Bhutan vs South Africa statistics compared

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 132nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 169/197 ($3.02B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Bhutan and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Bhutan

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Bhutan	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	$61,812,113	$21,218,391,513
1971	$66,289,450	$23,411,076,638
1972	$70,139,867	$24,515,919,217
1973	$78,900,289	$33,262,772,008
1974	$92,901,784	$41,389,186,095
1975	$86,820,762	$42,906,905,672
1976	$88,461,263	$41,150,460,288
1977	$97,884,434	$45,328,411,332
1978	$94,086,228	$51,607,412,902
1979	$105,377,995	$63,038,658,089
1980	$128,669,201	$89,411,864,402
1981	$139,174,178	$93,141,472,164
1982	$141,439,317	$85,904,057,409
1983	$156,704,290	$96,204,110,942
1984	$160,423,494	$84,870,163,366
1985	$163,288,815	$64,459,376,087
1986	$191,218,115	$73,354,771,399
1987	$242,742,766	$96,535,763,418
1988	$272,298,067	$103,976,831,871
1989	$264,798,626	$108,055,624,082
1990	$287,765,007	$126,048,140,142
1991	$240,294,286	$135,203,698,238
1992	$240,233,531	$146,956,150,987
1993	$225,973,693	$147,194,747,566
1994	$258,954,708	$153,512,712,382
1995	$290,490,984	$171,735,933,897
1996	$303,408,346	$163,234,925,381
1997	$352,229,077	$168,978,057,328
1998	$363,458,381	$152,982,984,557
1999	$399,311,200	$151,516,957,079
2000	$460,733,418	$151,752,757,215
2001	$496,110,226	$135,429,905,923
2002	$559,345,264	$129,087,556,612
2003	$651,935,430	$197,018,965,309
2004	$735,348,490	$255,806,908,595
2005	$860,391,000	$288,867,217,197
2006	$942,879,879	$303,858,675,364
2007	$1,255,767,964	$333,077,117,254
2008	$1,317,517,835	$316,131,258,616
2009	$1,331,343,798	$329,754,060,647
2010	$1,708,880,730	$417,363,822,802
2011	$1,977,728,659	$458,199,494,831
2012	$1,973,387,228	$434,400,545,086
2013	$1,943,696,952	$400,886,013,596
2014	$2,089,079,571	$381,198,869,776
2015	$2,187,815,803	$346,709,790,459
2016	$2,357,504,761	$323,585,509,674
2017	$2,591,358,009	$381,448,814,653
2018	$2,583,335,722	$405,260,723,893
2019	$2,735,683,570	$389,330,032,224
2020	$2,457,604,334	$337,974,655,408
2021	$2,768,802,960	$420,886,877,629
2022	$2,898,227,744	$406,920,004,594
2023	$3,019,253,885	$380,699,271,816
2024	-	$400,260,724,226

Bhutan and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Bhutan

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bhutan	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	$200.3	$952
1971	$207.7	$1,020
1972	$212.4	$1,038
1973	$230.9	$1,369
1974	$262.8	$1,656
1975	$237.4	$1,670
1976	$233.7	$1,559
1977	$249.9	$1,671
1978	$232.2	$1,852
1979	$251.4	$2,202
1980	$296.9	$3,029
1981	$311	$3,050
1982	$306	$2,717
1983	$328	$2,938
1984	$326	$2,504
1985	$321	$1,839
1986	$365	$2,027
1987	$449	$2,586
1988	$489	$2,702
1989	$462	$2,727
1990	$488	$3,093
1991	$401	$3,243
1992	$416	$3,462
1993	$407	$3,400
1994	$467	$3,489
1995	$530	$3,856
1996	$553	$3,618
1997	$630	$3,700
1998	$638	$3,310
1999	$685	$3,242
2000	$772	$3,218
2001	$812	$2,847
2002	$896	$2,688
2003	$1,022	$4,062
2004	$1,130	$5,221
2005	$1,300	$5,837
2006	$1,406	$6,077
2007	$1,850	$6,592
2008	$1,920	$6,185
2009	$1,918	$6,375
2010	$2,436	$7,973
2011	$2,788	$8,646
2012	$2,751	$8,077
2013	$2,680	$7,332
2014	$2,849	$6,857
2015	$2,954	$6,112
2016	$3,152	$5,651
2017	$3,435	$6,618
2018	$3,400	$6,914
2019	$3,577	$6,534
2020	$3,192	$5,581
2021	$3,571	$6,843
2022	$3,711	$6,523
2023	$3,839	$6,023
2024	-	$6,253

