Estonia vs South Africa statistics compared

Estonia has a population of 1.37M (ranked 153/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Estonia's land area is 16,498 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 129th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Estonia ranks 102/197 ($42.8B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Estonia ranks 40/197 ($31,170), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Estonia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Estonia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Estonia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Estonia	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	-	$9,813,996,074
1963	-	$10,854,195,658
1964	-	$11,955,995,218
1965	-	$13,068,994,772
1966	-	$14,211,394,315
1967	-	$15,821,393,671
1968	-	$17,124,793,150
1969	-	$19,256,992,297
1970	-	$21,218,391,513
1971	-	$23,411,076,638
1972	-	$24,515,919,217
1973	-	$33,262,772,008
1974	-	$41,389,186,095
1975	-	$42,906,905,672
1976	-	$41,150,460,288
1977	-	$45,328,411,332
1978	-	$51,607,412,902
1979	-	$63,038,658,089
1980	-	$89,411,864,402
1981	-	$93,141,472,164
1982	-	$85,904,057,409
1983	-	$96,204,110,942
1984	-	$84,870,163,366
1985	-	$64,459,376,087
1986	-	$73,354,771,399
1987	-	$96,535,763,418
1988	-	$103,976,831,871
1989	-	$108,055,624,082
1990	-	$126,048,140,142
1991	-	$135,203,698,238
1992	-	$146,956,150,987
1993	$4,013,091,682	$147,194,747,566
1994	$4,123,011,420	$153,512,712,382
1995	$4,502,970,889	$171,735,933,897
1996	$4,786,018,988	$163,234,925,381
1997	$5,154,420,649	$168,978,057,328
1998	$5,674,080,543	$152,982,984,557
1999	$5,756,912,266	$151,516,957,079
2000	$5,686,579,748	$151,752,757,215
2001	$6,250,218,423	$135,429,905,923
2002	$7,370,119,619	$129,087,556,612
2003	$9,876,595,528	$197,018,965,309
2004	$12,148,595,031	$255,806,908,595
2005	$14,109,491,357	$288,867,217,197
2006	$17,025,671,810	$303,858,675,364
2007	$22,450,264,166	$333,077,117,254
2008	$24,342,935,404	$316,131,258,616
2009	$19,633,984,440	$329,754,060,647
2010	$19,524,355,419	$417,363,822,802
2011	$23,303,915,795	$458,199,494,831
2012	$23,237,406,116	$434,400,545,086
2013	$25,451,032,781	$400,886,013,596
2014	$27,055,689,003	$381,198,869,776
2015	$23,311,847,751	$346,709,790,459
2016	$24,561,027,788	$323,585,509,674
2017	$27,469,461,919	$381,448,814,653
2018	$31,222,632,741	$405,260,723,893
2019	$31,873,748,770	$389,330,032,224
2020	$31,820,771,494	$337,974,655,408
2021	$37,204,563,051	$420,886,877,629
2022	$38,376,046,175	$406,920,004,594
2023	$41,291,245,222	$380,699,271,816
2024	$42,764,929,169	$400,260,724,226

Estonia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Estonia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Estonia	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	-	$952
1971	-	$1,020
1972	-	$1,038
1973	-	$1,369
1974	-	$1,656
1975	-	$1,670
1976	-	$1,559
1977	-	$1,671
1978	-	$1,852
1979	-	$2,202
1980	-	$3,029
1981	-	$3,050
1982	-	$2,717
1983	-	$2,938
1984	-	$2,504
1985	-	$1,839
1986	-	$2,027
1987	-	$2,586
1988	-	$2,702
1989	-	$2,727
1990	-	$3,093
1991	-	$3,243
1992	-	$3,462
1993	$2,686	$3,400
1994	$2,819	$3,489
1995	$3,134	$3,856
1996	$3,381	$3,618
1997	$3,683	$3,700
1998	$4,093	$3,310
1999	$4,141	$3,242
2000	$4,071	$3,218
2001	$4,503	$2,847
2002	$5,343	$2,688
2003	$7,205	$4,062
2004	$8,916	$5,221
2005	$10,415	$5,837
2006	$12,641	$6,077
2007	$16,745	$6,592
2008	$18,206	$6,185
2009	$14,712	$6,375
2010	$14,664	$7,973
2011	$17,556	$8,646
2012	$17,568	$8,077
2013	$19,310	$7,332
2014	$20,582	$6,857
2015	$17,722	$6,112
2016	$18,666	$5,651
2017	$20,852	$6,618
2018	$23,618	$6,914
2019	$24,021	$6,534
2020	$23,934	$5,581
2021	$27,954	$6,843
2022	$28,451	$6,523
2023	$30,133	$6,023
2024	$31,170	$6,253

