Maldives vs South Africa statistics compared

Maldives has a population of 528K (ranked 168/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Maldives' land area is 115.1 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 188th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Maldives and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Maldives and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Maldives

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Maldives	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	$19,328,038	$21,218,391,513
1971	$21,566,404	$23,411,076,638
1972	$25,177,138	$24,515,919,217
1973	$30,862,042	$33,262,772,008
1974	$39,120,171	$41,389,186,095
1975	$24,540,878	$42,906,905,672
1976	$22,399,467	$41,150,460,288
1977	$20,853,789	$45,328,411,332
1978	$24,369,109	$51,607,412,902
1979	$38,523,364	$63,038,658,089
1980	$42,463,576	$89,411,864,402
1981	$44,781,457	$93,141,472,164
1982	$47,911,340	$85,904,057,409
1983	$57,829,787	$96,204,110,942
1984	$109,503,546	$84,870,163,366
1985	$127,190,758	$64,459,376,087
1986	$141,882,254	$73,354,771,399
1987	$141,223,029	$96,535,763,418
1988	$168,514,513	$103,976,831,871
1989	$189,514,434	$108,055,624,082
1990	$215,043,970	$126,048,140,142
1991	$244,396,762	$135,203,698,238
1992	$284,875,809	$146,956,150,987
1993	$322,417,837	$147,194,747,566
1994	$356,014,932	$153,512,712,382
1995	$398,988,955	$171,735,933,897
1996	$450,382,328	$163,234,925,381
1997	$508,223,602	$168,978,057,328
1998	$540,096,398	$152,982,984,557
1999	$589,239,754	$151,516,957,079
2000	$624,337,145	$151,752,757,215
2001	$870,031,677	$135,429,905,923
2002	$897,031,250	$129,087,556,612
2003	$1,052,121,055	$197,018,965,309
2004	$1,226,829,563	$255,806,908,595
2005	$1,163,362,438	$288,867,217,197
2006	$1,575,200,391	$303,858,675,364
2007	$1,868,383,461	$333,077,117,254
2008	$2,271,646,188	$316,131,258,616
2009	$2,345,294,875	$329,754,060,647
2010	$2,588,176,055	$417,363,822,802
2011	$2,774,350,240	$458,199,494,831
2012	$2,886,163,997	$434,400,545,086
2013	$3,295,009,238	$400,886,013,596
2014	$3,697,353,039	$381,198,869,776
2015	$4,129,505,319	$346,709,790,459
2016	$4,409,942,624	$323,585,509,674
2017	$4,816,426,257	$381,448,814,653
2018	$5,404,344,163	$405,260,723,893
2019	$5,726,094,799	$389,330,032,224
2020	$3,712,604,583	$337,974,655,408
2021	$5,252,457,370	$420,886,877,629
2022	$6,177,118,114	$406,920,004,594
2023	$6,590,894,302	$380,699,271,816
2024	$6,975,146,349	$400,260,724,226

Maldives and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Maldives

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Maldives	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	$156.9	$952
1971	$169.8	$1,020
1972	$192.2	$1,038
1973	$228.7	$1,369
1974	$281.5	$1,656
1975	$171.4	$1,670
1976	$151.8	$1,559
1977	$137.3	$1,671
1978	$156.1	$1,852
1979	$240.2	$2,202
1980	$257.6	$3,029
1981	$264.1	$3,050
1982	$274.8	$2,717
1983	$323	$2,938
1984	$594	$2,504
1985	$669	$1,839
1986	$720	$2,027
1987	$692	$2,586
1988	$799	$2,702
1989	$870	$2,727
1990	$957	$3,093
1991	$1,054	$3,243
1992	$1,194	$3,462
1993	$1,317	$3,400
1994	$1,419	$3,489
1995	$1,555	$3,856
1996	$1,717	$3,618
1997	$1,898	$3,700
1998	$1,980	$3,310
1999	$2,124	$3,242
2000	$2,214	$3,218
2001	$3,034	$2,847
2002	$3,076	$2,688
2003	$3,549	$4,062
2004	$4,070	$5,221
2005	$3,797	$5,837
2006	$5,019	$6,077
2007	$5,758	$6,592
2008	$6,757	$6,185
2009	$6,734	$6,375
2010	$7,174	$7,973
2011	$7,425	$8,646
2012	$7,461	$8,077
2013	$8,236	$7,332
2014	$8,939	$6,857
2015	$9,645	$6,112
2016	$9,948	$5,651
2017	$10,510	$6,618
2018	$11,423	$6,914
2019	$11,740	$6,534
2020	$7,394	$5,581
2021	$10,176	$6,843
2022	$11,786	$6,523
2023	$12,530	$6,023
2024	$13,216	$6,253

