Guinea-Bissau vs South Africa statistics compared

Guinea-Bissau has a population of 2.2M (ranked 146/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Guinea-Bissau's land area is 10,857 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 139th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Guinea-Bissau ranks 178/197 ($2.12B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Guinea-Bissau ranks 181/197 ($963), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Guinea-Bissau and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Guinea-Bissau and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Guinea-Bissau

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Guinea-Bissau	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	-	$9,813,996,074
1963	-	$10,854,195,658
1964	-	$11,955,995,218
1965	-	$13,068,994,772
1966	-	$14,211,394,315
1967	-	$15,821,393,671
1968	-	$17,124,793,150
1969	-	$19,256,992,297
1970	$204,670,551	$21,218,391,513
1971	$204,167,297	$23,411,076,638
1972	$227,986,203	$24,515,919,217
1973	$232,331,281	$33,262,772,008
1974	$256,769,730	$41,389,186,095
1975	$283,311,997	$42,906,905,672
1976	$292,152,321	$41,150,460,288
1977	$298,871,675	$45,328,411,332
1978	$318,876,550	$51,607,412,902
1979	$308,143,183	$63,038,658,089
1980	$287,648,258	$89,411,864,402
1981	$402,230,865	$93,141,472,164
1982	$430,284,022	$85,904,057,409
1983	$425,225,177	$96,204,110,942
1984	$359,980,491	$84,870,163,366
1985	$373,959,151	$64,459,376,087
1986	$338,524,233	$73,354,771,399
1987	$451,893,375	$96,535,763,418
1988	$427,514,322	$103,976,831,871
1989	$554,072,303	$108,055,624,082
1990	$634,187,269	$126,048,140,142
1991	$668,470,891	$135,203,698,238
1992	$588,309,271	$146,956,150,987
1993	$615,779,519	$147,194,747,566
1994	$612,502,085	$153,512,712,382
1995	$660,195,402	$171,735,933,897
1996	$702,965,148	$163,234,925,381
1997	$698,107,222	$168,978,057,328
1998	$591,034,143	$152,982,984,557
1999	$579,365,780	$151,516,957,079
2000	$391,345,597	$151,752,757,215
2001	$412,610,872	$135,429,905,923
2002	$466,773,711	$129,087,556,612
2003	$553,614,800	$197,018,965,309
2004	$582,169,841	$255,806,908,595
2005	$639,776,041	$288,867,217,197
2006	$634,781,901	$303,858,675,364
2007	$753,162,998	$333,077,117,254
2008	$952,667,544	$316,131,258,616
2009	$890,167,833	$329,754,060,647
2010	$940,112,539	$417,363,822,802
2011	$1,157,074,319	$458,199,494,831
2012	$1,049,412,177	$434,400,545,086
2013	$1,109,682,824	$400,886,013,596
2014	$1,135,250,721	$381,198,869,776
2015	$1,152,384,167	$346,709,790,459
2016	$1,245,074,264	$323,585,509,674
2017	$1,469,978,606	$381,448,814,653
2018	$1,554,133,594	$405,260,723,893
2019	$1,588,767,976	$389,330,032,224
2020	$1,683,619,352	$337,974,655,408
2021	$1,878,659,687	$420,886,877,629
2022	$1,839,048,748	$406,920,004,594
2023	$2,077,816,135	$380,699,271,816
2024	$2,119,865,935	$400,260,724,226

Guinea-Bissau and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Guinea-Bissau

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Guinea-Bissau	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	$350	$952
1971	$348	$1,020
1972	$389	$1,038
1973	$392	$1,369
1974	$419	$1,656
1975	$435	$1,670
1976	$421	$1,559
1977	$403	$1,671
1978	$403	$1,852
1979	$376	$2,202
1980	$347	$3,029
1981	$477	$3,050
1982	$503	$2,717
1983	$489	$2,938
1984	$407	$2,504
1985	$417	$1,839
1986	$371	$2,027
1987	$488	$2,586
1988	$454	$2,702
1989	$578	$2,727
1990	$651	$3,093
1991	$672	$3,243
1992	$574	$3,462
1993	$582	$3,400
1994	$561	$3,489
1995	$589	$3,856
1996	$615	$3,618
1997	$599	$3,700
1998	$498	$3,310
1999	$479	$3,242
2000	$317	$3,218
2001	$327	$2,847
2002	$362	$2,688
2003	$420	$4,062
2004	$431	$5,221
2005	$463	$5,837
2006	$449	$6,077
2007	$519	$6,592
2008	$640	$6,185
2009	$583	$6,375
2010	$600	$7,973
2011	$720	$8,646
2012	$635	$8,077
2013	$654	$7,332
2014	$652	$6,857
2015	$645	$6,112
2016	$680	$5,651
2017	$783	$6,618
2018	$809	$6,914
2019	$807	$6,534
2020	$836	$5,581
2021	$912	$6,843
2022	$873	$6,523
2023	$965	$6,023
2024	$963	$6,253

