Kuwait vs South Africa statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 153rd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Kuwait and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	$1,828,107,503	$9,813,996,074
1963	$1,900,895,857	$10,854,195,658
1964	$2,071,668,533	$11,955,995,218
1965	$2,097,199,161	$13,068,994,772
1966	$2,391,199,044	$14,211,394,315
1967	$2,441,599,023	$15,821,393,671
1968	$2,662,798,935	$17,124,793,150
1969	$2,769,198,892	$19,256,992,297
1970	$2,873,638,851	$21,218,391,513
1971	$3,880,392,195	$23,411,076,638
1972	$4,450,537,925	$24,515,919,217
1973	$5,408,804,607	$33,262,772,008
1974	$13,006,948,296	$41,389,186,095
1975	$12,022,811,621	$42,906,905,672
1976	$13,132,252,802	$41,150,460,288
1977	$14,137,406,741	$45,328,411,332
1978	$15,503,557,496	$51,607,412,902
1979	$24,749,063,922	$63,038,658,089
1980	$28,638,868,356	$89,411,864,402
1981	$25,058,020,338	$93,141,472,164
1982	$21,577,153,356	$85,904,057,409
1983	$20,871,081,080	$96,204,110,942
1984	$21,700,082,753	$84,870,163,366
1985	$21,445,970,614	$64,459,376,087
1986	$17,903,989,745	$73,354,771,399
1987	$22,368,704,134	$96,535,763,418
1988	$20,690,322,153	$103,976,831,871
1989	$24,313,855,653	$108,055,624,082
1990	$18,427,777,778	$126,048,140,142
1991	$11,009,993,703	$135,203,698,238
1992	$19,858,555,215	$146,956,150,987
1993	$23,941,391,391	$147,194,747,566
1994	$24,848,483,838	$153,512,712,382
1995	$27,186,980,647	$171,735,933,897
1996	$31,492,373,309	$163,234,925,381
1997	$30,350,190,704	$168,978,057,328
1998	$25,943,705,784	$152,982,984,557
1999	$30,122,365,849	$151,516,957,079
2000	$37,718,743,480	$151,752,757,215
2001	$34,889,559,870	$135,429,905,923
2002	$38,135,788,414	$129,087,556,612
2003	$47,874,582,232	$197,018,965,309
2004	$59,439,090,601	$255,806,908,595
2005	$80,798,630,137	$288,867,217,197
2006	$101,557,330,723	$303,858,675,364
2007	$114,634,043,362	$333,077,117,254
2008	$147,379,737,230	$316,131,258,616
2009	$105,968,691,905	$329,754,060,647
2010	$115,416,245,238	$417,363,822,802
2011	$154,039,231,299	$458,199,494,831
2012	$174,047,662,555	$434,400,545,086
2013	$174,168,116,687	$400,886,013,596
2014	$162,650,450,785	$381,198,869,776
2015	$114,585,555,831	$346,709,790,459
2016	$109,406,674,088	$323,585,509,674
2017	$120,687,539,676	$381,448,814,653
2018	$138,646,316,322	$405,260,723,893
2019	$140,856,394,870	$389,330,032,224
2020	$111,045,470,461	$337,974,655,408
2021	$148,350,671,614	$420,886,877,629
2022	$183,502,046,669	$406,920,004,594
2023	$165,384,407,267	$380,699,271,816
2024	$160,227,273,001	$400,260,724,226

Kuwait and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	$4,748	$563
1963	$4,445	$605
1964	$4,379	$646
1965	$4,024	$685
1966	$4,176	$722
1967	$3,887	$779
1968	$3,872	$817
1969	$3,695	$891
1970	$3,552	$952
1971	$4,486	$1,020
1972	$4,836	$1,038
1973	$5,532	$1,369
1974	$12,527	$1,656
1975	$10,882	$1,670
1976	$11,141	$1,559
1977	$11,238	$1,671
1978	$11,567	$1,852
1979	$17,386	$2,202
1980	$19,032	$3,029
1981	$15,825	$3,050
1982	$12,979	$2,717
1983	$11,965	$2,938
1984	$11,919	$2,504
1985	$11,322	$1,839
1986	$9,077	$2,027
1987	$10,896	$2,586
1988	$9,692	$2,702
1989	$10,965	$2,727
1990	$10,938	$3,093
1991	$8,147	$3,243
1992	$12,146	$3,462
1993	$14,318	$3,400
1994	$14,930	$3,489
1995	$16,168	$3,856
1996	$18,201	$3,618
1997	$16,977	$3,700
1998	$14,067	$3,310
1999	$15,854	$3,242
2000	$19,296	$3,218
2001	$17,374	$2,847
2002	$18,513	$2,688
2003	$22,691	$4,062
2004	$27,552	$5,221
2005	$36,123	$5,837
2006	$42,947	$6,077
2007	$45,709	$6,592
2008	$55,585	$6,185
2009	$37,907	$6,375
2010	$39,212	$7,973
2011	$49,170	$8,646
2012	$52,155	$8,077
2013	$49,651	$7,332
2014	$44,369	$6,857
2015	$29,882	$6,112
2016	$27,324	$5,651
2017	$29,048	$6,618
2018	$32,068	$6,914
2019	$31,708	$6,534
2020	$25,236	$5,581
2021	$34,019	$6,843
2022	$39,982	$6,523
2023	$34,076	$6,023
2024	$32,214	$6,253

