China vs South Africa statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 2nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

China and South Africa: Comparison Charts

China and South Africa economies compared

GDP

China

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	China	South Africa
1960	$59,846,235,025	$8,748,596,501
1961	$50,162,299,350	$9,225,996,310
1962	$47,310,737,754	$9,813,996,074
1963	$50,812,227,919	$10,854,195,658
1964	$59,821,862,703	$11,955,995,218
1965	$70,565,994,356	$13,068,994,772
1966	$76,854,053,259	$14,211,394,315
1967	$73,011,350,596	$15,821,393,671
1968	$70,980,323,819	$17,124,793,150
1969	$79,847,786,729	$19,256,992,297
1970	$92,752,930,873	$21,218,391,513
1971	$99,959,013,880	$23,411,076,638
1972	$113,871,930,714	$24,515,919,217
1973	$138,764,340,892	$33,262,772,008
1974	$144,418,433,058	$41,389,186,095
1975	$163,687,619,736	$42,906,905,672
1976	$154,196,810,059	$41,150,460,288
1977	$175,226,595,860	$45,328,411,332
1978	$149,788,617,886	$51,607,412,902
1979	$178,573,913,043	$63,038,658,089
1980	$191,487,500,000	$89,411,864,402
1981	$196,218,253,968	$93,141,472,164
1982	$205,480,916,031	$85,904,057,409
1983	$231,130,268,199	$96,204,110,942
1984	$260,442,857,143	$84,870,163,366
1985	$310,064,625,850	$64,459,376,087
1986	$301,310,144,928	$73,354,771,399
1987	$273,455,156,951	$96,535,763,418
1988	$312,888,888,889	$103,976,831,871
1989	$348,380,566,802	$108,055,624,082
1990	$361,560,229,446	$126,048,140,142
1991	$384,510,452,962	$135,203,698,238
1992	$428,502,354,788	$146,956,150,987
1993	$446,557,291,212	$147,194,747,566
1994	$566,929,539,493	$153,512,712,382
1995	$738,190,896,228	$171,735,933,897
1996	$868,523,936,530	$163,234,925,381
1997	$967,753,570,435	$168,978,057,328
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$152,982,984,557
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$151,516,957,079
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$151,752,757,215
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$135,429,905,923
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$129,087,556,612
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$197,018,965,309
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$255,806,908,595
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$288,867,217,197
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$303,858,675,364
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$333,077,117,254
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$316,131,258,616
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$329,754,060,647
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$417,363,822,802
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$458,199,494,831
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$434,400,545,086
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$400,886,013,596
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$381,198,869,776
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$346,709,790,459
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$323,585,509,674
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$381,448,814,653
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$405,260,723,893
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$389,330,032,224
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$337,974,655,408
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$420,886,877,629
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$406,920,004,594
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$380,699,271,816
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$400,260,724,226

China and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

China

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	South Africa
1960	$89.7	$532
1961	$76	$546
1962	$71.1	$563
1963	$74.5	$605
1964	$85.7	$646
1965	$98.7	$685
1966	$104.5	$722
1967	$96.8	$779
1968	$91.6	$817
1969	$100.3	$891
1970	$113.3	$952
1971	$118.8	$1,020
1972	$132.1	$1,038
1973	$157.3	$1,369
1974	$160.4	$1,656
1975	$178.6	$1,670
1976	$165.7	$1,559
1977	$185.7	$1,671
1978	$156.7	$1,852
1979	$184.3	$2,202
1980	$195.1	$3,029
1981	$197.4	$3,050
1982	$203.7	$2,717
1983	$225.9	$2,938
1984	$251.2	$2,504
1985	$295	$1,839
1986	$282.4	$2,027
1987	$252.3	$2,586
1988	$284	$2,702
1989	$311	$2,727
1990	$319	$3,093
1991	$334	$3,243
1992	$368	$3,462
1993	$379	$3,400
1994	$476	$3,489
1995	$613	$3,856
1996	$713	$3,618
1997	$787	$3,700
1998	$835	$3,310
1999	$881	$3,242
2000	$969	$3,218
2001	$1,065	$2,847
2002	$1,164	$2,688
2003	$1,307	$4,062
2004	$1,531	$5,221
2005	$1,778	$5,837
2006	$2,129	$6,077
2007	$2,735	$6,592
2008	$3,523	$6,185
2009	$3,898	$6,375
2010	$4,629	$7,973
2011	$5,704	$8,646
2012	$6,405	$8,077
2013	$7,147	$7,332
2014	$7,781	$6,857
2015	$8,175	$6,112
2016	$8,255	$5,651
2017	$8,980	$6,618
2018	$10,086	$6,914
2019	$10,343	$6,534
2020	$10,627	$5,581
2021	$12,887	$6,843
2022	$12,971	$6,523
2023	$12,951	$6,023
2024	$13,303	$6,253

China vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	South Africa
1950	43.8	43.1
1951	44.6	44.1
1952	45.3	45
1953	45.9	46.1
1954	46.8	47.1
1955	47.2	48.2
1956	47.8	49.2
1957	48.4	50.2
1958	48.8	51.1
1959	40.2	51.9
1960	33.4	52.6
1961	40.2	53.1
1962	51	53.6
1963	51.7	53.9
1964	52.3	54.2
1965	53	54.4
1966	53.7	54.7
1967	54.4	55
1968	55.2	55.2
1969	56	55.4
1970	56.8	55.7
1971	57.7	56
1972	58.6	56.4
1973	59.5	56.7
1974	60.2	57.1
1975	61	57.6
1976	61.2	58
1977	62.5	58.5
1978	63.1	59
1979	63.7	59.5
1980	64.2	60
1981	64.8	60.4
1982	65.2	60.9
1983	65.7	61.4
1984	66.1	61.8
1985	66.5	62.2
1986	66.9	62.4
1987	67.3	62.7
1988	67.6	62.9
1989	67.9	63
1990	68.2	62.9
1991	68.6	63
1992	69.1	62.8
1993	69.5	62.6
1994	69.8	62.1
1995	70.4	61.6
1996	70.8	61.1
1997	71.2	60.5
1998	71.6	59.9
1999	72	59.2
2000	72.3	58.4
2001	72.7	57.2
2002	73	55.6
2003	73.4	54.2
2004	73.7	54
2005	74.1	53.9
2006	74.4	54.2
2007	74.8	54.9
2008	74.8	56
2009	75.3	57.4
2010	75.7	58.9
2011	75.9	60.6
2012	76.2	61.7
2013	76.5	62.4
2014	76.7	63.2
2015	77	64.1
2016	77.2	64.7
2017	77.2	65.4
2018	77.7	65.7
2019	77.9	66.1
2020	78	65.2
2021	78.1	62
2022	78.2	65.5
2023	78	66.1
2024	78	66.3
2025	78.4	66.5

China and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

China

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	China	South Africa
1960	667,070,000	16,440,172
1961	660,330,000	16,908,035
1962	665,770,000	17,418,522
1963	682,335,000	17,954,564
1964	698,355,000	18,511,361
1965	715,185,000	19,089,380
1966	735,400,000	19,690,087
1967	754,550,000	20,314,066
1968	774,510,000	20,957,287
1969	796,025,000	21,614,676
1970	818,315,000	22,279,984
1971	841,105,000	22,942,143
1972	862,030,000	23,609,456
1973	881,940,000	24,294,263
1974	900,350,000	24,989,108
1975	916,395,000	25,690,940
1976	930,685,000	26,395,450
1977	943,455,000	27,118,952
1978	956,165,000	27,869,507
1979	969,005,000	28,634,162
1980	981,235,000	29,518,857
1981	993,885,000	30,541,044
1982	1,008,630,000	31,615,339
1983	1,023,310,000	32,739,304
1984	1,036,825,000	33,892,788
1985	1,051,040,000	35,042,093
1986	1,066,790,000	36,180,515
1987	1,084,035,000	37,326,190
1988	1,101,630,000	38,480,649
1989	1,118,650,000	39,628,575
1990	1,135,185,000	40,746,268
1991	1,150,780,000	41,687,898
1992	1,164,970,000	42,443,509
1993	1,178,440,000	43,297,156
1994	1,191,835,000	44,004,139
1995	1,204,855,000	44,541,554
1996	1,217,550,000	45,123,018
1997	1,230,075,000	45,666,838
1998	1,241,935,000	46,223,880
1999	1,252,735,000	46,730,335
2000	1,262,645,000	47,159,719
2001	1,271,850,000	47,566,800
2002	1,280,400,000	48,019,415
2003	1,288,400,000	48,500,348
2004	1,296,075,000	48,991,421
2005	1,303,720,000	49,490,033
2006	1,311,020,000	49,998,277
2007	1,317,885,000	50,528,584
2008	1,324,655,000	51,114,599
2009	1,331,260,000	51,728,516
2010	1,337,705,000	52,344,051
2011	1,345,035,000	52,995,205
2012	1,354,190,000	53,782,567
2013	1,363,240,000	54,678,791
2014	1,371,860,000	55,594,838
2015	1,379,860,000	56,723,537
2016	1,387,790,000	57,259,551
2017	1,396,215,000	57,635,162
2018	1,402,760,000	58,613,001
2019	1,407,745,000	59,587,885
2020	1,411,100,000	60,562,381
2021	1,412,360,000	61,502,603
2022	1,412,175,000	62,378,410
2023	1,410,710,000	63,212,384
2024	1,408,975,000	64,007,187

