Israel vs South Africa statistics compared

Israel has a population of 9.97M (ranked 96/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Israel's land area is 8,355 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 149th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Israel ranks 28/197 ($540B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Israel ranks 21/197 ($54,177), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Israel and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Israel and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Israel

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Israel	South Africa
1960	$3,070,585,807	$8,748,596,501
1961	$3,708,586,471	$9,225,996,310
1962	$2,966,154,031	$9,813,996,074
1963	$3,535,949,089	$10,854,195,658
1964	$4,024,344,853	$11,955,995,218
1965	$4,329,084,429	$13,068,994,772
1966	$4,703,300,098	$14,211,394,315
1967	$4,762,386,783	$15,821,393,671
1968	$5,458,427,928	$17,124,793,150
1969	$6,297,852,761	$19,256,992,297
1970	$7,406,712,876	$21,218,391,513
1971	$7,052,544,000	$23,411,076,638
1972	$9,222,557,539	$24,515,919,217
1973	$11,902,574,259	$33,262,772,008
1974	$17,172,607,138	$41,389,186,095
1975	$16,141,767,373	$42,906,905,672
1976	$15,956,349,550	$41,150,460,288
1977	$18,257,113,904	$45,328,411,332
1978	$17,701,286,907	$51,607,412,902
1979	$22,609,741,060	$63,038,658,089
1980	$25,395,256,478	$89,411,864,402
1981	$26,882,009,819	$93,141,472,164
1982	$29,255,285,401	$85,904,057,409
1983	$32,675,755,462	$96,204,110,942
1984	$30,645,607,293	$84,870,163,366
1985	$28,905,736,367	$64,459,376,087
1986	$35,834,154,874	$73,354,771,399
1987	$43,049,543,635	$96,535,763,418
1988	$52,650,948,910	$103,976,831,871
1989	$52,443,479,454	$108,055,624,082
1990	$62,016,729,541	$126,048,140,142
1991	$70,998,755,007	$135,203,698,238
1992	$79,457,685,757	$146,956,150,987
1993	$79,855,877,174	$147,194,747,566
1994	$90,740,103,829	$153,512,712,382
1995	$105,497,418,059	$171,735,933,897
1996	$115,116,595,545	$163,234,925,381
1997	$119,459,826,347	$168,978,057,328
1998	$120,547,409,279	$152,982,984,557
1999	$121,417,185,062	$151,516,957,079
2000	$136,512,300,542	$151,752,757,215
2001	$135,002,039,613	$135,429,905,923
2002	$125,332,331,884	$129,087,556,612
2003	$131,408,914,824	$197,018,965,309
2004	$140,047,984,605	$255,806,908,595
2005	$147,519,922,009	$288,867,217,197
2006	$158,900,547,825	$303,858,675,364
2007	$184,681,214,673	$333,077,117,254
2008	$221,231,658,863	$316,131,258,616
2009	$213,403,181,853	$329,754,060,647
2010	$239,679,036,634	$417,363,822,802
2011	$268,094,998,225	$458,199,494,831
2012	$263,589,172,712	$434,400,545,086
2013	$298,478,070,673	$400,886,013,596
2014	$315,017,088,117	$381,198,869,776
2015	$303,469,434,072	$346,709,790,459
2016	$321,940,971,558	$323,585,509,674
2017	$358,451,839,053	$381,448,814,653
2018	$376,299,083,108	$405,260,723,893
2019	$400,645,216,359	$389,330,032,224
2020	$410,768,352,658	$337,974,655,408
2021	$489,851,549,972	$420,886,877,629
2022	$525,181,008,026	$406,920,004,594
2023	$512,184,638,999	$380,699,271,816
2024	$540,379,921,262	$400,260,724,226

