Finland vs South Africa statistics compared

Finland has a population of 5.64M (ranked 116/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Finland's land area is 117,360 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 70th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Finland ranks 48/197 ($300B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Finland ranks 22/197 ($53,189), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Finland and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Finland and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Finland

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Finland	South Africa
1960	$5,279,481,824	$8,748,596,501
1961	$5,984,433,774	$9,225,996,310
1962	$6,407,796,043	$9,813,996,074
1963	$6,958,916,548	$10,854,195,658
1964	$7,848,987,793	$11,955,995,218
1965	$8,680,393,839	$13,068,994,772
1966	$9,306,142,172	$14,211,394,315
1967	$9,468,272,357	$15,821,393,671
1968	$8,916,565,041	$17,124,793,150
1969	$10,177,524,839	$19,256,992,297
1970	$11,358,529,162	$21,218,391,513
1971	$12,528,522,307	$23,411,076,638
1972	$14,744,499,570	$24,515,919,217
1973	$19,474,098,335	$33,262,772,008
1974	$24,851,036,710	$41,389,186,095
1975	$29,475,251,333	$42,906,905,672
1976	$31,852,352,670	$41,150,460,288
1977	$33,502,784,418	$45,328,411,332
1978	$36,259,392,058	$51,607,412,902
1979	$44,469,218,440	$63,038,658,089
1980	$53,649,984,061	$89,411,864,402
1981	$52,440,066,134	$93,141,472,164
1982	$52,784,013,815	$85,904,057,409
1983	$50,956,447,481	$96,204,110,942
1984	$52,870,993,273	$84,870,163,366
1985	$55,856,676,899	$64,459,376,087
1986	$73,511,611,541	$73,354,771,399
1987	$91,564,993,913	$96,535,763,418
1988	$109,039,090,263	$103,976,831,871
1989	$118,991,270,611	$108,055,624,082
1990	$141,446,120,355	$126,048,140,142
1991	$127,794,441,994	$135,203,698,238
1992	$112,537,828,511	$146,956,150,987
1993	$89,112,105,756	$147,194,747,566
1994	$103,182,697,780	$153,512,712,382
1995	$134,060,457,516	$171,735,933,897
1996	$131,991,975,149	$163,234,925,381
1997	$126,862,902,302	$168,978,057,328
1998	$133,990,876,725	$152,982,984,557
1999	$135,234,241,918	$151,516,957,079
2000	$125,967,821,111	$151,752,757,215
2001	$129,519,672,869	$135,429,905,923
2002	$140,360,963,812	$129,087,556,612
2003	$171,612,867,736	$197,018,965,309
2004	$197,458,297,640	$255,806,908,595
2005	$204,859,368,791	$288,867,217,197
2006	$217,044,068,234	$303,858,675,364
2007	$256,360,251,538	$333,077,117,254
2008	$285,698,662,071	$316,131,258,616
2009	$253,480,783,439	$329,754,060,647
2010	$249,429,613,683	$417,363,822,802
2011	$275,126,915,516	$458,199,494,831
2012	$257,443,384,493	$434,400,545,086
2013	$270,268,036,626	$400,886,013,596
2014	$273,478,528,955	$381,198,869,776
2015	$233,210,733,506	$346,709,790,459
2016	$238,777,818,793	$323,585,509,674
2017	$253,846,138,440	$381,448,814,653
2018	$273,869,255,596	$405,260,723,893
2019	$267,014,821,129	$389,330,032,224
2020	$270,000,311,606	$337,974,655,408
2021	$294,223,210,496	$420,886,877,629
2022	$280,253,099,309	$406,920,004,594
2023	$294,950,618,733	$380,699,271,816
2024	$299,835,625,551	$400,260,724,226