Fertility rates in China and South Africa

Fertility rate

China

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	South Africa
1960	4.45	6.11
1961	3.86	6.08
1962	6.09	6.05
1963	7.51	6.01
1964	6.67	5.96
1965	6.61	5.89
1966	6.31	5.91
1967	5.81	5.85
1968	6.51	5.78
1969	6.18	5.72
1970	6.09	5.63
1971	5.52	5.57
1972	5.11	5.49
1973	4.73	5.41
1974	4.17	5.3
1975	3.57	5.19
1976	3.24	5.07
1977	2.84	4.94
1978	2.72	4.85
1979	2.75	4.82
1980	2.74	4.78
1981	2.79	4.71
1982	2.97	4.7
1983	2.56	4.63
1984	2.61	4.57
1985	2.63	4.5
1986	2.72	4.41
1987	2.76	4.35
1988	2.54	4.18
1989	2.52	3.98
1990	2.51	3.72
1991	1.93	3.62
1992	1.78	3.48
1993	1.69	3.37
1994	1.63	3.26
1995	1.59	3.17
1996	1.55	2.99
1997	1.53	2.73
1998	1.52	2.63
1999	1.53	2.56
2000	1.63	2.41
2001	1.56	2.37
2002	1.57	2.32
2003	1.57	2.36
2004	1.61	2.44
2005	1.62	2.51
2006	1.64	2.55
2007	1.67	2.55
2008	1.7	2.68
2009	1.71	2.5
2010	1.69	2.44
2011	1.67	2.44
2012	1.8	2.45
2013	1.71	2.43
2014	1.77	2.42
2015	1.67	2.36
2016	1.77	2.26
2017	1.8	2.28
2018	1.54	2.27
2019	1.5	2.26
2020	1.24	2.26
2021	1.12	2.25
2022	1.03	2.23
2023	1	2.22

China and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

China

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	South Africa
1960	20.9	19
1961	21.1	19
1962	21	18.9
1963	20.4	18.9
1964	19.9	18.9
1965	19.6	18.8
1966	19.3	18.8
1967	19.2	18.8
1968	19.2	18.8
1969	19.1	18.8
1970	19.1	18.8
1971	19.2	18.8
1972	19.3	18.8
1973	19.5	18.8
1974	19.7	18.9
1975	20.1	18.9
1976	20.4	19
1977	20.8	19.1
1978	21.2	19.2
1979	21.4	19.3
1980	21.6	19.4
1981	21.8	19.6
1982	22.1	19.8
1983	22.6	20
1984	23	20.2
1985	23.2	20.4
1986	23.4	20.5
1987	23.6	20.7
1988	23.9	20.9
1989	24.4	21.1
1990	24.7	21.3
1991	25.1	21.5
1992	25.6	21.5
1993	26.1	21.9
1994	26.6	22
1995	27.2	21.5
1996	27.8	21.2
1997	28.3	21.2
1998	28.8	21.4
1999	29.4	21.6
2000	30	21.9
2001	30.5	22.2
2002	31.1	22.4
2003	31.6	22.8
2004	32.1	23.1
2005	32.6	23.3
2006	33.1	23.5
2007	33.7	23.8
2008	34.2	24
2009	34.7	24.3
2010	35.1	24.6
2011	35.5	25
2012	35.7	25.3
2013	36	25.7
2014	36.3	26
2015	36.7	26.4
2016	37.1	26.7
2017	37.4	27
2018	37.7	27.5
2019	38.1	27.9
2020	38.5	28.3
2021	39	28.6
2022	39.6	28.9
2023	40.1	29.2
2024	40.6	29.5

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