Mali vs South Africa statistics compared

Mali has a population of 24.5M (ranked 58/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Mali's land area is 471,118 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 23rd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Mali ranks 113/197 ($26.6B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Mali ranks 171/197 ($1,086), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Mali and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Mali and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Mali

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Mali	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	$275,494,478	$15,821,393,671
1968	$343,771,973	$17,124,793,150
1969	$339,913,867	$19,256,992,297
1970	$359,772,315	$21,218,391,513
1971	$395,218,629	$23,411,076,638
1972	$486,617,280	$24,515,919,217
1973	$563,683,703	$33,262,772,008
1974	$538,747,340	$41,389,186,095
1975	$830,710,615	$42,906,905,672
1976	$939,228,017	$41,150,460,288
1977	$1,049,838,548	$45,328,411,332
1978	$1,222,702,573	$51,607,412,902
1979	$1,595,422,956	$63,038,658,089
1980	$1,759,691,186	$89,411,864,402
1981	$1,538,972,424	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,333,754,225	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,297,765,326	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,232,932,104	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,392,196,048	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,852,163,453	$73,354,771,399
1987	$2,090,629,987	$96,535,763,418
1988	$2,169,040,603	$103,976,831,871
1989	$2,181,821,909	$108,055,624,082
1990	$2,681,912,149	$126,048,140,142
1991	$2,724,131,458	$135,203,698,238
1992	$2,830,673,378	$146,956,150,987
1993	$2,818,281,085	$147,194,747,566
1994	$2,081,846,498	$153,512,712,382
1995	$2,706,425,157	$171,735,933,897
1996	$2,780,422,049	$163,234,925,381
1997	$2,697,105,823	$168,978,057,328
1998	$2,920,358,711	$152,982,984,557
1999	$3,440,724,710	$151,516,957,079
2000	$2,961,484,954	$151,752,757,215
2001	$3,468,337,942	$135,429,905,923
2002	$3,908,121,307	$129,087,556,612
2003	$4,714,071,980	$197,018,965,309
2004	$7,113,132,070	$255,806,908,595
2005	$8,009,875,052	$288,867,217,197
2006	$8,858,863,053	$303,858,675,364
2007	$10,289,243,720	$333,077,117,254
2008	$12,262,134,441	$316,131,258,616
2009	$12,592,138,109	$329,754,060,647
2010	$13,196,527,458	$417,363,822,802
2011	$15,506,843,902	$458,199,494,831
2012	$14,891,957,623	$434,400,545,086
2013	$15,769,357,573	$400,886,013,596
2014	$16,943,434,591	$381,198,869,776
2015	$15,583,181,170	$346,709,790,459
2016	$16,743,796,800	$323,585,509,674
2017	$18,308,362,040	$381,448,814,653
2018	$20,368,015,381	$405,260,723,893
2019	$20,477,421,885	$389,330,032,224
2020	$20,698,560,939	$337,974,655,408
2021	$22,999,245,263	$420,886,877,629
2022	$22,374,051,350	$406,920,004,594
2023	$24,621,545,565	$380,699,271,816
2024	$26,588,067,731	$400,260,724,226

Mali and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Mali

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Mali	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	$46	$779
1968	$56.5	$817
1969	$55	$891
1970	$57.3	$952
1971	$62	$1,020
1972	$75.1	$1,038
1973	$85.4	$1,369
1974	$80.2	$1,656
1975	$121.5	$1,670
1976	$134.9	$1,559
1977	$148.1	$1,671
1978	$169.1	$1,852
1979	$216.3	$2,202
1980	$233.7	$3,029
1981	$200.1	$3,050
1982	$169.7	$2,717
1983	$161.5	$2,938
1984	$150.2	$2,504
1985	$166.2	$1,839
1986	$217.1	$2,027
1987	$240.8	$2,586
1988	$245.5	$2,702
1989	$242.4	$2,727
1990	$292.2	$3,093
1991	$290.9	$3,243
1992	$296.3	$3,462
1993	$288.9	$3,400
1994	$208.9	$3,489
1995	$265.7	$3,856
1996	$267.2	$3,618
1997	$253.3	$3,700
1998	$267.4	$3,310
1999	$306	$3,242
2000	$256.2	$3,218
2001	$291.2	$2,847
2002	$318	$2,688
2003	$372	$4,062
2004	$543	$5,221
2005	$592	$5,837
2006	$633	$6,077
2007	$712	$6,592
2008	$821	$6,185
2009	$816	$6,375
2010	$828	$7,973
2011	$942	$8,646
2012	$878	$8,077
2013	$903	$7,332
2014	$940	$6,857
2015	$838	$6,112
2016	$872	$5,651
2017	$924	$6,618
2018	$996	$6,914
2019	$972	$6,534
2020	$953	$5,581
2021	$1,027	$6,843
2022	$970	$6,523
2023	$1,036	$6,023
2024	$1,086	$6,253