Finland and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Finland

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Finland	South Africa
1960	$1,192	$532
1961	$1,341	$546
1962	$1,427	$563
1963	$1,538	$605
1964	$1,726	$646
1965	$1,902	$685
1966	$2,032	$722
1967	$2,056	$779
1968	$1,927	$817
1969	$2,201	$891
1970	$2,466	$952
1971	$2,716	$1,020
1972	$3,178	$1,038
1973	$4,174	$1,369
1974	$5,298	$1,656
1975	$6,256	$1,670
1976	$6,740	$1,559
1977	$7,070	$1,671
1978	$7,629	$1,852
1979	$9,333	$2,202
1980	$11,225	$3,029
1981	$10,925	$3,050
1982	$10,935	$2,717
1983	$10,494	$2,938
1984	$10,830	$2,504
1985	$11,394	$1,839
1986	$14,947	$2,027
1987	$18,565	$2,586
1988	$22,044	$2,702
1989	$23,969	$2,727
1990	$28,366	$3,093
1991	$25,489	$3,243
1992	$22,320	$3,462
1993	$17,589	$3,400
1994	$20,278	$3,489
1995	$26,246	$3,856
1996	$25,757	$3,618
1997	$24,682	$3,700
1998	$26,000	$3,310
1999	$26,180	$3,242
2000	$24,336	$3,218
2001	$24,965	$2,847
2002	$26,989	$2,688
2003	$32,920	$4,062
2004	$37,768	$5,221
2005	$39,050	$5,837
2006	$41,214	$6,077
2007	$48,473	$6,592
2008	$53,769	$6,185
2009	$47,478	$6,375
2010	$46,506	$7,973
2011	$51,060	$8,646
2012	$47,552	$8,077
2013	$49,691	$7,332
2014	$50,074	$6,857
2015	$42,560	$6,112
2016	$43,451	$5,651
2017	$46,085	$6,618
2018	$49,654	$6,914
2019	$48,358	$6,534
2020	$48,829	$5,581
2021	$53,099	$6,843
2022	$50,441	$6,523
2023	$52,822	$6,023
2024	$53,189	$6,253

Finland vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Finland

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Finland	South Africa
1950	64.2	43.1
1951	65.6	44.1
1952	66.5	45
1953	66.6	46.1
1954	67.5	47.1
1955	67.3	48.2
1956	68	49.2
1957	67.5	50.2
1958	68.6	51.1
1959	68.8	51.9
1960	69	52.6
1961	69	53.1
1962	68.7	53.6
1963	69.2	53.9
1964	69.4	54.2
1965	69.1	54.4
1966	69.6	54.7
1967	69.8	55
1968	69.8	55.2
1969	69.6	55.4
1970	70.3	55.7
1971	70.1	56
1972	70.9	56.4
1973	71.4	56.7
1974	71.3	57.1
1975	71.8	57.6
1976	72	58
1977	72.5	58.5
1978	73.1	59
1979	73.4	59.5
1980	73.6	60
1981	74	60.4
1982	74.5	60.9
1983	74.4	61.4
1984	74.7	61.8
1985	74.4	62.2
1986	74.8	62.4
1987	74.8	62.7
1988	74.8	62.9
1989	75	63
1990	75	62.9
1991	75.4	63
1992	75.6	62.8
1993	75.9	62.6
1994	76.6	62.1
1995	76.6	61.6
1996	76.9	61.1
1997	77.1	60.5
1998	77.3	59.9
1999	77.5	59.2
2000	77.7	58.4
2001	78.1	57.2
2002	78.3	55.6
2003	78.5	54.2
2004	78.8	54
2005	79	53.9
2006	79.4	54.2
2007	79.4	54.9
2008	79.7	56
2009	79.8	57.4
2010	80	58.9
2011	80.4	60.6
2012	80.5	61.7
2013	80.9	62.4
2014	81.1	63.2
2015	81.4	64.1
2016	81.3	64.7
2017	81.5	65.4
2018	81.6	65.7
2019	81.9	66.1
2020	81.8	65.2
2021	81.8	62
2022	81.2	65.5
2023	81.9	66.1
2024	82.1	66.3
2025	82.2	66.5

Finland and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Finland

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Finland	South Africa
1960	4,429,634	16,440,172
1961	4,461,005	16,908,035
1962	4,491,443	17,418,522
1963	4,523,309	17,954,564
1964	4,548,543	18,511,361
1965	4,563,732	19,089,380
1966	4,580,869	19,690,087
1967	4,605,744	20,314,066
1968	4,626,469	20,957,287
1969	4,623,785	21,614,676
1970	4,606,307	22,279,984
1971	4,612,124	22,942,143
1972	4,639,657	23,609,456
1973	4,666,081	24,294,263
1974	4,690,574	24,989,108
1975	4,711,440	25,690,940
1976	4,725,664	26,395,450
1977	4,738,902	27,118,952
1978	4,752,528	27,869,507
1979	4,764,690	28,634,162
1980	4,779,535	29,518,857
1981	4,799,964	30,541,044
1982	4,826,933	31,615,339
1983	4,855,787	32,739,304
1984	4,881,803	33,892,788
1985	4,902,206	35,042,093
1986	4,918,154	36,180,515
1987	4,932,123	37,326,190
1988	4,946,481	38,480,649
1989	4,964,371	39,628,575
1990	4,986,431	40,746,268
1991	5,013,740	41,687,898
1992	5,041,992	42,443,509
1993	5,066,447	43,297,156
1994	5,088,333	44,004,139
1995	5,107,790	44,541,554
1996	5,124,573	45,123,018
1997	5,139,835	45,666,838
1998	5,153,498	46,223,880
1999	5,165,474	46,730,335
2000	5,176,209	47,159,719
2001	5,188,008	47,566,800
2002	5,200,598	48,019,415
2003	5,213,014	48,500,348
2004	5,228,172	48,991,421
2005	5,246,096	49,490,033
2006	5,266,268	49,998,277
2007	5,288,720	50,528,584
2008	5,313,399	51,114,599
2009	5,338,871	51,728,516
2010	5,363,352	52,344,051
2011	5,388,272	52,995,205
2012	5,413,971	53,782,567
2013	5,438,972	54,678,791
2014	5,461,512	55,594,838
2015	5,479,531	56,723,537
2016	5,495,303	57,259,551
2017	5,508,214	57,635,162
2018	5,515,525	58,613,001
2019	5,521,606	59,587,885
2020	5,529,543	60,562,381
2021	5,541,017	61,502,603
2022	5,556,106	62,378,410
2023	5,583,911	63,212,384
2024	5,637,214	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Finland and South Africa

