Madagascar vs South Africa statistics compared

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 44th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Madagascar and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Madagascar

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Madagascar	South Africa
1960	$673,081,725	$8,748,596,501
1961	$699,161,945	$9,225,996,310
1962	$739,286,908	$9,813,996,074
1963	$759,345,864	$10,854,195,658
1964	$802,482,184	$11,955,995,218
1965	$833,563,473	$13,068,994,772
1966	$900,264,585	$14,211,394,315
1967	$956,436,932	$15,821,393,671
1968	$1,031,669,637	$17,124,793,150
1969	$1,056,391,056	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,111,859,571	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,199,507,631	$23,411,076,638
1972	$1,341,590,690	$24,515,919,217
1973	$1,653,062,335	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,917,508,190	$41,389,186,095
1975	$2,283,049,215	$42,906,905,672
1976	$2,181,844,179	$41,150,460,288
1977	$2,358,930,406	$45,328,411,332
1978	$2,669,755,115	$51,607,412,902
1979	$3,463,565,854	$63,038,658,089
1980	$5,201,818,348	$89,411,864,402
1981	$4,759,333,998	$93,141,472,164
1982	$4,784,977,326	$85,904,057,409
1983	$4,686,457,031	$96,204,110,942
1984	$3,905,938,481	$84,870,163,366
1985	$3,802,557,895	$64,459,376,087
1986	$4,347,989,788	$73,354,771,399
1987	$3,212,900,556	$96,535,763,418
1988	$3,189,456,965	$103,976,831,871
1989	$3,175,638,333	$108,055,624,082
1990	$3,931,334,875	$126,048,140,142
1991	$3,254,713,056	$135,203,698,238
1992	$3,714,966,678	$146,956,150,987
1993	$4,063,298,919	$147,194,747,566
1994	$3,522,227,092	$153,512,712,382
1995	$3,838,100,904	$171,735,933,897
1996	$4,931,861,039	$163,234,925,381
1997	$4,262,965,420	$168,978,057,328
1998	$4,401,967,633	$152,982,984,557
1999	$4,277,903,780	$151,516,957,079
2000	$4,629,247,204	$151,752,757,215
2001	$5,438,332,602	$135,429,905,923
2002	$5,351,701,663	$129,087,556,612
2003	$6,372,498,890	$197,018,965,309
2004	$5,064,732,626	$255,806,908,595
2005	$5,859,269,753	$288,867,217,197
2006	$6,395,712,491	$303,858,675,364
2007	$8,524,620,890	$333,077,117,254
2008	$10,725,137,724	$316,131,258,616
2009	$9,616,879,409	$329,754,060,647
2010	$9,982,711,338	$417,363,822,802
2011	$11,551,819,618	$458,199,494,831
2012	$11,578,975,062	$434,400,545,086
2013	$12,423,555,455	$400,886,013,596
2014	$12,522,957,399	$381,198,869,776
2015	$11,323,020,701	$346,709,790,459
2016	$11,848,613,858	$323,585,509,674
2017	$13,176,313,594	$381,448,814,653
2018	$13,760,033,282	$405,260,723,893
2019	$14,104,664,679	$389,330,032,224
2020	$13,051,441,204	$337,974,655,408
2021	$14,354,731,964	$420,886,877,629
2022	$15,325,603,273	$406,920,004,594
2023	$15,869,945,478	$380,699,271,816
2024	$17,420,814,801	$400,260,724,226

Madagascar and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Madagascar

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Madagascar	South Africa
1960	$131.7	$532
1961	$133.3	$546
1962	$137.3	$563
1963	$137.4	$605
1964	$141.5	$646
1965	$143.2	$685
1966	$150.7	$722
1967	$155.9	$779
1968	$163.6	$817
1969	$162.9	$891
1970	$166.6	$952
1971	$174.6	$1,020
1972	$189.6	$1,038
1973	$226.8	$1,369
1974	$255.3	$1,656
1975	$295	$1,670
1976	$273.5	$1,559
1977	$286.9	$1,671
1978	$315	$1,852
1979	$396	$2,202
1980	$578	$3,029
1981	$513	$3,050
1982	$501	$2,717
1983	$476	$2,938
1984	$385	$2,504
1985	$364	$1,839
1986	$405	$2,027
1987	$290.8	$2,586
1988	$280.5	$2,702
1989	$271.3	$2,727
1990	$326	$3,093
1991	$262	$3,243
1992	$290.2	$3,462
1993	$308	$3,400
1994	$258.7	$3,489
1995	$273.1	$3,856
1996	$340	$3,618
1997	$284.4	$3,700
1998	$284.2	$3,310
1999	$267.4	$3,242
2000	$280.3	$3,218
2001	$319	$2,847
2002	$305	$2,688
2003	$353	$4,062
2004	$272.2	$5,221
2005	$306	$5,837
2006	$324	$6,077
2007	$420	$6,592
2008	$513	$6,185
2009	$446	$6,375
2010	$450	$7,973
2011	$506	$8,646
2012	$494	$8,077
2013	$515	$7,332
2014	$506	$6,857
2015	$445	$6,112
2016	$454	$5,651
2017	$492	$6,618
2018	$500	$6,914
2019	$500	$6,534
2020	$451	$5,581
2021	$483	$6,843
2022	$504	$6,523
2023	$509	$6,023
2024	$545	$6,253

