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Monaco vs South Africa statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Monaco has a population of 38.6K (ranked 191/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Monaco's land area is 0.8 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 196th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Monaco ranks 153/197 ($10B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Monaco ranks 1/197 ($256,581), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Main facts and rankings

Monaco South Africa
Population
38341
65314246
Population rank 191/197 24/197
GDP
$10B
2023
$400B
2024
GDP rank 153/197 41/197
GDP per capita
$256,581
2023
$6,253
2024
GDP per capita rank 1/197 112/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$115,700
2015
$15,457
2024
Government debt n/a
$306B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
79.6%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$4,775
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 83/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$97,128
2025
$13,449
2025
Land area
0.8 sq mi
2025
468,377 sq mi
2025
Population density
48,010 ppl/mi²
2024
136.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.11
2023
2.22
2023
Median age
55 years
2024
29.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
86.6 years
2025
66.5 years
2025

Monaco and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Monaco and South Africa economies compared

GDP
Monaco

South Africa
Year GDP
Monaco 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 $293,127,333 $21,218,391,513
1971 $327,706,210 $23,411,076,638
1972 $402,451,901 $24,515,919,217
1973 $523,554,039 $33,262,772,008
1974 $563,949,254 $41,389,186,095
1975 $711,978,962 $42,906,905,672
1976 $735,324,245 $41,150,460,288
1977 $811,191,392 $45,328,411,332
1978 $1,000,555,218 $51,607,412,902
1979 $1,209,870,147 $63,038,658,089
1980 $1,378,175,524 $89,411,864,402
1981 $1,205,188,648 $93,141,472,164
1982 $1,143,216,457 $85,904,057,409
1983 $1,092,560,365 $96,204,110,942
1984 $1,037,329,604 $84,870,163,366
1985 $1,082,867,507 $64,459,376,087
1986 $1,515,234,743 $73,354,771,399
1987 $1,839,081,463 $96,535,763,418
1988 $2,000,704,745 $103,976,831,871
1989 $2,010,083,833 $108,055,624,082
1990 $2,481,307,077 $126,048,140,142
1991 $2,480,540,845 $135,203,698,238
1992 $2,737,049,231 $146,956,150,987
1993 $2,574,494,356 $147,194,747,566
1994 $2,720,332,135 $153,512,712,382
1995 $3,130,309,995 $171,735,933,897
1996 $3,137,886,995 $163,234,925,381
1997 $2,840,195,190 $168,978,057,328
1998 $2,934,593,468 $152,982,984,557
1999 $2,907,118,641 $151,516,957,079
2000 $2,654,462,665 $151,752,757,215
2001 $2,673,723,034 $135,429,905,923
2002 $2,919,647,982 $129,087,556,612
2003 $3,597,089,751 $197,018,965,309
2004 $4,043,551,489 $255,806,908,595
2005 $4,204,652,899 $288,867,217,197
2006 $4,586,826,513 $303,858,675,364
2007 $5,875,790,766 $333,077,117,254
2008 $6,502,942,245 $316,131,258,616
2009 $5,474,379,252 $329,754,060,647
2010 $5,367,561,570 $417,363,822,802
2011 $6,088,689,808 $458,199,494,831
2012 $5,742,749,294 $434,400,545,086
2013 $6,555,591,710 $400,886,013,596
2014 $7,070,017,324 $381,198,869,776
2015 $6,264,756,528 $346,709,790,459
2016 $6,471,290,794 $323,585,509,674
2017 $6,430,254,653 $381,448,814,653
2018 $7,184,333,936 $405,260,723,893
2019 $7,383,496,254 $389,330,032,224
2020 $6,730,736,283 $337,974,655,408
2021 $8,623,242,743 $420,886,877,629
2022 $8,800,430,486 $406,920,004,594
2023 $9,995,350,547 $380,699,271,816
2024 - $400,260,724,226