Israel and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Israel

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Israel	South Africa
1960	$1,452	$532
1961	$1,697	$546
1962	$1,294	$563
1963	$1,486	$605
1964	$1,626	$646
1965	$1,689	$685
1966	$1,789	$722
1967	$1,735	$779
1968	$1,947	$817
1969	$2,189	$891
1970	$2,490	$952
1971	$2,298	$1,020
1972	$2,930	$1,038
1973	$3,631	$1,369
1974	$5,085	$1,656
1975	$4,672	$1,670
1976	$4,516	$1,559
1977	$5,053	$1,671
1978	$4,797	$1,852
1979	$5,972	$2,202
1980	$6,549	$3,029
1981	$6,795	$3,050
1982	$7,258	$2,717
1983	$7,960	$2,938
1984	$7,369	$2,504
1985	$6,829	$1,839
1986	$8,335	$2,027
1987	$9,853	$2,586
1988	$11,853	$2,702
1989	$11,608	$2,727
1990	$13,308	$3,093
1991	$14,346	$3,243
1992	$15,510	$3,462
1993	$15,179	$3,400
1994	$16,807	$3,489
1995	$19,026	$3,856
1996	$20,224	$3,618
1997	$20,469	$3,700
1998	$20,189	$3,310
1999	$19,823	$3,242
2000	$21,707	$3,218
2001	$20,966	$2,847
2002	$19,076	$2,688
2003	$19,643	$4,062
2004	$20,568	$5,221
2005	$21,287	$5,837
2006	$22,527	$6,077
2007	$25,721	$6,592
2008	$30,269	$6,185
2009	$28,508	$6,375
2010	$31,439	$7,973
2011	$34,523	$8,646
2012	$33,321	$8,077
2013	$37,034	$7,332
2014	$38,343	$6,857
2015	$36,213	$6,112
2016	$37,672	$5,651
2017	$41,138	$6,618
2018	$42,363	$6,914
2019	$44,251	$6,534
2020	$44,576	$5,581
2021	$52,271	$6,843
2022	$54,950	$6,523
2023	$52,004	$6,023
2024	$54,177	$6,253

Israel vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Israel

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Israel	South Africa
1950	69.9	43.1
1951	67.6	44.1
1952	67.2	45
1953	66.4	46.1
1954	66.3	47.1
1955	68	48.2
1956	66.6	49.2
1957	66.5	50.2
1958	68.4	51.1
1959	68.9	51.9
1960	69.8	52.6
1961	69.8	53.1
1962	69.3	53.6
1963	69.6	53.9
1964	69.6	54.2
1965	70.5	54.4
1966	70.9	54.7
1967	70.9	55
1968	70.8	55.2
1969	71	55.4
1970	71.2	55.7
1971	71.8	56
1972	71.6	56.4
1973	71.6	56.7
1974	71.6	57.1
1975	71.6	57.6
1976	72.7	58
1977	72.7	58.5
1978	73.1	59
1979	73.4	59.5
1980	73.7	60
1981	74.2	60.4
1982	74.3	60.9
1983	75.1	61.4
1984	75.5	61.8
1985	76	62.2
1986	75.9	62.4
1987	76.4	62.7
1988	76.9	62.9
1989	77.6	63
1990	78	62.9
1991	77.6	63
1992	77.3	62.8
1993	77.9	62.6
1994	78	62.1
1995	78.1	61.6
1996	78.6	61.1
1997	78.6	60.5
1998	78.6	59.9
1999	78.9	59.2
2000	79.2	58.4
2001	79.5	57.2
2002	79.5	55.6
2003	79.8	54.2
2004	80.3	54
2005	80.4	53.9
2006	80.8	54.2
2007	81	54.9
2008	81.3	56
2009	81.8	57.4
2010	82	58.9
2011	82	60.6
2012	82	61.7
2013	82.4	62.4
2014	82.4	63.2
2015	82.3	64.1
2016	82.6	64.7
2017	82.7	65.4
2018	82.9	65.7
2019	82.9	66.1
2020	82.7	65.2
2021	82.5	62
2022	82.8	65.5
2023	82.4	66.1
2024	82.7	66.3
2025	82.8	66.5

Israel and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Israel

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Israel	South Africa
1960	2,114,020	16,440,172
1961	2,185,000	16,908,035
1962	2,293,000	17,418,522
1963	2,379,000	17,954,564
1964	2,475,000	18,511,361
1965	2,563,000	19,089,380
1966	2,629,000	19,690,087
1967	2,745,000	20,314,066
1968	2,803,000	20,957,287
1969	2,877,000	21,614,676
1970	2,974,000	22,279,984
1971	3,069,000	22,942,143
1972	3,148,000	23,609,456
1973	3,278,000	24,294,263
1974	3,377,000	24,989,108
1975	3,455,000	25,690,940
1976	3,533,000	26,395,450
1977	3,613,000	27,118,952
1978	3,690,000	27,869,507
1979	3,786,000	28,634,162
1980	3,878,000	29,518,857
1981	3,956,000	30,541,044
1982	4,031,000	31,615,339
1983	4,105,000	32,739,304
1984	4,159,000	33,892,788
1985	4,233,000	35,042,093
1986	4,299,000	36,180,515
1987	4,369,000	37,326,190
1988	4,442,000	38,480,649
1989	4,518,000	39,628,575
1990	4,660,000	40,746,268
1991	4,949,000	41,687,898
1992	5,123,000	42,443,509
1993	5,261,000	43,297,156
1994	5,399,000	44,004,139
1995	5,545,000	44,541,554
1996	5,692,000	45,123,018
1997	5,836,000	45,666,838
1998	5,971,000	46,223,880
1999	6,125,000	46,730,335
2000	6,289,000	47,159,719
2001	6,439,000	47,566,800
2002	6,570,000	48,019,415
2003	6,689,700	48,500,348
2004	6,809,000	48,991,421
2005	6,930,100	49,490,033
2006	7,053,700	49,998,277
2007	7,180,100	50,528,584
2008	7,308,800	51,114,599
2009	7,485,600	51,728,516
2010	7,623,600	52,344,051
2011	7,765,800	52,995,205
2012	7,910,500	53,782,567
2013	8,059,500	54,678,791
2014	8,215,700	55,594,838
2015	8,380,100	56,723,537
2016	8,546,000	57,259,551
2017	8,713,300	57,635,162
2018	8,882,800	58,613,001
2019	9,054,000	59,587,885
2020	9,215,100	60,562,381
2021	9,371,400	61,502,603
2022	9,557,500	62,378,410
2023	9,849,000	63,212,384
2024	9,974,400	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Israel and South Africa