Maldives vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Maldives

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Maldives	South Africa
1950	36.5	43.1
1951	37.1	44.1
1952	37	45
1953	36.9	46.1
1954	36.9	47.1
1955	37	48.2
1956	37.1	49.2
1957	37.3	50.2
1958	37.6	51.1
1959	37.9	51.9
1960	38.2	52.6
1961	38.6	53.1
1962	39.1	53.6
1963	39.6	53.9
1964	40.2	54.2
1965	40.8	54.4
1966	41.4	54.7
1967	42.1	55
1968	42.9	55.2
1969	43.7	55.4
1970	44.5	55.7
1971	45.5	56
1972	46.4	56.4
1973	47.5	56.7
1974	48.5	57.1
1975	49.6	57.6
1976	50.8	58
1977	51.8	58.5
1978	50.4	59
1979	53.9	59.5
1980	54.8	60
1981	55.7	60.4
1982	56.6	60.9
1983	57.5	61.4
1984	58.3	61.8
1985	59.2	62.2
1986	60	62.4
1987	60.8	62.7
1988	61.6	62.9
1989	62.4	63
1990	63.1	62.9
1991	63.9	63
1992	64.7	62.8
1993	65.4	62.6
1994	66.2	62.1
1995	67	61.6
1996	67.7	61.1
1997	68.5	60.5
1998	69.3	59.9
1999	70.2	59.2
2000	70.9	58.4
2001	71.7	57.2
2002	72.4	55.6
2003	73.3	54.2
2004	73	54
2005	74.8	53.9
2006	75.3	54.2
2007	75.7	54.9
2008	76	56
2009	76.4	57.4
2010	76.8	58.9
2011	77.1	60.6
2012	77.5	61.7
2013	77.8	62.4
2014	78.2	63.2
2015	78.6	64.1
2016	78.9	64.7
2017	79.2	65.4
2018	79.4	65.7
2019	79.7	66.1
2020	78.7	65.2
2021	78.1	62
2022	80.8	65.5
2023	81	66.1
2024	81.3	66.3
2025	81.5	66.5

Maldives and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Maldives

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Maldives	South Africa
1960	91,189	16,440,172
1961	93,450	16,908,035
1962	95,802	17,418,522
1963	98,222	17,954,564
1964	100,662	18,511,361
1965	104,102	19,089,380
1966	108,507	19,690,087
1967	112,528	20,314,066
1968	116,075	20,957,287
1969	119,564	21,614,676
1970	123,219	22,279,984
1971	127,035	22,942,143
1972	130,968	23,609,456
1973	134,952	24,294,263
1974	138,978	24,989,108
1975	143,158	25,690,940
1976	147,525	26,395,450
1977	151,930	27,118,952
1978	156,159	27,869,507
1979	160,360	28,634,162
1980	164,835	29,518,857
1981	169,532	30,541,044
1982	174,333	31,615,339
1983	179,128	32,739,304
1984	184,198	33,892,788
1985	190,169	35,042,093
1986	196,935	36,180,515
1987	203,944	37,326,190
1988	210,885	38,480,649
1989	217,738	39,628,575
1990	224,762	40,746,268
1991	231,802	41,687,898
1992	238,543	42,443,509
1993	244,884	43,297,156
1994	250,822	44,004,139
1995	256,649	44,541,554
1996	262,347	45,123,018
1997	267,707	45,666,838
1998	272,723	46,223,880
1999	277,412	46,730,335
2000	282,019	47,159,719
2001	286,767	47,566,800
2002	291,616	48,019,415
2003	296,491	48,500,348
2004	301,413	48,991,421
2005	306,429	49,490,033
2006	313,851	49,998,277
2007	324,479	50,528,584
2008	336,170	51,114,599
2009	348,275	51,728,516
2010	360,792	52,344,051
2011	373,674	52,995,205
2012	386,818	53,782,567
2013	400,070	54,678,791
2014	413,617	55,594,838
2015	428,154	56,723,537
2016	443,308	57,259,551
2017	458,287	57,635,162
2018	473,099	58,613,001
2019	487,731	59,587,885
2020	502,118	60,562,381
2021	516,154	61,502,603
2022	524,106	62,378,410
2023	525,994	63,212,384
2024	527,799	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Maldives and South Africa

