Brunei vs South Africa statistics compared

Brunei has a population of 463K (ranked 170/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Brunei's land area is 2,035 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 165th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Brunei ranks 142/197 ($15.5B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Brunei ranks 35/197 ($33,418), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Brunei and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Brunei and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Brunei

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Brunei	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	$114,039,501	$13,068,994,772
1966	$132,757,528	$14,211,394,315
1967	$139,029,537	$15,821,393,671
1968	$160,818,236	$17,124,793,150
1969	$161,210,236	$19,256,992,297
1970	$179,078,929	$21,218,391,513
1971	$197,525,768	$23,411,076,638
1972	$270,822,782	$24,515,919,217
1973	$433,095,527	$33,262,772,008
1974	$2,319,576,214	$41,389,186,095
1975	$2,496,420,258	$42,906,905,672
1976	$3,054,765,590	$41,150,460,288
1977	$3,681,242,528	$45,328,411,332
1978	$4,100,423,674	$51,607,412,902
1979	$6,044,367,628	$63,038,658,089
1980	$10,795,432,294	$89,411,864,402
1981	$9,367,218,664	$93,141,472,164
1982	$8,932,198,186	$85,904,057,409
1983	$7,927,590,750	$96,204,110,942
1984	$7,632,788,075	$84,870,163,366
1985	$6,967,623,884	$64,459,376,087
1986	$4,190,280,003	$73,354,771,399
1987	$4,918,010,080	$96,535,763,418
1988	$4,535,130,305	$103,976,831,871
1989	$4,983,622,881	$108,055,624,082
1990	$6,039,881,087	$126,048,140,142
1991	$6,284,497,300	$135,203,698,238
1992	$6,327,966,445	$146,956,150,987
1993	$6,203,339,925	$147,194,747,566
1994	$6,467,782,521	$153,512,712,382
1995	$7,700,144,057	$171,735,933,897
1996	$7,663,377,277	$163,234,925,381
1997	$7,793,034,390	$168,978,057,328
1998	$5,550,846,025	$152,982,984,557
1999	$6,309,070,375	$151,516,957,079
2000	$6,570,999,060	$151,752,757,215
2001	$6,096,155,748	$135,429,905,923
2002	$6,333,082,879	$129,087,556,612
2003	$7,167,725,265	$197,018,965,309
2004	$8,619,178,799	$255,806,908,595
2005	$10,547,202,612	$288,867,217,197
2006	$12,644,616,446	$303,858,675,364
2007	$13,432,029,496	$333,077,117,254
2008	$15,926,456,492	$316,131,258,616
2009	$11,912,904,529	$329,754,060,647
2010	$13,707,121,031	$417,363,822,802
2011	$18,524,791,071	$458,199,494,831
2012	$19,048,443,340	$434,400,545,086
2013	$18,094,148,099	$400,886,013,596
2014	$17,097,797,372	$381,198,869,776
2015	$12,930,296,852	$346,709,790,459
2016	$11,400,266,055	$323,585,509,674
2017	$12,128,168,047	$381,448,814,653
2018	$13,566,908,401	$405,260,723,893
2019	$13,469,235,348	$389,330,032,224
2020	$12,005,799,664	$337,974,655,408
2021	$14,006,496,614	$420,886,877,629
2022	$16,681,536,443	$406,920,004,594
2023	$15,095,084,686	$380,699,271,816
2024	$15,463,134,387	$400,260,724,226

