Liberia vs South Africa statistics compared

Liberia has a population of 5.61M (ranked 117/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Liberia's land area is 37,189 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 106th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.75B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Liberia ranks 185/197 ($846), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Liberia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Liberia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Liberia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Liberia	South Africa
1960	$190,495,600	$8,748,596,501
1961	$183,920,900	$9,225,996,310
1962	$191,861,800	$9,813,996,074
1963	$200,229,600	$10,854,195,658
1964	$218,929,100	$11,955,995,218
1965	$229,260,800	$13,068,994,772
1966	$244,459,500	$14,211,394,315
1967	$261,024,300	$15,821,393,671
1968	$276,820,700	$17,124,793,150
1969	$306,961,800	$19,256,992,297
1970	$323,099,700	$21,218,391,513
1971	$341,543,100	$23,411,076,638
1972	$368,098,000	$24,515,919,217
1973	$386,968,300	$33,262,772,008
1974	$486,955,000	$41,389,186,095
1975	$577,549,300	$42,906,905,672
1976	$596,675,700	$41,150,460,288
1977	$673,010,600	$45,328,411,332
1978	$717,240,400	$51,607,412,902
1979	$814,067,900	$63,038,658,089
1980	$854,711,500	$89,411,864,402
1981	$846,514,500	$93,141,472,164
1982	$863,933,200	$85,904,057,409
1983	$823,374,900	$96,204,110,942
1984	$848,478,300	$84,870,163,366
1985	$851,296,100	$64,459,376,087
1986	$840,964,400	$73,354,771,399
1987	$972,800,000	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,038,300,000	$103,976,831,871
1989	$786,300,000	$108,055,624,082
1990	$384,400,000	$126,048,140,142
1991	$348,000,000	$135,203,698,238
1992	$223,500,000	$146,956,150,987
1993	$160,400,000	$147,194,747,566
1994	$132,200,000	$153,512,712,382
1995	$134,800,000	$171,735,933,897
1996	$159,400,000	$163,234,925,381
1997	$295,900,000	$168,978,057,328
1998	$359,600,000	$152,982,984,557
1999	$441,800,000	$151,516,957,079
2000	$874,000,000	$151,752,757,215
2001	$906,000,000	$135,429,905,923
2002	$927,000,000	$129,087,556,612
2003	$748,000,000	$197,018,965,309
2004	$897,000,000	$255,806,908,595
2005	$949,000,000	$288,867,217,197
2006	$1,119,000,000	$303,858,675,364
2007	$1,373,000,000	$333,077,117,254
2008	$1,726,000,000	$316,131,258,616
2009	$1,768,000,000	$329,754,060,647
2010	$1,998,000,000	$417,363,822,802
2011	$2,398,000,000	$458,199,494,831
2012	$2,791,614,000	$434,400,545,086
2013	$3,177,198,100	$400,886,013,596
2014	$3,225,652,000	$381,198,869,776
2015	$3,227,075,700	$346,709,790,459
2016	$3,398,419,600	$323,585,509,674
2017	$3,390,703,400	$381,448,814,653
2018	$3,422,754,800	$405,260,723,893
2019	$3,319,596,500	$389,330,032,224
2020	$3,176,126,300	$337,974,655,408
2021	$3,513,049,500	$420,886,877,629
2022	$4,001,047,000	$406,920,004,594
2023	$4,390,000,000	$380,699,271,816
2024	$4,750,000,000	$400,260,724,226

Liberia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Liberia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Liberia	South Africa
1960	$167.2	$532
1961	$157.5	$546
1962	$160.3	$563
1963	$163.1	$605
1964	$173.9	$646
1965	$177.6	$685
1966	$184.6	$722
1967	$192.2	$779
1968	$198.6	$817
1969	$214.7	$891
1970	$220.3	$952
1971	$227.1	$1,020
1972	$238.6	$1,038
1973	$244.4	$1,369
1974	$299.4	$1,656
1975	$346	$1,670
1976	$347	$1,559
1977	$381	$1,671
1978	$394	$1,852
1979	$435	$2,202
1980	$443	$3,029
1981	$426	$3,050
1982	$422	$2,717
1983	$391	$2,938
1984	$390	$2,504
1985	$380	$1,839
1986	$364	$2,027
1987	$409	$2,586
1988	$424	$2,702
1989	$312	$2,727
1990	$172.9	$3,093
1991	$177.9	$3,243
1992	$107.8	$3,462
1993	$74.4	$3,400
1994	$61.5	$3,489
1995	$62.1	$3,856
1996	$71.4	$3,618
1997	$122.6	$3,700
1998	$134.7	$3,310
1999	$156.6	$3,242
2000	$298.5	$3,218
2001	$300	$2,847
2002	$299.5	$2,688
2003	$239.8	$4,062
2004	$284.1	$5,221
2005	$287.5	$5,837
2006	$321	$6,077
2007	$374	$6,592
2008	$452	$6,185
2009	$448	$6,375
2010	$492	$7,973
2011	$568	$8,646
2012	$638	$8,077
2013	$711	$7,332
2014	$707	$6,857
2015	$693	$6,112
2016	$715	$5,651
2017	$699	$6,618
2018	$692	$6,914
2019	$658	$6,534
2020	$617	$5,581
2021	$668	$6,843
2022	$745	$6,523
2023	$799	$6,023
2024	$846	$6,253

