Namibia vs South Africa statistics compared

Namibia has a population of 3.03M (ranked 136/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Namibia's land area is 317,874 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 33rd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Namibia and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Namibia and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Namibia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Namibia	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	$2,421,990,338	$89,411,864,402
1981	$2,249,908,578	$93,141,472,164
1982	$2,118,710,248	$85,904,057,409
1983	$2,297,400,688	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,951,260,038	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,608,237,350	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,809,048,527	$73,354,771,399
1987	$2,300,068,217	$96,535,763,418
1988	$2,495,094,746	$103,976,831,871
1989	$2,535,135,798	$108,055,624,082
1990	$2,789,921,854	$126,048,140,142
1991	$2,996,869,281	$135,203,698,238
1992	$3,429,521,699	$146,956,150,987
1993	$3,251,188,833	$147,194,747,566
1994	$3,666,503,530	$153,512,712,382
1995	$3,978,514,206	$171,735,933,897
1996	$3,989,163,197	$163,234,925,381
1997	$4,154,989,950	$168,978,057,328
1998	$3,873,109,866	$152,982,984,557
1999	$3,868,551,730	$151,516,957,079
2000	$3,922,232,165	$151,752,757,215
2001	$3,557,341,215	$135,429,905,923
2002	$3,349,169,826	$129,087,556,612
2003	$4,926,439,384	$197,018,965,309
2004	$6,609,205,995	$255,806,908,595
2005	$7,248,374,838	$288,867,217,197
2006	$8,001,779,551	$303,858,675,364
2007	$8,839,536,476	$333,077,117,254
2008	$8,607,431,497	$316,131,258,616
2009	$8,938,847,189	$329,754,060,647
2010	$11,431,412,421	$417,363,822,802
2011	$12,523,359,441	$458,199,494,831
2012	$13,042,053,592	$434,400,545,086
2013	$12,043,307,277	$400,886,013,596
2014	$12,435,430,970	$381,198,869,776
2015	$11,335,161,084	$346,709,790,459
2016	$10,722,018,732	$323,585,509,674
2017	$12,895,153,371	$381,448,814,653
2018	$13,682,019,076	$405,260,723,893
2019	$12,541,928,303	$389,330,032,224
2020	$10,583,748,542	$337,974,655,408
2021	$12,402,486,184	$420,886,877,629
2022	$12,569,449,123	$406,920,004,594
2023	$12,408,271,448	$380,699,271,816
2024	$13,372,354,269	$400,260,724,226

Namibia and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Namibia

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Namibia	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	$2,468	$3,029
1981	$2,267	$3,050
1982	$2,097	$2,717
1983	$2,214	$2,938
1984	$1,830	$2,504
1985	$1,466	$1,839
1986	$1,599	$2,027
1987	$1,969	$2,586
1988	$2,063	$2,702
1989	$1,967	$2,727
1990	$2,037	$3,093
1991	$2,117	$3,243
1992	$2,347	$3,462
1993	$2,155	$3,400
1994	$2,356	$3,489
1995	$2,483	$3,856
1996	$2,423	$3,618
1997	$2,460	$3,700
1998	$2,235	$3,310
1999	$2,178	$3,242
2000	$2,157	$3,218
2001	$1,916	$2,847
2002	$1,772	$2,688
2003	$2,569	$4,062
2004	$3,403	$5,221
2005	$3,686	$5,837
2006	$4,017	$6,077
2007	$4,379	$6,592
2008	$4,205	$6,185
2009	$4,303	$6,375
2010	$5,418	$7,973
2011	$5,835	$8,646
2012	$5,943	$8,077
2013	$5,347	$7,332
2014	$5,378	$6,857
2015	$4,774	$6,112
2016	$4,396	$5,651
2017	$5,144	$6,618
2018	$5,309	$6,914
2019	$4,732	$6,534
2020	$3,879	$5,581
2021	$4,413	$6,843
2022	$4,350	$6,523
2023	$4,188	$6,023
2024	$4,413	$6,253