Brunei and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Brunei

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Brunei	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	$1,029	$685
1966	$1,146	$722
1967	$1,149	$779
1968	$1,274	$817
1969	$1,226	$891
1970	$1,325	$952
1971	$1,432	$1,020
1972	$1,905	$1,038
1973	$2,939	$1,369
1974	$15,195	$1,656
1975	$15,793	$1,670
1976	$18,671	$1,559
1977	$21,747	$1,671
1978	$23,447	$1,852
1979	$33,501	$2,202
1980	$58,005	$3,029
1981	$48,793	$3,050
1982	$45,075	$2,717
1983	$38,720	$2,938
1984	$36,061	$2,504
1985	$31,827	$1,839
1986	$18,501	$2,027
1987	$21,030	$2,586
1988	$18,825	$2,702
1989	$20,090	$2,727
1990	$23,659	$3,093
1991	$23,932	$3,243
1992	$23,451	$3,462
1993	$22,397	$3,400
1994	$22,767	$3,489
1995	$26,443	$3,856
1996	$25,692	$3,618
1997	$25,522	$3,700
1998	$17,769	$3,310
1999	$19,752	$3,242
2000	$20,130	$3,218
2001	$18,288	$2,847
2002	$18,621	$2,688
2003	$20,678	$4,062
2004	$24,423	$5,221
2005	$29,386	$5,837
2006	$34,675	$6,077
2007	$36,217	$6,592
2008	$42,157	$6,185
2009	$30,946	$6,375
2010	$34,938	$7,973
2011	$46,383	$8,646
2012	$46,969	$8,077
2013	$44,003	$7,332
2014	$41,027	$6,857
2015	$30,625	$6,112
2016	$26,663	$5,651
2017	$28,024	$6,618
2018	$30,988	$6,914
2019	$30,427	$6,534
2020	$26,834	$5,581
2021	$31,007	$6,843
2022	$36,633	$6,523
2023	$32,891	$6,023
2024	$33,418	$6,253

Brunei vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Brunei

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Brunei	South Africa
1950	50.6	43.1
1951	51.5	44.1
1952	52.4	45
1953	53.3	46.1
1954	54.2	47.1
1955	55	48.2
1956	55.7	49.2
1957	56.5	50.2
1958	57.3	51.1
1959	58	51.9
1960	58.7	52.6
1961	59.4	53.1
1962	58.8	53.6
1963	60.6	53.9
1964	61.3	54.2
1965	61.7	54.4
1966	62.4	54.7
1967	62.9	55
1968	63.5	55.2
1969	64	55.4
1970	64.5	55.7
1971	65	56
1972	65.4	56.4
1973	66	56.7
1974	66.4	57.1
1975	67	57.6
1976	67.4	58
1977	67.8	58.5
1978	68.3	59
1979	68.6	59.5
1980	69	60
1981	69.3	60.4
1982	69.7	60.9
1983	70	61.4
1984	70.2	61.8
1985	70.5	62.2
1986	70.8	62.4
1987	71	62.7
1988	71.2	62.9
1989	71.4	63
1990	71.6	62.9
1991	71.9	63
1992	72.1	62.8
1993	72.3	62.6
1994	72.6	62.1
1995	72.8	61.6
1996	73.1	61.1
1997	73.3	60.5
1998	73.6	59.9
1999	73.8	59.2
2000	74	58.4
2001	74.2	57.2
2002	74.4	55.6
2003	74.5	54.2
2004	74.6	54
2005	74.7	53.9
2006	74.8	54.2
2007	74.8	54.9
2008	74.8	56
2009	74.8	57.4
2010	74.8	58.9
2011	74.8	60.6
2012	74.8	61.7
2013	74.9	62.4
2014	74.9	63.2
2015	74.9	64.1
2016	74.9	64.7
2017	74.9	65.4
2018	75	65.7
2019	75	66.1
2020	75.1	65.2
2021	74.9	62
2022	72.9	65.5
2023	75.3	66.1
2024	75.5	66.3
2025	75.7	66.5

Brunei and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Brunei

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Brunei	South Africa
1960	88,347	16,440,172
1961	92,517	16,908,035
1962	96,719	17,418,522
1963	101,159	17,954,564
1964	105,922	18,511,361
1965	110,838	19,089,380
1966	115,874	19,690,087
1967	121,017	20,314,066
1968	126,222	20,957,287
1969	131,446	21,614,676
1970	135,138	22,279,984
1971	137,921	22,942,143
1972	142,189	23,609,456
1973	147,369	24,294,263
1974	152,656	24,989,108
1975	158,070	25,690,940
1976	163,607	26,395,450
1977	169,277	27,118,952
1978	174,884	27,869,507
1979	180,422	28,634,162
1980	186,111	29,518,857
1981	191,977	30,541,044
1982	198,165	31,615,339
1983	204,741	32,739,304
1984	211,661	33,892,788
1985	218,919	35,042,093
1986	226,495	36,180,515
1987	233,860	37,326,190
1988	240,913	38,480,649
1989	248,064	39,628,575
1990	255,292	40,746,268
1991	262,596	41,687,898
1992	269,839	42,443,509
1993	276,971	43,297,156
1994	284,091	44,004,139
1995	291,195	44,541,554
1996	298,276	45,123,018
1997	305,341	45,666,838
1998	312,385	46,223,880
1999	319,411	46,730,335
2000	326,424	47,159,719
2001	333,345	47,566,800
2002	340,099	48,019,415
2003	346,637	48,500,348
2004	352,911	48,991,421
2005	358,916	49,490,033
2006	364,663	49,998,277
2007	370,873	50,528,584
2008	377,793	51,114,599
2009	384,952	51,728,516
2010	392,332	52,344,051
2011	399,389	52,995,205
2012	405,557	53,782,567
2013	411,202	54,678,791
2014	416,750	55,594,838
2015	422,212	56,723,537
2016	427,564	57,259,551
2017	432,772	57,635,162
2018	437,810	58,613,001
2019	442,680	59,587,885
2020	447,404	60,562,381
2021	451,721	61,502,603
2022	455,370	62,378,410
2023	458,949	63,212,384
2024	462,721	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Brunei and South Africa

