Bolivia vs South Africa statistics compared

Bolivia has a population of 12.4M (ranked 79/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Bolivia's land area is 418,264 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 27th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Bolivia ranks 94/197 ($49.7B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Bolivia ranks 129/197 ($4,001), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Bolivia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Bolivia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Bolivia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Bolivia	South Africa
1960	$373,250,000	$8,748,596,501
1961	$406,000,000	$9,225,996,310
1962	$443,916,667	$9,813,996,074
1963	$478,000,000	$10,854,195,658
1964	$538,583,333	$11,955,995,218
1965	$598,333,333	$13,068,994,772
1966	$662,500,000	$14,211,394,315
1967	$748,250,000	$15,821,393,671
1968	$849,333,333	$17,124,793,150
1969	$920,333,333	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,006,833,333	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,084,666,667	$23,411,076,638
1972	$1,286,153,846	$24,515,919,217
1973	$1,263,600,000	$33,262,772,008
1974	$2,101,300,000	$41,389,186,095
1975	$2,405,900,000	$42,906,905,672
1976	$2,733,350,000	$41,150,460,288
1977	$3,229,050,000	$45,328,411,332
1978	$3,760,100,000	$51,607,412,902
1979	$4,510,500,000	$63,038,658,089
1980	$4,450,360,000	$89,411,864,402
1981	$5,778,480,000	$93,141,472,164
1982	$5,600,390,625	$85,904,057,409
1983	$5,414,008,621	$96,204,110,942
1984	$6,169,304,528	$84,870,163,366
1985	$5,377,276,657	$64,459,376,087
1986	$3,959,383,520	$73,354,771,399
1987	$4,347,956,338	$96,535,763,418
1988	$4,597,611,710	$103,976,831,871
1989	$4,715,973,437	$108,055,624,082
1990	$4,867,582,598	$126,048,140,142
1991	$5,343,262,457	$135,203,698,238
1992	$5,643,868,749	$146,956,150,987
1993	$5,734,699,489	$147,194,747,566
1994	$5,981,222,859	$153,512,712,382
1995	$6,715,161,732	$171,735,933,897
1996	$7,396,949,126	$163,234,925,381
1997	$7,925,736,821	$168,978,057,328
1998	$8,497,494,652	$152,982,984,557
1999	$8,285,064,435	$151,516,957,079
2000	$8,397,855,485	$151,752,757,215
2001	$8,141,516,928	$135,429,905,923
2002	$7,905,485,146	$129,087,556,612
2003	$8,082,399,640	$197,018,965,309
2004	$8,773,451,752	$255,806,908,595
2005	$9,549,122,905	$288,867,217,197
2006	$11,451,844,902	$303,858,675,364
2007	$13,120,108,008	$333,077,117,254
2008	$16,674,276,286	$316,131,258,616
2009	$17,339,992,194	$329,754,060,647
2010	$19,649,723,722	$417,363,822,802
2011	$23,963,164,697	$458,199,494,831
2012	$27,084,497,482	$434,400,545,086
2013	$30,659,338,886	$400,886,013,596
2014	$32,996,188,017	$381,198,869,776
2015	$33,000,198,249	$346,709,790,459
2016	$33,941,126,194	$323,585,509,674
2017	$37,508,642,171	$381,448,814,653
2018	$40,287,647,931	$405,260,723,893
2019	$40,895,322,851	$389,330,032,224
2020	$36,629,843,806	$337,974,655,408
2021	$40,406,111,693	$420,886,877,629
2022	$44,008,282,880	$406,920,004,594
2023	$45,135,398,003	$380,699,271,816
2024	$49,668,296,744	$400,260,724,226

