Libya vs South Africa statistics compared

Libya has a population of 7.38M (ranked 105/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Libya's land area is 679,362 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 16th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Libya and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Libya and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Libya

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Libya	South Africa
1960	$401,644,249	$8,748,596,501
1961	$443,905,612	$9,225,996,310
1962	$619,725,785	$9,813,996,074
1963	$892,327,911	$10,854,195,658
1964	$1,341,395,421	$11,955,995,218
1965	$1,804,979,680	$13,068,994,772
1966	$2,312,438,536	$14,211,394,315
1967	$2,726,986,913	$15,821,393,671
1968	$3,850,623,095	$17,124,793,150
1969	$4,380,987,481	$19,256,992,297
1970	$4,601,649,451	$21,218,391,513
1971	$5,260,185,125	$23,411,076,638
1972	$6,299,395,544	$24,515,919,217
1973	$8,625,889,430	$33,262,772,008
1974	$15,112,543,717	$41,389,186,095
1975	$14,710,912,458	$42,906,905,672
1976	$19,096,943,017	$41,150,460,288
1977	$22,428,297,108	$45,328,411,332
1978	$22,136,422,643	$51,607,412,902
1979	$30,536,429,497	$63,038,658,089
1980	$40,953,924,949	$89,411,864,402
1981	$36,374,353,880	$93,141,472,164
1982	$33,760,146,991	$85,904,057,409
1983	$33,200,520,140	$96,204,110,942
1984	$29,476,109,153	$84,870,163,366
1985	$31,530,566,324	$64,459,376,087
1986	$24,180,400,959	$73,354,771,399
1987	$26,697,659,335	$96,535,763,418
1988	$24,308,959,591	$103,976,831,871
1989	$25,156,707,899	$108,055,624,082
1990	$28,904,183,602	$126,048,140,142
1991	$31,991,821,265	$135,203,698,238
1992	$33,887,047,909	$146,956,150,987
1993	$30,660,051,911	$147,194,747,566
1994	$28,610,549,763	$153,512,712,382
1995	$25,541,379,187	$171,735,933,897
1996	$27,884,615,385	$163,234,925,381
1997	$30,700,897,875	$168,978,057,328
1998	$27,251,301,398	$152,982,984,557
1999	$35,975,860,857	$151,516,957,079
2000	$38,270,954,138	$151,752,757,215
2001	$34,112,093,927	$135,429,905,923
2002	$20,481,889,764	$129,087,556,612
2003	$26,265,625,000	$197,018,965,309
2004	$33,122,307,692	$255,806,908,595
2005	$47,334,691,241	$288,867,217,197
2006	$60,094,231,607	$303,858,675,364
2007	$68,032,978,391	$333,077,117,254
2008	$86,710,767,415	$316,131,258,616
2009	$60,808,562,033	$329,754,060,647
2010	$75,380,825,062	$417,363,822,802
2011	$48,169,263,294	$458,199,494,831
2012	$92,540,938,129	$434,400,545,086
2013	$75,351,107,029	$400,886,013,596
2014	$57,372,355,592	$381,198,869,776
2015	$48,717,501,321	$346,709,790,459
2016	$49,912,073,701	$323,585,509,674
2017	$67,157,452,182	$381,448,814,653
2018	$76,686,029,772	$405,260,723,893
2019	$69,254,496,472	$389,330,032,224
2020	$46,854,285,441	$337,974,655,408
2021	$35,217,995,647	$420,886,877,629
2022	$43,246,297,922	$406,920,004,594
2023	$45,096,462,972	$380,699,271,816
2024	$46,636,278,902	$400,260,724,226

