Moldova vs South Africa statistics compared

Moldova has a population of 2.39M (ranked 144/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Moldova's land area is 12,714 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 135th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Moldova and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Moldova and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Moldova

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Moldova	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	-	$21,218,391,513
1971	-	$23,411,076,638
1972	-	$24,515,919,217
1973	-	$33,262,772,008
1974	-	$41,389,186,095
1975	-	$42,906,905,672
1976	-	$41,150,460,288
1977	-	$45,328,411,332
1978	-	$51,607,412,902
1979	-	$63,038,658,089
1980	-	$89,411,864,402
1981	-	$93,141,472,164
1982	-	$85,904,057,409
1983	-	$96,204,110,942
1984	-	$84,870,163,366
1985	-	$64,459,376,087
1986	-	$73,354,771,399
1987	-	$96,535,763,418
1988	-	$103,976,831,871
1989	-	$108,055,624,082
1990	$3,592,857,043	$126,048,140,142
1991	$3,094,565,871	$135,203,698,238
1992	$2,319,243,436	$146,956,150,987
1993	$2,371,813,324	$147,194,747,566
1994	$1,702,314,268	$153,512,712,382
1995	$1,752,999,370	$171,735,933,897
1996	$1,695,122,174	$163,234,925,381
1997	$1,930,081,169	$168,978,057,328
1998	$1,698,717,505	$152,982,984,557
1999	$1,170,782,957	$151,516,957,079
2000	$1,288,429,392	$151,752,757,215
2001	$1,480,673,594	$135,429,905,923
2002	$1,661,818,168	$129,087,556,612
2003	$1,980,907,435	$197,018,965,309
2004	$2,598,249,556	$255,806,908,595
2005	$2,988,342,907	$288,867,217,197
2006	$3,408,255,451	$303,858,675,364
2007	$4,401,173,152	$333,077,117,254
2008	$6,054,824,248	$316,131,258,616
2009	$5,439,434,272	$329,754,060,647
2010	$6,974,982,370	$417,363,822,802
2011	$8,414,352,020	$458,199,494,831
2012	$8,709,138,635	$434,400,545,086
2013	$9,496,717,876	$400,886,013,596
2014	$9,402,090,138	$381,198,869,776
2015	$7,797,667,197	$346,709,790,459
2016	$7,980,917,076	$323,585,509,674
2017	$9,514,404,016	$381,448,814,653
2018	$11,252,353,421	$405,260,723,893
2019	$11,736,797,055	$389,330,032,224
2020	$11,530,746,234	$337,974,655,408
2021	$13,691,869,264	$420,886,877,629
2022	$14,525,337,524	$406,920,004,594
2023	$16,711,906,746	$380,699,271,816
2024	$18,200,340,854	$400,260,724,226

Moldova and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Moldova

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Moldova	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	-	$952
1971	-	$1,020
1972	-	$1,038
1973	-	$1,369
1974	-	$1,656
1975	-	$1,670
1976	-	$1,559
1977	-	$1,671
1978	-	$1,852
1979	-	$2,202
1980	-	$3,029
1981	-	$3,050
1982	-	$2,717
1983	-	$2,938
1984	-	$2,504
1985	-	$1,839
1986	-	$2,027
1987	-	$2,586
1988	-	$2,702
1989	-	$2,727
1990	$1,207	$3,093
1991	$1,038	$3,243
1992	$778	$3,462
1993	$797	$3,400
1994	$574	$3,489
1995	$594	$3,856
1996	$575	$3,618
1997	$657	$3,700
1998	$579	$3,310
1999	$399	$3,242
2000	$441	$3,218
2001	$507	$2,847
2002	$571	$2,688
2003	$682	$4,062
2004	$897	$5,221
2005	$1,034	$5,837
2006	$1,183	$6,077
2007	$1,531	$6,592
2008	$2,111	$6,185
2009	$1,898	$6,375
2010	$2,437	$7,973
2011	$2,941	$8,646
2012	$3,045	$8,077
2013	$3,321	$7,332
2014	$3,290	$6,857
2015	$2,750	$6,112
2016	$2,847	$5,651
2017	$3,453	$6,618
2018	$4,156	$6,914
2019	$4,405	$6,534
2020	$4,376	$5,581
2021	$5,275	$6,843
2022	$5,744	$6,523
2023	$6,800	$6,023
2024	$7,618	$6,253

