Ecuador vs South Africa statistics compared

Ecuador has a population of 18.1M (ranked 71/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Ecuador's land area is 95,892 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 76th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Ecuador ranks 63/197 ($125B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Ecuador ranks 105/197 ($6,875), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Ecuador and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Ecuador and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Ecuador

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Ecuador	South Africa
1960	$2,069,464,937	$8,748,596,501
1961	$1,753,850,955	$9,225,996,310
1962	$1,518,207,703	$9,813,996,074
1963	$1,824,343,871	$10,854,195,658
1964	$2,244,146,103	$11,955,995,218
1965	$2,387,047,396	$13,068,994,772
1966	$2,429,308,639	$14,211,394,315
1967	$2,553,595,172	$15,821,393,671
1968	$2,582,179,864	$17,124,793,150
1969	$3,112,165,727	$19,256,992,297
1970	$2,862,503,139	$21,218,391,513
1971	$2,754,219,271	$23,411,076,638
1972	$3,185,986,087	$24,515,919,217
1973	$3,891,754,150	$33,262,772,008
1974	$6,599,257,044	$41,389,186,095
1975	$7,731,674,472	$42,906,905,672
1976	$9,091,921,030	$41,150,460,288
1977	$11,026,342,618	$45,328,411,332
1978	$11,922,497,876	$51,607,412,902
1979	$14,175,160,902	$63,038,658,089
1980	$17,881,508,242	$89,411,864,402
1981	$21,810,759,354	$93,141,472,164
1982	$19,929,846,396	$85,904,057,409
1983	$17,152,477,037	$96,204,110,942
1984	$16,912,509,092	$84,870,163,366
1985	$17,149,088,413	$64,459,376,087
1986	$15,314,138,472	$73,354,771,399
1987	$13,945,426,859	$96,535,763,418
1988	$13,051,881,851	$103,976,831,871
1989	$13,890,823,705	$108,055,624,082
1990	$15,239,272,612	$126,048,140,142
1991	$16,988,535,268	$135,203,698,238
1992	$18,094,238,119	$146,956,150,987
1993	$18,938,717,359	$147,194,747,566
1994	$22,708,673,337	$153,512,712,382
1995	$24,432,884,442	$171,735,933,897
1996	$25,226,393,197	$163,234,925,381
1997	$28,162,053,027	$168,978,057,328
1998	$27,981,896,948	$152,982,984,557
1999	$19,645,272,636	$151,516,957,079
2000	$17,539,454,727	$151,752,757,215
2001	$23,127,055,000	$135,429,905,923
2002	$27,054,197,000	$129,087,556,612
2003	$30,965,208,000	$197,018,965,309
2004	$35,194,947,000	$255,806,908,595
2005	$40,278,849,000	$288,867,217,197
2006	$45,690,762,000	$303,858,675,364
2007	$49,848,725,000	$333,077,117,254
2008	$61,139,438,000	$316,131,258,616
2009	$60,094,978,000	$329,754,060,647
2010	$68,151,329,000	$417,363,822,802
2011	$78,986,648,000	$458,199,494,831
2012	$87,735,048,000	$434,400,545,086
2013	$96,570,334,000	$400,886,013,596
2014	$102,717,794,000	$381,198,869,776
2015	$97,209,558,000	$346,709,790,459
2016	$97,671,433,000	$323,585,509,674
2017	$104,467,486,000	$381,448,814,653
2018	$107,478,961,000	$405,260,723,893
2019	$107,595,830,000	$389,330,032,224
2020	$95,865,473,000	$337,974,655,408
2021	$107,179,074,000	$420,886,877,629
2022	$116,133,121,000	$406,920,004,594
2023	$121,147,057,000	$380,699,271,816
2024	$124,676,074,700	$400,260,724,226

