Greece vs South Africa statistics compared

Greece has a population of 10.4M (ranked 94/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Greece's land area is 49,769 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 95th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Greece ranks 54/197 ($257B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,752), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Greece and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Greece and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Greece

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Greece	South Africa
1960	$4,274,890,307	$8,748,596,501
1961	$4,892,397,431	$9,225,996,310
1962	$5,140,542,929	$9,813,996,074
1963	$5,813,285,627	$10,854,195,658
1964	$6,576,906,345	$11,955,995,218
1965	$7,582,209,670	$13,068,994,772
1966	$8,472,021,467	$14,211,394,315
1967	$9,146,592,856	$15,821,393,671
1968	$9,950,331,206	$17,124,793,150
1969	$11,454,106,327	$19,256,992,297
1970	$12,957,113,636	$21,218,391,513
1971	$14,388,806,818	$23,411,076,638
1972	$16,650,659,091	$24,515,919,217
1973	$22,037,019,563	$33,262,772,008
1974	$24,998,715,909	$41,389,186,095
1975	$28,129,128,587	$42,906,905,672
1976	$30,719,552,239	$41,150,460,288
1977	$35,673,080,481	$45,328,411,332
1978	$43,654,480,519	$51,607,412,902
1979	$53,724,121,435	$63,038,658,089
1980	$56,039,256,595	$89,411,864,402
1981	$51,618,456,335	$93,141,472,164
1982	$53,858,346,939	$85,904,057,409
1983	$48,741,397,059	$96,204,110,942
1984	$47,352,146,312	$84,870,163,366
1985	$47,155,741,426	$64,459,376,087
1986	$55,595,445,472	$73,354,771,399
1987	$64,739,630,096	$96,535,763,418
1988	$75,200,610,137	$103,976,831,871
1989	$78,067,933,277	$108,055,624,082
1990	$96,529,587,274	$126,048,140,142
1991	$103,680,863,713	$135,203,698,238
1992	$114,608,178,405	$146,956,150,987
1993	$107,295,704,518	$147,194,747,566
1994	$114,980,063,202	$153,512,712,382
1995	$134,974,613,914	$171,735,933,897
1996	$142,502,984,145	$163,234,925,381
1997	$138,766,067,640	$168,978,057,328
1998	$139,612,812,176	$152,982,984,557
1999	$137,131,371,955	$151,516,957,079
2000	$125,760,166,225	$151,752,757,215
2001	$132,050,474,720	$135,429,905,923
2002	$150,253,800,086	$129,087,556,612
2003	$196,930,509,813	$197,018,965,309
2004	$234,979,615,898	$255,806,908,595
2005	$242,315,668,619	$288,867,217,197
2006	$269,073,415,334	$303,858,675,364
2007	$314,226,996,944	$333,077,117,254
2008	$351,121,399,546	$316,131,258,616
2009	$326,829,054,686	$329,754,060,647
2010	$296,417,644,404	$417,363,822,802
2011	$283,228,079,776	$458,199,494,831
2012	$238,841,140,018	$434,400,545,086
2013	$236,556,279,641	$400,886,013,596
2014	$233,911,581,521	$381,198,869,776
2015	$194,567,373,678	$346,709,790,459
2016	$193,097,239,006	$323,585,509,674
2017	$200,381,103,984	$381,448,814,653
2018	$213,298,873,494	$405,260,723,893
2019	$207,305,649,887	$389,330,032,224
2020	$191,362,985,555	$337,974,655,408
2021	$218,303,801,895	$420,886,877,629
2022	$218,880,566,444	$406,920,004,594
2023	$243,498,333,238	$380,699,271,816
2024	$257,144,811,302	$400,260,724,226

