Belgium vs South Africa statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 136th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Belgium and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Belgium and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Belgium

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	South Africa
1960	$11,810,619,368	$8,748,596,501
1961	$12,561,701,694	$9,225,996,310
1962	$13,436,827,167	$9,813,996,074
1963	$14,445,805,381	$10,854,195,658
1964	$16,168,044,450	$11,955,995,218
1965	$17,597,783,297	$13,068,994,772
1966	$18,894,891,312	$14,211,394,315
1967	$20,252,508,995	$15,821,393,671
1968	$21,654,856,965	$17,124,793,150
1969	$24,019,653,475	$19,256,992,297
1970	$26,706,196,047	$21,218,391,513
1971	$29,821,661,870	$23,411,076,638
1972	$37,209,418,019	$24,515,919,217
1973	$47,743,801,490	$33,262,772,008
1974	$56,033,077,879	$41,389,186,095
1975	$65,678,189,097	$42,906,905,672
1976	$71,113,882,968	$41,150,460,288
1977	$82,839,905,459	$45,328,411,332
1978	$101,246,526,194	$51,607,412,902
1979	$116,315,456,797	$63,038,658,089
1980	$126,829,314,388	$89,411,864,402
1981	$104,730,018,470	$93,141,472,164
1982	$92,095,926,188	$85,904,057,409
1983	$87,184,239,053	$96,204,110,942
1984	$83,349,530,159	$84,870,163,366
1985	$86,268,264,148	$64,459,376,087
1986	$120,018,787,249	$73,354,771,399
1987	$149,394,404,106	$96,535,763,418
1988	$162,299,103,675	$103,976,831,871
1989	$164,221,056,511	$108,055,624,082
1990	$205,331,747,948	$126,048,140,142
1991	$210,510,999,409	$135,203,698,238
1992	$234,781,652,447	$146,956,150,987
1993	$224,721,795,709	$147,194,747,566
1994	$244,884,129,491	$153,512,712,382
1995	$288,025,588,396	$171,735,933,897
1996	$279,201,433,225	$163,234,925,381
1997	$252,708,051,421	$168,978,057,328
1998	$258,528,339,631	$152,982,984,557
1999	$258,245,733,221	$151,516,957,079
2000	$236,792,460,312	$151,752,757,215
2001	$236,746,141,604	$135,429,905,923
2002	$258,383,599,375	$129,087,556,612
2003	$318,082,528,507	$197,018,965,309
2004	$369,214,712,443	$255,806,908,595
2005	$385,714,762,230	$288,867,217,197
2006	$408,259,840,869	$303,858,675,364
2007	$470,922,156,309	$333,077,117,254
2008	$517,328,087,920	$316,131,258,616
2009	$485,014,525,992	$329,754,060,647
2010	$481,556,503,720	$417,363,822,802
2011	$527,196,649,049	$458,199,494,831
2012	$498,414,364,945	$434,400,545,086
2013	$524,097,026,599	$400,886,013,596
2014	$537,987,419,164	$381,198,869,776
2015	$461,044,767,545	$346,709,790,459
2016	$474,271,566,740	$323,585,509,674
2017	$500,908,767,352	$381,448,814,653
2018	$542,638,913,428	$405,260,723,893
2019	$536,726,344,405	$389,330,032,224
2020	$529,694,473,502	$337,974,655,408
2021	$598,522,422,242	$420,886,877,629
2022	$593,614,574,326	$406,920,004,594
2023	$644,655,275,112	$380,699,271,816
2024	$664,564,181,487	$400,260,724,226

Belgium and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	South Africa
1960	$1,290	$532
1961	$1,368	$546
1962	$1,457	$563
1963	$1,555	$605
1964	$1,724	$646
1965	$1,860	$685
1966	$1,983	$722
1967	$2,114	$779
1968	$2,251	$817
1969	$2,490	$891
1970	$2,766	$952
1971	$3,083	$1,020
1972	$3,832	$1,038
1973	$4,901	$1,369
1974	$5,734	$1,656
1975	$6,701	$1,670
1976	$7,243	$1,559
1977	$8,427	$1,671
1978	$10,290	$1,852
1979	$11,811	$2,202
1980	$12,864	$3,029
1981	$10,623	$3,050
1982	$9,344	$2,717
1983	$8,846	$2,938
1984	$8,457	$2,504
1985	$8,751	$1,839
1986	$12,170	$2,027
1987	$15,136	$2,586
1988	$16,391	$2,702
1989	$16,525	$2,727
1990	$20,600	$3,093
1991	$21,042	$3,243
1992	$23,373	$3,462
1993	$22,284	$3,400
1994	$24,209	$3,489
1995	$28,414	$3,856
1996	$27,490	$3,618
1997	$24,821	$3,700
1998	$25,338	$3,310
1999	$25,253	$3,242
2000	$23,099	$3,218
2001	$23,015	$2,847
2002	$25,006	$2,688
2003	$30,655	$4,062
2004	$35,429	$5,221
2005	$36,810	$5,837
2006	$38,705	$6,077
2007	$44,319	$6,592
2008	$48,303	$6,185
2009	$44,923	$6,375
2010	$44,197	$7,973
2011	$47,761	$8,646
2012	$44,874	$8,077
2013	$46,965	$7,332
2014	$47,996	$6,857
2015	$40,894	$6,112
2016	$41,855	$5,651
2017	$44,035	$6,618
2018	$47,487	$6,914
2019	$46,717	$6,534
2020	$45,906	$5,581
2021	$51,658	$6,843
2022	$50,822	$6,523
2023	$54,690	$6,023
2024	$55,955	$6,253

