Myanmar vs South Africa statistics compared

Myanmar has a population of 54.5M (ranked 27/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Myanmar's land area is 251,997 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 39th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Myanmar ranks 85/197 ($74.1B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Myanmar ranks 165/197 ($1,359), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Myanmar and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Myanmar and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Myanmar

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	$545,098,448	$8,748,596,501
1961	$605,581,577	$9,225,996,310
1962	$634,528,872	$9,813,996,074
1963	$598,998,419	$10,854,195,658
1964	$411,419,906	$11,955,995,218
1965	$367,053,117	$13,068,994,772
1966	$293,103,479	$14,211,394,315
1967	$420,359,036	$15,821,393,671
1968	$559,956,130	$17,124,793,150
1969	$571,854,215	$19,256,992,297
1970	$563,555,631	$21,218,391,513
1971	$587,448,405	$23,411,076,638
1972	$662,213,083	$24,515,919,217
1973	$719,754,655	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,225,589,878	$41,389,186,095
1975	$1,061,107,354	$42,906,905,672
1976	$1,204,699,849	$41,150,460,288
1977	$873,579,932	$45,328,411,332
1978	$935,408,775	$51,607,412,902
1979	$952,265,043	$63,038,658,089
1980	$1,038,225,167	$89,411,864,402
1981	$1,111,000,765	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,481,165,468	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,381,573,615	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,304,063,253	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,478,908,173	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,582,873,750	$73,354,771,399
1987	$1,562,448,077	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,541,088,312	$103,976,831,871
1989	$2,013,448,229	$108,055,624,082
1990	$2,115,193,513	$126,048,140,142
1991	$2,069,832,687	$135,203,698,238
1992	$2,411,552,289	$146,956,150,987
1993	$3,163,020,035	$147,194,747,566
1994	$4,432,257,174	$153,512,712,382
1995	$5,289,174,943	$171,735,933,897
1996	$6,123,556,717	$163,234,925,381
1997	$4,722,288,496	$168,978,057,328
1998	$6,459,461,639	$152,982,984,557
1999	$8,486,832,801	$151,516,957,079
2000	$8,905,066,164	$151,752,757,215
2001	$6,477,790,688	$135,429,905,923
2002	$6,777,632,512	$129,087,556,612
2003	$10,467,109,978	$197,018,965,309
2004	$10,567,354,056	$255,806,908,595
2005	$11,986,972,419	$288,867,217,197
2006	$14,502,553,710	$303,858,675,364
2007	$20,182,477,481	$333,077,117,254
2008	$31,862,554,102	$316,131,258,616
2009	$36,906,181,381	$329,754,060,647
2010	$49,540,813,342	$417,363,822,802
2011	$59,977,326,086	$458,199,494,831
2012	$59,937,796,648	$434,400,545,086
2013	$60,269,732,855	$400,886,013,596
2014	$65,531,374,200	$381,198,869,776
2015	$59,607,290,408	$346,709,790,459
2016	$63,298,361,996	$323,585,509,674
2017	$66,053,040,483	$381,448,814,653
2018	$67,860,515,990	$405,260,723,893
2019	$75,065,106,228	$389,330,032,224
2020	$79,006,113,643	$337,974,655,408
2021	$66,345,291,160	$420,886,877,629
2022	$62,253,049,892	$406,920,004,594
2023	$66,757,619,000	$380,699,271,816
2024	$74,079,772,652	$400,260,724,226

Myanmar and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Myanmar

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	$25.1	$532
1961	$27.3	$546
1962	$27.9	$563
1963	$25.8	$605
1964	$17.3	$646
1965	$15.1	$685
1966	$11.8	$722
1967	$16.5	$779
1968	$21.5	$817
1969	$21.5	$891
1970	$20.7	$952
1971	$21.1	$1,020
1972	$23.3	$1,038
1973	$24.8	$1,369
1974	$41.4	$1,656
1975	$35.2	$1,670
1976	$39.2	$1,559
1977	$27.9	$1,671
1978	$29.3	$1,852
1979	$29.2	$2,202
1980	$31.2	$3,029
1981	$32.8	$3,050
1982	$43	$2,717
1983	$39.3	$2,938
1984	$36.3	$2,504
1985	$40.4	$1,839
1986	$42.4	$2,027
1987	$41.1	$2,586
1988	$39.9	$2,702
1989	$51.3	$2,727
1990	$53.1	$3,093
1991	$51.2	$3,243
1992	$58.9	$3,462
1993	$76.2	$3,400
1994	$105.4	$3,489
1995	$124.1	$3,856
1996	$141.9	$3,618
1997	$108	$3,700
1998	$146	$3,310
1999	$189.5	$3,242
2000	$196.6	$3,218
2001	$141.5	$2,847
2002	$146.6	$2,688
2003	$224.3	$4,062
2004	$224.5	$5,221
2005	$252.7	$5,837
2006	$303	$6,077
2007	$419	$6,592
2008	$658	$6,185
2009	$758	$6,375
2010	$1,011	$7,973
2011	$1,214	$8,646
2012	$1,203	$8,077
2013	$1,199	$7,332
2014	$1,293	$6,857
2015	$1,167	$6,112
2016	$1,229	$5,651
2017	$1,273	$6,618
2018	$1,298	$6,914
2019	$1,426	$6,534
2020	$1,490	$5,581
2021	$1,243	$6,843
2022	$1,158	$6,523
2023	$1,233	$6,023
2024	$1,359	$6,253