Guinea-Bissau vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Guinea-Bissau

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Guinea-Bissau	South Africa
1950	35.7	43.1
1951	35.9	44.1
1952	36.1	45
1953	36.3	46.1
1954	36.4	47.1
1955	36.6	48.2
1956	36.8	49.2
1957	37	50.2
1958	37.1	51.1
1959	37.3	51.9
1960	37.6	52.6
1961	37.8	53.1
1962	38	53.6
1963	35.6	53.9
1964	35.8	54.2
1965	35.9	54.4
1966	36.1	54.7
1967	36.3	55
1968	36.7	55.2
1969	37	55.4
1970	37.3	55.7
1971	37.5	56
1972	37.8	56.4
1973	38.2	56.7
1974	41.6	57.1
1975	41.9	57.6
1976	42.3	58
1977	42.6	58.5
1978	42.9	59
1979	43.2	59.5
1980	43.6	60
1981	43.9	60.4
1982	44.3	60.9
1983	44.6	61.4
1984	44.9	61.8
1985	45.3	62.2
1986	45.5	62.4
1987	45.8	62.7
1988	46.3	62.9
1989	46.6	63
1990	46.9	62.9
1991	47.2	63
1992	47.5	62.8
1993	47.8	62.6
1994	47.8	62.1
1995	48.5	61.6
1996	48.8	61.1
1997	48	60.5
1998	48.1	59.9
1999	48.5	59.2
2000	50.6	58.4
2001	51.1	57.2
2002	51.6	55.6
2003	52.2	54.2
2004	52.8	54
2005	52.9	53.9
2006	54.1	54.2
2007	54.9	54.9
2008	55.3	56
2009	56.3	57.4
2010	57	58.9
2011	57.7	60.6
2012	58.3	61.7
2013	58.9	62.4
2014	59.5	63.2
2015	60.1	64.1
2016	60.6	64.7
2017	61.1	65.4
2018	61.7	65.7
2019	62.2	66.1
2020	61.3	65.2
2021	61.7	62
2022	63.6	65.5
2023	64.1	66.1
2024	64.3	66.3
2025	64.4	66.5

Guinea-Bissau and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Guinea-Bissau

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Guinea-Bissau	South Africa
1960	577,633	16,440,172
1961	582,532	16,908,035
1962	589,474	17,418,522
1963	594,418	17,954,564
1964	588,543	18,511,361
1965	575,005	19,089,380
1966	566,908	19,690,087
1967	569,011	20,314,066
1968	578,170	20,957,287
1969	581,610	21,614,676
1970	584,403	22,279,984
1971	586,221	22,942,143
1972	586,620	23,609,456
1973	592,808	24,294,263
1974	613,338	24,989,108
1975	650,966	25,690,940
1976	694,191	26,395,450
1977	741,789	27,118,952
1978	791,694	27,869,507
1979	819,867	28,634,162
1980	829,303	29,518,857
1981	842,432	30,541,044
1982	855,891	31,615,339
1983	869,592	32,739,304
1984	883,519	33,892,788
1985	897,697	35,042,093
1986	912,126	36,180,515
1987	926,862	37,326,190
1988	942,061	38,480,649
1989	957,789	39,628,575
1990	973,669	40,746,268
1991	994,639	41,687,898
1992	1,024,356	42,443,509
1993	1,058,745	43,297,156
1994	1,092,031	44,004,139
1995	1,119,949	44,541,554
1996	1,143,535	45,123,018
1997	1,165,545	45,666,838
1998	1,187,473	46,223,880
1999	1,210,206	46,730,335
2000	1,234,741	47,159,719
2001	1,261,273	47,566,800
2002	1,289,307	48,019,415
2003	1,318,806	48,500,348
2004	1,349,563	48,991,421
2005	1,381,585	49,490,033
2006	1,415,303	49,998,277
2007	1,450,986	50,528,584
2008	1,488,054	51,114,599
2009	1,526,377	51,728,516
2010	1,566,347	52,344,051
2011	1,608,076	52,995,205
2012	1,651,417	53,782,567
2013	1,695,973	54,678,791
2014	1,741,122	55,594,838
2015	1,786,457	56,723,537
2016	1,831,893	57,259,551
2017	1,877,072	57,635,162
2018	1,922,168	58,613,001
2019	1,967,696	59,587,885
2020	2,013,255	60,562,381
2021	2,058,841	61,502,603
2022	2,105,529	62,378,410
2023	2,153,339	63,212,384
2024	2,201,352	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Guinea-Bissau and South Africa

