Canada vs South Africa statistics compared

Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 4th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Canada and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Canada and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Canada

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Canada	South Africa
1960	$40,563,768,947	$8,748,596,501
1961	$41,038,192,838	$9,225,996,310
1962	$42,336,211,556	$9,813,996,074
1963	$45,140,337,827	$10,854,195,658
1964	$49,503,663,836	$11,955,995,218
1965	$54,649,410,479	$13,068,994,772
1966	$61,252,415,405	$14,211,394,315
1967	$65,856,924,424	$15,821,393,671
1968	$72,048,833,006	$17,124,793,150
1969	$79,405,011,125	$19,256,992,297
1970	$88,192,257,632	$21,218,391,513
1971	$99,606,454,744	$23,411,076,638
1972	$113,463,848,874	$24,515,919,217
1973	$131,764,343,566	$33,262,772,008
1974	$160,949,188,139	$41,389,186,095
1975	$174,419,757,177	$42,906,905,672
1976	$207,271,612,576	$41,150,460,288
1977	$212,325,176,305	$45,328,411,332
1978	$219,369,542,386	$51,607,412,902
1979	$243,891,124,296	$63,038,658,089
1980	$274,776,566,028	$89,411,864,402
1981	$307,246,642,756	$93,141,472,164
1982	$314,647,807,409	$85,904,057,409
1983	$341,866,277,183	$96,204,110,942
1984	$356,718,400,124	$84,870,163,366
1985	$366,186,012,450	$64,459,376,087
1986	$379,006,836,992	$73,354,771,399
1987	$433,134,238,311	$96,535,763,418
1988	$509,380,027,627	$103,976,831,871
1989	$567,211,993,243	$108,055,624,082
1990	$596,075,591,361	$126,048,140,142
1991	$612,527,712,316	$135,203,698,238
1992	$594,387,358,319	$146,956,150,987
1993	$579,053,561,739	$147,194,747,566
1994	$579,944,346,807	$153,512,712,382
1995	$605,961,090,061	$171,735,933,897
1996	$630,607,994,133	$163,234,925,381
1997	$654,986,999,856	$168,978,057,328
1998	$634,000,000,000	$152,982,984,557
1999	$678,412,196,271	$151,516,957,079
2000	$744,773,415,932	$151,752,757,215
2001	$738,981,792,355	$135,429,905,923
2002	$760,649,334,098	$129,087,556,612
2003	$895,540,646,635	$197,018,965,309
2004	$1,026,690,238,278	$255,806,908,595
2005	$1,173,108,598,779	$288,867,217,197
2006	$1,319,264,809,591	$303,858,675,364
2007	$1,468,820,407,783	$333,077,117,254
2008	$1,552,989,690,722	$316,131,258,616
2009	$1,374,625,142,157	$329,754,060,647
2010	$1,617,343,367,486	$417,363,822,802
2011	$1,793,326,630,175	$458,199,494,831
2012	$1,828,366,481,522	$434,400,545,086
2013	$1,846,597,421,835	$400,886,013,596
2014	$1,805,749,878,440	$381,198,869,776
2015	$1,556,508,816,217	$346,709,790,459
2016	$1,527,994,741,907	$323,585,509,674
2017	$1,649,265,644,244	$381,448,814,653
2018	$1,725,329,192,783	$405,260,723,893
2019	$1,743,725,183,673	$389,330,032,224
2020	$1,655,684,730,000	$337,974,655,408
2021	$2,022,378,748,423	$420,886,877,629
2022	$2,190,411,080,134	$406,920,004,594
2023	$2,173,339,670,064	$380,699,271,816
2024	$2,241,253,230,970	$400,260,724,226

