Ethiopia vs South Africa statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 25th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Ethiopia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	South Africa
1960	$1,610,511,694	$8,748,596,501
1961	$1,680,859,514	$9,225,996,310
1962	$1,747,566,307	$9,813,996,074
1963	$1,825,058,828	$10,854,195,658
1964	$1,984,129,186	$11,955,995,218
1965	$2,159,998,591	$13,068,994,772
1966	$2,324,466,416	$14,211,394,315
1967	$2,461,762,003	$15,821,393,671
1968	$2,619,948,865	$17,124,793,150
1969	$2,768,987,372	$19,256,992,297
1970	$3,045,354,455	$21,218,391,513
1971	$3,224,280,835	$23,411,076,638
1972	$3,520,252,938	$24,515,919,217
1973	$4,070,570,550	$33,262,772,008
1974	$4,577,209,966	$41,389,186,095
1975	$4,577,047,854	$42,906,905,672
1976	$4,943,806,093	$41,150,460,288
1977	$5,651,840,585	$45,328,411,332
1978	$6,014,961,435	$51,607,412,902
1979	$6,586,048,398	$63,038,658,089
1980	$7,012,585,454	$89,411,864,402
1981	$7,507,663,567	$93,141,472,164
1982	$7,899,988,841	$85,904,057,409
1983	$8,781,664,427	$96,204,110,942
1984	$8,298,309,581	$84,870,163,366
1985	$9,717,392,687	$64,459,376,087
1986	$10,094,328,898	$73,354,771,399
1987	$10,790,001,558	$96,535,763,418
1988	$11,181,119,718	$103,976,831,871
1989	$11,762,932,007	$108,055,624,082
1990	$12,478,943,895	$126,048,140,142
1991	$13,799,799,324	$135,203,698,238
1992	$10,754,799,037	$146,956,150,987
1993	$9,051,043,870	$147,194,747,566
1994	$7,100,806,754	$153,512,712,382
1995	$7,855,205,207	$171,735,933,897
1996	$8,761,215,548	$163,234,925,381
1997	$8,803,539,988	$168,978,057,328
1998	$8,013,274,132	$152,982,984,557
1999	$7,892,973,532	$151,516,957,079
2000	$8,242,349,618	$151,752,757,215
2001	$8,231,326,016	$135,429,905,923
2002	$7,850,809,498	$129,087,556,612
2003	$8,623,691,300	$197,018,965,309
2004	$10,131,187,261	$255,806,908,595
2005	$12,401,139,454	$288,867,217,197
2006	$15,280,861,835	$303,858,675,364
2007	$19,707,616,773	$333,077,117,254
2008	$27,066,912,635	$316,131,258,616
2009	$32,437,389,116	$329,754,060,647
2010	$29,933,790,334	$417,363,822,802
2011	$31,952,763,089	$458,199,494,831
2012	$43,310,721,414	$434,400,545,086
2013	$47,648,276,605	$400,886,013,596
2014	$55,612,228,234	$381,198,869,776
2015	$64,589,328,551	$346,709,790,459
2016	$74,296,766,562	$323,585,509,674
2017	$81,770,885,148	$381,448,814,653
2018	$84,269,180,857	$405,260,723,893
2019	$95,912,620,248	$389,330,032,224
2020	$107,657,732,424	$337,974,655,408
2021	$111,261,888,669	$420,886,877,629
2022	$126,772,707,851	$406,920,004,594
2023	-	$380,699,271,816
2024	-	$400,260,724,226

Ethiopia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	South Africa
1960	$75.3	$532
1961	$76.7	$546
1962	$77.8	$563
1963	$79.2	$605
1964	$83.8	$646
1965	$88.9	$685
1966	$93.2	$722
1967	$96.1	$779
1968	$99.5	$817
1969	$102.3	$891
1970	$109.4	$952
1971	$112.7	$1,020
1972	$119.8	$1,038
1973	$134.9	$1,369
1974	$147.9	$1,656
1975	$144.3	$1,670
1976	$152	$1,559
1977	$170.4	$1,671
1978	$178.3	$1,852
1979	$192.4	$2,202
1980	$203.7	$3,029
1981	$212.7	$3,050
1982	$215.3	$2,717
1983	$232.7	$2,938
1984	$214.2	$2,504
1985	$243.9	$1,839
1986	$246	$2,027
1987	$254.1	$2,586
1988	$253.2	$2,702
1989	$256.4	$2,727
1990	$262.1	$3,093
1991	$277.6	$3,243
1992	$207.4	$3,462
1993	$168.5	$3,400
1994	$127.7	$3,489
1995	$136.5	$3,856
1996	$147.3	$3,618
1997	$143.4	$3,700
1998	$126.5	$3,310
1999	$120.7	$3,242
2000	$122.3	$3,218
2001	$118.5	$2,847
2002	$109.6	$2,688
2003	$116.8	$4,062
2004	$133.2	$5,221
2005	$158.2	$5,837
2006	$189.3	$6,077
2007	$237.1	$6,592
2008	$316	$6,185
2009	$369	$6,375
2010	$331	$7,973
2011	$343	$8,646
2012	$452	$8,077
2013	$484	$7,332
2014	$550	$6,857
2015	$622	$6,112
2016	$696	$5,651
2017	$746	$6,618
2018	$748	$6,914
2019	$829	$6,534
2020	$905	$5,581
2021	$911	$6,843
2022	$1,011	$6,523
2023	-	$6,023
2024	-	$6,253

