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Kazakhstan vs South Africa statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Kazakhstan has a population of 20.6M (ranked 64/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Kazakhstan's land area is 1,042,360 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 9th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Kazakhstan ranks 50/197 ($288B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Kazakhstan ranks 72/197 ($14,005), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Main facts and rankings

Kazakhstan South Africa
Population
21036432
65314246
Population rank 65/197 24/197
GDP
$288B
2024
$400B
2024
GDP rank 50/197 41/197
GDP per capita
$14,005
2024
$6,253
2024
GDP per capita rank 72/197 112/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$40,813
2024
$15,457
2024
Government debt
$71.5B
2024
$306B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
25.4%
2025
79.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,474
2024
$4,775
2024
Government debt per person rank 96/185 83/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,117
2025
$13,449
2025
Land area
1,042,360 sq mi
2025
468,377 sq mi
2025
Population density
19.8 ppl/mi²
2024
136.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.01
2023
2.22
2023
Median age
30.5 years
2024
29.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.7 years
2025
66.5 years
2025

Kazakhstan and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Kazakhstan and South Africa economies compared

GDP
Kazakhstan

South Africa
Year GDP
Kazakhstan South Africa
1960 - $8,748,596,501
1961 - $9,225,996,310
1962 - $9,813,996,074
1963 - $10,854,195,658
1964 - $11,955,995,218
1965 - $13,068,994,772
1966 - $14,211,394,315
1967 - $15,821,393,671
1968 - $17,124,793,150
1969 - $19,256,992,297
1970 - $21,218,391,513
1971 - $23,411,076,638
1972 - $24,515,919,217
1973 - $33,262,772,008
1974 - $41,389,186,095
1975 - $42,906,905,672
1976 - $41,150,460,288
1977 - $45,328,411,332
1978 - $51,607,412,902
1979 - $63,038,658,089
1980 - $89,411,864,402
1981 - $93,141,472,164
1982 - $85,904,057,409
1983 - $96,204,110,942
1984 - $84,870,163,366
1985 - $64,459,376,087
1986 - $73,354,771,399
1987 - $96,535,763,418
1988 - $103,976,831,871
1989 - $108,055,624,082
1990 $26,932,016,270 $126,048,140,142
1991 $24,923,076,923 $135,203,698,238
1992 $24,917,355,372 $146,956,150,987
1993 $23,409,260,880 $147,194,747,566
1994 $21,250,792,886 $153,512,712,382
1995 $20,374,302,652 $171,735,933,897
1996 $21,035,357,937 $163,234,925,381
1997 $22,165,932,063 $168,978,057,328
1998 $22,135,245,507 $152,982,984,557
1999 $16,870,817,182 $151,516,957,079
2000 $18,291,990,662 $151,752,757,215
2001 $22,152,689,180 $135,429,905,923
2002 $24,636,598,527 $129,087,556,612
2003 $30,833,692,900 $197,018,965,309
2004 $43,151,647,003 $255,806,908,595
2005 $57,123,671,734 $288,867,217,197
2006 $81,003,864,630 $303,858,675,364
2007 $104,849,915,058 $333,077,117,254
2008 $133,441,648,852 $316,131,258,616
2009 $115,308,686,941 $329,754,060,647
2010 $148,047,348,241 $417,363,822,802
2011 $192,626,464,617 $458,199,494,831
2012 $207,998,568,866 $434,400,545,086
2013 $236,634,603,409 $400,886,013,596
2014 $221,415,613,595 $381,198,869,776
2015 $184,388,404,706 $346,709,790,459
2016 $137,278,320,084 $323,585,509,674
2017 $166,805,788,827 $381,448,814,653
2018 $179,339,977,690 $405,260,723,893
2019 $181,667,184,855 $389,330,032,224
2020 $171,082,365,861 $337,974,655,408
2021 $197,112,255,361 $420,886,877,629
2022 $225,496,328,925 $406,920,004,594
2023 $261,840,101,060 $380,699,271,816
2024 $288,406,138,231 $400,260,724,226

Kazakhstan and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita
Kazakhstan