Monaco and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita
Monaco

South Africa
Year GDP per capita
Monaco South Africa
1960 - $532
1961 - $546
1962 - $563
1963 - $605
1964 - $646
1965 - $685
1966 - $722
1967 - $779
1968 - $817
1969 - $891
1970 $12,098 $952
1971 $13,334 $1,020
1972 $16,187 $1,038
1973 $20,882 $1,369
1974 $22,348 $1,656
1975 $27,921 $1,670
1976 $28,396 $1,559
1977 $30,875 $1,671
1978 $37,608 $1,852
1979 $44,990 $2,202
1980 $50,814 $3,029
1981 $44,157 $3,050
1982 $41,479 $2,717
1983 $39,076 $2,938
1984 $36,582 $2,504
1985 $37,690 $1,839
1986 $52,082 $2,027
1987 $62,456 $2,586
1988 $67,181 $2,702
1989 $66,816 $2,727
1990 $81,735 $3,093
1991 $80,997 $3,243
1992 $88,615 $3,462
1993 $82,685 $3,400
1994 $86,704 $3,489
1995 $99,032 $3,856
1996 $98,561 $3,618
1997 $88,582 $3,700
1998 $90,947 $3,310
1999 $89,698 $3,242
2000 $81,789 $3,218
2001 $82,403 $2,847
2002 $90,051 $2,688
2003 $111,110 $4,062
2004 $125,160 $5,221
2005 $130,539 $5,837
2006 $143,083 $6,077
2007 $184,559 $6,592
2008 $204,264 $6,185
2009 $169,150 $6,375
2010 $161,854 $7,973
2011 $179,364 $8,646
2012 $165,445 $8,077
2013 $184,941 $7,332
2014 $195,694 $6,857
2015 $170,437 $6,112
2016 $173,605 $5,651
2017 $170,663 $6,618
2018 $188,298 $6,914
2019 $193,747 $6,534
2020 $176,892 $5,581
2021 $223,823 $6,843
2022 $226,052 $6,523
2023 $256,581 $6,023
2024 - $6,253

Monaco vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Monaco

South Africa
Year Life expectancy, years
Monaco South Africa
1950 68 43.1
1951 68.4 44.1
1952 68.9 45
1953 69.6 46.1
1954 70 47.1
1955 70.4 48.2
1956 70.7 49.2
1957 70.9 50.2
1958 71.1 51.1
1959 71.4 51.9
1960 71.9 52.6
1961 72.2 53.1
1962 72.4 53.6
1963 72.5 53.9
1964 72.7 54.2
1965 72.9 54.4
1966 73 54.7
1967 73.1 55
1968 73.2 55.2
1969 73.2 55.4
1970 73.3 55.7
1971 73.4 56
1972 73.4 56.4
1973 73.4 56.7
1974 73.4 57.1
1975 73.5 57.6
1976 73.8 58
1977 74.2 58.5
1978 74.7 59
1979 74.9 59.5
1980 74.9 60
1981 75 60.4
1982 75.3 60.9
1983 75.7 61.4
1984 76.4 61.8
1985 77.4 62.2
1986 78.4 62.4
1987 79.3 62.7
1988 79.4 62.9
1989 79.4 63
1990 79.4 62.9
1991 79.7 63
1992 80.1 62.8
1993 80.4 62.6
1994 80.7 62.1
1995 80.9 61.6
1996 81.1 61.1
1997 81.4 60.5
1998 81.6 59.9
1999 81.8 59.2
2000 82.1 58.4
2001 82.5 57.2
2002 83.1 55.6
2003 83.6 54.2
2004 84.2 54
2005 84.3 53.9
2006 84.2 54.2
2007 83.9 54.9
2008 83.8 56
2009 84.2 57.4
2010 84.6 58.9
2011 85 60.6
2012 85 61.7
2013 85.1 62.4
2014 85.1 63.2
2015 85.3 64.1
2016 85.6 64.7
2017 85.9 65.4
2018 86.1 65.7
2019 86.2 66.1
2020 86.1 65.2
2021 85.1 62
2022 85.7 65.5
2023 86.4 66.1
2024 86.5 66.3
2025 86.6 66.5