Moldova vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Moldova

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Moldova	South Africa
1950	54	43.1
1951	54.5	44.1
1952	55.1	45
1953	55.7	46.1
1954	56.3	47.1
1955	56.9	48.2
1956	57.4	49.2
1957	58	50.2
1958	58.5	51.1
1959	59	51.9
1960	59.4	52.6
1961	59.9	53.1
1962	60.3	53.6
1963	60.6	53.9
1964	61	54.2
1965	61.3	54.4
1966	61.6	54.7
1967	61.8	55
1968	62	55.2
1969	62.2	55.4
1970	62.4	55.7
1971	62.7	56
1972	62.9	56.4
1973	63.2	56.7
1974	63.4	57.1
1975	63.7	57.6
1976	64	58
1977	64.2	58.5
1978	64.5	59
1979	64.8	59.5
1980	65.2	60
1981	65.6	60.4
1982	65.9	60.9
1983	66.1	61.4
1984	66.4	61.8
1985	66.9	62.2
1986	67.4	62.4
1987	67.9	62.7
1988	68.2	62.9
1989	68.2	63
1990	67.9	62.9
1991	67.6	63
1992	66.7	62.8
1993	66.7	62.6
1994	66.3	62.1
1995	66.2	61.6
1996	66.2	61.1
1997	66.5	60.5
1998	66.8	59.9
1999	67.2	59.2
2000	67.5	58.4
2001	67.7	57.2
2002	67.8	55.6
2003	67.9	54.2
2004	68	54
2005	68.2	53.9
2006	68.4	54.2
2007	68.7	54.9
2008	69	56
2009	69.4	57.4
2010	69.9	58.9
2011	70.2	60.6
2012	70.3	61.7
2013	70.3	62.4
2014	70.2	63.2
2015	70.1	64.1
2016	70.2	64.7
2017	70.4	65.4
2018	70.2	65.7
2019	70.2	66.1
2020	69.9	65.2
2021	69	62
2022	71.5	65.5
2023	71.2	66.1
2024	71.3	66.3
2025	71.5	66.5

Moldova and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Moldova

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Moldova	South Africa
1960	2,058,020	16,440,172
1961	2,103,327	16,908,035
1962	2,147,227	17,418,522
1963	2,188,895	17,954,564
1964	2,228,000	18,511,361
1965	2,265,287	19,089,380
1966	2,301,871	19,690,087
1967	2,337,695	20,314,066
1968	2,373,073	20,957,287
1969	2,408,469	21,614,676
1970	2,437,590	22,279,984
1971	2,460,611	22,942,143
1972	2,484,742	23,609,456
1973	2,510,584	24,294,263
1974	2,538,164	24,989,108
1975	2,566,998	25,690,940
1976	2,596,491	26,395,450
1977	2,626,298	27,118,952
1978	2,656,211	27,869,507
1979	2,683,035	28,634,162
1980	2,708,675	29,518,857
1981	2,735,987	30,541,044
1982	2,763,101	31,615,339
1983	2,791,207	32,739,304
1984	2,820,518	33,892,788
1985	2,850,787	35,042,093
1986	2,883,057	36,180,515
1987	2,916,306	37,326,190
1988	2,948,891	38,480,649
1989	2,970,039	39,628,575
1990	2,977,912	40,746,268
1991	2,981,566	41,687,898
1992	2,980,965	42,443,509
1993	2,975,966	43,297,156
1994	2,966,745	44,004,139
1995	2,953,200	44,541,554
1996	2,947,293	45,123,018
1997	2,936,413	45,666,838
1998	2,935,227	46,223,880
1999	2,930,622	46,730,335
2000	2,924,668	47,159,719
2001	2,918,135	47,566,800
2002	2,911,385	48,019,415
2003	2,903,198	48,500,348
2004	2,896,023	48,991,421
2005	2,888,985	49,490,033
2006	2,880,967	49,998,277
2007	2,874,299	50,528,584
2008	2,868,833	51,114,599
2009	2,865,213	51,728,516
2010	2,862,354	52,344,051
2011	2,860,699	52,995,205
2012	2,860,324	53,782,567
2013	2,859,558	54,678,791
2014	2,857,815	55,594,838
2015	2,835,978	56,723,537
2016	2,803,186	57,259,551
2017	2,755,189	57,635,162
2018	2,707,203	58,613,001
2019	2,664,224	59,587,885
2020	2,635,130	60,562,381
2021	2,595,809	61,502,603
2022	2,528,654	62,378,410
2023	2,457,783	63,212,384
2024	2,389,275	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Moldova and South Africa

