Germany vs South Africa statistics compared

Germany has a population of 83.5M (ranked 19/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Germany's land area is 134,916 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 63rd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Germany and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Germany and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Germany

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Germany	South Africa
1960	$84,619,845,881	$8,748,596,501
1961	$96,558,204,043	$9,225,996,310
1962	$105,895,435,234	$9,813,996,074
1963	$112,232,503,744	$10,854,195,658
1964	$123,330,404,665	$11,955,995,218
1965	$134,774,688,191	$13,068,994,772
1966	$143,304,275,684	$14,211,394,315
1967	$145,100,667,773	$15,821,393,671
1968	$156,527,292,653	$17,124,793,150
1969	$177,733,486,326	$19,256,992,297
1970	$216,629,229,947	$21,218,391,513
1971	$250,900,942,397	$23,411,076,638
1972	$300,899,944,795	$24,515,919,217
1973	$399,833,571,167	$33,262,772,008
1974	$446,934,971,657	$41,389,186,095
1975	$492,434,094,920	$42,906,905,672
1976	$521,658,712,133	$41,150,460,288
1977	$602,698,323,086	$45,328,411,332
1978	$743,182,891,918	$51,607,412,902
1979	$884,574,218,333	$63,038,658,089
1980	$953,772,499,462	$89,411,864,402
1981	$803,404,797,058	$93,141,472,164
1982	$779,421,633,755	$85,904,057,409
1983	$773,507,930,295	$96,204,110,942
1984	$727,767,760,979	$84,870,163,366
1985	$735,218,723,093	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,050,092,624,516	$73,354,771,399
1987	$1,302,932,318,825	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,406,367,016,372	$103,976,831,871
1989	$1,404,092,925,205	$108,055,624,082
1990	$1,778,162,195,860	$126,048,140,142
1991	$1,875,792,575,133	$135,203,698,238
1992	$2,141,377,582,968	$146,956,150,987
1993	$2,078,954,217,438	$147,194,747,566
1994	$2,215,282,632,277	$153,512,712,382
1995	$2,593,053,091,306	$171,735,933,897
1996	$2,506,576,553,158	$163,234,925,381
1997	$2,218,790,886,533	$168,978,057,328
1998	$2,247,760,364,566	$152,982,984,557
1999	$2,213,873,468,587	$151,516,957,079
2000	$1,966,980,701,145	$151,752,757,215
2001	$1,966,381,496,642	$135,429,905,923
2002	$2,102,350,798,306	$129,087,556,612
2003	$2,534,715,518,349	$197,018,965,309
2004	$2,852,317,768,062	$255,806,908,595
2005	$2,893,393,187,362	$288,867,217,197
2006	$3,046,308,753,671	$303,858,675,364
2007	$3,484,056,680,855	$333,077,117,254
2008	$3,808,786,022,313	$316,131,258,616
2009	$3,479,800,820,863	$329,754,060,647
2010	$3,468,154,343,000	$417,363,822,802
2011	$3,824,828,563,521	$458,199,494,831
2012	$3,597,896,500,945	$434,400,545,086
2013	$3,808,086,291,482	$400,886,013,596
2014	$3,965,800,686,310	$381,198,869,776
2015	$3,423,568,450,957	$346,709,790,459
2016	$3,537,784,107,981	$323,585,509,674
2017	$3,763,092,263,753	$381,448,814,653
2018	$4,052,008,447,224	$405,260,723,893
2019	$3,957,208,055,216	$389,330,032,224
2020	$3,940,142,541,354	$337,974,655,408
2021	$4,348,297,440,388	$420,886,877,629
2022	$4,163,596,357,879	$406,920,004,594
2023	$4,525,703,903,628	$380,699,271,816
2024	$4,659,929,336,891	$400,260,724,226