South Africa
Year GDP per capita
Kazakhstan South Africa
1960 - $532
1961 - $546
1962 - $563
1963 - $605
1964 - $646
1965 - $685
1966 - $722
1967 - $779
1968 - $817
1969 - $891
1970 - $952
1971 - $1,020
1972 - $1,038
1973 - $1,369
1974 - $1,656
1975 - $1,670
1976 - $1,559
1977 - $1,671
1978 - $1,852
1979 - $2,202
1980 - $3,029
1981 - $3,050
1982 - $2,717
1983 - $2,938
1984 - $2,504
1985 - $1,839
1986 - $2,027
1987 - $2,586
1988 - $2,702
1989 - $2,727
1990 $1,570 $3,093
1991 $1,442 $3,243
1992 $1,438 $3,462
1993 $1,355 $3,400
1994 $1,247 $3,489
1995 $1,218 $3,856
1996 $1,281 $3,618
1997 $1,382 $3,700
1998 $1,415 $3,310
1999 $1,092 $3,242
2000 $1,180 $3,218
2001 $1,422 $2,847
2002 $1,574 $2,688
2003 $1,958 $4,062
2004 $2,722 $5,221
2005 $3,577 $5,837
2006 $5,030 $6,077
2007 $6,449 $6,592
2008 $8,124 $6,185
2009 $6,938 $6,375
2010 $8,793 $7,973
2011 $11,287 $8,646
2012 $12,019 $8,077
2013 $13,478 $7,332
2014 $12,428 $6,857
2015 $10,196 $6,112
2016 $7,476 $5,651
2017 $8,943 $6,618
2018 $9,472 $6,914
2019 $9,457 $6,534
2020 $8,782 $5,581
2021 $9,984 $6,843
2022 $11,255 $6,523
2023 $12,879 $6,023
2024 $14,005 $6,253

Kazakhstan vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Kazakhstan

South Africa
Year Life expectancy, years
Kazakhstan South Africa
1950 55.6 43.1
1951 55.9 44.1
1952 56.1 45
1953 56.4 46.1
1954 56.6 47.1
1955 56.8 48.2
1956 57.1 49.2
1957 57.3 50.2
1958 57.5 51.1
1959 57.7 51.9
1960 57.9 52.6
1961 58.2 53.1
1962 58.4 53.6
1963 58.6 53.9
1964 58.8 54.2
1965 59 54.4
1966 59.2 54.7
1967 59.4 55
1968 59.6 55.2
1969 59.8 55.4
1970 60 55.7
1971 60.3 56
1972 60.5 56.4
1973 60.7 56.7
1974 60.9 57.1
1975 61.1 57.6
1976 61.3 58
1977 61.5 58.5
1978 61.8 59
1979 62.1 59.5
1980 62.5 60
1981 63 60.4
1982 63.6 60.9
1983 64.2 61.4
1984 64.8 61.8
1985 65.4 62.2
1986 65.8 62.4
1987 66 62.7
1988 66 62.9
1989 65.9 63
1990 65.7 62.9
1991 65.4 63
1992 65 62.8
1993 64.5 62.6
1994 64.1 62.1
1995 63.7 61.6
1996 63.5 61.1
1997 63.3 60.5
1998 63.3 59.9
1999 63.5 59.2
2000 63.8 58.4
2001 64.1 57.2
2002 64.4 55.6
2003 64.8 54.2
2004 65 54
2005 65.4 53.9
2006 65.7 54.2
2007 66.2 54.9
2008 66.8 56
2009 67.5 57.4
2010 68.3 58.9
2011 69.1 60.6
2012 69.9 61.7
2013 70.7 62.4
2014 71.4 63.2
2015 72 64.1
2016 72.5 64.7
2017 73 65.4
2018 73.4 65.7
2019 73.7 66.1
2020 71.2 65.2
2021 70.1 62
2022 73.5 65.5
2023 74.4 66.1
2024 74.5 66.3
2025 74.7 66.5

Kazakhstan and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population
Kazakhstan

