Kenya vs South Africa statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 45th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Kenya and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Kenya and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Kenya

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	South Africa
1960	$791,265,459	$8,748,596,501
1961	$792,959,473	$9,225,996,310
1962	$868,111,401	$9,813,996,074
1963	$926,589,349	$10,854,195,658
1964	$998,759,334	$11,955,995,218
1965	$997,919,321	$13,068,994,772
1966	$1,164,519,674	$14,211,394,315
1967	$1,232,559,507	$15,821,393,671
1968	$1,353,295,459	$17,124,793,150
1969	$1,458,379,417	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,603,447,359	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,778,391,289	$23,411,076,638
1972	$2,107,279,157	$24,515,919,217
1973	$2,509,001,324	$33,262,772,008
1974	$2,969,958,812	$41,389,186,095
1975	$3,259,345,083	$42,906,905,672
1976	$3,474,542,392	$41,150,460,288
1977	$4,494,378,764	$45,328,411,332
1978	$5,303,735,111	$51,607,412,902
1979	$6,234,391,113	$63,038,658,089
1980	$7,265,315,820	$89,411,864,402
1981	$6,854,491,706	$93,141,472,164
1982	$6,431,579,357	$85,904,057,409
1983	$5,979,198,314	$96,204,110,942
1984	$6,191,437,070	$84,870,163,366
1985	$6,135,034,214	$64,459,376,087
1986	$7,239,126,568	$73,354,771,399
1987	$7,970,820,369	$96,535,763,418
1988	$8,355,380,879	$103,976,831,871
1989	$8,283,114,514	$108,055,624,082
1990	$8,572,359,038	$126,048,140,142
1991	$8,151,488,783	$135,203,698,238
1992	$8,209,120,763	$146,956,150,987
1993	$5,751,786,643	$147,194,747,566
1994	$7,148,148,564	$153,512,712,382
1995	$9,046,320,255	$171,735,933,897
1996	$12,045,865,396	$163,234,925,381
1997	$13,115,764,358	$168,978,057,328
1998	$14,093,998,844	$152,982,984,557
1999	$12,896,010,459	$151,516,957,079
2000	$12,705,350,098	$151,752,757,215
2001	$12,986,007,426	$135,429,905,923
2002	$13,147,736,899	$129,087,556,612
2003	$14,904,517,650	$197,018,965,309
2004	$16,095,337,094	$255,806,908,595
2005	$18,737,895,513	$288,867,217,197
2006	$25,825,512,284	$303,858,675,364
2007	$31,958,195,182	$333,077,117,254
2008	$35,895,153,328	$316,131,258,616
2009	$42,347,217,913	$329,754,060,647
2010	$45,405,615,064	$417,363,822,802
2011	$46,869,473,151	$458,199,494,831
2012	$56,396,704,672	$434,400,545,086
2013	$61,671,440,408	$400,886,013,596
2014	$68,285,796,514	$381,198,869,776
2015	$70,120,446,897	$346,709,790,459
2016	$74,815,144,164	$323,585,509,674
2017	$82,036,510,877	$381,448,814,653
2018	$92,202,979,985	$405,260,723,893
2019	$100,378,436,207	$389,330,032,224
2020	$100,657,505,751	$337,974,655,408
2021	$109,703,658,905	$420,886,877,629
2022	$114,448,978,153	$406,920,004,594
2023	$108,038,588,971	$380,699,271,816
2024	$124,498,691,699	$400,260,724,226

Kenya and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	South Africa
1960	$102.8	$532
1961	$99.3	$546
1962	$104.6	$563
1963	$107.4	$605
1964	$111.3	$646
1965	$106.9	$685
1966	$119.8	$722
1967	$121.9	$779
1968	$128.7	$817
1969	$133.3	$891
1970	$141	$952
1971	$150.9	$1,020
1972	$172.6	$1,038
1973	$198.6	$1,369
1974	$227.2	$1,656
1975	$241.2	$1,670
1976	$248.9	$1,559
1977	$311	$1,671
1978	$355	$1,852
1979	$403	$2,202
1980	$454	$3,029
1981	$413	$3,050
1982	$374	$2,717
1983	$335	$2,938
1984	$334	$2,504
1985	$320	$1,839
1986	$364	$2,027
1987	$387	$2,586
1988	$391	$2,702
1989	$374	$2,727
1990	$374	$3,093
1991	$345	$3,243
1992	$337	$3,462
1993	$229	$3,400
1994	$276.4	$3,489
1995	$340	$3,856
1996	$441	$3,618
1997	$467	$3,700
1998	$488	$3,310
1999	$434	$3,242
2000	$415	$3,218
2001	$411	$2,847
2002	$403	$2,688
2003	$443	$4,062
2004	$464	$5,221
2005	$523	$5,837
2006	$700	$6,077
2007	$840	$6,592
2008	$916	$6,185
2009	$1,048	$6,375
2010	$1,092	$7,973
2011	$1,096	$8,646
2012	$1,285	$8,077
2013	$1,371	$7,332
2014	$1,483	$6,857
2015	$1,489	$6,112
2016	$1,554	$5,651
2017	$1,667	$6,618
2018	$1,836	$6,914
2019	$1,960	$6,534
2020	$1,928	$5,581
2021	$2,061	$6,843
2022	$2,110	$6,523
2023	$1,952	$6,023
2024	$2,206	$6,253