Kuwait vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	South Africa
1950	49.7	43.1
1951	50.6	44.1
1952	51.4	45
1953	52.3	46.1
1954	53.1	47.1
1955	54	48.2
1956	54.9	49.2
1957	55.9	50.2
1958	56.9	51.1
1959	57.9	51.9
1960	58.9	52.6
1961	60	53.1
1962	61	53.6
1963	62	53.9
1964	63	54.2
1965	63.9	54.4
1966	64.9	54.7
1967	65.8	55
1968	66.6	55.2
1969	67.3	55.4
1970	68	55.7
1971	68.5	56
1972	68.9	56.4
1973	69.2	56.7
1974	69.4	57.1
1975	69.7	57.6
1976	69.9	58
1977	70.2	58.5
1978	70.5	59
1979	70.8	59.5
1980	71.1	60
1981	71.5	60.4
1982	71.9	60.9
1983	72.4	61.4
1984	72.9	61.8
1985	73.3	62.2
1986	73.8	62.4
1987	74.2	62.7
1988	74.6	62.9
1989	75	63
1990	72.9	62.9
1991	73.3	63
1992	75.7	62.8
1993	75.8	62.6
1994	75.7	62.1
1995	75.7	61.6
1996	75.6	61.1
1997	75.6	60.5
1998	75.6	59.9
1999	75.7	59.2
2000	75.9	58.4
2001	76	57.2
2002	76.2	55.6
2003	76.3	54.2
2004	76.4	54
2005	76.5	53.9
2006	76.6	54.2
2007	76.7	54.9
2008	76.9	56
2009	77.2	57.4
2010	77.5	58.9
2011	77.9	60.6
2012	78.2	61.7
2013	78.6	62.4
2014	78.9	63.2
2015	79.2	64.1
2016	79.5	64.7
2017	79.7	65.4
2018	79.9	65.7
2019	80	66.1
2020	78.2	65.2
2021	77.6	62
2022	78.8	65.5
2023	80.4	66.1
2024	80.6	66.3
2025	80.8	66.5

Kuwait and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	South Africa
1960	311,060	16,440,172
1961	345,945	16,908,035
1962	384,995	17,418,522
1963	427,694	17,954,564
1964	473,115	18,511,361
1965	521,174	19,089,380
1966	572,590	19,690,087
1967	628,089	20,314,066
1968	687,716	20,957,287
1969	749,452	21,614,676
1970	809,114	22,279,984
1971	865,076	22,942,143
1972	920,352	23,609,456
1973	977,654	24,294,263
1974	1,038,346	24,989,108
1975	1,104,863	25,690,940
1976	1,178,711	26,395,450
1977	1,258,023	27,118,952
1978	1,340,319	27,869,507
1979	1,423,514	28,634,162
1980	1,504,782	29,518,857
1981	1,583,426	30,541,044
1982	1,662,480	31,615,339
1983	1,744,295	32,739,304
1984	1,820,688	33,892,788
1985	1,894,242	35,042,093
1986	1,972,520	36,180,515
1987	2,052,994	37,326,190
1988	2,134,707	38,480,649
1989	2,217,468	39,628,575
1990	1,684,819	40,746,268
1991	1,351,399	41,687,898
1992	1,634,961	42,443,509
1993	1,672,151	43,297,156
1994	1,664,361	44,004,139
1995	1,681,513	44,541,554
1996	1,730,246	45,123,018
1997	1,787,683	45,666,838
1998	1,844,302	46,223,880
1999	1,900,030	46,730,335
2000	1,954,709	47,159,719
2001	2,008,121	47,566,800
2002	2,059,974	48,019,415
2003	2,109,881	48,500,348
2004	2,157,320	48,991,421
2005	2,236,788	49,490,033
2006	2,364,733	49,998,277
2007	2,507,887	50,528,584
2008	2,651,421	51,114,599
2009	2,795,484	51,728,516
2010	2,943,372	52,344,051
2011	3,132,814	52,995,205
2012	3,337,109	53,782,567
2013	3,507,844	54,678,791
2014	3,665,876	55,594,838
2015	3,834,574	56,723,537
2016	4,004,096	57,259,551
2017	4,154,812	57,635,162
2018	4,323,515	58,613,001
2019	4,442,316	59,587,885
2020	4,400,267	60,562,381
2021	4,360,865	61,502,603
2022	4,589,643	62,378,410
2023	4,853,420	63,212,384
2024	4,973,861	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Kuwait and South Africa