Bolivia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Bolivia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bolivia	South Africa
1960	$100.8	$532
1961	$107.4	$546
1962	$115.1	$563
1963	$121.4	$605
1964	$133.9	$646
1965	$145.6	$685
1966	$157.8	$722
1967	$174.3	$779
1968	$193.5	$817
1969	$205.1	$891
1970	$219.4	$952
1971	$231.1	$1,020
1972	$267.9	$1,038
1973	$257.3	$1,369
1974	$418	$1,656
1975	$468	$1,670
1976	$520	$1,559
1977	$600	$1,671
1978	$683	$1,852
1979	$801	$2,202
1980	$773	$3,029
1981	$981	$3,050
1982	$931	$2,717
1983	$880	$2,938
1984	$982	$2,504
1985	$838	$1,839
1986	$604	$2,027
1987	$650	$2,586
1988	$673	$2,702
1989	$675	$2,727
1990	$683	$3,093
1991	$734	$3,243
1992	$760	$3,462
1993	$757	$3,400
1994	$774	$3,489
1995	$853	$3,856
1996	$922	$3,618
1997	$970	$3,700
1998	$1,022	$3,310
1999	$979	$3,242
2000	$976	$3,218
2001	$930	$2,847
2002	$888	$2,688
2003	$893	$4,062
2004	$953	$5,221
2005	$1,020	$5,837
2006	$1,203	$6,077
2007	$1,355	$6,592
2008	$1,693	$6,185
2009	$1,731	$6,375
2010	$1,930	$7,973
2011	$2,316	$8,646
2012	$2,576	$8,077
2013	$2,870	$7,332
2014	$3,041	$6,857
2015	$2,996	$6,112
2016	$3,036	$5,651
2017	$3,306	$6,618
2018	$3,501	$6,914
2019	$3,504	$6,534
2020	$3,100	$5,581
2021	$3,385	$6,843
2022	$3,644	$6,523
2023	$3,686	$6,023
2024	$4,001	$6,253

Bolivia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bolivia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bolivia	South Africa
1950	40.7	43.1
1951	40.9	44.1
1952	41	45
1953	41.4	46.1
1954	41.7	47.1
1955	41.9	48.2
1956	42.2	49.2
1957	42.4	50.2
1958	42.7	51.1
1959	43	51.9
1960	43.3	52.6
1961	43.6	53.1
1962	44	53.6
1963	44.3	53.9
1964	44.7	54.2
1965	45.1	54.4
1966	45.5	54.7
1967	45.9	55
1968	46.3	55.2
1969	46.7	55.4
1970	47.1	55.7
1971	47.5	56
1972	47.8	56.4
1973	48.3	56.7
1974	48.8	57.1
1975	49.3	57.6
1976	50	58
1977	50.4	58.5
1978	50.8	59
1979	51.4	59.5
1980	51.8	60
1981	52.3	60.4
1982	52.5	60.9
1983	52.9	61.4
1984	53.4	61.8
1985	53.8	62.2
1986	54.2	62.4
1987	54.9	62.7
1988	55.5	62.9
1989	56.1	63
1990	56.8	62.9
1991	57.4	63
1992	57.9	62.8
1993	58.7	62.6
1994	59.3	62.1
1995	59.8	61.6
1996	60.3	61.1
1997	60.7	60.5
1998	61.2	59.9
1999	61.7	59.2
2000	62.1	58.4
2001	62.5	57.2
2002	63.1	55.6
2003	63.5	54.2
2004	63.8	54
2005	64.2	53.9
2006	64.5	54.2
2007	64.9	54.9
2008	65.3	56
2009	65.7	57.4
2010	66	58.9
2011	66.3	60.6
2012	66.6	61.7
2013	66.8	62.4
2014	67	63.2
2015	67.2	64.1
2016	67.4	64.7
2017	67.5	65.4
2018	67.7	65.7
2019	67.8	66.1
2020	62.9	65.2
2021	61.4	62
2022	67.4	65.5
2023	68.6	66.1
2024	68.7	66.3
2025	68.9	66.5

