Colombia vs South Africa statistics compared

Colombia has a population of 52.9M (ranked 28/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Colombia's land area is 428,380 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 26th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Colombia ranks 40/197 ($419B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Colombia ranks 97/197 ($7,914), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Colombia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Colombia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Colombia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Colombia	South Africa
1960	$4,031,152,977	$8,748,596,501
1961	$4,540,447,761	$9,225,996,310
1962	$4,955,538,219	$9,813,996,074
1963	$4,836,166,667	$10,854,195,658
1964	$5,973,366,667	$11,955,995,218
1965	$5,760,761,905	$13,068,994,772
1966	$5,428,518,519	$14,211,394,315
1967	$5,825,170,438	$15,821,393,671
1968	$5,960,212,869	$17,124,793,150
1969	$6,450,175,214	$19,256,992,297
1970	$7,198,360,460	$21,218,391,513
1971	$7,820,380,971	$23,411,076,638
1972	$8,671,358,733	$24,515,919,217
1973	$10,315,760,000	$33,262,772,008
1974	$12,370,029,584	$41,389,186,095
1975	$13,098,633,902	$42,906,905,672
1976	$15,341,403,660	$41,150,460,288
1977	$19,470,960,619	$45,328,411,332
1978	$23,263,511,958	$51,607,412,902
1979	$27,940,411,250	$63,038,658,089
1980	$33,400,735,644	$89,411,864,402
1981	$36,388,366,869	$93,141,472,164
1982	$38,968,039,722	$85,904,057,409
1983	$38,729,822,782	$96,204,110,942
1984	$38,253,120,738	$84,870,163,366
1985	$34,894,419,443	$64,459,376,087
1986	$34,942,489,684	$73,354,771,399
1987	$36,373,307,085	$96,535,763,418
1988	$39,212,550,050	$103,976,831,871
1989	$39,540,080,200	$108,055,624,082
1990	$47,844,090,710	$126,048,140,142
1991	$49,637,993,949	$135,203,698,238
1992	$58,394,443,378	$146,956,150,987
1993	$66,474,101,301	$147,194,747,566
1994	$81,705,497,617	$153,512,712,382
1995	$92,495,970,511	$171,735,933,897
1996	$97,153,389,011	$163,234,925,381
1997	$106,656,492,294	$168,978,057,328
1998	$98,486,358,581	$152,982,984,557
1999	$86,278,947,637	$151,516,957,079
2000	$99,875,074,951	$151,752,757,215
2001	$98,200,641,203	$135,429,905,923
2002	$97,945,812,803	$129,087,556,612
2003	$94,644,969,157	$197,018,965,309
2004	$117,092,416,666	$255,806,908,595
2005	$145,600,529,606	$288,867,217,197
2006	$161,792,958,905	$303,858,675,364
2007	$206,229,540,926	$333,077,117,254
2008	$242,504,150,473	$316,131,258,616
2009	$232,468,663,110	$329,754,060,647
2010	$286,498,534,095	$417,363,822,802
2011	$334,966,134,805	$458,199,494,831
2012	$370,691,143,018	$434,400,545,086
2013	$382,093,697,078	$400,886,013,596
2014	$381,240,864,422	$381,198,869,776
2015	$293,492,370,193	$346,709,790,459
2016	$282,720,100,286	$323,585,509,674
2017	$311,866,875,157	$381,448,814,653
2018	$334,198,218,098	$405,260,723,893
2019	$323,031,701,193	$389,330,032,224
2020	$270,348,342,541	$337,974,655,408
2021	$318,524,633,225	$420,886,877,629
2022	$345,632,492,851	$406,920,004,594
2023	$366,291,836,138	$380,699,271,816
2024	$418,542,042,920	$400,260,724,226