Fertility rate

Guinea-Bissau

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guinea-Bissau	South Africa
1960	5.92	6.11
1961	5.93	6.08
1962	5.94	6.05
1963	5.95	6.01
1964	5.96	5.96
1965	5.97	5.89
1966	5.98	5.91
1967	5.99	5.85
1968	6.01	5.78
1969	6.02	5.72
1970	6.04	5.63
1971	6.06	5.57
1972	6.08	5.49
1973	6.1	5.41
1974	6.12	5.3
1975	6.15	5.19
1976	6.19	5.07
1977	6.25	4.94
1978	6.32	4.85
1979	6.4	4.82
1980	6.49	4.78
1981	6.57	4.71
1982	6.64	4.7
1983	6.69	4.63
1984	6.73	4.57
1985	6.74	4.5
1986	6.73	4.41
1987	6.72	4.35
1988	6.69	4.18
1989	6.66	3.98
1990	6.5	3.72
1991	6.47	3.62
1992	6.44	3.48
1993	6.37	3.37
1994	6.3	3.26
1995	6.22	3.17
1996	6.14	2.99
1997	6.06	2.73
1998	5.97	2.63
1999	5.87	2.56
2000	5.79	2.41
2001	5.69	2.37
2002	5.63	2.32
2003	5.58	2.36
2004	5.5	2.44
2005	5.46	2.51
2006	5.41	2.55
2007	5.37	2.55
2008	5.27	2.68
2009	5.18	2.5
2010	5.11	2.44
2011	5.07	2.44
2012	5	2.45
2013	4.93	2.43
2014	4.79	2.42
2015	4.66	2.36
2016	4.52	2.26
2017	4.35	2.28
2018	4.24	2.27
2019	4.15	2.26
2020	4.08	2.26
2021	4	2.25
2022	3.91	2.23
2023	3.84	2.22

Guinea-Bissau and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Guinea-Bissau

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Guinea-Bissau	South Africa
1960	22.9	19
1961	22.9	19
1962	22.6	18.9
1963	22.3	18.9
1964	21.7	18.9
1965	20.7	18.8
1966	19.9	18.8
1967	19.6	18.8
1968	19.5	18.8
1969	19.3	18.8
1970	19.1	18.8
1971	19	18.8
1972	18.8	18.8
1973	18.9	18.8
1974	18.9	18.9
1975	18.8	18.9
1976	18.5	19
1977	18.2	19.1
1978	17.8	19.2
1979	17.6	19.3
1980	17.7	19.4
1981	17.6	19.6
1982	17.5	19.8
1983	17.3	20
1984	17.2	20.2
1985	17.2	20.4
1986	17.1	20.5
1987	17.1	20.7
1988	17	20.9
1989	17	21.1
1990	17.1	21.3
1991	17.1	21.5
1992	17.1	21.5
1993	17.1	21.9
1994	17.1	22
1995	17.2	21.5
1996	17.2	21.2
1997	17.3	21.2
1998	17.3	21.4
1999	17.4	21.6
2000	17.4	21.9
2001	17.5	22.2
2002	17.6	22.4
2003	17.6	22.8
2004	17.7	23.1
2005	17.8	23.3
2006	17.9	23.5
2007	17.9	23.8
2008	18	24
2009	18.1	24.3
2010	18.2	24.6
2011	18.3	25
2012	18.3	25.3
2013	18.4	25.7
2014	18.5	26
2015	18.6	26.4
2016	18.8	26.7
2017	18.9	27
2018	19.1	27.5
2019	19.2	27.9
2020	19.4	28.3
2021	19.6	28.6
2022	19.8	28.9
2023	19.9	29.2
2024	20.2	29.5

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