Kenya vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	South Africa
1950	36.9	43.1
1951	38	44.1
1952	38.6	45
1953	39.8	46.1
1954	41	47.1
1955	42.3	48.2
1956	43.5	49.2
1957	45.3	50.2
1958	46.5	51.1
1959	47.5	51.9
1960	48.5	52.6
1961	49.3	53.1
1962	50.1	53.6
1963	50.8	53.9
1964	51.3	54.2
1965	51.9	54.4
1966	52.4	54.7
1967	52.8	55
1968	53.3	55.2
1969	53.7	55.4
1970	54.1	55.7
1971	54.5	56
1972	55	56.4
1973	55.5	56.7
1974	56	57.1
1975	56.6	57.6
1976	57.2	58
1977	57.7	58.5
1978	58.2	59
1979	58.7	59.5
1980	59.2	60
1981	59.6	60.4
1982	59.9	60.9
1983	60.3	61.4
1984	60.6	61.8
1985	60.9	62.2
1986	60.8	62.4
1987	60.7	62.7
1988	60.3	62.9
1989	60	63
1990	58.3	62.9
1991	57.8	63
1992	57.1	62.8
1993	56.7	62.6
1994	56.1	62.1
1995	55.9	61.6
1996	55.6	61.1
1997	55.5	60.5
1998	55.6	59.9
1999	55.9	59.2
2000	56.1	58.4
2001	56.5	57.2
2002	56.8	55.6
2003	57.4	54.2
2004	57.9	54
2005	58.5	53.9
2006	59.1	54.2
2007	59.4	54.9
2008	60	56
2009	60.5	57.4
2010	60.9	58.9
2011	61.3	60.6
2012	61.5	61.7
2013	61.7	62.4
2014	62	63.2
2015	62.3	64.1
2016	62.5	64.7
2017	62.7	65.4
2018	62.8	65.7
2019	62.9	66.1
2020	61.6	65.2
2021	61.2	62
2022	63.5	65.5
2023	63.6	66.1
2024	63.8	66.3
2025	64	66.5

Kenya and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	South Africa
1960	7,695,307	16,440,172
1961	7,987,770	16,908,035
1962	8,299,308	17,418,522
1963	8,627,971	17,954,564
1964	8,973,535	18,511,361
1965	9,338,078	19,089,380
1966	9,717,816	19,690,087
1967	10,111,057	20,314,066
1968	10,518,823	20,957,287
1969	10,939,695	21,614,676
1970	11,368,791	22,279,984
1971	11,788,904	22,942,143
1972	12,206,060	23,609,456
1973	12,634,835	24,294,263
1974	13,070,078	24,989,108
1975	13,511,671	25,690,940
1976	13,957,623	26,395,450
1977	14,428,819	27,118,952
1978	14,934,126	27,869,507
1979	15,460,666	28,634,162
1980	16,018,459	29,518,857
1981	16,601,507	30,541,044
1982	17,206,175	31,615,339
1983	17,846,374	32,739,304
1984	18,514,906	33,892,788
1985	19,201,768	35,042,093
1986	19,901,646	36,180,515
1987	20,616,096	37,326,190
1988	21,356,219	38,480,649
1989	22,118,434	39,628,575
1990	22,892,651	40,746,268
1991	23,646,514	41,687,898
1992	24,382,460	42,443,509
1993	25,117,188	43,297,156
1994	25,857,130	44,004,139
1995	26,601,751	44,541,554
1996	27,344,211	45,123,018
1997	28,101,768	45,666,838
1998	28,888,057	46,223,880
1999	29,733,408	46,730,335
2000	30,642,890	47,159,719
2001	31,619,170	47,566,800
2002	32,629,808	48,019,415
2003	33,652,223	48,500,348
2004	34,713,455	48,991,421
2005	35,796,484	49,490,033
2006	36,904,008	49,998,277
2007	38,036,349	50,528,584
2008	39,206,351	51,114,599
2009	40,408,891	51,728,516
2010	41,598,567	52,344,051
2011	42,758,461	52,995,205
2012	43,888,303	53,782,567
2013	44,986,791	54,678,791
2014	46,051,440	55,594,838
2015	47,088,526	56,723,537
2016	48,139,687	57,259,551
2017	49,197,766	57,635,162
2018	50,207,107	58,613,001
2019	51,202,827	59,587,885
2020	52,217,334	60,562,381
2021	53,219,166	61,502,603
2022	54,252,461	62,378,410
2023	55,339,003	63,212,384
2024	56,432,944	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Kenya and South Africa