Namibia vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Namibia

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Namibia	South Africa
1950	41.9	43.1
1951	42.5	44.1
1952	43.1	45
1953	43.8	46.1
1954	44.4	47.1
1955	45	48.2
1956	45.7	49.2
1957	46.4	50.2
1958	47.1	51.1
1959	47.8	51.9
1960	48.5	52.6
1961	49.2	53.1
1962	50	53.6
1963	50.6	53.9
1964	51.3	54.2
1965	52	54.4
1966	52.3	54.7
1967	52.9	55
1968	53.6	55.2
1969	54.1	55.4
1970	54.7	55.7
1971	55.3	56
1972	55.8	56.4
1973	56.4	56.7
1974	56.9	57.1
1975	57.6	57.6
1976	58	58
1977	58.6	58.5
1978	59.1	59
1979	59.5	59.5
1980	56.6	60
1981	56.9	60.4
1982	57.3	60.9
1983	57.6	61.4
1984	58.1	61.8
1985	58.5	62.2
1986	58.7	62.4
1987	59.1	62.7
1988	59	62.9
1989	60.8	63
1990	61.4	62.9
1991	60.8	63
1992	60.2	62.8
1993	59.3	62.6
1994	58.4	62.1
1995	57.5	61.6
1996	56.6	61.1
1997	55.8	60.5
1998	54.8	59.9
1999	54	59.2
2000	52.9	58.4
2001	52	57.2
2002	52	55.6
2003	51.9	54.2
2004	52.2	54
2005	52.6	53.9
2006	53.2	54.2
2007	54	54.9
2008	54.7	56
2009	55.3	57.4
2010	56.1	58.9
2011	56.6	60.6
2012	57.7	61.7
2013	58.5	62.4
2014	59.3	63.2
2015	60	64.1
2016	60.8	64.7
2017	61.7	65.4
2018	62.6	65.7
2019	63.5	66.1
2020	64.1	65.2
2021	60.8	62
2022	64.2	65.5
2023	67.4	66.1
2024	67.5	66.3
2025	67.7	66.5

Namibia and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Namibia

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Namibia	South Africa
1960	591,465	16,440,172
1961	603,067	16,908,035
1962	615,759	17,418,522
1963	629,589	17,954,564
1964	644,530	18,511,361
1965	660,558	19,089,380
1966	677,655	19,690,087
1967	696,045	20,314,066
1968	715,542	20,957,287
1969	736,120	21,614,676
1970	757,868	22,279,984
1971	780,584	22,942,143
1972	804,399	23,609,456
1973	828,928	24,294,263
1974	854,320	24,989,108
1975	881,032	25,690,940
1976	906,566	26,395,450
1977	931,104	27,118,952
1978	947,269	27,869,507
1979	962,825	28,634,162
1980	981,434	29,518,857
1981	992,500	30,541,044
1982	1,010,308	31,615,339
1983	1,037,511	32,739,304
1984	1,065,989	33,892,788
1985	1,096,890	35,042,093
1986	1,131,081	36,180,515
1987	1,167,889	37,326,190
1988	1,209,696	38,480,649
1989	1,288,947	39,628,575
1990	1,369,303	40,746,268
1991	1,415,684	41,687,898
1992	1,461,322	42,443,509
1993	1,508,697	43,297,156
1994	1,556,304	44,004,139
1995	1,602,170	44,541,554
1996	1,646,103	45,123,018
1997	1,689,264	45,666,838
1998	1,732,745	46,223,880
1999	1,776,368	46,730,335
2000	1,818,647	47,159,719
2001	1,857,048	47,566,800
2002	1,889,970	48,019,415
2003	1,917,464	48,500,348
2004	1,942,082	48,991,421
2005	1,966,582	49,490,033
2006	1,991,888	49,998,277
2007	2,018,600	50,528,584
2008	2,047,056	51,114,599
2009	2,077,394	51,728,516
2010	2,109,811	52,344,051
2011	2,146,325	52,995,205
2012	2,194,654	53,782,567
2013	2,252,508	54,678,791
2014	2,312,139	55,594,838
2015	2,374,300	56,723,537
2016	2,439,213	57,259,551
2017	2,506,853	57,635,162
2018	2,577,327	58,613,001
2019	2,650,494	59,587,885
2020	2,728,762	60,562,381
2021	2,810,548	61,502,603
2022	2,889,662	62,378,410
2023	2,963,095	63,212,384
2024	3,030,131	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Namibia and South Africa

