Dominican Republic vs South Africa statistics compared

The Dominican Republic has a population of 11.4M (ranked 85/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). The Dominican Republic's land area is 18,609 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 127th vs. 24th).

By GDP, The Dominican Republic ranks 65/197 ($124B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, The Dominican Republic ranks 83/197 ($10,876), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Dominican Republic and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Dominican Republic and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Dominican Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Dominican Republic	South Africa
1960	$672,399,700	$8,748,596,501
1961	$654,100,200	$9,225,996,310
1962	$824,100,000	$9,813,996,074
1963	$940,799,900	$10,854,195,658
1964	$1,025,599,900	$11,955,995,218
1965	$888,100,000	$13,068,994,772
1966	$983,900,000	$14,211,394,315
1967	$1,034,800,000	$15,821,393,671
1968	$1,079,100,000	$17,124,793,150
1969	$1,230,500,000	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,485,500,000	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,666,500,000	$23,411,076,638
1972	$1,987,400,000	$24,515,919,217
1973	$2,344,800,000	$33,262,772,008
1974	$2,925,700,000	$41,389,186,095
1975	$3,599,200,000	$42,906,905,672
1976	$3,951,500,000	$41,150,460,288
1977	$4,587,100,000	$45,328,411,332
1978	$4,734,400,000	$51,607,412,902
1979	$5,498,800,000	$63,038,658,089
1980	$6,761,300,000	$89,411,864,402
1981	$7,561,300,000	$93,141,472,164
1982	$8,267,400,000	$85,904,057,409
1983	$9,220,600,000	$96,204,110,942
1984	$11,594,000,000	$84,870,163,366
1985	$5,044,579,979	$64,459,376,087
1986	$6,122,128,558	$73,354,771,399
1987	$5,827,050,753	$96,535,763,418
1988	$5,374,299,981	$103,976,831,871
1989	$6,686,593,060	$108,055,624,082
1990	$7,073,675,545	$126,048,140,142
1991	$9,824,483,340	$135,203,698,238
1992	$11,605,382,504	$146,956,150,987
1993	$13,081,042,400	$147,194,747,566
1994	$14,644,734,599	$153,512,712,382
1995	$16,637,370,839	$171,735,933,897
1996	$18,241,622,548	$163,234,925,381
1997	$20,017,450,041	$168,978,057,328
1998	$21,672,215,547	$152,982,984,557
1999	$22,136,579,397	$151,516,957,079
2000	$24,305,780,629	$151,752,757,215
2001	$25,601,823,688	$135,429,905,923
2002	$27,137,440,786	$129,087,556,612
2003	$21,403,167,848	$197,018,965,309
2004	$22,322,387,382	$255,806,908,595
2005	$35,777,560,684	$288,867,217,197
2006	$37,879,830,084	$303,858,675,364
2007	$43,965,458,509	$333,077,117,254
2008	$48,091,433,554	$316,131,258,616
2009	$48,223,781,477	$329,754,060,647
2010	$53,801,053,353	$417,363,822,802
2011	$57,948,261,616	$458,199,494,831
2012	$60,561,635,556	$434,400,545,086
2013	$62,555,417,415	$400,886,013,596
2014	$67,014,329,100	$381,198,869,776
2015	$70,966,782,572	$346,709,790,459
2016	$75,552,902,636	$323,585,509,674
2017	$79,070,274,743	$381,448,814,653
2018	$84,994,732,049	$405,260,723,893
2019	$89,146,130,745	$389,330,032,224
2020	$78,546,672,407	$337,974,655,408
2021	$94,850,719,517	$420,886,877,629
2022	$113,478,087,135	$406,920,004,594
2023	$120,456,239,154	$380,699,271,816
2024	$124,282,245,639	$400,260,724,226