Monaco and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population
Monaco

South Africa
Year Population
Monaco South Africa
1960 21,808 16,440,172
1961 21,901 16,908,035
1962 22,078 17,418,522
1963 22,385 17,954,564
1964 22,686 18,511,361
1965 22,941 19,089,380
1966 23,131 19,690,087
1967 23,230 20,314,066
1968 23,437 20,957,287
1969 23,831 21,614,676
1970 24,229 22,279,984
1971 24,576 22,942,143
1972 24,862 23,609,456
1973 25,072 24,294,263
1974 25,235 24,989,108
1975 25,500 25,690,940
1976 25,895 26,395,450
1977 26,273 27,118,952
1978 26,605 27,869,507
1979 26,892 28,634,162
1980 27,122 29,518,857
1981 27,293 30,541,044
1982 27,561 31,615,339
1983 27,960 32,739,304
1984 28,356 33,892,788
1985 28,731 35,042,093
1986 29,093 36,180,515
1987 29,446 37,326,190
1988 29,781 38,480,649
1989 30,084 39,628,575
1990 30,358 40,746,268
1991 30,625 41,687,898
1992 30,887 42,443,509
1993 31,136 43,297,156
1994 31,375 44,004,139
1995 31,609 44,541,554
1996 31,837 45,123,018
1997 32,063 45,666,838
1998 32,267 46,223,880
1999 32,410 46,730,335
2000 32,455 47,159,719
2001 32,447 47,566,800
2002 32,422 48,019,415
2003 32,374 48,500,348
2004 32,307 48,991,421
2005 32,210 49,490,033
2006 32,057 49,998,277
2007 31,837 50,528,584
2008 31,836 51,114,599
2009 32,364 51,728,516
2010 33,163 52,344,051
2011 33,946 52,995,205
2012 34,711 53,782,567
2013 35,447 54,678,791
2014 36,128 55,594,838
2015 36,757 56,723,537
2016 37,276 57,259,551
2017 37,678 57,635,162
2018 38,154 58,613,001
2019 38,109 59,587,885
2020 38,050 60,562,381
2021 38,527 61,502,603
2022 38,931 62,378,410
2023 38,956 63,212,384
2024 38,631 64,007,187

Fertility rates in Monaco and South Africa

Fertility rate
Monaco

South Africa
Year Fertility rate
Monaco South Africa
1960 2.81 6.11
1961 2.78 6.08
1962 2.76 6.05
1963 2.73 6.01
1964 2.69 5.96
1965 2.66 5.89
1966 2.63 5.91
1967 2.59 5.85
1968 2.57 5.78
1969 2.54 5.72
1970 2.5 5.63
1971 2.47 5.57
1972 2.44 5.49
1973 2.41 5.41
1974 2.38 5.3
1975 2.35 5.19
1976 2.33 5.07
1977 2.31 4.94
1978 2.28 4.85
1979 2.26 4.82
1980 2.24 4.78
1981 2.22 4.71
1982 2.2 4.7
1983 2.18 4.63
1984 2.17 4.57
1985 2.14 4.5
1986 2.11 4.41
1987 2.06 4.35
1988 2.01 4.18
1989 1.93 3.98
1990 1.85 3.72
1991 1.79 3.62
1992 1.76 3.48
1993 1.75 3.37
1994 1.76 3.26
1995 1.78 3.17
1996 1.82 2.99
1997 1.88 2.73
1998 1.95 2.63
1999 2.01 2.56
2000 2.08 2.41
2001 2.18 2.37
2002 2.01 2.32
2003 1.91 2.36
2004 1.99 2.44
2005 2.01 2.51
2006 2.1 2.55
2007 2.21 2.55
2008 2.38 2.68
2009 2.4 2.5
2010 2.38 2.44
2011 2.22 2.44
2012 2.29 2.45
2013 2.31 2.43
2014 2.49 2.42
2015 2.5 2.36
2016 2.58 2.26
2017 2.42 2.28
2018 2.49 2.27
2019 2.4 2.26
2020 2.38 2.26
2021 2.12 2.25
2022 2.11 2.23
2023 2.11 2.22