Colombia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Colombia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Colombia	South Africa
1960	$258.3	$532
1961	$282.1	$546
1962	$298.5	$563
1963	$282.6	$605
1964	$339	$646
1965	$317	$685
1966	$290.3	$722
1967	$303	$779
1968	$302	$817
1969	$318	$891
1970	$346	$952
1971	$367	$1,020
1972	$397	$1,038
1973	$462	$1,369
1974	$542	$1,656
1975	$561	$1,670
1976	$643	$1,559
1977	$798	$1,671
1978	$932	$1,852
1979	$1,095	$2,202
1980	$1,280	$3,029
1981	$1,362	$3,050
1982	$1,425	$2,717
1983	$1,384	$2,938
1984	$1,336	$2,504
1985	$1,192	$1,839
1986	$1,169	$2,027
1987	$1,193	$2,586
1988	$1,260	$2,702
1989	$1,244	$2,727
1990	$1,475	$3,093
1991	$1,500	$3,243
1992	$1,730	$3,462
1993	$1,930	$3,400
1994	$2,326	$3,489
1995	$2,583	$3,856
1996	$2,664	$3,618
1997	$2,873	$3,700
1998	$2,606	$3,310
1999	$2,244	$3,242
2000	$2,555	$3,218
2001	$2,473	$2,847
2002	$2,429	$2,688
2003	$2,312	$4,062
2004	$2,819	$5,221
2005	$3,456	$5,837
2006	$3,790	$6,077
2007	$4,770	$6,592
2008	$5,542	$6,185
2009	$5,251	$6,375
2010	$6,398	$7,973
2011	$7,401	$8,646
2012	$8,109	$8,077
2013	$8,279	$7,332
2014	$8,187	$6,857
2015	$6,249	$6,112
2016	$5,960	$5,651
2017	$6,480	$6,618
2018	$6,817	$6,914
2019	$6,473	$6,534
2020	$5,340	$5,581
2021	$6,223	$6,843
2022	$6,680	$6,523
2023	$7,001	$6,023
2024	$7,914	$6,253

Colombia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Colombia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Colombia	South Africa
1950	48.3	43.1
1951	49	44.1
1952	49.8	45
1953	50.6	46.1
1954	51.3	47.1
1955	51.9	48.2
1956	52.5	49.2
1957	54.1	50.2
1958	54.7	51.1
1959	55.9	51.9
1960	56.6	52.6
1961	57.2	53.1
1962	57.7	53.6
1963	58.3	53.9
1964	58.8	54.2
1965	59.2	54.4
1966	59.7	54.7
1967	60.1	55
1968	60.6	55.2
1969	61	55.4
1970	61.5	55.7
1971	62	56
1972	62.5	56.4
1973	63	56.7
1974	63.5	57.1
1975	64	57.6
1976	64.6	58
1977	65.2	58.5
1978	65.8	59
1979	66.2	59.5
1980	66.7	60
1981	67.2	60.4
1982	67.9	60.9
1983	68.1	61.4
1984	68.3	61.8
1985	65.4	62.2
1986	68.3	62.4
1987	68.2	62.7
1988	68.3	62.9
1989	68.6	63
1990	68.7	62.9
1991	68.8	63
1992	68.8	62.8
1993	69.1	62.6
1994	69.4	62.1
1995	69.8	61.6
1996	70.2	61.1
1997	70.6	60.5
1998	70.9	59.9
1999	70.9	59.2
2000	70.9	58.4
2001	71.2	57.2
2002	71.5	55.6
2003	72.3	54.2
2004	72.8	54
2005	73.2	53.9
2006	73.5	54.2
2007	73.8	54.9
2008	74.2	56
2009	74.5	57.4
2010	74.9	58.9
2011	75.2	60.6
2012	75.6	61.7
2013	75.8	62.4
2014	75.9	63.2
2015	76.1	64.1
2016	76.2	64.7
2017	76.4	65.4
2018	76.6	65.7
2019	76.8	66.1
2020	74.8	65.2
2021	72.7	62
2022	76.5	65.5
2023	77.7	66.1
2024	77.9	66.3
2025	78.1	66.5

