	$237,650,038	$10,854,195,658
1964	$266,560,043	$11,955,995,218
1965	$300,272,048	$13,068,994,772
1966	$346,800,000	$14,211,394,315
1967	$398,000,000	$15,821,393,671
1968	$453,800,000	$17,124,793,150
1969	$538,700,000	$19,256,992,297
1970	$539,500,000	$21,218,391,513
1971	$573,400,000	$23,411,076,638
1972	$590,900,000	$24,515,919,217
1973	$670,900,000	$33,262,772,008
1974	$632,400,000	$41,389,186,095
1975	$596,200,000	$42,906,905,672
1976	$642,100,000	$41,150,460,288
1977	$713,000,000	$45,328,411,332
1978	$832,400,000	$51,607,412,902
1979	$1,139,800,100	$63,038,658,089
1980	$1,335,300,000	$89,411,864,402
1981	$1,426,500,000	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,578,300,000	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,732,800,000	$96,204,110,942
1984	$2,041,100,000	$84,870,163,366
1985	$2,320,699,900	$64,459,376,087
1986	$2,472,500,000	$73,354,771,399
1987	$2,713,999,900	$96,535,763,418
1988	$2,817,900,000	$103,976,831,871
1989	$3,062,000,000	$108,055,624,082
1990	$3,166,000,000	$126,048,140,142
1991	$3,111,160,000	$135,203,698,238
1992	$3,109,000,000	$146,956,150,987
1993	$3,092,000,000	$147,194,747,566
1994	$3,259,000,000	$153,512,712,382
1995	$3,429,000,000	$171,735,933,897
1996	$3,609,000,000	$163,234,925,381
1997	$6,332,360,000	$168,978,057,328
1998	$6,833,220,000	$152,982,984,557
1999	$7,683,870,000	$151,516,957,079
2000	$8,076,470,000	$151,752,757,215
2001	$8,317,830,000	$135,429,905,923
2002	$8,881,160,000	$129,087,556,612
2003	$8,870,090,000	$197,018,965,309
2004	$9,055,290,000	$255,806,908,595
2005	$9,836,200,000	$288,867,217,197
2006	$10,167,250,000	$303,858,675,364
2007	$10,618,340,000	$333,077,117,254
2008	$10,526,000,000	$316,131,258,616
2009	$9,981,960,000	$329,754,060,647
2010	$10,095,760,000	$417,363,822,802
2011	$10,070,450,000	$458,199,494,831
2012	$10,720,400,000	$434,400,545,086
2013	$10,475,300,000	$400,886,013,596
2014	$11,139,100,000	$381,198,869,776
2015	$11,837,600,000	$346,709,790,459
2016	$11,880,900,000	$323,585,509,674
2017	$12,446,900,000	$381,448,814,653
2018	$12,819,200,000	$405,260,723,893
2019	$13,277,000,000	$389,330,032,224
2020	$10,363,200,000	$337,974,655,408
2021	$12,037,000,000	$420,886,877,629
2022	$13,896,800,000	$406,920,004,594
2023	$15,271,300,000	$380,699,271,816
2024	$15,832,800,000	$400,260,724,226

Bahamas and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Bahamas

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bahamas	South Africa
1960	$1,459	$532
1961	$1,555	$546
1962	$1,651	$563
1963	$1,759	$605
1964	$1,883	$646
1965	$2,030	$685
1966	$2,239	$722
1967	$2,453	$779
1968	$2,668	$817
1969	$3,027	$891
1970	$2,916	$952
1971	$3,004	$1,020
1972	$3,014	$1,038
1973	$3,341	$1,369
1974	$3,080	$1,656
1975	$2,841	$1,670
1976	$2,993	$1,559
1977	$3,253	$1,671
1978	$3,720	$1,852
1979	$4,994	$2,202
1980	$5,743	$3,029
1981	$6,029	$3,050
1982	$6,559	$2,717
1983	$7,081	$2,938
1984	$8,202	$2,504
1985	$9,167	$1,839
1986	$9,601	$2,027
1987	$10,361	$2,586
1988	$10,576	$2,702
1989	$11,291	$2,727
1990	$11,473	$3,093
1991	$11,082	$3,243
1992	$10,873	$3,462
1993	$10,613	$3,400
1994	$10,991	$3,489
1995	$11,375	$3,856
1996	$11,784	$3,618
1997	$20,368	$3,700
1998	$21,667	$3,310
1999	$24,041	$3,242
2000	$24,940	$3,218
2001	$25,372	$2,847
2002	$26,782	$2,688
2003	$26,429	$4,062
2004	$26,650	$5,221
2005	$28,602	$5,837
2006	$29,185	$6,077
2007	$30,052	$6,592
2008	$29,392	$6,185
2009	$27,513	$6,375
2010	$27,473	$7,973
2011	$27,091	$8,646
2012	$28,552	$8,077
2013	$27,643	$7,332
2014	$29,137	$6,857
2015	$30,719	$6,112
2016	$30,617	$5,651
2017	$31,875	$6,618
2018	$32,642	$6,914
2019	$33,640	$6,534
2020	$26,179	$5,581
2021	$30,368	$6,843
2022	$34,957	$6,523
2023	$38,232	$6,023
2024	$39,455	$6,253

