Fiji vs South Africa statistics compared

Fiji has a population of 929K (ranked 159/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Fiji's land area is 7,054 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 152nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Fiji ranks 161/197 ($5.84B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Fiji ranks 111/197 ($6,288), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Fiji and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Fiji and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Fiji

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Fiji	South Africa
1960	$112,328,422	$8,748,596,501
1961	$116,987,785	$9,225,996,310
1962	$122,906,435	$9,813,996,074
1963	$129,454,729	$10,854,195,658
1964	$140,032,741	$11,955,995,218
1965	$147,084,750	$13,068,994,772
1966	$150,603,926	$14,211,394,315
1967	$162,625,886	$15,821,393,671
1968	$166,952,937	$17,124,793,150
1969	$182,182,068	$19,256,992,297
1970	$219,878,482	$21,218,391,513
1971	$247,749,328	$23,411,076,638
1972	$316,656,649	$24,515,919,217
1973	$425,950,488	$33,262,772,008
1974	$558,587,097	$41,389,186,095
1975	$684,282,434	$42,906,905,672
1976	$694,540,806	$41,150,460,288
1977	$719,501,766	$45,328,411,332
1978	$829,267,889	$51,607,412,902
1979	$1,019,691,460	$63,038,658,089
1980	$1,202,618,816	$89,411,864,402
1981	$1,235,626,771	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,194,059,943	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,123,085,190	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,178,000,678	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,141,168,944	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,290,267,340	$73,354,771,399
1987	$1,177,947,965	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,110,009,523	$103,976,831,871
1989	$1,182,660,266	$108,055,624,082
1990	$1,337,017,559	$126,048,140,142
1991	$1,383,883,250	$135,203,698,238
1992	$1,532,411,039	$146,956,150,987
1993	$1,636,101,247	$147,194,747,566
1994	$1,825,732,093	$153,512,712,382
1995	$1,970,301,486	$171,735,933,897
1996	$2,128,696,644	$163,234,925,381
1997	$2,090,221,137	$168,978,057,328
1998	$1,653,146,717	$152,982,984,557
1999	$1,936,459,986	$151,516,957,079
2000	$1,678,219,508	$151,752,757,215
2001	$1,652,462,023	$135,429,905,923
2002	$1,833,279,985	$129,087,556,612
2003	$2,300,492,465	$197,018,965,309
2004	$2,708,078,477	$255,806,908,595
2005	$2,980,403,845	$288,867,217,197
2006	$3,076,305,453	$303,858,675,364
2007	$3,378,314,600	$333,077,117,254
2008	$3,523,185,920	$316,131,258,616
2009	$2,870,624,636	$329,754,060,647
2010	$3,140,166,713	$417,363,822,802
2011	$3,779,411,899	$458,199,494,831
2012	$3,972,028,104	$434,400,545,086
2013	$4,189,967,999	$400,886,013,596
2014	$4,857,104,769	$381,198,869,776
2015	$4,682,479,894	$346,709,790,459
2016	$4,930,213,644	$323,585,509,674
2017	$5,353,469,174	$381,448,814,653
2018	$5,581,425,327	$405,260,723,893
2019	$5,444,407,198	$389,330,032,224
2020	$4,432,466,220	$337,974,655,408
2021	$4,305,031,650	$420,886,877,629
2022	$4,969,503,549	$406,920,004,594
2023	$5,442,046,553	$380,699,271,816
2024	$5,840,564,073	$400,260,724,226