Ecuador and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Ecuador

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ecuador	South Africa
1960	$451	$532
1961	$371	$546
1962	$312	$563
1963	$365	$605
1964	$436	$646
1965	$450	$685
1966	$445	$722
1967	$454	$779
1968	$445	$817
1969	$521	$891
1970	$465	$952
1971	$434	$1,020
1972	$488	$1,038
1973	$579	$1,369
1974	$954	$1,656
1975	$1,086	$1,670
1976	$1,242	$1,559
1977	$1,465	$1,671
1978	$1,541	$1,852
1979	$1,783	$2,202
1980	$2,190	$3,029
1981	$2,601	$3,050
1982	$2,314	$2,717
1983	$1,940	$2,938
1984	$1,864	$2,504
1985	$1,842	$1,839
1986	$1,604	$2,027
1987	$1,426	$2,586
1988	$1,304	$2,702
1989	$1,356	$2,727
1990	$1,455	$3,093
1991	$1,587	$3,243
1992	$1,655	$3,462
1993	$1,698	$3,400
1994	$1,997	$3,489
1995	$2,108	$3,856
1996	$2,136	$3,618
1997	$2,341	$3,700
1998	$2,284	$3,310
1999	$1,575	$3,242
2000	$1,382	$3,218
2001	$1,791	$2,847
2002	$2,059	$2,688
2003	$2,316	$4,062
2004	$2,586	$5,221
2005	$2,909	$5,837
2006	$3,244	$6,077
2007	$3,479	$6,592
2008	$4,195	$6,185
2009	$4,053	$6,375
2010	$4,520	$7,973
2011	$5,154	$8,646
2012	$5,634	$8,077
2013	$6,109	$7,332
2014	$6,406	$6,857
2015	$5,976	$6,112
2016	$5,918	$5,651
2017	$6,233	$6,618
2018	$6,304	$6,914
2019	$6,205	$6,534
2020	$5,464	$5,581
2021	$6,061	$6,843
2022	$6,516	$6,523
2023	$6,738	$6,023
2024	$6,875	$6,253

Ecuador vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ecuador

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ecuador	South Africa
1950	48.4	43.1
1951	48.9	44.1
1952	49.2	45
1953	49.6	46.1
1954	50	47.1
1955	50.4	48.2
1956	50.9	49.2
1957	51.5	50.2
1958	52.1	51.1
1959	52.7	51.9
1960	53.4	52.6
1961	54.1	53.1
1962	54.7	53.6
1963	55.3	53.9
1964	56	54.2
1965	56.5	54.4
1966	57	54.7
1967	57.5	55
1968	57.9	55.2
1969	58.3	55.4
1970	58.8	55.7
1971	59.3	56
1972	59.8	56.4
1973	60.3	56.7
1974	60.7	57.1
1975	61.1	57.6
1976	61.4	58
1977	61.9	58.5
1978	62.4	59
1979	62.9	59.5
1980	63.3	60
1981	63.8	60.4
1982	64.3	60.9
1983	64.7	61.4
1984	65.2	61.8
1985	65.6	62.2
1986	66.1	62.4
1987	66.6	62.7
1988	67	62.9
1989	67.8	63
1990	68.4	62.9
1991	69	63
1992	69.5	62.8
1993	70.1	62.6
1994	70.9	62.1
1995	71.3	61.6
1996	71.8	61.1
1997	72	60.5
1998	71.9	59.9
1999	71.9	59.2
2000	72.1	58.4
2001	72.6	57.2
2002	73.2	55.6
2003	73.6	54.2
2004	73.9	54
2005	73.9	53.9
2006	74	54.2
2007	74.2	54.9
2008	74.7	56
2009	74.9	57.4
2010	75.2	58.9
2011	75.2	60.6
2012	75.5	61.7
2013	75.8	62.4
2014	76.1	63.2
2015	76.2	64.1
2016	76.1	64.7
2017	76.2	65.4
2018	77.2	65.7
2019	77.3	66.1
2020	72	65.2
2021	72.7	62
2022	76.6	65.5
2023	77.4	66.1
2024	77.6	66.3
2025	77.8	66.5

Ecuador and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Ecuador

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Ecuador	South Africa
1960	4,590,891	16,440,172
1961	4,722,331	16,908,035
1962	4,859,269	17,418,522
1963	5,001,716	17,954,564
1964	5,149,918	18,511,361
1965	5,303,963	19,089,380
1966	5,463,748	19,690,087
1967	5,629,057	20,314,066
1968	5,799,680	20,957,287
1969	5,975,236	21,614,676
1970	6,155,387	22,279,984
1971	6,340,052	22,942,143
1972	6,529,034	23,609,456
1973	6,722,033	24,294,263
1974	6,918,573	24,989,108
1975	7,118,251	25,690,940
1976	7,320,912	26,395,450
1977	7,526,819	27,118,952
1978	7,736,167	27,869,507
1979	7,948,869	28,634,162
1980	8,165,877	29,518,857
1981	8,386,910	30,541,044
1982	8,611,298	31,615,339
1983	8,840,417	32,739,304
1984	9,074,782	33,892,788
1985	9,311,154	35,042,093
1986	9,545,998	36,180,515
1987	9,779,290	37,326,190
1988	10,010,808	38,480,649
1989	10,241,852	39,628,575
1990	10,473,673	40,746,268
1991	10,702,380	41,687,898
1992	10,930,128	42,443,509
1993	11,154,274	43,297,156
1994	11,372,197	44,004,139
1995	11,590,514	44,541,554
1996	11,810,950	45,123,018
1997	12,031,127	45,666,838
1998	12,251,184	46,223,880
1999	12,470,795	46,730,335
2000	12,689,206	47,159,719
2001	12,910,740	47,566,800
2002	13,138,472	48,019,415
2003	13,372,306	48,500,348
2004	13,608,701	48,991,421
2005	13,846,163	49,490,033
2006	14,086,131	49,998,277
2007	14,328,773	50,528,584
2008	14,575,202	51,114,599
2009	14,825,954	51,728,516
2010	15,076,695	52,344,051
2011	15,326,227	52,995,205
2012	15,572,194	53,782,567
2013	15,807,128	54,678,791
2014	16,035,124	55,594,838
2015	16,266,225	56,723,537
2016	16,505,139	57,259,551
2017	16,759,519	57,635,162
2018	17,049,547	58,613,001
2019	17,340,021	59,587,885
2020	17,546,065	60,562,381
2021	17,682,454	61,502,603
2022	17,823,897	62,378,410
2023	17,980,083	63,212,384
2024	18,135,478	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Ecuador and South Africa