Mali vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Mali

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Mali	South Africa
1950	28.7	43.1
1951	28.9	44.1
1952	29.1	45
1953	29.4	46.1
1954	29.5	47.1
1955	29.7	48.2
1956	29.9	49.2
1957	30.1	50.2
1958	30.2	51.1
1959	30.3	51.9
1960	30.5	52.6
1961	30.6	53.1
1962	30.8	53.6
1963	31	53.9
1964	31.2	54.2
1965	31.5	54.4
1966	31.8	54.7
1967	32.2	55
1968	32.6	55.2
1969	32.9	55.4
1970	33.4	55.7
1971	33.8	56
1972	34.5	56.4
1973	35.1	56.7
1974	35.7	57.1
1975	36.5	57.6
1976	37.2	58
1977	38	58.5
1978	38.8	59
1979	39.5	59.5
1980	40.3	60
1981	41	60.4
1982	41.8	60.9
1983	42.7	61.4
1984	43.4	61.8
1985	43.9	62.2
1986	44.6	62.4
1987	45.2	62.7
1988	45.7	62.9
1989	46.2	63
1990	46.5	62.9
1991	46.9	63
1992	47.2	62.8
1993	47.6	62.6
1994	47.9	62.1
1995	48.3	61.6
1996	48.5	61.1
1997	49.1	60.5
1998	49.6	59.9
1999	50.1	59.2
2000	50.6	58.4
2001	51.3	57.2
2002	52	55.6
2003	52.6	54.2
2004	53.3	54
2005	53.8	53.9
2006	54.3	54.2
2007	54.8	54.9
2008	55.2	56
2009	55.6	57.4
2010	56	58.9
2011	56.4	60.6
2012	56.7	61.7
2013	57.1	62.4
2014	57.5	63.2
2015	57.9	64.1
2016	58.3	64.7
2017	58.6	65.4
2018	58.9	65.7
2019	59.2	66.1
2020	58.9	65.2
2021	59.1	62
2022	60	65.5
2023	60.4	66.1
2024	60.7	66.3
2025	60.9	66.5

Mali and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Mali

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Mali	South Africa
1960	5,402,550	16,440,172
1961	5,482,283	16,908,035
1962	5,563,917	17,418,522
1963	5,646,605	17,954,564
1964	5,730,125	18,511,361
1965	5,815,487	19,089,380
1966	5,902,204	19,690,087
1967	5,990,906	20,314,066
1968	6,082,979	20,957,287
1969	6,177,704	21,614,676
1970	6,276,472	22,279,984
1971	6,377,944	22,942,143
1972	6,483,726	23,609,456
1973	6,597,106	24,294,263
1974	6,715,436	24,989,108
1975	6,837,261	25,690,940
1976	6,960,979	26,395,450
1977	7,090,979	27,118,952
1978	7,229,651	27,869,507
1979	7,375,266	28,634,162
1980	7,530,515	29,518,857
1981	7,692,766	30,541,044
1982	7,860,194	31,615,339
1983	8,034,400	32,739,304
1984	8,208,599	33,892,788
1985	8,374,663	35,042,093
1986	8,531,277	36,180,515
1987	8,681,164	37,326,190
1988	8,833,996	38,480,649
1989	8,999,938	39,628,575
1990	9,178,830	40,746,268
1991	9,362,888	41,687,898
1992	9,553,540	42,443,509
1993	9,754,786	43,297,156
1994	9,967,031	44,004,139
1995	10,185,365	44,541,554
1996	10,407,278	45,123,018
1997	10,646,495	45,666,838
1998	10,919,573	46,223,880
1999	11,227,415	46,730,335
2000	11,559,290	47,159,719
2001	11,912,158	47,566,800
2002	12,288,050	48,019,415
2003	12,684,955	48,500,348
2004	13,102,409	48,991,421
2005	13,538,647	49,490,033
2006	13,990,139	49,998,277
2007	14,457,775	50,528,584
2008	14,940,782	51,114,599
2009	15,435,539	51,728,516
2010	15,945,198	52,344,051
2011	16,469,049	52,995,205
2012	16,957,033	53,782,567
2013	17,459,615	54,678,791
2014	18,020,267	55,594,838
2015	18,593,022	56,723,537
2016	19,191,289	57,259,551
2017	19,813,011	57,635,162
2018	20,442,030	58,613,001
2019	21,068,405	59,587,885
2020	21,713,836	60,562,381
2021	22,388,630	61,502,603
2022	23,072,640	62,378,410
2023	23,769,127	63,212,384
2024	24,478,595	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Mali and South Africa

