India vs South Africa statistics compared

India has a population of 1.45B (ranked 1/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). India's land area is 1,147,955 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 7th vs. 24th).

By GDP, India ranks 5/197 ($3.91T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, India ranks 143/197 ($2,697), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

India and South Africa: Comparison Charts

India and South Africa economies compared

GDP

India

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	India	South Africa
1960	$37,029,883,876	$8,748,596,501
1961	$39,232,435,784	$9,225,996,310
1962	$42,161,481,858	$9,813,996,074
1963	$48,421,923,459	$10,854,195,658
1964	$56,480,289,941	$11,955,995,218
1965	$59,556,105,229	$13,068,994,772
1966	$45,581,230,504	$14,211,394,315
1967	$50,134,942,204	$15,821,393,671
1968	$53,085,455,871	$17,124,793,150
1969	$58,447,995,017	$19,256,992,297
1970	$62,422,483,055	$21,218,391,513
1971	$67,351,404,352	$23,411,076,638
1972	$71,464,700,667	$24,515,919,217
1973	$85,517,673,173	$33,262,772,008
1974	$99,526,597,934	$41,389,186,095
1975	$98,473,832,017	$42,906,905,672
1976	$102,716,451,980	$41,150,460,288
1977	$121,486,641,441	$45,328,411,332
1978	$137,302,319,829	$51,607,412,902
1979	$152,995,442,498	$63,038,658,089
1980	$186,328,579,302	$89,411,864,402
1981	$193,491,368,446	$93,141,472,164
1982	$200,715,624,831	$85,904,057,409
1983	$218,262,146,413	$96,204,110,942
1984	$212,157,645,178	$84,870,163,366
1985	$232,511,554,840	$64,459,376,087
1986	$248,985,994,041	$73,354,771,399
1987	$279,033,584,092	$96,535,763,418
1988	$296,589,670,896	$103,976,831,871
1989	$296,042,052,945	$108,055,624,082
1990	$320,979,026,420	$126,048,140,142
1991	$270,105,341,879	$135,203,698,238
1992	$288,208,070,278	$146,956,150,987
1993	$279,295,648,983	$147,194,747,566
1994	$327,274,843,459	$153,512,712,382
1995	$360,281,909,643	$171,735,933,897
1996	$392,896,866,205	$163,234,925,381
1997	$415,867,563,593	$168,978,057,328
1998	$421,351,317,225	$152,982,984,557
1999	$458,821,052,616	$151,516,957,079
2000	$468,395,521,654	$151,752,757,215
2001	$485,440,139,204	$135,429,905,923
2002	$514,939,140,319	$129,087,556,612
2003	$607,700,687,237	$197,018,965,309
2004	$709,152,728,831	$255,806,908,595
2005	$820,383,763,511	$288,867,217,197
2006	$940,259,888,788	$303,858,675,364
2007	$1,216,736,438,835	$333,077,117,254
2008	$1,198,895,139,006	$316,131,258,616
2009	$1,341,888,016,995	$329,754,060,647
2010	$1,675,615,519,485	$417,363,822,802
2011	$1,823,051,829,895	$458,199,494,831
2012	$1,827,637,590,410	$434,400,545,086
2013	$1,856,721,507,622	$400,886,013,596
2014	$2,039,126,479,155	$381,198,869,776
2015	$2,103,588,360,045	$346,709,790,459
2016	$2,294,796,885,663	$323,585,509,674
2017	$2,651,474,262,755	$381,448,814,653
2018	$2,702,929,641,649	$405,260,723,893
2019	$2,835,606,256,558	$389,330,032,224
2020	$2,674,851,578,587	$337,974,655,408
2021	$3,167,270,623,260	$420,886,877,629
2022	$3,346,107,287,731	$406,920,004,594
2023	$3,638,489,096,034	$380,699,271,816
2024	$3,912,686,168,582	$400,260,724,226