South Africa
Year Population
Kazakhstan South Africa
1960 9,429,981 16,440,172
1961 9,742,085 16,908,035
1962 10,058,928 17,418,522
1963 10,377,466 17,954,564
1964 10,690,309 18,511,361
1965 10,993,183 19,089,380
1966 11,288,989 19,690,087
1967 11,584,428 20,314,066
1968 11,879,182 20,957,287
1969 12,156,212 21,614,676
1970 12,419,057 22,279,984
1971 12,684,813 22,942,143
1972 12,951,798 23,609,456
1973 13,208,121 24,294,263
1974 13,454,570 24,989,108
1975 13,700,843 25,690,940
1976 13,998,738 26,395,450
1977 14,353,265 27,118,952
1978 14,711,497 27,869,507
1979 14,978,696 28,634,162
1980 15,152,949 29,518,857
1981 15,323,082 30,541,044
1982 15,492,595 31,615,339
1983 15,665,551 32,739,304
1984 15,844,621 33,892,788
1985 16,031,090 35,042,093
1986 16,262,702 36,180,515
1987 16,527,715 37,326,190
1988 16,781,168 38,480,649
1989 16,997,013 39,628,575
1990 17,154,054 40,746,268
1991 17,278,600 41,687,898
1992 17,332,625 42,443,509
1993 17,274,487 43,297,156
1994 17,043,771 44,004,139
1995 16,730,536 44,541,554
1996 16,416,027 45,123,018
1997 16,043,251 45,666,838
1998 15,647,785 46,223,880
1999 15,455,874 46,730,335
2000 15,501,103 47,159,719
2001 15,575,550 47,566,800
2002 15,656,677 48,019,415
2003 15,747,380 48,500,348
2004 15,850,159 48,991,421
2005 15,968,117 49,490,033
2006 16,103,716 49,998,277
2007 16,257,214 50,528,584
2008 16,426,525 51,114,599
2009 16,619,846 51,728,516
2010 16,836,810 52,344,051
2011 17,066,002 52,995,205
2012 17,306,106 53,782,567
2013 17,556,502 54,678,791
2014 17,816,285 55,594,838
2015 18,084,169 56,723,537
2016 18,363,600 57,259,551
2017 18,651,931 57,635,162
2018 18,932,727 58,613,001
2019 19,209,555 59,587,885
2020 19,482,117 60,562,381
2021 19,743,603 61,502,603
2022 20,034,609 62,378,410
2023 20,330,104 63,212,384
2024 20,592,571 64,007,187

Fertility rates in Kazakhstan and South Africa

Fertility rate
Kazakhstan

South Africa
Year Fertility rate
Kazakhstan South Africa
1960 4.5 6.11
1961 4.42 6.08
1962 4.36 6.05
1963 4.26 6.01
1964 4.07 5.96
1965 3.88 5.89
1966 3.82 5.91
1967 3.77 5.85
1968 3.63 5.78
1969 3.51 5.72
1970 3.51 5.63
1971 3.53 5.57
1972 3.55 5.49
1973 3.51 5.41
1974 3.45 5.3
1975 3.4 5.19
1976 3.33 5.07
1977 3.26 4.94
1978 3.16 4.85
1979 3.14 4.82
1980 3.09 4.78
1981 3.05 4.71
1982 3.02 4.7
1983 3.07 4.63
1984 3.15 4.57
1985 3.21 4.5
1986 3.19 4.41
1987 3.12 4.35
1988 3 4.18
1989 2.87 3.98
1990 2.75 3.72
1991 2.68 3.62
1992 2.58 3.48
1993 2.48 3.37
1994 2.38 3.26
1995 2.25 3.17
1996 2.08 2.99
1997 1.97 2.73
1998 1.94 2.63
1999 1.9 2.56
2000 1.9 2.41
2001 1.91 2.37
2002 1.96 2.32
2003 2.08 2.36
2004 2.2 2.44
2005 2.27 2.51
2006 2.38 2.55
2007 2.49 2.55
2008 2.62 2.68
2009 2.58 2.5
2010 2.61 2.44
2011 2.61 2.44
2012 2.64 2.45
2013 2.67 2.43
2014 2.76 2.42
2015 2.76 2.36
2016 2.8 2.26
2017 2.75 2.28
2018 2.85 2.27
2019 2.89 2.26
2020 3.13 2.26
2021 3.32 2.25
2022 3.05 2.23
2023 3.01 2.22