Greece and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Greece

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Greece	South Africa
1960	$513	$532
1961	$583	$546
1962	$608	$563
1963	$686	$605
1964	$773	$646
1965	$887	$685
1966	$984	$722
1967	$1,053	$779
1968	$1,138	$817
1969	$1,306	$891
1970	$1,474	$952
1971	$1,629	$1,020
1972	$1,873	$1,038
1973	$2,468	$1,369
1974	$2,789	$1,656
1975	$3,109	$1,670
1976	$3,343	$1,559
1977	$3,832	$1,671
1978	$4,629	$1,852
1979	$5,627	$2,202
1980	$5,812	$3,029
1981	$5,305	$3,050
1982	$5,502	$2,717
1983	$4,950	$2,938
1984	$4,785	$2,504
1985	$4,747	$1,839
1986	$5,578	$2,027
1987	$6,474	$2,586
1988	$7,492	$2,702
1989	$7,738	$2,727
1990	$9,467	$3,093
1991	$10,047	$3,243
1992	$11,021	$3,462
1993	$10,257	$3,400
1994	$10,937	$3,489
1995	$12,779	$3,856
1996	$13,433	$3,618
1997	$13,016	$3,700
1998	$13,023	$3,310
1999	$12,743	$3,242
2000	$11,638	$3,218
2001	$12,157	$2,847
2002	$13,782	$2,688
2003	$18,021	$4,062
2004	$21,449	$5,221
2005	$22,054	$5,837
2006	$24,416	$6,077
2007	$28,441	$6,592
2008	$31,696	$6,185
2009	$29,425	$6,375
2010	$26,653	$7,973
2011	$25,505	$8,646
2012	$21,624	$8,077
2013	$21,573	$7,332
2014	$21,475	$6,857
2015	$17,981	$6,112
2016	$17,919	$5,651
2017	$18,632	$6,618
2018	$19,873	$6,914
2019	$19,335	$6,534
2020	$17,887	$5,581
2021	$20,655	$6,843
2022	$20,972	$6,523
2023	$23,401	$6,023
2024	$24,752	$6,253

Greece vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Greece

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Greece	South Africa
1950	66.2	43.1
1951	66.7	44.1
1952	67.3	45
1953	67.5	46.1
1954	68	47.1
1955	68.6	48.2
1956	68.1	49.2
1957	68.4	50.2
1958	69.7	51.1
1959	69.6	51.9
1960	70.5	52.6
1961	70.4	53.1
1962	70.3	53.6
1963	70.6	53.9
1964	70.5	54.2
1965	71.5	54.4
1966	71.9	54.7
1967	71.4	55
1968	71.5	55.2
1969	72.1	55.4
1970	72.7	55.7
1971	72.9	56
1972	72.7	56.4
1973	73	56.7
1974	73.5	57.1
1975	73.5	57.6
1976	73.7	58
1977	73.8	58.5
1978	74.4	59
1979	74.7	59.5
1980	74.5	60
1981	74.9	60.4
1982	75.2	60.9
1983	75.5	61.4
1984	75.8	61.8
1985	76.1	62.2
1986	76.5	62.4
1987	76.1	62.7
1988	77	62.9
1989	77.1	63
1990	77.3	62.9
1991	77.4	63
1992	77.3	62.8
1993	77.7	62.6
1994	77.9	62.1
1995	77.9	61.6
1996	78	61.1
1997	78.4	60.5
1998	78.3	59.9
1999	78.4	59.2
2000	78.4	58.4
2001	78.9	57.2
2002	79	55.6
2003	79.1	54.2
2004	79.4	54
2005	79.7	53.9
2006	79.8	54.2
2007	79.7	54.9
2008	80.1	56
2009	80.4	57.4
2010	80.6	58.9
2011	80.6	60.6
2012	80.4	61.7
2013	81.1	62.4
2014	81.1	63.2
2015	80.8	64.1
2016	81.3	64.7
2017	81	65.4
2018	81.5	65.7
2019	81.3	66.1
2020	81.5	65.2
2021	80.5	62
2022	79.9	65.5
2023	81.9	66.1
2024	82	66.3
2025	82.2	66.5

Greece and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Greece

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Greece	South Africa
1960	8,331,725	16,440,172
1961	8,398,050	16,908,035
1962	8,448,233	17,418,522
1963	8,479,625	17,954,564
1964	8,510,429	18,511,361
1965	8,550,333	19,089,380
1966	8,613,651	19,690,087
1967	8,684,088	20,314,066
1968	8,740,765	20,957,287
1969	8,772,764	21,614,676
1970	8,792,806	22,279,984
1971	8,831,036	22,942,143
1972	8,888,628	23,609,456
1973	8,929,086	24,294,263
1974	8,962,022	24,989,108
1975	9,046,541	25,690,940
1976	9,188,150	26,395,450
1977	9,308,479	27,118,952
1978	9,429,959	27,869,507
1979	9,548,258	28,634,162
1980	9,642,505	29,518,857
1981	9,729,350	30,541,044
1982	9,789,513	31,615,339
1983	9,846,627	32,739,304
1984	9,895,801	33,892,788
1985	9,934,300	35,042,093
1986	9,967,213	36,180,515
1987	10,000,595	37,326,190
1988	10,036,983	38,480,649
1989	10,089,498	39,628,575
1990	10,196,792	40,746,268
1991	10,319,927	41,687,898
1992	10,399,061	42,443,509
1993	10,460,415	43,297,156
1994	10,512,922	44,004,139
1995	10,562,153	44,541,554
1996	10,608,800	45,123,018
1997	10,661,259	45,666,838
1998	10,720,509	46,223,880
1999	10,761,698	46,730,335
2000	10,805,808	47,159,719
2001	10,862,132	47,566,800
2002	10,902,022	48,019,415
2003	10,928,070	48,500,348
2004	10,955,141	48,991,421
2005	10,987,314	49,490,033
2006	11,020,362	49,998,277
2007	11,048,473	50,528,584
2008	11,077,841	51,114,599
2009	11,107,017	51,728,516
2010	11,121,341	52,344,051
2011	11,104,899	52,995,205
2012	11,045,011	53,782,567
2013	10,965,211	54,678,791
2014	10,892,413	55,594,838
2015	10,820,883	56,723,537
2016	10,775,971	57,259,551
2017	10,754,679	57,635,162
2018	10,732,882	58,613,001
2019	10,721,582	59,587,885
2020	10,698,599	60,562,381
2021	10,569,207	61,502,603
2022	10,436,882	62,378,410
2023	10,405,588	63,212,384
2024	10,388,805	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Greece and South Africa