Canada and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Canada

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Canada	South Africa
1960	$2,265	$532
1961	$2,246	$546
1962	$2,274	$563
1963	$2,380	$605
1964	$2,562	$646
1965	$2,777	$685
1966	$3,055	$722
1967	$3,226	$779
1968	$3,473	$817
1969	$3,776	$891
1970	$4,136	$952
1971	$4,535	$1,020
1972	$5,107	$1,038
1973	$5,858	$1,369
1974	$7,057	$1,656
1975	$7,537	$1,670
1976	$8,839	$1,559
1977	$8,949	$1,671
1978	$9,154	$1,852
1979	$10,078	$2,202
1980	$11,208	$3,029
1981	$12,379	$3,050
1982	$12,527	$2,717
1983	$13,477	$2,938
1984	$13,930	$2,504
1985	$14,170	$1,839
1986	$14,521	$2,027
1987	$16,378	$2,586
1988	$19,013	$2,702
1989	$20,795	$2,727
1990	$21,526	$3,093
1991	$21,847	$3,243
1992	$20,950	$3,462
1993	$20,187	$3,400
1994	$19,998	$3,489
1995	$20,680	$3,856
1996	$21,297	$3,618
1997	$21,902	$3,700
1998	$21,025	$3,310
1999	$22,315	$3,242
2000	$24,271	$3,218
2001	$23,822	$2,847
2002	$24,256	$2,688
2003	$28,302	$4,062
2004	$32,146	$5,221
2005	$36,384	$5,837
2006	$40,504	$6,077
2007	$44,660	$6,592
2008	$46,710	$6,185
2009	$40,875	$6,375
2010	$47,561	$7,973
2011	$52,224	$8,646
2012	$52,670	$8,077
2013	$52,638	$7,332
2014	$50,961	$6,857
2015	$43,594	$6,112
2016	$42,314	$5,651
2017	$45,130	$6,618
2018	$46,539	$6,914
2019	$46,353	$6,534
2020	$43,538	$5,581
2021	$52,887	$6,843
2022	$56,257	$6,523
2023	$54,220	$6,023
2024	$54,283	$6,253

Canada vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Canada

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Canada	South Africa
1950	68.2	43.1
1951	68.5	44.1
1952	68.7	45
1953	69.1	46.1
1954	69.9	47.1
1955	70	48.2
1956	70	49.2
1957	69.9	50.2
1958	70.6	51.1
1959	70.6	51.9
1960	71	52.6
1961	71.2	53.1
1962	71.2	53.6
1963	71.3	53.9
1964	71.6	54.2
1965	71.7	54.4
1966	71.9	54.7
1967	72.1	55
1968	72.2	55.2
1969	72.4	55.4
1970	72.6	55.7
1971	72.9	56
1972	72.8	56.4
1973	73.1	56.7
1974	73.1	57.1
1975	73.4	57.6
1976	73.9	58
1977	74.2	58.5
1978	74.5	59
1979	74.8	59.5
1980	75.1	60
1981	75.5	60.4
1982	75.7	60.9
1983	76.1	61.4
1984	76.4	61.8
1985	76.3	62.2
1986	76.5	62.4
1987	76.8	62.7
1988	76.9	62.9
1989	77.1	63
1990	77.4	62.9
1991	77.6	63
1992	77.9	62.8
1993	77.7	62.6
1994	77.9	62.1
1995	78	61.6
1996	78.3	61.1
1997	78.5	60.5
1998	78.7	59.9
1999	78.9	59.2
2000	79.2	58.4
2001	79.4	57.2
2002	79.6	55.6
2003	79.7	54.2
2004	80	54
2005	80.1	53.9
2006	80.5	54.2
2007	80.5	54.9
2008	80.7	56
2009	81.1	57.4
2010	81.3	58.9
2011	81.5	60.6
2012	81.7	61.7
2013	81.8	62.4
2014	81.8	63.2
2015	81.9	64.1
2016	82	64.7
2017	81.9	65.4
2018	81.9	65.7
2019	82.3	66.1
2020	81.7	65.2
2021	82	62
2022	81.2	65.5
2023	82.6	66.1
2024	82.7	66.3
2025	82.9	66.5

Canada and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Canada

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Canada	South Africa
1960	17,909,356	16,440,172
1961	18,271,000	16,908,035
1962	18,614,000	17,418,522
1963	18,964,000	17,954,564
1964	19,325,000	18,511,361
1965	19,678,000	19,089,380
1966	20,048,000	19,690,087
1967	20,412,000	20,314,066
1968	20,744,000	20,957,287
1969	21,028,000	21,614,676
1970	21,324,000	22,279,984
1971	21,962,032	22,942,143
1972	22,218,463	23,609,456
1973	22,491,777	24,294,263
1974	22,807,969	24,989,108
1975	23,143,275	25,690,940
1976	23,449,808	26,395,450
1977	23,725,843	27,118,952
1978	23,963,203	27,869,507
1979	24,201,544	28,634,162
1980	24,515,667	29,518,857
1981	24,819,915	30,541,044
1982	25,116,942	31,615,339
1983	25,366,451	32,739,304
1984	25,607,053	33,892,788
1985	25,842,116	35,042,093
1986	26,100,278	36,180,515
1987	26,446,601	37,326,190
1988	26,791,747	38,480,649
1989	27,276,781	39,628,575
1990	27,691,138	40,746,268
1991	28,037,420	41,687,898
1992	28,371,264	42,443,509
1993	28,684,764	43,297,156
1994	29,000,663	44,004,139
1995	29,302,311	44,541,554
1996	29,610,218	45,123,018
1997	29,905,948	45,666,838
1998	30,155,173	46,223,880
1999	30,401,286	46,730,335
2000	30,685,730	47,159,719
2001	31,020,855	47,566,800
2002	31,359,199	48,019,415
2003	31,642,461	48,500,348
2004	31,938,807	48,991,421
2005	32,242,732	49,490,033
2006	32,571,193	49,998,277
2007	32,888,886	50,528,584
2008	33,247,298	51,114,599
2009	33,630,069	51,728,516
2010	34,005,902	52,344,051
2011	34,339,221	52,995,205
2012	34,713,395	53,782,567
2013	35,080,992	54,678,791
2014	35,434,066	55,594,838
2015	35,704,498	56,723,537
2016	36,110,803	57,259,551
2017	36,545,075	57,635,162
2018	37,072,620	58,613,001
2019	37,618,495	59,587,885
2020	38,028,638	60,562,381
2021	38,239,864	61,502,603
2022	38,935,934	62,378,410
2023	40,083,484	63,212,384
2024	41,288,599	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Canada and South Africa