Fertility rate

Kenya

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	South Africa
1960	7.65	6.11
1961	7.72	6.08
1962	7.77	6.05
1963	7.82	6.01
1964	7.87	5.96
1965	7.92	5.89
1966	7.96	5.91
1967	7.95	5.85
1968	7.95	5.78
1969	7.95	5.72
1970	7.94	5.63
1971	7.92	5.57
1972	7.89	5.49
1973	7.86	5.41
1974	7.82	5.3
1975	7.8	5.19
1976	7.77	5.07
1977	7.73	4.94
1978	7.67	4.85
1979	7.6	4.82
1980	7.53	4.78
1981	7.45	4.71
1982	7.35	4.7
1983	7.22	4.63
1984	7.08	4.57
1985	6.96	4.5
1986	6.84	4.41
1987	6.69	4.35
1988	6.52	4.18
1989	6.33	3.98
1990	6.14	3.72
1991	5.94	3.62
1992	5.74	3.48
1993	5.57	3.37
1994	5.44	3.26
1995	5.37	3.17
1996	5.31	2.99
1997	5.27	2.73
1998	5.24	2.63
1999	5.18	2.56
2000	5.14	2.41
2001	5.09	2.37
2002	5.03	2.32
2003	4.94	2.36
2004	4.86	2.44
2005	4.8	2.51
2006	4.75	2.55
2007	4.72	2.55
2008	4.66	2.68
2009	4.57	2.5
2010	4.45	2.44
2011	4.28	2.44
2012	4.12	2.45
2013	3.96	2.43
2014	3.84	2.42
2015	3.77	2.36
2016	3.69	2.26
2017	3.61	2.28
2018	3.54	2.27
2019	3.43	2.26
2020	3.36	2.26
2021	3.31	2.25
2022	3.26	2.23
2023	3.21	2.22

Kenya and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	South Africa
1960	15.7	19
1961	15.5	19
1962	15.3	18.9
1963	15.2	18.9
1964	15.1	18.9
1965	14.9	18.8
1966	14.8	18.8
1967	14.6	18.8
1968	14.5	18.8
1969	14.5	18.8
1970	14.4	18.8
1971	14.4	18.8
1972	14.3	18.8
1973	14.3	18.8
1974	14.3	18.9
1975	14.3	18.9
1976	14.3	19
1977	14.3	19.1
1978	14.3	19.2
1979	14.4	19.3
1980	14.5	19.4
1981	14.5	19.6
1982	14.6	19.8
1983	14.7	20
1984	14.8	20.2
1985	14.9	20.4
1986	15	20.5
1987	15	20.7
1988	15.1	20.9
1989	15.2	21.1
1990	15.3	21.3
1991	15.5	21.5
1992	15.6	21.5
1993	15.7	21.9
1994	15.9	22
1995	16	21.5
1996	16.1	21.2
1997	16.2	21.2
1998	16.4	21.4
1999	16.5	21.6
2000	16.7	21.9
2001	16.8	22.2
2002	17	22.4
2003	17.1	22.8
2004	17.3	23.1
2005	17.4	23.3
2006	17.5	23.5
2007	17.6	23.8
2008	17.7	24
2009	17.8	24.3
2010	17.9	24.6
2011	18.1	25
2012	18.2	25.3
2013	18.4	25.7
2014	18.5	26
2015	18.7	26.4
2016	18.9	26.7
2017	19.1	27
2018	19.3	27.5
2019	19.6	27.9
2020	19.8	28.3
2021	20	28.6
2022	20.3	28.9
2023	20.6	29.2
2024	20.8	29.5

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