Liberia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Liberia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Liberia	South Africa
1950	38	43.1
1951	38	44.1
1952	38.1	45
1953	38.1	46.1
1954	38.1	47.1
1955	38.1	48.2
1956	38.1	49.2
1957	38.1	50.2
1958	38.1	51.1
1959	38.1	51.9
1960	38.1	52.6
1961	38.1	53.1
1962	38.2	53.6
1963	38.3	53.9
1964	38.5	54.2
1965	38.7	54.4
1966	39	54.7
1967	39.3	55
1968	39.6	55.2
1969	40	55.4
1970	40.4	55.7
1971	40.7	56
1972	41.2	56.4
1973	41.6	56.7
1974	42.1	57.1
1975	42.5	57.6
1976	42.9	58
1977	43.2	58.5
1978	43.6	59
1979	43.9	59.5
1980	44.1	60
1981	44.3	60.4
1982	44.4	60.9
1983	44.6	61.4
1984	44.7	61.8
1985	44	62.2
1986	44.5	62.4
1987	44.3	62.7
1988	44.1	62.9
1989	43.9	63
1990	37.6	62.9
1991	43.6	63
1992	43.6	62.8
1993	43	62.6
1994	42.6	62.1
1995	44.6	61.6
1996	44.9	61.1
1997	48.3	60.5
1998	49.4	59.9
1999	50.4	59.2
2000	51.9	58.4
2001	53.1	57.2
2002	54.1	55.6
2003	53	54.2
2004	55.9	54
2005	56.8	53.9
2006	57.5	54.2
2007	58.1	54.9
2008	58.7	56
2009	59.1	57.4
2010	59.4	58.9
2011	59.5	60.6
2012	59.8	61.7
2013	60	62.4
2014	59.2	63.2
2015	59.2	64.1
2016	60.5	64.7
2017	60.8	65.4
2018	61	65.7
2019	61.2	66.1
2020	61.3	65.2
2021	61.2	62
2022	61.9	65.5
2023	62.2	66.1
2024	62.3	66.3
2025	62.5	66.5