Bhutan vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bhutan

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bhutan	South Africa
1950	35.3	43.1
1951	35.3	44.1
1952	35.4	45
1953	35.4	46.1
1954	35.4	47.1
1955	35.5	48.2
1956	35.6	49.2
1957	35.7	50.2
1958	35.9	51.1
1959	36.1	51.9
1960	36.4	52.6
1961	36.7	53.1
1962	37	53.6
1963	37.4	53.9
1964	37.8	54.2
1965	38.3	54.4
1966	38.8	54.7
1967	39.4	55
1968	40	55.2
1969	40.6	55.4
1970	41.2	55.7
1971	41.8	56
1972	42.5	56.4
1973	43.1	56.7
1974	43.8	57.1
1975	44.5	57.6
1976	45.2	58
1977	46	58.5
1978	46.7	59
1979	47.4	59.5
1980	48.2	60
1981	49	60.4
1982	49.8	60.9
1983	50.6	61.4
1984	51.3	61.8
1985	52	62.2
1986	52.8	62.4
1987	53.6	62.7
1988	54.4	62.9
1989	55.1	63
1990	55.8	62.9
1991	56.5	63
1992	57.2	62.8
1993	57.9	62.6
1994	58.4	62.1
1995	59.3	61.6
1996	60	61.1
1997	60.6	60.5
1998	61.3	59.9
1999	62	59.2
2000	61.8	58.4
2001	63.3	57.2
2002	64	55.6
2003	64.7	54.2
2004	65.3	54
2005	65.9	53.9
2006	66.5	54.2
2007	67.2	54.9
2008	67.7	56
2009	68.2	57.4
2010	68.8	58.9
2011	69.3	60.6
2012	69.8	61.7
2013	70.2	62.4
2014	70.5	63.2
2015	70.8	64.1
2016	71.1	64.7
2017	71.4	65.4
2018	71.7	65.7
2019	72	66.1
2020	72.3	65.2
2021	72.4	62
2022	72.8	65.5
2023	73	66.1
2024	73.3	66.3
2025	73.5	66.5

Bhutan and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Bhutan

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Bhutan	South Africa
1960	224,084	16,440,172
1961	230,602	16,908,035
1962	237,636	17,418,522
1963	245,156	17,954,564
1964	252,987	18,511,361
1965	261,200	19,089,380
1966	269,820	19,690,087
1967	278,852	20,314,066
1968	288,311	20,957,287
1969	298,214	21,614,676
1970	308,528	22,279,984
1971	319,211	22,942,143
1972	330,264	23,609,456
1973	341,705	24,294,263
1974	353,538	24,989,108
1975	365,791	25,690,940
1976	378,490	26,395,450
1977	391,639	27,118,952
1978	405,243	27,869,507
1979	419,200	28,634,162
1980	433,404	29,518,857
1981	447,836	30,541,044
1982	462,485	31,615,339
1983	477,460	32,739,304
1984	492,784	33,892,788
1985	508,392	35,042,093
1986	524,324	36,180,515
1987	540,557	37,326,190
1988	556,986	38,480,649
1989	573,586	39,628,575
1990	589,287	40,746,268
1991	599,784	41,687,898
1992	577,774	42,443,509
1993	554,673	43,297,156
1994	554,497	44,004,139
1995	547,989	44,541,554
1996	548,784	45,123,018
1997	558,697	45,666,838
1998	569,435	46,223,880
1999	582,579	46,730,335
2000	596,863	47,159,719
2001	610,794	47,566,800
2002	624,409	48,019,415
2003	637,663	48,500,348
2004	650,544	48,991,421
2005	661,865	49,490,033
2006	670,799	49,998,277
2007	678,641	50,528,584
2008	686,351	51,114,599
2009	693,988	51,728,516
2010	701,632	52,344,051
2011	709,377	52,995,205
2012	717,279	53,782,567
2013	725,273	54,678,791
2014	733,139	55,594,838
2015	740,618	56,723,537
2016	747,866	57,259,551
2017	754,335	57,635,162
2018	759,759	58,613,001
2019	764,824	59,587,885
2020	770,006	60,562,381
2021	775,442	61,502,603
2022	780,914	62,378,410
2023	786,385	63,212,384
2024	791,524	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Bhutan and South Africa