India and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

India

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	India	South Africa
1960	$84.9	$532
1961	$87.9	$546
1962	$92.2	$563
1963	$103.4	$605
1964	$117.9	$646
1965	$121.5	$685
1966	$91	$722
1967	$98	$779
1968	$101.6	$817
1969	$109.5	$891
1970	$114.4	$952
1971	$120.7	$1,020
1972	$125.3	$1,038
1973	$146.6	$1,369
1974	$166.7	$1,656
1975	$161.1	$1,670
1976	$164.1	$1,559
1977	$189.6	$1,671
1978	$209.4	$1,852
1979	$228	$2,202
1980	$271.1	$3,029
1981	$275	$3,050
1982	$278.7	$2,717
1983	$296	$2,938
1984	$281	$2,504
1985	$301	$1,839
1986	$315	$2,027
1987	$345	$2,586
1988	$358	$2,702
1989	$350	$2,727
1990	$371	$3,093
1991	$306	$3,243
1992	$319	$3,462
1993	$303	$3,400
1994	$348	$3,489
1995	$375	$3,856
1996	$401	$3,618
1997	$416	$3,700
1998	$414	$3,310
1999	$442	$3,242
2000	$443	$3,218
2001	$450	$2,847
2002	$469	$2,688
2003	$544	$4,062
2004	$624	$5,221
2005	$710	$5,837
2006	$802	$6,077
2007	$1,022	$6,592
2008	$993	$6,185
2009	$1,095	$6,375
2010	$1,348	$7,973
2011	$1,445	$8,646
2012	$1,429	$8,077
2013	$1,433	$7,332
2014	$1,554	$6,857
2015	$1,584	$6,112
2016	$1,708	$5,651
2017	$1,950	$6,618
2018	$1,966	$6,914
2019	$2,041	$6,534
2020	$1,907	$5,581
2021	$2,240	$6,843
2022	$2,347	$6,523
2023	$2,530	$6,023
2024	$2,697	$6,253

India vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

India

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	India	South Africa
1950	41.2	43.1
1951	41.6	44.1
1952	42.1	45
1953	42.4	46.1
1954	43.2	47.1
1955	43.7	48.2
1956	44.1	49.2
1957	44.4	50.2
1958	44.8	51.1
1959	45.3	51.9
1960	45.6	52.6
1961	45.8	53.1
1962	46.1	53.6
1963	46.5	53.9
1964	46.7	54.2
1965	45.6	54.4
1966	45.9	54.7
1967	46.2	55
1968	47.9	55.2
1969	48.3	55.4
1970	48.6	55.7
1971	48.9	56
1972	49.2	56.4
1973	49.6	56.7
1974	50.3	57.1
1975	50.8	57.6
1976	51.3	58
1977	51.8	58.5
1978	52.4	59
1979	53	59.5
1980	53.6	60
1981	54.2	60.4
1982	54.7	60.9
1983	55.3	61.4
1984	55.8	61.8
1985	56.3	62.2
1986	56.8	62.4
1987	57.3	62.7
1988	57.7	62.9
1989	58.2	63
1990	58.6	62.9
1991	59	63
1992	59.4	62.8
1993	59.8	62.6
1994	60.2	62.1
1995	60.6	61.6
1996	61	61.1
1997	61.4	60.5
1998	61.9	59.9
1999	62.3	59.2
2000	62.7	58.4
2001	63.2	57.2
2002	63.6	55.6
2003	64.1	54.2
2004	64.5	54
2005	64.9	53.9
2006	65.4	54.2
2007	65.8	54.9
2008	66.2	56
2009	66.7	57.4
2010	67.2	58.9
2011	67.6	60.6
2012	68.1	61.7
2013	68.5	62.4
2014	68.9	63.2
2015	69.3	64.1
2016	69.7	64.7
2017	70.1	65.4
2018	70.4	65.7
2019	70.7	66.1
2020	70.2	65.2
2021	67.3	62
2022	71.7	65.5
2023	72	66.1
2024	72.2	66.3
2025	72.5	66.5

India and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

India

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	India	South Africa
1960	435,990,338	16,440,172
1961	446,564,729	16,908,035
1962	457,283,090	17,418,522
1963	468,138,575	17,954,564
1964	479,229,598	18,511,361
1965	490,140,146	19,089,380
1966	500,740,247	19,690,087
1967	511,606,372	20,314,066
1968	522,716,889	20,957,287
1969	533,880,544	21,614,676
1970	545,864,268	22,279,984
1971	558,096,387	22,942,143
1972	570,482,142	23,609,456
1973	583,465,598	24,294,263
1974	597,041,391	24,989,108
1975	611,309,535	25,690,940
1976	625,861,883	26,395,450
1977	640,801,103	27,118,952
1978	655,728,229	27,869,507
1979	671,155,747	28,634,162
1980	687,354,025	29,518,857
1981	703,696,250	30,541,044
1982	720,313,473	31,615,339
1983	737,372,681	32,739,304
1984	754,875,449	33,892,788
1985	772,647,793	35,042,093
1986	790,689,978	36,180,515
1987	808,931,270	37,326,190
1988	827,342,990	38,480,649
1989	846,039,529	39,628,575
1990	864,972,221	40,746,268
1991	883,927,600	41,687,898
1992	902,957,070	42,443,509
1993	922,118,387	43,297,156
1994	941,163,767	44,004,139
1995	960,301,044	44,541,554
1996	979,678,458	45,123,018
1997	999,133,762	45,666,838
1998	1,018,665,080	46,223,880
1999	1,038,225,823	46,730,335
2000	1,057,922,733	47,159,719
2001	1,077,898,575	47,566,800
2002	1,097,600,380	48,019,415
2003	1,116,803,006	48,500,348
2004	1,135,991,513	48,991,421
2005	1,154,676,322	49,490,033
2006	1,172,878,890	49,998,277
2007	1,190,676,021	50,528,584
2008	1,207,930,964	51,114,599
2009	1,225,524,753	51,728,516
2010	1,243,481,564	52,344,051
2011	1,261,224,954	52,995,205
2012	1,278,674,502	53,782,567
2013	1,295,829,511	54,678,791
2014	1,312,277,191	55,594,838
2015	1,328,024,498	56,723,537
2016	1,343,944,296	57,259,551
2017	1,359,657,400	57,635,162
2018	1,374,659,064	58,613,001
2019	1,389,030,312	59,587,885
2020	1,402,617,695	60,562,381
2021	1,414,203,896	61,502,603
2022	1,425,423,212	62,378,410
2023	1,438,069,596	63,212,384
2024	1,450,935,791	64,007,187