Fertility rate

Greece

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Greece	South Africa
1960	2.23	6.11
1961	2.13	6.08
1962	2.16	6.05
1963	2.14	6.01
1964	2.24	5.96
1965	2.25	5.89
1966	2.32	5.91
1967	2.45	5.85
1968	2.42	5.78
1969	2.36	5.72
1970	2.4	5.63
1971	2.32	5.57
1972	2.32	5.49
1973	2.27	5.41
1974	2.38	5.3
1975	2.33	5.19
1976	2.35	5.07
1977	2.27	4.94
1978	2.28	4.85
1979	2.26	4.82
1980	2.23	4.78
1981	2.09	4.71
1982	2.03	4.7
1983	1.94	4.63
1984	1.83	4.57
1985	1.67	4.5
1986	1.6	4.41
1987	1.5	4.35
1988	1.5	4.18
1989	1.4	3.98
1990	1.39	3.72
1991	1.37	3.62
1992	1.36	3.48
1993	1.32	3.37
1994	1.33	3.26
1995	1.28	3.17
1996	1.26	2.99
1997	1.27	2.73
1998	1.24	2.63
1999	1.23	2.56
2000	1.25	2.41
2001	1.25	2.37
2002	1.28	2.32
2003	1.29	2.36
2004	1.31	2.44
2005	1.34	2.51
2006	1.4	2.55
2007	1.41	2.55
2008	1.5	2.68
2009	1.5	2.5
2010	1.48	2.44
2011	1.4	2.44
2012	1.34	2.45
2013	1.29	2.43
2014	1.3	2.42
2015	1.33	2.36
2016	1.38	2.26
2017	1.35	2.28
2018	1.35	2.27
2019	1.34	2.26
2020	1.39	2.26
2021	1.43	2.25
2022	1.32	2.23
2023	1.32	2.22

Greece and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Greece

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Greece	South Africa
1960	28.5	19
1961	29	19
1962	29.3	18.9
1963	29.4	18.9
1964	29.4	18.9
1965	31	18.8
1966	30.9	18.8
1967	31.1	18.8
1968	31.3	18.8
1969	31.6	18.8
1970	33.2	18.8
1971	32.9	18.8
1972	33	18.8
1973	33.3	18.8
1974	33.6	18.9
1975	33.8	18.9
1976	33.8	19
1977	33.9	19.1
1978	33.9	19.2
1979	34	19.3
1980	33.8	19.4
1981	33.7	19.6
1982	33.9	19.8
1983	34.1	20
1984	34.3	20.2
1985	34.5	20.4
1986	34.8	20.5
1987	35.1	20.7
1988	35.4	20.9
1989	35.7	21.1
1990	36	21.3
1991	36.3	21.5
1992	36.5	21.5
1993	36.6	21.9
1994	36.8	22
1995	37	21.5
1996	37.2	21.2
1997	37.4	21.2
1998	37.6	21.4
1999	37.8	21.6
2000	38	21.9
2001	38.2	22.2
2002	38.5	22.4
2003	38.8	22.8
2004	39.1	23.1
2005	39.4	23.3
2006	39.7	23.5
2007	40.1	23.8
2008	40.5	24
2009	40.9	24.3
2010	41.4	24.6
2011	41.8	25
2012	42.2	25.3
2013	42.7	25.7
2014	43.2	26
2015	43.7	26.4
2016	44.1	26.7
2017	44.4	27
2018	44.7	27.5
2019	45	27.9
2020	45.3	28.3
2021	45.9	28.6
2022	46.4	28.9
2023	46.7	29.2
2024	47.3	29.5

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