Fertility rate

Bhutan

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	South Africa
1960	6.7	6.11
1961	6.7	6.08
1962	6.69	6.05
1963	6.69	6.01
1964	6.68	5.96
1965	6.68	5.89
1966	6.67	5.91
1967	6.67	5.85
1968	6.66	5.78
1969	6.66	5.72
1970	6.65	5.63
1971	6.64	5.57
1972	6.64	5.49
1973	6.63	5.41
1974	6.62	5.3
1975	6.62	5.19
1976	6.62	5.07
1977	6.61	4.94
1978	6.58	4.85
1979	6.55	4.82
1980	6.51	4.78
1981	6.46	4.71
1982	6.4	4.7
1983	6.34	4.63
1984	6.26	4.57
1985	6.18	4.5
1986	6.1	4.41
1987	6	4.35
1988	5.88	4.18
1989	5.76	3.98
1990	5.6	3.72
1991	5.45	3.62
1992	5.27	3.48
1993	5.07	3.37
1994	4.87	3.26
1995	4.62	3.17
1996	4.37	2.99
1997	4.09	2.73
1998	3.85	2.63
1999	3.61	2.56
2000	3.38	2.41
2001	3.19	2.37
2002	3.01	2.32
2003	2.87	2.36
2004	2.78	2.44
2005	2.73	2.51
2006	2.66	2.55
2007	2.59	2.55
2008	2.48	2.68
2009	2.36	2.5
2010	2.25	2.44
2011	2.15	2.44
2012	2.07	2.45
2013	2	2.43
2014	1.92	2.42
2015	1.84	2.36
2016	1.74	2.26
2017	1.62	2.28
2018	1.52	2.27
2019	1.45	2.26
2020	1.5	2.26
2021	1.49	2.25
2022	1.48	2.23
2023	1.46	2.22

Bhutan and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Bhutan

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bhutan	South Africa
1960	18.8	19
1961	18.9	19
1962	18.9	18.9
1963	19	18.9
1964	19.1	18.9
1965	19.1	18.8
1966	19.2	18.8
1967	19.3	18.8
1968	19.3	18.8
1969	19.3	18.8
1970	19.3	18.8
1971	19.3	18.8
1972	19.3	18.8
1973	19.2	18.8
1974	19.2	18.9
1975	19.1	18.9
1976	19.1	19
1977	19	19.1
1978	19	19.2
1979	18.9	19.3
1980	18.9	19.4
1981	18.8	19.6
1982	18.7	19.8
1983	18.7	20
1984	18.6	20.2
1985	18.6	20.4
1986	18.5	20.5
1987	18.5	20.7
1988	18.5	20.9
1989	18.5	21.1
1990	18.6	21.3
1991	18.6	21.5
1992	18.6	21.5
1993	18.7	21.9
1994	18.8	22
1995	18.9	21.5
1996	19.1	21.2
1997	19.3	21.2
1998	19.5	21.4
1999	19.8	21.6
2000	20	21.9
2001	20.4	22.2
2002	20.8	22.4
2003	21.3	22.8
2004	21.8	23.1
2005	22.2	23.3
2006	22.6	23.5
2007	22.9	23.8
2008	23.3	24
2009	23.7	24.3
2010	24	24.6
2011	24.4	25
2012	24.7	25.3
2013	25.1	25.7
2014	25.6	26
2015	26	26.4
2016	26.4	26.7
2017	26.9	27
2018	27.5	27.5
2019	28	27.9
2020	28.6	28.3
2021	29.2	28.6
2022	29.8	28.9
2023	30.4	29.2
2024	30.9	29.5

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