Ireland vs South Africa statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 119th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Ireland and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Ireland and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Ireland

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	South Africa
1960	$1,998,550,222	$8,748,596,501
1961	$2,151,772,980	$9,225,996,310
1962	$2,329,372,972	$9,813,996,074
1963	$2,505,073,358	$10,854,195,658
1964	$2,851,091,646	$11,955,995,218
1965	$3,035,655,794	$13,068,994,772
1966	$3,198,820,904	$14,211,394,315
1967	$3,445,739,915	$15,821,393,671
1968	$3,378,701,147	$17,124,793,150
1969	$3,902,721,632	$19,256,992,297
1970	$4,395,995,086	$21,218,391,513
1971	$5,098,250,287	$23,411,076,638
1972	$6,318,060,582	$24,515,919,217
1973	$7,481,173,066	$33,262,772,008
1974	$7,896,860,615	$41,389,186,095
1975	$9,483,808,362	$42,906,905,672
1976	$9,453,756,015	$41,150,460,288
1977	$11,248,340,431	$45,328,411,332
1978	$14,647,996,074	$51,607,412,902
1979	$18,319,334,300	$63,038,658,089
1980	$21,747,855,640	$89,411,864,402
1981	$20,670,190,138	$93,141,472,164
1982	$21,474,754,080	$85,904,057,409
1983	$20,766,047,764	$96,204,110,942
1984	$20,106,648,455	$84,870,163,366
1985	$21,270,013,326	$64,459,376,087
1986	$28,714,571,852	$73,354,771,399
1987	$33,920,518,493	$96,535,763,418
1988	$37,772,897,421	$103,976,831,871
1989	$39,238,392,678	$108,055,624,082
1990	$49,305,632,408	$126,048,140,142
1991	$49,787,502,852	$135,203,698,238
1992	$55,918,538,121	$146,956,150,987
1993	$52,417,477,614	$147,194,747,566
1994	$57,097,656,066	$153,512,712,382
1995	$69,139,823,232	$171,735,933,897
1996	$75,790,785,030	$163,234,925,381
1997	$82,856,648,758	$168,978,057,328
1998	$90,199,410,116	$152,982,984,557
1999	$98,893,958,263	$151,516,957,079
2000	$100,207,610,430	$151,752,757,215
2001	$109,346,669,230	$135,429,905,923
2002	$128,596,035,288	$129,087,556,612
2003	$164,670,771,260	$197,018,965,309
2004	$194,372,115,041	$255,806,908,595
2005	$211,876,989,656	$288,867,217,197
2006	$232,180,617,162	$303,858,675,364
2007	$270,079,279,420	$333,077,117,254
2008	$275,447,471,451	$316,131,258,616
2009	$236,443,117,248	$329,754,060,647
2010	$221,985,621,538	$417,363,822,802
2011	$241,337,364,610	$458,199,494,831
2012	$227,270,922,957	$434,400,545,086
2013	$243,301,556,085	$400,886,013,596
2014	$266,787,238,499	$381,198,869,776
2015	$302,391,428,540	$346,709,790,459
2016	$305,733,136,181	$323,585,509,674
2017	$348,532,394,024	$381,448,814,653
2018	$395,461,216,460	$405,260,723,893
2019	$407,124,824,065	$389,330,032,224
2020	$436,555,518,400	$337,974,655,408
2021	$531,306,516,908	$420,886,877,629
2022	$548,570,250,342	$406,920,004,594
2023	$551,394,889,340	$380,699,271,816
2024	$577,389,475,010	$400,260,724,226

Ireland and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	South Africa
1960	$707	$532
1961	$762	$546
1962	$821	$563
1963	$878	$605
1964	$995	$646
1965	$1,055	$685
1966	$1,107	$722
1967	$1,187	$779
1968	$1,159	$817
1969	$1,331	$891
1970	$1,487	$952
1971	$1,704	$1,020
1972	$2,080	$1,038
1973	$2,424	$1,369
1974	$2,517	$1,656
1975	$2,973	$1,670
1976	$2,920	$1,559
1977	$3,427	$1,671
1978	$4,400	$1,852
1979	$5,430	$2,202
1980	$6,372	$3,029
1981	$5,986	$3,050
1982	$6,161	$2,717
1983	$5,915	$2,938
1984	$5,692	$2,504
1985	$6,012	$1,839
1986	$8,112	$2,027
1987	$9,582	$2,586
1988	$10,716	$2,702
1989	$11,176	$2,727
1990	$14,031	$3,093
1991	$14,087	$3,243
1992	$15,714	$3,462
1993	$14,657	$3,400
1994	$15,903	$3,489
1995	$19,158	$3,856
1996	$20,836	$3,618
1997	$22,551	$3,700
1998	$24,295	$3,310
1999	$26,338	$3,242
2000	$26,335	$3,218
2001	$28,282	$2,847
2002	$32,705	$2,688
2003	$41,204	$4,062
2004	$47,754	$5,221
2005	$50,933	$5,837
2006	$54,329	$6,077
2007	$61,396	$6,592
2008	$61,353	$6,185
2009	$52,133	$6,375
2010	$48,679	$7,973
2011	$52,693	$8,646
2012	$49,412	$8,077
2013	$52,619	$7,332
2014	$57,278	$6,857
2015	$64,312	$6,112
2016	$64,193	$5,651
2017	$72,198	$6,618
2018	$80,739	$6,914
2019	$81,810	$6,534
2020	$86,623	$5,581
2021	$103,962	$6,843
2022	$105,235	$6,523
2023	$103,888	$6,023
2024	$107,316	$6,253