Estonia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Estonia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Estonia	South Africa
1950	66.4	43.1
1951	66.8	44.1
1952	67.2	45
1953	67.5	46.1
1954	67.8	47.1
1955	68.2	48.2
1956	68.5	49.2
1957	68.8	50.2
1958	68.8	51.1
1959	68.7	51.9
1960	69.3	52.6
1961	69.6	53.1
1962	69.8	53.6
1963	69.9	53.9
1964	70.6	54.2
1965	70.7	54.4
1966	70.7	54.7
1967	71	55
1968	70.6	55.2
1969	70.3	55.4
1970	70.4	55.7
1971	70.6	56
1972	70.4	56.4
1973	70.7	56.7
1974	70.8	57.1
1975	70.1	57.6
1976	69.7	58
1977	69.8	58.5
1978	69.7	59
1979	69.4	59.5
1980	69.5	60
1981	69.3	60.4
1982	69.9	60.9
1983	69.8	61.4
1984	69.6	61.8
1985	69.8	62.2
1986	70.9	62.4
1987	70.9	62.7
1988	71	62.9
1989	70.5	63
1990	69.9	62.9
1991	69.8	63
1992	69.2	62.8
1993	68.2	62.6
1994	66.7	62.1
1995	67.8	61.6
1996	70	61.1
1997	70.2	60.5
1998	69.8	59.9
1999	70.7	59.2
2000	71	58.4
2001	70.8	57.2
2002	71.4	55.6
2003	71.9	54.2
2004	72.4	54
2005	73	53.9
2006	73.2	54.2
2007	73.2	54.9
2008	74.3	56
2009	75.2	57.4
2010	75.9	58.9
2011	76.3	60.6
2012	76.4	61.7
2013	77.3	62.4
2014	77.1	63.2
2015	77.7	64.1
2016	77.8	64.7
2017	78.2	65.4
2018	78.3	65.7
2019	78.8	66.1
2020	78.9	65.2
2021	77.4	62
2022	78.2	65.5
2023	79.2	66.1
2024	79.3	66.3
2025	79.5	66.5