Fertility rate

Mali

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mali	South Africa
1960	7.02	6.11
1961	7.03	6.08
1962	7.04	6.05
1963	7.05	6.01
1964	7.06	5.96
1965	7.08	5.89
1966	7.11	5.91
1967	7.14	5.85
1968	7.16	5.78
1969	7.18	5.72
1970	7.18	5.63
1971	7.2	5.57
1972	7.22	5.49
1973	7.22	5.41
1974	7.23	5.3
1975	7.25	5.19
1976	7.27	5.07
1977	7.3	4.94
1978	7.32	4.85
1979	7.35	4.82
1980	7.37	4.78
1981	7.37	4.71
1982	7.32	4.7
1983	7.28	4.63
1984	7.26	4.57
1985	7.26	4.5
1986	7.31	4.41
1987	7.31	4.35
1988	7.32	4.18
1989	7.33	3.98
1990	7.31	3.72
1991	7.28	3.62
1992	7.24	3.48
1993	7.18	3.37
1994	7.12	3.26
1995	7.05	3.17
1996	7.01	2.99
1997	6.97	2.73
1998	6.94	2.63
1999	6.91	2.56
2000	6.89	2.41
2001	6.85	2.37
2002	6.82	2.32
2003	6.78	2.36
2004	6.74	2.44
2005	6.71	2.51
2006	6.68	2.55
2007	6.65	2.55
2008	6.62	2.68
2009	6.59	2.5
2010	6.58	2.44
2011	6.55	2.44
2012	6.52	2.45
2013	6.49	2.43
2014	6.44	2.42
2015	6.39	2.36
2016	6.32	2.26
2017	6.25	2.28
2018	6.12	2.27
2019	5.89	2.26
2020	5.85	2.26
2021	5.78	2.25
2022	5.69	2.23
2023	5.61	2.22

Mali and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Mali

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Mali	South Africa
1960	19.8	19
1961	19.8	19
1962	19.8	18.9
1963	19.8	18.9
1964	19.8	18.9
1965	19.8	18.8
1966	19.7	18.8
1967	19.6	18.8
1968	19.6	18.8
1969	19.5	18.8
1970	19.4	18.8
1971	19.3	18.8
1972	19.2	18.8
1973	19.1	18.8
1974	19	18.9
1975	18.9	18.9
1976	18.7	19
1977	18.6	19.1
1978	18.4	19.2
1979	18.3	19.3
1980	18.1	19.4
1981	17.9	19.6
1982	17.8	19.8
1983	17.6	20
1984	17.5	20.2
1985	17.3	20.4
1986	17.1	20.5
1987	16.9	20.7
1988	16.8	20.9
1989	16.6	21.1
1990	16.5	21.3
1991	16.4	21.5
1992	16.4	21.5
1993	16.3	21.9
1994	16.3	22
1995	16.3	21.5
1996	16.3	21.2
1997	16.3	21.2
1998	16.4	21.4
1999	16.4	21.6
2000	16.5	21.9
2001	16.5	22.2
2002	16.6	22.4
2003	16.6	22.8
2004	16.6	23.1
2005	16.6	23.3
2006	16.6	23.5
2007	16.6	23.8
2008	16.5	24
2009	16.4	24.3
2010	16.4	24.6
2011	16.3	25
2012	16.1	25.3
2013	16	25.7
2014	16	26
2015	16	26.4
2016	16	26.7
2017	16	27
2018	16	27.5
2019	16.1	27.9
2020	16.2	28.3
2021	16.3	28.6
2022	16.5	28.9
2023	16.6	29.2
2024	16.7	29.5

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