Fertility rate

Ecuador

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ecuador	South Africa
1960	6.72	6.11
1961	6.7	6.08
1962	6.68	6.05
1963	6.65	6.01
1964	6.61	5.96
1965	6.56	5.89
1966	6.51	5.91
1967	6.44	5.85
1968	6.35	5.78
1969	6.25	5.72
1970	6.14	5.63
1971	6.01	5.57
1972	5.87	5.49
1973	5.73	5.41
1974	5.58	5.3
1975	5.43	5.19
1976	5.28	5.07
1977	5.13	4.94
1978	4.99	4.85
1979	4.86	4.82
1980	4.73	4.78
1981	4.61	4.71
1982	4.5	4.7
1983	4.39	4.63
1984	4.31	4.57
1985	4.14	4.5
1986	4	4.41
1987	3.87	4.35
1988	3.79	4.18
1989	3.74	3.98
1990	3.68	3.72
1991	3.63	3.62
1992	3.58	3.48
1993	3.49	3.37
1994	3.42	3.26
1995	3.38	3.17
1996	3.35	2.99
1997	3.29	2.73
1998	3.23	2.63
1999	3.17	2.56
2000	3.1	2.41
2001	3.04	2.37
2002	2.97	2.32
2003	2.91	2.36
2004	2.85	2.44
2005	2.8	2.51
2006	2.75	2.55
2007	2.7	2.55
2008	2.69	2.68
2009	2.68	2.5
2010	2.62	2.44
2011	2.61	2.44
2012	2.51	2.45
2013	2.36	2.43
2014	2.27	2.42
2015	2.21	2.36
2016	2.12	2.26
2017	2.13	2.28
2018	2.11	2.27
2019	2.04	2.26
2020	1.97	2.26
2021	1.91	2.25
2022	1.86	2.23
2023	1.82	2.22

Ecuador and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Ecuador

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ecuador	South Africa
1960	18.2	19
1961	18	19
1962	17.9	18.9
1963	17.8	18.9
1964	17.8	18.9
1965	17.7	18.8
1966	17.7	18.8
1967	17.7	18.8
1968	17.7	18.8
1969	17.7	18.8
1970	17.7	18.8
1971	17.8	18.8
1972	17.8	18.8
1973	17.9	18.8
1974	17.9	18.9
1975	18	18.9
1976	18.1	19
1977	18.2	19.1
1978	18.3	19.2
1979	18.4	19.3
1980	18.5	19.4
1981	18.6	19.6
1982	18.8	19.8
1983	18.9	20
1984	19.1	20.2
1985	19.2	20.4
1986	19.4	20.5
1987	19.6	20.7
1988	19.8	20.9
1989	20	21.1
1990	20.2	21.3
1991	20.4	21.5
1992	20.6	21.5
1993	20.8	21.9
1994	21	22
1995	21.2	21.5
1996	21.4	21.2
1997	21.6	21.2
1998	21.8	21.4
1999	22	21.6
2000	22.2	21.9
2001	22.4	22.2
2002	22.7	22.4
2003	22.9	22.8
2004	23.2	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	24.8	24.6
2011	25.1	25
2012	25.4	25.3
2013	25.7	25.7
2014	26	26
2015	26.4	26.4
2016	26.8	26.7
2017	27.2	27
2018	27.5	27.5
2019	27.9	27.9
2020	28.3	28.3
2021	28.6	28.6
2022	29	28.9
2023	29.4	29.2
2024	29.8	29.5

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