Japan vs South Africa statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 61st vs. 24th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Japan and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Japan and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Japan

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	South Africa
1960	$47,419,238,274	$8,748,596,501
1961	$57,266,758,180	$9,225,996,310
1962	$64,987,857,542	$9,813,996,074
1963	$74,379,284,603	$10,854,195,658
1964	$87,490,590,818	$11,955,995,218
1965	$97,338,107,606	$13,068,994,772
1966	$113,046,784,179	$14,211,394,315
1967	$132,475,614,227	$15,821,393,671
1968	$156,897,496,759	$17,124,793,150
1969	$184,298,841,305	$19,256,992,297
1970	$217,223,652,719	$21,218,391,513
1971	$245,364,056,622	$23,411,076,638
1972	$324,933,841,269	$24,515,919,217
1973	$441,460,582,536	$33,262,772,008
1974	$490,035,789,970	$41,389,186,095
1975	$532,861,438,885	$42,906,905,672
1976	$598,883,902,156	$41,150,460,288
1977	$737,069,290,928	$45,328,411,332
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$51,607,412,902
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$63,038,658,089
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$89,411,864,402
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$64,459,376,087
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$73,354,771,399
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$96,535,763,418
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$103,976,831,871
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$108,055,624,082
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$126,048,140,142
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$135,203,698,238
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$146,956,150,987
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$147,194,747,566
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$153,512,712,382
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$171,735,933,897
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$163,234,925,381
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$168,978,057,328
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$152,982,984,557
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$151,516,957,079
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$151,752,757,215
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$135,429,905,923
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$129,087,556,612
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$197,018,965,309
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$255,806,908,595
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$288,867,217,197
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$303,858,675,364
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$333,077,117,254
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$316,131,258,616
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$329,754,060,647
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$417,363,822,802
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$458,199,494,831
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$434,400,545,086
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$400,886,013,596
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$381,198,869,776
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$346,709,790,459
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$323,585,509,674
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$381,448,814,653
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$405,260,723,893
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$389,330,032,224
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$337,974,655,408
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$420,886,877,629
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$406,920,004,594
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$380,699,271,816
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$400,260,724,226

Japan and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	South Africa
1960	$509	$532
1961	$609	$546
1962	$685	$563
1963	$776	$605
1964	$903	$646
1965	$994	$685
1966	$1,144	$722
1967	$1,326	$779
1968	$1,553	$817
1969	$1,803	$891
1970	$2,101	$952
1971	$2,321	$1,020
1972	$3,031	$1,038
1973	$4,061	$1,369
1974	$4,448	$1,656
1975	$4,776	$1,670
1976	$5,310	$1,559
1977	$6,473	$1,671
1978	$9,012	$1,852
1979	$9,301	$2,202
1980	$9,669	$3,029
1981	$10,583	$3,050
1982	$9,780	$2,717
1983	$10,652	$2,938
1984	$11,207	$2,504
1985	$11,809	$1,839
1986	$17,452	$2,027
1987	$21,142	$2,586
1988	$25,500	$2,702
1989	$25,266	$2,727
1990	$25,801	$3,093
1991	$29,428	$3,243
1992	$31,993	$3,462
1993	$36,345	$3,400
1994	$39,934	$3,489
1995	$44,198	$3,856
1996	$39,150	$3,618
1997	$35,638	$3,700
1998	$32,424	$3,310
1999	$36,610	$3,242
2000	$39,169	$3,218
2001	$34,406	$2,847
2002	$32,821	$2,688
2003	$35,387	$4,062
2004	$38,299	$5,221
2005	$37,813	$5,837
2006	$35,992	$6,077
2007	$35,779	$6,592
2008	$39,876	$6,185
2009	$41,309	$6,375
2010	$44,968	$7,973
2011	$48,760	$8,646
2012	$49,145	$8,077
2013	$40,899	$7,332
2014	$38,475	$6,857
2015	$34,961	$6,112
2016	$39,375	$5,651
2017	$38,834	$6,618
2018	$39,751	$6,914
2019	$40,416	$6,534
2020	$40,029	$5,581
2021	$40,095	$6,843
2022	$34,066	$6,523
2023	$33,836	$6,023
2024	$32,476	$6,253