Fertility rate

Maldives

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Maldives	South Africa
1960	6.71	6.11
1961	6.79	6.08
1962	6.89	6.05
1963	6.94	6.01
1964	7	5.96
1965	7.07	5.89
1966	7.15	5.91
1967	7.23	5.85
1968	7.28	5.78
1969	7.33	5.72
1970	7.39	5.63
1971	7.38	5.57
1972	7.37	5.49
1973	7.4	5.41
1974	7.38	5.3
1975	7.32	5.19
1976	7.29	5.07
1977	7.27	4.94
1978	7.23	4.85
1979	7.23	4.82
1980	7.23	4.78
1981	7.19	4.71
1982	7.15	4.7
1983	7.09	4.63
1984	7.03	4.57
1985	6.94	4.5
1986	6.85	4.41
1987	6.73	4.35
1988	6.58	4.18
1989	6.39	3.98
1990	6.13	3.72
1991	5.8	3.62
1992	5.44	3.48
1993	5.06	3.37
1994	4.69	3.26
1995	4.29	3.17
1996	3.86	2.99
1997	3.48	2.73
1998	3.17	2.63
1999	2.9	2.56
2000	2.69	2.41
2001	2.53	2.37
2002	2.42	2.32
2003	2.34	2.36
2004	2.26	2.44
2005	2.2	2.51
2006	2.2	2.55
2007	2.29	2.55
2008	2.37	2.68
2009	2.39	2.5
2010	2.35	2.44
2011	2.31	2.44
2012	2.25	2.45
2013	2.17	2.43
2014	2.09	2.42
2015	2	2.36
2016	1.9	2.26
2017	1.8	2.28
2018	1.71	2.27
2019	1.64	2.26
2020	1.61	2.26
2021	1.6	2.25
2022	1.58	2.23
2023	1.58	2.22

Maldives and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Maldives

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Maldives	South Africa
1960	20.6	19
1961	20.6	19
1962	20.6	18.9
1963	20.6	18.9
1964	20.5	18.9
1965	19.9	18.8
1966	18.9	18.8
1967	18.2	18.8
1968	17.8	18.8
1969	17.6	18.8
1970	17.4	18.8
1971	17.3	18.8
1972	17.2	18.8
1973	17.2	18.8
1974	17.2	18.9
1975	17.1	18.9
1976	17	19
1977	17	19.1
1978	17	19.2
1979	16.9	19.3
1980	16.8	19.4
1981	16.8	19.6
1982	16.9	19.8
1983	16.9	20
1984	17	20.2
1985	17	20.4
1986	16.9	20.5
1987	16.7	20.7
1988	16.6	20.9
1989	16.5	21.1
1990	16.4	21.3
1991	16.4	21.5
1992	16.4	21.5
1993	16.5	21.9
1994	16.7	22
1995	16.9	21.5
1996	17.3	21.2
1997	17.6	21.2
1998	18	21.4
1999	18.4	21.6
2000	18.9	21.9
2001	19.3	22.2
2002	19.8	22.4
2003	20.3	22.8
2004	20.9	23.1
2005	21.5	23.3
2006	22.1	23.5
2007	22.7	23.8
2008	23.2	24
2009	23.8	24.3
2010	24.4	24.6
2011	25.1	25
2012	25.8	25.3
2013	26.5	25.7
2014	27.1	26
2015	27.6	26.4
2016	28	26.7
2017	28.5	27
2018	29	27.5
2019	29.5	27.9
2020	30.1	28.3
2021	30.7	28.6
2022	31.4	28.9
2023	32.1	29.2
2024	32.9	29.5

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