Libya and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Libya

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Libya	South Africa
1960	$269	$532
1961	$285.3	$546
1962	$382	$563
1963	$528	$605
1964	$765	$646
1965	$1,001	$685
1966	$1,251	$722
1967	$1,437	$779
1968	$1,972	$817
1969	$2,175	$891
1970	$2,210	$952
1971	$2,443	$1,020
1972	$2,830	$1,038
1973	$3,727	$1,369
1974	$6,214	$1,656
1975	$5,721	$1,670
1976	$7,018	$1,559
1977	$7,783	$1,671
1978	$7,252	$1,852
1979	$9,443	$2,202
1980	$11,960	$3,029
1981	$10,044	$3,050
1982	$9,064	$2,717
1983	$8,927	$2,938
1984	$7,811	$2,504
1985	$8,087	$1,839
1986	$6,019	$2,027
1987	$6,465	$2,586
1988	$5,736	$2,702
1989	$5,793	$2,727
1990	$6,502	$3,093
1991	$7,040	$3,243
1992	$7,303	$3,462
1993	$6,478	$3,400
1994	$5,933	$3,489
1995	$5,205	$3,856
1996	$5,591	$3,618
1997	$6,062	$3,700
1998	$5,301	$3,310
1999	$6,895	$3,242
2000	$7,214	$3,218
2001	$6,313	$2,847
2002	$3,718	$2,688
2003	$4,674	$4,062
2004	$5,774	$5,221
2005	$8,079	$5,837
2006	$10,049	$6,077
2007	$11,145	$6,592
2008	$13,906	$6,185
2009	$9,551	$6,375
2010	$11,601	$7,973
2011	$7,594	$8,646
2012	$14,976	$8,077
2013	$11,952	$7,332
2014	$8,926	$6,857
2015	$7,458	$6,112
2016	$7,526	$5,651
2017	$9,966	$6,618
2018	$11,197	$6,914
2019	$9,963	$6,534
2020	$6,650	$5,581
2021	$4,936	$6,843
2022	$5,987	$6,523
2023	$6,173	$6,023
2024	$6,318	$6,253

Libya vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Libya

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Libya	South Africa
1950	33.1	43.1
1951	33.5	44.1
1952	33.8	45
1953	34.2	46.1
1954	34.7	47.1
1955	35.2	48.2
1956	36	49.2
1957	36.9	50.2
1958	38	51.1
1959	39.3	51.9
1960	40.8	52.6
1961	42.4	53.1
1962	44.1	53.6
1963	45.6	53.9
1964	47.7	54.2
1965	49.3	54.4
1966	50.9	54.7
1967	52.5	55
1968	53.8	55.2
1969	55.2	55.4
1970	56.4	55.7
1971	57.6	56
1972	58.7	56.4
1973	59.7	56.7
1974	60.7	57.1
1975	61.6	57.6
1976	62.4	58
1977	63.1	58.5
1978	63.8	59
1979	64.3	59.5
1980	64.8	60
1981	65.3	60.4
1982	65.8	60.9
1983	66.3	61.4
1984	66.7	61.8
1985	67.3	62.2
1986	67.8	62.4
1987	68.3	62.7
1988	68.6	62.9
1989	69	63
1990	69.3	62.9
1991	69.6	63
1992	70	62.8
1993	70.2	62.6
1994	70.5	62.1
1995	70.6	61.6
1996	70.7	61.1
1997	70.7	60.5
1998	70.7	59.9
1999	70.6	59.2
2000	70.5	58.4
2001	70.7	57.2
2002	70.8	55.6
2003	71	54.2
2004	71.2	54
2005	71.4	53.9
2006	71.6	54.2
2007	71.8	54.9
2008	71.9	56
2009	72.1	57.4
2010	72.2	58.9
2011	69.9	60.6
2012	72.2	61.7
2013	72.3	62.4
2014	71.3	63.2
2015	71.6	64.1
2016	71.8	64.7
2017	72.7	65.4
2018	73.2	65.7
2019	72.9	66.1
2020	72.4	65.2
2021	72.1	62
2022	74.5	65.5
2023	69.3	66.1
2024	71.1	66.3
2025	73.2	66.5

Libya and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Libya

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Libya	South Africa
1960	1,492,890	16,440,172
1961	1,555,699	16,908,035
1962	1,621,960	17,418,522
1963	1,690,457	17,954,564
1964	1,753,691	18,511,361
1965	1,804,015	19,089,380
1966	1,849,063	19,690,087
1967	1,898,199	20,314,066
1968	1,952,781	20,957,287
1969	2,014,293	21,614,676
1970	2,082,589	22,279,984
1971	2,153,534	22,942,143
1972	2,226,091	23,609,456
1973	2,314,193	24,294,263
1974	2,432,211	24,989,108
1975	2,571,556	25,690,940
1976	2,721,237	26,395,450
1977	2,881,533	27,118,952
1978	3,052,526	27,869,507
1979	3,233,846	28,634,162
1980	3,424,378	29,518,857
1981	3,621,486	30,541,044
1982	3,724,765	31,615,339
1983	3,718,961	32,739,304
1984	3,773,633	33,892,788
1985	3,898,745	35,042,093
1986	4,017,403	36,180,515
1987	4,129,739	37,326,190
1988	4,237,755	38,480,649
1989	4,342,920	39,628,575
1990	4,445,239	40,746,268
1991	4,544,400	41,687,898
1992	4,640,352	42,443,509
1993	4,733,045	43,297,156
1994	4,822,037	44,004,139
1995	4,906,843	44,541,554
1996	4,987,393	45,123,018
1997	5,064,639	45,666,838
1998	5,140,704	46,223,880
1999	5,218,038	46,730,335
2000	5,305,021	47,159,719
2001	5,403,639	47,566,800
2002	5,508,410	48,019,415
2003	5,619,398	48,500,348
2004	5,736,693	48,991,421
2005	5,858,798	49,490,033
2006	5,980,211	49,998,277
2007	6,104,380	50,528,584
2008	6,235,430	51,114,599
2009	6,366,686	51,728,516
2010	6,497,839	52,344,051
2011	6,343,203	52,995,205
2012	6,179,328	53,782,567
2013	6,304,628	54,678,791
2014	6,427,252	55,594,838
2015	6,531,819	56,723,537
2016	6,632,126	57,259,551
2017	6,738,770	57,635,162
2018	6,849,055	58,613,001
2019	6,951,033	59,587,885
2020	7,045,399	60,562,381
2021	7,135,175	61,502,603
2022	7,223,805	62,378,410
2023	7,305,659	63,212,384
2024	7,381,023	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Libya and South Africa