Colombia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Colombia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Colombia	South Africa
1960	15,606,209	16,440,172
1961	16,095,203	16,908,035
1962	16,599,029	17,418,522
1963	17,113,823	17,954,564
1964	17,637,411	18,511,361
1965	18,169,050	19,089,380
1966	18,702,688	19,690,087
1967	19,235,618	20,314,066
1968	19,766,796	20,957,287
1969	20,291,942	21,614,676
1970	20,811,782	22,279,984
1971	21,319,096	22,942,143
1972	21,819,563	23,609,456
1973	22,325,374	24,294,263
1974	22,833,469	24,989,108
1975	23,344,644	25,690,940
1976	23,858,810	26,395,450
1977	24,393,494	27,118,952
1978	24,950,337	27,869,507
1979	25,515,626	28,634,162
1980	26,104,498	29,518,857
1981	26,713,267	30,541,044
1982	27,338,331	31,615,339
1983	27,988,173	32,739,304
1984	28,642,690	33,892,788
1985	29,268,470	35,042,093
1986	29,879,112	36,180,515
1987	30,499,467	37,326,190
1988	31,130,524	38,480,649
1989	31,776,279	39,628,575
1990	32,440,069	40,746,268
1991	33,098,372	41,687,898
1992	33,760,571	42,443,509
1993	34,441,473	43,297,156
1994	35,127,410	44,004,139
1995	35,804,662	44,541,554
1996	36,462,745	45,123,018
1997	37,121,149	45,666,838
1998	37,792,165	46,223,880
1999	38,454,863	46,730,335
2000	39,089,934	47,159,719
2001	39,709,262	47,566,800
2002	40,324,680	48,019,415
2003	40,937,429	48,500,348
2004	41,543,171	48,991,421
2005	42,128,977	49,490,033
2006	42,691,084	49,998,277
2007	43,235,374	50,528,584
2008	43,758,808	51,114,599
2009	44,271,541	51,728,516
2010	44,777,319	52,344,051
2011	45,259,614	52,995,205
2012	45,715,810	53,782,567
2013	46,151,584	54,678,791
2014	46,565,429	55,594,838
2015	46,969,940	56,723,537
2016	47,437,512	57,259,551
2017	48,131,078	57,635,162
2018	49,024,465	58,613,001
2019	49,907,985	59,587,885
2020	50,629,997	60,562,381
2021	51,188,173	61,502,603
2022	51,737,944	62,378,410
2023	52,321,152	63,212,384
2024	52,886,363	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Colombia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Colombia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Colombia	South Africa
1960	6.74	6.11
1961	6.71	6.08
1962	6.66	6.05
1963	6.58	6.01
1964	6.48	5.96
1965	6.33	5.89
1966	6.16	5.91
1967	5.96	5.85
1968	5.74	5.78
1969	5.51	5.72
1970	5.28	5.63
1971	5.06	5.57
1972	4.86	5.49
1973	4.68	5.41
1974	4.53	5.3
1975	4.4	5.19
1976	4.29	5.07
1977	4.16	4.94
1978	4	4.85
1979	3.89	4.82
1980	3.8	4.78
1981	3.71	4.71
1982	3.62	4.7
1983	3.5	4.63
1984	3.35	4.57
1985	3.23	4.5
1986	3.15	4.41
1987	3.09	4.35
1988	3.04	4.18
1989	3.01	3.98
1990	3	3.72
1991	2.98	3.62
1992	2.98	3.48
1993	2.98	3.37
1994	2.94	3.26
1995	2.85	3.17
1996	2.77	2.99
1997	2.74	2.73
1998	2.72	2.63
1999	2.64	2.56
2000	2.57	2.41
2001	2.52	2.37
2002	2.49	2.32
2003	2.45	2.36
2004	2.38	2.44
2005	2.31	2.51
2006	2.24	2.55
2007	2.19	2.55
2008	2.15	2.68
2009	2.1	2.5
2010	2.01	2.44
2011	1.94	2.44
2012	1.9	2.45
2013	1.86	2.43
2014	1.82	2.42
2015	1.77	2.36
2016	1.72	2.26
2017	1.72	2.28
2018	1.72	2.27
2019	1.71	2.26
2020	1.69	2.26
2021	1.68	2.25
2022	1.66	2.23
2023	1.65	2.22

Colombia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Colombia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Colombia	South Africa
1960	16.6	19
1961	16.5	19
1962	16.4	18.9
1963	16.4	18.9
1964	16.3	18.9
1965	16.3	18.8
1966	16.4	18.8
1967	16.4	18.8
1968	16.5	18.8
1969	16.6	18.8
1970	16.8	18.8
1971	16.9	18.8
1972	17.1	18.8
1973	17.3	18.8
1974	17.6	18.9
1975	17.8	18.9
1976	18	19
1977	18.2	19.1
1978	18.5	19.2
1979	18.7	19.3
1980	19	19.4
1981	19.2	19.6
1982	19.5	19.8
1983	19.8	20
1984	20.1	20.2
1985	20.4	20.4
1986	20.7	20.5
1987	21	20.7
1988	21.3	20.9
1989	21.6	21.1
1990	21.8	21.3
1991	22.1	21.5
1992	22.3	21.5
1993	22.5	21.9
1994	22.8	22
1995	23	21.5
1996	23.2	21.2
1997	23.5	21.2
1998	23.7	21.4
1999	23.9	21.6
2000	24.2	21.9
2001	24.5	22.2
2002	24.7	22.4
2003	25	22.8
2004	25.3	23.1
2005	25.6	23.3
2006	26	23.5
2007	26.4	23.8
2008	26.7	24
2009	27.1	24.3
2010	27.5	24.6
2011	27.9	25
2012	28.3	25.3
2013	28.7	25.7
2014	29.2	26
2015	29.6	26.4
2016	30	26.7
2017	30.4	27
2018	30.7	27.5
2019	31.1	27.9
2020	31.5	28.3
2021	31.9	28.6
2022	32.2	28.9
2023	32.7	29.2
2024	33.1	29.5

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