Fiji and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Fiji

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Fiji	South Africa
1960	$277.4	$532
1961	$280.3	$546
1962	$285.5	$563
1963	$291.4	$605
1964	$306	$646
1965	$311	$685
1966	$310	$722
1967	$326	$779
1968	$327	$817
1969	$350	$891
1970	$414	$952
1971	$458	$1,020
1972	$575	$1,038
1973	$762	$1,369
1974	$984	$1,656
1975	$1,188	$1,670
1976	$1,186	$1,559
1977	$1,204	$1,671
1978	$1,355	$1,852
1979	$1,627	$2,202
1980	$1,873	$3,029
1981	$1,879	$3,050
1982	$1,773	$2,717
1983	$1,628	$2,938
1984	$1,667	$2,504
1985	$1,577	$1,839
1986	$1,745	$2,027
1987	$1,569	$2,586
1988	$1,463	$2,702
1989	$1,543	$2,727
1990	$1,729	$3,093
1991	$1,775	$3,243
1992	$1,951	$3,462
1993	$2,070	$3,400
1994	$2,297	$3,489
1995	$2,467	$3,856
1996	$2,648	$3,618
1997	$2,574	$3,700
1998	$2,010	$3,310
1999	$2,328	$3,242
2000	$1,996	$3,218
2001	$1,945	$2,847
2002	$2,137	$2,688
2003	$2,656	$4,062
2004	$3,097	$5,221
2005	$3,378	$5,837
2006	$3,455	$6,077
2007	$3,763	$6,592
2008	$3,900	$6,185
2009	$3,164	$6,375
2010	$3,449	$7,973
2011	$4,140	$8,646
2012	$4,341	$8,077
2013	$4,572	$7,332
2014	$5,293	$6,857
2015	$5,098	$6,112
2016	$5,364	$5,651
2017	$5,827	$6,618
2018	$6,085	$6,914
2019	$5,951	$6,534
2020	$4,844	$5,581
2021	$4,696	$6,843
2022	$5,405	$6,523
2023	$5,889	$6,023
2024	$6,288	$6,253

Fiji vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Fiji

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Fiji	South Africa
1950	51.7	43.1
1951	52.2	44.1
1952	52.6	45
1953	53.4	46.1
1954	54.2	47.1
1955	55.3	48.2
1956	56.2	49.2
1957	57.1	50.2
1958	57.8	51.1
1959	58.2	51.9
1960	58.6	52.6
1961	59.1	53.1
1962	59.7	53.6
1963	60.2	53.9
1964	60.7	54.2
1965	61.4	54.4
1966	61.6	54.7
1967	61.4	55
1968	61.7	55.2
1969	61.4	55.4
1970	61.7	55.7
1971	61.7	56
1972	61.6	56.4
1973	60.6	56.7
1974	61.2	57.1
1975	61.7	57.6
1976	62.1	58
1977	62.7	58.5
1978	63.1	59
1979	62.3	59.5
1980	62.4	60
1981	62.3	60.4
1982	62.2	60.9
1983	62.9	61.4
1984	63.2	61.8
1985	64	62.2
1986	64	62.4
1987	64.3	62.7
1988	65	62.9
1989	65.4	63
1990	65.1	62.9
1991	65.5	63
1992	65.4	62.8
1993	65.5	62.6
1994	65.8	62.1
1995	66	61.6
1996	66.2	61.1
1997	66.3	60.5
1998	66.5	59.9
1999	66.7	59.2
2000	66.2	58.4
2001	66.2	57.2
2002	65.5	55.6
2003	65.7	54.2
2004	65.8	54
2005	66	53.9
2006	66.1	54.2
2007	66.2	54.9
2008	66.3	56
2009	66.3	57.4
2010	66.8	58.9
2011	66.9	60.6
2012	65.8	61.7
2013	66.5	62.4
2014	66.6	63.2
2015	66.5	64.1
2016	66.7	64.7
2017	67.1	65.4
2018	67	65.7
2019	67	66.1
2020	66.9	65.2
2021	64.9	62
2022	67.1	65.5
2023	67.3	66.1
2024	67.5	66.3
2025	67.6	66.5

Fiji and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Fiji

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Fiji	South Africa
1960	404,887	16,440,172
1961	417,406	16,908,035
1962	430,536	17,418,522
1963	444,276	17,954,564
1964	458,324	18,511,361
1965	472,575	19,089,380
1966	486,487	19,690,087
1967	498,873	20,314,066
1968	510,002	20,957,287
1969	520,797	21,614,676
1970	531,188	22,279,984
1971	541,121	22,942,143
1972	550,499	23,609,456
1973	559,222	24,294,263
1974	567,489	24,989,108
1975	575,906	25,690,940
1976	585,534	26,395,450
1977	597,805	27,118,952
1978	612,091	27,869,507
1979	626,862	28,634,162
1980	641,975	29,518,857
1981	657,471	30,541,044
1982	673,414	31,615,339
1983	689,835	32,739,304
1984	706,716	33,892,788
1985	723,761	35,042,093
1986	739,306	36,180,515
1987	750,540	37,326,190
1988	758,697	38,480,649
1989	766,321	39,628,575
1990	773,316	40,746,268
1991	779,656	41,687,898
1992	785,346	42,443,509
1993	790,369	43,297,156
1994	794,771	44,004,139
1995	798,746	44,541,554
1996	803,789	45,123,018
1997	812,139	45,666,838
1998	822,258	46,223,880
1999	831,828	46,730,335
2000	840,909	47,159,719
2001	849,596	47,566,800
2002	858,049	48,019,415
2003	866,286	48,500,348
2004	874,366	48,991,421
2005	882,379	49,490,033
2006	890,365	49,998,277
2007	897,832	50,528,584
2008	903,399	51,114,599
2009	907,239	51,728,516
2010	910,419	52,344,051
2011	912,989	52,995,205
2012	914,918	53,782,567
2013	916,352	54,678,791
2014	917,585	55,594,838
2015	918,578	56,723,537
2016	919,166	57,259,551
2017	918,759	57,635,162
2018	917,180	58,613,001
2019	914,899	59,587,885
2020	914,963	60,562,381
2021	916,711	61,502,603
2022	919,422	62,378,410
2023	924,145	63,212,384
2024	928,784	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Fiji and South Africa