Madagascar vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Madagascar

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Madagascar	South Africa
1950	39.7	43.1
1951	39.9	44.1
1952	40.3	45
1953	40.7	46.1
1954	40.9	47.1
1955	41.3	48.2
1956	41.7	49.2
1957	42.1	50.2
1958	42.5	51.1
1959	43	51.9
1960	43.3	52.6
1961	43.8	53.1
1962	44.2	53.6
1963	44.6	53.9
1964	45	54.2
1965	45.4	54.4
1966	46	54.7
1967	46.5	55
1968	46.9	55.2
1969	47.3	55.4
1970	47.9	55.7
1971	48.2	56
1972	48.5	56.4
1973	48.9	56.7
1974	49.3	57.1
1975	49.6	57.6
1976	49.8	58
1977	49.9	58.5
1978	50	59
1979	50.1	59.5
1980	50	60
1981	49.8	60.4
1982	50	60.9
1983	50.1	61.4
1984	50.2	61.8
1985	50.4	62.2
1986	50.7	62.4
1987	51.1	62.7
1988	51.4	62.9
1989	51.8	63
1990	52.1	62.9
1991	52.6	63
1992	52.9	62.8
1993	53.7	62.6
1994	54.2	62.1
1995	54.8	61.6
1996	55.5	61.1
1997	56.1	60.5
1998	56.8	59.9
1999	57.4	59.2
2000	58	58.4
2001	58.7	57.2
2002	59.2	55.6
2003	59.7	54.2
2004	60.2	54
2005	60.7	53.9
2006	61.1	54.2
2007	61.5	54.9
2008	62	56
2009	62.3	57.4
2010	62.6	58.9
2011	62.9	60.6
2012	63	61.7
2013	63.2	62.4
2014	63.3	63.2
2015	63.4	64.1
2016	63.4	64.7
2017	63.4	65.4
2018	63.5	65.7
2019	63.5	66.1
2020	62.7	65.2
2021	62.5	62
2022	63.1	65.5
2023	63.6	66.1
2024	63.8	66.3
2025	64	66.5

Madagascar and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Madagascar

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Madagascar	South Africa
1960	5,111,029	16,440,172
1961	5,246,158	16,908,035
1962	5,384,150	17,418,522
1963	5,525,185	17,954,564
1964	5,669,863	18,511,361
1965	5,819,116	19,089,380
1966	5,974,279	19,690,087
1967	6,136,486	20,314,066
1968	6,306,493	20,957,287
1969	6,484,716	21,614,676
1970	6,672,003	22,279,984
1971	6,868,868	22,942,143
1972	7,074,398	23,609,456
1973	7,288,048	24,294,263
1974	7,509,726	24,989,108
1975	7,739,336	25,690,940
1976	7,976,831	26,395,450
1977	8,222,240	27,118,952
1978	8,475,864	27,869,507
1979	8,737,581	28,634,162
1980	9,006,032	29,518,857
1981	9,279,011	30,541,044
1982	9,557,671	31,615,339
1983	9,843,044	32,739,304
1984	10,134,550	33,892,788
1985	10,433,142	35,042,093
1986	10,736,857	36,180,515
1987	11,047,291	37,326,190
1988	11,369,462	38,480,649
1989	11,704,998	39,628,575
1990	12,055,639	40,746,268
1991	12,421,412	41,687,898
1992	12,800,870	42,443,509
1993	13,197,345	43,297,156
1994	13,613,850	44,004,139
1995	14,051,275	44,541,554
1996	14,510,711	45,123,018
1997	14,990,814	45,666,838
1998	15,489,364	46,223,880
1999	16,000,506	46,730,335
2000	16,516,338	47,159,719
2001	17,032,939	47,566,800
2002	17,549,913	48,019,415
2003	18,071,854	48,500,348
2004	18,606,608	48,991,421
2005	19,159,707	49,490,033
2006	19,730,909	49,998,277
2007	20,318,583	50,528,584
2008	20,923,840	51,114,599
2009	21,547,280	51,728,516
2010	22,183,340	52,344,051
2011	22,822,300	52,995,205
2012	23,462,438	53,782,567
2013	24,109,290	54,678,791
2014	24,764,348	55,594,838
2015	25,426,702	56,723,537
2016	26,099,952	57,259,551
2017	26,788,375	57,635,162
2018	27,494,926	58,613,001
2019	28,219,554	59,587,885
2020	28,953,556	60,562,381
2021	29,691,083	61,502,603
2022	30,437,261	62,378,410
2023	31,195,932	63,212,384
2024	31,964,956	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Madagascar and South Africa

