Italy vs South Africa statistics compared

Italy has a population of 59M (ranked 25/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Italy's land area is 114,178 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 72nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Italy and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Italy and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Italy

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Italy	South Africa
1960	$42,012,422,612	$8,748,596,501
1961	$46,649,487,320	$9,225,996,310
1962	$52,413,872,628	$9,813,996,074
1963	$60,035,924,618	$10,854,195,658
1964	$65,720,771,779	$11,955,995,218
1965	$70,717,012,186	$13,068,994,772
1966	$76,622,444,787	$14,211,394,315
1967	$84,401,995,573	$15,821,393,671
1968	$91,485,448,148	$17,124,793,150
1969	$100,996,667,239	$19,256,992,297
1970	$113,656,669,765	$21,218,391,513
1971	$124,959,712,859	$23,411,076,638
1972	$145,594,833,997	$24,515,919,217
1973	$175,896,529,392	$33,262,772,008
1974	$200,024,444,775	$41,389,186,095
1975	$228,220,643,535	$42,906,905,672
1976	$225,235,205,862	$41,150,460,288
1977	$258,190,019,750	$45,328,411,332
1978	$315,784,469,541	$51,607,412,902
1979	$394,584,507,108	$63,038,658,089
1980	$478,356,755,596	$89,411,864,402
1981	$431,695,533,981	$93,141,472,164
1982	$428,257,421,618	$85,904,057,409
1983	$444,063,496,940	$96,204,110,942
1984	$438,896,930,791	$84,870,163,366
1985	$453,259,761,687	$64,459,376,087
1986	$641,862,313,287	$73,354,771,399
1987	$807,570,134,449	$96,535,763,418
1988	$893,663,934,841	$103,976,831,871
1989	$930,801,709,004	$108,055,624,082
1990	$1,183,945,130,899	$126,048,140,142
1991	$1,249,092,439,519	$135,203,698,238
1992	$1,323,204,350,354	$146,956,150,987
1993	$1,067,412,587,671	$147,194,747,566
1994	$1,101,750,159,702	$153,512,712,382
1995	$1,177,369,428,266	$171,735,933,897
1996	$1,314,776,508,972	$163,234,925,381
1997	$1,244,988,176,444	$168,978,057,328
1998	$1,272,729,786,997	$152,982,984,557
1999	$1,255,004,736,464	$151,516,957,079
2000	$1,149,661,363,439	$151,752,757,215
2001	$1,172,041,488,806	$135,429,905,923
2002	$1,281,746,271,196	$129,087,556,612
2003	$1,582,930,016,539	$197,018,965,309
2004	$1,812,808,753,295	$255,806,908,595
2005	$1,864,982,261,287	$288,867,217,197
2006	$1,958,563,654,386	$303,858,675,364
2007	$2,222,524,108,128	$333,077,117,254
2008	$2,417,508,414,187	$316,131,258,616
2009	$2,209,484,319,013	$329,754,060,647
2010	$2,144,936,254,535	$417,363,822,802
2011	$2,306,974,020,278	$458,199,494,831
2012	$2,097,929,495,122	$434,400,545,086
2013	$2,153,225,581,941	$400,886,013,596
2014	$2,173,255,507,986	$381,198,869,776
2015	$1,845,428,048,839	$346,709,790,459
2016	$1,887,111,188,177	$323,585,509,674
2017	$1,970,720,904,585	$381,448,814,653
2018	$2,099,435,266,459	$405,260,723,893
2019	$2,019,606,796,584	$389,330,032,224
2020	$1,907,481,094,079	$337,974,655,408
2021	$2,179,207,773,596	$420,886,877,629
2022	$2,104,067,630,319	$406,920,004,594
2023	$2,304,605,139,863	$380,699,271,816
2024	$2,372,774,547,793	$400,260,724,226