Belgium vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	South Africa
1950	66.3	43.1
1951	66.7	44.1
1952	68	45
1953	68.4	46.1
1954	68.6	47.1
1955	68.5	48.2
1956	68.8	49.2
1957	69.2	50.2
1958	69.9	51.1
1959	70.3	51.9
1960	69.6	52.6
1961	70.5	53.1
1962	70.2	53.6
1963	70	53.9
1964	70.7	54.2
1965	70.6	54.4
1966	70.6	54.7
1967	70.9	55
1968	70.6	55.2
1969	70.7	55.4
1970	70.9	55.7
1971	71.1	56
1972	71.4	56.4
1973	71.6	56.7
1974	72	57.1
1975	72	57.6
1976	72.1	58
1977	72.8	58.5
1978	72.7	59
1979	73.2	59.5
1980	73.2	60
1981	73.7	60.4
1982	73.9	60.9
1983	73.9	61.4
1984	74.4	61.8
1985	74.5	62.2
1986	74.7	62.4
1987	75.3	62.7
1988	75.6	62.9
1989	75.6	63
1990	76.1	62.9
1991	76.2	63
1992	76.4	62.8
1993	76.4	62.6
1994	76.7	62.1
1995	76.8	61.6
1996	77.2	61.1
1997	77.4	60.5
1998	77.5	59.9
1999	77.6	59.2
2000	77.8	58.4
2001	78.1	57.2
2002	78.2	55.6
2003	78.3	54.2
2004	79	54
2005	79.1	53.9
2006	79.4	54.2
2007	79.5	54.9
2008	79.6	56
2009	79.8	57.4
2010	80	58.9
2011	80.4	60.6
2012	80.3	61.7
2013	80.5	62.4
2014	81.1	63.2
2015	80.9	64.1
2016	81.3	64.7
2017	81.4	65.4
2018	81.5	65.7
2019	81.8	66.1
2020	80.8	65.2
2021	81.7	62
2022	81.2	65.5
2023	82.1	66.1
2024	82.3	66.3
2025	82.4	66.5

Belgium and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	South Africa
1960	9,153,489	16,440,172
1961	9,183,948	16,908,035
1962	9,220,578	17,418,522
1963	9,289,770	17,954,564
1964	9,378,113	18,511,361
1965	9,463,667	19,089,380
1966	9,527,807	19,690,087
1967	9,580,991	20,314,066
1968	9,618,756	20,957,287
1969	9,646,032	21,614,676
1970	9,655,549	22,279,984
1971	9,673,162	22,942,143
1972	9,711,115	23,609,456
1973	9,741,720	24,294,263
1974	9,772,419	24,989,108
1975	9,800,700	25,690,940
1976	9,818,227	26,395,450
1977	9,830,358	27,118,952
1978	9,839,534	27,869,507
1979	9,848,382	28,634,162
1980	9,859,242	29,518,857
1981	9,858,982	30,541,044
1982	9,856,303	31,615,339
1983	9,855,520	32,739,304
1984	9,855,372	33,892,788
1985	9,858,308	35,042,093
1986	9,861,823	36,180,515
1987	9,870,234	37,326,190
1988	9,901,664	38,480,649
1989	9,937,697	39,628,575
1990	9,967,379	40,746,268
1991	10,004,486	41,687,898
1992	10,045,158	42,443,509
1993	10,084,475	43,297,156
1994	10,115,603	44,004,139
1995	10,136,811	44,541,554
1996	10,156,637	45,123,018
1997	10,181,245	45,666,838
1998	10,203,008	46,223,880
1999	10,226,419	46,730,335
2000	10,251,250	47,159,719
2001	10,286,570	47,566,800
2002	10,332,785	48,019,415
2003	10,376,133	48,500,348
2004	10,421,137	48,991,421
2005	10,478,617	49,490,033
2006	10,547,958	49,998,277
2007	10,625,700	50,528,584
2008	10,709,973	51,114,599
2009	10,796,493	51,728,516
2010	10,895,586	52,344,051
2011	11,038,264	52,995,205
2012	11,106,932	53,782,567
2013	11,159,407	54,678,791
2014	11,209,057	55,594,838
2015	11,274,196	56,723,537
2016	11,331,422	57,259,551
2017	11,375,158	57,635,162
2018	11,427,054	58,613,001
2019	11,488,980	59,587,885
2020	11,538,604	60,562,381
2021	11,586,195	61,502,603
2022	11,680,210	62,378,410
2023	11,787,423	63,212,384
2024	11,876,844	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Belgium and South Africa