Fertility rate

Madagascar

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Madagascar	South Africa
1960	7.34	6.11
1961	7.3	6.08
1962	7.26	6.05
1963	7.21	6.01
1964	7.19	5.96
1965	7.17	5.89
1966	7.16	5.91
1967	7.14	5.85
1968	7.13	5.78
1969	7.12	5.72
1970	7.1	5.63
1971	7.07	5.57
1972	7.04	5.49
1973	7.01	5.41
1974	6.99	5.3
1975	6.97	5.19
1976	6.95	5.07
1977	6.93	4.94
1978	6.9	4.85
1979	6.87	4.82
1980	6.84	4.78
1981	6.77	4.71
1982	6.7	4.7
1983	6.63	4.63
1984	6.55	4.57
1985	6.46	4.5
1986	6.34	4.41
1987	6.24	4.35
1988	6.18	4.18
1989	6.15	3.98
1990	6.14	3.72
1991	6.12	3.62
1992	6.08	3.48
1993	6.06	3.37
1994	6.04	3.26
1995	6.04	3.17
1996	6.03	2.99
1997	6.02	2.73
1998	5.99	2.63
1999	5.84	2.56
2000	5.67	2.41
2001	5.53	2.37
2002	5.41	2.32
2003	5.33	2.36
2004	5.26	2.44
2005	5.2	2.51
2006	5.13	2.55
2007	5.08	2.55
2008	5.04	2.68
2009	5	2.5
2010	4.9	2.44
2011	4.74	2.44
2012	4.61	2.45
2013	4.53	2.43
2014	4.42	2.42
2015	4.34	2.36
2016	4.29	2.26
2017	4.26	2.28
2018	4.25	2.27
2019	4.22	2.26
2020	4.17	2.26
2021	4.1	2.25
2022	4.04	2.23
2023	3.97	2.22

Madagascar and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Madagascar

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Madagascar	South Africa
1960	17.9	19
1961	17.5	19
1962	17.2	18.9
1963	17	18.9
1964	16.8	18.9
1965	16.8	18.8
1966	16.7	18.8
1967	16.7	18.8
1968	16.7	18.8
1969	16.6	18.8
1970	16.7	18.8
1971	16.7	18.8
1972	16.6	18.8
1973	16.6	18.8
1974	16.6	18.9
1975	16.6	18.9
1976	16.6	19
1977	16.5	19.1
1978	16.5	19.2
1979	16.5	19.3
1980	16.4	19.4
1981	16.4	19.6
1982	16.4	19.8
1983	16.4	20
1984	16.5	20.2
1985	16.5	20.4
1986	16.6	20.5
1987	16.6	20.7
1988	16.7	20.9
1989	16.8	21.1
1990	16.9	21.3
1991	16.9	21.5
1992	17	21.5
1993	17	21.9
1994	17.1	22
1995	17.1	21.5
1996	17.1	21.2
1997	17.1	21.2
1998	17.2	21.4
1999	17.2	21.6
2000	17.2	21.9
2001	17.2	22.2
2002	17.2	22.4
2003	17.2	22.8
2004	17.3	23.1
2005	17.3	23.3
2006	17.4	23.5
2007	17.5	23.8
2008	17.6	24
2009	17.7	24.3
2010	17.8	24.6
2011	17.9	25
2012	18.1	25.3
2013	18.2	25.7
2014	18.4	26
2015	18.6	26.4
2016	18.7	26.7
2017	18.9	27
2018	19.1	27.5
2019	19.3	27.9
2020	19.4	28.3
2021	19.6	28.6
2022	19.7	28.9
2023	19.9	29.2
2024	20	29.5

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