Estonia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Estonia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Estonia	South Africa
1960	1,211,537	16,440,172
1961	1,225,077	16,908,035
1962	1,241,623	17,418,522
1963	1,258,857	17,954,564
1964	1,277,086	18,511,361
1965	1,294,566	19,089,380
1966	1,308,597	19,690,087
1967	1,318,946	20,314,066
1968	1,331,214	20,957,287
1969	1,345,249	21,614,676
1970	1,360,076	22,279,984
1971	1,376,955	22,942,143
1972	1,392,518	23,609,456
1973	1,405,951	24,294,263
1974	1,418,169	24,989,108
1975	1,429,352	25,690,940
1976	1,439,576	26,395,450
1977	1,450,211	27,118,952
1978	1,460,188	27,869,507
1979	1,468,333	28,634,162
1980	1,477,219	29,518,857
1981	1,487,666	30,541,044
1982	1,498,414	31,615,339
1983	1,508,745	32,739,304
1984	1,518,617	33,892,788
1985	1,528,781	35,042,093
1986	1,540,190	36,180,515
1987	1,552,221	37,326,190
1988	1,561,900	38,480,649
1989	1,568,131	39,628,575
1990	1,569,174	40,746,268
1991	1,561,314	41,687,898
1992	1,533,091	42,443,509
1993	1,494,128	43,297,156
1994	1,462,514	44,004,139
1995	1,436,634	44,541,554
1996	1,415,594	45,123,018
1997	1,399,535	45,666,838
1998	1,386,156	46,223,880
1999	1,390,244	46,730,335
2000	1,396,985	47,159,719
2001	1,388,115	47,566,800
2002	1,379,350	48,019,415
2003	1,370,720	48,500,348
2004	1,362,550	48,991,421
2005	1,354,775	49,490,033
2006	1,346,810	49,998,277
2007	1,340,680	50,528,584
2008	1,337,090	51,114,599
2009	1,334,515	51,728,516
2010	1,331,475	52,344,051
2011	1,327,439	52,995,205
2012	1,322,696	53,782,567
2013	1,317,997	54,678,791
2014	1,314,545	55,594,838
2015	1,315,407	56,723,537
2016	1,315,790	57,259,551
2017	1,317,384	57,635,162
2018	1,321,977	58,613,001
2019	1,326,898	59,587,885
2020	1,329,522	60,562,381
2021	1,330,932	61,502,603
2022	1,348,840	62,378,410
2023	1,370,286	63,212,384
2024	1,371,986	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Estonia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Estonia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Estonia	South Africa
1960	1.98	6.11
1961	1.98	6.08
1962	1.95	6.05
1963	1.89	6.01
1964	1.94	5.96
1965	1.88	5.89
1966	1.87	5.91
1967	1.9	5.85
1968	2.03	5.78
1969	2.13	5.72
1970	2.17	5.63
1971	2.19	5.57
1972	2.13	5.49
1973	2.06	5.41
1974	2.07	5.3
1975	2.04	5.19
1976	2.07	5.07
1977	2.06	4.94
1978	2.02	4.85
1979	2	4.82
1980	2.02	4.78
1981	2.07	4.71
1982	2.07	4.7
1983	2.16	4.63
1984	2.17	4.57
1985	2.13	4.5
1986	2.18	4.41
1987	2.27	4.35
1988	2.27	4.18
1989	2.22	3.98
1990	2.05	3.72
1991	1.8	3.62
1992	1.71	3.48
1993	1.49	3.37
1994	1.42	3.26
1995	1.38	3.17
1996	1.37	2.99
1997	1.32	2.73
1998	1.28	2.63
1999	1.3	2.56
2000	1.36	2.41
2001	1.32	2.37
2002	1.36	2.32
2003	1.37	2.36
2004	1.47	2.44
2005	1.52	2.51
2006	1.58	2.55
2007	1.69	2.55
2008	1.72	2.68
2009	1.7	2.5
2010	1.72	2.44
2011	1.61	2.44
2012	1.56	2.45
2013	1.52	2.43
2014	1.54	2.42
2015	1.58	2.36
2016	1.6	2.26
2017	1.59	2.28
2018	1.67	2.27
2019	1.66	2.26
2020	1.58	2.26
2021	1.61	2.25
2022	1.41	2.23
2023	1.31	2.22

Estonia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Estonia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Estonia	South Africa
1960	32.2	19
1961	32.4	19
1962	32.5	18.9
1963	32.7	18.9
1964	32.8	18.9
1965	33	18.8
1966	33.2	18.8
1967	33.4	18.8
1968	33.6	18.8
1969	33.7	18.8
1970	33.7	18.8
1971	33.8	18.8
1972	33.9	18.8
1973	34.1	18.8
1974	34.2	18.9
1975	34.2	18.9
1976	34.3	19
1977	34.3	19.1
1978	34.2	19.2
1979	34	19.3
1980	33.9	19.4
1981	33.8	19.6
1982	33.8	19.8
1983	33.9	20
1984	33.9	20.2
1985	33.9	20.4
1986	34	20.5
1987	34	20.7
1988	34.1	20.9
1989	34.2	21.1
1990	34.3	21.3
1991	34.6	21.5
1992	35	21.5
1993	35.6	21.9
1994	36	22
1995	36.3	21.5
1996	36.7	21.2
1997	37	21.2
1998	37.3	21.4
1999	37.6	21.6
2000	38	21.9
2001	38.3	22.2
2002	38.5	22.4
2003	38.8	22.8
2004	39.1	23.1
2005	39.3	23.3
2006	39.6	23.5
2007	39.7	23.8
2008	39.8	24
2009	40	24.3
2010	40.3	24.6
2011	40.6	25
2012	40.9	25.3
2013	41.1	25.7
2014	41.4	26
2015	41.5	26.4
2016	41.7	26.7
2017	41.9	27
2018	42	27.5
2019	42.2	27.9
2020	42.4	28.3
2021	42.5	28.6
2022	42.7	28.9
2023	42.9	29.2
2024	43.3	29.5

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