Myanmar vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Myanmar

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Myanmar	South Africa
1950	35.7	43.1
1951	36.5	44.1
1952	37.7	45
1953	38.6	46.1
1954	39.6	47.1
1955	40.4	48.2
1956	41.2	49.2
1957	42	50.2
1958	42.8	51.1
1959	43.4	51.9
1960	44.1	52.6
1961	44.6	53.1
1962	45.3	53.6
1963	46	53.9
1964	46.7	54.2
1965	47.4	54.4
1966	48.2	54.7
1967	48.9	55
1968	49.4	55.2
1969	50	55.4
1970	50.5	55.7
1971	51	56
1972	51.4	56.4
1973	51.8	56.7
1974	52.1	57.1
1975	52.5	57.6
1976	52.9	58
1977	53.3	58.5
1978	53.5	59
1979	54	59.5
1980	54.4	60
1981	54.7	60.4
1982	55	60.9
1983	55.3	61.4
1984	55.6	61.8
1985	55.8	62.2
1986	56.1	62.4
1987	56.4	62.7
1988	56.6	62.9
1989	56.9	63
1990	57.2	62.9
1991	57.4	63
1992	57.7	62.8
1993	58	62.6
1994	58.3	62.1
1995	58.7	61.6
1996	59.2	61.1
1997	59.5	60.5
1998	59.9	59.9
1999	60.1	59.2
2000	60.4	58.4
2001	60.6	57.2
2002	60.9	55.6
2003	61.2	54.2
2004	61.4	54
2005	61.7	53.9
2006	62	54.2
2007	62.4	54.9
2008	56.4	56
2009	63.1	57.4
2010	63.5	58.9
2011	63.9	60.6
2012	64.3	61.7
2013	64.6	62.4
2014	65	63.2
2015	65.3	64.1
2016	65.6	64.7
2017	65.9	65.4
2018	66.2	65.7
2019	66.5	66.1
2020	66.6	65.2
2021	65.6	62
2022	66.5	65.5
2023	66.9	66.1
2024	67.1	66.3
2025	67.3	66.5

Myanmar and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Myanmar

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	21,730,250	16,440,172
1961	22,210,581	16,908,035
1962	22,704,719	17,418,522
1963	23,213,408	17,954,564
1964	23,737,315	18,511,361
1965	24,279,431	19,089,380
1966	24,836,496	19,690,087
1967	25,406,429	20,314,066
1968	25,989,662	20,957,287
1969	26,585,112	21,614,676
1970	27,193,016	22,279,984
1971	27,807,219	22,942,143
1972	28,428,324	23,609,456
1973	29,026,388	24,294,263
1974	29,598,167	24,989,108
1975	30,176,565	25,690,940
1976	30,758,811	26,395,450
1977	31,355,966	27,118,952
1978	31,972,976	27,869,507
1979	32,596,550	28,634,162
1980	33,227,204	29,518,857
1981	33,858,783	30,541,044
1982	34,482,965	31,615,339
1983	35,162,715	32,739,304
1984	35,899,313	33,892,788
1985	36,622,827	35,042,093
1986	37,314,878	36,180,515
1987	37,971,594	37,326,190
1988	38,600,927	38,480,649
1989	39,214,618	39,628,575
1990	39,817,251	40,746,268
1991	40,394,154	41,687,898
1992	40,950,342	42,443,509
1993	41,502,429	43,297,156
1994	42,055,143	44,004,139
1995	42,605,338	44,541,554
1996	43,154,860	45,123,018
1997	43,708,798	45,666,838
1998	44,257,793	46,223,880
1999	44,787,724	46,730,335
2000	45,290,841	47,159,719
2001	45,771,139	47,566,800
2002	46,232,653	48,019,415
2003	46,667,192	48,500,348
2004	47,068,772	48,991,421
2005	47,438,365	49,490,033
2006	47,785,135	49,998,277
2007	48,125,043	50,528,584
2008	48,390,793	51,114,599
2009	48,660,459	51,728,516
2010	49,024,382	52,344,051
2011	49,419,820	52,995,205
2012	49,837,446	53,782,567
2013	50,262,658	54,678,791
2014	50,681,634	55,594,838
2015	51,089,056	56,723,537
2016	51,495,696	57,259,551
2017	51,894,938	57,635,162
2018	52,272,247	58,613,001
2019	52,640,713	59,587,885
2020	53,016,522	60,562,381
2021	53,387,102	61,502,603
2022	53,756,787	62,378,410
2023	54,133,798	63,212,384
2024	54,500,091	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Myanmar and South Africa

