Latvia vs South Africa statistics compared

Latvia has a population of 1.86M (ranked 149/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Latvia's land area is 24,027 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 121st vs. 24th).

By GDP, Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Latvia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Latvia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Latvia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Latvia	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	-	$126,048,140,142
1991	-	$135,203,698,238
1992	-	$146,956,150,987
1993	-	$147,194,747,566
1994	-	$153,512,712,382
1995	$5,608,208,785	$171,735,933,897
1996	$5,799,465,288	$163,234,925,381
1997	$6,349,481,007	$168,978,057,328
1998	$6,974,112,951	$152,982,984,557
1999	$7,324,192,890	$151,516,957,079
2000	$7,761,252,607	$151,752,757,215
2001	$8,190,888,740	$135,429,905,923
2002	$9,249,030,241	$129,087,556,612
2003	$11,244,337,720	$197,018,965,309
2004	$13,827,070,379	$255,806,908,595
2005	$16,306,935,905	$288,867,217,197
2006	$20,434,922,247	$303,858,675,364
2007	$29,420,499,248	$333,077,117,254
2008	$34,135,200,994	$316,131,258,616
2009	$25,691,530,442	$329,754,060,647
2010	$23,468,324,572	$417,363,822,802
2011	$26,575,547,901	$458,199,494,831
2012	$27,116,149,949	$434,400,545,086
2013	$29,152,128,168	$400,886,013,596
2014	$30,277,203,767	$381,198,869,776
2015	$26,344,565,877	$346,709,790,459
2016	$27,117,105,060	$323,585,509,674
2017	$29,391,059,767	$381,448,814,653
2018	$33,247,935,477	$405,260,723,893
2019	$33,099,503,951	$389,330,032,224
2020	$33,379,927,435	$337,974,655,408
2021	$38,183,326,785	$420,886,877,629
2022	$38,014,713,596	$406,920,004,594
2023	$42,572,151,720	$380,699,271,816
2024	$43,520,773,851	$400,260,724,226

Latvia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Latvia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Latvia	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	-	$3,093
1991	-	$3,243
1992	-	$3,462
1993	-	$3,400
1994	-	$3,489
1995	$2,257	$3,856
1996	$2,360	$3,618
1997	$2,610	$3,700
1998	$2,894	$3,310
1999	$3,064	$3,242
2000	$3,278	$3,218
2001	$3,505	$2,847
2002	$4,004	$2,688
2003	$4,915	$4,062
2004	$6,110	$5,221
2005	$7,284	$5,837
2006	$9,212	$6,077
2007	$13,371	$6,592
2008	$15,678	$6,185
2009	$11,996	$6,375
2010	$11,188	$7,973
2011	$12,903	$8,646
2012	$13,329	$8,077
2013	$14,484	$7,332
2014	$15,186	$6,857
2015	$13,322	$6,112
2016	$13,839	$5,651
2017	$15,132	$6,618
2018	$17,252	$6,914
2019	$17,295	$6,534
2020	$17,564	$5,581
2021	$20,262	$6,843
2022	$20,227	$6,523
2023	$22,676	$6,023
2024	$23,368	$6,253

Latvia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Latvia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Latvia	South Africa
1950	64.6	43.1
1951	65.2	44.1
1952	65.7	45
1953	66.2	46.1
1954	66.7	47.1
1955	67.1	48.2
1956	67.6	49.2
1957	68.3	50.2
1958	68.9	51.1
1959	69.5	51.9
1960	70.3	52.6
1961	70.5	53.1
1962	69.9	53.6
1963	70.3	53.9
1964	71.5	54.2
1965	71.2	54.4
1966	71.2	54.7
1967	70.9	55
1968	70.5	55.2
1969	70.2	55.4
1970	70.2	55.7
1971	70.6	56
1972	70.3	56.4
1973	70.2	56.7
1974	70.1	57.1
1975	69.3	57.6
1976	69.4	58
1977	69.4	58.5
1978	69.3	59
1979	68.8	59.5
1980	69.1	60
1981	69.1	60.4
1982	69.6	60.9
1983	69.4	61.4
1984	69.4	61.8
1985	69.6	62.2
1986	71	62.4
1987	71	62.7
1988	70.9	62.9
1989	70.4	63
1990	69.5	62.9
1991	69.2	63
1992	68.5	62.8
1993	66.6	62.6
1994	65.2	62.1
1995	66	61.6
1996	68.6	61.1
1997	69.2	60.5
1998	68.9	59.9
1999	69.6	59.2
2000	70.2	58.4
2001	69.9	57.2
2002	70.2	55.6
2003	70.6	54.2
2004	70.9	54
2005	70.6	53.9
2006	70.6	54.2
2007	70.8	54.9
2008	72	56
2009	72.7	57.4
2010	73	58.9
2011	73.7	60.6
2012	73.9	61.7
2013	74.2	62.4
2014	74.3	63.2
2015	74.7	64.1
2016	74.8	64.7
2017	74.8	65.4
2018	75	65.7
2019	75.6	66.1
2020	75.5	65.2
2021	73.2	62
2022	74.9	65.5
2023	76.2	66.1
2024	76.3	66.3
2025	76.5	66.5