Bahamas vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bahamas

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bahamas	South Africa
1950	58.9	43.1
1951	59.2	44.1
1952	59.6	45
1953	60	46.1
1954	60.3	47.1
1955	60.7	48.2
1956	61	49.2
1957	61.4	50.2
1958	61.7	51.1
1959	62.1	51.9
1960	62.5	52.6
1961	62.8	53.1
1962	63.2	53.6
1963	63.5	53.9
1964	63.9	54.2
1965	64.3	54.4
1966	64.6	54.7
1967	65	55
1968	65.4	55.2
1969	65.8	55.4
1970	66.2	55.7
1971	66.5	56
1972	66.8	56.4
1973	67.1	56.7
1974	67.6	57.1
1975	68.1	57.6
1976	68.5	58
1977	68.8	58.5
1978	68.9	59
1979	69	59.5
1980	69.1	60
1981	69.4	60.4
1982	69.7	60.9
1983	70	61.4
1984	70.2	61.8
1985	70.3	62.2
1986	70.3	62.4
1987	70.4	62.7
1988	70.5	62.9
1989	70.7	63
1990	70.9	62.9
1991	71.2	63
1992	71.3	62.8
1993	71.4	62.6
1994	71.4	62.1
1995	71.4	61.6
1996	71.5	61.1
1997	71.6	60.5
1998	71.8	59.9
1999	72.1	59.2
2000	72.5	58.4
2001	72.8	57.2
2002	73	55.6
2003	73.2	54.2
2004	73.2	54
2005	73.4	53.9
2006	73.5	54.2
2007	73.5	54.9
2008	73.4	56
2009	73.5	57.4
2010	73.4	58.9
2011	73.6	60.6
2012	73.7	61.7
2013	73.9	62.4
2014	74	63.2
2015	73.8	64.1
2016	74	64.7
2017	74	65.4
2018	74.1	65.7
2019	71.4	66.1
2020	73	65.2
2021	70.8	62
2022	74.5	65.5
2023	74.6	66.1
2024	74.7	66.3
2025	74.9	66.5

Bahamas and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Bahamas

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Bahamas	South Africa
1960	116,317	16,440,172
1961	122,197	16,908,035
1962	128,493	17,418,522
1963	135,087	17,954,564
1964	141,528	18,511,361
1965	147,952	19,089,380
1966	154,874	19,690,087
1967	162,267	20,314,066
1968	170,089	20,957,287
1969	177,981	21,614,676
1970	184,982	22,279,984
1971	190,857	22,942,143
1972	196,055	23,609,456
1973	200,791	24,294,263
1974	205,342	24,989,108
1975	209,886	25,690,940
1976	214,501	26,395,450
1977	219,157	27,118,952
1978	223,761	27,869,507
1979	228,230	28,634,162
1980	232,526	29,518,857
1981	236,614	30,541,044
1982	240,614	31,615,339
1983	244,698	32,739,304
1984	248,863	33,892,788
1985	253,154	35,042,093
1986	257,536	36,180,515
1987	261,935	37,326,190
1988	266,448	38,480,649
1989	271,178	39,628,575
1990	275,945	40,746,268
1991	280,731	41,687,898
1992	285,927	42,443,509
1993	291,339	43,297,156
1994	296,509	44,004,139
1995	301,461	44,541,554
1996	306,268	45,123,018
1997	310,904	45,666,838
1998	315,368	46,223,880
1999	319,614	46,730,335
2000	323,835	47,159,719
2001	327,836	47,566,800
2002	331,614	48,019,415
2003	335,618	48,500,348
2004	339,782	48,991,421
2005	343,894	49,490,033
2006	348,375	49,998,277
2007	353,334	50,528,584
2008	358,120	51,114,599
2009	362,810	51,728,516
2010	367,478	52,344,051
2011	371,729	52,995,205
2012	375,469	53,782,567
2013	378,953	54,678,791
2014	382,298	55,594,838
2015	385,346	56,723,537
2016	388,055	57,259,551
2017	390,485	57,635,162
2018	392,717	58,613,001
2019	394,675	59,587,885
2020	395,863	60,562,381
2021	396,373	61,502,603
2022	397,538	62,378,410
2023	399,440	63,212,384
2024	401,283	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Bahamas and South Africa