Fertility rate

Myanmar

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	5.9	6.11
1961	5.9	6.08
1962	5.9	6.05
1963	5.91	6.01
1964	5.91	5.96
1965	5.91	5.89
1966	5.88	5.91
1967	5.84	5.85
1968	5.8	5.78
1969	5.75	5.72
1970	5.68	5.63
1971	5.62	5.57
1972	5.53	5.49
1973	5.44	5.41
1974	5.34	5.3
1975	5.25	5.19
1976	5.16	5.07
1977	5.07	4.94
1978	4.99	4.85
1979	4.9	4.82
1980	4.79	4.78
1981	4.69	4.71
1982	4.66	4.7
1983	4.63	4.63
1984	4.52	4.57
1985	4.32	4.5
1986	4.08	4.41
1987	3.86	4.35
1988	3.67	4.18
1989	3.59	3.98
1990	3.5	3.72
1991	3.43	3.62
1992	3.35	3.48
1993	3.28	3.37
1994	3.2	3.26
1995	3.13	3.17
1996	3.06	2.99
1997	2.99	2.73
1998	2.91	2.63
1999	2.85	2.56
2000	2.81	2.41
2001	2.79	2.37
2002	2.77	2.32
2003	2.68	2.36
2004	2.59	2.44
2005	2.52	2.51
2006	2.47	2.55
2007	2.45	2.55
2008	2.4	2.68
2009	2.37	2.5
2010	2.34	2.44
2011	2.31	2.44
2012	2.28	2.45
2013	2.26	2.43
2014	2.25	2.42
2015	2.27	2.36
2016	2.27	2.26
2017	2.25	2.28
2018	2.23	2.27
2019	2.21	2.26
2020	2.18	2.26
2021	2.16	2.25
2022	2.13	2.23
2023	2.12	2.22

Myanmar and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Myanmar

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Myanmar	South Africa
1960	20.9	19
1961	20.7	19
1962	20.5	18.9
1963	20.3	18.9
1964	20.1	18.9
1965	19.9	18.8
1966	19.8	18.8
1967	19.7	18.8
1968	19.6	18.8
1969	19.5	18.8
1970	19.5	18.8
1971	19.5	18.8
1972	19.6	18.8
1973	19.6	18.8
1974	19.7	18.9
1975	19.7	18.9
1976	19.8	19
1977	19.8	19.1
1978	19.9	19.2
1979	20	19.3
1980	20.1	19.4
1981	20.2	19.6
1982	20.3	19.8
1983	20.4	20
1984	20.5	20.2
1985	20.7	20.4
1986	20.9	20.5
1987	21.1	20.7
1988	21.3	20.9
1989	21.5	21.1
1990	21.7	21.3
1991	21.9	21.5
1992	22.1	21.5
1993	22.3	21.9
1994	22.5	22
1995	22.8	21.5
1996	23	21.2
1997	23.2	21.2
1998	23.5	21.4
1999	23.7	21.6
2000	24	21.9
2001	24.2	22.2
2002	24.5	22.4
2003	24.7	22.8
2004	25	23.1
2005	25.3	23.3
2006	25.5	23.5
2007	25.8	23.8
2008	26.2	24
2009	26.5	24.3
2010	26.8	24.6
2011	27.1	25
2012	27.4	25.3
2013	27.7	25.7
2014	28	26
2015	28.3	26.4
2016	28.6	26.7
2017	28.9	27
2018	29.2	27.5
2019	29.5	27.9
2020	29.7	28.3
2021	30	28.6
2022	30.3	28.9
2023	30.5	29.2
2024	30.8	29.5

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