Equatorial Guinea vs South Africa statistics compared

Equatorial Guinea has a population of 1.89M (ranked 148/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Equatorial Guinea's land area is 10,830 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 140th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Equatorial Guinea ranks 148/197 ($12.8B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Equatorial Guinea ranks 106/197 ($6,745), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Equatorial Guinea and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Equatorial Guinea and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Equatorial Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Equatorial Guinea	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	$37,253,333	$9,813,996,074
1963	$44,266,667	$10,854,195,658
1964	$51,915,000	$11,955,995,218
1965	$64,748,333	$13,068,994,772
1966	$69,110,000	$14,211,394,315
1967	$72,317,447	$15,821,393,671
1968	$67,514,286	$17,124,793,150
1969	$67,225,714	$19,256,992,297
1970	$66,331,429	$21,218,391,513
1971	$64,946,955	$23,411,076,638
1972	$65,429,198	$24,515,919,217
1973	$81,203,227	$33,262,772,008
1974	$94,159,863	$41,389,186,095
1975	$104,295,643	$42,906,905,672
1976	$103,653,050	$41,150,460,288
1977	$103,987,520	$45,328,411,332
1978	-	$51,607,412,902
1979	-	$63,038,658,089
1980	$50,642,881	$89,411,864,402
1981	$36,731,423	$93,141,472,164
1982	$44,294,648	$85,904,057,409
1983	$44,442,457	$96,204,110,942
1984	$50,320,914	$84,870,163,366
1985	$62,118,570	$64,459,376,087
1986	$76,407,396	$73,354,771,399
1987	$93,345,860	$96,535,763,418
1988	$100,534,657	$103,976,831,871
1989	$88,265,975	$108,055,624,082
1990	$112,119,411	$126,048,140,142
1991	$110,906,029	$135,203,698,238
1992	$134,707,184	$146,956,150,987
1993	$136,047,906	$147,194,747,566
1994	$100,807,003	$153,512,712,382
1995	$141,853,361	$171,735,933,897
1996	$232,463,023	$163,234,925,381
1997	$442,337,871	$168,978,057,328
1998	$370,687,634	$152,982,984,557
1999	$621,117,886	$151,516,957,079
2000	$1,045,998,496	$151,752,757,215
2001	$1,461,139,022	$135,429,905,923
2002	$1,806,742,742	$129,087,556,612
2003	$2,484,745,935	$197,018,965,309
2004	$4,410,764,339	$255,806,908,595
2005	$8,217,369,093	$288,867,217,197
2006	$10,086,528,699	$303,858,675,364
2007	$13,071,718,759	$333,077,117,254
2008	$19,749,893,536	$316,131,258,616
2009	$15,027,795,173	$329,754,060,647
2010	$16,314,443,436	$417,363,822,802
2011	$21,357,343,669	$458,199,494,831
2012	$22,388,344,144	$434,400,545,086
2013	$21,948,834,284	$400,886,013,596
2014	$21,765,453,082	$381,198,869,776
2015	$13,185,496,881	$346,709,790,459
2016	$11,240,808,848	$323,585,509,674
2017	$12,200,913,879	$381,448,814,653
2018	$13,097,012,134	$405,260,723,893
2019	$11,364,133,550	$389,330,032,224
2020	$9,893,816,008	$337,974,655,408
2021	$12,215,878,033	$420,886,877,629
2022	$13,687,643,436	$406,920,004,594
2023	$12,337,550,584	$380,699,271,816
2024	$12,765,777,677	$400,260,724,226

Equatorial Guinea and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Equatorial Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Equatorial Guinea	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	$132.9	$563
1963	$154.8	$605
1964	$177.8	$646
1965	$217.1	$685
1966	$226.7	$722
1967	$231.9	$779
1968	$211.7	$817
1969	$208.4	$891
1970	$206.8	$952
1971	$205.6	$1,020
1972	$211.4	$1,038
1973	$268.6	$1,369
1974	$319	$1,656
1975	$362	$1,670
1976	$369	$1,559
1977	$376	$1,671
1978	$376	$1,852
1979	$372	$2,202
1980	$175.5	$3,029
1981	$121.1	$3,050
1982	$137.5	$2,717
1983	$129.4	$2,938
1984	$137.9	$2,504
1985	$161.1	$1,839
1986	$188.8	$2,027
1987	$220.9	$2,586
1988	$228.7	$2,702
1989	$193.2	$2,727
1990	$236.4	$3,093
1991	$225.3	$3,243
1992	$263.7	$3,462
1993	$256.7	$3,400
1994	$183.2	$3,489
1995	$248.3	$3,856
1996	$392	$3,618
1997	$717	$3,700
1998	$578	$3,310
1999	$931	$3,242
2000	$1,487	$3,218
2001	$1,949	$2,847
2002	$2,264	$2,688
2003	$2,931	$4,062
2004	$4,901	$5,221
2005	$8,674	$5,837
2006	$10,185	$6,077
2007	$12,617	$6,592
2008	$18,211	$6,185
2009	$13,233	$6,375
2010	$13,720	$7,973
2011	$17,198	$8,646
2012	$17,309	$8,077
2013	$16,304	$7,332
2014	$15,549	$6,857
2015	$9,069	$6,112
2016	$7,453	$5,651
2017	$7,809	$6,618
2018	$8,102	$6,914
2019	$6,804	$6,534
2020	$5,764	$5,581
2021	$6,946	$6,843
2022	$7,589	$6,523
2023	$6,678	$6,023
2024	$6,745	$6,253