Fertility rate

Finland

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Finland	South Africa
1960	2.72	6.11
1961	2.72	6.08
1962	2.68	6.05
1963	2.68	6.01
1964	2.59	5.96
1965	2.48	5.89
1966	2.41	5.91
1967	2.32	5.85
1968	2.14	5.78
1969	1.93	5.72
1970	1.83	5.63
1971	1.68	5.57
1972	1.58	5.49
1973	1.49	5.41
1974	1.61	5.3
1975	1.68	5.19
1976	1.7	5.07
1977	1.68	4.94
1978	1.64	4.85
1979	1.64	4.82
1980	1.63	4.78
1981	1.64	4.71
1982	1.71	4.7
1983	1.74	4.63
1984	1.69	4.57
1985	1.64	4.5
1986	1.6	4.41
1987	1.59	4.35
1988	1.69	4.18
1989	1.71	3.98
1990	1.78	3.72
1991	1.79	3.62
1992	1.85	3.48
1993	1.81	3.37
1994	1.85	3.26
1995	1.81	3.17
1996	1.78	2.99
1997	1.75	2.73
1998	1.7	2.63
1999	1.73	2.56
2000	1.73	2.41
2001	1.73	2.37
2002	1.72	2.32
2003	1.76	2.36
2004	1.8	2.44
2005	1.8	2.51
2006	1.84	2.55
2007	1.83	2.55
2008	1.85	2.68
2009	1.86	2.5
2010	1.87	2.44
2011	1.83	2.44
2012	1.8	2.45
2013	1.75	2.43
2014	1.71	2.42
2015	1.65	2.36
2016	1.57	2.26
2017	1.49	2.28
2018	1.41	2.27
2019	1.35	2.26
2020	1.37	2.26
2021	1.46	2.25
2022	1.32	2.23
2023	1.26	2.22

Finland and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Finland

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Finland	South Africa
1960	28.4	19
1961	28.4	19
1962	28.5	18.9
1963	28.5	18.9
1964	28.6	18.9
1965	28.7	18.8
1966	28.8	18.8
1967	28.9	18.8
1968	29	18.8
1969	29.3	18.8
1970	29.6	18.8
1971	29.9	18.8
1972	30.1	18.8
1973	30.2	18.8
1974	30.4	18.9
1975	30.7	18.9
1976	31.2	19
1977	31.7	19.1
1978	32.1	19.2
1979	32.4	19.3
1980	32.8	19.4
1981	33.2	19.6
1982	33.5	19.8
1983	33.9	20
1984	34.3	20.2
1985	34.7	20.4
1986	35.1	20.5
1987	35.4	20.7
1988	35.8	20.9
1989	36.1	21.1
1990	36.4	21.3
1991	36.7	21.5
1992	37	21.5
1993	37.2	21.9
1994	37.5	22
1995	37.8	21.5
1996	38.1	21.2
1997	38.4	21.2
1998	38.7	21.4
1999	39	21.6
2000	39.4	21.9
2001	39.7	22.2
2002	40	22.4
2003	40.3	22.8
2004	40.6	23.1
2005	40.9	23.3
2006	41.2	23.5
2007	41.4	23.8
2008	41.6	24
2009	41.8	24.3
2010	41.9	24.6
2011	42.1	25
2012	42.2	25.3
2013	42.3	25.7
2014	42.4	26
2015	42.5	26.4
2016	42.6	26.7
2017	42.7	27
2018	42.8	27.5
2019	43	27.9
2020	43.2	28.3
2021	43.3	28.6
2022	43.5	28.9
2023	43.8	29.2
2024	44	29.5

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