Fertility rate

Israel

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Israel	South Africa
1960	3.87	6.11
1961	3.86	6.08
1962	3.85	6.05
1963	3.84	6.01
1964	3.83	5.96
1965	3.81	5.89
1966	3.8	5.91
1967	3.79	5.85
1968	3.79	5.78
1969	3.78	5.72
1970	3.78	5.63
1971	3.77	5.57
1972	3.77	5.49
1973	3.7	5.41
1974	3.63	5.3
1975	3.55	5.19
1976	3.48	5.07
1977	3.41	4.94
1978	3.35	4.85
1979	3.3	4.82
1980	3.24	4.78
1981	3.19	4.71
1982	3.13	4.7
1983	3.11	4.63
1984	3.08	4.57
1985	3.06	4.5
1986	3.03	4.41
1987	3.01	4.35
1988	2.95	4.18
1989	2.89	3.98
1990	2.82	3.72
1991	2.76	3.62
1992	2.7	3.48
1993	2.8	3.37
1994	2.9	3.26
1995	2.9	3.17
1996	2.9	2.99
1997	2.94	2.73
1998	2.98	2.63
1999	2.97	2.56
2000	2.95	2.41
2001	2.92	2.37
2002	2.89	2.32
2003	2.95	2.36
2004	2.9	2.44
2005	2.84	2.51
2006	2.88	2.55
2007	2.9	2.55
2008	2.96	2.68
2009	2.96	2.5
2010	3.03	2.44
2011	2.98	2.44
2012	3.05	2.45
2013	3.03	2.43
2014	3.08	2.42
2015	3.09	2.36
2016	3.11	2.26
2017	3.11	2.28
2018	3.09	2.27
2019	3.01	2.26
2020	2.9	2.26
2021	3	2.25
2022	2.89	2.23
2023	2.85	2.22

Israel and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Israel

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Israel	South Africa
1960	25.3	19
1961	25.3	19
1962	25	18.9
1963	24.6	18.9
1964	24.1	18.9
1965	23.8	18.8
1966	23.5	18.8
1967	23.4	18.8
1968	23.3	18.8
1969	23.3	18.8
1970	23.4	18.8
1971	23.5	18.8
1972	23.7	18.8
1973	23.8	18.8
1974	24	18.9
1975	24.2	18.9
1976	24.3	19
1977	24.5	19.1
1978	24.7	19.2
1979	24.8	19.3
1980	25	19.4
1981	25.1	19.6
1982	25.2	19.8
1983	25.3	20
1984	25.4	20.2
1985	25.4	20.4
1986	25.4	20.5
1987	25.5	20.7
1988	25.5	20.9
1989	25.6	21.1
1990	25.8	21.3
1991	26.2	21.5
1992	26.4	21.5
1993	26.5	21.9
1994	26.6	22
1995	26.9	21.5
1996	27.1	21.2
1997	27.3	21.2
1998	27.4	21.4
1999	27.6	21.6
2000	27.8	21.9
2001	28	22.2
2002	28.2	22.4
2003	28.4	22.8
2004	28.5	23.1
2005	28.7	23.3
2006	28.9	23.5
2007	29.1	23.8
2008	29.2	24
2009	29.3	24.3
2010	29.4	24.6
2011	29.5	25
2012	29.5	25.3
2013	29.6	25.7
2014	29.7	26
2015	29.8	26.4
2016	29.8	26.7
2017	29.9	27
2018	29.9	27.5
2019	29.9	27.9
2020	30	28.3
2021	30	28.6
2022	30.1	28.9
2023	30.2	29.2
2024	30.2	29.5

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