Liberia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Liberia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Liberia	South Africa
1960	1,139,522	16,440,172
1961	1,167,717	16,908,035
1962	1,197,039	17,418,522
1963	1,227,414	17,954,564
1964	1,258,745	18,511,361
1965	1,291,156	19,089,380
1966	1,324,383	19,690,087
1967	1,358,435	20,314,066
1968	1,393,530	20,957,287
1969	1,429,605	21,614,676
1970	1,466,676	22,279,984
1971	1,504,077	22,942,143
1972	1,542,670	23,609,456
1973	1,583,588	24,294,263
1974	1,626,362	24,989,108
1975	1,670,913	25,690,940
1976	1,717,060	26,395,450
1977	1,766,019	27,118,952
1978	1,818,247	27,869,507
1979	1,872,713	28,634,162
1980	1,929,253	29,518,857
1981	1,986,867	30,541,044
1982	2,045,073	31,615,339
1983	2,107,113	32,739,304
1984	2,173,312	33,892,788
1985	2,240,539	35,042,093
1986	2,308,511	36,180,515
1987	2,377,229	37,326,190
1988	2,446,941	38,480,649
1989	2,517,858	39,628,575
1990	2,223,667	40,746,268
1991	1,956,518	41,687,898
1992	2,072,461	42,443,509
1993	2,155,126	43,297,156
1994	2,149,928	44,004,139
1995	2,169,162	44,541,554
1996	2,232,289	45,123,018
1997	2,412,989	45,666,838
1998	2,670,124	46,223,880
1999	2,821,684	46,730,335
2000	2,928,117	47,159,719
2001	3,015,338	47,566,800
2002	3,094,782	48,019,415
2003	3,119,532	48,500,348
2004	3,156,892	48,991,421
2005	3,301,015	49,490,033
2006	3,490,787	49,998,277
2007	3,669,050	50,528,584
2008	3,821,003	51,114,599
2009	3,943,028	51,728,516
2010	4,058,890	52,344,051
2011	4,221,178	52,995,205
2012	4,373,043	53,782,567
2013	4,470,239	54,678,791
2014	4,564,293	55,594,838
2015	4,659,431	56,723,537
2016	4,755,608	57,259,551
2017	4,848,925	57,635,162
2018	4,944,726	58,613,001
2019	5,043,721	59,587,885
2020	5,149,463	60,562,381
2021	5,259,323	61,502,603
2022	5,373,294	62,378,410
2023	5,493,031	63,212,384
2024	5,612,817	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Liberia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Liberia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Liberia	South Africa
1960	6.39	6.11
1961	6.45	6.08
1962	6.5	6.05
1963	6.56	6.01
1964	6.59	5.96
1965	6.62	5.89
1966	6.63	5.91
1967	6.65	5.85
1968	6.66	5.78
1969	6.64	5.72
1970	6.58	5.63
1971	6.54	5.57
1972	6.6	5.49
1973	6.65	5.41
1974	6.69	5.3
1975	6.74	5.19
1976	6.79	5.07
1977	6.84	4.94
1978	6.88	4.85
1979	6.92	4.82
1980	6.87	4.78
1981	6.83	4.71
1982	6.79	4.7
1983	6.76	4.63
1984	6.73	4.57
1985	6.69	4.5
1986	6.64	4.41
1987	6.57	4.35
1988	6.51	4.18
1989	6.43	3.98
1990	6.37	3.72
1991	6.32	3.62
1992	6.28	3.48
1993	6.25	3.37
1994	6.21	3.26
1995	6.17	3.17
1996	6.13	2.99
1997	6.08	2.73
1998	6.02	2.63
1999	5.95	2.56
2000	5.88	2.41
2001	5.77	2.37
2002	5.65	2.32
2003	5.55	2.36
2004	5.51	2.44
2005	5.52	2.51
2006	5.53	2.55
2007	5.46	2.55
2008	5.33	2.68
2009	5.17	2.5
2010	5.06	2.44
2011	4.97	2.44
2012	4.88	2.45
2013	4.75	2.43
2014	4.62	2.42
2015	4.52	2.36
2016	4.46	2.26
2017	4.4	2.28
2018	4.34	2.27
2019	4.26	2.26
2020	4.17	2.26
2021	4.09	2.25
2022	4.02	2.23
2023	3.95	2.22

Liberia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Liberia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Liberia	South Africa
1960	19.3	19
1961	19.3	19
1962	19.3	18.9
1963	19.3	18.9
1964	19.2	18.9
1965	19.2	18.8
1966	19.2	18.8
1967	19.1	18.8
1968	19	18.8
1969	18.8	18.8
1970	18.7	18.8
1971	18.6	18.8
1972	18.6	18.8
1973	18.5	18.8
1974	18.4	18.9
1975	18.3	18.9
1976	18.2	19
1977	18.2	19.1
1978	18.1	19.2
1979	18	19.3
1980	18	19.4
1981	17.9	19.6
1982	17.9	19.8
1983	17.9	20
1984	17.9	20.2
1985	17.9	20.4
1986	17.9	20.5
1987	17.9	20.7
1988	17.9	20.9
1989	17.9	21.1
1990	17.9	21.3
1991	17.9	21.5
1992	17.9	21.5
1993	17.9	21.9
1994	18	22
1995	18	21.5
1996	18.1	21.2
1997	18.1	21.2
1998	18.2	21.4
1999	18.2	21.6
2000	18.3	21.9
2001	18.3	22.2
2002	18.3	22.4
2003	18.4	22.8
2004	18.4	23.1
2005	18.4	23.3
2006	18.4	23.5
2007	18.4	23.8
2008	18.4	24
2009	18.4	24.3
2010	18.4	24.6
2011	18.6	25
2012	18.8	25.3
2013	18.7	25.7
2014	18.7	26
2015	18.7	26.4
2016	18.7	26.7
2017	18.7	27
2018	18.8	27.5
2019	18.8	27.9
2020	19	28.3
2021	19.1	28.6
2022	19.2	28.9
2023	19.4	29.2
2024	19.6	29.5

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