Japan vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	South Africa
1950	59.3	43.1
1951	61	44.1
1952	63	45
1953	63.3	46.1
1954	64.5	47.1
1955	65.7	48.2
1956	65.6	49.2
1957	65.4	50.2
1958	67	51.1
1959	67.5	51.9
1960	67.7	52.6
1961	68.4	53.1
1962	68.7	53.6
1963	69.7	53.9
1964	70.2	54.2
1965	70.3	54.4
1966	71.1	54.7
1967	71.4	55
1968	71.7	55.2
1969	71.9	55.4
1970	72	55.7
1971	72.8	56
1972	73.3	56.4
1973	73.4	56.7
1974	73.8	57.1
1975	74.4	57.6
1976	74.8	58
1977	75.3	58.5
1978	75.7	59
1979	76.2	59.5
1980	76.1	60
1981	76.6	60.4
1982	77.1	60.9
1983	77.1	61.4
1984	77.5	61.8
1985	77.8	62.2
1986	78.2	62.4
1987	78.6	62.7
1988	78.5	62.9
1989	79	63
1990	79	62.9
1991	79.3	63
1992	79.3	62.8
1993	79.4	62.6
1994	79.8	62.1
1995	79.7	61.6
1996	80.4	61.1
1997	80.6	60.5
1998	80.6	59.9
1999	80.6	59.2
2000	81.2	58.4
2001	81.5	57.2
2002	81.8	55.6
2003	81.9	54.2
2004	82.1	54
2005	82	53.9
2006	82.4	54.2
2007	82.5	54.9
2008	82.6	56
2009	83	57.4
2010	82.9	58.9
2011	82.7	60.6
2012	83.2	61.7
2013	83.4	62.4
2014	83.6	63.2
2015	83.9	64.1
2016	84.1	64.7
2017	84.2	65.4
2018	84.3	65.7
2019	84.4	66.1
2020	84.7	65.2
2021	84.6	62
2022	84.1	65.5
2023	84.7	66.1
2024	84.9	66.3
2025	85	66.5

Japan and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	South Africa
1960	93,216,000	16,440,172
1961	94,055,000	16,908,035
1962	94,933,000	17,418,522
1963	95,900,000	17,954,564
1964	96,903,000	18,511,361
1965	97,952,000	19,089,380
1966	98,851,000	19,690,087
1967	99,879,000	20,314,066
1968	101,011,000	20,957,287
1969	102,219,000	21,614,676
1970	103,403,000	22,279,984
1971	105,697,000	22,942,143
1972	107,188,000	23,609,456
1973	108,707,000	24,294,263
1974	110,162,000	24,989,108
1975	111,573,000	25,690,940
1976	112,775,000	26,395,450
1977	113,872,000	27,118,952
1978	114,913,000	27,869,507
1979	115,890,000	28,634,162
1980	116,807,000	29,518,857
1981	117,661,000	30,541,044
1982	118,480,000	31,615,339
1983	119,307,000	32,739,304
1984	120,083,000	33,892,788
1985	120,837,000	35,042,093
1986	121,482,000	36,180,515
1987	122,069,000	37,326,190
1988	122,578,000	38,480,649
1989	123,069,000	39,628,575
1990	123,478,000	40,746,268
1991	123,964,000	41,687,898
1992	124,425,000	42,443,509
1993	124,829,000	43,297,156
1994	125,178,000	44,004,139
1995	125,472,000	44,541,554
1996	125,757,000	45,123,018
1997	126,057,000	45,666,838
1998	126,400,000	46,223,880
1999	126,631,000	46,730,335
2000	126,843,000	47,159,719
2001	127,149,000	47,566,800
2002	127,445,000	48,019,415
2003	127,718,000	48,500,348
2004	127,761,000	48,991,421
2005	127,773,000	49,490,033
2006	127,854,000	49,998,277
2007	128,001,000	50,528,584
2008	128,063,000	51,114,599
2009	128,047,000	51,728,516
2010	128,070,000	52,344,051
2011	127,833,000	52,995,205
2012	127,629,000	53,782,567
2013	127,445,000	54,678,791
2014	127,276,000	55,594,838
2015	127,141,000	56,723,537
2016	127,076,000	57,259,551
2017	126,972,000	57,635,162
2018	126,811,000	58,613,001
2019	126,633,000	59,587,885
2020	126,261,000	60,562,381
2021	125,681,593	61,502,603
2022	125,124,989	62,378,410
2023	124,516,650	63,212,384
2024	123,975,371	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Japan and South Africa