Fertility rate

Fiji

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Fiji	South Africa
1960	6.36	6.11
1961	6.28	6.08
1962	6.2	6.05
1963	6.09	6.01
1964	5.96	5.96
1965	5.76	5.89
1966	5.55	5.91
1967	5.33	5.85
1968	5.11	5.78
1969	4.91	5.72
1970	4.71	5.63
1971	4.51	5.57
1972	4.32	5.49
1973	4.16	5.41
1974	4.07	5.3
1975	4.1	5.19
1976	4.12	5.07
1977	4.11	4.94
1978	4.1	4.85
1979	4.08	4.82
1980	4.04	4.78
1981	3.99	4.71
1982	3.94	4.7
1983	3.88	4.63
1984	3.8	4.57
1985	3.66	4.5
1986	3.54	4.41
1987	3.48	4.35
1988	3.43	4.18
1989	3.4	3.98
1990	3.39	3.72
1991	3.37	3.62
1992	3.33	3.48
1993	3.29	3.37
1994	3.26	3.26
1995	3.25	3.17
1996	3.25	2.99
1997	3.19	2.73
1998	3.12	2.63
1999	3.05	2.56
2000	2.99	2.41
2001	2.97	2.37
2002	2.97	2.32
2003	2.96	2.36
2004	2.94	2.44
2005	2.92	2.51
2006	2.91	2.55
2007	2.87	2.55
2008	2.82	2.68
2009	2.76	2.5
2010	2.7	2.44
2011	2.63	2.44
2012	2.61	2.45
2013	2.6	2.43
2014	2.59	2.42
2015	2.57	2.36
2016	2.52	2.26
2017	2.46	2.28
2018	2.42	2.27
2019	2.38	2.26
2020	2.36	2.26
2021	2.33	2.25
2022	2.31	2.23
2023	2.28	2.22

Fiji and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Fiji

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Fiji	South Africa
1960	16.7	19
1961	16.7	19
1962	16.6	18.9
1963	16.6	18.9
1964	16.7	18.9
1965	16.7	18.8
1966	16.7	18.8
1967	16.8	18.8
1968	16.9	18.8
1969	17.1	18.8
1970	17.2	18.8
1971	17.4	18.8
1972	17.6	18.8
1973	17.8	18.8
1974	18.1	18.9
1975	18.3	18.9
1976	18.5	19
1977	18.8	19.1
1978	19	19.2
1979	19.1	19.3
1980	19.3	19.4
1981	19.5	19.6
1982	19.6	19.8
1983	19.8	20
1984	20	20.2
1985	20.1	20.4
1986	20.3	20.5
1987	20.5	20.7
1988	20.6	20.9
1989	20.8	21.1
1990	20.9	21.3
1991	21	21.5
1992	21.1	21.5
1993	21.2	21.9
1994	21.3	22
1995	21.5	21.5
1996	21.6	21.2
1997	21.8	21.2
1998	22.1	21.4
1999	22.3	21.6
2000	22.6	21.9
2001	22.8	22.2
2002	23.1	22.4
2003	23.4	22.8
2004	23.6	23.1
2005	23.9	23.3
2006	24.2	23.5
2007	24.5	23.8
2008	24.8	24
2009	25	24.3
2010	25.3	24.6
2011	25.6	25
2012	25.9	25.3
2013	26.1	25.7
2014	26.4	26
2015	26.7	26.4
2016	26.9	26.7
2017	27.2	27
2018	27.5	27.5
2019	27.8	27.9
2020	28.1	28.3
2021	28.3	28.6
2022	28.5	28.9
2023	28.7	29.2
2024	28.9	29.5

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