Luxembourg vs South Africa statistics compared

Luxembourg has a population of 678K (ranked 164/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Luxembourg's land area is 994 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 169th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Luxembourg ranks 73/197 ($93.2B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Luxembourg ranks 3/197 ($137,517), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Luxembourg and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Luxembourg and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Luxembourg

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1960	$709,941,874	$8,748,596,501
1961	$710,163,719	$9,225,996,310
1962	$747,846,862	$9,813,996,074
1963	$797,902,154	$10,854,195,658
1964	$910,877,686	$11,955,995,218
1965	$929,477,285	$13,068,994,772
1966	$976,717,015	$14,211,394,315
1967	$983,052,315	$15,821,393,671
1968	$1,075,561,623	$17,124,793,150
1969	$1,245,432,991	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,457,768,455	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,518,773,421	$23,411,076,638
1972	$1,901,697,370	$24,515,919,217
1973	$2,609,875,802	$33,262,772,008
1974	$3,183,637,117	$41,389,186,095
1975	$3,123,333,333	$42,906,905,672
1976	$3,423,586,207	$41,150,460,288
1977	$3,789,321,328	$45,328,411,332
1978	$4,718,539,772	$51,607,412,902
1979	$5,516,982,664	$63,038,658,089
1980	$6,019,805,490	$89,411,864,402
1981	$5,053,665,797	$93,141,472,164
1982	$4,602,316,793	$85,904,057,409
1983	$4,524,217,751	$96,204,110,942
1984	$4,438,435,493	$84,870,163,366
1985	$4,577,211,767	$64,459,376,087
1986	$6,685,595,088	$73,354,771,399
1987	$8,320,902,215	$96,535,763,418
1988	$9,418,167,855	$103,976,831,871
1989	$10,037,674,038	$108,055,624,082
1990	$12,778,792,854	$126,048,140,142
1991	$13,834,219,728	$135,203,698,238
1992	$15,518,702,635	$146,956,150,987
1993	$15,925,521,222	$147,194,747,566
1994	$17,701,798,891	$153,512,712,382
1995	$20,853,093,870	$171,735,933,897
1996	$20,895,314,658	$163,234,925,381
1997	$19,563,836,265	$168,978,057,328
1998	$20,150,053,345	$152,982,984,557
1999	$21,899,317,599	$151,516,957,079
2000	$21,230,182,989	$151,752,757,215
2001	$21,387,533,703	$135,429,905,923
2002	$23,649,833,332	$129,087,556,612
2003	$29,667,268,248	$197,018,965,309
2004	$35,064,843,793	$255,806,908,595
2005	$37,672,280,120	$288,867,217,197
2006	$42,910,146,296	$303,858,675,364
2007	$51,587,401,416	$333,077,117,254
2008	$58,844,277,702	$316,131,258,616
2009	$54,467,289,898	$329,754,060,647
2010	$56,213,985,987	$417,363,822,802
2011	$61,696,281,326	$458,199,494,831
2012	$59,776,383,527	$434,400,545,086
2013	$65,203,276,467	$400,886,013,596
2014	$68,804,811,898	$381,198,869,776
2015	$60,071,584,216	$346,709,790,459
2016	$62,216,885,436	$323,585,509,674
2017	$65,712,180,343	$381,448,814,653
2018	$71,085,623,495	$405,260,723,893
2019	$69,872,035,114	$389,330,032,224
2020	$73,670,782,100	$337,974,655,408
2021	$86,386,759,695	$420,886,877,629
2022	$80,801,680,397	$406,920,004,594
2023	$87,574,021,092	$380,699,271,816
2024	$93,197,329,012	$400,260,724,226