Fertility rate

Belgium

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	South Africa
1960	2.54	6.11
1961	2.63	6.08
1962	2.59	6.05
1963	2.68	6.01
1964	2.71	5.96
1965	2.61	5.89
1966	2.52	5.91
1967	2.41	5.85
1968	2.31	5.78
1969	2.27	5.72
1970	2.25	5.63
1971	2.21	5.57
1972	2.09	5.49
1973	1.95	5.41
1974	1.83	5.3
1975	1.74	5.19
1976	1.73	5.07
1977	1.71	4.94
1978	1.69	4.85
1979	1.69	4.82
1980	1.68	4.78
1981	1.66	4.71
1982	1.61	4.7
1983	1.57	4.63
1984	1.54	4.57
1985	1.51	4.5
1986	1.54	4.41
1987	1.54	4.35
1988	1.57	4.18
1989	1.58	3.98
1990	1.62	3.72
1991	1.66	3.62
1992	1.65	3.48
1993	1.61	3.37
1994	1.56	3.26
1995	1.56	3.17
1996	1.59	2.99
1997	1.6	2.73
1998	1.6	2.63
1999	1.62	2.56
2000	1.67	2.41
2001	1.67	2.37
2002	1.65	2.32
2003	1.67	2.36
2004	1.72	2.44
2005	1.76	2.51
2006	1.8	2.55
2007	1.82	2.55
2008	1.85	2.68
2009	1.84	2.5
2010	1.86	2.44
2011	1.81	2.44
2012	1.8	2.45
2013	1.76	2.43
2014	1.74	2.42
2015	1.7	2.36
2016	1.68	2.26
2017	1.65	2.28
2018	1.62	2.27
2019	1.6	2.26
2020	1.55	2.26
2021	1.6	2.25
2022	1.53	2.23
2023	1.47	2.22

Belgium and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	South Africa
1960	34.9	19
1961	34.9	19
1962	34.9	18.9
1963	34.9	18.9
1964	34.8	18.9
1965	34.8	18.8
1966	34.7	18.8
1967	34.7	18.8
1968	34.7	18.8
1969	34.6	18.8
1970	34.5	18.8
1971	34.4	18.8
1972	34.3	18.8
1973	34.3	18.8
1974	34.3	18.9
1975	34.2	18.9
1976	34.1	19
1977	34.1	19.1
1978	34.1	19.2
1979	34.1	19.3
1980	34.2	19.4
1981	34.3	19.6
1982	34.5	19.8
1983	34.8	20
1984	35	20.2
1985	35.2	20.4
1986	35.4	20.5
1987	35.6	20.7
1988	35.9	20.9
1989	36.1	21.1
1990	36.3	21.3
1991	36.5	21.5
1992	36.7	21.5
1993	37	21.9
1994	37.2	22
1995	37.5	21.5
1996	37.8	21.2
1997	38.1	21.2
1998	38.3	21.4
1999	38.6	21.6
2000	38.9	21.9
2001	39.2	22.2
2002	39.4	22.4
2003	39.7	22.8
2004	40	23.1
2005	40.2	23.3
2006	40.4	23.5
2007	40.6	23.8
2008	40.7	24
2009	40.8	24.3
2010	40.8	24.6
2011	40.9	25
2012	41.1	25.3
2013	41.2	25.7
2014	41.3	26
2015	41.4	26.4
2016	41.4	26.7
2017	41.6	27
2018	41.7	27.5
2019	41.8	27.9
2020	41.9	28.3
2021	42	28.6
2022	42.2	28.9
2023	42.4	29.2
2024	42.7	29.5

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