Dominican Republic and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Dominican Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Dominican Republic	South Africa
1960	$205.7	$532
1961	$193.9	$546
1962	$236.8	$563
1963	$262.2	$605
1964	$277.3	$646
1965	$233.2	$685
1966	$250.9	$722
1967	$256.2	$779
1968	$259.6	$817
1969	$287.7	$891
1970	$338	$952
1971	$368	$1,020
1972	$427	$1,038
1973	$490	$1,369
1974	$595	$1,656
1975	$713	$1,670
1976	$763	$1,559
1977	$863	$1,671
1978	$868	$1,852
1979	$984	$2,202
1980	$1,180	$3,029
1981	$1,288	$3,050
1982	$1,376	$2,717
1983	$1,500	$2,938
1984	$1,844	$2,504
1985	$784	$1,839
1986	$932	$2,027
1987	$868	$2,586
1988	$784	$2,702
1989	$955	$2,727
1990	$989	$3,093
1991	$1,346	$3,243
1992	$1,558	$3,462
1993	$1,722	$3,400
1994	$1,892	$3,489
1995	$2,109	$3,856
1996	$2,271	$3,618
1997	$2,449	$3,700
1998	$2,608	$3,310
1999	$2,621	$3,242
2000	$2,831	$3,218
2001	$2,936	$2,847
2002	$3,066	$2,688
2003	$2,383	$4,062
2004	$2,452	$5,221
2005	$3,878	$5,837
2006	$4,055	$6,077
2007	$4,650	$6,592
2008	$5,024	$6,185
2009	$4,974	$6,375
2010	$5,479	$7,973
2011	$5,827	$8,646
2012	$6,014	$8,077
2013	$6,137	$7,332
2014	$6,496	$6,857
2015	$6,801	$6,112
2016	$7,160	$5,651
2017	$7,413	$6,618
2018	$7,883	$6,914
2019	$8,183	$6,534
2020	$7,135	$5,581
2021	$8,527	$6,843
2022	$10,104	$6,523
2023	$10,630	$6,023
2024	$10,876	$6,253

Dominican Republic vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Dominican Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Dominican Republic	South Africa
1950	44.1	43.1
1951	44.8	44.1
1952	45.6	45
1953	46.3	46.1
1954	47.1	47.1
1955	47.9	48.2
1956	48.7	49.2
1957	49.5	50.2
1958	50.2	51.1
1959	51	51.9
1960	51.7	52.6
1961	52.4	53.1
1962	53.2	53.6
1963	53.8	53.9
1964	54.7	54.2
1965	52.8	54.4
1966	56	54.7
1967	56.6	55
1968	57.3	55.2
1969	57.9	55.4
1970	58.5	55.7
1971	59.1	56
1972	59.7	56.4
1973	60.2	56.7
1974	60.8	57.1
1975	61.3	57.6
1976	61.7	58
1977	62.2	58.5
1978	62.6	59
1979	62.4	59.5
1980	63.4	60
1981	63.8	60.4
1982	64.2	60.9
1983	64.6	61.4
1984	65.1	61.8
1985	65.6	62.2
1986	66.1	62.4
1987	66.5	62.7
1988	66.9	62.9
1989	67.3	63
1990	67.7	62.9
1991	68.2	63
1992	68.5	62.8
1993	68.9	62.6
1994	69.2	62.1
1995	69.4	61.6
1996	69.6	61.1
1997	69.8	60.5
1998	69.9	59.9
1999	70.2	59.2
2000	70.4	58.4
2001	70.6	57.2
2002	70.7	55.6
2003	70.9	54.2
2004	70.7	54
2005	71	53.9
2006	71.1	54.2
2007	71.1	54.9
2008	71.3	56
2009	71.6	57.4
2010	72	58.9
2011	72.5	60.6
2012	72.8	61.7
2013	73	62.4
2014	73.1	63.2
2015	73	64.1
2016	72.9	64.7
2017	73.4	65.4
2018	73.6	65.7
2019	73.1	66.1
2020	72.6	65.2
2021	71.8	62
2022	74.2	65.5
2023	73.7	66.1
2024	73.9	66.3
2025	74	66.5

Dominican Republic and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Dominican Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Dominican Republic	South Africa
1960	3,268,336	16,440,172
1961	3,373,233	16,908,035
1962	3,479,936	17,418,522
1963	3,588,287	17,954,564
1964	3,698,559	18,511,361
1965	3,808,963	19,089,380
1966	3,921,847	19,690,087
1967	4,038,928	20,314,066
1968	4,157,189	20,957,287
1969	4,277,035	21,614,676
1970	4,399,290	22,279,984
1971	4,524,234	22,942,143
1972	4,651,883	23,609,456
1973	4,782,227	24,294,263
1974	4,914,197	24,989,108
1975	5,046,776	25,690,940
1976	5,180,404	26,395,450
1977	5,315,443	27,118,952
1978	5,451,882	27,869,507
1979	5,589,690	28,634,162
1980	5,729,037	29,518,857
1981	5,868,453	30,541,044
1982	6,007,114	31,615,339
1983	6,147,248	32,739,304
1984	6,289,040	33,892,788
1985	6,430,404	35,042,093
1986	6,571,208	36,180,515
1987	6,712,515	37,326,190
1988	6,855,734	38,480,649
1989	7,002,295	39,628,575
1990	7,151,166	40,746,268
1991	7,299,853	41,687,898
1992	7,447,474	42,443,509
1993	7,594,572	43,297,156
1994	7,741,694	44,004,139
1995	7,888,115	44,541,554
1996	8,032,894	45,123,018
1997	8,174,078	45,666,838
1998	8,310,362	46,223,880
1999	8,446,208	46,730,335
2000	8,584,190	47,159,719
2001	8,720,283	47,566,800
2002	8,852,235	48,019,415
2003	8,980,620	48,500,348
2004	9,104,892	48,991,421
2005	9,225,034	49,490,033
2006	9,341,183	49,998,277
2007	9,455,658	50,528,584
2008	9,573,130	51,114,599
2009	9,695,265	51,728,516
2010	9,820,175	52,344,051
2011	9,945,621	52,995,205
2012	10,070,411	53,782,567
2013	10,193,833	54,678,791
2014	10,315,528	55,594,838
2015	10,434,829	56,723,537
2016	10,551,430	57,259,551
2017	10,666,843	57,635,162
2018	10,782,053	58,613,001
2019	10,894,043	59,587,885
2020	11,008,300	60,562,381
2021	11,123,476	61,502,603
2022	11,230,734	62,378,410
2023	11,331,265	63,212,384
2024	11,427,557	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Dominican Republic and South Africa