Luxembourg and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Luxembourg

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1960	$2,261	$532
1961	$2,241	$546
1962	$2,332	$563
1963	$2,462	$605
1964	$2,779	$646
1965	$2,804	$685
1966	$2,925	$722
1967	$2,935	$779
1968	$3,203	$817
1969	$3,690	$891
1970	$4,298	$952
1971	$4,435	$1,020
1972	$5,487	$1,038
1973	$7,447	$1,369
1974	$8,967	$1,656
1975	$8,701	$1,670
1976	$9,491	$1,559
1977	$10,486	$1,671
1978	$13,034	$1,852
1979	$15,204	$2,202
1980	$16,531	$3,029
1981	$13,837	$3,050
1982	$12,591	$2,717
1983	$12,374	$2,938
1984	$12,127	$2,504
1985	$12,482	$1,839
1986	$18,150	$2,027
1987	$22,443	$2,586
1988	$25,219	$2,702
1989	$26,618	$2,727
1990	$33,465	$3,093
1991	$35,747	$3,243
1992	$39,571	$3,462
1993	$40,067	$3,400
1994	$43,933	$3,489
1995	$51,032	$3,856
1996	$50,444	$3,618
1997	$46,642	$3,700
1998	$47,445	$3,310
1999	$50,872	$3,242
2000	$48,660	$3,218
2001	$48,440	$2,847
2002	$53,006	$2,688
2003	$65,689	$4,062
2004	$76,545	$5,221
2005	$80,988	$5,837
2006	$90,789	$6,077
2007	$107,475	$6,592
2008	$120,422	$6,185
2009	$109,420	$6,375
2010	$110,886	$7,973
2011	$119,025	$8,646
2012	$112,585	$8,077
2013	$120,000	$7,332
2014	$123,679	$6,857
2015	$105,462	$6,112
2016	$106,899	$5,651
2017	$110,193	$6,618
2018	$116,927	$6,914
2019	$112,697	$6,534
2020	$116,860	$5,581
2021	$134,966	$6,843
2022	$123,720	$6,523
2023	$131,408	$6,023
2024	$137,517	$6,253

Luxembourg vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Luxembourg

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1950	65.5	43.1
1951	65.9	44.1
1952	66.1	45
1953	66.4	46.1
1954	66.7	47.1
1955	67.4	48.2
1956	67.1	49.2
1957	66.9	50.2
1958	68.4	51.1
1959	68.4	51.9
1960	68.8	52.6
1961	69.1	53.1
1962	68.4	53.6
1963	68.7	53.9
1964	68.8	54.2
1965	69.2	54.4
1966	68.9	54.7
1967	69.5	55
1968	70	55.2
1969	69.7	55.4
1970	69.2	55.7
1971	69.2	56
1972	70.5	56.4
1973	70.3	56.7
1974	70.2	57.1
1975	70.3	57.6
1976	70.2	58
1977	71.5	58.5
1978	71.5	59
1979	72.3	59.5
1980	72.4	60
1981	72.1	60.4
1982	72.2	60.9
1983	73	61.4
1984	72.7	61.8
1985	73.3	62.2
1986	74.1	62.4
1987	73.9	62.7
1988	74.3	62.9
1989	74.3	63
1990	75	62.9
1991	75	63
1992	74.7	62.8
1993	75.4	62.6
1994	75.9	62.1
1995	75.9	61.6
1996	76.2	61.1
1997	76.4	60.5
1998	76.6	59.9
1999	77	59.2
2000	77.3	58.4
2001	77.5	57.2
2002	77.6	55.6
2003	77.3	54.2
2004	78.7	54
2005	78.9	53.9
2006	78.8	54.2
2007	79.1	54.9
2008	80.1	56
2009	79.9	57.4
2010	80.1	58.9
2011	80.3	60.6
2012	80.4	61.7
2013	80.9	62.4
2014	81.2	63.2
2015	81.3	64.1
2016	81.6	64.7
2017	81.1	65.4
2018	81.5	65.7
2019	81.6	66.1
2020	81.4	65.2
2021	81.8	62
2022	82.2	65.5
2023	82.2	66.1
2024	82.4	66.3
2025	82.5	66.5

Luxembourg and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Luxembourg

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1960	313,970	16,440,172
1961	316,845	16,908,035
1962	320,750	17,418,522
1963	324,100	17,954,564
1964	327,750	18,511,361
1965	331,500	19,089,380
1966	333,895	19,690,087
1967	334,995	20,314,066
1968	335,850	20,957,287
1969	337,500	21,614,676
1970	339,171	22,279,984
1971	342,421	22,942,143
1972	346,600	23,609,456
1973	350,450	24,294,263
1974	355,050	24,989,108
1975	358,950	25,690,940
1976	360,731	26,395,450
1977	361,358	27,118,952
1978	362,007	27,869,507
1979	362,856	28,634,162
1980	364,150	29,518,857
1981	365,225	30,541,044
1982	365,525	31,615,339
1983	365,622	32,739,304
1984	365,998	33,892,788
1985	366,706	35,042,093
1986	368,355	36,180,515
1987	370,750	37,326,190
1988	373,450	38,480,649
1989	377,100	39,628,575
1990	381,850	40,746,268
1991	387,000	41,687,898
1992	392,175	42,443,509
1993	397,475	43,297,156
1994	402,925	44,004,139
1995	408,625	44,541,554
1996	414,225	45,123,018
1997	419,450	45,666,838
1998	424,700	46,223,880
1999	430,475	46,730,335
2000	436,300	47,159,719
2001	441,525	47,566,800
2002	446,175	48,019,415
2003	451,630	48,500,348
2004	458,095	48,991,421
2005	465,158	49,490,033
2006	472,637	49,998,277
2007	479,993	50,528,584
2008	488,650	51,114,599
2009	497,783	51,728,516
2010	506,953	52,344,051
2011	518,347	52,995,205
2012	530,946	53,782,567
2013	543,360	54,678,791
2014	556,319	55,594,838
2015	569,604	56,723,537
2016	582,014	57,259,551
2017	596,336	57,635,162
2018	607,950	58,613,001
2019	620,001	59,587,885
2020	630,419	60,562,381
2021	640,064	61,502,603
2022	653,103	62,378,410
2023	666,430	63,212,384
2024	677,717	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Luxembourg and South Africa