Fertility rate

Libya

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Libya	South Africa
1960	7.51	6.11
1961	7.56	6.08
1962	7.61	6.05
1963	7.69	6.01
1964	7.75	5.96
1965	7.82	5.89
1966	7.89	5.91
1967	7.93	5.85
1968	7.97	5.78
1969	8.01	5.72
1970	8.05	5.63
1971	8.1	5.57
1972	8.07	5.49
1973	8.05	5.41
1974	8.02	5.3
1975	7.98	5.19
1976	7.93	5.07
1977	7.87	4.94
1978	7.79	4.85
1979	7.68	4.82
1980	7.54	4.78
1981	7.37	4.71
1982	7.16	4.7
1983	6.91	4.63
1984	6.62	4.57
1985	6.33	4.5
1986	6.02	4.41
1987	5.72	4.35
1988	5.41	4.18
1989	5.09	3.98
1990	4.78	3.72
1991	4.46	3.62
1992	4.16	3.48
1993	3.88	3.37
1994	3.65	3.26
1995	3.44	3.17
1996	3.26	2.99
1997	3.13	2.73
1998	3.04	2.63
1999	2.97	2.56
2000	2.91	2.41
2001	2.87	2.37
2002	2.83	2.32
2003	2.8	2.36
2004	2.77	2.44
2005	2.77	2.51
2006	2.7	2.55
2007	2.65	2.55
2008	2.6	2.68
2009	2.56	2.5
2010	2.6	2.44
2011	2.65	2.44
2012	2.68	2.45
2013	2.72	2.43
2014	2.75	2.42
2015	2.71	2.36
2016	2.67	2.26
2017	2.63	2.28
2018	2.58	2.27
2019	2.54	2.26
2020	2.51	2.26
2021	2.46	2.25
2022	2.4	2.23
2023	2.36	2.22

Libya and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Libya

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Libya	South Africa
1960	18.5	19
1961	18.2	19
1962	17.9	18.9
1963	17.5	18.9
1964	17.2	18.9
1965	16.7	18.8
1966	15.9	18.8
1967	15.3	18.8
1968	14.9	18.8
1969	14.7	18.8
1970	14.7	18.8
1971	14.7	18.8
1972	14.7	18.8
1973	14.9	18.8
1974	15.3	18.9
1975	15.5	18.9
1976	15.6	19
1977	15.8	19.1
1978	15.9	19.2
1979	15.9	19.3
1980	16	19.4
1981	16.1	19.6
1982	16.3	19.8
1983	16.5	20
1984	16.8	20.2
1985	17.1	20.4
1986	17.3	20.5
1987	17.6	20.7
1988	17.9	20.9
1989	18.2	21.1
1990	18.6	21.3
1991	18.9	21.5
1992	19.3	21.5
1993	19.7	21.9
1994	20.1	22
1995	20.6	21.5
1996	21.1	21.2
1997	21.5	21.2
1998	22	21.4
1999	22.4	21.6
2000	22.7	21.9
2001	22.9	22.2
2002	23.1	22.4
2003	23.2	22.8
2004	23.4	23.1
2005	23.6	23.3
2006	23.8	23.5
2007	24.2	23.8
2008	24.6	24
2009	25	24.3
2010	25.3	24.6
2011	25.5	25
2012	25.7	25.3
2013	25.9	25.7
2014	26.2	26
2015	26.4	26.4
2016	26.6	26.7
2017	26.8	27
2018	27	27.5
2019	27.2	27.9
2020	27.5	28.3
2021	27.7	28.6
2022	28	28.9
2023	28.2	29.2
2024	28.5	29.5

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