Fertility rate

Brunei

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Brunei	South Africa
1960	7.32	6.11
1961	7.19	6.08
1962	7.03	6.05
1963	6.89	6.01
1964	6.77	5.96
1965	6.65	5.89
1966	6.51	5.91
1967	6.37	5.85
1968	6.2	5.78
1969	6.01	5.72
1970	5.8	5.63
1971	5.62	5.57
1972	5.5	5.49
1973	5.36	5.41
1974	5.18	5.3
1975	4.99	5.19
1976	4.78	5.07
1977	4.58	4.94
1978	4.39	4.85
1979	4.22	4.82
1980	4.07	4.78
1981	3.94	4.71
1982	3.84	4.7
1983	3.75	4.63
1984	3.68	4.57
1985	3.61	4.5
1986	3.55	4.41
1987	3.49	4.35
1988	3.44	4.18
1989	3.36	3.98
1990	3.29	3.72
1991	3.21	3.62
1992	3.11	3.48
1993	3.01	3.37
1994	2.9	3.26
1995	2.79	3.17
1996	2.68	2.99
1997	2.6	2.73
1998	2.53	2.63
1999	2.46	2.56
2000	2.4	2.41
2001	2.34	2.37
2002	2.26	2.32
2003	2.19	2.36
2004	2.1	2.44
2005	2.02	2.51
2006	1.97	2.55
2007	1.93	2.55
2008	1.92	2.68
2009	1.92	2.5
2010	1.94	2.44
2011	1.96	2.44
2012	1.97	2.45
2013	1.98	2.43
2014	1.97	2.42
2015	1.95	2.36
2016	1.92	2.26
2017	1.88	2.28
2018	1.85	2.27
2019	1.82	2.26
2020	1.8	2.26
2021	1.78	2.25
2022	1.76	2.23
2023	1.75	2.22

Brunei and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Brunei

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Brunei	South Africa
1960	18.8	19
1961	18.1	19
1962	17.5	18.9
1963	17.1	18.9
1964	17	18.9
1965	17	18.8
1966	17.2	18.8
1967	17.3	18.8
1968	17.5	18.8
1969	17.7	18.8
1970	17.8	18.8
1971	17.9	18.8
1972	18	18.8
1973	18.2	18.8
1974	18.3	18.9
1975	18.6	18.9
1976	18.8	19
1977	19.1	19.1
1978	19.4	19.2
1979	19.6	19.3
1980	20	19.4
1981	20.3	19.6
1982	20.6	19.8
1983	21	20
1984	21.3	20.2
1985	21.7	20.4
1986	22	20.5
1987	22.3	20.7
1988	22.6	20.9
1989	22.8	21.1
1990	23.1	21.3
1991	23.4	21.5
1992	23.6	21.5
1993	23.8	21.9
1994	24.1	22
1995	24.4	21.5
1996	24.7	21.2
1997	24.9	21.2
1998	25.2	21.4
1999	25.5	21.6
2000	25.8	21.9
2001	26.1	22.2
2002	26.4	22.4
2003	26.8	22.8
2004	27.1	23.1
2005	27.5	23.3
2006	27.9	23.5
2007	28.1	23.8
2008	28	24
2009	28	24.3
2010	28	24.6
2011	28.1	25
2012	28.4	25.3
2013	28.8	25.7
2014	29.1	26
2015	29.5	26.4
2016	29.8	26.7
2017	30.2	27
2018	30.6	27.5
2019	31	27.9
2020	31.4	28.3
2021	31.8	28.6
2022	32.3	28.9
2023	32.8	29.2
2024	33.2	29.5

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