Ireland vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	South Africa
1950	65.6	43.1
1951	64.8	44.1
1952	67.2	45
1953	67.9	46.1
1954	68	47.1
1955	68	48.2
1956	69	49.2
1957	69	50.2
1958	69.3	51.1
1959	69.4	51.9
1960	70.2	52.6
1961	69.6	53.1
1962	69.9	53.6
1963	70.2	53.9
1964	70.4	54.2
1965	70.6	54.4
1966	70.2	54.7
1967	71.2	55
1968	70.9	55.2
1969	70.8	55.4
1970	70.8	55.7
1971	71.6	56
1972	71	56.4
1973	71.2	56.7
1974	71.1	57.1
1975	71.7	57.6
1976	71.8	58
1977	71.9	58.5
1978	71.9	59
1979	72.2	59.5
1980	72.5	60
1981	72.9	60.4
1982	73.2	60.9
1983	73.2	61.4
1984	73.6	61.8
1985	73.6	62.2
1986	73.6	62.4
1987	74.4	62.7
1988	74.4	62.9
1989	74.5	63
1990	74.8	62.9
1991	75	63
1992	75.4	62.8
1993	75.3	62.6
1994	75.8	62.1
1995	75.5	61.6
1996	75.8	61.1
1997	76	60.5
1998	76.2	59.9
1999	76.1	59.2
2000	76.5	58.4
2001	77.1	57.2
2002	77.6	55.6
2003	78.1	54.2
2004	78.5	54
2005	78.9	53.9
2006	79.2	54.2
2007	79.6	54.9
2008	79.8	56
2009	80.1	57.4
2010	80.6	58.9
2011	80.7	60.6
2012	80.9	61.7
2013	81.1	62.4
2014	81.4	63.2
2015	81.5	64.1
2016	81.7	64.7
2017	82.1	65.4
2018	82.1	65.7
2019	82.4	66.1
2020	82.4	65.2
2021	81.9	62
2022	82.1	65.5
2023	82.4	66.1
2024	82.6	66.3
2025	82.7	66.5

Ireland and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	South Africa
1960	2,828,600	16,440,172
1961	2,824,400	16,908,035
1962	2,836,050	17,418,522
1963	2,852,650	17,954,564
1964	2,866,550	18,511,361
1965	2,877,300	19,089,380
1966	2,888,800	19,690,087
1967	2,902,450	20,314,066
1968	2,915,550	20,957,287
1969	2,932,650	21,614,676
1970	2,957,250	22,279,984
1971	2,992,050	22,942,143
1972	3,036,850	23,609,456
1973	3,085,950	24,294,263
1974	3,137,500	24,989,108
1975	3,189,550	25,690,940
1976	3,238,050	26,395,450
1977	3,282,200	27,118,952
1978	3,329,100	27,869,507
1979	3,373,750	28,634,162
1980	3,412,800	29,518,857
1981	3,453,000	30,541,044
1982	3,485,800	31,615,339
1983	3,510,600	32,739,304
1984	3,532,423	33,892,788
1985	3,538,082	35,042,093
1986	3,539,690	36,180,515
1987	3,540,057	37,326,190
1988	3,524,949	38,480,649
1989	3,511,009	39,628,575
1990	3,513,974	40,746,268
1991	3,534,235	41,687,898
1992	3,558,430	42,443,509
1993	3,576,261	43,297,156
1994	3,590,386	44,004,139
1995	3,608,841	44,541,554
1996	3,637,510	45,123,018
1997	3,674,171	45,666,838
1998	3,712,696	46,223,880
1999	3,754,786	46,730,335
2000	3,805,174	47,159,719
2001	3,866,243	47,566,800
2002	3,931,947	48,019,415
2003	3,996,521	48,500,348
2004	4,070,262	48,991,421
2005	4,159,914	49,490,033
2006	4,273,591	49,998,277
2007	4,398,942	50,528,584
2008	4,489,544	51,114,599
2009	4,535,375	51,728,516
2010	4,560,155	52,344,051
2011	4,580,084	52,995,205
2012	4,599,533	53,782,567
2013	4,623,816	54,678,791
2014	4,657,740	55,594,838
2015	4,701,957	56,723,537
2016	4,762,722	57,259,551
2017	4,827,445	57,635,162
2018	4,898,022	58,613,001
2019	4,976,456	59,587,885
2020	5,039,747	60,562,381
2021	5,110,585	61,502,603
2022	5,212,836	62,378,410
2023	5,307,600	63,212,384
2024	5,380,257	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Ireland and South Africa