Fertility rate

Bahamas

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	South Africa
1960	5.09	6.11
1961	5.16	6.08
1962	5.13	6.05
1963	5.06	6.01
1964	4.97	5.96
1965	4.88	5.89
1966	4.79	5.91
1967	4.69	5.85
1968	4.56	5.78
1969	4.38	5.72
1970	4.21	5.63
1971	4.06	5.57
1972	3.89	5.49
1973	3.73	5.41
1974	3.57	5.3
1975	3.42	5.19
1976	3.3	5.07
1977	3.17	4.94
1978	3.05	4.85
1979	2.94	4.82
1980	2.84	4.78
1981	2.77	4.71
1982	2.71	4.7
1983	2.65	4.63
1984	2.59	4.57
1985	2.55	4.5
1986	2.53	4.41
1987	2.52	4.35
1988	2.52	4.18
1989	2.52	3.98
1990	2.52	3.72
1991	2.51	3.62
1992	2.71	3.48
1993	2.61	3.37
1994	2.47	3.26
1995	2.42	3.17
1996	2.35	2.99
1997	2.29	2.73
1998	2.23	2.63
1999	2.13	2.56
2000	2.06	2.41
2001	2.02	2.37
2002	1.98	2.32
2003	1.97	2.36
2004	1.98	2.44
2005	2.01	2.51
2006	2.02	2.55
2007	2.04	2.55
2008	2	2.68
2009	2.01	2.5
2010	1.84	2.44
2011	1.79	2.44
2012	1.76	2.45
2013	1.74	2.43
2014	1.69	2.42
2015	1.57	2.36
2016	1.5	2.26
2017	1.42	2.28
2018	1.4	2.27
2019	1.4	2.26
2020	1.39	2.26
2021	1.38	2.25
2022	1.38	2.23
2023	1.37	2.22

Bahamas and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Bahamas

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bahamas	South Africa
1960	19.5	19
1961	19.6	19
1962	19.6	18.9
1963	19.7	18.9
1964	19.8	18.9
1965	19.9	18.8
1966	20.1	18.8
1967	20.2	18.8
1968	20.3	18.8
1969	20.5	18.8
1970	20.6	18.8
1971	20.6	18.8
1972	20.7	18.8
1973	20.7	18.8
1974	20.8	18.9
1975	20.9	18.9
1976	21.1	19
1977	21.3	19.1
1978	21.6	19.2
1979	21.8	19.3
1980	22.1	19.4
1981	22.4	19.6
1982	22.7	19.8
1983	23	20
1984	23.4	20.2
1985	23.7	20.4
1986	24	20.5
1987	24.3	20.7
1988	24.7	20.9
1989	25	21.1
1990	25.4	21.3
1991	25.7	21.5
1992	26	21.5
1993	26.3	21.9
1994	26.6	22
1995	26.9	21.5
1996	27.2	21.2
1997	27.5	21.2
1998	27.9	21.4
1999	28.2	21.6
2000	28.5	21.9
2001	28.9	22.2
2002	29.3	22.4
2003	29.6	22.8
2004	30	23.1
2005	30.3	23.3
2006	30.6	23.5
2007	30.8	23.8
2008	31	24
2009	31.3	24.3
2010	31.5	24.6
2011	31.8	25
2012	32.1	25.3
2013	32.4	25.7
2014	32.6	26
2015	33	26.4
2016	33.3	26.7
2017	33.6	27
2018	33.9	27.5
2019	34.3	27.9
2020	34.6	28.3
2021	34.9	28.6
2022	35.2	28.9
2023	35.6	29.2
2024	36	29.5

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