Kazakhstan and South Africa demographics compared

Median age
Kazakhstan

South Africa
Year Median age, years
Kazakhstan South Africa
1960 23.2 19
1961 23.2 19
1962 23.3 18.9
1963 23.3 18.9
1964 23.3 18.9
1965 23.2 18.8
1966 23.2 18.8
1967 23.2 18.8
1968 23.1 18.8
1969 22.9 18.8
1970 22.8 18.8
1971 22.9 18.8
1972 22.9 18.8
1973 23.1 18.8
1974 23.2 18.9
1975 23.3 18.9
1976 23.3 19
1977 23.2 19.1
1978 23.2 19.2
1979 23 19.3
1980 22.9 19.4
1981 23.2 19.6
1982 23.5 19.8
1983 23.8 20
1984 24.1 20.2
1985 24.3 20.4
1986 24.6 20.5
1987 24.9 20.7
1988 25.2 20.9
1989 25.5 21.1
1990 25.7 21.3
1991 25.8 21.5
1992 25.9 21.5
1993 26.1 21.9
1994 26.3 22
1995 26.5 21.5
1996 26.7 21.2
1997 26.9 21.2
1998 27.1 21.4
1999 27.4 21.6
2000 27.6 21.9
2001 27.8 22.2
2002 28 22.4
2003 28.2 22.8
2004 28.3 23.1
2005 28.4 23.3
2006 28.4 23.5
2007 28.5 23.8
2008 28.4 24
2009 28.5 24.3
2010 28.6 24.6
2011 28.7 25
2012 28.8 25.3
2013 28.9 25.7
2014 29.1 26
2015 29.3 26.4
2016 29.5 26.7
2017 29.7 27
2018 29.9 27.5
2019 30.1 27.9
2020 30.2 28.3
2021 30.3 28.6
2022 30.3 28.9
2023 30.4 29.2
2024 30.5 29.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Kazakhstan South Africa
GNI, Atlas method
$250B
2024
$390B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
20.6%
2025
34%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.85%
2023
6.02%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.48%
2023
0.73%
2023
Armed forces personnel
71,000
2020
89,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.15%
2025
-6.55%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.86%
2022
32.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
58.2%
2024
62.7%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
31.4%
2024
24.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
63.8
2025
57.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.8%
2021
50.5%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
4.3%
2021
0.9%
2014
Number of millionaires
44,307
2024
90,595
2024
Percentage of millionaires
0.34%
2024
0.22%
2024
Number of billionaires
6
2025
7
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00005%
2025
0.00002%
2025
Listed domestic companies
79
2024
220
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$62.8B
2024
$986B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$45.8B
2024
$65.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$240M
2024
$855M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,035,000
2020
3,886,600
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.2%
2020
2.89%
2020
Banked people share
87%
2024
81.1%
2024

Energy

Kazakhstan South Africa
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,651 kg
2023
1,939 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.6
2023
$7.84
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
239.9 megatons
2023
397 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
11.8 tons
2023
6.29 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
98.2%
2022
93.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share
2%
2021
9.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.68%
2023
3.58%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-119.1%
2023
-12.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,146 kWh
2023
3,247 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
11%
2021
6.45%
2021
Hydroelectric share
7.76%
2023
2.91%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
3.73%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
87.7%
2023

Society

Kazakhstan South Africa
% of world population
0.25%
2024
0.79%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,368
2024
+166,972
2024
Urban population
58.4%
2024
69.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
5.56 ft
2025
Average female height
5.31 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
52.6
2025
40.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
40
2024
41
2024
Higher education index
46
2025
81
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.63
2022
45.5
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
12.7
2019
22.2
2019
Visa free countries
95
2025
111
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.8%
2020
91.2%
2024
English speaking
15.4%
2023
31%
2023
People using the Internet
93.4%
2024
75.7%
2023

Health

Kazakhstan South Africa
Government health expenditure per capita
$421
2022
$570
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$130
2022
$38.2
2022
Life expectancy
74.7 years
2025
66.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.24%
2022
1.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.03
2020
0.81
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.5 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
10
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.6
2023
34.7
2023
Obesity rate
19%
2022
31.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.8%
2024
7.2%
2024
Air quality index
22
2025
40
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22.2%
2022
20.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.52 liters
2020
7.13 liters
2020

Territory

Kazakhstan South Africa
% of world land
1.81%
2025
0.81%
2025
Land area per capita
50,618 sq mi
2024
7,318 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
827,284 sq mi
2025
371,975 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,677 sq mi
2025
65,409 sq mi
2025
Roads length
59,284 mi
2017
466,028 mi
2016

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