Brazil vs South Africa statistics compared

Brazil has a population of 212M (ranked 7/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Brazil's land area is 3,227,096 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 5th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Brazil ranks 10/197 ($2.18T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Brazil ranks 85/197 ($10,280), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Brazil and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Brazil and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Brazil

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Brazil	South Africa
1960	$17,030,465,539	$8,748,596,501
1961	$17,275,940,449	$9,225,996,310
1962	$19,231,747,852	$9,813,996,074
1963	$23,287,712,878	$10,854,195,658
1964	$20,963,733,695	$11,955,995,218
1965	$22,465,522,884	$13,068,994,772
1966	$28,283,323,733	$14,211,394,315
1967	$31,086,389,195	$15,821,393,671
1968	$33,930,457,425	$17,124,793,150
1969	$37,171,640,819	$19,256,992,297
1970	$42,327,664,794	$21,218,391,513
1971	$48,869,830,902	$23,411,076,638
1972	$58,434,858,375	$24,515,919,217
1973	$83,592,275,863	$33,262,772,008
1974	$109,794,519,728	$41,389,186,095
1975	$129,203,555,239	$42,906,905,672
1976	$153,168,949,208	$41,150,460,288
1977	$176,344,101,402	$45,328,411,332
1978	$200,278,646,124	$51,607,412,902
1979	$221,338,204,480	$63,038,658,089
1980	$237,393,489,893	$89,411,864,402
1981	$258,015,174,749	$93,141,472,164
1982	$271,314,113,768	$85,904,057,409
1983	$189,656,506,321	$96,204,110,942
1984	$188,339,974,087	$84,870,163,366
1985	$210,879,844,639	$64,459,376,087
1986	$256,480,852,471	$73,354,771,399
1987	$283,056,836,894	$96,535,763,418
1988	$307,881,930,752	$103,976,831,871
1989	$412,990,820,287	$108,055,624,082
1990	$384,959,818,182	$126,048,140,142
1991	$342,534,090,909	$135,203,698,238
1992	$328,191,909,882	$146,956,150,987
1993	$368,292,034,381	$147,194,747,566
1994	$525,369,467,296	$153,512,712,382
1995	$769,333,050,987	$171,735,933,897
1996	$850,426,432,992	$163,234,925,381
1997	$883,206,179,730	$168,978,057,328
1998	$863,710,759,256	$152,982,984,557
1999	$599,642,024,320	$151,516,957,079
2000	$655,448,231,984	$151,752,757,215
2001	$559,983,634,799	$135,429,905,923
2002	$509,795,273,807	$129,087,556,612
2003	$558,233,745,652	$197,018,965,309
2004	$669,289,424,806	$255,806,908,595
2005	$891,633,839,894	$288,867,217,197
2006	$1,107,626,541,435	$303,858,675,364
2007	$1,397,114,486,369	$333,077,117,254
2008	$1,695,855,083,498	$316,131,258,616
2009	$1,666,996,438,581	$329,754,060,647
2010	$2,208,837,745,101	$417,363,822,802
2011	$2,616,156,223,918	$458,199,494,831
2012	$2,465,227,802,807	$434,400,545,086
2013	$2,472,819,535,557	$400,886,013,596
2014	$2,456,043,727,199	$381,198,869,776
2015	$1,802,212,206,815	$346,709,790,459
2016	$1,795,693,482,853	$323,585,509,674
2017	$2,063,514,977,366	$381,448,814,653
2018	$1,916,933,898,011	$405,260,723,893
2019	$1,873,288,205,060	$389,330,032,224
2020	$1,476,107,231,310	$337,974,655,408
2021	$1,670,647,398,905	$420,886,877,629
2022	$1,951,923,942,083	$406,920,004,594
2023	$2,191,131,765,685	$380,699,271,816
2024	$2,179,412,080,829	$400,260,724,226