Germany and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Germany

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Germany	South Africa
1960	$1,162	$532
1961	$1,316	$546
1962	$1,431	$563
1963	$1,502	$605
1964	$1,637	$646
1965	$1,774	$685
1966	$1,871	$722
1967	$1,886	$779
1968	$2,025	$817
1969	$2,281	$891
1970	$2,771	$952
1971	$3,204	$1,020
1972	$3,824	$1,038
1973	$5,065	$1,369
1974	$5,660	$1,656
1975	$6,259	$1,670
1976	$6,659	$1,559
1977	$7,711	$1,671
1978	$9,517	$1,852
1979	$11,322	$2,202
1980	$12,183	$3,029
1981	$10,246	$3,050
1982	$9,950	$2,717
1983	$9,900	$2,938
1984	$9,347	$2,504
1985	$9,464	$1,839
1986	$13,511	$2,027
1987	$16,739	$2,586
1988	$17,997	$2,702
1989	$17,829	$2,727
1990	$22,386	$3,093
1991	$23,443	$3,243
1992	$26,560	$3,462
1993	$25,617	$3,400
1994	$27,202	$3,489
1995	$31,747	$3,856
1996	$30,600	$3,618
1997	$27,047	$3,700
1998	$27,396	$3,310
1999	$26,965	$3,242
2000	$23,926	$3,218
2001	$23,878	$2,847
2002	$25,487	$2,688
2003	$30,711	$4,062
2004	$34,567	$5,221
2005	$35,084	$5,837
2006	$36,980	$6,077
2007	$42,351	$6,592
2008	$46,386	$6,185
2009	$42,487	$6,375
2010	$42,410	$7,973
2011	$47,647	$8,646
2012	$44,736	$8,077
2013	$47,220	$7,332
2014	$48,971	$6,857
2015	$41,911	$6,112
2016	$42,961	$5,651
2017	$45,527	$6,618
2018	$48,875	$6,914
2019	$47,624	$6,534
2020	$47,380	$5,581
2021	$52,266	$6,843
2022	$49,686	$6,523
2023	$53,940	$6,023
2024	$55,800	$6,253

Germany vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Germany

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Germany	South Africa
1950	66.8	43.1
1951	67.1	44.1
1952	67.5	45
1953	67.8	46.1
1954	68.1	47.1
1955	68.3	48.2
1956	68.6	49.2
1957	68.5	50.2
1958	69.2	51.1
1959	69.3	51.9
1960	69.3	52.6
1961	69.8	53.1
1962	70	53.6
1963	70.1	53.9
1964	70.6	54.2
1965	70.6	54.4
1966	70.7	54.7
1967	71	55
1968	70.6	55.2
1969	70.5	55.4
1970	70.7	55.7
1971	70.9	56
1972	71.1	56.4
1973	71.4	56.7
1974	71.7	57.1
1975	71.5	57.6
1976	72	58
1977	72.6	58.5
1978	72.6	59
1979	72.9	59.5
1980	73.1	60
1981	73.3	60.4
1982	73.6	60.9
1983	73.9	61.4
1984	74.4	61.8
1985	74.5	62.2
1986	74.7	62.4
1987	75.1	62.7
1988	75.3	62.9
1989	75.5	63
1990	75.3	62.9
1991	75.6	63
1992	76	62.8
1993	76.1	62.6
1994	76.4	62.1
1995	76.6	61.6
1996	76.8	61.1
1997	77.2	60.5
1998	77.6	59.9
1999	77.8	59.2
2000	78.1	58.4
2001	78.4	57.2
2002	78.5	55.6
2003	78.5	54.2
2004	79.1	54
2005	79.3	53.9
2006	79.6	54.2
2007	79.7	54.9
2008	79.8	56
2009	79.9	57.4
2010	80.1	58.9
2011	80.4	60.6
2012	80.5	61.7
2013	80.5	62.4
2014	80.9	63.2
2015	80.6	64.1
2016	80.8	64.7
2017	80.9	65.4
2018	80.9	65.7
2019	81.2	66.1
2020	81	65.2
2021	81.1	62
2022	80.6	65.5
2023	81.4	66.1
2024	81.5	66.3
2025	81.7	66.5

Germany and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Germany

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Germany	South Africa
1960	72,814,900	16,440,172
1961	73,377,632	16,908,035
1962	74,025,784	17,418,522
1963	74,714,353	17,954,564
1964	75,318,337	18,511,361
1965	75,963,695	19,089,380
1966	76,600,311	19,690,087
1967	76,951,336	20,314,066
1968	77,294,314	20,957,287
1969	77,909,682	21,614,676
1970	78,169,289	22,279,984
1971	78,312,842	22,942,143
1972	78,688,452	23,609,456
1973	78,936,666	24,294,263
1974	78,967,433	24,989,108
1975	78,673,554	25,690,940
1976	78,336,950	26,395,450
1977	78,159,814	27,118,952
1978	78,091,820	27,869,507
1979	78,126,350	28,634,162
1980	78,288,576	29,518,857
1981	78,407,907	30,541,044
1982	78,333,366	31,615,339
1983	78,128,282	32,739,304
1984	77,858,685	33,892,788
1985	77,684,873	35,042,093
1986	77,720,436	36,180,515
1987	77,839,920	37,326,190
1988	78,144,619	38,480,649
1989	78,751,283	39,628,575
1990	79,433,029	40,746,268
1991	80,013,896	41,687,898
1992	80,624,598	42,443,509
1993	81,156,363	43,297,156
1994	81,438,348	44,004,139
1995	81,678,051	44,541,554
1996	81,914,831	45,123,018
1997	82,034,771	45,666,838
1998	82,047,195	46,223,880
1999	82,100,243	46,730,335
2000	82,211,508	47,159,719
2001	82,349,925	47,566,800
2002	82,488,495	48,019,415
2003	82,534,176	48,500,348
2004	82,516,260	48,991,421
2005	82,469,422	49,490,033
2006	82,376,451	49,998,277
2007	82,266,372	50,528,584
2008	82,110,097	51,114,599
2009	81,902,307	51,728,516
2010	81,776,930	52,344,051
2011	80,274,983	52,995,205
2012	80,425,823	53,782,567
2013	80,645,605	54,678,791
2014	80,982,500	55,594,838
2015	81,686,611	56,723,537
2016	82,348,669	57,259,551
2017	82,657,002	57,635,162
2018	82,905,782	58,613,001
2019	83,092,962	59,587,885
2020	83,160,871	60,562,381
2021	83,196,078	61,502,603
2022	83,797,985	62,378,410
2023	83,901,923	63,212,384
2024	83,510,950	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Germany and South Africa