Fertility rate

Kuwait

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	South Africa
1960	7.22	6.11
1961	7.25	6.08
1962	7.25	6.05
1963	7.28	6.01
1964	7.29	5.96
1965	7.31	5.89
1966	7.34	5.91
1967	7.33	5.85
1968	7.28	5.78
1969	7.18	5.72
1970	7.03	5.63
1971	6.84	5.57
1972	6.64	5.49
1973	6.43	5.41
1974	6.23	5.3
1975	6.06	5.19
1976	5.9	5.07
1977	5.71	4.94
1978	5.52	4.85
1979	5.33	4.82
1980	5.18	4.78
1981	5.02	4.71
1982	4.85	4.7
1983	4.66	4.63
1984	4.45	4.57
1985	4.22	4.5
1986	4	4.41
1987	3.83	4.35
1988	3.7	4.18
1989	3.59	3.98
1990	3.49	3.72
1991	3.4	3.62
1992	3.35	3.48
1993	3.31	3.37
1994	3.27	3.26
1995	3.25	3.17
1996	3.22	2.99
1997	3.14	2.73
1998	3.04	2.63
1999	2.95	2.56
2000	2.89	2.41
2001	2.84	2.37
2002	2.8	2.32
2003	2.77	2.36
2004	2.76	2.44
2005	2.73	2.51
2006	2.59	2.55
2007	2.41	2.55
2008	2.27	2.68
2009	2.15	2.5
2010	2.04	2.44
2011	1.96	2.44
2012	1.99	2.45
2013	1.97	2.43
2014	2.06	2.42
2015	2.03	2.36
2016	2.06	2.26
2017	2.16	2.28
2018	2.12	2.27
2019	2.08	2.26
2020	2.03	2.26
2021	2.15	2.25
2022	1.55	2.23
2023	1.52	2.22

Kuwait and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	South Africa
1960	22	19
1961	21.8	19
1962	21.5	18.9
1963	21	18.9
1964	20.7	18.9
1965	20.4	18.8
1966	20	18.8
1967	19.6	18.8
1968	19.2	18.8
1969	18.8	18.8
1970	18.5	18.8
1971	18.3	18.8
1972	18.3	18.8
1973	18.3	18.8
1974	18.4	18.9
1975	18.4	18.9
1976	18.7	19
1977	19.2	19.1
1978	19.6	19.2
1979	20.1	19.3
1980	20.5	19.4
1981	20.9	19.6
1982	21.3	19.8
1983	21.7	20
1984	22.1	20.2
1985	22.4	20.4
1986	22.7	20.5
1987	22.8	20.7
1988	23	20.9
1989	23.2	21.1
1990	23.4	21.3
1991	23.6	21.5
1992	23.8	21.5
1993	24.2	21.9
1994	25.1	22
1995	25.5	21.5
1996	25.5	21.2
1997	25.5	21.2
1998	25.5	21.4
1999	25.6	21.6
2000	25.9	21.9
2001	26.3	22.2
2002	26.8	22.4
2003	27.3	22.8
2004	27.9	23.1
2005	28.3	23.3
2006	28.5	23.5
2007	28.6	23.8
2008	28.8	24
2009	29.2	24.3
2010	29.6	24.6
2011	30.5	25
2012	31.5	25.3
2013	32.3	25.7
2014	33	26
2015	33.8	26.4
2016	34.7	26.7
2017	35.6	27
2018	36.4	27.5
2019	37.1	27.9
2020	37.7	28.3
2021	35.8	28.6
2022	34.4	28.9
2023	35.5	29.2
2024	35.8	29.5

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