Brazil and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Brazil

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Brazil	South Africa
1960	$235.3	$532
1961	$231.6	$546
1962	$250.2	$563
1963	$294.2	$605
1964	$257.3	$646
1965	$268	$685
1966	$328	$722
1967	$351	$779
1968	$374	$817
1969	$399	$891
1970	$444	$952
1971	$500	$1,020
1972	$583	$1,038
1973	$815	$1,369
1974	$1,045	$1,656
1975	$1,201	$1,670
1976	$1,390	$1,559
1977	$1,562	$1,671
1978	$1,733	$1,852
1979	$1,870	$2,202
1980	$1,959	$3,029
1981	$2,080	$3,050
1982	$2,138	$2,717
1983	$1,461	$2,938
1984	$1,420	$2,504
1985	$1,556	$1,839
1986	$1,854	$2,027
1987	$2,006	$2,586
1988	$2,141	$2,702
1989	$2,819	$2,727
1990	$2,581	$3,093
1991	$2,258	$3,243
1992	$2,127	$3,462
1993	$2,349	$3,400
1994	$3,299	$3,489
1995	$4,757	$3,856
1996	$5,179	$3,618
1997	$5,299	$3,700
1998	$5,106	$3,310
1999	$3,494	$3,242
2000	$3,767	$3,218
2001	$3,176	$2,847
2002	$2,856	$2,688
2003	$3,091	$4,062
2004	$3,664	$5,221
2005	$4,828	$5,837
2006	$5,934	$6,077
2007	$7,410	$6,592
2008	$8,908	$6,185
2009	$8,679	$6,375
2010	$11,403	$7,973
2011	$13,397	$8,646
2012	$12,522	$8,077
2013	$12,459	$7,332
2014	$12,275	$6,857
2015	$8,936	$6,112
2016	$8,836	$5,651
2017	$10,081	$6,618
2018	$9,301	$6,914
2019	$9,030	$6,534
2020	$7,074	$5,581
2021	$7,973	$6,843
2022	$9,281	$6,523
2023	$10,378	$6,023
2024	$10,280	$6,253

Brazil vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Brazil

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Brazil	South Africa
1950	48.5	43.1
1951	49	44.1
1952	49.6	45
1953	50	46.1
1954	50.4	47.1
1955	50.9	48.2
1956	51.3	49.2
1957	51.8	50.2
1958	52.2	51.1
1959	52.7	51.9
1960	53.2	52.6
1961	53.6	53.1
1962	54	53.6
1963	54.5	53.9
1964	54.8	54.2
1965	55.2	54.4
1966	55.6	54.7
1967	56	55
1968	56.5	55.2
1969	56.9	55.4
1970	57.3	55.7
1971	57.8	56
1972	58.3	56.4
1973	58.7	56.7
1974	59.1	57.1
1975	59.6	57.6
1976	60	58
1977	60.5	58.5
1978	60.9	59
1979	61.4	59.5
1980	61.8	60
1981	62.3	60.4
1982	62.7	60.9
1983	63.1	61.4
1984	63.6	61.8
1985	64	62.2
1986	64.4	62.4
1987	64.8	62.7
1988	65.2	62.9
1989	65.5	63
1990	65.9	62.9
1991	66.2	63
1992	66.5	62.8
1993	66.9	62.6
1994	67.3	62.1
1995	67.7	61.6
1996	68.1	61.1
1997	68.5	60.5
1998	68.8	59.9
1999	69.2	59.2
2000	69.6	58.4
2001	70	57.2
2002	70.4	55.6
2003	70.9	54.2
2004	71.4	54
2005	71.8	53.9
2006	72.3	54.2
2007	72.7	54.9
2008	73.1	56
2009	73.5	57.4
2010	73.8	58.9
2011	74	60.6
2012	74.3	61.7
2013	74.6	62.4
2014	74.8	63.2
2015	75.1	64.1
2016	75.1	64.7
2017	75.4	65.4
2018	75.6	65.7
2019	75.8	66.1
2020	74.5	65.2
2021	73	62
2022	74.9	65.5
2023	75.8	66.1
2024	76	66.3
2025	76.2	66.5

Brazil and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Brazil

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Brazil	South Africa
1960	72,388,126	16,440,172
1961	74,605,447	16,908,035
1962	76,865,323	17,418,522
1963	79,164,235	17,954,564
1964	81,488,595	18,511,361
1965	83,817,583	19,089,380
1966	86,139,359	19,690,087
1967	88,446,124	20,314,066
1968	90,741,240	20,957,287
1969	93,045,777	21,614,676
1970	95,375,651	22,279,984
1971	97,739,273	22,942,143
1972	100,146,797	23,609,456
1973	102,600,976	24,294,263
1974	105,089,675	24,989,108
1975	107,619,565	25,690,940
1976	110,213,349	26,395,450
1977	112,875,292	27,118,952
1978	115,600,942	27,869,507
1979	118,380,821	28,634,162
1980	121,207,461	29,518,857
1981	124,063,109	30,541,044
1982	126,923,155	31,615,339
1983	129,790,077	32,739,304
1984	132,658,864	33,892,788
1985	135,515,595	35,042,093
1986	138,336,370	36,180,515
1987	141,104,944	37,326,190
1988	143,826,357	38,480,649
1989	146,502,972	39,628,575
1990	149,143,223	40,746,268
1991	151,724,256	41,687,898
1992	154,275,079	42,443,509
1993	156,794,577	43,297,156
1994	159,265,006	44,004,139
1995	161,735,073	44,541,554
1996	164,202,549	45,123,018
1997	166,661,659	45,666,838
1998	169,159,655	46,223,880
1999	171,641,543	46,730,335
2000	174,018,282	47,159,719
2001	176,301,203	47,566,800
2002	178,503,484	48,019,415
2003	180,622,688	48,500,348
2004	182,675,143	48,991,421
2005	184,688,101	49,490,033
2006	186,653,106	49,998,277
2007	188,552,320	50,528,584
2008	190,367,302	51,114,599
2009	192,079,951	51,728,516
2010	193,701,929	52,344,051
2011	195,284,734	52,995,205
2012	196,876,111	53,782,567
2013	198,478,299	54,678,791
2014	200,085,127	55,594,838
2015	201,675,532	56,723,537
2016	203,218,114	57,259,551
2017	204,703,445	57,635,162
2018	206,107,261	58,613,001
2019	207,455,459	59,587,885
2020	208,660,842	60,562,381
2021	209,550,294	61,502,603
2022	210,306,415	62,378,410
2023	211,140,729	63,212,384
2024	211,998,573	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Brazil and South Africa