Ethiopia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	South Africa
1950	35.5	43.1
1951	35.9	44.1
1952	36.2	45
1953	36.6	46.1
1954	37	47.1
1955	37.3	48.2
1956	37.8	49.2
1957	32.2	50.2
1958	32.6	51.1
1959	39.2	51.9
1960	39.6	52.6
1961	40.2	53.1
1962	40.5	53.6
1963	41	53.9
1964	41.3	54.2
1965	41.4	54.4
1966	39.3	54.7
1967	41.9	55
1968	42.1	55.2
1969	42.1	55.4
1970	42.1	55.7
1971	42.2	56
1972	41	56.4
1973	41.1	56.7
1974	39.1	57.1
1975	38.9	57.6
1976	41.3	58
1977	41.4	58.5
1978	41.5	59
1979	42.4	59.5
1980	42.8	60
1981	43.1	60.4
1982	43.4	60.9
1983	36.3	61.4
1984	36.7	61.8
1985	37.7	62.2
1986	38.4	62.4
1987	45.9	62.7
1988	45.7	62.9
1989	45.6	63
1990	45.1	62.9
1991	46.7	63
1992	47.3	62.8
1993	47.7	62.6
1994	47.9	62.1
1995	48.2	61.6
1996	48.7	61.1
1997	49.2	60.5
1998	49.8	59.9
1999	49.5	59.2
2000	50.9	58.4
2001	51.4	57.2
2002	52.1	55.6
2003	52.9	54.2
2004	53.7	54
2005	54.4	53.9
2006	55.4	54.2
2007	56.6	54.9
2008	57.7	56
2009	58.7	57.4
2010	59.7	58.9
2011	60.6	60.6
2012	61.4	61.7
2013	62.2	62.4
2014	62.9	63.2
2015	63.6	64.1
2016	64.2	64.7
2017	64.8	65.4
2018	65.3	65.7
2019	65.7	66.1
2020	66	65.2
2021	65.3	62
2022	66.9	65.5
2023	67.3	66.1
2024	67.6	66.3
2025	67.9	66.5