Equatorial Guinea vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Equatorial Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Equatorial Guinea	South Africa
1950	40.1	43.1
1951	40.4	44.1
1952	40.6	45
1953	40.9	46.1
1954	41.1	47.1
1955	41.4	48.2
1956	41.7	49.2
1957	41.9	50.2
1958	42.2	51.1
1959	42.5	51.9
1960	42.7	52.6
1961	43	53.1
1962	43.3	53.6
1963	43.5	53.9
1964	43.8	54.2
1965	44.1	54.4
1966	44.3	54.7
1967	44.6	55
1968	44.9	55.2
1969	31	55.4
1970	31.1	55.7
1971	37.2	56
1972	44.4	56.4
1973	44.7	56.7
1974	41.5	57.1
1975	37.3	57.6
1976	30.5	58
1977	42	58.5
1978	42.3	59
1979	43	59.5
1980	48.8	60
1981	49.1	60.4
1982	49.7	60.9
1983	50	61.4
1984	50.2	61.8
1985	50.6	62.2
1986	50.8	62.4
1987	51	62.7
1988	51.2	62.9
1989	51.3	63
1990	51.4	62.9
1991	51.5	63
1992	51.6	62.8
1993	51.7	62.6
1994	51.8	62.1
1995	51.9	61.6
1996	52.1	61.1
1997	52.4	60.5
1998	52.6	59.9
1999	53	59.2
2000	53.4	58.4
2001	53.8	57.2
2002	54.3	55.6
2003	54.8	54.2
2004	55.3	54
2005	55.8	53.9
2006	56.4	54.2
2007	56.9	54.9
2008	57.4	56
2009	57.9	57.4
2010	58.3	58.9
2011	58.8	60.6
2012	59.3	61.7
2013	59.8	62.4
2014	60.2	63.2
2015	60.6	64.1
2016	61.1	64.7
2017	61.5	65.4
2018	61.9	65.7
2019	62.3	66.1
2020	62.1	65.2
2021	62.4	62
2022	63.4	65.5
2023	63.7	66.1
2024	63.9	66.3
2025	64.1	66.5

Equatorial Guinea and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Equatorial Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Equatorial Guinea	South Africa
1960	269,807	16,440,172
1961	274,896	16,908,035
1962	280,286	17,418,522
1963	285,965	17,954,564
1964	291,942	18,511,361
1965	298,238	19,089,380
1966	304,859	19,690,087
1967	311,805	20,314,066
1968	318,849	20,957,287
1969	322,517	21,614,676
1970	320,803	22,279,984
1971	315,940	22,942,143
1972	309,468	23,609,456
1973	302,281	24,294,263
1974	294,953	24,989,108
1975	287,901	25,690,940
1976	281,031	26,395,450
1977	276,779	27,118,952
1978	276,531	27,869,507
1979	279,846	28,634,162
1980	288,644	29,518,857
1981	303,252	30,541,044
1982	322,216	31,615,339
1983	343,421	32,739,304
1984	364,899	33,892,788
1985	385,547	35,042,093
1986	404,728	36,180,515
1987	422,522	37,326,190
1988	439,651	38,480,649
1989	456,808	39,628,575
1990	474,274	40,746,268
1991	492,217	41,687,898
1992	510,770	42,443,509
1993	530,023	43,297,156
1994	550,138	44,004,139
1995	571,264	44,541,554
1996	593,492	45,123,018
1997	616,893	45,666,838
1998	641,474	46,223,880
1999	667,214	46,730,335
2000	703,279	47,159,719
2001	749,836	47,566,800
2002	797,957	48,019,415
2003	847,862	48,500,348
2004	899,917	48,991,421
2005	947,367	49,490,033
2006	990,343	49,998,277
2007	1,036,044	50,528,584
2008	1,084,530	51,114,599
2009	1,135,673	51,728,516
2010	1,189,085	52,344,051
2011	1,241,835	52,995,205
2012	1,293,483	53,782,567
2013	1,346,218	54,678,791
2014	1,399,828	55,594,838
2015	1,453,923	56,723,537
2016	1,508,186	57,259,551
2017	1,562,396	57,635,162
2018	1,616,422	58,613,001
2019	1,670,177	59,587,885
2020	1,716,468	60,562,381
2021	1,758,786	61,502,603
2022	1,803,545	62,378,410
2023	1,847,549	63,212,384
2024	1,892,516	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Equatorial Guinea and South Africa