Fertility rate

Ireland

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	South Africa
1960	3.78	6.11
1961	3.78	6.08
1962	3.92	6.05
1963	4.01	6.01
1964	4.07	5.96
1965	4.04	5.89
1966	3.94	5.91
1967	3.84	5.85
1968	3.77	5.78
1969	3.83	5.72
1970	3.85	5.63
1971	3.93	5.57
1972	3.84	5.49
1973	3.71	5.41
1974	3.59	5.3
1975	3.37	5.19
1976	3.29	5.07
1977	3.24	4.94
1978	3.21	4.85
1979	3.21	4.82
1980	3.21	4.78
1981	3.05	4.71
1982	2.94	4.7
1983	2.74	4.63
1984	2.58	4.57
1985	2.48	4.5
1986	2.44	4.41
1987	2.32	4.35
1988	2.17	4.18
1989	2.08	3.98
1990	2.11	3.72
1991	2.08	3.62
1992	1.99	3.48
1993	1.9	3.37
1994	1.85	3.26
1995	1.84	3.17
1996	1.88	2.99
1997	1.93	2.73
1998	1.94	2.63
1999	1.9	2.56
2000	1.89	2.41
2001	1.94	2.37
2002	1.97	2.32
2003	1.96	2.36
2004	1.93	2.44
2005	1.86	2.51
2006	1.91	2.55
2007	2.01	2.55
2008	2.06	2.68
2009	2.06	2.5
2010	2.05	2.44
2011	2.03	2.44
2012	1.98	2.45
2013	1.93	2.43
2014	1.89	2.42
2015	1.85	2.36
2016	1.81	2.26
2017	1.77	2.28
2018	1.75	2.27
2019	1.71	2.26
2020	1.63	2.26
2021	1.78	2.25
2022	1.54	2.23
2023	1.5	2.22

Ireland and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	South Africa
1960	30.1	19
1961	29.8	19
1962	29.5	18.9
1963	29.2	18.9
1964	28.9	18.9
1965	28.6	18.8
1966	28.2	18.8
1967	28	18.8
1968	27.8	18.8
1969	27.6	18.8
1970	27.4	18.8
1971	27.1	18.8
1972	26.9	18.8
1973	26.7	18.8
1974	26.5	18.9
1975	26.5	18.9
1976	26.4	19
1977	26.5	19.1
1978	26.5	19.2
1979	26.5	19.3
1980	26.5	19.4
1981	26.6	19.6
1982	26.7	19.8
1983	26.9	20
1984	27.1	20.2
1985	27.3	20.4
1986	27.6	20.5
1987	27.9	20.7
1988	28.4	20.9
1989	28.8	21.1
1990	29.2	21.3
1991	29.6	21.5
1992	29.9	21.5
1993	30.2	21.9
1994	30.6	22
1995	30.9	21.5
1996	31.3	21.2
1997	31.6	21.2
1998	31.9	21.4
1999	32.2	21.6
2000	32.5	21.9
2001	32.7	22.2
2002	33	22.4
2003	33.2	22.8
2004	33.4	23.1
2005	33.4	23.3
2006	33.4	23.5
2007	33.4	23.8
2008	33.5	24
2009	33.9	24.3
2010	34.3	24.6
2011	34.8	25
2012	35.2	25.3
2013	35.6	25.7
2014	36	26
2015	36.4	26.4
2016	36.8	26.7
2017	37.1	27
2018	37.4	27.5
2019	37.8	27.9
2020	38.2	28.3
2021	38.6	28.6
2022	38.9	28.9
2023	39.4	29.2
2024	39.7	29.5

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