Bolivia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Bolivia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Bolivia	South Africa
1960	3,702,323	16,440,172
1961	3,778,731	16,908,035
1962	3,857,493	17,418,522
1963	3,938,913	17,954,564
1964	4,022,996	18,511,361
1965	4,109,796	19,089,380
1966	4,199,550	19,690,087
1967	4,292,572	20,314,066
1968	4,388,944	20,957,287
1969	4,488,232	21,614,676
1970	4,590,010	22,279,984
1971	4,694,342	22,942,143
1972	4,800,978	23,609,456
1973	4,910,200	24,294,263
1974	5,022,475	24,989,108
1975	5,137,539	25,690,940
1976	5,256,496	26,395,450
1977	5,379,166	27,118,952
1978	5,504,123	27,869,507
1979	5,630,849	28,634,162
1980	5,758,900	29,518,857
1981	5,888,109	30,541,044
1982	6,018,088	31,615,339
1983	6,149,060	32,739,304
1984	6,281,868	33,892,788
1985	6,416,185	35,042,093
1986	6,552,479	36,180,515
1987	6,692,162	37,326,190
1988	6,835,508	38,480,649
1989	6,981,766	39,628,575
1990	7,130,142	40,746,268
1991	7,280,289	41,687,898
1992	7,430,336	42,443,509
1993	7,579,195	43,297,156
1994	7,727,322	44,004,139
1995	7,874,676	44,541,554
1996	8,021,736	45,123,018
1997	8,167,900	45,666,838
1998	8,313,394	46,223,880
1999	8,459,806	46,730,335
2000	8,606,326	47,159,719
2001	8,752,736	47,566,800
2002	8,900,355	48,019,415
2003	9,050,700	48,500,348
2004	9,204,287	48,991,421
2005	9,360,754	49,490,033
2006	9,521,689	49,998,277
2007	9,685,960	50,528,584
2008	9,850,858	51,114,599
2009	10,016,275	51,728,516
2010	10,182,345	52,344,051
2011	10,348,929	52,995,205
2012	10,515,807	53,782,567
2013	10,682,608	54,678,791
2014	10,848,888	55,594,838
2015	11,014,705	56,723,537
2016	11,180,020	57,259,551
2017	11,344,587	57,635,162
2018	11,508,368	58,613,001
2019	11,671,386	59,587,885
2020	11,816,299	60,562,381
2021	11,937,360	61,502,603
2022	12,077,154	62,378,410
2023	12,244,159	63,212,384
2024	12,413,315	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Bolivia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Bolivia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bolivia	South Africa
1960	6.27	6.11
1961	6.26	6.08
1962	6.25	6.05
1963	6.23	6.01
1964	6.21	5.96
1965	6.18	5.89
1966	6.16	5.91
1967	6.13	5.85
1968	6.1	5.78
1969	6.06	5.72
1970	6	5.63
1971	5.95	5.57
1972	5.89	5.49
1973	5.85	5.41
1974	5.8	5.3
1975	5.75	5.19
1976	5.74	5.07
1977	5.67	4.94
1978	5.61	4.85
1979	5.54	4.82
1980	5.47	4.78
1981	5.41	4.71
1982	5.35	4.7
1983	5.29	4.63
1984	5.24	4.57
1985	5.15	4.5
1986	5.12	4.41
1987	5.06	4.35
1988	5.03	4.18
1989	4.97	3.98
1990	4.9	3.72
1991	4.85	3.62
1992	4.71	3.48
1993	4.59	3.37
1994	4.49	3.26
1995	4.41	3.17
1996	4.34	2.99
1997	4.22	2.73
1998	4.15	2.63
1999	4.09	2.56
2000	3.99	2.41
2001	3.89	2.37
2002	3.8	2.32
2003	3.72	2.36
2004	3.63	2.44
2005	3.56	2.51
2006	3.53	2.55
2007	3.45	2.55
2008	3.36	2.68
2009	3.29	2.5
2010	3.21	2.44
2011	3.14	2.44
2012	3.08	2.45
2013	3.01	2.43
2014	2.95	2.42
2015	2.89	2.36
2016	2.83	2.26
2017	2.78	2.28
2018	2.73	2.27
2019	2.69	2.26
2020	2.65	2.26
2021	2.62	2.25
2022	2.58	2.23
2023	2.55	2.22

Bolivia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Bolivia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bolivia	South Africa
1960	19.6	19
1961	19.6	19
1962	19.6	18.9
1963	19.5	18.9
1964	19.5	18.9
1965	19.5	18.8
1966	19.5	18.8
1967	19.5	18.8
1968	19.5	18.8
1969	19.5	18.8
1970	19.4	18.8
1971	19.4	18.8
1972	19.4	18.8
1973	19.3	18.8
1974	19.3	18.9
1975	19.3	18.9
1976	19.3	19
1977	19.3	19.1
1978	19.3	19.2
1979	19.3	19.3
1980	19.3	19.4
1981	19.3	19.6
1982	19.4	19.8
1983	19.4	20
1984	19.4	20.2
1985	19.4	20.4
1986	19.5	20.5
1987	19.5	20.7
1988	19.6	20.9
1989	19.6	21.1
1990	19.6	21.3
1991	19.7	21.5
1992	19.8	21.5
1993	19.8	21.9
1994	20	22
1995	20.1	21.5
1996	20.3	21.2
1997	20.4	21.2
1998	20.6	21.4
1999	20.8	21.6
2000	20.9	21.9
2001	21.1	22.2
2002	21.3	22.4
2003	21.4	22.8
2004	21.6	23.1
2005	21.7	23.3
2006	21.9	23.5
2007	22.1	23.8
2008	22.2	24
2009	22.4	24.3
2010	22.6	24.6
2011	22.9	25
2012	23.1	25.3
2013	23.3	25.7
2014	23.5	26
2015	23.8	26.4
2016	24	26.7
2017	24.3	27
2018	24.5	27.5
2019	24.8	27.9
2020	25	28.3
2021	25.2	28.6
2022	25.4	28.9
2023	25.7	29.2
2024	26	29.5

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