Fertility rate

Namibia

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Namibia	South Africa
1960	6.24	6.11
1961	6.29	6.08
1962	6.35	6.05
1963	6.41	6.01
1964	6.43	5.96
1965	6.45	5.89
1966	6.47	5.91
1967	6.49	5.85
1968	6.5	5.78
1969	6.51	5.72
1970	6.52	5.63
1971	6.52	5.57
1972	6.53	5.49
1973	6.54	5.41
1974	6.55	5.3
1975	6.53	5.19
1976	6.49	5.07
1977	6.44	4.94
1978	6.38	4.85
1979	6.31	4.82
1980	6.24	4.78
1981	6.16	4.71
1982	6.08	4.7
1983	6	4.63
1984	5.94	4.57
1985	5.88	4.5
1986	5.79	4.41
1987	5.7	4.35
1988	5.61	4.18
1989	5.52	3.98
1990	5.4	3.72
1991	5.29	3.62
1992	5.11	3.48
1993	4.91	3.37
1994	4.68	3.26
1995	4.42	3.17
1996	4.2	2.99
1997	4.17	2.73
1998	4.18	2.63
1999	4.14	2.56
2000	3.99	2.41
2001	3.83	2.37
2002	3.69	2.32
2003	3.58	2.36
2004	3.55	2.44
2005	3.57	2.51
2006	3.6	2.55
2007	3.61	2.55
2008	3.62	2.68
2009	3.63	2.5
2010	3.66	2.44
2011	3.66	2.44
2012	3.68	2.45
2013	3.65	2.43
2014	3.64	2.42
2015	3.6	2.36
2016	3.57	2.26
2017	3.51	2.28
2018	3.46	2.27
2019	3.4	2.26
2020	3.35	2.26
2021	3.3	2.25
2022	3.25	2.23
2023	3.21	2.22

Namibia and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Namibia

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Namibia	South Africa
1960	18.9	19
1961	18.7	19
1962	18.6	18.9
1963	18.5	18.9
1964	18.4	18.9
1965	18.4	18.8
1966	18.3	18.8
1967	18.3	18.8
1968	18.2	18.8
1969	18.1	18.8
1970	18.1	18.8
1971	18	18.8
1972	17.9	18.8
1973	17.8	18.8
1974	17.7	18.9
1975	17.6	18.9
1976	17.5	19
1977	17.3	19.1
1978	17	19.2
1979	16.8	19.3
1980	16.6	19.4
1981	16.4	19.6
1982	16.3	19.8
1983	16.4	20
1984	16.5	20.2
1985	16.7	20.4
1986	16.9	20.5
1987	17	20.7
1988	17.3	20.9
1989	17.8	21.1
1990	18.3	21.3
1991	18.4	21.5
1992	18.4	21.5
1993	18.5	21.9
1994	18.5	22
1995	18.6	21.5
1996	18.7	21.2
1997	18.8	21.2
1998	18.9	21.4
1999	18.9	21.6
2000	19	21.9
2001	19.1	22.2
2002	19.2	22.4
2003	19.3	22.8
2004	19.4	23.1
2005	19.6	23.3
2006	19.7	23.5
2007	19.9	23.8
2008	20	24
2009	20.3	24.3
2010	20.5	24.6
2011	20.7	25
2012	20.9	25.3
2013	21.1	25.7
2014	21.3	26
2015	21.4	26.4
2016	21.5	26.7
2017	21.6	27
2018	21.7	27.5
2019	21.8	27.9
2020	21.8	28.3
2021	21.8	28.6
2022	21.8	28.9
2023	21.9	29.2
2024	22.1	29.5

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