Monaco and South Africa demographics compared

Median age
Monaco

South Africa
Year Median age, years
Monaco South Africa
1960 45.4 19
1961 45.4 19
1962 45.3 18.9
1963 45 18.9
1964 44.8 18.9
1965 44.8 18.8
1966 45 18.8
1967 45.2 18.8
1968 45.3 18.8
1969 45 18.8
1970 44.8 18.8
1971 44.7 18.8
1972 44.7 18.8
1973 44.9 18.8
1974 45.1 18.9
1975 45 18.9
1976 44.6 19
1977 44.2 19.1
1978 44 19.2
1979 44 19.3
1980 44.1 19.4
1981 44.2 19.6
1982 44.1 19.8
1983 43.8 20
1984 43.5 20.2
1985 43.4 20.4
1986 43.4 20.5
1987 43.5 20.7
1988 43.7 20.9
1989 43.9 21.1
1990 44.2 21.3
1991 44.3 21.5
1992 44.3 21.5
1993 44.4 21.9
1994 44.5 22
1995 44.7 21.5
1996 44.8 21.2
1997 44.9 21.2
1998 45 21.4
1999 45.3 21.6
2000 45.6 21.9
2001 45.8 22.2
2002 45.9 22.4
2003 46 22.8
2004 46.2 23.1
2005 46.5 23.3
2006 46.8 23.5
2007 47.1 23.8
2008 47.6 24
2009 48.3 24.3
2010 49.2 24.6
2011 50.1 25
2012 51.1 25.3
2013 52 25.7
2014 52.8 26
2015 53.7 26.4
2016 54.4 26.7
2017 55 27
2018 55.5 27.5
2019 55.6 27.9
2020 55.7 28.3
2021 56.2 28.6
2022 56 28.9
2023 55.3 29.2
2024 55 29.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Monaco South Africa
GNI, Atlas method n/a
$390B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
20%
2025
34%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.73%
2023
6.02%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
0.73%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
89,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-6.55%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.33%
2016
32.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
88.5%
2023
62.7%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
11.5%
2023
24.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
83
2025
57.3
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
50.5%
2014
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
0.9%
2014
Number of millionaires n/a
90,595
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.22%
2024
Number of billionaires
2
2025
7
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.006%
2025
0.00002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
220
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$986B
2024
Total reserves including gold n/a
$65.4B
2024
Personal remittances received n/a
$855M
2024
International tourist arrivals
159,000
2020
3,886,600
2020
International tourism as share of exports n/a
2.89%
2020
Banked people share n/a
81.1%
2024

Energy

Monaco South Africa
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
1,939 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$7.84
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions n/a
397 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita n/a
6.29 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
93.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share n/a
9.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
3.58%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
-12.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,247 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share n/a
6.45%
2021
Hydroelectric share n/a
2.91%
2023
Nuclear share n/a
3.73%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
87.7%
2023

Society

Monaco South Africa
% of world population
0.0005%
2024
0.79%
2024
Annual migration change
+110
2024
+166,972
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
69.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.56 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
85.9
2025
40.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
82
2025
41
2024
Higher education index
38
2025
81
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0
2008
45.5
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
0
2013
22.2
2019
Visa free countries
167
2025
111
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
91.2%
2024
English speaking
40%
2025
31%
2023
People using the Internet
99.1%
2023
75.7%
2023

Health

Monaco South Africa
Government health expenditure per capita
$7,656
2022
$570
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$579
2022
$38.2
2022
Life expectancy
86.6 years
2025
66.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
1.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
8.89
2020
0.81
2021
Age at first childbirth
32.5 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
5
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.7
2023
34.7
2023
Obesity rate n/a
31.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
7.2%
2024
Air quality index
72
2025
40
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
20.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
7.13 liters
2020

Territory

Monaco South Africa
% of world land
0.000001%
2025
0.81%
2025
Land area per capita
20.8 sq mi
2024
7,318 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area n/a
371,975 sq mi
2025
Forest area
0 sq mi
2025
65,409 sq mi
2025
Roads length
47.8 mi
2019
466,028 mi
2016

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