Fertility rate

Germany

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Germany	South Africa
1960	2.37	6.11
1961	2.45	6.08
1962	2.44	6.05
1963	2.51	6.01
1964	2.54	5.96
1965	2.5	5.89
1966	2.53	5.91
1967	2.48	5.85
1968	2.38	5.78
1969	2.21	5.72
1970	2.03	5.63
1971	1.92	5.57
1972	1.71	5.49
1973	1.54	5.41
1974	1.51	5.3
1975	1.45	5.19
1976	1.45	5.07
1977	1.4	4.94
1978	1.38	4.85
1979	1.38	4.82
1980	1.44	4.78
1981	1.43	4.71
1982	1.41	4.7
1983	1.33	4.63
1984	1.29	4.57
1985	1.37	4.5
1986	1.43	4.41
1987	1.43	4.35
1988	1.46	4.18
1989	1.42	3.98
1990	1.45	3.72
1991	1.33	3.62
1992	1.29	3.48
1993	1.28	3.37
1994	1.24	3.26
1995	1.25	3.17
1996	1.3	2.99
1997	1.35	2.73
1998	1.36	2.63
1999	1.36	2.56
2000	1.38	2.41
2001	1.35	2.37
2002	1.34	2.32
2003	1.34	2.36
2004	1.36	2.44
2005	1.34	2.51
2006	1.33	2.55
2007	1.37	2.55
2008	1.38	2.68
2009	1.36	2.5
2010	1.39	2.44
2011	1.39	2.44
2012	1.41	2.45
2013	1.42	2.43
2014	1.47	2.42
2015	1.5	2.36
2016	1.6	2.26
2017	1.57	2.28
2018	1.57	2.27
2019	1.54	2.26
2020	1.53	2.26
2021	1.58	2.25
2022	1.46	2.23
2023	1.39	2.22

Germany and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Germany

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Germany	South Africa
1960	34.7	19
1961	34.7	19
1962	34.7	18.9
1963	34.6	18.9
1964	34.5	18.9
1965	34.4	18.8
1966	34.4	18.8
1967	34.3	18.8
1968	34.2	18.8
1969	34.1	18.8
1970	34.3	18.8
1971	34.4	18.8
1972	34.6	18.8
1973	34.7	18.8
1974	35	18.9
1975	35.5	18.9
1976	35.8	19
1977	36.1	19.1
1978	36.3	19.2
1979	36.4	19.3
1980	36.5	19.4
1981	36.5	19.6
1982	36.6	19.8
1983	36.7	20
1984	37	20.2
1985	37.1	20.4
1986	37.2	20.5
1987	37.4	20.7
1988	37.6	20.9
1989	37.6	21.1
1990	37.6	21.3
1991	37.7	21.5
1992	37.8	21.5
1993	37.9	21.9
1994	38.1	22
1995	38.4	21.5
1996	38.6	21.2
1997	38.9	21.2
1998	39.3	21.4
1999	39.7	21.6
2000	40	21.9
2001	40.4	22.2
2002	40.8	22.4
2003	41.2	22.8
2004	41.6	23.1
2005	42	23.3
2006	42.5	23.5
2007	43.1	23.8
2008	43.5	24
2009	43.9	24.3
2010	44.2	24.6
2011	44.6	25
2012	45.1	25.3
2013	45.5	25.7
2014	45.7	26
2015	45.7	26.4
2016	45.7	26.7
2017	45.8	27
2018	45.8	27.5
2019	45.8	27.9
2020	45.8	28.3
2021	45.9	28.6
2022	46	28.9
2023	46.2	29.2
2024	46.3	29.5

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