Fertility rate

Moldova

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Moldova	South Africa
1960	3.32	6.11
1961	3.23	6.08
1962	3.04	6.05
1963	2.89	6.01
1964	2.71	5.96
1965	2.69	5.89
1966	2.65	5.91
1967	2.62	5.85
1968	2.59	5.78
1969	2.57	5.72
1970	2.57	5.63
1971	2.56	5.57
1972	2.56	5.49
1973	2.57	5.41
1974	2.56	5.3
1975	2.52	5.19
1976	2.47	5.07
1977	2.42	4.94
1978	2.39	4.85
1979	2.38	4.82
1980	2.38	4.78
1981	2.4	4.71
1982	2.45	4.7
1983	2.58	4.63
1984	2.67	4.57
1985	2.67	4.5
1986	2.74	4.41
1987	2.78	4.35
1988	2.63	4.18
1989	2.46	3.98
1990	2.39	3.72
1991	2.28	3.62
1992	2.22	3.48
1993	2.11	3.37
1994	1.99	3.26
1995	1.83	3.17
1996	1.71	2.99
1997	1.79	2.73
1998	1.65	2.63
1999	1.56	2.56
2000	1.5	2.41
2001	1.47	2.37
2002	1.45	2.32
2003	1.48	2.36
2004	1.54	2.44
2005	1.53	2.51
2006	1.54	2.55
2007	1.58	2.55
2008	1.64	2.68
2009	1.72	2.5
2010	1.7	2.44
2011	1.65	2.44
2012	1.66	2.45
2013	1.62	2.43
2014	1.82	2.42
2015	1.87	2.36
2016	1.89	2.26
2017	1.81	2.28
2018	1.81	2.27
2019	1.78	2.26
2020	1.77	2.26
2021	1.75	2.25
2022	1.69	2.23
2023	1.73	2.22

Moldova and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Moldova

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Moldova	South Africa
1960	24.6	19
1961	24.7	19
1962	24.9	18.9
1963	25.1	18.9
1964	25.4	18.9
1965	25.7	18.8
1966	25.9	18.8
1967	26.1	18.8
1968	26.3	18.8
1969	26.4	18.8
1970	26.4	18.8
1971	26.3	18.8
1972	26.3	18.8
1973	26.3	18.8
1974	26.5	18.9
1975	26.7	18.9
1976	26.9	19
1977	27.2	19.1
1978	27.5	19.2
1979	27.6	19.3
1980	27.6	19.4
1981	27.9	19.6
1982	28.1	19.8
1983	28.3	20
1984	28.5	20.2
1985	28.7	20.4
1986	28.9	20.5
1987	29.1	20.7
1988	29.3	20.9
1989	29.5	21.1
1990	29.8	21.3
1991	30.2	21.5
1992	30.4	21.5
1993	30.6	21.9
1994	30.8	22
1995	31	21.5
1996	31.2	21.2
1997	31.3	21.2
1998	31.5	21.4
1999	31.8	21.6
2000	32	21.9
2001	32.2	22.2
2002	32.4	22.4
2003	32.6	22.8
2004	32.8	23.1
2005	33	23.3
2006	33.3	23.5
2007	33.6	23.8
2008	33.9	24
2009	34.3	24.3
2010	34.6	24.6
2011	34.9	25
2012	35.1	25.3
2013	35.4	25.7
2014	35.7	26
2015	36.1	26.4
2016	36.5	26.7
2017	36.8	27
2018	37.2	27.5
2019	37.6	27.9
2020	38	28.3
2021	38.3	28.6
2022	38.6	28.9
2023	38.8	29.2
2024	39.1	29.5

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