Fertility rate

Japan

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	South Africa
1960	2	6.11
1961	1.96	6.08
1962	1.98	6.05
1963	2	6.01
1964	2.05	5.96
1965	2.14	5.89
1966	1.58	5.91
1967	2.23	5.85
1968	2.13	5.78
1969	2.13	5.72
1970	2.13	5.63
1971	2.16	5.57
1972	2.14	5.49
1973	2.14	5.41
1974	2.05	5.3
1975	1.91	5.19
1976	1.85	5.07
1977	1.8	4.94
1978	1.79	4.85
1979	1.77	4.82
1980	1.75	4.78
1981	1.74	4.71
1982	1.77	4.7
1983	1.8	4.63
1984	1.81	4.57
1985	1.76	4.5
1986	1.72	4.41
1987	1.69	4.35
1988	1.66	4.18
1989	1.57	3.98
1990	1.54	3.72
1991	1.53	3.62
1992	1.5	3.48
1993	1.46	3.37
1994	1.5	3.26
1995	1.42	3.17
1996	1.43	2.99
1997	1.39	2.73
1998	1.38	2.63
1999	1.34	2.56
2000	1.36	2.41
2001	1.33	2.37
2002	1.32	2.32
2003	1.29	2.36
2004	1.29	2.44
2005	1.26	2.51
2006	1.32	2.55
2007	1.34	2.55
2008	1.37	2.68
2009	1.37	2.5
2010	1.39	2.44
2011	1.39	2.44
2012	1.41	2.45
2013	1.43	2.43
2014	1.42	2.42
2015	1.45	2.36
2016	1.44	2.26
2017	1.43	2.28
2018	1.42	2.27
2019	1.36	2.26
2020	1.33	2.26
2021	1.3	2.25
2022	1.26	2.23
2023	1.2	2.22

Japan and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Japan

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	South Africa
1960	25.8	19
1961	26.2	19
1962	26.5	18.9
1963	26.9	18.9
1964	27.2	18.9
1965	27.6	18.8
1966	28	18.8
1967	28.4	18.8
1968	28.6	18.8
1969	28.9	18.8
1970	29.2	18.8
1971	29.6	18.8
1972	29.9	18.8
1973	30.2	18.8
1974	30.4	18.9
1975	30.6	18.9
1976	30.9	19
1977	31.5	19.1
1978	32	19.2
1979	32.4	19.3
1980	32.8	19.4
1981	33.1	19.6
1982	33.7	19.8
1983	34.3	20
1984	34.9	20.2
1985	35.4	20.4
1986	35.9	20.5
1987	36.3	20.7
1988	36.8	20.9
1989	37.2	21.1
1990	37.7	21.3
1991	38.2	21.5
1992	38.7	21.5
1993	39.2	21.9
1994	39.6	22
1995	40	21.5
1996	40.3	21.2
1997	40.7	21.2
1998	41	21.4
1999	41.4	21.6
2000	41.8	21.9
2001	42.1	22.2
2002	42.5	22.4
2003	42.8	22.8
2004	43.2	23.1
2005	43.6	23.3
2006	43.9	23.5
2007	44.2	23.8
2008	44.6	24
2009	44.9	24.3
2010	45.2	24.6
2011	45.5	25
2012	45.8	25.3
2013	46.2	25.7
2014	46.6	26
2015	47	26.4
2016	47.3	26.7
2017	47.6	27
2018	48	27.5
2019	48.3	27.9
2020	48.7	28.3
2021	49.1	28.6
2022	49.5	28.9
2023	50	29.2
2024	50.4	29.5

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