Fertility rate

Luxembourg

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1960	2.29	6.11
1961	-	6.08
1962	2.37	6.05
1963	-	6.01
1964	2.34	5.96
1965	2.42	5.89
1966	2.34	5.91
1967	2.24	5.85
1968	2.12	5.78
1969	2.02	5.72
1970	1.97	5.63
1971	1.95	5.57
1972	1.75	5.49
1973	1.58	5.41
1974	1.58	5.3
1975	1.55	5.19
1976	1.48	5.07
1977	1.5	4.94
1978	1.48	4.85
1979	1.48	4.82
1980	1.5	4.78
1981	1.55	4.71
1982	1.49	4.7
1983	1.43	4.63
1984	1.42	4.57
1985	1.38	4.5
1986	1.43	4.41
1987	1.4	4.35
1988	1.51	4.18
1989	1.52	3.98
1990	1.6	3.72
1991	1.6	3.62
1992	1.64	3.48
1993	1.7	3.37
1994	1.72	3.26
1995	1.7	3.17
1996	1.77	2.99
1997	1.71	2.73
1998	1.68	2.63
1999	1.74	2.56
2000	1.76	2.41
2001	1.66	2.37
2002	1.63	2.32
2003	1.62	2.36
2004	1.66	2.44
2005	1.63	2.51
2006	1.65	2.55
2007	1.61	2.55
2008	1.61	2.68
2009	1.59	2.5
2010	1.63	2.44
2011	1.52	2.44
2012	1.57	2.45
2013	1.55	2.43
2014	1.5	2.42
2015	1.47	2.36
2016	1.41	2.26
2017	1.39	2.28
2018	1.38	2.27
2019	1.34	2.26
2020	1.36	2.26
2021	1.38	2.25
2022	1.31	2.23
2023	1.25	2.22

Luxembourg and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Luxembourg

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Luxembourg	South Africa
1960	35.1	19
1961	35.1	19
1962	35.1	18.9
1963	35.1	18.9
1964	35.2	18.9
1965	35.2	18.8
1966	35.2	18.8
1967	35.2	18.8
1968	35.3	18.8
1969	35.3	18.8
1970	35.3	18.8
1971	35.3	18.8
1972	35.1	18.8
1973	35.1	18.8
1974	35	18.9
1975	35	18.9
1976	34.9	19
1977	34.8	19.1
1978	34.8	19.2
1979	34.8	19.3
1980	34.9	19.4
1981	35	19.6
1982	35.2	19.8
1983	35.4	20
1984	35.6	20.2
1985	35.8	20.4
1986	36	20.5
1987	36.1	20.7
1988	36.2	20.9
1989	36.3	21.1
1990	36.4	21.3
1991	36.4	21.5
1992	36.5	21.5
1993	36.5	21.9
1994	36.6	22
1995	36.7	21.5
1996	36.8	21.2
1997	37	21.2
1998	37.1	21.4
1999	37.3	21.6
2000	37.3	21.9
2001	37.3	22.2
2002	37.6	22.4
2003	37.8	22.8
2004	38	23.1
2005	38.2	23.3
2006	38.4	23.5
2007	38.5	23.8
2008	38.7	24
2009	38.8	24.3
2010	38.9	24.6
2011	39	25
2012	39.1	25.3
2013	39.1	25.7
2014	39.2	26
2015	39.3	26.4
2016	39.3	26.7
2017	39.4	27
2018	39.5	27.5
2019	39.5	27.9
2020	39.6	28.3
2021	39.7	28.6
2022	39.7	28.9
2023	39.9	29.2
2024	40.2	29.5

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