Fertility rates in India and South Africa

Fertility rate

India

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	India	South Africa
1960	5.92	6.11
1961	5.94	6.08
1962	5.95	6.05
1963	5.97	6.01
1964	5.98	5.96
1965	5.94	5.89
1966	5.88	5.91
1967	5.83	5.85
1968	5.76	5.78
1969	5.68	5.72
1970	5.62	5.63
1971	5.57	5.57
1972	5.48	5.49
1973	5.4	5.41
1974	5.33	5.3
1975	5.2	5.19
1976	5.13	5.07
1977	5.01	4.94
1978	4.89	4.85
1979	4.81	4.82
1980	4.78	4.78
1981	4.7	4.71
1982	4.62	4.7
1983	4.57	4.63
1984	4.52	4.57
1985	4.43	4.5
1986	4.4	4.41
1987	4.31	4.35
1988	4.22	4.18
1989	4.13	3.98
1990	4.05	3.72
1991	3.96	3.62
1992	3.88	3.48
1993	3.8	3.37
1994	3.72	3.26
1995	3.65	3.17
1996	3.58	2.99
1997	3.51	2.73
1998	3.45	2.63
1999	3.38	2.56
2000	3.35	2.41
2001	3.3	2.37
2002	3.22	2.32
2003	3.12	2.36
2004	3.05	2.44
2005	2.96	2.51
2006	2.87	2.55
2007	2.78	2.55
2008	2.71	2.68
2009	2.67	2.5
2010	2.6	2.44
2011	2.53	2.44
2012	2.47	2.45
2013	2.4	2.43
2014	2.29	2.42
2015	2.29	2.36
2016	2.28	2.26
2017	2.19	2.28
2018	2.18	2.27
2019	2.12	2.26
2020	2.05	2.26
2021	2.01	2.25
2022	1.99	2.23
2023	1.98	2.22

India and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

India

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	India	South Africa
1960	20.2	19
1961	20.1	19
1962	19.9	18.9
1963	19.8	18.9
1964	19.6	18.9
1965	19.5	18.8
1966	19.4	18.8
1967	19.3	18.8
1968	19.2	18.8
1969	19.2	18.8
1970	19.2	18.8
1971	19.2	18.8
1972	19.2	18.8
1973	19.3	18.8
1974	19.3	18.9
1975	19.4	18.9
1976	19.5	19
1977	19.6	19.1
1978	19.7	19.2
1979	19.8	19.3
1980	19.9	19.4
1981	20	19.6
1982	20	19.8
1983	20.1	20
1984	20.2	20.2
1985	20.3	20.4
1986	20.4	20.5
1987	20.4	20.7
1988	20.5	20.9
1989	20.6	21.1
1990	20.7	21.3
1991	20.8	21.5
1992	21	21.5
1993	21.1	21.9
1994	21.2	22
1995	21.4	21.5
1996	21.6	21.2
1997	21.7	21.2
1998	21.9	21.4
1999	22.1	21.6
2000	22.3	21.9
2001	22.5	22.2
2002	22.7	22.4
2003	22.9	22.8
2004	23.1	23.1
2005	23.3	23.3
2006	23.6	23.5
2007	23.8	23.8
2008	24.1	24
2009	24.4	24.3
2010	24.7	24.6
2011	25	25
2012	25.3	25.3
2013	25.6	25.7
2014	26	26
2015	26.3	26.4
2016	26.6	26.7
2017	27	27
2018	27.3	27.5
2019	27.7	27.9
2020	28.1	28.3
2021	28.4	28.6
2022	28.7	28.9
2023	29.1	29.2
2024	29.5	29.5

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