Fertility rate

Dominican Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Dominican Republic	South Africa
1960	7.56	6.11
1961	7.49	6.08
1962	7.4	6.05
1963	7.3	6.01
1964	7.19	5.96
1965	7.05	5.89
1966	6.95	5.91
1967	6.76	5.85
1968	6.55	5.78
1969	6.37	5.72
1970	6.18	5.63
1971	6.01	5.57
1972	5.84	5.49
1973	5.67	5.41
1974	5.44	5.3
1975	5.24	5.19
1976	5.05	5.07
1977	4.84	4.94
1978	4.64	4.85
1979	4.47	4.82
1980	4.3	4.78
1981	4.15	4.71
1982	4.01	4.7
1983	3.95	4.63
1984	3.82	4.57
1985	3.69	4.5
1986	3.6	4.41
1987	3.53	4.35
1988	3.5	4.18
1989	3.48	3.98
1990	3.41	3.72
1991	3.35	3.62
1992	3.29	3.48
1993	3.23	3.37
1994	3.16	3.26
1995	3.1	3.17
1996	3.04	2.99
1997	2.92	2.73
1998	2.84	2.63
1999	2.85	2.56
2000	2.87	2.41
2001	2.83	2.37
2002	2.76	2.32
2003	2.7	2.36
2004	2.64	2.44
2005	2.57	2.51
2006	2.51	2.55
2007	2.51	2.55
2008	2.55	2.68
2009	2.57	2.5
2010	2.56	2.44
2011	2.53	2.44
2012	2.5	2.45
2013	2.47	2.43
2014	2.45	2.42
2015	2.43	2.36
2016	2.41	2.26
2017	2.4	2.28
2018	2.4	2.27
2019	2.37	2.26
2020	2.33	2.26
2021	2.29	2.25
2022	2.27	2.23
2023	2.24	2.22

Dominican Republic and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Dominican Republic

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Dominican Republic	South Africa
1960	15.7	19
1961	15.6	19
1962	15.5	18.9
1963	15.4	18.9
1964	15.3	18.9
1965	15.3	18.8
1966	15.3	18.8
1967	15.4	18.8
1968	15.5	18.8
1969	15.6	18.8
1970	15.8	18.8
1971	16	18.8
1972	16.2	18.8
1973	16.4	18.8
1974	16.5	18.9
1975	16.8	18.9
1976	17	19
1977	17.2	19.1
1978	17.4	19.2
1979	17.6	19.3
1980	17.8	19.4
1981	18	19.6
1982	18.3	19.8
1983	18.5	20
1984	18.7	20.2
1985	18.9	20.4
1986	19.1	20.5
1987	19.3	20.7
1988	19.5	20.9
1989	19.7	21.1
1990	19.9	21.3
1991	20.1	21.5
1992	20.3	21.5
1993	20.5	21.9
1994	20.7	22
1995	20.9	21.5
1996	21.1	21.2
1997	21.4	21.2
1998	21.6	21.4
1999	21.9	21.6
2000	22.1	21.9
2001	22.4	22.2
2002	22.6	22.4
2003	22.9	22.8
2004	23.1	23.1
2005	23.4	23.3
2006	23.7	23.5
2007	24	23.8
2008	24.2	24
2009	24.5	24.3
2010	24.7	24.6
2011	25	25
2012	25.3	25.3
2013	25.6	25.7
2014	25.9	26
2015	26.2	26.4
2016	26.5	26.7
2017	26.8	27
2018	27.1	27.5
2019	27.4	27.9
2020	27.7	28.3
2021	28	28.6
2022	28.3	28.9
2023	28.7	29.2
2024	29	29.5

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