Italy and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Italy

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Italy	South Africa
1960	$837	$532
1961	$923	$546
1962	$1,030	$563
1963	$1,171	$605
1964	$1,272	$646
1965	$1,357	$685
1966	$1,459	$722
1967	$1,595	$779
1968	$1,718	$817
1969	$1,886	$891
1970	$2,112	$952
1971	$2,311	$1,020
1972	$2,677	$1,038
1973	$3,213	$1,369
1974	$3,629	$1,656
1975	$4,116	$1,670
1976	$4,042	$1,559
1977	$4,614	$1,671
1978	$5,623	$1,852
1979	$7,006	$2,202
1980	$8,476	$3,029
1981	$7,640	$3,050
1982	$7,574	$2,717
1983	$7,851	$2,938
1984	$7,758	$2,504
1985	$8,009	$1,839
1986	$11,341	$2,027
1987	$14,268	$2,586
1988	$15,781	$2,702
1989	$16,424	$2,727
1990	$20,874	$3,093
1991	$22,007	$3,243
1992	$23,297	$3,462
1993	$18,782	$3,400
1994	$19,382	$3,489
1995	$20,712	$3,856
1996	$23,123	$3,618
1997	$21,884	$3,700
1998	$22,365	$3,310
1999	$22,050	$3,242
2000	$20,190	$3,218
2001	$20,570	$2,847
2002	$22,451	$2,688
2003	$27,578	$4,062
2004	$31,348	$5,221
2005	$32,063	$5,837
2006	$33,537	$6,077
2007	$37,826	$6,592
2008	$40,829	$6,185
2009	$37,100	$6,375
2010	$35,857	$7,973
2011	$38,432	$8,646
2012	$34,854	$8,077
2013	$35,702	$7,332
2014	$36,028	$6,857
2015	$30,640	$6,112
2016	$31,392	$5,651
2017	$32,844	$6,618
2018	$34,904	$6,914
2019	$33,813	$6,534
2020	$32,091	$5,581
2021	$36,853	$6,843
2022	$35,654	$6,523
2023	$39,065	$6,023
2024	$40,226	$6,253

Italy vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Italy

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Italy	South Africa
1950	65.7	43.1
1951	65.3	44.1
1952	65.9	45
1953	66.6	46.1
1954	67.9	47.1
1955	68.3	48.2
1956	67.6	49.2
1957	67.8	50.2
1958	68.9	51.1
1959	69.3	51.9
1960	69.2	52.6
1961	69.8	53.1
1962	69.2	53.6
1963	69.3	53.9
1964	70.4	54.2
1965	70.3	54.4
1966	71	54.7
1967	71	55
1968	70.9	55.2
1969	70.9	55.4
1970	71.6	55.7
1971	71.9	56
1972	72.1	56.4
1973	72.1	56.7
1974	72.8	57.1
1975	72.7	57.6
1976	73.1	58
1977	73.4	58.5
1978	73.8	59
1979	74.1	59.5
1980	74.1	60
1981	74.4	60.4
1982	74.9	60.9
1983	74.7	61.4
1984	75.5	61.8
1985	75.6	62.2
1986	75.9	62.4
1987	76.3	62.7
1988	76.5	62.9
1989	76.9	63
1990	77	62.9
1991	77	63
1992	77.4	62.8
1993	77.7	62.6
1994	77.9	62.1
1995	78.1	61.6
1996	78.4	61.1
1997	78.7	60.5
1998	78.8	59.9
1999	79.2	59.2
2000	79.6	58.4
2001	79.9	57.2
2002	80.1	55.6
2003	80.2	54.2
2004	81	54
2005	81	53.9
2006	81.4	54.2
2007	81.5	54.9
2008	81.6	56
2009	81.8	57.4
2010	82.1	58.9
2011	82.2	60.6
2012	82.3	61.7
2013	82.7	62.4
2014	82.9	63.2
2015	82.5	64.1
2016	83	64.7
2017	82.7	65.4
2018	83.2	65.7
2019	83.3	66.1
2020	82.2	65.2
2021	82.9	62
2022	82.1	65.5
2023	83.7	66.1
2024	83.9	66.3
2025	84	66.5

Italy and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Italy

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Italy	South Africa
1960	50,199,700	16,440,172
1961	50,536,350	16,908,035
1962	50,879,450	17,418,522
1963	51,252,000	17,954,564
1964	51,675,350	18,511,361
1965	52,112,350	19,089,380
1966	52,519,000	19,690,087
1967	52,900,500	20,314,066
1968	53,235,750	20,957,287
1969	53,537,950	21,614,676
1970	53,821,850	22,279,984
1971	54,073,490	22,942,143
1972	54,381,345	23,609,456
1973	54,751,406	24,294,263
1974	55,110,868	24,989,108
1975	55,441,001	25,690,940
1976	55,718,260	26,395,450
1977	55,955,411	27,118,952
1978	56,155,143	27,869,507
1979	56,317,749	28,634,162
1980	56,433,883	29,518,857
1981	56,501,675	30,541,044
1982	56,543,548	31,615,339
1983	56,564,074	32,739,304
1984	56,576,718	33,892,788
1985	56,593,071	35,042,093
1986	56,596,155	36,180,515
1987	56,601,931	37,326,190
1988	56,629,288	38,480,649
1989	56,671,781	39,628,575
1990	56,719,240	40,746,268
1991	56,758,521	41,687,898
1992	56,797,087	42,443,509
1993	56,831,821	43,297,156
1994	56,843,400	44,004,139
1995	56,844,303	44,541,554
1996	56,860,281	45,123,018
1997	56,890,372	45,666,838
1998	56,906,744	46,223,880
1999	56,916,317	46,730,335
2000	56,942,108	47,159,719
2001	56,976,981	47,566,800
2002	57,089,824	48,019,415
2003	57,399,184	48,500,348
2004	57,828,179	48,991,421
2005	58,166,682	49,490,033
2006	58,399,861	49,998,277
2007	58,756,247	50,528,584
2008	59,211,181	51,114,599
2009	59,555,454	51,728,516
2010	59,819,407	52,344,051
2011	60,026,841	52,995,205
2012	60,191,247	53,782,567
2013	60,311,613	54,678,791
2014	60,320,707	55,594,838
2015	60,229,605	56,723,537
2016	60,115,223	57,259,551
2017	60,002,252	57,635,162
2018	60,148,658	58,613,001
2019	59,729,081	59,587,885
2020	59,438,851	60,562,381
2021	59,133,173	61,502,603
2022	59,013,667	62,378,410
2023	58,993,475	63,212,384
2024	58,986,023	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Italy and South Africa