Latvia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Latvia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Latvia	South Africa
1960	2,120,979	16,440,172
1961	2,152,681	16,908,035
1962	2,181,586	17,418,522
1963	2,210,919	17,954,564
1964	2,240,623	18,511,361
1965	2,265,919	19,089,380
1966	2,283,217	19,690,087
1967	2,301,220	20,314,066
1968	2,323,619	20,957,287
1969	2,343,173	21,614,676
1970	2,359,164	22,279,984
1971	2,376,389	22,942,143
1972	2,395,674	23,609,456
1973	2,415,819	24,294,263
1974	2,437,186	24,989,108
1975	2,456,130	25,690,940
1976	2,470,989	26,395,450
1977	2,485,073	27,118,952
1978	2,497,921	27,869,507
1979	2,505,953	28,634,162
1980	2,511,701	29,518,857
1981	2,519,421	30,541,044
1982	2,531,080	31,615,339
1983	2,546,011	32,739,304
1984	2,562,047	33,892,788
1985	2,578,873	35,042,093
1986	2,599,892	36,180,515
1987	2,626,583	37,326,190
1988	2,653,434	38,480,649
1989	2,666,955	39,628,575
1990	2,663,151	40,746,268
1991	2,650,581	41,687,898
1992	2,614,338	42,443,509
1993	2,563,290	43,297,156
1994	2,520,742	44,004,139
1995	2,485,056	44,541,554
1996	2,457,222	45,123,018
1997	2,432,851	45,666,838
1998	2,410,019	46,223,880
1999	2,390,482	46,730,335
2000	2,367,550	47,159,719
2001	2,337,170	47,566,800
2002	2,310,173	48,019,415
2003	2,287,955	48,500,348
2004	2,263,122	48,991,421
2005	2,238,799	49,490,033
2006	2,218,357	49,998,277
2007	2,200,325	50,528,584
2008	2,177,322	51,114,599
2009	2,141,669	51,728,516
2010	2,097,555	52,344,051
2011	2,059,709	52,995,205
2012	2,034,319	53,782,567
2013	2,012,647	54,678,791
2014	1,993,782	55,594,838
2015	1,977,527	56,723,537
2016	1,959,537	57,259,551
2017	1,942,248	57,635,162
2018	1,927,174	58,613,001
2019	1,913,822	59,587,885
2020	1,900,449	60,562,381
2021	1,884,490	61,502,603
2022	1,879,383	62,378,410
2023	1,877,445	63,212,384
2024	1,862,441	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Latvia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Latvia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Latvia	South Africa
1960	1.94	6.11
1961	1.94	6.08
1962	1.91	6.05
1963	1.85	6.01
1964	1.79	5.96
1965	1.74	5.89
1966	1.76	5.91
1967	1.8	5.85
1968	1.83	5.78
1969	1.88	5.72
1970	1.96	5.63
1971	2	5.57
1972	2	5.49
1973	1.98	5.41
1974	1.97	5.3
1975	1.96	5.19
1976	1.93	5.07
1977	1.89	4.94
1978	1.87	4.85
1979	1.87	4.82
1980	1.86	4.78
1981	1.88	4.71
1982	1.97	4.7
1983	2.07	4.63
1984	2.09	4.57
1985	2.08	4.5
1986	2.12	4.41
1987	2.15	4.35
1988	2.11	4.18
1989	2.05	3.98
1990	2.02	3.72
1991	1.86	3.62
1992	1.73	3.48
1993	1.51	3.37
1994	1.39	3.26
1995	1.25	3.17
1996	1.16	2.99
1997	1.11	2.73
1998	1.09	2.63
1999	1.16	2.56
2000	1.25	2.41
2001	1.22	2.37
2002	1.26	2.32
2003	1.32	2.36
2004	1.29	2.44
2005	1.39	2.51
2006	1.46	2.55
2007	1.54	2.55
2008	1.58	2.68
2009	1.46	2.5
2010	1.36	2.44
2011	1.33	2.44
2012	1.44	2.45
2013	1.52	2.43
2014	1.65	2.42
2015	1.7	2.36
2016	1.74	2.26
2017	1.69	2.28
2018	1.6	2.27
2019	1.61	2.26
2020	1.55	2.26
2021	1.57	2.25
2022	1.47	2.23
2023	1.36	2.22

Latvia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Latvia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Latvia	South Africa
1960	32.3	19
1961	32.4	19
1962	32.6	18.9
1963	32.8	18.9
1964	33	18.9
1965	33.2	18.8
1966	33.5	18.8
1967	33.8	18.8
1968	34	18.8
1969	34.1	18.8
1970	34.2	18.8
1971	34.3	18.8
1972	34.5	18.8
1973	34.6	18.8
1974	34.7	18.9
1975	34.9	18.9
1976	35	19
1977	35.1	19.1
1978	35.1	19.2
1979	35.1	19.3
1980	34.9	19.4
1981	34.8	19.6
1982	34.7	19.8
1983	34.6	20
1984	34.7	20.2
1985	34.7	20.4
1986	34.7	20.5
1987	34.6	20.7
1988	34.6	20.9
1989	34.5	21.1
1990	34.6	21.3
1991	34.8	21.5
1992	35.2	21.5
1993	35.6	21.9
1994	36	22
1995	36.2	21.5
1996	36.6	21.2
1997	36.9	21.2
1998	37.3	21.4
1999	37.6	21.6
2000	37.9	21.9
2001	38.3	22.2
2002	38.6	22.4
2003	38.9	22.8
2004	39.2	23.1
2005	39.4	23.3
2006	39.7	23.5
2007	39.9	23.8
2008	40.1	24
2009	40.5	24.3
2010	41.1	24.6
2011	41.6	25
2012	42	25.3
2013	42.3	25.7
2014	42.5	26
2015	42.8	26.4
2016	43	26.7
2017	43.2	27
2018	43.4	27.5
2019	43.6	27.9
2020	43.8	28.3
2021	43.9	28.6
2022	44	28.9
2023	44.1	29.2
2024	44.3	29.5

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