Fertility rate

Canada

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Canada	South Africa
1960	3.81	6.11
1961	3.75	6.08
1962	3.68	6.05
1963	3.61	6.01
1964	3.46	5.96
1965	3.12	5.89
1966	2.75	5.91
1967	2.53	5.85
1968	2.39	5.78
1969	2.33	5.72
1970	2.26	5.63
1971	2.14	5.57
1972	1.98	5.49
1973	1.89	5.41
1974	1.84	5.3
1975	1.82	5.19
1976	1.8	5.07
1977	1.78	4.94
1978	1.77	4.85
1979	1.75	4.82
1980	1.74	4.78
1981	1.7	4.71
1982	1.69	4.7
1983	1.68	4.63
1984	1.65	4.57
1985	1.67	4.5
1986	1.68	4.41
1987	1.68	4.35
1988	1.68	4.18
1989	1.77	3.98
1990	1.83	3.72
1991	1.72	3.62
1992	1.71	3.48
1993	1.69	3.37
1994	1.69	3.26
1995	1.67	3.17
1996	1.63	2.99
1997	1.57	2.73
1998	1.56	2.63
1999	1.55	2.56
2000	1.51	2.41
2001	1.54	2.37
2002	1.52	2.32
2003	1.55	2.36
2004	1.56	2.44
2005	1.58	2.51
2006	1.63	2.55
2007	1.67	2.55
2008	1.7	2.68
2009	1.69	2.5
2010	1.65	2.44
2011	1.63	2.44
2012	1.63	2.45
2013	1.61	2.43
2014	1.61	2.42
2015	1.6	2.36
2016	1.59	2.26
2017	1.55	2.28
2018	1.51	2.27
2019	1.47	2.26
2020	1.41	2.26
2021	1.44	2.25
2022	1.33	2.23
2023	1.26	2.22

Canada and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Canada

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Canada	South Africa
1960	26.4	19
1961	26.3	19
1962	26	18.9
1963	25.8	18.9
1964	25.6	18.9
1965	25.5	18.8
1966	25.5	18.8
1967	25.5	18.8
1968	25.7	18.8
1969	25.8	18.8
1970	26	18.8
1971	26.3	18.8
1972	26.6	18.8
1973	26.9	18.8
1974	27.2	18.9
1975	27.4	18.9
1976	27.7	19
1977	28.1	19.1
1978	28.5	19.2
1979	28.8	19.3
1980	29.2	19.4
1981	29.5	19.6
1982	29.8	19.8
1983	30.2	20
1984	30.6	20.2
1985	31	20.4
1986	31.4	20.5
1987	31.8	20.7
1988	32.2	20.9
1989	32.5	21.1
1990	32.9	21.3
1991	33.2	21.5
1992	33.6	21.5
1993	33.9	21.9
1994	34.3	22
1995	34.7	21.5
1996	35.1	21.2
1997	35.5	21.2
1998	36	21.4
1999	36.4	21.6
2000	36.7	21.9
2001	37.1	22.2
2002	37.4	22.4
2003	37.8	22.8
2004	38.1	23.1
2005	38.5	23.3
2006	38.8	23.5
2007	39.1	23.8
2008	39.3	24
2009	39.5	24.3
2010	39.7	24.6
2011	39.9	25
2012	40.1	25.3
2013	40.3	25.7
2014	40.5	26
2015	40.6	26.4
2016	40.7	26.7
2017	40.8	27
2018	40.8	27.5
2019	40.8	27.9
2020	40.9	28.3
2021	41.1	28.6
2022	41.3	28.9
2023	41.4	29.2
2024	41.5	29.5

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