Fertility rate

Italy

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Italy	South Africa
1960	2.4	6.11
1961	2.44	6.08
1962	2.46	6.05
1963	2.51	6.01
1964	2.66	5.96
1965	2.6	5.89
1966	2.58	5.91
1967	2.5	5.85
1968	2.46	5.78
1969	2.47	5.72
1970	2.38	5.63
1971	2.4	5.57
1972	2.35	5.49
1973	2.3	5.41
1974	2.28	5.3
1975	2.17	5.19
1976	2.04	5.07
1977	1.93	4.94
1978	1.84	4.85
1979	1.73	4.82
1980	1.64	4.78
1981	1.58	4.71
1982	1.56	4.7
1983	1.51	4.63
1984	1.46	4.57
1985	1.42	4.5
1986	1.35	4.41
1987	1.33	4.35
1988	1.36	4.18
1989	1.33	3.98
1990	1.33	3.72
1991	1.3	3.62
1992	1.3	3.48
1993	1.25	3.37
1994	1.21	3.26
1995	1.19	3.17
1996	1.2	2.99
1997	1.22	2.73
1998	1.22	2.63
1999	1.23	2.56
2000	1.26	2.41
2001	1.25	2.37
2002	1.27	2.32
2003	1.29	2.36
2004	1.34	2.44
2005	1.33	2.51
2006	1.37	2.55
2007	1.39	2.55
2008	1.44	2.68
2009	1.44	2.5
2010	1.44	2.44
2011	1.42	2.44
2012	1.42	2.45
2013	1.39	2.43
2014	1.38	2.42
2015	1.36	2.36
2016	1.36	2.26
2017	1.34	2.28
2018	1.31	2.27
2019	1.27	2.26
2020	1.24	2.26
2021	1.25	2.25
2022	1.24	2.23
2023	1.2	2.22

Italy and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Italy

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Italy	South Africa
1960	31.6	19
1961	31.8	19
1962	32	18.9
1963	32.1	18.9
1964	32.2	18.9
1965	32.3	18.8
1966	32.4	18.8
1967	32.5	18.8
1968	32.7	18.8
1969	32.8	18.8
1970	33	18.8
1971	33.1	18.8
1972	33.2	18.8
1973	33.3	18.8
1974	33.4	18.9
1975	33.5	18.9
1976	33.6	19
1977	33.7	19.1
1978	33.9	19.2
1979	34	19.3
1980	34.1	19.4
1981	34.3	19.6
1982	34.6	19.8
1983	34.9	20
1984	35.3	20.2
1985	35.6	20.4
1986	35.8	20.5
1987	36.1	20.7
1988	36.4	20.9
1989	36.8	21.1
1990	37.1	21.3
1991	37.5	21.5
1992	37.9	21.5
1993	38.2	21.9
1994	38.6	22
1995	38.9	21.5
1996	39.1	21.2
1997	39.4	21.2
1998	39.6	21.4
1999	39.9	21.6
2000	40.3	21.9
2001	40.6	22.2
2002	41	22.4
2003	41.3	22.8
2004	41.6	23.1
2005	41.9	23.3
2006	42.3	23.5
2007	42.6	23.8
2008	42.8	24
2009	43.1	24.3
2010	43.5	24.6
2011	43.9	25
2012	44.2	25.3
2013	44.6	25.7
2014	45	26
2015	45.4	26.4
2016	45.8	26.7
2017	46.2	27
2018	46.6	27.5
2019	47	27.9
2020	47.4	28.3
2021	47.7	28.6
2022	48.1	28.9
2023	48.4	29.2
2024	48.8	29.5

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