Fertility rate

Brazil

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Brazil	South Africa
1960	6.05	6.11
1961	6.02	6.08
1962	5.98	6.05
1963	5.93	6.01
1964	5.82	5.96
1965	5.68	5.89
1966	5.52	5.91
1967	5.34	5.85
1968	5.17	5.78
1969	5.04	5.72
1970	4.93	5.63
1971	4.84	5.57
1972	4.74	5.49
1973	4.64	5.41
1974	4.5	5.3
1975	4.42	5.19
1976	4.34	5.07
1977	4.27	4.94
1978	4.2	4.85
1979	4.12	4.82
1980	4.04	4.78
1981	3.94	4.71
1982	3.84	4.7
1983	3.72	4.63
1984	3.6	4.57
1985	3.48	4.5
1986	3.36	4.41
1987	3.23	4.35
1988	3.11	4.18
1989	3.01	3.98
1990	2.9	3.72
1991	2.81	3.62
1992	2.71	3.48
1993	2.66	3.37
1994	2.6	3.26
1995	2.57	3.17
1996	2.51	2.99
1997	2.47	2.73
1998	2.42	2.63
1999	2.34	2.56
2000	2.25	2.41
2001	2.16	2.37
2002	2.08	2.32
2003	2.01	2.36
2004	1.97	2.44
2005	1.94	2.51
2006	1.9	2.55
2007	1.85	2.55
2008	1.82	2.68
2009	1.8	2.5
2010	1.79	2.44
2011	1.78	2.44
2012	1.77	2.45
2013	1.76	2.43
2014	1.78	2.42
2015	1.78	2.36
2016	1.73	2.26
2017	1.74	2.28
2018	1.74	2.27
2019	1.71	2.26
2020	1.65	2.26
2021	1.64	2.25
2022	1.63	2.23
2023	1.62	2.22

Brazil and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Brazil

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Brazil	South Africa
1960	18	19
1961	17.9	19
1962	17.9	18.9
1963	17.8	18.9
1964	17.8	18.9
1965	17.9	18.8
1966	17.9	18.8
1967	18	18.8
1968	18.1	18.8
1969	18.2	18.8
1970	18.4	18.8
1971	18.5	18.8
1972	18.7	18.8
1973	18.9	18.8
1974	19.1	18.9
1975	19.2	18.9
1976	19.4	19
1977	19.6	19.1
1978	19.8	19.2
1979	20	19.3
1980	20.2	19.4
1981	20.4	19.6
1982	20.6	19.8
1983	20.8	20
1984	21	20.2
1985	21.2	20.4
1986	21.5	20.5
1987	21.7	20.7
1988	21.9	20.9
1989	22.1	21.1
1990	22.4	21.3
1991	22.7	21.5
1992	22.9	21.5
1993	23.2	21.9
1994	23.5	22
1995	23.7	21.5
1996	24	21.2
1997	24.3	21.2
1998	24.6	21.4
1999	24.9	21.6
2000	25.2	21.9
2001	25.5	22.2
2002	25.9	22.4
2003	26.3	22.8
2004	26.7	23.1
2005	27.1	23.3
2006	27.5	23.5
2007	27.9	23.8
2008	28.3	24
2009	28.8	24.3
2010	29.2	24.6
2011	29.7	25
2012	30.1	25.3
2013	30.6	25.7
2014	31	26
2015	31.5	26.4
2016	31.9	26.7
2017	32.4	27
2018	32.8	27.5
2019	33.2	27.9
2020	33.7	28.3
2021	34.1	28.6
2022	34.5	28.9
2023	34.9	29.2
2024	35.4	29.5

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