Ethiopia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	South Africa
1960	21,376,693	16,440,172
1961	21,906,102	16,908,035
1962	22,465,126	17,418,522
1963	23,051,637	17,954,564
1964	23,666,548	18,511,361
1965	24,310,612	19,089,380
1966	24,952,689	19,690,087
1967	25,620,276	20,314,066
1968	26,337,930	20,957,287
1969	27,072,571	21,614,676
1970	27,829,128	22,279,984
1971	28,600,106	22,942,143
1972	29,374,608	23,609,456
1973	30,166,785	24,294,263
1974	30,957,273	24,989,108
1975	31,723,252	25,690,940
1976	32,534,418	26,395,450
1977	33,167,272	27,118,952
1978	33,734,592	27,869,507
1979	34,238,652	28,634,162
1980	34,428,514	29,518,857
1981	35,304,012	30,541,044
1982	36,701,290	31,615,339
1983	37,740,817	32,739,304
1984	38,735,722	33,892,788
1985	39,842,136	35,042,093
1986	41,037,656	36,180,515
1987	42,460,039	37,326,190
1988	44,150,825	38,480,649
1989	45,879,690	39,628,575
1990	47,609,755	40,746,268
1991	49,717,198	41,687,898
1992	51,853,747	42,443,509
1993	53,708,891	43,297,156
1994	55,611,508	44,004,139
1995	57,537,335	44,541,554
1996	59,467,635	45,123,018
1997	61,404,539	45,666,838
1998	63,363,524	46,223,880
1999	65,374,561	46,730,335
2000	67,411,494	47,159,719
2001	69,487,762	47,566,800
2002	71,635,517	48,019,415
2003	73,832,663	48,500,348
2004	76,077,206	48,991,421
2005	78,367,470	49,490,033
2006	80,703,490	49,998,277
2007	83,103,217	50,528,584
2008	85,543,668	51,114,599
2009	88,007,636	51,728,516
2010	90,538,514	52,344,051
2011	93,149,970	52,995,205
2012	95,798,767	53,782,567
2013	98,438,751	54,678,791
2014	101,115,610	55,594,838
2015	103,867,135	56,723,537
2016	106,718,162	57,259,551
2017	109,666,481	57,635,162
2018	112,664,152	58,613,001
2019	115,737,383	59,587,885
2020	118,917,671	60,562,381
2021	122,138,588	61,502,603
2022	125,384,287	62,378,410
2023	128,691,692	63,212,384
2024	132,059,767	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	South Africa
1960	6.51	6.11
1961	6.53	6.08
1962	6.56	6.05
1963	6.59	6.01
1964	6.61	5.96
1965	6.63	5.89
1966	6.66	5.91
1967	6.68	5.85
1968	6.7	5.78
1969	6.72	5.72
1970	6.78	5.63
1971	6.84	5.57
1972	6.9	5.49
1973	6.96	5.41
1974	7.02	5.3
1975	7.08	5.19
1976	7.13	5.07
1977	7.19	4.94
1978	7.23	4.85
1979	7.25	4.82
1980	7.29	4.78
1981	7.31	4.71
1982	7.34	4.7
1983	7.35	4.63
1984	7.36	4.57
1985	7.34	4.5
1986	7.32	4.41
1987	7.29	4.35
1988	7.26	4.18
1989	7.23	3.98
1990	7.2	3.72
1991	7.16	3.62
1992	7.13	3.48
1993	7.09	3.37
1994	7.05	3.26
1995	7	3.17
1996	6.93	2.99
1997	6.87	2.73
1998	6.79	2.63
1999	6.72	2.56
2000	6.65	2.41
2001	6.58	2.37
2002	6.5	2.32
2003	6.4	2.36
2004	6.3	2.44
2005	6.19	2.51
2006	6.05	2.55
2007	5.89	2.55
2008	5.7	2.68
2009	5.49	2.5
2010	5.28	2.44
2011	5.08	2.44
2012	4.89	2.45
2013	4.71	2.43
2014	4.61	2.42
2015	4.53	2.36
2016	4.47	2.26
2017	4.4	2.28
2018	4.37	2.27
2019	4.35	2.26
2020	4.27	2.26
2021	4.18	2.25
2022	4.08	2.23
2023	3.99	2.22

Ethiopia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	South Africa
1960	18.6	19
1961	18.6	19
1962	18.6	18.9
1963	18.6	18.9
1964	18.6	18.9
1965	18.6	18.8
1966	18.5	18.8
1967	18.5	18.8
1968	18.4	18.8
1969	18.3	18.8
1970	18.1	18.8
1971	17.9	18.8
1972	17.7	18.8
1973	17.6	18.8
1974	17.5	18.9
1975	17.3	18.9
1976	17.2	19
1977	17.1	19.1
1978	17	19.2
1979	16.9	19.3
1980	16.8	19.4
1981	16.8	19.6
1982	16.7	19.8
1983	16.7	20
1984	16.8	20.2
1985	16.9	20.4
1986	16.9	20.5
1987	16.9	20.7
1988	16.9	20.9
1989	16.9	21.1
1990	16.9	21.3
1991	16.9	21.5
1992	16.9	21.5
1993	16.8	21.9
1994	16.7	22
1995	16.6	21.5
1996	16.5	21.2
1997	16.4	21.2
1998	16.3	21.4
1999	16.2	21.6
2000	16.2	21.9
2001	16.1	22.2
2002	16.1	22.4
2003	16.1	22.8
2004	16.2	23.1
2005	16.2	23.3
2006	16.3	23.5
2007	16.4	23.8
2008	16.5	24
2009	16.7	24.3
2010	16.9	24.6
2011	17.1	25
2012	17.4	25.3
2013	17.6	25.7
2014	17.9	26
2015	18.1	26.4
2016	18.3	26.7
2017	18.6	27
2018	18.8	27.5
2019	19	27.9
2020	19.2	28.3
2021	19.4	28.6
2022	19.6	28.9
2023	19.7	29.2
2024	19.9	29.5

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