Fertility rate

Equatorial Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Equatorial Guinea	South Africa
1960	5.65	6.11
1961	5.66	6.08
1962	5.67	6.05
1963	5.69	6.01
1964	5.71	5.96
1965	5.73	5.89
1966	5.76	5.91
1967	5.78	5.85
1968	5.79	5.78
1969	5.8	5.72
1970	5.81	5.63
1971	5.81	5.57
1972	5.81	5.49
1973	5.8	5.41
1974	5.8	5.3
1975	5.79	5.19
1976	5.79	5.07
1977	5.8	4.94
1978	5.8	4.85
1979	5.82	4.82
1980	5.84	4.78
1981	5.86	4.71
1982	5.88	4.7
1983	5.9	4.63
1984	5.93	4.57
1985	5.95	4.5
1986	5.96	4.41
1987	5.97	4.35
1988	5.98	4.18
1989	5.99	3.98
1990	5.99	3.72
1991	5.99	3.62
1992	5.98	3.48
1993	5.98	3.37
1994	5.98	3.26
1995	5.97	3.17
1996	5.96	2.99
1997	5.94	2.73
1998	5.91	2.63
1999	5.88	2.56
2000	5.83	2.41
2001	5.79	2.37
2002	5.73	2.32
2003	5.68	2.36
2004	5.62	2.44
2005	5.56	2.51
2006	5.5	2.55
2007	5.43	2.55
2008	5.36	2.68
2009	5.29	2.5
2010	5.21	2.44
2011	5.13	2.44
2012	5.04	2.45
2013	4.95	2.43
2014	4.86	2.42
2015	4.77	2.36
2016	4.69	2.26
2017	4.6	2.28
2018	4.51	2.27
2019	4.43	2.26
2020	4.35	2.26
2021	4.27	2.25
2022	4.17	2.23
2023	4.08	2.22

Equatorial Guinea and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Equatorial Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Equatorial Guinea	South Africa
1960	21.9	19
1961	21.7	19
1962	21.6	18.9
1963	21.4	18.9
1964	21.3	18.9
1965	21.1	18.8
1966	21	18.8
1967	20.8	18.8
1968	20.7	18.8
1969	20.5	18.8
1970	20.4	18.8
1971	20.2	18.8
1972	20.2	18.8
1973	20.1	18.8
1974	20	18.9
1975	19.9	18.9
1976	19.8	19
1977	19.6	19.1
1978	19.5	19.2
1979	19.4	19.3
1980	19.3	19.4
1981	19.2	19.6
1982	19.1	19.8
1983	19.3	20
1984	19.7	20.2
1985	19.9	20.4
1986	20	20.5
1987	20	20.7
1988	19.9	20.9
1989	19.8	21.1
1990	19.7	21.3
1991	19.5	21.5
1992	19.4	21.5
1993	19.2	21.9
1994	19.1	22
1995	19	21.5
1996	19	21.2
1997	18.9	21.2
1998	18.9	21.4
1999	18.9	21.6
2000	19	21.9
2001	19.1	22.2
2002	19.3	22.4
2003	19.4	22.8
2004	19.7	23.1
2005	19.9	23.3
2006	20.1	23.5
2007	20.4	23.8
2008	20.7	24
2009	20.9	24.3
2010	21.2	24.6
2011	21.3	25
2012	21.5	25.3
2013	21.6	25.7
2014	21.7	26
2015	21.9	26.4
2016	21.9	26.7
2017	22	27
2018	22.1	27.5
2019	22.2	27.9
2020	22.1	28.3
2021	22.1	28.6
2022	22.1	28.9
2023	22.1	29.2
2024	22	29.5

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Equatorial Guinea and South Africa.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size